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28 Affiliate 1 (2002-2003)

handle is hein.journals/aff28 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 750 North Lake Shore Drive Chicot, IL 60611-4497 ISSN: 0360-545 Tlie newesletter and resource guide for bar leaders nationaide A Publication of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division * http://www.abanot.org/yld In the Presence of Possibility By Alan 0. Olson s we embark upon a new bar year, the Young Lawyers Division remains firmly committed to serving the public and our honorable profession. As you contemplate your availability for service through the Division, consider the meaningful and lasting difference you could make in the lives of real people, including yourself. The ABA/YLD is the largest entity of the largest voluntary professional organization in the world and, as such, constitutes the national voice of young lawyers. We are 140,000 mem- bers strong. Together, we have the ability to extend a group in- vitation for increased member- ship, to share collective wisdom for enhancing our skills and to sound a unified voice for deliver- ing public service. Those of you with whom I have served are keenly aware of my unwavering dedication to in- cluding every interested lawyer in planning and in executing the Division's business. Inclusion, synergy and teamwork are the hinges upon which the 2002-03 Division delivery door will swing. The value of everyone's membership increases by harnessing our collective life experiences. Service to Members Throughout the 2002-03 bar year, the Division will address the single-most important profes- sional issue to young lawyers throughout this country: balancing personal and professional responsibilities. Achieving balance requires self-discipline, competence, organization and efficiency. Maintaining good health and manag- ing multiple tasks is critical. The Division's national conferences and pub- lications will present specific strategies for achieving balance relevant to three distinct stages of young lawyer career development: the new lawyer (one-two years of practice), the ex- perienced new lawyer (three-five years of prac- tice) and the veteran young lawyer (six-nine years). In addition to offering conference pro- gramming readily adaptable for presentation at the state and local affiliate levels, the Division will publish a collection of specific strategies for achieving balance for use by individual attor- neys seeking harmony in their hectic schedules. This resource guide will be introduced at the ABA Midyear Meeting in early 2003. Service to the Public Since its inception, the Division has fostered a tradition of excellence in the delivery of public continued on page 5 A Great Time to Be an American Lawyer An Interview with ABA President A.P. Carlton, Jr. By David Bryce Barber Qur new ABA President, A.R Carlton, Jr., spent enough time flying in airplanes dur- ing his Air Force service before law school that his favorite movie is Top Gun. That he put his private career on hold to serve during the Vietnam War reflects the strong commitment to service that he brings to the ABA While his time practicing law is now down to two or three hours a day, the fact that he continues to practice reflects his judgment that it would be awful for the ABA to have a president who didn't practice law. Mr. Carlton began practicing law in 1975-a time, he would like you to know, when there were far fewer lawyers and no fax machines. His bar service began when two friends nominated hin for a position at the state level when he wasn 1 looking and continued as he rose to lead his state YLD. His four years in the Air Force meant less time i which to participate in the ABA/YLD, but he became the back-room guy in several campaigns in the Division. Mr. Carlton was introduced to the senior bar as a liaison to the Standing Committee on Continuing A.P Carlton, Jr. Education and continued in service on that com- mittee after leaving the lawyer, the faith of the American public in the YLD. judiciary end many, other isesues that will face Ultimately, Mr. Carlton our generation of lawyers in the coming decades. was persuaded to run for As you will read below, however, he also believes office in the ABA by our fate is to a large degree in our own hands, friends who suggested that and that we stand-as a profession-at a he ought to nin his own moment of great opportunity. campaign for a change. In The Affiliate: Is the billable hour a thing of the 1996, he won election as past? Chair of the House of Mr. Carlton: One of the things we're going to Delegates by three votes, be addressing over the next decade or two is the A.R Carlton, Jr., is con- age-old question of how you value lawyers' ser- cemed about the image of vices. I'm willing to bet the answer is not going the modem American continued on page 7 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID American Bar Association

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