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Podcast: All Things Judicial
Episode: Professionalism: A Higher Standard for Lawyers and Judges
Description: This episode of the All Things Judicial podcast features an interview with Mel Wright, Executive Director of the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism. The Commission plays an important role in providing continuing legal education to lawyers, and through the Professionalism Support Initiative, acts as an informal voluntary peer intervention program involving professionalism issues. On this episode, Wright shares details about his background, the role and mission of the Commission, and some intriguing stories about professionalism, or lack thereof, in North Carolina's legal community. "Legal ethics is the minimum standard required by the North Carolina State Ba...