| 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.
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