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2004 Fam. L. Litig. 1 (2004)

handle is hein.aba/famlit2004 and id is 1 raw text is: FAMILY LAW LITIGATION A Publication of the Domestic Relations and Family Law L Igation Committee of the Section of Litigation FALL 2004 -A' ,I SEca oNF LITGToN1 VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1 Welcome As committee co-chairs, we welcome you to the first Family Law Committee Newsletter in years, an exciting new development! We would Like to take this opportunity to tell you a tittle about our own practices and one focus of the Family Law Committee this year. Both of us come from the perspective of serving indigent and tow-income individuals, many of them in the family law area. Cathy is Executive Director of Community Legal Services, Inc. in Philadelphia, and active in the public interest community there which is very involved with family law issues for indigent litigants. Susan is Public Service Partner at Crowel[ & Moring LLP where her pro bono work is concentrated in the family law area, ranging from custody to domestic violence to child abuse and neglect cases. Our programmatic focus for the Committee this year is a natural outgrowth of our practice experiences. Catherine C. Carr Executive Director Community Legal Services, Inc. ccarr@clsphila.org As attorneys doing family taw litigation, whether serving indigent, middle-income or wealthy individuals, the inescapable observation when we are in the courthouse is that a high percentage of the parties in domestic relations cases are appearing without Legal representation. Statistics confirm that family law is an area where unmet legal needs are great. Legal Susan Hoffman Services Programs, pro bono attorneys and innovative bar Public Service Partner programs are needed to help chip away at this void. Public Crowell & Moring LLP interest organizations with staff lawyers do not have the shoffnan@crowell.com resources to even begin to meet the huge need for representation. While the need for pro bono help is high, many attorneys are reluctant to take on these cases - because of tack of familiarity with the practice area or perceptions about the emotional nature of these cases and the length of time that cases can remain active. In recent years, pioneering state and local bar associations, private law firms and Legal services providers have developed innovative programs or initiatives to overcome these obstacles and provide some form of legal assistance to family court litigants. In the coming year, the Family Law Committee will focus on identif ing such programs and spotlighting them in our newsletter. If you know of programs that would be good subjects to highlight, please let us know. We also hope from time to time to include articles that focus on unique litigation issues of importance to family taw practitioners. Aimee Zimmerman Shamie's piece on the parent-child privilege (page 4) is one such article, We welcome your input and ideas!

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