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15 Am. B. News 1 (1970)

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I .......... ...... .......................... ..................................... ........... ......... .......... ...... ... ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... Vol. 15, No. I / January, 197 ABA Enters 70s With New Action Programs Designed to Meet Looming Professional and Social Problems The dawn of a new decade found the Association involved in making plans and implementing programs to help meet pressing problems of the profession, gov- ernrent and society, The past year saw both an end of one phase and a beginning of others in the Association's continuing efforts to elevate standards of bar and bench conduct and discipline. Adoption A The House of Delegates at the annual meeting in Dallas adopted a new Code of Professional Responsibility which is replacing the 60-year old Canons of Professional Ethics. President-elect Edward L. Wright chaired the four-year project to codify and strengthen the ethical standards for lawyers. But completion of the drafting marked the begin- ning of efforts to bring about adoption of the new code in the states. A special committee was named by President Segal to implement the code. With former President Earl F. Morris of Columbus, Ohio, serving ais chairman, bar associations and courts across the nation began adopting the code effective Jan. 1 It is expected that the new provisions will be in effect in most states before the end of 1970. Discipline A As the ethics code was being imple- mented, another committee was finishing its two-year task of developing standards for better enforcement of lawyer discipline. The Special Committee on Evalua- tion of Disciplinary Enforcement, headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, prepared a preliminary analysis of discipline problems and tenta- tive recommended solutions. Copies of this document will go to members of the House, bar officials, and others interested in lawyer discipline with requests for their comments, The com- mittee expects to offer its final report and recommen- dations to the House for consideration in August. They are expected to be comprehensive and far-reaching in scope. Judicial Ethics A Adoption of the code for lawyers also paved the way for reevaluating ethical standards for judges. Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor of the Cali- fornia Supreme Court was appointed by President Segal to head a nine-member Special Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct° The committee is ex- pediting its work with a view to completing its recom- mendations for House consideration early in 1971. Judicial Administration A President Segal also has announced ABA plans to launch a comprehensive re- view of existing overall standards of judicial adminis- tration with a view to developing new guidelines to modernize court operations Court Executives A Another court administration project--establishment of the first training course to develop a corps of skilled business executives for both federal and state court systems-As scheduled to be launched this year, The Board of Governors already has authorized an application for a foundation grant to cover the cost of a two-year program to train 60 court administrators in three classes of 20 trainees each. The courses would span six months each. President Segal and Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, who has called the lack of qualified administrators one 1960s Bring 50,000 New Members Membership in the Association grew about 50,000 in the 1960s. A report at the Midyear meeting in 1960 showed 95,500 lawyers were members of ABA. On Dec. 31, 1969, more than 145,000 lawyers were Association members. Membership increased about 9,000 in 1969 alone. Statistics show that more than a third of the members of ABA are under 36 years old. The Young Lawyers Section on Dec. 31 had 50,756 members. of the most urgent requirements for reducing proce- dural delays and improving court performance, an- nounced plans for the project jointly in mid-January. Subject to obtaining the necessary foundation financing, the first training group would be enrolled this summer,. Legal Education A To better prepare young lawyers for assuming their places in the profession, the Asso- ciation is developing plans for a joint study with the Association of American Law Schools of the adequacy of present law school curricula and methods of prepar- ing students in both the theory and practice of law. The American Law Institute also is participating in planning. Corrections A The President also has projected an action program to improve corrections procedures and resources, Chief Justice of the U.S. Warren E Burger has suggested ABA take the lead in that effort, Other Areas A In other activities, the Association also expanded the range of its efforts to find solutions to governmental and social problems. At the request of President Nixon, a commission (Continued on Page 3) Annual Summary of Activities Edition

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