Question of the Week

How Would You Feel About Switching Sides of the Advocacy Aisle?

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This week ABAJournal.com noted that Sandra Day O’Connor—among other things—recommends that prosecutors and public defenders be dumped in the same office and advocate for the government or the defendant depending on the case.

So we wondered…

How would you feel about switching roles—from public defender to prosecutor, defense to plaintiff, etc?

What’s the positive and negative if such musical legal advocacy chairs become routine?

Answer in the comments section below.

Read last week’s Question & Answers about cliché lawyer ad images.

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