Summary
Few attorneys employ sartorial strategies as bold as the one unveiled last summer by 68-year-old New Zealand lawyer Rob Moodie, who decided to start wearing dresses to court.
Moodie's fashion display came to an end this February when a judge held him in contempt for releasing sealed documents to the press, whereupon Moodie announced that he was retiring from the practice of law. But the response from members of the New Zealand bar has been that the skirts and pumps and handbags probably played a role in his censure.See the full content of this document
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'You're Wearing That??'
In the everyday practice of law, cross-dressing is a rarity. But the consequences of lawyers' fashion and grooming decisions can be no less dramatic, according to Kim Hunter, an image consultant from Tustin, Calif.
Five years ago, Hunter created her own company - Imagine the Possibilities - after working for 15 years in the corporate world as a senior human resources execut...See the full content of this document
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