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18 Sask. B. Rev. & Law Soc'y Gaz. 1 (1953)
Obituaries

handle is hein.journals/sasklr18 and id is 11 raw text is: SASKATCHEWAN BAR REVIEW Publiahed under the authority of THE LAW SOCIETY OF SASKATCHEWAN Editoral oica , REGINA Bunn Office COLLEGE OF LAW 1935 Univesity of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ALBERT STREET SASKATOON REGINA EDITORIAL In this number of the Review there appears a condensation of an address delivered by a leading practitioner to a law club at the university. The address dealt with legal ethics and the position of the lawyer in society. The integrity of the Bar is of such commanding importance that additional attention to the ethics of members of the profession is warranted. The promulgation of a code of ethics is not enough. Such a code operates as a useful guide, and nothing more. The integrity of the Bar demands honesty of the lawyer on all occasions. It is generally agreed that legal ethics cannot be successfully taught as a specific subject in a law school. Preaching will not accomplish the object. The careful teacher, however, will find frequent occasions for the illustration of proper conduct of lawyers in the historical material available in all courses taught in a law school. It is suggested that every lawyer should consider himself as being in the position of a teacher for the rest of the Bar. In this regard his example is likely to be more effective than his precept. Finally there is the important matter of disciplinary power as exer- cised by the Benchers. It should be made plain that unethical professional conduct simply will not be tolerated by the governing body. It is believed that this attitude can be made plain without the governing body being regarded as an obnoxious and meddlesome persecutor. OBITUARIES Alex Blackwood, Q.C., Deputy Attorney-General for many years, died on December 21, 1952, at Victoria, B.C., where he had retired after completing thirty years in the Department of the Attorney-General, the last seventeen as Deputy. He was born in Scotland in 1876, admitted as a Law Agent in 1905 and admitted to the Law Society of Saskatchewan in 1919.

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