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1975 Women's Bar Association Newsletter 1 (1975)

handle is hein.peggy/wbanewsl0016 and id is 1 raw text is: It as been suggested that thnose women a no have anypoe in setn up the Iemocrati~c and Republican Conventions oppose holdin the in states wasich have not ratified the ELual Rights ienb en. It is surprising how many large cities this eIiminates. CIA SECURITY BENEFITS On Wednesday, March 20, 1975, the Supreme Court unanimously held that it is unconstitutional for the Social Security Adminis- tration to grant benefits to widows but not to widowers. Tis means that women wage-earners now get the same protection for their survivors as men do, thus benefiting men, women and children as all equal rights do in the long run. I I I. 2W DAY A more meaningful celebration of Law Day than speeches by lawyers aising themselves or their fellow lawyers is described by your ditor's classmate at the University of Michigan Law School these many years ago, Barbara B. MacKenzie,\ President of the Dmmet-Charlevoix Bar Association and a partner in the Petoskey firm of Clark, Stroup, Brown, MacKenzie and Pointner. The following article is reprinted verbatim and with permission from the Micgan State Bar Journal, Volume 53, June 1974, No. 6, pages 353 and 354: NO LAWYER BILLS ON LAW DAY The Enmret-Carlevoix Bar, consisting of 44 rugged individual- ists, has for several years commemorated Law Day by providing speakers to high schools in the two counties. For 1974, however, we really went out on a limb. After much discussion, our member- ship agreed that each of us was to set aside May 1 for free legal consultation - an offer of 15-minute conferences at no charge to any resident of the two counties. LWe requested and received State Bar approval of the project, with authorization to advertise the availability of free legal consultation as long as all of our practicing members participated and any advertising was done in the name of the association. L<ocal newspapers and radio and television stations gave us Digitized from Best Copy Available

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