The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-26
LEGAL LIGHTS
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 dor, James Bryce, will deliver an ad- dress Wednesday morning on The In- huence of National Character and the historical environment of the develop ment of the common law
 Code of Professional Ethics
 A proposed code of professional ethics for the American Bar associa- tion will be distributed among the members when they assemble here in annual meeting next Tuesday. The proposed code, as prepared by a com mittee of prominent lawyers from va lrious sections of the United States will be submitted at this time merely for the information of the association members. No effort to have the re- bort adopted will be made at this time, but it is likely that it will be submit ted to next years meeting for such ac- tion The members of the committee which prepared the code are Henry St. George Tucker of Virginia, James C.. Jenkins of Wisconsin, William Wirt Howe of Louisiana, Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, Ezra B. Thayer of Massachusetts, Franklin Ferris of Missouri Thomas H. Hubbard of New York, Frederick V. Brown of Minne- sota, and Lucien H. Alexander of 1 Pennsylvania
 Accompanying the code as prepared by the committe is the following re- port of work already done and con- Itemplated;
 Your committee are of opinion that the adoption of canons of professional ethics by the American Bar associa- ton is destined to have powerful and far-reaching influence upon the development of our professional in- dede to so great an extent that it will be difficult to overestimate the import ance of the event We believe that such canons, to become practically ef- fective, should be adopted only after mature and careful deliberation, and much fuller consideration on the part of our membership than IS possible at one of our annual meetings, ! We believe that your committee in drafting the code should have the &C., l tive assistance of every member of the association with thoughts upon the subject, and that the recommendation which your committee may see fit to make should be considered not only in connection with what has already been done in those stArs having codes of ethics, but also in the light of what has been said by individuals who have directed their attention particularly to the subject.
 We accordingly annex an appendix ccrtaining:
 A. That portion of the 1906 report of your committee dealing with the lad visibility and practicability" of the adoption of canons of professional eth- les by this association.
 B. A compilation of the codes adopt e1 in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mis- souri, North Carolina, West Virginia, l Wisconsin and Virginia.
 c. The eight canons incorporated in the 1899 charter of the Louisiana Bar l association.
 D. The oath administered to lawyers on admission to the bar in the state of Washington, containing a brief out line of professional duty.
 F. The oath prescribed for advo- cates by the laws of Geneva.
 F. The lawyers prayer, written by Dr. Samuel Johnson, September 26, 1765.
 G. The ethical code for lawyers pro- n.ulgated in 1883 by Christian V. of Denmark and Norway, and H. Hoff- mans Resolutions in Regard to Pro- fesslonal Department" published at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1S36, and which are now printed in the Year Book for the bar association of Jacksonville, | Florida.
 We recommend:
 First. That the committee be con- l tir ned and enlarged by the addition of Judge Thomas Goode Jones, author of the Alabama code, which with but few | alterations has been adopted by the Bar associations of eleven states, also that MT Justice Brewer and the retir- ing and incoming presidents of the as- sociation be declared members of the cimmittee, and also Hon. George R. | Peck, who as president of this associa> ton in 1905, appointed the initial com> mittee on this subject Mir, Justice Brewer was named by President Park CT a member of the committee, but at the time felt constrained to decline. We have since had the benefit of his advice, and we believe he would now deem it a duty to serve.
 Second That the association reprint SharsWood's essay on professional eth