More legal jerks in the news - this time from Texas

After blogging a few days ago about a California court that suspended a lawyer for three years because, according to that court, he was a "jerk," comes this story from today's online ABA Journal called "A Judge's Advice to New Lawyers:  Don't be a Jerk."

It's about a Texas judge who is sharing a letter he wrote to his children offering the following advice about entering the practice of law:

• Don't be a jerk
• Be proud to be a lawyer
• Don't tell lawyer jokes
• Always tell the client the truth.
• Communicate with the client
• If the client lies to help make his case, fire him
• Always tell the court the truth
• Always be open to learning from others and be willing to learn from your own mistakes
• Obey the "Golden Rule"
• Have fun

You can read the rest of the judge's advice to new lawyers here via Law.com

Hat tip to the ABA Journal.

I am the scholarship dude.

(jbl)