Unlike other professions licensed, regulated, and disciplined by state legislatures and executive agencies, lawyers are treated differently. All lawyers are licensed, regulated, and disciplined by the highest court in each jurisdiction.

What public benefit do you see in judicial regulation of attorneys? What aspects of the attorney disciplinary system do you view as inspiring public confidence? What detriments or shortcomings presently exist in the attorney disciplinary system?

Discuss the positive and negative aspects of judicial regulation of attorneys and the attorney disciplinary process.