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5 Oyez Oyez Bull. Sec. Jud. Admin. 1 (1962)

handle is hein.journals/oyzoyz5 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CHAIRMAN'S COLUMN To the members of the Section of Judicial Administra- tion: Since your last issue of the Bulletin, the Section, through its Committees and Administrative Office, has carried on an extensive program. Many of these though reported elsewhere in this issue are certainly worthy of additional summary mention here. A panel of judges and lawyers of the Section presented a discussion of modern procedures to an overflow audience at the Birmingham Regional Meeting of the American Bar Association in November. Emphasizing judicial re- sponsibility for the effectiveness of modern procedures and rules of evidence, the panelists took on the task of ad- vocating a substantial portion of the Section's program. Individual State Committp n yJ gve rt de- veloping state judicial seminars. . 't State Chairman for Texas, acting for the National Con- ference of State Trial Judges, sponsored the first regional seminar in Austin in December. Chief Justice Finley, the Chairman of the State Committee for Washington, has participated in the preliminary planning for a seminar for the Pacific Northwest. Through Ernie Friesen, our Ad- ministrative Assistant who is acting as the Staff Director of the Joint Committee for the Effective Administration of Justice, the Section is actively engaged in the production end of judicial seminars throughout the United States. A new appraisal of judicial administration on a state- by-state basis has been undertaken by the State Commit- (Continued on page 5) BULLETIN of the of Judicial Administration Vol. 5, No. I January, 1962 JUSTICE CLARK SPEAKS AT SOUTHWEST SEMINAR The following is an extract of the remarks of Mr. justice Tom C. Clark at the Southwest Seminar of Trial Judges in Asin, Texas on November 29, 1961. The two great arts of the judicial function are first to determine the rule of law, and then to apply the rule determined. We have made great progress in agreeing on definitions of right, but we have failed miserably in fashioning methods of remedy. That both arts are essen- tial to a system of justice is axiomatic-indeed, excellence must be acquired in each. However, no component of our legal system is of such vital consequence as the machin- cry, i. e., the rules and techniques for conducting the (Continued on page 3) President of the ABA John Satterfield met with Mr. Justice Clark and Texas Bar President Kerr at the Southwest Seminar. PHARR TAKES OFFICE AS NATIONAL CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN Ralph H. Pharr, judge of the Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia took office as Chairman of the National Conference of State Trial Judges on October 1, 1961. At the time he took office he had his Committees all selected and was ready to commence a vigorous year of activity. Judge Pharr has been active in the work of the Section of Judicial Administration for many years. In addition to his work with the National Conference he has twice served as the Chairman of the J! Pretrial Committee of the Section. A strong advocate and one of the masters of pre- trial, Judge Pharr applied his abilities to the task of spread- ing the gospel by urging the State Committees to put on pretrial programs at state bar hH. Pharr meetings. Ralph HHaving served on the trial bench in Atlanta since 1948, Judge Pharr was selected to assist in the founding of the National Conference of State Trial judges, a job which he took on with a vigor that has contributed much to its current success. The present National Conference Chairman was ad- mitted to practice in Georgia in 1923, the year he graduated from Emory University Law School with highest honors. He practiced in Atlanta until 1948 when he went on the bench. He has been active in many bar and community affairs and among other activities is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Judicature Society, (Continued on page 2)

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