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Sheppard, Lisa M.

Shepard recounted the development of the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism since its inception in the late 1990s. Included in the recount is her examination of the Rules of Conduct, in place a dozen years before the CJCP, its predecessor, the Model Code. Also noted by Sheppard is the role that Watergate and North Carolina’s State Bar played in the legal profession nationally and locally since the 1970s. Her analysis of these elements collectively asserts the need for and benefit of professionalism standards for representatives of the legal profession.

North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Fall 2018 , p24-26, 41

Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism--history--North Carolina; Rules of Professional Conduct--history--North Carolina ; United States legal profession and Watergate ; Legal profession--history--North Carolina--Kutak Commission; American Bar Association--North Carolina--history ; American Bar Association--United States Legislative Committees--Standing Committee on Professionalism