Today's guest: Chief Justice Polston!DISCUSS: WHY DON'T CIVILITY PANELS APPLY TO JUDGES AS WELL AS LAWYERS, WHEN THE JUDICIARY ALSO BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR TARNISHING THE LEGAL PROFESSION?
Got Civility? The relatively new professionalism panels are a good idea. It's mediation and dispute resolution before problems rise to the level of formal complaints, or reach the point of no return. But since they don't apply to judges, it seems like the judiciary is once again dodging the issues by picking on lawyers and failing to accept even the slightest responsibility for their role in the steep decline of professionalism in the legal world. Whether fist fighting staff during court, putting public safety at risk by driving drunk, refusing to comply with sobriety testing, failing to come forward with a man on death row after a deeply tainted trial, or lying throughout official proceedings, Florida's lawyers certainly don't always have the best role models when it comes to how to behave.
So how about it? Should civility panels apply to judges too? Should the Supreme Court order professionalism training for all judges? Or is the problem unfixable?
"TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES"
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