sion-the situation could be adequately dealt with. The present court regulation is clumsy and ineffective. Occasionally, an attorney is disbarred or suspended. The reasons for and against are strangely disparate in different cases. A perusal of the 35 or 40 cases dealing with such matters in the Colorado Reports will occasion surprise as to the relatively slight reason on which a disbarment is based in one case as opposed to the morally serious matters that are condoned in another. Suffice it to say that this Committee recommends that the plan put forward by the Special Committee on the Improvement of Standards of the Bar in its report to this meeting would provide an adequate and effective system of dealing with such matters. We should remember that while the profession is interested in many things primarily of greater importance in its every-day life than the discipline of refractory members, the public eye is always focused on that particular thing. It is sad but true that retribution rarely overtakes the wrongdoer, and the public, in consequence, loses respect for the Bar. The best answer is to permit the lawyers to regulate themselves subject to review by the Supreme Court. There is one matter of general policy with reference to which the Committee is in no doubt, itself, but which it wishes to refer to the Association. A custom has grown up whereby persons supposed to have claims for personal injuries against railroads are solicited to place these claims with firms of attorneys outside of this State. Suits are subsequently brought and settlements made in the outside State. Certain firms in Minnesota have been particularly active, with the result that residents of this State have gone to Minnesota to become litigants there. The situation has reached such a pass that the Governor of Minnesota has attempted to secure special legislation in that State to curb the practice and has pointed out that Minnesota is supporting the courts for the purpose of instituting litigation for non-residents of Minnesota amounting in the aggre gate to a majority of the cases on the court calendars. Local counsel in Colorado have been retained in some instances. In one case that I know of, when the situation was called to their attention, they immediately withdrew. This condition is commented on vigorously in two cases before the Federal District Court of Minnesota. Both cases were dismissed when the court's attention was called to the methods above referred to, and in each case it was directed that the record be sent to the proper lawyers' committee of Minnesota. See Chunes v. Duluth R. R., 298 Fed. 964. See Weinard v. C. M. & St. P. R. R., 298 Fed. 977. The Pueblo Bar Association has passed a strong resolution condemning such practices, as have other Associations. Your Committee recommends that this Association adopt the annexed resolution, and that a copy thereof be sent to the Bar Association of Minnesota. WM. W. GRANT, JR., Chairman. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Canons of Ethics of the American Bar Association have been recommended by the Supreme Court of this State as a standard of professional conduct, and for that purpose have been set out in the rules of the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1924; and, WHEREAS, such Canons condemn the solicitation of business by indirection through methods of any kind; and, WHEREAS, this Association feels that it is highly unethical for attorneys from outside of the State to solicit business in this State through agents or runners, and, that it is unprofessional for Colorado attorneys to associate themselves with said foreign attorneys in the conduct of litigation, thus obtained, all of which is contrary to the spirit of the Canons above mentioned: NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved: That The Colorado Bar Association, in annual meeting assembled, declares itself opposed to such practices, either by individuals or corporations; and Be It Further Resolved: That the Grievance Committee of such Association is hereby authorized to exhaust every means within its power to prevent further violation of the meaning and spirit of this Resolution, that the Committee in the name of the Association, give full publication to the provisions of this Resolution, and that a copy hereof be sent to the Bar Association of the State of Minnesota. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION To The Colorado Bar Association: Your Committee on Legal Education reports as follows: Since the former report of your Committee the Supreme Court has raised the standards of admission to the practice of law by requiring in candidates full high school education and one year's college work in liberal arts before the study of law shall be undertaken. This action is in line with the plan of the American Bar Association, which has recommended to the profession at least two years' college study in liberal arts. The court has continued its practice, begun a year ago, of administering in a public ceremony the oath of office to the recently graduated students who pass the examinations, and the Denver Bar Association has been host at luncheon to the new lawyers immediately after the meeting in the Supreme Court chamber. No noteworthy changes have occurred in the faculties of the three law schools of the state save the transfer of Joseph R. Long from the University of Virginia to the University of Colorado. Attendance at the schools is smaller than last year. Attendance and the number of graduates from the schools during the year follow: University of Colorado University of Denver Westminster Law School.. At the July, 1924, examination, of 83 candidates 70 passed; in December, 1923, of 24 candidates 14 passed, and in December, 1924, 22 candidates appeared for examination. The Law Committee is doing much in assisting the Supreme Court and the bar in carrying out plans for higher standards, and also in giving opportunity to earnest, intelligent men of good character to gain admission to the bar. HAMLET J. BARRY, Vice-Chairman. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LOCAL BAR To The Colorado Bar Association: Your Committee on Local Bar Associations held a meeting January 26, 1924, at Denver, Colorado, to which all local bar associations of the State, so far as then known, were invited to send representatives. The following were present: Judge George H. Bradfield, representing Weld County Bar Frank J. Annis, H. H. Hartman and Henry Winslow, Ft. John C. Abbott, Yuma, and Herbert E. Keating, Sterling, Frank L. Morehead, Boulder, representing Boulder County Judge Wm. N. Searcy, Durango, representing Southwestern Hugh McLean, Stanley T. Wallbank, and J. V. Schaetzel, Harrie M. Humphreys, representing The Colorado Bar Asso- Thomas J. O'Donnell, Denver, representing American Bar Walter S. Coen and Wilbur F. Denious, representing the At this meeting attention was called to the provisions of the by-laws of this Association relating to local bar associations, being Section 9, which makes each local association of the State eligible to membership in this Association, and Section 34, in which the duties of the Committee on Local Bar Associations are set forth. A discussion in which all present participated was had, and among the suggestions advanced and considered were the following: 1. If a lawyer feels that he can support but one association, that should be his local association; next he should support the State Association; and next the National Association. But no lawyer who is able to pay the dues—and nearly if not every lawyer is-can afford not to support these three organizations of the bar. 2. An effective local association can be maintained with even a small membership. 3. The State should be so organized that every member of the bar is afforded the opportunity of becoming a member of a local association, which is not the case now. 4. A local association is needed in every community, not only for the consideration of questions which are of peculiar interest to the members of the profession, but also to cultivate a cordial feeling among the members of the bench and bar, and to consider and discuss those public questions concerning which each community naturally looks to its lawyers for advice and leadership. 5. Each local association should be officially connected with the State Association, and since the only means now provided for this purpose is membership of the local association in the State Association, each local association should become a member of The Colorado Bar Association. 6. There should be an exchange of notices among the local associations so that each may be familiar with the activities of the others. 7. It was made clear at this meeting that a program for the association with a large membership does not fit the association with a small membership. It was pointed out that there are perhaps three different classes of local associations in the State: First, the large association, such as the Denver Association; second, associations having a membership of fifty and upwards, such as Colorado Springs and Pueblo; and third, associations with a |