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4 Va. B. News 1 (1956)

handle is hein.barjournals/valaw0004 and id is 1 raw text is: / irginia Bar News * j ~L Vol. IV, No. 1 JANUARY, 1956 Richmond, Virginia LaT. UOVERNOR A.E.b. bTEPHENS, President of Senate COMPOSITION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY The general election, held November 8, resulted in the election to the General As- sembly of 73 members of the bar out of a total of 140 seats. The breakdown is as follows: Body Senate House Total Lawyers 24 49 73 Non-Lawyers 16 51 Total 40 100 67 The total proportion of lawyers is thus 52%. The significance of this figure Is com-' mented on editorially on page 2. For the information of the bar the list of all lawyer senators and members of the House of Delegates may be obtained by applying to the Editor. The President of the Senate is Lt. Gov. A.E.S. Stephens, of Smithfield. The Speaker of the House will be elected when the House of Delegates convenes. MEETI I TTEE ON CEGAL CONFER CES AND CONTINUING LipAL 11EPiATION The Joint Committee on gal Confer- ences and Bo t' 9 ,W cation held eet nin n . 18, 1955. The c ' s composed of the follow- ing: C. Francis Cocke, Chairman, of Roanoke, Mortimer H. Caplin of Charlottesville, Wm. Rosenberger, Jr. of Lynchburg, Joseph Wy- sor Smith of Roanoke, and David Nelson Sutton of West Point. A. C. Epps, Vice-President of the Vir- ginia State Bar Association, and Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., President of the Virginia State Bar, and R. E. Booker and Win. T. Muse, Secretaries of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia State Bar Association, were also present. The activities of the two Bar organiza- tions were discussed, particularly as to the manner in which the Law Schools in Vir- ginia might assist in the Continuing Legal Education program. It was stressed par- ticularly that for the benefit of the younger members of the Bar, Continuing Legal Edu- cation should be made available. It was suggested that they should be encouraged to attend all legal institutes. The commit- tee also felt that, to be effective, it was essential that the Continuing Legal Educa- tion program, should be made available on a local basis. The committee agreed that one or more state-wide conferences, insti- tutes or meetings should be scheduled at one of the Law Schools in Virginia to cover subjects of interest to the greatest number of practicing lawyers. The committee was advised that the facilities of the Law School at the University of Virginia, and also at the University of Richmond would be available at any convenient time for legal conferences if the committee so de- sired. It was felt that a state-wide con- ference should be held on TAXATION at the University of Virginia in 1956. This is in line with past activities. It was suggested that the lawyers who (Continued on page 5) MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION WITH BAR ORGANIZATIONS The Committee on Cooperation with Bar Organizations met in Richmond on Nov. 25, 1955, at 12:00 P.M. The committee is com- posed of the following: David Meade White, Jr., Chairman, of Richmond, Griffin T. Garnett of Arlington, Thos. C. Phillips of Abingdon, Richard E. Railey of Courtland, and C. Vernon Sprat- ley, Jr. of Williamsburg. Secretaries Booker and Muse, of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia State Bar Association, were pres- ent. The scope of the work of the committee was discussed at some length. Secretary Muse advised the committee of the recent meeting of the Committee on Continuing Legal Education, wherein it was decided that that committee would endeavor to get up a Speakers Bureau, and that a list of the speakers and their subjects would be made available to this committee. The con- sensus was that the committee would be delighted to have such a list to send to all local Associations in Virginia. The committee next discussed whether or not it was feasible to attempt to do any further work in promoting the organization of local Bars in Virginia. It appeared that at least one Bar organization existed in each circuit in Virginia. In those circuits containing few lawyers, it was the custom to have a Circuit Bar Association. The committee was of the opinion that Associa- tions now in existence should be encouraged to become more active and to strive to schedule meetings that would be beneficial to the lawyer in his practice. It was pointed out that a number of Associations In the state already have monthly meetings with diversified and interesting programs. It was further pointed out that some of the smaller Bar organizations were having (Continued on page 4) 1956 DUES NOW PAYABLE PLEASE DO THE NECESSARY

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