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3 Miss. Law. 1 (1956)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0003 and id is 1 raw text is: te MISSISSIPPI LAWYER Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar Volume 3 January, 1956 No. 1 WHY JOIN THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION?. Forrest County Bar Association Does Exemplary Work In Public Relations The following is a news release which appeared in the Hattiesburg American. It is self explanatory, and shows how an active County bar as- sociation can do tremendous service to the Bar and the local community. The Forrest County Bar is to be sin- cerely commended for its excellent work in sponsoring such a highly prac- tical program. YOU AND THE LAW RADIO PROGRAM By James Simrall, Jr., President Forrest County Bar Association As we come to the close of another year, the lawyers of the Forrest County Bar Association extend to the citizenry best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. During the new year, the Forrest County Bar Association invites you to continue to tune in on its weekly radio program YOU AND THE LAW, which is heard each Thursday night at 8:30 over radio station WFOR. The radio program is sponsored by the Forrest County Bar Association and is presented as a public service feature of WFOR. It has now been heard week- ly for the past three years under the direction of Arlington Jones, Chairman of the Public Information Committee of the Forrest County Bar Association. The program is unique and we consider that it is the best type program of its kind in the nation. A panel of 6 lawyers appear on the program each week, and different subjects and different law- yers are heard each week. The radio listeners are invited to write or tele- phone questions for the radio panel to answer. If you telephone WFOR while the program is on the air, if time per- mits, your quest'on will be answered on that program, or answered on a suc- ceeding program. If you ask a question by letter, mail it to YOU AND THE LAW, c/o WFOR. You need not give (Continued on Page Eight) Mississippi Bar Convention - Ed- wards Hotel, Jackson, Miss., June 21-23, 1956. Report from Amite, Pike and Walthall, Tri-County Bar Association The following is a report of the Tri- County Association composed of the attorneys of Amite, Pike and Walthall Counties. The Association met for its' annual banquet Friday Night, December 30, 1955, at 7:00 p. m. at the Ozone Res- tuarant which is South of McComb. President Joe Gordon of Liberty called the meeting to order by asking Chancellor F. D. Hewitt to return thanks. This year the Bar felt that it should, in some small way, show its apprecia- tion to the Judges and Clerks of the Counties for the many services ren- dered to the Bar by them through the years. Therefore, they and their wives were asked to be honored guests. Those in attendance were Circuit Judge and Mrs. T. P. Brady of Brookhaven, Chan- cellor and Mrs. F. D. Hewitt of Mc- Comb, Pike County Judge and Mrs. Hansford Simmons of McComb, Wal- thall County Chanciry Clerk and Mrs. Cecil Conerly of Tylertown and Pike County Circuit Clerk and Mrs. Wen- dell Holmes. Other guests were District Attorney and Mrs. Mike Carr of Brookhaven and John H. White, Jr., University Law Student of McComb. Also, present were Mr. John Satter- field, President of the Mississippi State Bar. Association of Jackson and Mrs. Satterfield, with Mr. Satterfield being featured speaker. Following the meal President Gordon introduced Mr. Satterfield who spoke on State Bar activities with special emphasis being placed on the newly formed committee to raise fees throughout thd State which is headed by Breed Mounger. In addition to this Mr. Satterfield made a stirring talk on the problems of and answers to the segregation issue. The gist of Mr. Satterfield's answer was organization of the people of our Southland in order to make the people of the United States cognizant of the true facts which exist in the South in order that we might effectively combat the (Continued Ihb Gibson B. Witherspoon (Meridian), Chairman of the 50,000 New Member Campaign for the state of Mississippi and a past president of the Mississippi State Bar, gives his reasons. Public acclaim for attorneys is very low, especially in comparison with the other professions. The doctor, den- tists and architects are paid very high fees but there is an aversion against paying lawyers in proportion to their services rendered. Twenty-five years ago a carpenter worked a ten hour day for $2.50 and an attorney secured a divorce for $50.00. The carpenter re- ceives today $2.50 per hour and time and a half after forty hours per week. The local lawyers are still securing divorces for $50.00 and there have been instances where this fee was cut. The carpenter has a union and he pays dues of $100.00 annually. The doc- tors get off lighter, but their fees have advanced at least ten times as much in the past 25 years. A local doctor pays $85.00 annually, $25.00 local dues, $35.00 state dues and $25.00 national dues, but he must belong to all three organizations. Our State dues are $10.00 and the A.B.A. dues are $16.00 annually ($8.00 if admitted to the Bar more than 2 years and less than 5 years and $4.00 if within the first two years after admission). 83 per cent of the doctors belong to A.M.A. but only 24 per cent of the attorneys belong to the A.B.A. The dentists boast 86 per cent in their national organization and our carpenter friend says they are 100 per cent. The A.B.A. offers 17 Sections devot- ed to special fields of law, such as Taxation, Insurance, Labor Relations and many others. You receive practi- cal help through the publications of these sections besides the A.B.A. Jour- nal monthly, which is worth the annual cost of membership. A member of the A.B.A. is also entitled to: 1. Access to new Information Ser- vice to help with technical prob- lems arising in daily practice. 2. Copies of bills and current infor- mation on legislation in Congress through the Legislative Service. 3. A number of the Sections publish and distribute membership rosters. which have been proven to be (Continued on Page Eight)

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