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8 Advocate 1 (1965)

handle is hein.barjournals/adisb0008 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 8, No. 1 Boise, Idaho January, 1965 VPublic Relations - The Nx mprptsidcnfitr Oo J Importance of Attorney- By Alden Hull December 20, the Idaho Sunday States- man headlined its lead editorial Idaho Must Give Attention to Its Courts Sys- tems or Face Judicial Deterioration and Incompetency. The writer detailed defi- ciencies in our judi- c i a I system, men- tioning particularly the lack of admini- strative staff for the Supreme Court, lack of training for the laymen who preside over most of our lower courts, the low judicial salaries, the inadequate libraries, etc. All these weaknesses have been long known to the members of the Idaho Bar but perhaps are not so familiar to the general public. As a means of informing the public of the inadequacies the editor- ial served a very useful purpose. Then to leave no doubt who has the responsibility for correcting these de- ficiencies the writer throws down the gauntlet by these words: The State Bar Association might contribute earnestly in correcting deficiencies in the state's judiciary. The leadership for such work rests squarely upon the shoulders of Alden Hull, Wallace, state president, and his 700 colleagues in the legal pro- fession. and as a last reminder Again, it is up to Mr. Hull and the State Bar to lead the way. Unfortunately the writer did not give notice and/or credit to the Bar for its efforts in correcting the deficiencies. The Bar has actively supported judicial sal- ary increases at all levels and will con- tinue to support and urge higher judicial salaries. Who knows better than the at- torneys of this state the absolute neces- sity of having competent judiciary ade- quately compensated. The Bar has and is continuously seeking to improve the lower court system. The entire Bar can (Continued on page four) Client Relationship Reference was made in this corner in the last issue of the Advocate to the Missouri Bar Prentice-Hall Survey con- ducted in 1963. The post-script to the Survey concluded with the imposition of this duty upon the bar: Until the organized Bar undertakes to institute programs to bring these findings to the attention of the in- dividual lawyer and to recommend and urge corrective measures neces- sary to improvement in the client- attorney relationship, the purpose of this survey will not have been achieved. The findings made and the conclusions drawn in Chapter 5 of the Survey clear- ly demonstrate how crucial our burden is. Chapter 5 directs itself to public accept- ance of and public attitudes toward the bar and specifically why the attitudes develop. The conclusions and recom- mendations of Chapter 5 of the Survey were based upon extensive inquiry into five basic areas: extent and frequency of use of lawyers; the role and reputation of the lawyer; comparison of the lawyer with other professions; availability and adequacy of legal services; and, the pub- lic attitude toward unnecessary law- suits. Insofar as frequency of use of lawyers is concerned the Survey finds that ap- proximately 63% of the persons inter- viewed were probably in need of legal services, yet a substantial portion of the people interviewed (approximately 28%) never felt the need for a lawyer's serv- ices. The economic implications are ob- vious. The Survey indicates that in the area of the lawyer's reputation, 80% of all the persons interviewed rated the law- yer's reputation in his community as average or better. A statistic of even more importance is that the lawyer was given a slightly better rating for repu- tation by the laymen who had not used a lawyer's services than by those who had. (Continued on page three) Publishers Find Rougher Going For Court Reports Editor & Publisher magazine devoted a full page in its December 12 edition to new developments relating to trial and crime news coverage by the press and television. Under the headline, More Doors Clos- ing to Court Reporters, Editor & Pub- lisher said developments this week clearly show that life is going to get progressively tougher for reporters on police and court beats. E & P said the fast developing trend to tone down pre-trial reports, comments and coverage follows on recommenda- tions made by the Warren Commission concerning press conduct in coverage of the Kennedy assassination and Oswald murder a year ago in Dallas. Billie Sol and Television Foremost among developments men- tioned by E & P is the United States Supreme Court action in agreeing to hear an appeal which will consider the effect of television on the trial of Billie Sol Estes in Texas. Estes contends that he was denied due process and equal pro- tection of the laws under the 14th Amendment when his trial was televised despite his repeated objections. Trial Judge Code Other items noted in the E & P story include Provisional Draft No. 3 of the Trial Judge's Code now under develop- ment by the National Conference of State Trial Judges, an activity of the ABA Section of Judicial Administration. The proposed code, prepared by the Trial Judges' Court Rules Committee under the chairmanship of Judge Robert L. McBride, Dayton, Ohio, includes a Section II which deals with the trial judge in his relationship with the public and press. It states in part that: The fact that trials are public does not entitle anyone to photograph, record or otherwise to participate, interrupt or detract from the proceedings or to annoy the participants. It also notes that: The trial judge should not permit counsel or any party to participate in any action or to make any statements regarding a pending case to the public, (Continued on page three)

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