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7 La. Jud. Newsl. 1 (1982)

handle is hein.journals/lajnews7 and id is 1 raw text is: J 7 usriciO VOL. 7 NO. 1 'In God We Trust JAN./FEB. 1982t~ Judge Farr is Elected Chairman of Judiciary Commission Judge Robert T. Farr of the Fourth Judicial District (Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes) has been elected Chairman of the nine-member Judiciary Commission of Louisiana. Farr, who was appointed to the Commission by the Louisiana Supreme Court in January, 1980, succeeds Metairie attorney Don J. Dupepe, who remains on the Commission. New Orleans business executive William J. Childress was reelected Vice-Chairman of the Commission. A native of Monroe, Judge Far has served as district judge since 1968. His father, the late R. Dan Farr, served as Clerk of the Fourth Judicial District for 23 years. Prior to Cont. on Page 8 Houma Court Explains Procedure In an effort to publicize and explain procedures in Small Claims Court of Houma, City Court Judge Jude Thaddeus Fanguy has had a pamphlet printed entitled How To Use the Small Claims Court in City Court of Houma. While making it clear that the pamphlet is for informational purposes only and that if legal advice is needed, an Attorney should be contacted, the instruction booklet explains what a Small Claims Court is; who may sue and be sued; the sorts of suits that may be filed; where to go to file; how to begin the process of filing suit and what monetary limits to the suit are permissible; and follow-up after the suit. There is even a brief summary of how to prepare for the trial with admonitions to gather together all important papers and documents related to your case. And what to do on the day of the trial, if you are the defendant; if you are the plaintiff. The five area banks in Houma have agreed to mail out copies of the pamphlet in their monthly statements and will make them available in their lobbies. It is expected that 65,000 copies will be distributed. NCSC Announces 1982 Paver Competition Williamsburg, V --Entries are being accepted for the second nationwide competition for reports on innovative ways to make courts more efficient, sponsored by the National Center for State Courts This competition is open to judges, court administrators, and others emp oyed fui time in the court systems of the states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico American Samoa, uam, the Vrgm slands, or an Amrican ndian trbal court Firsty prze wiN be $1 000 secaon rze $500; ard thi rd priz $30 rwo Cont. on Page 8 Chief Justice Addresses Seminar Chief Justice John A Dixon, Jr. welcomed participants to a Workshop on Improving Court Management held recently in Shreveport. Judges and Court Administrators statwide gathered to the three-day session ending on February 17. Sponsored by the Institute for Court Management (ICM), the seminar sessions focused on caseflow management; and administration in a court environment with emphasis on recent developments and research in the field of court administration. Chief Justice Dixon and the Caddo Parish Police Jury were instrumental in obtaining a grant from the Frost Foundation, formerly of Shreveport, for presentation of this program. Faculty for the workshop included R. Dale Lefever, Management Consultant, Applied Theory Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; Barry Mahoney, Director of Research, ICM; and Harvey Solomon, Executive Director, ICM. Organized in 1970, the Institute for Court Management is sponsored by the American Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, and the Institute of Judicial Administration. Assisting courts in improving their management is the primary goal of the Institute. Major activities include presenting education and training programs, both on a national basis and on-site for specific states or jurisdictions; conducting research and studies; and publishing a professional periodical, The Justice System Journal. Law Day USA Update . .. Plans for celebration of Law Day XXV: A Generation of Progress are moving rapidly. Item. President Ronald Reagan will sign the Law Day Proclamation in a ceremony at the White House on Friday, April 16. Item. U. S. News and World Report, Time and Newsweek have agreed to run full-page public service advertisements in support of Law Day. Item. The Advertising Council has accepted the 1982 Law Day Campaign for inclusion in the Council's Public Service Advertising Bulletin for March-April, 1982. This means that in your approach to newspapers, television and radio you may state that the project has been accepted by the Council as a public service and is to be listed in the Bulletin. The Council requests that in approaching media you state, The assistance we are requesting is not intended to displace any regular support or allocation of time or space provided to The Advertising Council, but is sought as an additional contribution ove r normaL schedue of participation in the public service advertising efforts of the Counc il item. Requests have been received from ten major rporations for Law ciay Pannng Guides. For the first time, Cont. on Page 8

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