{"id":4721,"date":"2004-02-14T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2004-02-14T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/02\/14\/bankruptcy-and-bar-admission-"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:59:02","slug":"bankruptcy-and-bar-admission-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/14\/bankruptcy-and-bar-admission-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bankruptcy and Bar Admission – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They’re ganging up on me over at Scheherazade’s place<\/A>.  I could use some allies.  <\/FONT><\/P>
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\"boxer . . . . . . \"boxer<\/FONT><\/P>
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Here’s my most recent Comment there:<\/P>
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Does anybody<\/I> read or listen to what some one else is saying before unloading their black-or-white, preconceived, or ultra-glib response? Are we really a society where almost no one can make a nuanced judgment – not even those trained to “think like a lawyer”?

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I do not<\/I> think there would be a lot of instances where going bankrupt would preclude a lawyer from being admitted to the bar, due to misuse or abuse of the bankruptcy privilege.
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I do not<\/I> think many (or virtually any) of the small group whose situation would warrant a closer look are part of the demographic group of double-income families with large mortgages and huge child-care expenses. <\/P>
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I do<\/I> think that lawyers have special duties and obligations that warrant some ethics screening prior to admission.
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The fact that there are some very good reasons to go bankrupt and that many very good (and often very unlucky) people do use bankruptcy to get a new start, in no way justifies looking the other way when an applicant for a position that includes enormous trust and responsibility, and bestows many privileges, appears to have abused the system.  [e.g., <\/EM>intentionally living a very high-life while in college and law school with the intention of going bankrupt before heading out into the real world]<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Help.  Sometimes, silence is not golden (it’s yellow).<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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