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8 Am. B. News 1 (1963)

handle is hein.journals/ambrnw8 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar News a news bulletin of the American Bar AssociatiNFORD LAW LIBRARY Vol. 8, No. 1 FEB 5 1963 January 15, 1963 Act on ABA Plan at Midyear Meetings PROPOSE FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION A UNIQUE American Bar Association Fellowship Plan, designed to be a major adjunct to legal education and research in the United States, will be submitted for the consideration of Association policy-making bodies at the Midyear meetings in New Orleans. The plan will go first to the Board of Governors meeting Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, and if approved then is scheduled for presenta- tion to the House of Delegates at its sessions Feb. 4-5. Major Provisions 0 The plan involves these main elements: 1) Each year, the proposed ABA Fellowships would be granted 20 second-year law students chosen upon application from the top ten per cent of their classes on the basis of scholarship. Two would be selected from each of the ten federal circuits. Selections would be rotated from among the ABA approved law schools. They would be brought to Chicago for work at the American Bar Center during the summer months on assigned re- search projects of the American Bar Foundation. They would be paid generous compensation, sufficient not only to cover their living costs but also part of their expenses for the final law school year. 2) Similarly, four young law teachers would be se- lected annually, also upon application, to receive Ameri- can Bar Association fellowships. They would join the Bar Foundation staff at the American Bar Center for a period of seven months, serving as supervising research attorneys. These appointments also would be rotated among the approved law schools, with emphasis on the smaller schools. The faculty fellows would direct the work of the student fellows under the general supervi- sion of the Bar Foundation staff headed by Administrator E. Blythe Stason, former dean of the University of Michi- gan law school. 3) The plan would be an interim alternative to a previously suggested American Bar Association Scholar- (Continued on Page 5) Registrations at New Orleans The registration desk for members of the House of Delegates and other official American Bar Association groups participating in the Midyear meetings in New Orleans will open Thursday, Jan. 31, in the foyer of the International Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. Registration hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Monday, Feb. 4. As far as ABA meetings are concerned, the Midyear events are limited to scheduled business meetings of Section Councils, Committees and the House of Dele- gates. Only the House of Delegates sessions Feb. 4 and 5 are open to the general Association membership. How- ever, several affiliated organizations will have separate programs during the Midyear meeting period. Henry Lawson, president of the Law Society of Eng- land, will speak at a special House of Delegates' lunch- eon meeting Feb. 4. All registrants and their wives are invited to attend. Tickets for the luncheon, which will be preceded by a reception for Mr. Lawson and his wife, will be available at the registration desk. Support Invited For World Law Conference Wy ITH THE approval of the Board of Governors, President Sylvester C. Smith, Jr., has addressed to all members of the Association a letter inviting contribu- tions to partially defray the expenses of holding the pro- posed World Conference on Peace Through Law. The letter, dated Jan. 4, disclosed that plans are under way to hold the world conference in Athens, Greece, June 30 to July 5 this year. The plans contemplate that the President of the American Bar Association would in- vite two lawyers from each of 111 nations to participate. The World Conference is planned as the culmination of a series of four continental conferences held during the last two years in Sab Jose, Costa Rica; Tokyo, Japan; Lagos, Nigeria, and Rome, Italy. Foundation Grants U The major portion of the ex- penses of the regional conferences was borne by Founda- tion grant, Mr. Smith's letter explained. It is contem- plated a major portion of the expenses of conducting the World Conference will also be borne by Foundation grant. The Board of Governors of the American Bar Asso- ciation and the Special Committee on World Peace Through Law believe that the lawyers of America gen- erally would desire the opportunity to participate in the promulgation of the World Conference. The program of World Peace Through Law is ad- mittedly a long range program, idealistic in nature, but based on the very sound principle that peace through law is the only alternative to war. The program is both practical and necessary. Building law into a credible replacement for war is a task for lawyers. No Binding Decisions U The letter stressed that neither the American Bar Association nor the proposed World Conference can take any action which may be binding upon participating associations or their respec- tive countries with reference to existing treaties or legislation. The obvious purpose of the Conference, the letter said, in view of the success of the previous regional conferences, is the exchange of ideas among lawyers as to ways and means to achieve the ultimate goal of peace through law. Contributions 0 Contributions of $25 to $100 were suggested in the, letter, to be made payable to the: American Bar Foundation, World Peace Fund. Checks should be addressed to the Foundation at the American Bar Center, 1155 East 60th St., Chicago 37, Ill. Prior grants for the Peace Through Law program, principally from the Ford Foundation, have been made to the ABF. President Smith's letter said tax counsel had advised that contributions would be tax deductible.

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