AMERICAN INNS OF COURT FOUNDATION

TO ESTABLISH A SOCIETY OF JUDGES, LAWYERS, LEGAL EDUCATORS, LAW STUDENTS AND OTHERS, TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL ADVOCACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL CREED OF THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT; TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN AMERIAN LAW, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ETHICS, CIVILITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND LEGAL SKILLS; TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT WILL IMPROVE AND ENHANCE ABILITIES OF LAWYERS AS COUNSELORS AND ADVOCATES AND OF JUDGES AS ADJUDICATORS AND JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATORS; TO PROMOTE INTERACTION AND COLLEGIALITY AMONG ALL LEGAL PROFESSIONALS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE MISAPPREHENSIONS, MISCONCEPTIONS AND FAILURES OF COMMUNICATION THAT OBSTRUCT THE EFFECTIVE PRACTICE OF LAW; TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW STUDENTS,RECENT LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES AND LESS EXPERIENCED LAWYERS AS SKILLED PARTICIPANTS IN THE AMERICAN COURT SYSTEM; TO PRESERVE AND TRANSMIT ETHICAL VALUES FROM ONE GENERATION OF LEG