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31 Bull. 1 (1990-1991)

handle is hein.baecl/buletin0031 and id is 1 raw text is: sV~C1A-CYU$~hP O Non Profit rg. U~S. Postage Paid Buffalo, N Y Permit No 416 Buffalo New York MnhyPubiaino h a sscaino reCut September 1990 MandatoryOLE: An Updat re id nt' Le er Revised Code of Professional Responsibility On April 5 1990, the four de en of the Ap Division promulgated amended Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility These are effective Septem 1,1 This resulted from amendments to the Code pro by the New York State Bar tion In a special eight page supplement to this issue of The Bullrtin. we have inciuded an article authored by Maxiorie Gross wbo, along with our Ralph Halpern and others, com- prised a committee to review the Code of Profes- sional Responsi ~ty. Your attention is respectfully invited to these significant revisions. Professionalism The Code of Professional Responsibility is binding on lawyers and defines what we may and may not do in the conduct of our professional lives However the manner in which we treat other members of the legal-judicial commu- nity is characterized as professionalism or professional cour- tesy. Recently, in Chicago at the Nauonal Conference ot Bar Leaders Meeting which I attended as part of the ABA Annual summer meeting, the most popular workshop was that which addressed professionalism. It is a subject about which a vast majority of local bar associations and their leadership have expressed concerr. What are or should be the standards ot professional courtesy to be observed? This is a subject which our associa- tion will address in the near future We look forward to enhancing the professional courtesy and professionalism among the members of our community In addition to perpetuating the rapport which our community has long enjoyed, the public perception of the legal profession and the justice system will similarly be enhanced However, do not walt for us to publish the Standards of Professional Conduct. Rather, examine your own conduct as it relates to the treatment of other lawyers and judges and see if you are holding yourself to as high a ~tandard as you desire others to observe Pro Bono As all of you undoubtedly know the Chief Judge of the State Court of Appeals has upheld the position of the NYSBA and this Association not to impose mandatory pro bono service on all attorneys During this two year reprieve, local bar associations must establish that volunteer pro bono ser vices have been increased. The article at right provides an update on this subject, and we will be discussing it with you at greater length in the near future. Mandatory Continuing Legal Education The New York State Bar Association's House of Dele- gates meeting in Cooperstown in late June resolved that there should be Mandatory Continuing Legal Education. The plan which is being finalized calls for establishment by court rule and administration by a comiius~ioui. A miiiimum of cighteen hours of education is requsred every two years, half of which may be self study to include in-house training, writing and teaching and at least two hours of which are to be in ethics and professional responsibility Local bars will automatically be Delgats metig, he ous pasedarsoltion1101to reqr Manaty Coninu; ing Legal4Educat0ion in, New YorkAM *; Everyactie1atorne admitted MAdatiinglaw inlthe st1 ate of New1Yorkishall1complete 18 hours of _,coniun legal' ducationcbiennialy, hyAlf fwic a b ef-td Two f te 18hous mst b inethis&proes ional *1 TeNtIuIng legal o educa 1tion requ v 1 irmnt maylbe met lawerNo fund WMC[ETand& Its=comission appo p onsorsi We1; \1:ma gratifidhat iOurtlong? establse wel dVeloped fr0 Waew orwinwhv111 ih lawyrsCa neal staf at ar haquaters! , Mare A ugl,1haspe rmitted oft 191 ntAm 1l The work1 110ofJ te1 Bar AssociatinipincId ~ipll don wih have beel!nPmeeting1regularadworing hard despIt underthe C amt ansipofMie owersIt, longewth Boitad ofl Direto, hnas benreulayi n gaged0 inhatings- ofr' thAms sentive and impo' ~rtant unctin ora assca tion cnpromRsasueitidnersonibly, diigtly and hownety As you nowtwo invetiatoW NsAcoducted, oneon the baIf rfeecegvn ythe canitAnth t herI 07 ,10 an !ioff10the ppl titoninvesiation0. 4Th:he avtter invsaa seon mmbr IheJdiciary,_ Comtee id1eendentl cWoductingyan Investigatk1io mUinng a1to T he110'q1ualities Iof the judical cadidat Memers o the oardAdComtte-r tions an evenrciticism Reporting CLE Credit *N All aciKVe attorneys,WaTv he ;-tiof their binaregsrto will brequmired2 W ToreortIt tend1%1-anceatKaroVAco tiui: ng leglIedua Ion mactiItij uIIIAng e r ng .tenty-four othNo fewer tW IhannIefour;ofsuc * w Attrnysmust mna in frecOrds cvidcnci n hir partici pa,1 t in in ppovedcont iningla lmuctonoactiitis t atattiTy-i mnhs Ater1eC h biennil1regitratio Man11datory Cnti 1 ning Legal Edmuc.a tionbythe1Curt1o mA osobo wncingMarie A. Mugle at1Bar Hcadquarters at82-67 FrmRoetMIAnrd.q, Mning Attorney, V olunteerKLAy0rsProltM IncY~& - !,: Thereoisgood w and b lk 1 anwreaigouI wit thc CBAAcces0 t JusiceCommtte Arand that after only svNO moths of190,it CPL>has alre1Ady1reer ed171 reerIn all f 1989NU C(364)~n mandaypobn In h 1 is Law Datspcch olMay19,kCifnudgal WOAlhtkr1grWltcd'r wu-ylhrKm0rat1nuii n~Uiit tin n v lunaybis wl 11nA lNrn JuSAvdgeWahler, granedblthe twuyea r morllatonm Ased ,W upon the! ,Stafte- Bar ',-response. to1the 4 Marrero CommWittee's recomenAtioNfomadtpobno The tA t a Presidet oflt, H 'KCBA and theEA N Count BarqFondationc . havepr apin ted oes, to Jstice Committees toWarhadI' proub bnaci Atin affrt.The StateBr ces oJutc CommitteeK has been0wrking trALOghseveral3activeNsu comittees and hsared advertised for a permanent State Bar saff-poiin ofDiectoofAPro BonAffairs The suh- h1commte hie y orerECA Presiden th tel00 t 'orur hemionand totoffer assstanceiin thir 1local pro bono activatioefts Vol. 31 No 1

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