Taking a lesson from the Brits, U.S. courts will soon be facing a dress code overhaul. Inside sources will inform us after the first of April of a new mandate which will have lawyers trading in their three piece suits for horsehair wigs and black silk robes. After much debate a panel of specialists will determine that the current dress code in American courts is resulting in poor jury duty attendance and general lack of faith in the judicial process. Hope for an increase in popular support for the justice system will be behind the unexpected implementation of a more conservative wardrobe. However, many will still express doubts.“It’s just a gimmick,” Randall Cromwell, a retired barrister with fifty years of courtroom experience will say. “This is a classic marketing ploy; they’re trying to latch on to the Harry Potter fad. Today it’s robes, tomorrow flashy special effects. After this it’s just a half step from habeas corpus to levicorpus.” Though many will side with Cromwell’s somewhat cynical analysis others will welcome the change. James Stanton, the District Attorney of Los Angeles County, California will go on record as being in favor of more formal dress in the courtroom. “The American justice system has gotten a reputation of late that we’re soft on crime. We need to send a message, we need a new, tougher image, and nothing says dedication like more clothes.”