![States Should Not Adopt a Speech Code for Lawyers](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/We_the_people__.jpg)
Attorneys litigate on both sides of some of the most contentious issues in the country: affirmative action, rent control, abortion rights, gun rights, you name it. Sometimes the positions attorneys take may be seen as offensive, as those positions may run contrary to more “popular” opinions. But in our adversarial system of justice, free speech is necessary [...]