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16 B. Rep. 1 (1987-1988)

handle is hein.barjournals/breport0016 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 16/No. I August/September 1987 BarReort The Official Newspaper of the District of Columbia Bar BA honors ar's program or homeless The Washington Legal Clinic for the omeless, a project created and run by folunteers who are members of the District of Columbia Bar, has been named one of the rinners of the coveted Harrison Tweed Award for significantly improving the avail- ability of legal services to the indigent. The award, which is presented annually, by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent De- fendants and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, was announced August 7 at the ABA's Annual Conference in San Francisco. The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless was conceived in 1985 by D.C. Bar members David Crosland of Fragomen, DelRey & Bernsen; Arlene Kanter of the Mental Health Law Project; Patty Mullahy of Roisman, Reno & Cavanaugh; and Laurie Davis of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. Grants from the D.C. Bar Foundation and the Meyer Foundation have helped support the project. Through the Clinic, over 100 volunteer attorneys who completed special training regularly visit six of Washington's shelters and soup kitchens to assist people with legal problems. Approximately 350 clients have been assisted on legal issues including do- mestic relations matters, termination of public benefits, housing, immigration and personal ihjury, explained Clinic Coordi- nator Susann Sinclair-Smith. In addition, lawyers have handled questions and made referrals in a variety of non-legal areas, she said. The Clinic was called a model for pro- viding legal services to a significant segment of the poverty population with unique and complex legal problems. HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS of the D.C. Bar attended the 1987 Annual Meeting, held June 30 at the Capital Hilton Hotel. In addition to 29 seminars, a luncheon and a reception, the meeting included a Welcome Hour when members of the Bar met with representatives of various voluntary bar groups and other legal organizations. Legal profession turns out in force for Bar's Annual Meeting programs The legal profession turned out in force at the District of Columbia Bar's 1987 An- nual Meeting, filling a variety of seminars and programs and meeting with a number of representatives of the city's voluntary bar associations and other organizations in- volved in the delivery of legal services. Seminar programs began with a breakfast debate on whether the District of Columbia Bar should adopt mandatory continuing legal education requirements (see story, page 3). Twelve seminars were presented in the morning and 13 followed in the afternoon. For the first time, four evening programs attracted interested Bar members. The meeting was held at the Capital Hilton Hotel June 30. I will stack the Bar of the District of Co- lumbia against any bar in the country so far as the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia is concerned, said Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson III, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Robin- son's remarks were made to more than 200 members of the D.C. Bar attending their Annual Meeting Luncheon. It seems to be in vogue for lawyers or judges to engage in pointing out and point- ing up problems that seem to be inherent in the legal profession and practice. To the contrary, we as lawyers-700,000 in this country-have a right to be proud of our profession, Robinson said. We have accomplished a lot and have made progress on a great many fronts, said outgoing D.C. Bar President Paul L. Fried- man in his concluding remarks for the year. Friedman thanked the membership for al- lowing him to serve and turned the gavel over to Robert E. Jordan III, incoming president for 1987/1988 (see related story, page 3). Other stories on the Annual Meeting ap- pear on pages 2, 4, and 8. Bicentennial celebration continues Constitutional issues involving race, free- dom of the press, and freedom of religion will be the topics of three D.C. Bars fall symposiums to celebrate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. The programs are the conclusion of a six- part series prepared by the D.C. Bar's Com- mittee on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Con- stitution. All are free of charge. The Afro-American Experience and the U.S. Constitution: Compromise, Con- flict and Change, is set for 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Moot Courtroom of Howard University Law School. Panelists will be Moderator J. Clay Smith, Jr., Dean of the Howard University Law School; Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Co- lumbia; Professor Derrick Bell of Harvard Law School, author of And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice; and Linda Greene, Counsel of the Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights Subcom- mittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The First Amendment and the Chal- lenge of a Free Press: Government, the Press, and the Individual-Do Their In- terests Conflict? will be discussed from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the Wash- ington College of Law at American Univer- sity. Panelists will be Moderator Jerome Barron, Dean of George Washington Uni- versity's National Law Center; Scott Arm- strong of the National Security Archive and co-author of The Brethren; Mary Lawton, Counsel for Intelligence Policy, U.S. De- partment of Justice; Dean Sanford Unger of the American University School of Com- munications; and Professor Harvey Zuck- man of the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America. The Constitution and Freedom of Religion: The Founders' Purposes and the Present Application of the First Amend- ment Religion Clauses will be addressed from 7-9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16 at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic Uni- versity of America. Panelists will be Mod- erator David Epstein, chairperson of the D.C. Bar Committee on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution; Dean Norman Red- lich of the New York University Law School; Nathan Lewin of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin; and Charles Wilson of Williams & Connolly. Panelists from the religious community will be announced. For information, contact the D.C. Bar's Information Office at 331-3883. Final plans underway for referendum A committee of the D.C. Bar's Board of Governors is expected to finalize four ques- tions concerning the permitted use of Bar dues and submit them to a membership referendum early this fall. Final language of the questions and details of the referendum were not finalized as this edition of Bar Report went to press. The referendum was approved by the Bar's Board of Governors earlier this year after it completed deliberations on a report of the Bar Committee that studied the impact of a 1980 referendum which restricted the uses of Bar dues. Currently, Bar dues are permitted to be used for admissions and continued registra- tion of lawyers, discipline of lawyers, main- tenance of the Clients' Security Fund and certain operational functions set forth in the Rules of the D.C. tourt of Appeals, the Bar's parent organization. The report of the Referendum Impact Committee and discussions with a number of members of the Bar have indicated that there is a wide range of viewpoints held by Bar members concerning the proper scope, of Bar activities, said D.C. Bar President Robert E. Jordan III. His comments were made after the Board completed a series of special meetings on the Referendum Impact Committee Report as well as a public hear- ing on its contents. In order to permit the membership to ex- press its views over a wide range of pro- posals, the Bar has drafted four alternatives. It appears that each of the four proposals has support among a number of Bar members, based on comments received by the Board of Governors and discussions with indi- vidual Bar members, he said. Serving on the Board committee working out the final details of the referendum and the four questions are Jordan, former D.C. Bar Secretary Pauline A. Schneider and D.C. Bar Board of Governors Members Jamie S. Gorelick and Frank J. Martell. The final language on the four proposals and additional details on the referendum will be published in Bar Report and/or The Washington Lawyer magazine before the ballots are mailed to active Bar members, Jordan explained. Non-Proft Org. U 5. Postage PAID Washington, D C. Permit No. 8655 Membership salutes School staff educated 'Best of the Bar' about Bar programs page 2 page 4 Standing committee set Navy's top lawyer on federal bench slots named Bar Counsel page 3 page 5 Mandatory CLE debated Bar, Bench face off at 1987 Annual Meeting on softball diamond page 3 page 4

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