Lawyers Gagged Over ‘Gender Ideology’
by Rodney Pelletier, ChurchMilitant.com
Lawyers can now be prohibited from practicing law if they don’t assent to transgenderism.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is updating its Model Rules of Professional Conduct to include “gender identity” as a protected class.
The revised rule 8.4(g) was passed on August 8 at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. It reads, “It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: … (g) engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status in conduct related to the practice of law.”
The regulation notes, however, “A lawyer does not violate paragraph (g) by limiting the scope or subject matter of the lawyer’s practice,” and “A lawyer’s representation of a client does not constitute an endorsement by the lawyer of the client’s views or activities.”
University of California Los Angeles law professor Eugene Volokh explains how the rule applies to lawyers:
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