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16 Am. B. News 1 (1971)

handle is hein.journals/ambrnw16 and id is 1 raw text is: L~[~ I 6,tume Nrber 1tuinary5 971 Positive Action On Social, Professional Problems Marks 1970 ABA Year, Sets Pattern For Future If a theme could be given tie ABA year just ended, it might well be the legal profession s concern with the most serious problems society faces today. This concern was shown in virtually all facets of Association activity, whether it involved eduction-al programs by sections and committees, policy action tken by thie Board of Governors and House of Dlegates, or the formation of new committees aimed at bringing constructive .change. The House created the ABA Com- mission on Correctional Facilities and Serices and the Special Committee on virnmnental Law It adopted .the recommendations on establishing effective Ilwyer discipline and three more Standr~ds;for the Administration of A look at the ttles of programs at the anmral meeting in St. Louis reveals th:e emphasis being given to tackling our plagulng problems-aging, campus strife, child: abuse, civil rights, consumer protection, corrections process, criminal justice, crime, drug abuse, environment, family problems, hunger, judicial conduct, population, professional conduct, strikes tax reform, trial disruptions, unfair competition, urban problems. What was done, specifically? Here's a review of some of the major actions taken during the year. H.A se Adopti. At the midyear meeting in Atlanta, the House created the ABA Commission on Correctional Facilities and Services. In May the Commission was officially formulated with former New Jersey Gov Richard j. Hughes as chairman and such distinguished persons as Dr Karl Menninger. Robert S MNamara. Judge A Leon Higgin- botham, Jro, and Robert Kutak as members. It also authorized establishment of a committee on environment, since formed as the Special Committee on Environ- mental Law, under chairmanship of D~avid F. Maxwell, ABA president in 1956 57, Serving on the committee is Ralph Nadero At the anntual meetirng i August, the House adopted the recommendations of the committee, headed by Justice Tomn C. Clark, making specific recom- mendations aimed at establishing nationwide lawyer discipline machinery. The Board of Governors has since approved the formration of the Secdial Committee on National Coordination of Disciplinary Enforcement, to implement the recommendations. Chairman is Henry Lt Pitts, immediate past president of the Illinois State Bar Association° Also adopted by the House in August were three more Standards for the Administration of Criminal Justice covering criminal appeals, probation, and discovery and procedure before trial In addition, the House approved a measure aimed at solving national strikes in the transportation industries. The resolution involves enactment of amendments to the Railway Labor Act and the 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act, creating a Presidential Emergency Mediation Board. The Special Committee on National Strikes in the Transportation Industries is at work now implementing the recom- mendation, Several other new committees were Chief Justice Warre n F. Burger chats ssith AB A Preshleeit E'dward L. Wright during annual dinner iii St, ni.afg fornmed in 1910 while significant progress was made in the programs of older ones. David F. ames on the ABA staff, was named national director of the ABA Special Committee on Housing and Urban Development Law. The com- mittee has a number of pilot projects in motion to help provide legal aid in solving housing problems in the nation's cities Prime goals are to increase the supply of low and moderate income ontinu~ed on Page 17 ABA Mfembership Totals Running At Record Levels ABA membership reached a record level in 1970. The calendar year brought 12,736 new members, well over the 1,000 monthly goal set by the Standing Committee on Membership. Total membership for the Association through 1970 stood at a record high of 149,764, compared to 145,008 at the end of 1969. Several membership campaign drives were conducted during the year. One, last January in Missouri, North Carolina and Oregon produced some 400 new members. A mail campaign to the Young Lawyers Section of the New York Bar last Spring has resulted in over 350 new members. The success achieved from sending letters to new admittees has prompted an accelerated program for this fiscal year, During the first four months, more than 14,500 pieces of mail have been sent to new admittees, contrasted to 5,000 for the same period last fiscal year. Survey forms were mailed in September to some 68,000 ABA members not belonging to any section. Approxi- mately 40 percent have responded and the replies are being sent to sections listed as first choice on the returned form. The directory of ABA membership personnel issued shortly after the annual meeting has been so well received that the revised edition scheduled to come out before the midyear meeting will be given wider distribution. - - ------------------- - ------- Annual Stifflulary C)f ;-N 9 . S 17-,ditio (kj )

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