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13 Am. B. News 1 (1968)

handle is hein.journals/ambrnw13 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 13, No. I / January, 1968 House of Delegates Session to Set Stage for Year of Major Decisions on Problems Facing Profession An eventful session of the House of Delegates in Chicago next month will set the stage for what promises to be a significant year for the American Bar Associa- tion in 1968. Some of the most ,important problems facing the legal profession and the nation are on the agenda of the House for its Feb. 19-20 sessions climaxing the ABA Midyear meeting. They include a proposed new policy position on group legal services, authority for a pilot program to test the feasibility of pre-paid legal expense insurance, and the first formal action on establishing minimum standards of criminal justice in the U.S. The Midyear meeting will be the first of a series of 1968 events reflecting the steadily widening scope of the Association's activities. American Assembly A It will be followed March 14-17 by the American Assembly on Law and the Changing Society, co-sponsored by ABA and the Amer- ican Assembly of Columbia Uiversity Attending the Assembly at the University of Chicago Center for Con- tinuing Education, near the American Bar Center, will be a hundred invited leaders in law and in other disci- plines. They will analyze the role of the law in the balance of this century, and seek to arrive at a con- sensus that will form the basis of an action program for ABA and the profession. The new year will see the release in draft form of ABA's revised Canons of Ethics; the beginning of major studies of specialization in law practice and of housing and urban development laws; development of recommendations for tightening professional discipline; action on proposals for avoidance of paralyzing strikes in the transportation industries; and completion of the Minimum Standards of Criminal Justice project. The latter, financed by $750,000 in foundation grants and involving 80 of the leading lawyers and judges in the nation, has been termed the largest single project in the Association's history. Annual Meeting A Some of these undertakings will come to fruition at the 91st annual meeting of ABA in Philadelphia next Aug. 5-8. That meeting will in itself set a precedent in that all of the professional events will be held for the first time under one roof in Philadelphia's new Civic Center But seldom has the House of Delegates been con- fronted with as many varied and important issues as will be the case when the 289 delegates assemble Feb. 19-20 for the semi-annual winter sessions at the Palmer House. The Midyear program also includes a series of meetings of Committees, Section Councils, and affiliated legal organizations which will bring more than a thou- sand lawyers and judges to Chicago from every state. More than 50 reports from Sections and Committees will await the House. Those dealing with group legal (Continued on Page 2) John H. Lashly Appointed Housing Committee Chairman John H. Lashly of St. Louis has been named to head the Association's Special Committee on Housing and Urban Development Law. The seven-member com- ~mittee was created by the Board to consider all aspects of the need for revisions of laws and legal procedures as they bear upon substandard housing in a urban areas. The Board was informed that one of every seven families in metropolitan centers lives in sub- standard housing and that this Chairman rashly has been a contributing factor in urban violence and in alienation of the poor from law and the legal process The Chairman A Mr. Lashly is a former president of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and The Missouri Bar. He is a member of the ABA House of Delegates and serves on the Board of Directors of the American Bar Endowment. His father, the late Jacob Mark Lashly, was a former ABA President. Other members of the committee are authorities in this area of law and some also represent sections of ABA with a major interest in problems of urban housing. Former Mayor John Collins of Boston is among the committee appointees. First Meeting A Chairman Lashly has called an initial meeting of the committee for Jan. 26 in Chicago. At that time, the scope and thrust of the study will be discussed. Considerations involved include landlord- tenant laws, building codes and their enforcement, the adequacy of present court procedures in housing law enforcement, and the effects of urban renewal on avail- ability of low income housing. Also expected to be discussed at the Jan. 26 meeting are possibilities of foundation financing of the commit- tee's study and coordinating it with that of a parallel (Continued on page 12)

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