Independence depo .
July we celebrate that day when a group composed largely of attorneys met in Philadelphia to mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. Many of them did lose their lives, their homes, their business and their children before the war was over. But they also achieved the freedoms we have enjoyed ever since. While certainly less dramatic than the declaration made by their colleagues in 1776, this July attorneys made an assertion for the continued independence of their profession. On July 11, the ABA voted to reject the proposals made by the Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice.