INDEX AND SYNOPSIS OF CANONS. PREAMBLE, pp. 3-4. THE CANONS OF ETHICS, pp. 4-13. 1. THE DUTY OF THE LAWYER TO THE COURTS. (1, 2, 4; iii, iv, vi.)* 2. THE SELECTION OF JUDGES. (69.)* 3. ATTEMPTS TO EXERT PERSONAL INFLUENCE ON THE COURT. (3, 4. WHEN COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT PRISONER. (64; xviii, xxi, xxiii.)* 5. THE DEFENCE OR PROSECUTION OF THOSE ACCUSED OF CRIME. (14; xv.)* 6. ADVERSE INFLUENCES AND CONFLICTING INTERESTS. (37, 28, 24, 25; viii.)* 7. PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES AND CONFLICTS OF OPINION. 49, 50, 48; vii, xiv, xvii.)* (42, 8. ADVISING UPON THE MERITS OF A CLIENT'S CAUSE. (38, 35; xi, xix, xx, xxxi, xxxii. See also xxx.)* 9. NEGOTIATIONS WITH OPPOSITE PARTY. (46, 47, 51; xliii, xliv.)* 10. ACQUIRING INTEREST IN LITIGATION. (Xxiv.)* 11. 12. 13. 15. DEALING WITH TRUST PROPERTY. (40; xxv, xxvi.)* FIXING THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE. (54, 55, 56, 58; xviii, xxviii, xxxviii, xlix.)* CONTINGENT FEES. (57; xxiv.)* 14. SUING A CLIENT FOR A FEE. (53; xxvii. See also xxix.)* HOW FAR A LAWYER MAY GO IN SUPPORTING A CLIENT'S CAUSE. (11; 1, x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xl.)* 16. RESTRAINING CLIENTS FROM IMPROPRIETIES. (44.)* 17. ILL FEELING AND PERSONALITIES BETWEEN ADVOCATES. (31, 32; V.)* 18. TREATMENT OF WITNESSES AND LITIGANTS. xlii.)* (59, 30; ii, xiv, 19. APPEARANCE OF LAWYER AS WITNESS FOR HIS CLIENT. (21, 22; XXXV, xvi.)* 20. NEWSPAPER DISCUSSION OF PENDING LITIGATION. (19, 20.)* 21. PUNCTUALITY AND EXPEDITION. (6, 36; See xxxvi.)* 22. CANDOR AND FAIRNESS. (5; xli.)* 23. ATTITUDE TOWARD JURY. (60, 61, 17, 63; xlvii.)* 24. RIGHT OF LAWYER TO CONTROL THE INCIDENTS OF THE TRIAL (33; x.)* 25. TAKING TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE OF OPPOSITE COUNSEL; AGREE MENTS WITH HIM. (45, 43; v, ix.)* 26. 27. PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY OTHER THAN BEFORE COURTS. (27.)* 28. 29, STIRRING UP LITIGATION, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGENTS. (23.)* (9, 65, 12; xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvii, xxxviii.)* 30. 31. JUSTIFIABLE AND UNJUSTIFIABLE LITIGATIONS. (15; x, xi, xiv.)* 32. THE LAWYER'S DUTY IN ITS LAST ANALYSIS. (66; xxi, etc.)* OATH OF ADMISSION, pp. 13-14. The Arabic numerals in the brackets immediately following the synoptic titles of the canons are cross-references to the compilation of canons as set forth in Appendix B of the 1907 report of the Association's Committee on Canons of Ethics (A, B, A. Reports XXXI, 681684); the Roman numerals are cross-references to Hoffman's Resoļutions, reprinted as Appendix H of the committee's 1907 report (id. 717 TRANSACTIONS OF THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE American Bar Association HELD AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Wednesday, August 25, 26, 27, 1920 FIRST DAY. Wednesday, August 25, 1920, 10 A. M. The Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association convened in the Shubert-Jefferson Theatre, St. Louis, Mo., at 10 A. M., with Hampton L. Carson, of Philadelphia, Pa., the President of the Association, in the Chair. MORNING SESSION. The President: The Association will please come to order. I yield the floor to Senator Goodson, representing the Governor of Missouri. Walter C. Goodson, Acting Governor of Missouri : It is impossible to be too emphatic in speaking of the pride which the State of Missouri feels in entertaining this Convention. In the name of Governor Frederick D. Gardner, I wish to assure you that Missouri holds out her hands to you today in cordial greeting and bids you welcome to her metropolis. It is an event of inspiring and far-reaching importance to this Commonwealth that you have chosen to hold your deliberations in our midst this year, and we shall strive, by extending to you an open-hearted, open-handed hospitality, to leave you no cause to regret your choice. Governor Gardner desires me to express to you his deep regret at not being able, personally, to welcome the Association, which he earnestly characterized as being unequalled in learning and usefulness by any other organization in the world. We of the Missouri bar wish you might come to know our Governor in person. While not of our profession he is a fine type of successful business man who recognizes in the Bench and the Bar a most valuable asset to a successful administration. Proof of that fact is shown in the high order of men appointed by him to judicial positions since the beginning of his administration. You have appropriately brought this assemblage of American lawyers to the very center of American life. "At the heart of this wonderful country, Where the East grips the hand of the West, She's a queen with her title complete, Missouri, rich in resources and generous in yield; Missouri, with the seal of Divine approval stamped upon her fruitful farms, her productive mines, her comfortable homes, and her general prosperity; Missouri, with the best of her brain, brawn and spirit, is yours today. And you, honorable members of this great Council, called together for the advancement of law, justice and the common good of humanity, are ours by adoption for three whole, precious days. One of the oldest and most satisfying definitions of hospitality is implied in the Scriptural quotation which states in simple words, “I was a stranger and ye took me in." You came to us as strangers this morning-we pledge you our word of honor that we shall make no attempt at "taking you in" in accord with the modern slang interpretation of that phrase-but be very sure that St. Louis and her fellow Missourians, with characteristic cordiality, stand ready to take you into an engulfing fellowship which we hope will make you feel thoroughly at home. The sentiment of true hospitality needs no dress of resplendent rhetoric, no declamatory drapery. Therefore, without more ado, I wish you a happy sojourn among us, pleasant and profitable recollection of your stay here, and oft repeated returns to Missouri. The President: On behalf of the American Bar Association I express our appreciation of the very cordial and graceful welcome which has been extended to us. When the invitation from the City of St. Louis reached the hands of the Executive Committee last January, supported as it was by earnest representations from bodies of trade and of the profession, and accompanied by a very dexterous but skilfully concealed suggestion, that the State of Missouri was putting the question that Missourians are credited with asking, What is the American Bar Association? we felt that we should accept this invitation and demonstrate by our presence and by our cordial cooperation with your local committees that the American Bar Association represents no single state, no special locality, no exclusively cooperative organization, but that it is a voluntary association of members of our profession from all of the 48 states in the union; that lines between the states are invisible, and that we are in reality, as we are under our constitution, the representatives of the American Bar. President Carson then delivered his address. (See Appendix, page 151.) The President: We have drawn the foundation and the living principles of our Government largely from Great Britain. The common law is the basis of our administration of justice. It gives me not only personal but official pleasure to have the honor of presenting to this audience His Excellency, The British Ambassador, Sir Auckland Geddes. Sir Auckland Geddes then delivered his address. (See Appendix, page 171.) The Secretary's report was then read by Secretary Kemp, and was received and filed. (See Report at end of minutes, page 90.) |