Court Opinion

ID: 9657866
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:39:56.218973+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:49.024540
License: Public Domain

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE
(concurring). I join the Per Curiam opinion in support of the reinstatement of the integrated bar. I also join the concurrence of Justice Bablitch insofar as it recites convincingly the merits of the integrated bar and recounts the accomplishments of the legal profession as the result of bar integration. My own legal career commenced eight years before court-directed integration. My personal observation and experience validates JUSTICE BABLITCH'S thesis that the delivery of legal services to the public and the standards of the profession were substantially improved as a direct consequence of integration. The bar became a more responsible profession as the result of the unified bar. The reinstatement of the mandatory bar will assure that it will continue to be a responsible organization for the delivery of legal services.