I read in the Legal Intelligencer that the Disciplinary Board is doing public reprimands in Common Pleas courtrooms and advertising them. What is the purpose of this?

Samuel C. Stretton. Samuel C. Stretton.

It is true that the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court—without any input from the members of the bar—has decided that now public reprimands will be held in Common Pleas courtrooms and advertised. According to the article from the Legal Intelligencer, the purpose was to make public reprimands “more weighty.”

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