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19 B. Rep. 1 (1990-1991)

handle is hein.barjournals/breport0021 and id is 1 raw text is: Non-Profit Org. U S. Postage PAID Washington, D.C Pernut No. 8655 Vol. 19/No. 1 August/September 1990 The Official Newspaper of the District of Columbia Bar Bar prepares for January 1 effective date for new Rules 2 D.C. Judicial Conference examines youth in crisis First golf tourney draws competitors Convenion notes 6o ustanding members Mandatoryprobono examined in debate In preparation for a January 1 effective date, the D.C. Bar has undertaken a compre- hensive effort to educate its active members on the terms of new Rules of Professional Conduct for the practice of law in the District of Columbia. In early September, the Bar mailed to all active members a final copy of the new Rules, which were adopted March 1, 1990 by Order of the D.C. Courtof Appeals withan effective date of Jan. 1, 1991. The latest document is printed in a three-hole-drilled format to allow its placement in a binder available as part of a subscription package offered by the D.C. Bar that will include annual mailing of all Opinions and indices of those Opinions at a charge of $25. The Rules themselves were distributed without charge. Also in the package mailed to the member- ship was a flyer advertising a series of free educational courses on the substance of the Rules for specific audiences. Courses are planned general audiences with emphasis on issues facing solo and small firm practitio- ners, for lawyers employed by government agencies, and for lawyers employed by large firms. (A course schedule and registration form appear on page 7 of this edition of Bar Report.) . Letters have been mailed to large firms and government agencies, asking them to send representatives to training seminars who will return to their firms and agencies to train colleagues about the new Rules. Two seminars have already been held on the Rules, one at the Bar's 1990 Winter Meet- ing in February and a second at the Bar's Annual Convention in late June. A third gen- eral session in planned at the Bar's 1991 Winter Meeting, set for Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Sheraton Washington Hotel. By taking these important steps, the D.C. Bar's Board of Governors' has demonstrated the importance it places on the memberships' familiarity with this new document, said D.C. Bar President Sara-Ann Determan. The Bar stands ready to assist individual lawyers in their efforts to understand the Rules, she added. Discussing the training programs at the July meeting of the D.C. Bar's Board of Governors was James Hamilton, chair of the D.C. Bar's Special Rules of Professional Conduct Education Committee. The focus continues to be on training the trainers for large firms and government agen- cies, he said, explaining that the committee concluded that enrolling more than 42,000 Bar launches new CLE effort teamed with GWU Having signed an agreement to operate a joint effort to provide continuing legal educa- tion (CLE) to its members, the D.C. Bar announced the first part of its fall course schedule with its cosponsor the George Washington University National Law Center. Additional courses are being planned for late fall and winter and will be announced in upcoming editions of Bar Report and Wash- ington Lawyer magazine. Unless otherwise noted, all courses will be held in the D.C. Bar meeting rooms, 1707 L Street, N.W., Seventh Floor. To register, Bar members may use the coupon found on page 10 of this edition of Bar Report. n ERISA Basics: Six-part, multi-week series designed for the beginning benefits lawyer or the general practitioner who wants a refresher on the rules governing pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Rev- enue Code of 1986. Each program is from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on dates listed and may be purchased by D.C. Bar members individu- ally for $50 or as a series for $195. The cost for nonmembers is $60 per session and $225 for the series. Program materials are available separately for $75. The programs are: Oct. 15: Introduction to ERISA, Speaker Nell Hennessy of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher; Oct. 22: Nondiscriminatory Benefits and Coverage, Speaker Harry J. Conaway of William M. Mercer, Inc.; Oct.29: Maximum and Minimum Ben- efits, Speaker Elaine Church, Price Waterhouse; Nov. 5: Distributions from Qualified Plans, Speakers Marjorie Sinder Friedman and Carol Calhoun of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Nov. 14: Fiduciary Responsibility, Speaker Ian D. Lanoff of Bredhoff & Kaiser; Nov. 19: Plan Funding, Amendment & Termination, Speaker Nell Hennessy of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. CONGRATULATIONS WERE OFFERED to incoming D.C. Bar President Sara-Ann Determan (right) by Jack Friedenthal,dean of the George Washington University