July 22 1977 Chief Justice Warren E. Burger said HALF of US trial attorneys unqualified
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From: Greegor on 11 Dec 2009 18:27 Can anybody obtain Chief Justice Warren E. Burger's exact words presented in London on July 22 1977 before the Royal Commission on Legal Services? http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19780213&id=I90NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4208,1715944 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday Feb 13, 1978 Page 4 halfway down on left side Burger Urges trial Lawyers' Ability Exam -------------------------------------------------------------- http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19780213&id=uAkVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6947,2554371 The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Monday Feb 13, 1978 Page 3, upper left corner ABA Convention Speech Burger Asks Competence Tests for Trial Lawyers New Orleans (AP) Chief Justice Warren Burger, already under fire for questioning the competence of half the nation's trial lawyers esclaated his attack Sunday by declaring that all lawyers should have to earn the right to appear in court. Calling trial lawyer incompetence "one of the most serious problems facing our profession," Justice burger told the American Bar Association convention. [...] The ABA's governing body will consider a resolution this week from the Illionois bar Association demanding that Justice Burger either "publicly repudiate" comments that he made last July about trial lawyer incompetence or provide proof of their accuracy. The resolution was sparked by testimony that Justice Burger gave to the Royal Commission on Legal Services in London in which he estimated that one half of U.S. trial lawyers are unqualified to represent their clients. [ ABA countered with a figure of 20% ! ] [ So on July 22 of 1977, in London, before the Royal Commission on Legal Services Chief Justice Warren Burger said half are not qualified! ] |