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Oct. 1, 2008

Rivals

Three pairs of adversaries talk about their professional relationship and consider the possibilities of being friendly foes.

Many attorneys believe that, to do a good job, they need to destroy the opposing side. Their conference rooms are really war rooms, and they treat the adversarial system as out-and-out combat.

The war metaphor is, unfortunately, appropriate. That's the way our judicial system was conceived and has operated, ever since William the Conqueror had something to conquer. But it do...

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