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There were a number of symposia or special editions of journals in the 1990s which produced thoughtful articles in the area. In August 1995, the Alberta Law Review published a special edition on “The Legal Profession and Ethics” (1995) 33 Alta. L. Rev. 719–943. Articles include Justice J.C. Major, “Lawyers’ Obligation to Provide Legal Services” at 719; W. Wesley Pue, “In Pursuit of Better Myth: Lawyers’ Histories and Histories of Lawyers” at 730 [Pue, “In Pursuit of Better Myth”]; Allan C. Hutchinson, “Calgary and Everything After: A Postmodern Revision of Lawyering” at 768 [Hutchinson, “Calgary and Everything After”]; Carole Curtis, “Alternative Visions of the Legal Profession in Society: A Perspective on Ontario” at 787; H.W. Arthurs, “The Dead Parrot: Does Professional Self-Regulation Exhibit Vital Signs?” at 800; Esmeralda M.A Thornhill, “Ethics in the Legal Profession: The Issue of Access” at 810; Dianne Pothier, “On Not ‘Getting It'” at 817; The Hon. Wendy G. Baker, “Structure of the Workplace or, Should We Continue to Knock the Corners Off the Square Pegs or Can We Change The Shape of the Holes?” at 821; Alan D. Hunter, “A View as to the Profile of a Lawyer in Private Practice” at 831; Jonnette Watson Hamilton, “Metaphors of Lawyers’ Professionalism” at 833; Gavin MacKenzie, “The Valentine's Card in the Operating Room: Codes of Ethics and the Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession” at 859; Larry Chartrand, “The Appropriateness of the Lawyer as Advocate in Contemporary Aboriginal Justice Initiatives” at 874; René Laperriére, “L'éthique Et La Responsabilité Professionnelle Des Juristes En Matière De Compétence” at 882; A. Wayne MacKay, “Some Thoughts on a More Humanist and Equitable Legal Education” at 920; and Richard F. Devlin, “Normative, and Somewhere to Go? Reflections on Professional Responsibility” at 924 [Devlin, “Reflections”].Google Scholar
In 1996, the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence also published a symposium edition on legal ethics. See (1996) 9 Can. J.L. & Jur. 3 et seq. (wherein David Luban speaks prematurely of “A New Canadian legal ethics” in his introduction). Articles in this collection include David Luban, “Introduction: A New Canadian legal ethics?” at 3; Hon. James M. Spence, “Called to the Bar” at 5; Susan P. Koniak, “Law and Ethics in a World of Rights and Unsuitable Wrongs” at 11; Gavin MacKenzie, “Breaking the Dichotomy Habit: The Adversary System and the Ethics of Professionalism” at 33; Jerome E. Bickenbach, “The Redemption of the Moral Mandate of the Profession of Law” at 51; Alice Woolley, “Integrity in Zealousness: Comparing the Standard Conceptions of the Canadian and American Lawyer” at 61 [Woolley, “Zealousness”]; Richard Bronaugh, “Thoughts on Money, Winning, and Happiness in the Practice of Law” at 101; Donald E. Buckingham, “Rules and Roles: Casting Off Legal Education's Moral Blinders for an Approach that Encourages Moral Development” at 111; Barry Hoffmaster, “Hanging Out a Shingle: The Public and Private Services of Professionals” at 127; and Peter Mercer, Margaret Ann Wilkinson & Terra Strong, “The Practice of Ethical Precepts: Dissecting Decision-Making by Lawyers” at 141. Of the Canadians in this group (Luban and Koniak are American legal academics), a few—including Alice Woolley of the University of Calgary and Mary Ann Wilkinson and Peter Mercer of the University of Western Ontario—continued with subsequent scholarly work in legal ethics. See Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Christa Walker & Peter Mercer, “Testing Theory and Debunking Stereotypes: Lawyers’ Views on the Practice of Law” (2005) 18 Can. J.L. & Jur. 165; Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Christa Walker & Peter Mercer, “Do Codes of Ethics Actually Shape Legal Practice?” (2000) 45 McGill L.J. 645; and Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Peter Mercer & Terra Strong, “Mentor, Mercenary or Melding: An Empirical Inquiry into the Role of the Lawyer” (1996) 28 Loy. U. Chicago L.J. 373.
