It's certainly disrespectful of the process, and even of his client to do something like this. Presumably he didn't even read / validate any of what was cited?
A long, long time ago, during my studies, I maintained and set up Novell networks, Windows NT, and a proprietary Linux (?) server with specialized law firm software designed for legal partnerships. What I learned from that experience: Lawyers, notaries, and debt collectors rely heavily on text templates.
In a sense, you could say they’ve been conditioned for decades to adopt predefined text. And since this approach has worked so often, perhaps they’ve lost the habit of double-checking everything that a piece of software suggests to them.
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 22.7 ms ] threadIn a sense, you could say they’ve been conditioned for decades to adopt predefined text. And since this approach has worked so often, perhaps they’ve lost the habit of double-checking everything that a piece of software suggests to them.
Just take away the idiot's license to practice law. For life.
According to the ABA, America has more than 1.3M lawyers.