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5 Fla. B. News 1 (1978)

handle is hein.barjournals/flabn0005 and id is 1 raw text is: January 10, 1978 Vol. 5, No. 1 Editorial Policy for interprofessional Notices Under DR 2-105 Clarified A hurried formulation of otherlawyersin(particularbranch Florida Bar News editorial policy of law or legal service with respect to John Doe & Robert , followe Roe v. The Florida Bar, Case No. by the attorney's name, firm name 51,585 (Nov. 1, 1977) reported at address, telephone number and page 1 of the December 10 issue when applicable, areas of merits clarification designation under the Florida The Doe/Roe opinion deter- Designation Plan. No additional mined The Florida Bar News, The data or representations of special Florida Bar Journal and the Miami competence or experience will be Review and Daily Record are considered for publication. The local legal journals for purposes News reserves the right to conform of professional announcements all submissions to these standards. under DR 2-105(3). The December Because 2-105 announcements 10 News account erroneously are not advertisements, News noted that thiscourtopinion would policy disfavored theirappearance impact only those Florida within the classified ad section of attorneys participating in the Bars the publication. To guard against Designation Plan, when in fact all any additional misapprehension, attorneys may avail themselves of typefaces, layout and phraseology 2-103(5)'s general provisions. will be uniform. Further, because As previously noted, the Law DR 2-105 also allowsfor-periodic OffceNotssetio o th Nwspublished announcements, an Ofiotesue ston oeflethfre ew insertion charge that will guarantee charge and as space permits- the publication of each notice was changes in attornep offits considered more workable than addresses and telephone listie any other placement policy. . E- Similar announcements inserted Notices under DR 2-105 in The in The Florida Bar Journal will be Florida Bar News will now be run bjec the e in a new regular column entitled suget to t same restrictionsin Professional Announcements, language but may more closely and charged a flat rate of $10 per emulate actual card-type notices n insertion for members of The Card announcements otherwise Florida Bar, $15 for nonmembers acceptable can be easily reduced (as are classified ads). or enlarged for reproduction. Uniform typography and format journal announcements will be will be employed in' News charged the commercial ad rate for announcements, with the actual page space occupied and following suggested. verbiage remain subject to staff counsel tracking 2-105(3):(Name) review fordignifiedpresentation announces under 2-105. Advertising rate cards fit (!)he is available to act as a are available upon request from tant to or an associate of the Journal offices. Professional Liability Insurance Committee Works on Recommendation The Bar's Special Committee on Professional Liability Insurance scheduled a meeting on January 6 in Tampa to finalize its recommendations about a possible self insurance program for presentation to the Board of Governors, also to meet in Tampa on January 12-14. The committee at a December 16 meeting reviewed with Frank B. Hall a study his company prepared for The Florida Bar concerning professional liability insurance and alternative risk financing methods. The study concluded that the Bar should continue its current coverage with Gulf Insurance Company, with which the Bar is enjoying among the lowest professional liability rates in the nation. It also recommended that the Bar should develop a self insurance vehicle that would be ready for implementation should it lose its present coverage. The Hall study was summarized in depth in the December 20, 1977, issue of Florida Bar News. As this issue of the News went to W a possibility that Gulf ce Company *may be forced to raise its rates for Florida Bar members was reported. A substantial rate increase has been given as an important considera- tion in favor of the Bar's starting a self mnsurance program. Court Rejects Kirks Bid to be Lawyer Sans Examination The Supreme Court of Florida has denied in an opinion issued January 3 former Governor Claude Kirk's request to be allowed to practice law in the state without taking The Florida Bar exam. Kirk had sought to be licensed to practice law in Florida contending that his 1949 graduation from the University of Alabama Law School, his membership in that state's bar and his experience as Governor qualified him to practice in Florida. The Bar in its petition to the Court said Kirk should be treated as any other law graduate applying for admission to the Bar. The Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order with the justices voting 6-1, Justice James Adkins dissenting. ,- -- --.. - .. - Leaders of cosponsoring organizations have completed plans forthe Fourtt Annual Media-Law Conference to be held January 28 at Sheraton Twin Towers, Orlando. James D. Squires (left), editorof the Orlando Sentinel Star, met with Russell Troutman, president of The Florida Bar to plan the joint program. All members of the Bar and the media are invited to participate in the day-4ong program during which both professions will discuss topics of mutual concern. Board to Resolve Advertising, Designation, Certification Link The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar will debate designation, advertising and certification when it meets January 12-14 at the Host International Hotel, Tampa. Barry R. Davidson, chairman of both the Designation Coordinating Committee and the Advertising Committee, will