Word: laws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Strawn left the discussion of the Chicago mayor with this final remark, and turned to the subject of his address at the Law School, which was suggested by a misstatement of the lawyer's place in modern life in a recent magazine article entitled "Officers of the Court...
...article in question is so flagrantly erroneous that it hardly needs refutation," said Strawn, "but it affords an excellent starting point for a discussion of the lawyer's true function and place in society. I want to give the law school men a statement of legal ethics, and at the same time destory any wrong impressions which may have lodged in the minds of those who may have read the article...
...author of the article." Strawn continued, "describes lawyers as parasites on society, but I shall endeavor in my address before the Law School men to show that the man who tries to be a parasite cannot suceed in the practice of law...
...observation has been that the law schools are endeavoring to teach their students not only the fundamental principles of the law, but they are also developing a capacity to express one's thoughts accurately, Society looks to the lawyer for constructive leadership. Twenty one out of the twenty nine of our Presidents have been lawyers, and a very large proportion of the members of our Congress and of our several state legislatures are now and always have been lawyers...
...Russell has been unfortunate in basing all his logic upon the strength of the lingual link between the two nations. Insofar as it concerns the State of Illinois this strength is non existent, for a law recently passed by the state legislature makes the official language of Illinois no longer English, but American. Mr. Russell's beliefs hold; however, for the rest of the United States, which are still unconsciously guilty of this crime against international good will. In the mean time there will probably be few who see in a similarity of tongues the seeds of an approaching Armageddon...