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6 Me B. Bull. 1 (1972)

handle is hein.barjournals/mainbabu0006 and id is 1 raw text is: VOL. 6 NO. I MAINE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION JANUARY 1972 Law - Enforcement Education by Richard S. Cohen, Esq. Deputy Attorney General In October of 1970, the Criminal Di- vision of the Attorney General's Office began publication of ALERT, a new criminal procedure bulletin for all crim- inal justice personnel in the State of Maine but designed especially for use by law enforcement officers. In the first issue ofI the bulletin appeared a mes. sage from Attorney General Erwin, an article on the law of search and seizure, new legislation on the sale and posses. sion of marijuana, and summaries of im- portant court decisions on criminal law and procedure from the Supreme Judi- cial Court of Maine and from other state and federal courts. Since this first issue, the ALERT Bulletin has been published every month under the same general format and has dealt in detail with topics ranging from arrest and pre. trial identification to the handling of bomb situations and testifying in court. Federally Funded This new criminal procedure bulletin has been funded by a grant front the -see p. 31 BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Judge James L. Oakes, President F,3GQ 'Vermont Bar Association V,' 'fR - - - (This article was presented at the An- 0ROCCO, fo, nual Meeting of the Maine Bar Associa- b; -t 4a M a l _ -I., Ition on January 151h. It is must reading d for any lawyer interested in the future lof his profession. Editor's Note.) r bt ~ p 0d aiI do not think we can any longer af- ford the luxury of having State Bar As- asociations consist of trade unions simply interested in their dues structure, higher 'be c ~ aanfa ee Crp wages and better working conditions. I 1 50 believe, in short, that to meet the re Ic oih ik-ar onhquirements of the next decade the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont l 6-i horn Bar Associations must exercise a greater aGad a ug; degree of responsibility to the public Nl e tand the public interest than they may vas ab e aW ' to 00fe have in the past. This is the same mes- uo I. 18 sage I have taken to Vermont and will It 0 l La 6 etake to New Hampshire, or would take - a b M, 4 -perIso0034we anywhere. I say this without belittling ea onea the accomplishments of any of these as- ' retun M sociations in the past. But we cannot 49 K41 p $ a rest on our laurels. MY cc A a00 iIt seems to me that unless the Maine a lgAdno.r er Bar Association is a great deal different from the Vermont Bar Association, it - see p. 18 Members of the recently appointed Comnission to Prepare a Revision of the Criminal Laws are shown listening to a variety of suggestions from the floor at the Association's annual meeting. Representative Jon Lund, commission member and sponsor of the legislation, is presiding. Nearest hin is President Robert A. Marden. Other commission members are, left to right, Warden Allan L. Robbins, Professor Gerald F. Petruccelli, Stale Law Librarian Edith L. Hary, State Police Chief Parker F. Hennessey, attorney Lewis V. Vafiades and Pine Tree Legal Assistance attorney Peter Avery Anderson. The Bulletin Salutes WASHINGTON COUNTY

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