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1Title:  Cleveland Bar Association Records     
 Creator:  Cleveland Bar Association 
 Dates:  1873-1967 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Bar Association was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873 to establish and enforce standards of conduct for members of the legal profession and to promote legal and judicial reform. The Cleveland Bar Association was instrumental in the formation of the Ohio State and American Bar Associations. The collection consists of minutes, constitution, memorial resolutions, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks of judicial campaigns and an exhibit, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 3572 
 Extent:  11.30 linear feet (22 containers and 28 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland Bar Association -- Archives. | Judges -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Election. | Bar associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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2Title:  Cleveland Bar Association Records, Series II     
 Creator:  Cleveland Bar Association 
 Dates:  1937-1983 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Bar Assocaition (f. 1873) is an organization of of Cleveland, Ohio, lawyers whose purpose is to maintain the honor and dignity of the law profession and promote legal and judicial reform. Operating via a series of committees, the association over the years has investigated misconduct by lawyers, judges, sheriffs, and police, which has resulted in resignations and/or disbarment. The collection consists of minutes, agendas, financial materials, correspondence, memoranda, directories, records of the Court Management Project, a subject file, scrapbooks and issues of the Cleveland Bar Association journal. The collection is useful for understanding the activities and interests of the association, including the Court Management Project, 1970-76, which explored judicial reform in Cuyahoga County courts, and illuminates some of the controversy which surrounded the "deregulation" of the profession, such as the advertising of legal services. 
 Call #:  MS 4332 
 Extent:  25.20 linear feet (36 containers and 11 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Cleveland Bar Association -- Archives. | Court administration -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Justice, Administration of -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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