THE

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

SPECIAL COMMITTEE

on

SUPPLEMENTING

CANONS

of

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

ANNOTATED CANONS

Compiled by the Chairman for the use
of the Committee

NOTE

This compilation is the individual work of the Chairman,
for consideration by the Committee; the Committee has not considered
it, and is in no way responsible for it.

JANUARY, 1926

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The Lord Baltimore Press

BALTIMORE, MD., U. 8. A.

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* Members of the Standing Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances.

Ex-Officio

This committee and its function..

The idealism of the Canons of Ethics..

Canons of Legal Ethics. A brief sketch of their history and

function in America....

The Canons in effective rules.

What makes a profession.

The practice of law..

The practice of the Committee on Legal Ethics and Grievances

of The American Bar Association.

Committees on Professional Ethics.

The Annotations

II.

Quotations prefixed to the Canons.

THE CANONS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN

BAR ASSOCIATION

Preamble

THE CANONS.

1. The duty of the lawyer to the courts..

2. The selection of judges..

4. When counsel for an indigent prisoner..

6. Adverse influences and conflicting interests...

7. Professional colleagues and conflicts of opinion.

3. Attempts to exert personal influence on the court.

5. The defense or prosecution of those accused of crime.

8. Advising upon the merits of a client's cause.

9. Negotiations with opposite party.

10. Acquiring interest in litigation.

11. Dealing with trust property.

12. Fixing the amount of the fee.

13. Contingent fees

14. Suing a client for a fee.

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16. Restraining clients from improprieties...

17. Ill-feeling and personalities between advocates.

19. Appearance of lawyer as witness for his client.

20. Newspaper discussion of pending litigation.

15. How far a lawyer may go in supporting a client's cause.

18. Treatment of witnesses and litigants..

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21. Punctuality and expedition.

22. Candor and fairness.

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23. Attitude toward jury.

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24. Right of lawyer to control the incidents of the trial.

81

25. Taking technical advantage of opposite counsel; agreements

with him

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26. Professional advocacy other than before courts.

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27. Advertising, direct or indirect...

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28. Stirring up litigation, directly or through agents.

29. Upholding the honor of the profession..

30. Justifiable and unjustifiable litigations.

31. Responsibility for litigation...

32. The lawyer's duty in its last analysis.

OATH OF ADMISSION.

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