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5 La. Jud. Newsl. 1 (1981)

handle is hein.journals/lajnews5 and id is 1 raw text is: L 5i iaT VOL. 5 NO,1 IN GOD WE TRUST Jan./Feb.1 1981 COURT OF APPEAL JUDGES SERVE ON SUPREME COURT Six Court of Appeal judges have already served as Associate Justices pro tempore of the Louisiana Supreme Court to hear crimina, cases. Before the end of 1981, all of the Courts of Appeal judges will have had the opportunity to fami - arize themse yes in this manner, with the criminal appellate procedure, according to Chief Justice John A Dixon, Jr. Recent passage of a constitutona anerdme will trarsfer most criminal appel ate jurisdiction fro the Supreme Court to the Courts ot Appeal which currently have ony civil appe late jurisdici. The transfer will be effectiye July 1 1982. Three Court of Appeal judges at a time join four members of the Sureme Court dur ing a portion of the cririnal docket each cycle and participate in those cases until the opinions are rendered, Some Court of Appeal judges have had little or no cri mina experience and this program along with educational seminars (cont on p.7) LAW LIBRARIAN TO RETIRE After nearly a decade of ill Y. IIit dedicated e fort on behalf of the Law Library of Louisiana, Head Librarian Harriett Lemann wi l retire A April 1. The att ears sa w he library grow fron an unclassified, randomly sheved collection of aw books to a modern library whose collection is classifed according to the Library of Congress classification scheme and which has joined the Southeastern Library Harriett Lemann Network (SOLINET), a computerized cataloging system. The Library's reference services have expanded to include searches for materials in other libraries, interlibrary loan, availability of important collections in microform and the valuable resources offered by the constantly growing United States government documents collection. Together with her staff of five full-time and four part-time empl!oyees, Miss Lemann has assisted countless lawyers, students and other patrons of the ibrary and has superverised the organization and updating of the library's collection of materia s A natiye of Donaldsonville La , she earned a B.A. degree in English Ltature from Newcomb Colege; an M.A. degree tcontinued of page 8) MCDOUGALL, COOK APPOINTED TO JUDICIARY COMMISSION W. W. McDougqall, V ce President for Administration ! M Louisiana State Uni versity System and Shreveport attorney Sidney Cook, have been appointed to serve on the nine- member Judiciary Commiss on of Louisiana. The Comins sion is a constitutiona y created body charged with the responsibility orinvestgatirg complants of W W, McDougall misconduct by judges or their failure to perform their official duties. McDougal, who was selected by the Louisiana District Judges Association succeeds Metairie optometrist, Dr. Warren Ales, whose term expired. Cook, selected by the Conference of Court of Appeal Judges, will replace Richard E. Gerard, Sr., a Lake Charles attorney, whose term also expired. Members of the Commission may not succeed themselves in office McDougald a native of Louisiana, has served as Executve e isCtor of toe Healtn Commissioner of Administration under Governor John J. McKeithen, and as Director of the Louisiana Department of Civil Service. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Sidney Cook Employees Group Benefits Program. (cont. on p.7) FILMS! FILMS! FILMS! Have you been asked to talk to a club or high school class in your community and want something to take with you? How about one of the films being offered by the Office of the Judicial Administrator. Currently available for use by the Louisiana Judiciary are four films varying in length from 14 (coni, on p 3) IGOVERNOR S COMMISSION ON RIINALJSTICE .... Page NEW JUDGES .. ... . .... .. F q 5 JUSTICE SYSTEM SURVEY ..... ..... Page 7

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