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1969 Can. B. Bull. 1 (1969)

handle is hein.barjournals/cdnbb1969 and id is 1 raw text is: Medin breaksNew round CANADIAN BARS DU BARREAU CANADIEN OTTAWA SEPTEMBER, 1969 y~ y , - 4. . .K . A Y - r d - -.ALA .. x - - 44 a .-4 4..'- 4-. - - 1-'- -4 - v'.- '~4. --' '41e t e~ . A A * nde President J. J. Saucier welcomes Lord Gardiner; Lord Chancellor of England, to the 1969 An- nual Meeting. On the left is Maitre Claude ARTHUR E. HARVEY The 51st annual meeting of The Canadian Bar Association at Ottawa marked a watershed in its history, dividing the old, estab- lished ways from new concepts designed to make it a more viable, efficient and responsive body. -Toronto Globe and Mail, September 17, 1969 This post mortem assessment by Globe Reporter Ralph Hyman may be as provocative as some of the statements made during the September 1 - 6 assembly in the capital's Chateau Laurier. Lively discussions of the constitution, undersea resources, the native Indian, family law and law reform, flowed in the Chateau's salons as 900 judges, defenders, prosecutors, professors exchanged their viewpoints. The calibre of the discussion Another issue was the state could be gauged by that of the of the Association itself. Re- audience. External Affairs Min- tiring President J. J. Saucier of ister Mitchell Sharp, Justice Calgary, in his report, recom- Minister John Turner, Re- mended steps to merge the sources Minister J. J. Greene 29 or more lawyers' associa- were among those who listened tions in Canada into one and learned. powerful group. Provincial gov- Professors Alex J. Corry of erning bodies would collect. Queen's, Gerard LaForest of membership fees, remitting to Alberta and Louis Sabourin of the national association its levy. Ottawa, with Maxwell Coher of This would enable the As- M.Gill as moderato:, ledi a sociation to give its national discussion on the constitution. office at Ottawa the reinforce- At week's end, the constitu- ment it so urgently needed to tional Section produced a reso- follow up resolutions with vigor lution that inspired a sharp de- in the capital and to keep the bate and finally was withdrawn membership aware of develop- by Professor Gerald Morris of ments. Mr. Saucier said that Toronto, the sponsor. an understaffed secretariat had The Morris resolution recom- been a factor in the inability mended that the federal and of the Association to present provincial governments put in briefs, even though invited to any revised constitution in do so, to the Senate science specific terms the extent of the policy committee or a special Federal spending power and Commons committee on statu- any limits on it. tory instruments. J. T. Thorson, distinguished Elected 1969-70 president former president of the Ex- was Arthur Pattillo, 59, a part- chequer Court of Canada, ner in the Toronto firm of Blake, strongly opposed the resolution, Cassels and Graydon. In a saying that unlimited federal luncheon address to the Young spending power has allowed Lawyers Conference during the Canada to make the advances convention, Mr. Pattillo saic it has in social welfare, the Association has been a ProfessorcMorris withdrew positive contributor to nation- the resolution after a series of al unity. modi~ying amendments were He recommended an ex- passed. He said they had emas- change plan, which was ap- culated the proposal. proved by the executive com- Young Lawyer Joins Executive Committee In a move to strengthen its communication with young lawyers, the Canadian Bar As- sociation has appointed Arthur E. Harvey to its executive com- mittee. As chairman of the Young Lawyers' conference last year, Mr. Harvey was actively in- volved in developing more par- ticipation by young lawyers in association activities. The appointment was con- firmed at the final council of the Annual Meeting when it was recommended in a report from past president Mr. Justice Gor- don Cooper. A study prepared for the ex- ecutive committee last fall un- derlined the concern of many young lawyers that there is little chance for them to get deeply involved in CBA programs. I feel this move reflects a genuine concern on the part of the executive to give young lawyers a greater role to play and a deeper sense of partici- pation, Mr. Harvey said. At this year's annual meet- ing the Young Lawyers' con- ference presented a panel on programming the law for com- puters and a resolution sup- ported at the plenary session called on the CBA to consoli- date and co-ordinate informa- tion in this important area. Asked about the kind of pro- grams young lawyers could sponsor, Mr. Harvey said: I know the incoming chair- man of the Young Lawyers' section, Jim Foran, is keen on a program to go into the high schools and take part in Career Days where we can get a chance to tell young people about the practice of law. Another possibility now un- der consideration is research and preparation of a submission or brief to the Le Dain com- mission on the non-medical use of drugs. This is clearly an under- taking which will have a great deal to do with young people and their attitudes to society and it seems to me to be the kind of thing young lawyers can take a vital interest in, he added. Many of these things-and the problems they can create- will be up for discussion at an executive committee meeting scheduled for Nov. I so we're not entirely clear at this point where we are going. But I am convinced that having young lawyers represented on the ex- ecutive is a step in the right direction and I feel honored to be the first. Mr. Harvey _ practices with the Vancouver firm of Russell and DuMoulin and concluded the interview by stressing that he is anxious to hear from young lawyers whether or not they belong to the Association. mittee, that would send young Canadian lawyers, particularly from the common law prov- inces, to Paris to learn the other official language and gain knowledge of civil law pro- cedures. x L .4 h Pk . . . . 4. 4.4 Arthur Harvey, former chairman of the Young thur Pattillo and on his right Tom Cochrane of Lawyers conference and recently elected to the Independence, Mo., chairman of the Young CBA executive committee, is chairing the Lawyers' conference of the American Bar Young Lawyers luncheon. On his rght is Dominion Vice-President (now president) Ar- Association. Digitized from Best Copy Available Lussan, BAtonnier of the Paris Bar and on the far right is William T. Gosset, of Detroit, past president of the American Bar Association. 1 ) r t i ~ t e t a g e d a 1- i-

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