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10 Wash. St. B. News 1 (1956)

handle is hein.barjournals/wasbn0010 and id is 1 raw text is: altton tate r t Vol. X, No. 1 June, 1956 Page 1 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF RULES OF COURT On April 17 the Judicial Council recoin- mended to the Supreme Court certain amendments of the Rules on Appeal and the Rules of Pleading, Practice, and Pro- cedure. It was recommended that Rules 8, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, and 46, Rules on Appeal, be amended for the purposes of (1) making the filing of a notice of appeal the sole jurisdictional requirement, and (2) adopting certain features of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with reference to bonds, which were thought to be preferable to our own. The Judicial Council also recommended that Rule 44, Rules on Appeal, be amended to provide a procedure whereby the tran- scripts on appeal will, insofar as practicable, consist of the original papers (complaints, answers, demurrers, findings of fact, judg- ments, etc.) rather than typewritten or pho- tostated copies. Finally, the Judicial Council recom- mended that a new subsection (6) be added to Rule 12, Rules of Pleading, Practice, and Procedure, to place it within the power of a trial court judge to obviate a miscarriage of justice in cases where the defendant has failel to file a motion for a new trial within the time requited by the present rule. The Judicial Council recommendations are published in the May 9 issue of the Su- preme Court advance sheet opinions. The purpose of publishing the recommendations is to afford all interested persons an oppor- tunity to advise the Supreme Court of their views concerning such proposals. The court will give consideration to all letters or memoranda commenting on such proposals received by the clerk on or be- fore July 10. Ten legible typewritten copies of any such letter or memQrandun should he submitted. COPASS BECOMES JUDGE IN KING COUNTY Michael K. Copass, to whom the newspa- pers referred as a veteran Seattle attor- ney, became a judge of the Superior Court for King County on March 12. Judge Co- pass was appointed by Governor Langlie to the position left vacant by the death of Judge Harold A. Seering. Judge Copass was born in Texas in 1905 and was admitted to the bar in 193 1 follow- ing his graduation from the University of Chicago law school. He is a former pres'dent of the Seattle Bar Association. ANNUAL MEETING AUGUST 2, 3, 4 The Annual Meeting of tile Washingtlon Site Bur Assoiatim will e held at T- (10lul1l oilt August 2, 3 and 4. Ileadquar- ters will he at the Vinthropu lotel, and !nul njers ire urgedl It make resezuit- tnms for hotel aceomunodahins in Ta- (lll II 11 tssool nls lossilhle. 'lue neeting is it uoinlh earrier than last year, and eounittee chairmen tre requested to get their reports in pronmptly so that they my lie inbllished in file July BlAR NEWS. RULES OF ORDER FOR ASSEMBLY MEETINGS Washinglon State Bar Association Rules of Order for Meetings: The following rules of order shall gov- ern the proceedings of any annual or special meeting of tht Washington State Bar Asso- ciation: 1. The order of business shall be that set out in the published program; provided, however, that the President or other Chair- man of the meeting may make such changes in order as he may deem necessary or expe- client, from time to time. 2. No member shall speak more than once upon the same subject, and then for not to exceed five (5) minutes, except by special permission of the Chairman or by the approving vote of a majority of the members then present. 3. The President shall appoint the Reso- lutions Committee at least sixty (60) clays in advance of the (late of the meeting, and the names and addresses of the members of the committee shall be published. At least ten (10) days before the opening day of the meeting, any proposed resolution shall first be presented in writing to the Resolutions Committee for its consideration and recom- mendation; any proposed resolution not s,) presented cannot be introduced without the consent of two-thirds (-1) of the members then present and voting at such meeting, and in any case any proposed resolution shall be in writing. 4. Except as above provided, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the proceedings of the meeting. The following are the members of the Resolutions Committee: L. L. Thompson, Tacoma, chairman; Wayne C. Booth, Seat- tie; EdIward J. Crowley, Spokane; John Gavin, Yakima, and )e Witt Jones, Van- couver. IM POI{'I'ANCE OF COMMITTEES STRESSED President Harold Coffin of the State Bar Association has joined with the other mem- bers of the Board of Governors in stressing the importance, to the association and to the bar as a whole, of the work of the associa- tion's committees. All members who wish to serve their fellow lawyers, andi themselves, by doing work for the association are re- quested to send in to the association's office the names cf the committees, or committee, cnl which they would be able and willing to work. President Coffin's statement follows: I doubt that all the members of the State Bar realize the tremendous amount of work (lone by its committees. The Bar can get things (lone only through its committees. The committee chairmen and members give of their time selflessly. They spend not only hours but days in the work for our Bar, and it is hard work, too, as anyone who has worked on a committee knows. Many times the men work all day long in the Bar office in Seattle or in their own offices on matters involving the betterment of our Bar. They receive no compensation - quite the con- trary, they actually lose money. It is evident that these men must have a great affection for their profession, The committees, to be truly effective, must have suggestions and cooperation from the general membership. You see, it resolves itself to the lawyer who is sitting at his desk. If you want to work with, or if you have any ideas for the various committees-Pub- lic Relations, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Legislative, American Citi- zenship, Criminal Law, Continuing Legal Education, to name a few of them-write to the Bar office. The Washington State Bar Association is only as good as you and I as individual lawyers make it. The service we render to the public, and the help to ourselves will be no better than that. JUDGE IIAMILEY NOMINATED TO COURT OF APPEALS Chief Justice Frederick G. Hamley of the Supreme Court of Washington has been nominated by President Eisenhower to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Hamley's nom- ination is to fill the vacancy left by the re- tirement of Judge Homer T. Bone. As we go to press judge Flnaley's nomination has not yet been confirmed by the Senate, al- though, at the hearing held thereon by the Senate Judiciary subcommittee, no opposi- tion was expressed to his confirmation.

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