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25 Gavel 1 (1980)

handle is hein.barjournals/gavel0011 and id is 1 raw text is: ?.VL RSSO . 01 0,r 9f January, 1980 Published by the State Bar Association of North Dakota Vol. 25, No. 1 The Eighties - What Happens Next? During the last decade, the State Bar Association of North Dakota has grown from 600 members to 1100 members. The national lawyer population now stands at about 500,000, up from 355,000 ten years ago. In 1970, such concepts as specialization, legal clinics, prepaid plans and lawyer advertis- ing were promoted by a few revolu- tionaries. Today, these innovations are an established part of the pro- fession. The day-to-day operations of local drug stores and multina- tional corporationc, alike are af- fected by routine actions taken by :he FCC, FTC, SEC, ICC, OSHA and other federal and state agencies. Telex, Westlaw, Lexis and other of- fice machinery have changed hun- dreds of law offices. It is no surprise to any lawyer to state that there has been a legal explosion over the past decade in the areas of regulation, legislation and litigation. Experts say We ain't seen nothin' yet. Tremen- dous changes are in store. Many changes, of course, will ef- fect lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Futurists say the martini of the eighties, for example, will really be dry--powdered, in fact. Powdered martinis, wine, and screwdrivers are coming via microencapsula- tion. Just add water. The television dial will contain a large number of special interest cable networks, linked by communication sat- telites. The attache' case of the 80's, some say, will carry more than lunch - a clock, calculator and telephone will also be inside, built in and run by a single microcomputer chip. What about law practice in the 80's? What will be the effect of what Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, calls The Third Wave? Lawyers will gather in Chicago im- mediately before the ABA Mid- winter Meeting in late January to participate in the National Con- ference on the Rule of the Lawyer in the 1980's to review the past, state the present, and to make an objective attempt to anticipate how the tide of the future will affect the practicing attorney. The Con- ference is co-sponsored by the Young Lawyers Division and the General Practice Section of the ABA. A select group of 150 persons has been invited to attend the two- day conference. SBAND President Jon R. Kerian and ABA Delegate Robert E. Dahl have been selected and will participate. A number of areas will be discussed as to their effect on the lawyer, including the effect of legal clinics (according to the National Law Journal, they have expanded in number from 150 in February, 1979 to 700 in December, 1979), solicitation (which many predict will be widespread), the future of the organized bar, and discussion on the subject, What Law Will We Practice? Conclusions and recommendations of the Con- ference will be sent to all state and local bar associations. Peter Bernstein, a noted New York financial consultant, says that generally lawyers will fare well in the future. He told the ABA Jour- nal: It would take a bad, bad depression for lawyers to be seriously affected.'' Clearly, however, the lawyers that prosper the most will be those who are aware of future changes and prepare for them. Hopefully, the National Conference on the Role of the Lawyer in the 1980's will help lawyers do just that. INSIDE - Law School Report ........... 3 Disciplinary Board ........... 4 Vinje Resigns ............... 5 Prexy's Page ................ 6 SBAND Seminar ............. 7 . ASSo 4,ORTH 00P

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