{"id":30496,"date":"2021-06-24T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30496"},"modified":"2021-06-29T17:48:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T21:48:47","slug":"professor-kirsten-k-davis-appointed-to-special-committee-on-professionalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/06\/24\/professor-kirsten-k-davis-appointed-to-special-committee-on-professionalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Kirsten K. Davis appointed to special committee on professionalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kirsten-Davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kirsten-Davis.jpg\" alt=\"Kirsten K. Davis\" class=\"wp-image-29680\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kirsten-Davis.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kirsten-Davis-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kirsten K. Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Kirsten K. Davis has been appointed by the new president of The Florida Bar, Mike Tanner, to serve on a newly created statewide Special Committee for the Review of Professionalism in Florida. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida Bar, through its Board of Governors, approved and created this Committee to develop specific recommendations to the Board and to The Florida Supreme Court for: 1) any necessary changes to the definition of professionalism or to the current professionalism standards; 2) improvements in how and when professionalism is taught during the course of a lawyer\u2019s career; and 3) improvements to how professionalism standards are enforced, including greater emphasis on the use of the local professionalism panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Tanner was sworn in earlier this month, he said the committee will be, \u201ca complete top to bottom review of the professionalism\u201d in Florida, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/the-florida-bar-news\/president-tanner-emphasizes-professionalism\/\">The Florida Bar News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to look at how we teach it, how we define it, when we teach it, how we enforce it, how we promote it, what its relationship is to mental health and wellness,\u201d he said, with the goal of creating \u201csuggestions to the court for improvements in these areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davis has devoted much of her career to the topics of attorney ethics and professionalism. In addition to being the director of Stetson Law\u2019s Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication, she teaches courses on professional responsibility. She also served on The Florida Bar\u2019s Standing Committee on Professionalism for six years, including as chair from 2019-2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cQuestions about what professionalism means \u2013 what the standards should be and how those standards should be enforced \u2013 is a question that is being explored by state bar organizations and state supreme courts all around the country,\u201d Davis said. \u201cThe work to revisit and refine the meaning of professionalism is important work. The practice community\u2019s sense of professionalism is meaningful not only to licensed lawyers but also to law students in forming their professional identities.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida Bar is the governing organization of the more than 100,000 lawyers licensed to practice law in the state. It works to ensure the highest standards of legal professionalism and protects the public by prosecuting unethical attorneys and preventing the unlicensed practice of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Kirsten K. 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