The future is now.

SYLVIA Y. SIMMONS, left, and Lori L. Bethea recently raised their right hands to take the Oath of Attorney at the Florida Supreme Court,. Chief Justice Barbara Pariente made note of the diversity of the 100 or so new graduates eagerly waiting to take the oath as new lawyers, and contrasted that to how few women and minorities were in her swearing-in class in 1973, when there were only 12,000 members of The Florida Bar. Now there are close to 75,000 Florida lawyers. "There is always room in the Bar of this state for good lawyers," Chief Justice Pariente said. "As you will...