![]() Louisiana attorneys must belong to the LSBA to practice law in Louisiana, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said. “Even assuming healthier lawyers are generally more effective lawyers,” the Louisiana State Bar Association isn’t “an all-encompassing wellness service that may comment on every facet of lawyers’ health and fitness,” Smith said Monday. The statements weren’t germane to the practice of law because they didn’t sufficiently relate to legal practice or the legal profession, the opinion by Judge Jerry E. A Louisiana lawyer’s First Amendment rights were violated when the state bar association suggested in tweets promoting wellness that all lawyers eat walnuts, get more sun, and work out three times a week, the Fifth Circuit said.
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