First Alberto Gonzales was forced to resign in disgrace. Now they’ve stripped his Lawyer of the Year crown from him. What next?
Earlier this week, the American Bar Association Journal, to universal derision, named Gonzales Lawyer of the Year. They tried to make it clear that the recognition was merely for Gonzo’s talent for stealing headlines, a talent unmatched among lawyers in 2007, but still, the jarring combination of his picture next to the words “Lawyer of the Year” proved too much for many to bear.
So the journal has issued a clarification:
When this article was posted online on December 12, 2007, it was titled âLawyers of the Year.â The article defined that term as the yearâs biggest legal newsmaker, identifying former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as the major newsmaker of 2007. The Journal regrets that we did not make this theme clear.
We appreciate the feedback weâve received, and weâre acting on it. So that there can be no confusion, the term âLawyers of the Yearâ has been changed in the headline and story to âNewsmakers of the Year.â The story is otherwise unchanged from its original version.
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