Show all signs point to reorganization of american bar association hy by PRESIDENT roomi ROGER SHERMAN illinois state bar association E j WELL know that with all their ability along professional W and business lines tho the lawyers of tho the united states mates have bavo heitger a complete nor an effect effective ivo organization admittedly tho ilia american bar association possesses only a small fraction of tho the strength and influence it should have it is ia mado made up of individuals only and lacks tho the power that it would possess it if it were backed by tho ilia force of tho ilia state bax bar associations throughout tho ilia nation there Is in fact no bond between tho ilia state organizations and tho ilia amer amei imn ican bar association tho the latter can net act in ilia various various states only through its own organization and its individual members tho the local associations aro are nat not its agencies nor do they have any boko in its management wo we have therefore various suito state groups going their own way un related and with no bonds between them and ft a national association independent of state organizations isolated so far as they aro are concerned and made up of individuals only tho the mere statement of these facts facia shows at once ilia utter lack of coherence of tho diio bar as aa a whole all signs point to 0 o the reorganization of tho Aine american rican bar adocia association 1 in i n the near future so that thai it will bo be truly representative 0 tentative senta tive of tho the state associations as well as its own members tho the necessities of ilia present situation demand it there is no harm in dreaming tuning occasionally at least and it is pleasant to imagine a national body vitalized vitali zed by all tho ilia state organizations and those in turn composed of all tho the lawyers in their respective states such an association and only such euch an association ns would represent tho the entire bar of ilia nation it would put tho the profession in tho ilia position it is entitled to occupy a position of great dignity and power then indeed wo might liopo hope to accomplish tho ilia purposes for which lawyers meet and organize to promote reform in the law to facilitate th tho a administration of justice to elevate tho the standard of integrity lionor honor and courtesy in tho ilia legal profession to encourage a thorough and liberal ae legal at education and to tb cultivate ind and cherish cheri sli a spirit of brotherhood among all ilia members thereof |