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"HALT's Report Card is an all too sobering reminder of the shameful state of bar disciplinary systems. As an American Bar Association report on these systems notes, the public generally regards the process as "too slow, too secret, too soft, and too self-regulated." HALT's systematic research shows why. Bar disciplinary procedures are anything but user friendly to the consumer, and most are more responsive to the profession's interests than the public's. Only through increased accountability is lawyer regulation likely to improve and candid assessments like HALT's are a necessary step in that direction."
--Deborah L. Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford University
Past-President, American Association of Law Schools
"HALT's Report Card puts the spotlight on a secretive discipline system that is an abject failure. Instead of protecting consumers, this closed system of self-regulation protects the bad apples that too often prey on innocent people who need legal services. All lawyers who care about the ethics of their profession owe a true debt of gratitude to HALT for this work. Now it's up to responsible members of the bar and our law school communities to respond with real reforms that hold lawyers accountable to the consumers they serve."
--Katherine S. Broderick
Dean, UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
 2002 Lawyer Discipline Report Card
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