Professionalism Page
| Publication year | 2023 |
| Pages | 0070 |
2023 Law School Orientations on Professionalism
The Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism thanks all the lawyers and judges for helping to make the 2023 Law School Orientations on Professionalism a success.
BY KARLISE Y. GRIER
When the Supreme Court of Georgia adopted A Lawyer's Creed and the Aspirational Statement on Professionalism in 1992, it wrote, "It is the Court's hope that Georgia's lawyers, judges and legal educators will use the following aspirational ideals to reexamine the justifications of the practice of law in our society and to consider the implications of those justifications for their conduct. The Court feels that enhancement of professionalism can be best brought about by the cooperative efforts of the organized bar, the courts and the law schools with each group working independently, but also jointly in that effort."[1] For the past 31 years, the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, along with the State Bar of Georgia's Committee on Professionalism, have partnered to bring the Court's vision to life during the Law School Orientations on Professionalism. In August 2023, the Commission, along with the Bar's 202223 Committee on Professionalism, under the leadership of Committee Chair Joshua Bosin and Committee Vice Chair Michael Herskowitz organized the 31st Annual Law School Orientations on Professionalism, which were held at all five of Georgia's ABA-accredited law schools. The orientations are designed to provide incoming first year law students with their first introduction to professionalism. Georgia lawyers and judges apply to serve as group leaders during small-group breakout sessions at the orientations to help students learn the meaning of professionalism and why it is important for them as law students. The 130 lawyers and judges who volunteered to serve as group leaders in 2023 ensured the continued success of the orientations. Several of the group leaders participated in orientations at more than one school. In addition, several other judges and one lawyer served as plenary speakers during the professionalism orientations. Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs, for example, made brief remarks regarding professionalism and administered the Professionalism Oath and Honor Code Pledge at Georgia State University College of Law. Chief Justice Boggs also shared his thoughts on professionalism in a...
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