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5 Am. B. News 1 (1960)

handle is hein.journals/ambrnw5 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar News a monthly news bulletin of the .American Bar Association Vol. 5 No. 1 Jan. 15, 1960 Prospects Are Bright For Biggest LAW DAY USA E ARLY prospects that this year's LAW DAY USA ob- servance May 1 will far surpass its two predecessors have been strengthened by developments during the past month. Information reaching ABA headquarters indi- cates that state and local committees are at work on plans for the 1960 observance well in advance of former years. To facilitate and synchronize this planning, the Amer- ican Bar Association mailed out to all state and local bar presidents in the nation during the first week of January a 20-page pamphlet called the LAW DAY USA Sugges- tion Sheet. It is a guide for bar association committees to assist them in obtaining the widest possible participa- tion in LAW DAY by the churches, schools, courts, and civic clubs and organizations' of all kinds. The Sugges- tion Sheet also went to chairmen of local LAW DAY com- mittees whose names were furnished to ABA. Any newly appointed chairman may obtain a copy without charge by writing to ABA headquarters. The Suggestion Sheet includes proposed proclama- tions by Governors and Mayors, information about materials to be available through the American Bar Asso- ciation, and a Timetable with suggested deadline dates for carrying out various phases of LAW DAY planning. This how to do it information for LAW DAY com- mittees has been distributed in advance of the publication of the American Bar Association's LAW DAY USA Manual. The Manual will include the official proclama- tion of President Eisenhower, as well as special state- ments by leading churchmen of the three principal religious faiths as to the values of LAW DAY in teaching respect for law and an awareness of the potential of law as a force for world peace. These statements are intended for distribution by local bar associations to clergymen of all faiths in their communities, since LAW DAY this year falls on Sunday. Similarly, the Manual will contain state- ments by heads of leading national organizations, and other information for distribution to school officials, civic organization chairmen, public officials, and others con- cerned with sponsoring LAW DAY programs. Clergymen whose statements are to be included in the Manual are Rev. Edwin T. Dahlberg, President of the National Council of the Churches of Christ; Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati, Chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Conference administrative board, and Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary of America, in New York. LAW DAY USA Postage Meter Use of the special LAW DAY USA postage meter can- cellation stamp, available for the first time this year (NEWS, Dec. 15, 1959) is not limited to a single year. The stamp design refers to the date of LAW DAY, May 1, but omits any reference to 1960, so it can be used in future years as well. Law firms or others may order the plate direct from Pitney-Bowes, Inc., Stamford, Conn. LAW SCHOOL SENIORS ADDED TO AMERICAN BAR NEWS LIST Starting with this issue, seniors in the approved law schools will be on the mailing list to receive the Amer- ican Bar NEWS. This distribution to about five thousand seniors is being made in cooperation with the American Law Student Association, which is sponsored by the ABA. It is part of a program designed to acquaint the soon-to-be-admitted attorneys with current aspects of the legal profession not covered in the usual law school curriculum. In addition to the NEWS, the senior students will re- ceive through ALSA pamphlets on business phases of the profession, bar examination writing techniques, practical guidance for the first years of practice, professional ethics, lawyer-client relationships, and other subjects of special interest and value to them. $88,000 Grant For ABF Survey of Mentally Ill T HE American Bar Foundation has been awarded a grant of $88,910 from the National Institute of Men- tal Health to conduct an 18-month field survey in five major metropolitan areas of the U. S. The survey will examine procedures in the involuntary commitment and discharge of patients of mental institutions. In June of 1956 the Foundation undertook Phase I of the project to examine the legal status of the mentally ill. The comprehensive study, called the Rights of the Men- tally Ill project, is now nearing completion and is said to be the most complete study of the law of mental disability ever undertaken in this country or abroad. The new grant will permit the Foundation to begin this spring Phase II of the. study. The field survey will be conducted by two teams, of two field researchers each, under the general supervision of the project director and an assistant. The field studies tentatively call for one- month long investigations to be made in each of the following geographical areas: Chicago-Milwaukee, or Chi- cago-Detroit; New York-Philadelphia; Kansas City-Okla- homa City; Los Angeles-Phoenix, and New Orleans-Mobile. The main objective of the study is to determine whether the rights of the patient, his family and society are being properly protected and whether legislative changes should be recommended. The study encompasses all major civil and criminal law areas relating to mental disability. It embraces the legal status of the mentally ill, the mentally deficient, epileptics, alcoholics, drug addicts, psychopaths and the criminally insane. YOU SHOULD DO THIS NOW! Association members will find in the January JOURNAL the official announcement of the 83rd annual meeting in Washington Aug. 29-Sept. 2, including an application form for hotel reservations. Section meeting places and dates, and 20 principal hotels and rates, also are listed. It's sure to be a big meeting, so members planning to attend would be wise to reaist eL.gqt rqq1iqJ hqtq l5 sr~v~aions at once.

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