About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

3 Young Law. 1 (1946-1947)

handle is hein.journals/ynglwr3 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAWYER Vol. III. No. 1 .December, 1946 Junior Bar Conference -:- American Bar Association -:- Chicago, Illinois Plans Made at JBC Convention for Big Year Ahead Forum Featured at Opening Session of Thirteenth Annual Convention tie fettu iv tif the openitig nte mit of the Atlantic City meeting, held on Sunday, October 27th, was tht, round table fori1111 tin the subject ltow Call the Junior Bar Conference Increase Its Usefulness? Participants were ABA Past Presidents, Jacob M. Lash- ly, George Maurice Morris and Arthur T. Vanderbilt, and the moderator was Lyman M. Tondel, Jr., JBC Nation- al Chairman (see picture below). The suggestions of the participants were so constructive that it is planned to publish their comments in the Pro- ceetdings of the Thirteenth Convention which are to he included in the forth- coming 1947 roster. Participation in Public Affairs Urged Arthur A. Ballantine of New York City, former Under-Secretary of the (Ph'ase t717'1 to page ..) Public Relations to Be Stressed; Legislative Drafting to Be Revived. At the 13th' annual meeting of the JBC held in Atlantic City during the last wcch of October, plans for 1946-47 ere formulated. The program, which includes the high-lighting of the Public Information Program in order to restore it to its prewar vigor, the re-establishment of the legislative drafting program, and continuing activity in the fields of aid to the small litigant, restatement of the law, procedural reform, including traffic court iniprovement, and relations with law students, is now being carried out. Judge Miller Urges Lawyers to Seek Co-operation of Public Following President Willis Smith's final remarks to the JBC, as ABA chief, and in connection with the dis- cussion of the expanding Public Infor- mation Program, Justin Miller, Pres- ident of the National Association of Broadcasters and former Associate Justice on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, (Pleose tfrii to page 2.) Past Presidents of the ABA Counsel JBC Left to right: PAST PRESIDENTS JACOB M. LASIILY, St. Louis; GEORCE MAURICE MoRris, Washington, D. C.; and ARTHUR T. VANDERBIlI', Newark, New Jer- sey; and LYMAN M. TONDEL, JR., New York City, JI3C National Chairman, who acted as Moderator. Public Relations Expansion of the Public Informa- tion Program is planned to acquaint the public through dignified educa- tional campaigns on matters pertain- ing to American citizenship and civil rights, the United Nations organiza- tion, the administration of justice, and the value of professional legal serv- ices. Speech outlines, articles, adver- tising copy and radio scripts will be prepared and distributed to State and local directors, to supplement those prepared in the past, together with suggested outlines for setting up, through State anti local bar associa- tions, speakers' bureaus to serve as media for carrying the program to the public. The Public Information Program Is being led by National Director W. Carloss Morris, Jr., of Houston, Tex- as, and four associate directors. An advisory board, composed of past Na- tional Chairmen of the Junior Bar Conference and past National )irec- tors of the Public Information Pro- gram, has been appointed to serve a a steering committee. The report on the Public Information Program was submitted to the Convention by Thom- as F. Healy of Washington, 1). C., re- tiring National Director. Procedural Reform Studies The Conference approved the rec- ommendation of the Committee on Procedural Reform, headed by John S. Howland of Des Moines, Iowa, that, since less than 25 of the 343 studies remain to be completed, the Junior Bar Conference appoint a committee consisting of only one repr.sentative (Please turn to ))tge 3.)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most