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1971-1972 Law Notes Young Law. [i] (1971-1972)

handle is hein.journals/lnyoung8 and id is 1 raw text is: OCTOBER 1971 LaUoe PROGRESS REPORT OF YLS DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROGRAM uaniei 1. Kavoit YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION NATIONAL OFFICERS The 37th Annual Meeting of the Young Lawyers Section held last July in New York City resulted in the election of Robert P. Murray of Lakeland, Florida, as National Chairman of the Section. Mr. Murray, who served as Vice-Chairman during the past year, received his legal education from the University of Florida Law School and is a partner in the Lakeland law firm of Holland and Knight. Harry L. Hathaway of Los Angeles, California, was elected Vice-Chairman and Chairman-Elect of the Section. Mr. Hathaway is a graduate of the University of Southern California Law School and Is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Hill, Farrer and Burrill. During the past year he served as Secretary of the Section. Moving up to the position of National Secretary is Daniel T. Rabbitt of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Rabbitt is a graduate of St. Louis University School of Law and is associated with the St. Louis law firm of Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel, Keaney and Brown. All three new officers have wide experiences in various capacities with the American Bar Association as well as extensive backgrounds in state and local bar activities. Each man is well prepared for the position of responsibility that he has to undertake in the Section. Also at the Annual Meeting, Mr. Joseph W. Mullen, Jr., of New York City, retiring National Chairman, and Allen E. Brennecke of Marshalltown, Iowa, were elected as Section Delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Mr. Mullen and Mr. Brennecke join incumbent Thomas D. Cochran of Independence, Missouri, in representing the Young Lawyers Section in the House of Delegates. In December of 1970, the Young Lawyers Section learned that the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the Department of Justice had approved the Section's grant application for funding its drug abuse education program. Since that time, more than 160,000 students, primarily at the junior high school level, have been exposed to the Section's program. However, the work of the Program is only beginning. According to David E. Ward, Jr., of Tampa, Florida and T. Drew Cauthorn of San Antonio, Texas, Project Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively, the Section would like to establish the program in every school district throughout the country where there is a need for a drug education program. The program format itself is basic in both concept and execution. It is also one of the reasons why it has been widely accepted and incorporated into school systems across the country. Essentially, it consists of a young lawyer and a medical doctor explaining the legal and medlcy' aspects of the use and abuse of drugs. The primary emphasis is to furnish students with the facts and to let the students decide for themselves. There is no preaching or moralizing by the speakers nor is there any extensive commentary on whether the existing laws are good or bad. In essence, the lawyers explain what the laws presently are and the doctors what the present known medical facts are. Any decision made is made by the students. Although more than 1000 YLS members responded to the April, 1970 appeal for lawyer volunteers, additional YLS members are needed in order to make 1971-72 a successful Project year. Listed below are the Chairman and Co-Chairmen of the Project for each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. YLS members who want to make a valid, meaning- ful contribution in this effort against one of society's most pressing problems are urged to contact their state Chairman at their earliest opportunity. YLS DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROGRAM REGIONAL AND STATE CHAIRMEN Project Chairman: David E. Ward, Jr., P.O. Box 1438, Tampa, Florida 33601 Vice-Chairman: T Drew Cauthorn, 500 National Bank of Commerce Bldg., San Antonio, Texas 78205 (Continued on page 3) Harry L. Hathaway

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