There is no question the practice of law has changed radically in the last half century. One unfortunate aspect has been the rapid growth of the legal profession. Although one might consider that a positive force, and it certainly can be, there is a lot of negativity. Lawyers do not know each other like they used to, lawyers specialize and do not have the opportunity to meet lawyers in other areas of the law and there is no longer the collegiality that once existed.
As a result, some of the major changes are particularly in litigation. Old-fashioned courtesies do not often exist. Lawyers will not always agree to extensions. Lawyers will personally attack each other for no good reason. Often times, briefs and motions spend significant time criticizing the other counsel’s character or honesty. Briefs will often have half-truths with the obvious blatant attempt to mislead.
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