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6 Oyez Oyez Bull. Sec. Jud. Admin. 1 (1963)

handle is hein.journals/oyzoyz6 and id is 1 raw text is: oeylz o1 The Bulletin of the Section of Judicial Administration Special guest, The Right Honorable Lord Parker of Waddington, center, traveled from England to attend the Annual Meeting and participate in its program. He is seen with Mr. Justice William Brennan, left, and Judge Joe E. Estes. SHOULD CIVIL JURIES BE ABOLISHED? Writing in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, a member of the Chicago Bar advocates immediate abandonment of the civil jury. At the present time, he believes, our courts are inade- quate to deal with disputes which come before them, and although the great bulk of disputes, particularly those involving tort liability, do not even reach our courts, the very small percentage which do overwhelm court capacity. The present case backlog in Cook County of some 73,000 civil suits, with the number moving upward each year, it is said, bears mute testimony that, as matters stand, our profession has not yet attacked the true cause of this con- gestion. The key to the failure of the court system, accord- ing to the writer, lies in the insistence of the legal profes- sion on retaining the civil jury system. The shortcomings of that institution have been concealed rather than examined by the legal profession, he says. While legislative hurdles may exist blocking an early effective change, the writer feels that the obligation exists nevertheless for the legal profession to bring into the light of day those arguments against, as well as in favor of the present civil jury system. (Continued on page 4) THE CHAIRMAN'S COLUMN To the members of the Section of Judicial Administration: The greatest challenge to the Section of Judicial Ad- ministration for the coming year is presented by the record of the past year. As the readers of this Bulle in know, the progress in judicial administration during thy' past twelve months has exceeded many years of earlier history. The adoption of major features of the American 3ar Associa- tion plan for judicial selection and the reorganization of sev- eral major court systems has made 1962 a year to be re- membered by all who have worked to improve the ad- ministration of justice. The completion of 17 seminars for trial judges originally spon- sored by the National Confer- ence of State Trial Judges and carried this year by the Joint Ivan Lee Holt, Jr. Committee for the Effective Administration of Justice has sparked a renaissance in the thinking of many trial judges throughout the United States about their specific problems. The adoption of the Model Judicial Article for state constitutions by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association was in itself a major accomplishment. We lie in great danger of resting on our laurels. However, there are many states whose judges still oper- ate without benefit of a judicial conference. The American Bar Association Plan for Selection and Tenure of Judges has been adopted in only a handful of states and the con- stitutions of many states, especially with respect to their judicial articles, date back to pre-Civil War days. The accomplishments of the past year serve to indicate the wide-range of possibilities which are before us. As the new year began your Chairman pledged the sup- port of the Section of Judicial Administration again to the Joint Committee for the Effective Administration of Justice. The Committee is planning a major drive to help the metropolitan judges solve their own problems through an interchange of ideas. It is working on a television series with National Education Television which will present the problems of the judiciary to the American people. It will continue to hold its seminars and conferences for judges on selection and tenure. The Joint Committee operates as (Continued on page 2) /Z

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