A Tale of Two Oaths: Doctors vs. Lawyers

by Bitter Lawyer on July 16, 2012 in Legal Ethics

I recently had the privilege of being sworn in as licensed attorney. I was seated next to my brother, a medical doctor, who was blown away by how different my oath was from his.

The focus of the Hippocratic Oath is the patient; the focus of the lawyer’s oath is the lawyer himself.

Read A Difference in Oaths on Bitter Lawyer.

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