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8 Litig. News 1 (1982-1983)

handle is hein.journals/lignws8 and id is 1 raw text is: 171 ...- Litigation Section to Hold Seventh Annual Fall Meeting in Chicago The Section of Litigation will hold its Seventh Annual Fall Meeting on November 4-6, 1982, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. The meeting will consist of a series of programs on topics of current interest to litigators, featuring renowned trial lawyers as well as judges and law professors from around the country. In addition, a number of social events have been planned. In all, the meeting will afford litigators the opportunity to bone up on the latest developments in the field, to socialize with colleagues from around the country, to meet the Section's leaders and to participate in the work of its committees and other Section activities. Diverse Programs The programs, which will start Thursday afternoon and continue through Saturday afternoon, will include panel discussions, demonstrations and mock trials. Speakers will consider the litigator as case evaluator, negotiator, settlement specialist and courtroom advocate. Topics will include techniques of direct and cross-ex- amination of expert witnesses, negotiating settlements, recent developments in the law of evidence, budgeting litigation costs, proving malice in a defamation case, current developments in bankruptcy law, environmental litigation, delay and impact damages in construction cases, the psychology of jury selection, aviation litiga- tion, and many other subjects. (The full Fall Meeting Program is printed following page 9 of this issue.) According to Section Chairman Joan Hall, At the 1982 Fall Meeting we hope to accomplish two things: first, provide Section members with valuable informa- tion that will aid them in pending matters, and second, provide them with an enjoyable and entertaining stay. I believe each attorney will find a program that will help him immediately with current clients or upcoming cases. The meeting will offer the opportunity to hear a host (continued on page 6)- ABA House of Delegates Defers Consideration of Kutak Model Rules At the ABA Annual Meeting in August, the House of Delegates voted to postpone final consideration of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct until the ABA Midyear Meeting in New Orleans next February. The Model Rules are the result of five years of work by the ABA Commission on Evaluation of Professional Stan- dards, commonly known as the Kutak Commission, and extensive feedback from bar groups and lawyers across the country. The vote came after more than four hours of parliamentary maneuvering and heated debate. If adopted, the Model Rules would replace the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility as the official ABA model code of professional ethics. As such, the Model Rules would not have the force of law, but would likely lead to reexamination and possibly revision of disci- plinary codes in force in the various states. Especially controversial are the provisions of the Model Rules dealing with lawyers' duty to disclose client (continued on page 12) In This Issue Joan Hall Becomes First Female Section Leader ....................... National Institute on Litigating EEO Remedies to Be Held in Novem ber ........................................ Section to Sponsor Discovery Reform Conference in November ........................ Annual Advanced Trial Advocacy Workshop Set for March ........................ Congressmen Attempt to Limit Power of Federal Courts ......................... Copyright © 1982erican Bar Association 0 Produced by the ABA Press W S

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