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49 J. Kan. B. Ass'n 2 (1980)

handle is hein.barjournals/jkabr0049 and id is 1 raw text is: From the President WHAT HAS THE KBA BEEN DOING THIS YEAR? In the Spring, 1979 issue of the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Bill Farmer outlined, in some detail, the problems confronting the bar and Kansas lawyers. In the Spring of 1978, Howard Harper discussed some of the problems and during his entire year in office, and for some time before that, devoted much time, thought and energy to informing the bar concerning the need for a new law center building. In the Spring Bar Journal each year, for many years, it has been the custom of the out- going president to tell the lawyers about the problems confronting them. It seemed that there were always many more problems than solutions and that still may be true. However, I would prefer to use this space to tell the bar what has been done about many of the problems confronting previous presidents and, particularly, those described in President Bill Farmer's letter in the Spring of 1979. The first paragraph of Bill Farmer's letter discussed the long-range planning conference that was held at Kansas University during President Farmer's term in office. At that conference, many priorities were developed and the opinions of conferees, including a large number of laymen became known. During the past year, the long-range planning committee, chaired by the Honorable Terry Bullock, has met many times and has prepared a report concerning what should be done with the recommendations of the long-range planning conference. This report will be distributed to the bar in the near future and is presently being distributed to the officers and the members of the Executive Council. During the past year, much of the work done by the Council and the decisions made by it, have been tested against the recommendations of the conference and this has been helpful and will continue to be helpful in the future. The second section of President Farmer's report dealt with the subject of federal intervention. The first of these interventions was that of the Federal Trade Commission in its outlandish compulsory questionnaire which it proposed to serve on all the organized bars in the country. This questionnaire and procedure were attacked by the Kansas Bar Association and by most of the other organized bars in the country. Through per- suasion and intelligent objection, including communications with all mem- bers of Congress, this compulsory questionnaire was defeated. The FTC has withdrawn the compulsory questionnaire and this attack on the bar THE JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION

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