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21 Miss. Law. 1 (1974-1975)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0021 and id is 1 raw text is: Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar VOLUME XXI SEI-IEMBER, 1974 Supreme Court to Use Three-Judge Panels In an effort to relieve the congestion and delay, the Mississippi Supreme Coort an- nounced on August 13, that it would sit in three divisions of three judges each, rather than continue with the present five- member panel system. The new practice will become effective in January, 1975. In our interview with Chief Justice Gillespie, this writer was assured that the move would not result in any philosophical division of the court. The panels will be, appointed on a rotating basis, as often as administratively possible. Any one of the nine justices may request for an in bank hearing on any case, whether assigned to him or not. The court feels that this new procedure will have a substantial impact on decreas- ing the backlog, but will have to take a wait and see attitude before judging how effective it really is. MEMORIAL SERVICE A Memorial Service for 29 deceased members of the State Bar was held at the opening of the Mississippi Supreme Court on September 9. Members memorialized were: Gerald Adams Meridian; W. C. Adams, Corinth; William D. Adams, Collins; Alexander J. Brunini, Vicksburg; Nelson R. Cauthen, Canton; Thomas Howard Comier, Boone- ville; Homer Currie, Raleigh, J. I. Daws, DeKalb, Wall Doxey, Jr., Holly Springs; Benton W. Elliott, Ripley; Louis Arco Gily, Jr., Miami, Florida; Joe D. Gordon, Lib- erty; Toxey Hall, Columbia; William Walker Joor, Oxford; M. M. McGowan, Jackson; Albert Virgil Miller, Rolling Fork; Malcolm B. Montgomery, Jackson; Zelma W. Price, Greenville; W. L. Rich- ardson, Pascagoula; Donald Burlage Rulz, Hattiesburg; Robert Eugene Scrlbner, Tupelo; Douglas D. Shands, Tupelo; A. B, Sparkman, Cleveland; Scott Tennyson, Jackson; S. B. Thomas, Greenville; Rob- ert W. Upehureh, Jackson; B. M. Walker, Jr., Starkvllle; Robert X. Williams, Ox- ford; and Edward L. Womack, Jackson. Announcement of 29th Annual Mississippi Law Institute Jay Travis, Chairman of the 29th Au- nual Mississippi Law Institute, has an- nounced that the topic of this year's forum will be modern Labor Practice. The In- stitute is currently scheduled to be held in Jackson, Friday, December 6 through Saturday, December 7, at the Jackson Hil- ton Hotel. Speakers schedoh'd to partici- pate and their subjects are: Earl W. Delart, Esq. - Overall Per- spective of Labor Law C. Paul Barker, Esq. - Employee Rights and Employer Interference. George E. Bodle, Esq. - Representation Process William F. Joy, Esq. - Collective Bar- gaining Professor William P. Murphy, School of Law, University of North Carolina- Grievance Procedures and Arbitration Frederick T. Shea, Esq. - The Occupa- tional Safety and Health Act. Milton C. Branch, Esq. - Equal Em- ployment Opportunity. Mr. Travis stated that more details of the Institute would be forthcoming, but that ie hoped all attorneys would reverse these dates for participating in the Insti- tute. Policy Statement on Announcements The Editorial staff of the Mississippi Lawyer wishes to remind the members of the bar that we are bound by the Code of Professional Responsibility, and that only professional announcements meeting the restrictions Imposed by the Code will be accepted for publication, All other an- rouncenents deemed unacceptable will be turned over to the Complaint Committee of the Mississippi State Bar Association. Legal Services Corporation Approved Three years of congressional debate and extensive ABA effort to Improve federal support for adequate legal services to the poor culminated in the President's approv- al of the Legal Services Corporation Act, II. R. 7824, on;July 25 (P. L. 93-355). As approved, the legislation transfers time current legal services program from the Office of Economic Opportunity to an independent Legal Services Corporation to be governed by an eleven-mniber Board of Directors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The majority of the board must be lawyers and no more than six may be from the same political party. The President appoints the first chairman of the board, who serves for three years, after which the board annual- ly elects Its chairman. Back-Up Centersi The final concession made to insurc presidential approval was deletion of the provision to continue funding the contro- versial back-up centers, which provide research assistance for legal services offices. State Recommendations: The law authorizes state governors to appoint nine-member lawyer advisory councils, on advice of state bar associa- tions. The councils are to notify the Legal Services Corporation of apparent violations of the law. Funding: $90 million Is authorized for this fiscal year - up from the current level of $71.5 million - and $100 million for fiscal year 1976. However, the eleven-member board must first be approved and Congress must also appropriate funds before the Corpora- tion becomes more than a public law number. Letters To The Editor Are Invited NUMBER I

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