Daily Record | 1971-04-30 | Page 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1971 THE DAILY RECORD PACE Texas Bar Survey On Legal Services AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER CALLS FOR NEW In determining Survay Rtvaait Ltwyw Ratine ttitudei ibout liwyen, the survey revealed that among bankers, buiineu, medical doctors, and ministers (preachers), lawyers are rated high in "community leadership ability by the general public, other counselors, communications people, and by themselves, but rated lowest of these occupational groups by the general public in "time given to community 'NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS' comprehensive examination of the problems of .the judiciary in the fifty service." Related to this finding is an alarmingly high percentage of the general public -- 51.4 to be exact which thinks that lawyers are paid their normal fees when appointed to defend a poor man. 'This statistic tells us that we must concentrate on communicating the fact that enormous time and expense are incurred by lawyers in defending the poor to correct the public attitude that lawyers do not give time to community service and charitable vorks." Mr. Harrell remarked. states. " "This is exacily the sort of steering we were looking for from this survey." CHICAGO -- - Chief Justice Warren E. Burger has called for the would "accumulate and make available all information necessary for Justice's plea for immediate action, the Conference of Chief Justices authorized a six-mem- planning committee ber 25-3- 4 60. 75. 1) Land Title Work and Cases 2) Estates, Probates, Wills 3) Divorces 30.0 6.9 10.7 9.7 1 4) Damage Suits 5) Traffic Cases 9.7 Joint Committee onUygJ American Law Institute American Bar Association Continuing Legal Education which was named immediately by Chief Justice Robert W. Calvert of Texas, chairman of the Conference of Chief Justices. in regard to use oi lawyers by the general public, among other things it was found that: The age range is when the first major occasions for using lawyers occur; the proportions of Latins and Negroes who had used a lawyer were lower than the percentage for Whites (64.8 of Whites had used a lawyer, only 35.4 or the Latins and 45.8 of the Negroes had); only 36.2 of the under $3,000 to $9,999 income groups, the "had used" figure increased to For those with incomes of $10,000 or approximately more the "had used" percentage climbed to about The percentage distribution Typw of Work Parformad of the top five types of leul work performed for the general public were revealed as: - creation of a National Center for State Courts, a service agency that In response to the Chief FIVE 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10104 The committee will consider the form and administrative structure of the new agency. 215 387-aoo- o ON MUTUAL FUNDS FORUM Chief Justice Burger suggested that in shaping the new national Lawyers and center, the conferees should consider calling primarily on the American Bar Association and the 50 state bar associations, along with other groups They Done financiers to the Investment who have been asking, "What Have Act?" can hear the answers Company A of knowledgeable panelists at an Friday Forum, May 14, A in Los Angeles. is the Joint Committee on Continuing ALI-AB- specializing in judicial administration. The Chief Justice said he recommends primary reliance upon the ABA in this matter because the Association is the legal profession's ring of the basis of jurisdiction regarding such items as personal irfjury claims, receiverships of insolvent debtors, adoption of matters might be better administered by other governmental agencies "so as to restore the courts to their basic function of dealing with cases and controversies. " Greater cooperation between state and federal judges in resolving states in judicial councils after he had recommended state-feder- al Abandonment of outmoded practices, including the demand for "There is almost a total absence of even the most primitive techniques in predicting the need for jurors just as there is a large vacuum in the standards and procedures to coordinate the steps of bringing a case and all of its components -- day-lo- ng first major changes in federal regulation of investment companies to have been enacted by Congress in the past 30 years. for attorneys who counsel registered investment companies and their service organizations. Therefore, registrants will be assumed to have basic knowledge and working experience in the field. The registration fee of $65 includes admission to all sessions and the cost of specially compiled study materials. For further information write or call Paul A. Wolkin, Director, or Donald M. Maclay, Assistant Director, Joint Committee on this at the ABA annual meeting last August. more jurors than needed. and the American The curriculum has been designed children, divorce and child custody, to determine whether any of such establishing ad hoc Institute Law Association; California Continuing Education of the Bar is ' the program of lectures and discussions. The purpose of this Forum is to give a brief but thorough analysis of the Investment Company Amendments Act of 1970, the strength lies in its "grass roots" membership. 32 Legal Education of the American Bar "strongest voice, " it is not dominated by an particular group, and its differences and exchanging ideas. He applauded the action of ALI-AB- Continuing Legal Education of the American the American Bar Association, Pa. 19104, telephone [phone] Law Institute Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, or William A. Carroll, Assistant Director, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Avenue, Berkeley, California 94704, telephone [phone]- Los Angeles call and Mrs. Jean Rearden (213) 825-53- Shattuck In 3. 01. - the lawyers, witnesses, experts, jurors and court staff -- - to the same place at the same time, " he said. Careful study to "make sure that every case which reaches the courtroom stage is there only after every possibility of settlement has BACK TO LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC INTEREST LAW Several hundred lawyers are expected to attend a week-loprogram of instruction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School this June entitled, Urban, Public Interest and is Poverty Law Practice. The program, to be given June ng 6-- 12, been exhausted." Those who insist upon carrying cases through jury selection before making a settlement that could have been made earlier, he said, "should be subject to the risk ' abuses of the system. " Wider use of court executive officers to relieve judges of many administrative duties now absorbing their time. Broad rulemaking power should be given to more judges, allowon their many other issues. "The ing state legislatures to concentrate Examination of alternatives to the election of state judges for limited terms, and a reduction of the "wide disparity" in compensation that exists between judges in large states and those in smaller ones. Professor of Committee Law Howard Lesnick has planned a curriculum activities labelled "public interest law" representation of community groups and interests, environmental defense, cooperation with community legal services, etc. The registration fee for the program is includes admission to a reception all sessions, on Sunday evening. housing and meals. The $250. It the study materials, and fee does not include Early registration is recommended since facilities are limited. For further information, write or Director, or as much as his counterpart a powerful state receive two or three times on few hundred miles away, Joint of the diverse to have the highest court of a geographically Jarge and economically he said. A of lectures and seminars designed for the private practitioner who devotes or would like to devote a portion of his time to any "It is not a wholesome or a healthy thing for the administration of justice 11 ALI-AB- on Continuing Legal Education. of a very substantial discretionary cost assessment at the hands of the trial judge who can evaluate these by the Law School and the co-spons- Donald M. call Paul A. Wolkin,. Maclay, Assistant Director, 4025 Continuing Legal Education, Pa. 19104, telephone [phone]. Joint Committee Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,