The more than 375 incoming students at The John Marshall Law School raise their hands as they take an Oath of Professionalism at a program sponsored by the Illinois Supreme Court. Students pledge to maintain the highest ethical standards as zealous advocate while exhibiting civility, cooperation, and professional behavior at all times.
John Marshall Professor Randall Peterson (left) is joined by (from second, left) David Argentar, deputy director at the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; Illinois Appellate Court Justice Thomas Hoffman (JD ’71); and Gordon B. Nash, Jr. of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, chair of the commission, who addressed the John Marshall students as they prepared to take the Oath of Professionalism.