When the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania held its first round of public reprimands for the year, it did so in a spacious courtroom in Philadelphia City Hall, as dozens of lawyers watched from the gallery.

With sun pouring into the big window, portraits of retired judges looking down, and a view of the Romanesque spires of the Masonic Temple across the street, the courtroom in 602 is a significant venue change from the small, enclosed Disciplinary Board offices where public reprimands have previously been held.