Canon 24 . Question The Chamber of Commerce of a Texas city solicits memberships from lawyers as well as from business men. The lawyers who have joined the organization have done so on the basis that they are doing a community service and not for the purpose of soliciting business. The Chamber of Commerce publishes a directory of its membership, divided into several sections. It is subdivided into Accountants, Advertising, Artists, Attorneys, Chemists, Collection Agencies, Dentists, Engineers, Photography, Physicians, Patent Attorneys, Veterinarians and other business and professional groups.
Members pay membership dues.
All members are listed in some classified section of the directory as well as in the alphabetical section. No member pays anything for the listing in the classified section, and the listing of one member is not distinctive from another in the same subsection. The listing in the classified section of the lawyers results solely from membership in the Chamber of Commerce. As a general rule a lawyer may not publish any advertisement. See Texas Canon 24 .