Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Mississippi State Bar Association, Band 11,Teil 1916Mississippi Printing Company, 1916 |
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12 days 1st District 1st Monday 24 days 2nd Monday 30 days 3rd Monday 4th Monday Aberdeen admission adopted amendment American Bar Association annual meeting appointed attorneys Board By-Laws capital stock cause Chairman Chancery Court charge CIRCUIT AND CHANCERY Circuit Court Civil business client Code complaints Constitution counsel COUNTY SITE DISTRICT devises duty E. J. Bowers elected Executive Committee filed Greenville Gulfport Hattiesburg Hazlehurst honor Indianola Jackson judicial July June justice land Laurel lawyer Legislature liquors matter membership ment Meridian Mississippi State Bar Monday of April Monday of Aug Monday of Feb Monday of Jan Monday of March Monday of Nov Monday of Oct Monday of Sept mortmain Natchez Okolona person prescribed President profession qualified electors railroads railways recommend Secretary and Treasurer Section session statute law submitted suggestions of error TERMS AND DATES TERMS OF CIRCUIT thereof tion Tupelo Vicksburg vote
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Seite 126 - It is unprofessional to represent conflicting interests, except by express consent of all concerned given after a full disclosure of the facts. Within the meaning of this canon, a lawyer represents conflicting interests when, in behalf of one client, it is his duty to contend for that which duty to another client requires him to oppose.
Seite 131 - ... 21. Punctuality and Expedition. It is the duty of the lawyer not only to his client, but also to the Courts and to the public to be punctual in attendance, and to be concise and direct in the trial and disposition of causes. 22. Candor and Fairness. The conduct of the lawyer before the Court and with other lawyers should be characterized by candor and fairness.
Seite 24 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which...
Seite 135 - OATH OF ADMISSION. The general principles which should ever control the lawyer in the practice of his profession are clearly set forth in the following Oath of Admission to the Bar, formulated upon that in use in the State of Washington, and which conforms in its main outlines to the "duties...
Seite 129 - Controversies with clients concerning compensation are to be avoided by the lawyer so far as shall be compatible with his self-respect and with his right to receive reasonable recompense for his services ; and lawsuits with clients should be resorted to only to prevent injustice, imposition or fraud.
Seite 24 - In America, where the stability of courts and of all departments of government rests upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing justice be developed to a high point of efficiency and so maintained that the public shall have absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration.
Seite 126 - Professional Colleagues and Conflicts of Opinion. A client's proffer of assistance of additional counsel should not be regarded as evidence of want of confidence, but the matter should be left to the determination of the client. A...
Seite 129 - entire devotion to the interest of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights and the exertion of his utmost learning and ability," to the end that nothing be taken or be withheld from him, save by the rules of law, legally applied. No fear of judicial disfavor or public unpopularity should restrain him from the full discharge of his duty. In the judicial forum the client is entitled to the benefit of any and every remedy and defense that is authorized by the law...
Seite 26 - ... persons exercising a public office or private trust, or deception or betrayal of the public. When rendering any such improper service or advice, the lawyer invites and merits stern and just condemnation. Correspondingly, he advances the honor of his profession and the best interests of his client when he renders service or gives advice tending to impress upon the client and his undertaking exact compliance with the strictest principles of moral law. He must also observe and advise his client...
Seite 120 - Any standing Committee of the Association may by rule provide that three successive absences from the meetings of the Committee, unexcused, shall be deemed a resignation by the member, so absent, of his place upon the Committee. Any standing Committee of the Association may, by rule, impose upon its members a fine for nonattendance, and may provide for the disposition of the fines collected under such rule.