Na- tional Law Center, and his wife Jo Anne during the Convention's closing recep- tion. The event was cosponsored by the D.C. Bar and the National Law Center, the new provider of D.C. Bar continuing legal education programs. Determan, who as- sumed office June 28, is an alumnaof that institution. * Environmental Liability in Real Estate and Other Business Transactions: 6:30- 9:30 p.m. Oct. 17; Instructor John P. Dean of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher. The program will provide an overview of the environ- mental liability issues lawyers should con- sider when handling real estate and other business transactions for clients. The cost is $50 for D.C. Bar members, $60 for others. The Americans With Disabilities Act: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 30 (tentative date), the Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Av- enue, N.W.; Progam Cochairs Chai Feldbloom of the American Civil Liberties Union and Ron Cooper of Steptoe & John- son. Signed into law this summer, the act will extend sweeping new legal protections and remedies to handicapped workers, and will impose significant new burdens on employers. The cost is $125 for D.C. Bar members and $150 for others, with lunch. Cross-Examining Witnesses: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 8; Instructor Roger C. Spaeder of Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker. The program will provide a practi- cal guide to the art of cross-examination in civil and criminal litigation. The instructor will stress the planning and and execution of a successful cross-examination. The cost is $50 for D.C. Barmembers, $60 forothers. Taking and Defending Depositions: 6:30- 9:30 p.m. Nov. 20; Instructor William F. Causey of Montedonico & Mason. The program will demonstrate actual techniques used by litigators to take and defend testi- mony presented in depositions. The cost is $50 for D.C. Bar members, $60 for others. For more information about these courses, members should contact the D.C. Bar's Pub- lic Information Office at 202/331-3883. active Bar members in individual courses was an unrealistic goal. The Bar's Board of Governors voted to provide the courses with no tuition charge to the member in hopes of reaching the widest audience. However, it did direct the Rules Education Committee to seek voluntary con- tributions to defray the costs of presenting the programs. Until January 1, Bar members will con- tinue to operate under the Code of Profes- sional Responsibility. Published updates of that volume are available through 1987 and a final update is planned as part of the sub- scription package offered by the Bar on the new Rules of Professional Responsibility. Members give high marks to Bar'stwo-day convention D.C. Bar members attending the Bar's Annual Convention had enthusiastic reac- tions to the substantive programs as well as the social events held during the two-day event. I think it was a very well-done program, said D.C. Bar member Gilbert E. Tietz, who drove into town from his Rockville office to attend a Convention seminar program en- titled Trial Tactics-Direct and Cross Ex- amination of Experts in a Product Liability Case. The presentation included a mock- trial with actual expert witnesses. The quality of the program was quite good, added Arthur Byrne, a retired lawyer from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, after attending a semi- nar program entitled Homelessness and the Housing Crisis. It has been a few years sinceIcame to the Bar's convention, butI was attracted this year by a number of the programs, Byrne added. When Bar members were not participating in the 24 seminar programs, they browsed through an exhibition hall featuring displays from 18 vendors of services and products for the law office. Social programs included two luncheon programs, three receptions in the exhibition hall, and a closing reception hon- oring incoming D.C. Bar President Sara-Ann Determan and members of the local and fed- eral judiciary. During the Keynote Luncheon on the Convention's opening day, the members heard from guest speaker Meg Greenfield, editorial page editor of The Washington Post, and during the President's Luncheon on the sec- ond day, outstanding Bar members and projects were recognized and incoming D.C. Bar President Sara-Ann Determan addressed her priorities for the upcoming year. A number of Bar members went away from the Convention with some unexpected windfalls as recipients of a variety of door prizes donated by area businesses, ranging from a dozen red roses to a catered luncheon for 20. (Related stories on the Bar's Annual Convention appear on pages 6 and 8.) The D.C. Bar has already scheduled its 1991 Convention for June 27-28, 1991,.at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. N.W., near the Woodley Park/Metro Rail Station.

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