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sb2 wednesday may 11 1983 stouffville stoiilf ville lawyer gordon ness of the legal firm of button armstrong and ness has been elected president of the york region law society for 1983 he refers to law as an honorable profession thats in real danger the biggest problem he explained is there are too many lawyers and too many students graduating each year its un- fair to them the graduates and to us approximately 100 of the 186 lawyers in york region belong to the association their fees pay for such services as a lib rary and lounge at the newmarket court which mr ness said is very expensive he said he considers it unprofessional for the other 86 lawyers not to contribute financially when they also use the facili ties mr ness said the excess of lawyers in ontario is increasing the unprofessional attitude he said he was one of 300 ontario students that graduated from the bar admissions course in 1968 at that time there were 6000 lawyers in ontario one for every 1100 people since 1976 there have been 1000 stu dents graduate from the five ontario law schools each year in 19s1 there were 14000 ontario lawyers or one for every 550 people he said private practice has been glut ted and lawyers have had to cut their fees to attract clients therefore rates have been almost frozen for several years most people think being a lawyer is a licence to make money he said but its not he said lawayers especially those in small firms are finding it as difficult as anyone else he said the public will probably approach this problem by saying nuts to you were glad youre hurting but it will eventually effect the standard of service they receive people are still obtaining good service butit cant last forever with so many graduates each year he explained professional competence will be effected because graduates are not training under established lawyers as was traditionally the practice nowlaw firms are being opened by graduates who have no where else to go he said citing that almost half of ontarios lawyers have been practicing only five years another possible danger for the profes sion and public is government interven tion if the lawyers cant get their act together the government will make sure they do mr ness explained mr ness sees the upcoming election of the 40 members who will form the law society of upper canada benchers as a way to begin solving the problem the presidents of the county and district law associations have formed a group to deal with the concerns and have become very vocal he explained the presidents recently sent out a ques tionnaire to all the bencher candidates asking them several questions including how they would handle the numbers prob lem there has also been lobbying and campaigning to rid tli society of the ben chers who are complacint and replace them with those who are a little more firey and willing to go public he said in the past the law society of upper canada has avoided being the ogre and turning people away after nine years of school so there has been little failure in the bar admissions course although mr ness doesnt fully agree with the concept of limiting the number of graduates per year- he said some of the benchers elected should be in favor of the concept so numbers wont be left entirely up to the schools as they have been inihe past t an information and public relation cam paign has also been started to inform stu- dents that there arefewjobsavailable mr ness said 65 per cent of this years and25 per cent of last years graduates have rioty found work in their chosen field its tin- fortunate for the kids who have gone through he said they have a right to be- upset mr ness said communication with the government and law schools is necessary and thinks the campaign will be helpful in solving the problem the ontario lawyers association was formed last fall to help solicitors lobby the government and the law society and pro tect their interests although the law soci ety was originally formed to promote the standing of lawyers as well as to protect the public mr ness said it has been very unwilling to do this he said it is natu ral for the society to emphasize their role as public protector because they dont wantto look like a clique the ontario lawyers association has approximately 1000 members at the pre- sent time and mr ness said it should be in full swing by this fall he said the society will help lawyers by bringing their prob lems to the publics attention mr ness said the profession is a very traditional one and some of this tradition needs to be retained to ensure law stays a profession and does not become a business im very proud of the profession he said but id like to be prouder county honors r two stouffville girls charmaine lintner left and melony minz re ceived their 4h county honors di plomas at a york south achievement day april 30 in victoria square community hall charmaine is a member of stouffville i and melony belongs to stouffville ii to win a county honors 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