appear before the Board at 9a.m., Thursday. January 12, to present recommendations from the committees for enhancing the Florida Designation Plan and for guidelines that will regulate advertising content. The Board at its November meeting had asked the committees to find ways to make the designation plan more meaningful so that the 7,000 lawyer participants in the plan might advertise areas of practice. Consideration of designation plan improvements and of certification and specialization plans being proposed by the Tax and Trial Lawyers Sections is expected to bring the Board closer to final adoption of advertising guidelines. The more routine aspects of advertising regulation were approved at previous meetings of the Board. The next step wil be the drafting of affected portions of the Code of Professional Responsibility for submission to the Supreme Court. Certification plans by other sections of the Bar, including one currently being drafted by the Family Law Section, will be made standard if the Board adopts -during the Tampa meeting a certification umbrella proposal of the Designation Coordinating Committee. The proposal contains minimum standards and uniform procedures for the administration of certification plans. The Young Lawyers Section will also hold a Board of Governors meeting in Tampa January 12-14 and will meet with The Florida Bar Board during a session considering proposed legislation. Among items to be considered are a proposal by the Jurisprudence and Law Reform Committee concerning uniform enforcement of foreign judgments, proposal about post judgment attorney fees and costs by the Attorney Fees Committee proposal about judicial trust funds by Judicial Administration, Selection and Tenure Committee, and an Eminent Domain Committee proposal. The Workmen's Compensation Section will present plans to retain a lobbyist during the 1978 session, the Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section will present an amendment to the Uniform Commercial Code, and both the Criminal Law Section and Real Property Section will discuss legislative proposals. Chairman Bruce Marger and members Dominick J. Salfi and Eli Subin of the Judicial Polls Committee will be back before the Board to request reconsideration of the Board's vote to make public the results of annual performance poll for circuit and county judges. Louis N. Adcock, Jr., chairman of the Group Legal Services Committee, will present eight group legal services plans for which approval has been requested by associations and occupational groups. Bar Exam Subjects Expand In Feb. 1979 An article in the December 20, 1977, issue of the News explaining amendments to Rules of the Supreme Court of Florida Relating to Admissions to the Bar, may have led some to believe Part I of the examination would have added optional subjects in the examination beginning with the February 1978 administration. The additional subjects will begin with the February 1979 examination. Examinations in 1978 will continue with the format introduced in 1976. Digitized from Best Copy Available h ) d , , f l CLE Monitoring System Explained The Designation Coordinating Committee has amended its educational policies to require all sponsors presenting seminars after January 1, 1978, to supply the committee with a list of all Florida attorneys who attend their seminars, indicating the time each individual came into and departed from a particular program. Such records will be retained by the designation staff at The Florida Bar headquarters for future reference and spot checking at the time each attorney renews his or her designation during partici- pan in the Florida Designation The retention of course attendance records by the designation staff will provide a method for monitoring attendance at courses and respond to the many criticisms received that the honor system is being abused by some participants in the Designation Plan. This new policy doer nst alter the previous requireme,. that participants in the Florida Designation Plan are responsible for maintaining their own records of attendance and appropriate credit hours for attending continuing legal education programs. Attendance at Florida Bar sponsored continuing legal education programs will be monitored throughkthe use of a two-part admission ticket; one part to be submitted for entry into the program and the second part to be submitted at the time the individual departs the seminar. An individual attending a Florida Bar sponsored program will be required to submit the white portion of the two-part admission ticket to'obtain materials and will submit the yellow portion of the admission ticket when leaving the program. An individual arriving at a Florida Bar sponsored seminar before it begins and departing at its conclusion will write his or her name across the yellow portion of the admission ticket and leave it at the registration table. An individual arrivinglateataseminar and/or departing early from the seminar will also sign the yellow portion of the admission ticket and write his or herentry and departure time on the ticket at the time the ticket is turned into the registration desk. If an individual attends a seminar only long enough to pick up his or her materials, then the yellow portion of the admission ticket will not be surrendered to the CLE staff. Other sponsors of continuing legal education seminars, such a PLI, ALI-ABA, and others, will furnish the Designation Coordi- nating Committee with a list of those Florida attorneys attending their seminars, indicating the time each individual signed in and out.

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