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1 Me B. Bull. 1 (1967-1968)

handle is hein.barjournals/mainbabu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: VOL.1 NO.1 MAINE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION SEPTEMBER 1967 Legal Services In Maine b~y CLI R WIE \V. T1E1 N N I-Y, .1 it. Chief, .\tnly Nile lret. Legall -Assistaluet, Inc(. 1've('rJ)ts from an address &, livered before the Bal. Association Annial Meeling, Aug. 23, 1967. ''his Association last year ap) proved the est: blishument of Pine 1'ree Legal Assistance to render le- gal assistance to indigent persons in the State of Maine. Briefly to re- hearse the general dimensions of our program, we have obtained about S1 88,ooo from tie Office of Economic Opportunity for ai initial budget which will carry its through 'March ',t, i)(i8. 'I'hese futnds represent )0% of, (ui total conmitment; the re- maining I(1% conies from local sources, generally in the form of' (1o- na.lted olfice space. Ihe plall for our operations calls for the establish- ment of a headqtuarters and eight area offices located in key cities throughout tile State and staffed with nine ftu l-time attorneys and secretaries in addition to an admin- istrative stall of a chief attorney and assistant chiel, attorney. The stalf at- torney, operating generally out. of his area office, will ride a weekly cir- cuit, visiting the smaller communi- ties in his area which may include as many as three counties. The Port- land area office, for exam)le, does Continued on p. 5 Our own Chief Justice IWilliamson appears to be rushing to the rescue of Alassech u- setts Supreme Court Justice Paul C. Reardon, prim iil spealer at the Api iial Meeting. He is chairman of the A11, Advisory Committee on Fair Tri,.t and Free Press which was the subject of his address. The Chief Reports To The Bar Excerpts from remarks of the ChiefI Justice delivered before the Bar Association Annual Meeting, Aug. 23, 1967. NEW OFFICE - SAME AI)I)RESS The ne' offices of the Associa- lion are depicted in the upper righlhapid corner of our mast- head. AMembers will always be welcome to use them as their .lugusta headquarters. One pri- valte office is available for small meeliigs and, wit/h a little act- van c'' notic'e, arra ngemn ts can be made for gatherings of as manyI, as 10 op 12. The phone Yiiiihiber is 622.7523. Except that wt have retired to tlie rear (;, the )reuoises, our location is the same itas it has been since 1955, the Par Circle Building just oil Memorial Circle next to t/e Mo. bit Oil scrvice station. First, we are studying disciplinary procedures; and I understand that, in the November issue of the Bar Bulletin, John Ballou will discuss some work that is going on in which lie, the Attorney General and I are engaged. CIVIL RULES Secondly, in connection with the Civil Rules our very able Rules Committee has completed its study of the past year and we recently spent an entire day with Professor Field, Professor Wroth, and Vincent McKtisick, going over the commit- tee's proposals. In (ite time we will report to you and probably protiul- gate most, if not all, of the suggested rules. They have been giveu a great deal of study by the committee with the aid of the Bar. Continued on p. 4 MAINE idTh

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