When I speak to law students, I often say that the beginning date of one's legal career is the first day of law school. I believe that's true because that's the date when a lawyer begins to build a professional reputation. But, of course, the most important date in any lawyer's career is the date they take the Oath of Admission—the date when brand new lawyers swear to conduct their personal and professional lives by a set of ethical principles. For the great majority of us in this profession, the success of a lawyer's career is still measured by how well they meet the standards of the oath over the course of a lifetime.