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17 Young Law. 1 (1961)

handle is hein.journals/ynglwr17 and id is 1 raw text is: Bread And Butter Articles Requested The Junior Bar Conference seeks to contribute, through The Young Lawyer, information which is both interesting and useful to the young at- torney, It is the only publication in the nation especially designed for the young lawyer, with a circulation of over 25,000. We invite our readers to recommend or sub- mit subject matter and articles for publication. All recommendations will be considered by the editors. Through receiving comments and sug- gestions from young lawyers throughout the country, the JBC will be better equipped to serve them. Write to: Editor, The Young Lawyer, American Bar Center, Chicago 37, Illinois. February 1961, Vol. 17, No. I Published for Young Lawyers by the Junior Bar Conference of the American P ,r Association JBC PLANS MIDYEAR MEETING On February 17-19, 1961, the Junior Bar Conference will hold its Annual Midyear Meeting, in conjunction with the Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, in Chicago. About 50 JBC officers, directors, council members and committee chairmen are expected to attend. All JBC members are welcome. On Friday afternoon, February 17, the officers and directors will meet, and on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, the Executive Council will meet with committee chairmen to further the work of the Conference. Saturday, an informal luncheon will be held with some of the current leaders of the ABA to discuss matters of particular interest to the JBC. In- formation regarding rocial events, including plans for wives in attendance, will be forwarded to those planning to attend. It is necessary to make reservations as soon as possible and all planning to attend should write the Meetings Department of the American Bar Association for reservations as soon as possible. 1960-61 JBC Program The First Four Months by Win. Reece Smith, Jr. Chairman, Junior Bar Conference The early months of each Conference year are necessarily spent in organization of and planning for the work of the ensuing year. Much of the four months following the Washington meeting has been devoted to this task. Committee work, however, is now well defined and much of it is in progress. Be- cause of plans laid in advance of the last Annual Meeting, the National Chairman, was able to corn- Smith, Jr. of Tampa, Florida, was able to com- plete committee appointments by mid-September. of the Report to Locals, affiliate units were As a result, committees got an early start and urged by letters from the National Chairman already are showing definite accomplishment, and the Award of Achievement Committee to The results of early planning, in fact, have been plan a fall prograrn at which the Report would such that the Conference officials have recom be reviewed and the affairs of the Conference mended to the general membership a plan for the commented upon. In addition, copies of the automatic advancement of the Vice Chairman in Report, which summarizes recent outstanding order to enable that person to plan his pro. projects of junior bar groups as well as the gram and prepare committee appointments prior events of the 1960 JBC Annual Meeting, w!re to taking office as Chairman. This recommenda- mailed to every bar association represented in tion will be presented to the membership in the ABA House of Delegates with a letter St. Louis for action, urging support and encouragement of junior One of the most significant accomplishments bar activities. thus far is the adoption by the ABA Board of At the committee level, there has been con- Governors of a plan to establish an ABA siderable activity. Each committee has a defini- rational lawyer placement information service. tive program with specific goals for the year. Derails of this activity and the JBC's role in All committee personnel have been apprised of urging this as an additional service of the ABA these goals and their responsibilities. to its members appears in another article in Annual Meeting Plans this publication. The program of the 1961 Annual Meeting During Fall, 1960, the Conference officers Committee is already well along. Plans include also submitted a proposal to the Board of Gov- several programs of practical value for the young ernors for increased representation of the JBC lawyer with special emphasis on legal economics. in the House of Delegates. This action was Other programs will feature internationally taken pursuant to recommendations made by known speakers. A varied social agenda has our Conference Assembly at the Washington been developed. The Statler-Hilton Hotel, in meeting. No final decision has been reached, downtown St. Louis, will serve as JBC head- but preliminary reports indicate that a recom quarters. Because of the mid-America location mendation will be made to the House of Dele- of St. Louis, the committee expects the largest gates for increased representation of the JBC, JBC registration in history. and other larger sections of the Association. Although all committees are making progress, The JBC Directory for 1960-61 and the the accomplishments of some are especially 1960 Report to Locals were published and dis- noteworthy. The Co-Chairmen of the Ailiation tributed in November. Following distribution (conilnued on page 4) Lawyer Placement Information No longer is the hanging out of a shingle in the old hometown typical of the beginning of the career of the young lawyer. Today, a southerner may attend a northern law school, serve an apprenticeship with a federal agency in Washington, and finally locate on the West Coast. Law school placement directors and local bar association placement services can not ade- quately meet the need of providing such an attorney with knowledge of opportunities in all of those geographic areas. Consequently, legal educators have urged that facilities be provided to assist attorneys desiring to change communi- ties or areas of specializing. At the present time, however, the legal profession has no central agency whereby lawyers may inquire about op- portunities existing from coast to coast. Legal Positions In Government Recognizing this need, both the Junior Bar Conference and the American Law Student Association have endeavored to fill the gap in very limited areas. In 1959, the Junior Bar Conference established the Young Attorney Government Placement Information Service to serve the lawyer wishing to obtain information about legal positions available in the federal government. Since then, 12 government agen- cies have reported 152 specific openings for lawyers, and other agencies have cooperated by listing all legal vacancies with the Service. As of December 21, 1960, 385 lawyers from 44 states and the District of Columbia have re- quested job listings. A limited number of up- to-date lists containing job openings are mailed periodically to these persons. The American Law Student Association has also been active in encouraging the establish- ment of placement programs. It annually pub- lishes two booklets designed for graduating law students: Federal Government Job Opportuni- ties for Young Attorneys and Opportunities In Corporate Law Practice and Management. Experience with these publications indicates that. corporate employers will and in fact are anxious to cooperate. Over 65 Lawyers Placed In One Week To ascertain the need for a full-time place- ment service not limited to special areas such as government or corporate work, the Junior Bar Conference and the American Law Student Association conducted the first nation-wide placement information service for lawyers dur- ing the 1960 annual meeting of the American Bar Association. This service made possible and feasible the exchange of information between lawyers seeking new positions and prospective employers wishing to, fill legal vacancies. Over 500 applicants for employment filed with the service, and 118 employers listed legal vacan- (continued on page 3)

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