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I had resolved for 2023 that I would spend less time nattering about the various trials and tribulations of the State Bar of California. A good resolution in theory, but it’s just not going to work, especially after the latest headline story in the Los Angeles Times about how the discipline system in this state is a joke. And it is.
The headline makes it clear that the discipline system goes after minority attorneys, especially Black lawyers. That’s not news for us lawyers, but it is for the public. And some of the charges are technicalities, not major violations such as stealing client funds. In the almost 30 years between 1990 and 2018, a study released by the bar three years ago showed that Black male lawyers were nearly four times likelier to be either disbarred or resign with charges pending. Black male lawyers were placed on
You know, I think that one of the funniest things that came out of the backlash against critical race theory was the notion that the minorities who brought up the topic of race were creating racial tension. They were merely diagnosing a condition based on the presented symptoms. A person who accurately states that Harvard jumpstarted its institutional strength with investments in chattel slavery creates racial tension to the same degree that a patient can blame their doctor for diagnosing them with leukemia.