{"id":3708,"date":"2005-03-23T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T02:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/23\/the-doogle-made-me-do-it\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:52","slug":"the-doogle-made-me-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/23\/the-doogle-made-me-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"the doogle made me do it"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Part I:<\/EM><\/STRONG>  Regular readers of this weblog know just how hard I struggle to avoid taking <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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cheap shots at the legal profession or otherwise annoying my valued audience.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Nonetheless, time and again, I am drawn into temptation by search engine queries <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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that send visitors to this weblog.  Today, alas, my curiosity got the better of me, and<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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one link led to another, until — well, until this post happened.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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An unknown querist came to f\/k\/a<\/EM> today, after Googling national hug a lawyer day<\/STRONG>>.   \"hugSmallN\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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This site had the #14 result, due to <\/FONT>this post<\/FONT><\/A>, where I stated that “I was particularly<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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inspired to go hug a lawyer” by a lugubrious Public Relations <\/FONT><\/FONT>radio spot<\/FONT><\/A> from <\/FONT>NYSBA, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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entitled “The Rule of Law.”  The query immediately made me wonder whether there<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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might actually be a Hug a Lawyer Day (and, if so, just who sponsored it).<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Here’s what I learned:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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