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50 Fla. B.J. 1 (1976)

handle is hein.barjournals/florbarj0050 and id is 1 raw text is: N. BRIEF-I Yours RES RN1 1976 HERE WE COME! What may be the biggest year in the history of The Florida Bar is just beginning! Biggest from the stand- point of the number of members, big- gest in the number of continuing legal education course presentations, big- gest in services to the membership and biggest in overall activities. These are the indications that come forth from early planning meetings for both the fiscal and administrative year of The Florida Bar. Primarily due to the adoption of the designation plan, the continuing legal education de- partment will increase its course pre- sentations from seven to twenty-five courses a year. This dramatic expan- sion is being programmed to accom- modate the several thousand members of The Florida Bar who are designat- ing particular areas of law and are thereby required to participate in at least 30 hours of continuing legal in- struction in each designated area within the next three years. Without question the 20,000th member of The Florida Bar will be admitted during the calendar year of 1976. This will happen only a few years after Mr. Justice Glenn Terrell wrote that a membership of 15,000 was out of reach of The Florida Bar. And unless there is a substantial change in the trend experienced in the last half decade, at least 2,000 per- sons will become new members of The Florida Bar this year. New services to lawyers are occur- ring almost daily. The response to a weekly case summary report has been substantial. On hand in Tallahassee for the time time are more than 60 var- ious probate forms available for purchase for a moderate fee for all members of The Florida Bar involved in the practice of administering es- tates and probating wills. As soon as the legislature starts, a legislative re- porting service to all members of The VOLUME 50, NO. 1, JANUARY 1976 NEWS Florida Bar will be initiated. Efforts are being made to expand both The Florida Bar News and Journal to keep a growing membership even better in- formed about pertinent activities of genuine interest to the legal profes- sion of Florida. If initial plans are realized, the dis- ciplinary program of The Florida Bar in the year ahead will be expanded through the innovation of test pro- grams using practicing members of the Bar on a salaried basis to expedite in- vestigation and trial of disciplinary cases. The challenges of Bicentennial 1976 for The Florida Bar are many and will be met. Critical among these is to complete a successful Florida Bar Center campaign to ensure that at the time of the dedication of the sorely needed new wing sufficient pledges will be on hand to meet the overall cost. This is a personal responsibility that must be felt by every lawyer and judge who loves his profession. Chal- lenges face us to better acquaint the public in general with the legal pro- fession and thereby build confidence in a system of justice that has experi- enced some dark moments in the past few years. Continuing challenges to meet the legal needs of our people by rendering legal services promptly, ef- ficiently and at a reasonable cost re- main with us. These are all worthy goals for 1976 that can be met. JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION INSTITUTE The Third Annual Judicial Nominating Commission Institute will be held in Tampa on Friday, March 19, 1976. At that time chairman of the Institute Planning Committee, Gordon Savage, hopes that all 225 jud- icial nominating commissioners from all 25 judicial nominating commis- sions in Florida will be present. Not only will the institute help orient new

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