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At its core, the argument (against advertising) presumes that attorneys must conceal from
themselves and from their clients the real-life fact that lawyers earn their livelihood at the bar.
We suspect that few attorneys engage in such self-deception … Bankers and engineers advertise,
and yet these professions are not regarded as undignified.
Bates v. Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 369 (1977).
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At its core, the argument (against advertising) presumes that attorneys must conceal from
themselves and from their clients the real-life fact that lawyers earn their livelihood at the bar.
We suspect that few attorneys engage in such self-deception … Bankers and engineers advertise,
and yet these professions are not regarded as undignified.
Bates v. Arizona, 433 U.S. 350, 369 (1977).
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