Legal Commentary

Overnight Open Thread

By Jeralyn

Here's the final thread tonight, and remember, TalkLeft may be down tomorrow from 9am ET for several hours -- there's a chance a backup will be in place which would mean only 10 minute outages per hour through the morning, but I'm not counting on it. This is a network wide issue, not a TL server issue.

Thanks to all for the congratulations on earlier threads to Nic, the TL kid who was sworn in today as a Colorado lawyer. The ceremony was led by all of the Justices of the Colorado Supreme Court, with a federal judge and others presenting remarks.

When it came time for the oath, they asked all the existing lawyers in the audience who were there with their kids being sworn in to stand with their kids and retake the oath. So the TL kid and I got to take the oath together.

Here's a photo of us right afterwards. [More...]

Here's the oath:

I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR by the Everliving God (OR AFFIRM) that:

• I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Colorado;

• I will maintain the respect due to Courts and judicial officers;

• I will employ only such means as are consistent with truth and honor;

• I will treat all persons whom I encounter through my practice of law with fairness, courtesy, respect and honesty;

• I will use my knowledge of the law for the betterment of society and the improvement of the legal system;

• I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed;

• I will at all times faithfully and diligently adhere to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct.

As a post-script and making me even happier is that he's chosen criminal defense. He's an associate with one of Denver's best criminal law firms.

Now it's your turn, this is an open thread. And in the words of Hillary tonight, "We will keep going forward until we have a nominee, whoever she may be."

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).