Lawyers be warned: Dress well for court

Lawyers be warned: Dress well for court

A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, has thrown out a complaint by a lawyer alleging a constitutional right to wear jeans and a baseball hat in a courtroom.

Could this be a step backwards with respect to the right to bare arms?

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John Magyar
John J. Magyar, B.A., J.D., Graduate student, University of Western Faculty of Law. John received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and completed the Recorded Music Production program at Fanshawe College in 1993. Before returning to UWO to study Law, he held a wide variety of jobs including Operations Manager at Other Peoples Music Inc and Research Director at Technical Economists Ltd., a commercial real estate consulting service in downtown Toronto. He received a J.D. from UWO in 2010 and is currently working on an LL.M. thesis on statutory interpretation.

1 Comment on "Lawyers be warned: Dress well for court"

  1. I don’t know about bear arms, but gorilla arms can get you arrested, especially if you’re on your way to a furry party.

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