Ellie Margolis
@elliemargolis.bsky.social
Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, avid reader. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime.
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in short: YES you have to resign if you cannot practice competently despite your best efforts
BUT this is on the attorney-managers, who should also resign or face disciplinary action on their licenses
AND the rules do have quite a lot to say about safeguarding the rights of third persons
BUT this is on the attorney-managers, who should also resign or face disciplinary action on their licenses
AND the rules do have quite a lot to say about safeguarding the rights of third persons
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
in short: YES you have to resign if you cannot practice competently despite your best efforts
BUT this is on the attorney-managers, who should also resign or face disciplinary action on their licenses
AND the rules do have quite a lot to say about safeguarding the rights of third persons
BUT this is on the attorney-managers, who should also resign or face disciplinary action on their licenses
AND the rules do have quite a lot to say about safeguarding the rights of third persons
Reposted by Ellie Margolis
Following on, she’s only not leaving because she can free some folks while there. Tough ethical quandary: leave, honorably, or stay, and get some amount of good through.
Unrelated: some good people are enablers because they don’t let things fall to chaos.
Unrelated: some good people are enablers because they don’t let things fall to chaos.
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Following on, she’s only not leaving because she can free some folks while there. Tough ethical quandary: leave, honorably, or stay, and get some amount of good through.
Unrelated: some good people are enablers because they don’t let things fall to chaos.
Unrelated: some good people are enablers because they don’t let things fall to chaos.