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Nancy Holland proved tireless andinvaluable.There were still problems with fundraising, financing and the collectingof pledges and special levies, but allof these problems were pushed ontothe back burner when, on June 28,1974, Her Majesty Queen ElizabethThe Queen Mother entered throughthe front door with Barry Pepper,Q.C., and officially openedCampbell House. The Advocates'Society now had a home.While the various and complexissues surrounding the establishmentof Campbell House were ofprime concern, there was still otherSociety business that needed to bedealt with throughout the rest of thedecade.During the administration of W.David Griffiths, Q.C. (1971-72), fullytwenty committees, ranging fromAdministrative Law to ProfessionalConduct, were actively functioning.And, there was the matter of the upcomingSpring Convention, scheduledfor May 1972 in London,England.As the Society continued its steadygrowth, it became more and moreinterested in offering advocacy education.One of its earliest workshopswas held in April 1972 at theUniversity of Windsor Law School,dealing with cross-border issues inmotor vehicle cases.Thought also was given to the ideaof producing a new publication. TheAdvocate, in its original concept,would require five editors, fiftywriters, would be printed five timesper year, and would cost between$500 and $600 per issue. It would bea decade before this concept wouldmanifest as The Advocates' SocietyJournal.An old house moves to its new home on Friday, March 31, 1972.enced the operation of the Englishcourts. Back in Toronto, the End ofTerm Dinner featured guest speakerSydney L. Robins, Q.C., Treasurer ofthe Law Society, on the topic of "OurProfession and the Winds ofChange."It was under the stewardship ofPresident Charles F. McKeon, Q.C.(1972-73) that the gryphon was confirmedas the Society's officialemblem. Chosen for its heraldic significanceand its ancient connectionwith the law, the gryphon was saidto be the offspring of a lion and aneagle, emblematic of watchfulness,courage, perseverance and rapidityof execution. At a very early time, itwas adopted by Gray's Inn andbecame synonymous with the qualitiesexpected of guardians of therights of men and women.At the end of the 1972-73 term, theissue of judges as members arose.One school of thought was thatmembers who were appointed tothe bench should no longer beSociety members because their pres-The Spring Convention in April 1972took the members to London,England, where they met with thatcountry's bench and bar, and experiencemight stifle discussion at meetings.The other school of thoughtwas that the judicial system could beimproved only with the input ofboth the bench and the bar. TheMembership Committee recommendedthat newly-appointedjudges be permitted to remain asHonorary Members.The Right Honourable Lord Salmonspoke on "The Role of the AppellateCourts in England" at the End ofTerm Dinner.During the presidency of ArthurE.M. Maloney, Q.C. (1973-74), theBoard of Directors passed a resolutionthat read, "All judges of theSupreme Court of Ontario, CountyCourt Judges, Masters, and membersof Administrative Tribunalsand Provincial Judges, who wereformerly members of TheAdvocates' Society prior to theirappointment, may continue to bemembers of the Society."The Society lost one of its most valuableassets when Helen Halchuk,8