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Of cats and competence: legal ethics lesson from the trenches

By Karen Rubin on February 10, 2021
Posted in Competence, Social Media and Internet

By now, you’re probably one of the 3.7 million people who’ve seen the video of a virtual court hearing in Texas that went terribly wrong for the county attorney.  (If not, here it is on YouTube.)   As depicted for all to see, the hapless lawyer appears on-screen as a fluffy white cat, complete with moving…

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