{"id":5492,"date":"2005-03-31T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/03\/31\/one-mirror-for-everyone-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:51","slug":"one-mirror-for-everyone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/03\/31\/one-mirror-for-everyone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"one mirror for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"a3569\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">someone else&#8217;s<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">laughter:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">spring evening<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">one mirror for everyone<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">the rest stop<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">restroom<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/fencepainter.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">day at the zoo\u00a0\u2014<br \/>\nthe elephant\u2019s shadow<br \/>\nin a small place<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.millikin.edu\/haiku\/writerprofiles\/GaryHotham.html\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color: #ff0000;font-size: x-small\"><strong>Gary Hotham<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"> from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1885767587\/qid=1103220434\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\">breathmarks: haiku to read in the dark<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">except &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0701e1917\/thn_issue.h4.html#POEM3\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">day at the zoo &#8212;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">&#8221; &#8211; \u00a0<em>The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/em> (March 2005)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>dagosan<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><em> <\/em> <em> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">snowbank<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">becoming<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif;font-size: x-small\">compost<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em> <span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"> [March 31<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"><em>, 2005]<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">potluck<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2005\/03\/wolf-dude-neg.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11947\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2005\/03\/wolf-dude-neg.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a> I\u00a0bet this AP\/<em>Houston Chronicle<\/em> story, &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/cs\/CDA\/rssstory.mpl\/metropolitan\/3102852\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">Lawyer charged with prostitution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">:\u00a0Schools <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">official accused of offering services for sex&#8221; (March 25, 2005), out of Round Hill, Texas, <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">will send guilty chills down the spines of far too many lawyers.\u00a0\u00a0The accused is 56-year-old lawyer <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/209.184.141.5\/rrweb\/about\/Board_Info\/steven_copenhaver.htm\">Steven C. <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/209.184.141.5\/rrweb\/about\/Board_Info\/steven_copenhaver.htm\">Copenhaver<\/a>, who practices in Georgetown, and asks that we keep him in our prayers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">According to the article:<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">&#8220;Dawn Miller, chief disciplinary counsel for the State Bar of Texas, said exchanging <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">legal <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">services for sexual favors could constitute a violation of rules barring &#8216;illegal or <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">unconscionable&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"> fees.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\"> I&#8217;d think this might also have a little to do with having the appropriate <em>character<\/em> to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">practice law. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">(from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/cs\/CDA\/rssstory.mpl\/metropolitan\/3102852\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\">LawyerNews<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">, via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/legalethicsforum.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/quick_hits_331.html\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\">Legal Ethics Forum<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">)<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Does anyone out there <span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">think consenting adults <em>should <\/em>be allowed <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">to barter sex <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">for legal services, without <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">the law or bar counsel intervening?\u00a0 (It might help<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">reduce pro se litigation and increase access to justice.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m reminded of the old joke: &#8220;What&#8217;s the difference between a lawyer and a\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\">\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"margin-right: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif;font-size: x-small\">prostitute&#8221;\u00a0 The clothes.&#8221; 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