Chicago Tribune | Lawyers urged to `play nice'
I think stories like this are amusing. Imagine--asking lawyers to be "nice." Do you want a "nice" lawyer? But civility is now...
"...an issue being addressed by the Special Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism. "It's the subtle acts of incivility and unprofessionalism to the attorneys, the judges and to clients that we are trying to identify and do something about," said David Rolewick, a Wheaton attorney who is chairman of the committee.""

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Seriously, I think the decline in civility is a major problem, especially in civil litigation where you have depositions and other discovery procedures that are done without a judge present.