{"id":138199,"date":"2025-12-04T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/04\/lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:42:35","slug":"lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/04\/lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers Will Now Have To Pinky Swear Not To Be Jerks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span>Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning in 2026, which state will become the first to require attorneys to take an annual civility oath to \u201cconduct themselves with dignity, courtesy, and integrity\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: While this is the first yearly pledge, 24 states require attorneys to make a one-time civility promise when they are first admitted to practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawyers Will Now Have To Pinky Swear Not To Be Jerks<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/06\/lying-liar-dishonest-dishonesty-legal-ethics-unethical-perjury-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/tag\/trivia-question-of-the-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning in 2026, which state will become the first to require attorneys to take an annual civility oath to \u201cconduct themselves with dignity, courtesy, and integrity\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hint: While this is the first yearly pledge, 24 states require attorneys to make a one-time civility promise when they are first admitted to practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See the answer on the next page.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/lawyers-will-now-have-to-pinky-swear-not-to-be-jerks\/2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Next \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Beginning in 2026, which state will become the first to require attorneys to take an annual civility oath to \u201cconduct themselves with dignity, courtesy, and integrity\u201d? 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