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15 Advocate 1 (1972)

handle is hein.barjournals/adisb0015 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 15, No. 1          Boise, Idaho           January, 1972
BAR PRESIDENTS MEET, HEAR REPORTS

More and More Computers
By Tim Daley
of the Boise Bar
The use of computers in legal activity
has increased a great deal since the early
1960's. Many practicing lawyers are not
aware of the wide range of applications
of computers and computer-related ac-
tivity that now exist.
The basic reason for the increased use
of computers is the age-old reason for
the use of any tool; it allows humans to
do a better job. Man is a reasoning
animal, not a machine. In order to cope
with the highly complex and rapidly
changing world today, man is required to
make many more decisions, involving
more and complex elements, in less time,
than was required 10 or 15 years ago.
This society that deals with legal ac-
tivity.
Enough general philosophy. Here is a
capsule presentation of projects involv-
ing computers and legal activity. It is
presented in four parts: First, involving
law practice administration. Second, in-
volving law practice generally; third, in-
volving judicial activities; fourth, future
development.
New Developments
FIRST: Law Practice Administration.
There are two general categories of Law
Practice Administration: Time-keeping,
billing and client related operations, and
general financial matters.
Time-keeping, billing and client re-
lated matters have been computer in-
volved for some time. The involvement
ranges from the simplified system re-
quiring several hundred dollars of pro-
gramming cost to the complex many
detail reporting type of system requiring
several thousand dollars of programming
cost. Larger law firms, including sev-
eral in Idaho, have generated their own
computer   oriented  systems. Several
commercial data   processing  systems
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Criminal Law
Tapes Available
Casette tapes of nine and a half
hours of the Criminal Law Institute
held in December are now available to
lawyers who were unable to attend.
The full price of the casettes is $18,
and they may be ordered from the Bar
office, Box 835, Boise, Idaho 83701.
GALA EVENT HONORS
NEW, RETIRING JUDGES
A crowd of 240 lawyers and wives
attended a dinner-dance Jan. 21 at the
Hillcrest Country Club in Boise honoring
new and outgoing judges of the Idaho
Supreme Court and U.S. District Court.
Those honored were Justices Clay V.
Spear and Robert E. Bakes of the Idaho
Supreme Court, Fred M. Taylor, senior
judge of the U.S. District Court, and J.
Blaine Anderson, newly-appointed judge
of the U.S. District Court.
Justice Bakes was sworn in on Dec. 30
to replace Justice Spear, who is taking
an early retirement for health reasons.
Lawyers   and   their  wives  from
throughout Idaho came to wish the
honorees well. Pictures of some of those
in attendance are shown elsewhere in
this issue of the Advocate.
The committee in charge of this func-
tion consisted of Willis E. Sullivan, M.
Allyn Dingel, Jr., and Winston Churchill,
all of Boise, District Judge Arnold Beebe
of Blackfoot, and Jerry V. Smith of
Lewiston.
Costs of entertainment and decorations
were borne by the bars of the First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh
Judicial Districts.
(See pictures on Page 7)

The presidents of the seven local bar
associations met Jan. 21-22 in Boise to
hear reports on legislation and commit-
tee activities of the Idaho State Bar.
Eugene C. Thomas, Idaho State Bar
president, reported that a meeting was
held on Jan. 21 with chairmen of two bar
committees, the Board of Commissioners,
Chief Justice Henry P. McQuade and
U.S. District Judge J. Blaine Anderson
to discuss coordination of rules between
state and federal courts.
Mr. Thomas reported that the com-
missioners and committee chairmen re-
ceived encouragement on this project
from both Chief Justice McQuade and
Judge Anderson.
Committee chairmen involved in the
meeting were Raymond D. Givens of the
Federal Court Liaison Committee, and
James P. Lynch of the State Trial Court
Liaison Committee.
Group Insurance
Mr. Thomas also reported that the Bar
is now studying the possibility of offer-
ing its members group liability and cas-
ualty insurance.
He also noted that the Peer Review
Committee, established by resolution of
the 1971 Annual Meeting, is off to a
good start.
Randall Wallis, vice-chairman of the
Committee on Legislative Information,
reported on the committee's work In pub-
lication of a weekly news bulletin during
the current legislative session.
In his capacity as executive secretary
of the Idaho Code Commission, Mr.
Wallis said four or five volumes of the
Idaho Code should be revised, but said
filing fees would have to be raised in
order to finance this project.
When polled by Mr. Thomas, the local
bar presidents were in general agree-
ment that the necessary steps should be
taken to finance the code revisions.
No Fault Report
Robert Paine, reporter for the Com-
mittee on Restitution and Casualty In-
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