Civility.

According to an article in the October 1 News, the new language for civility added to the Oath of Admission is enforceable "for all those who take the oath."

What about the older attorneys who haven't learned civility?

Maybe the Bar should send out an amended oath for the older members to take voluntarily. I don't believe the Bar could make it a requirement, but it would be an interesting exercise to see who would submit themselves to enforcement of the new language in the oath.

George S. Pappas

Daytona Beach

Regarding the article in the October 1 News concerning the addition of civility to the Oath of Admission, I have a few comments.

Not two weeks before I read of the Supreme Court's action, I had the unhappy occasion to search through the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar to find the "civility" rule, which I'd felt an attorney I had been dealing with had not lived up to. Yet, to my dismay, there was none. While the addition of civility language to the oath is a good step, I believe it is too little a step. Attorneys aren't disciplined by the Bar for violations of the oath. They are disciplined for violation of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.

If our Supreme Court, and the various professionalism committees and workgroups in the Bar, are truly concerned about returning civility to our once-respected profession, civility toward fellow attorneys and represented parties would be added to the rules. I hope such efforts will be initiated soon.

Turning to a comment in the article that much of the incivility in our profession is attributable to "new young lawyers" who just...