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In Blackmun's 1977 opinion that lawyers have a right to advertise, he could not resist twitting some in his profession.
...attorney's sense of dignity and self-worth. The hustle of the marketplace will adversely affect the profession's service orientation. ((We)) commend the spirit of public service with which the profession of law is practiced . . . But we find the postulated connection between advertising and the erosion of true professionalism to be severely strained. At its core, the argument presumes that attorneys must conceal from themselves and from their clients the real-life fact that lawyers earn their livelihood at the bar. We suspect that few attorneys engage in such self-deception...
You cite ethical lapses in officials in government, finance, religion and the military. You point a finger at businessmen, educators, physicians, lawyers and almost every other segment of our society except publishers and editors. If you spent time researching your own profession, you would surely find an equivalent or even...
Much of the criticism that Harvard's American wing has received from other members of the historical profession is the result of a general fondness for Harvard bashing, she says. "It's not difficult to find people around the country who find it easy to criticize a highly visible place...
But outside scholars argue that the department's problems have arisen because of some senior Americanists' feeling of "hubris" which has left the American wing immune to criticism, and out of touch with the rest of the profession.