January 2013 Issue

Cover Story

You’re Out of Order! Dealing with the Costs of Incivility in the Legal Profession

William Gary White III was accused of being so uncivil and unprofessional that the South Carolina Supreme Court suspended him in 2011 for 90 days and ordered him to complete the state bar’s legal ethics and professionalism program.

White was found to have violated a slew of South Carolina’s ethics rules in a letter to his client, an Atlantic Beach, S.C., church that had received a town notice that it needed to comply with zoning laws. White’s letter, copied to the town manager and later made part of the published opinion, was a scorcher:

Feature Section

Death of a Practice: After Lawyer Dies, Her Friend Is Faced with Closing Down Her Firm

The Dream Bar: Some Children Illegally Living in the United States Grow Up to Want to Be Attorneys

Should Public Policy Favor Inclusion When It Comes to Bar Admissions?