tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221720579048947824.post441627388586738866..comments2024-03-23T12:23:56.048-05:00Comments on Professional Responsibility Blog: Not everyone agrees with the California Supreme Court regarding denial of admission to Stephen GlassProfessor Alberto Bernabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05249350712732072457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221720579048947824.post-78480102015983101822014-01-29T09:41:59.054-06:002014-01-29T09:41:59.054-06:00Thank you for posting this, Professor. I don't...Thank you for posting this, Professor. I don't think this blogger puts enough value on the fact that Glass systematically made up these stories, habitually threw-off fact-checkers, made more lies to back up his prior lies, and then didn't even both to inform the Reporter *particularly* which stories were wholly true and which ones were at least partially fabricated. <br /><br />But then, like you said, he reduces it to this one criteria of whether Glass would respect his clients' interests: "So if the relevant inquiry is (as it largely is) whether we believe that Glass will be a good and proper lawyer, who'll faithfully protect the interests of his clients, I think the answer's pretty clearly "yes"." <br /><br />Except, that's not the only part the Court needed to consider. They need to consider whether he would be an effective, judicious, prudent officer *of the court* as well. I don't think he would. His history is so riddled with failing to adhere to basic, fundamental errs against journalistic ethics that I cannot conceive of him failing to do the same to an attorney's professional code of conduct. <br /><br />Plus, the Court really does have to keep its moral status in order. Does it really want this high-profile, lying scumbag to be shown to all of California as a holder of "character and fitness?" This blogger doesn't get that it isn't just about Glass; it's about the entire judicial system in California. Admitting him would undoubtedly bring disrepute to their profession simply by admitting him. Daniel N. Robbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965355881175456032noreply@blogger.com