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5 Miss. Law. 1 (1958)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0005 and id is 1 raw text is: The MISSISSIPPI LAWYER Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar JANUARY, 1958 NUMBER 1 Ask Pay Hike For Judges Pay raises to compensate for an increas- ed work load will be asked for Mississippi's supreme, circuit, chancery and county court judges. The Board of Bar Commissioners of the Mississippi State Bar has adopted a resolu- tion asking the 1958 legislature to boost judicial salaries to help attract and hold high-caliber attorneys to the bench. Court officials have esimated the work load is increasing 15 to 20 per cent a year. The present pay scale, compared with the proposed pay scale: Chief justice $13,500, increase to $19,- 000; presiding justice, $12,500, increase to $18,250; associate justices, $12,500, in- crease to $17,500; and circuit and chancery court judges, $9,000 increase to $12,000. The judges might get an immediate pay raise, despite a constitutional ban against changing their salaries during their terms of office, if they are willing to do even more work. NEW DUTIES In 1954, the legislature raised Supreme Court justices from $11,000 by tacking additional duties onto the workload of the individual justices until their next terms of office began. The new duties included advising the state librarian in the selection of law books to be purchased and studying existing law and recommending to the legislature im- provements in the administration of justice. The Board of Bar Commissioners also recommended a retirement systems for judges, compulsory at age 75 or voluntary after 10 years service or upon reaching age 70. Retirement pay in either case would be at half pay. 0 Any Question? A.B.A. Information Service Will Seek Answers Services of the ABA Information Service, one of the newer departments in headquar- ters, are available to any member of the Association. It endeavors to provide data in response to inquiries on virtually all as- spects of professional activity except pro- cedural and substantive law. Examples are:. location of expert witnesses, law office management and design, partnership agree- ments, and the economics of the bar. Al- though the Information Service is not !quipped for extensive research, it can :rect members to relevant publications tud other sources of help. Make Plans Now to attend the Annual Convention of the Mississippi State Bar Hotel Buena Vista BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI May 29, 30, 31, 1958 VOLUME 5 A.B.A. ATLANTA MEETING February 19 - 25, 1958 Many lawyers throughout America have said they enjoy the Regional Meetings of the A.B.A. more than they do the annual convention. The American Bar Association has grown to such large proportions that much of the contacts and personal associa- tion has been lost. In the Southern Regional Meeting the States of Virginia, North and South Caro- lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississip- pi, Louisiana and Tennessee will meet in Atlanta February 19th to February 24th, 1958. Outstanding speakers from all sec- tions have been selected and there will be more bread and butter subjects dis- cussed by panels and more sections adapt- ed especially for the lawyer in the South than in any previous meeting in history. Membership in the American Bar Associa- tion is not necessary to attend this Con- ference and Mississippi lawyers are urged to attend and make their hotel reserva- tions as early as possible. The following are the high spots of the Regional Meeting in Atlanta, with the times of various social events, main speech- es and Institutes and Workshops. The pro- gram is so full of worthwhile events for your enjoyment and professional advance- ment that it is difficult to single out any particular item. Among the distinguished speakers you will find: SIR LESLIE MUNRO, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR JOHN LODGE JUSTICE TOM C. CLARK MR. DAVID SARNOFF MR. THOMAS E. DEWEY MR. JOHN W. GWYNNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COM- MISSION MR. VICTOR R. HANSEN, CHIEF, ANTI-TRUST DIVISION, U. S. DE- PARTMENT OF JUSTICE MR. CHARLES S. RHYNE, PRESID- ENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR AS- SOCIATION, AND MANY FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND OTHER AMERICAN B A R ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS. A score of Institutes or Workshops hav- ing as their subjects: CRIMINAL LAW TRIAL OF A TAX FRAUD CASE METHODS OF FINANCING SMALL (Continued on Page Seven)

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