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22 Miss. Law. 1 (1975-1976)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0022 and id is 1 raw text is: Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar VOLUME XXII JUNE-JULY, 1975 Merit Selection Of Judges Urged Upon Gubernatorial Candidates Section 23-5-247 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 provides that the Gov- ernor shall appoint a qualified person to hold the office and discharge the duties thereof until a vacancy shall be filled by election according to the provisions of the Section whenever a vacancy exists in the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court, or Cir- cuit Judge or Chancellor. Heretofore, there have been no governors willing to utilize the guidance of the Bar or the citizens of this State in filling these vacancies. In spite of the efforts of the Bar in encouraging the use of judicial nominating committees to assist the governor in picking qual- ified attorneys to hold the post, this has remained a political patronge plum. In conjunction with this year's gubernatorial campaign, the Judicial Selection Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the Mississippi State Bar has approached a number of the candidates for the office of Gov- ernor and has received favorable re- sponses from William Winter, Maurice Danton, and Gil Carmichael regarding the various aspects of merit selection and judicial appointments. Mr. Danton and Mr. Carmichael has expressed great interest and ap- proval of the Bar-sponsored plan to use committees of lawyers, judges and laymen to assist the Governor in filling judicial vacancies. They have also expressed interest in the ap- pointment of a Governor's commis- sion on judicial reform to study the complete judicial system and report to the Governor concerning areas where the system should be reformed Continued on Page 5 State Bar Officers -Seated from left to right, are Frank Montague of Hat- tiesburg, President, James Hugh Ray of Tupelo, Past-President, Erskine Wells of Jackson, President-Elect; Standing, Jay Travis of Jackson, President of Young Lawyers Section, Tom Stennis III of Gulfport, Past President, Mike Bush of Tupelo, President-Elect, Young Lawyers Section. THIRTIETH ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI LAW INSTITUTE STATE COURT DISCOVERY Ed Ellington, Chairman of the Thirtieth Annual Mississippi Law Institute, has announced that the topic for this year's Institute will be State Court Discovery. Ellington said: Due to the recent passage by the Legislature of discovery rules that will affect all Courts in the State, we feel that our program will be beneficial to all members of the Bar. Topics and speakers are: A comparation study of the former and the new rules - Lawrence J. Franck, Esq., of Jackson Mississippi Scope of Discovery - Professor Frank L. Maraist of Louisiana State University Depositions - James E. Clark, Esq., of Birmingham, Alabama Other Forms of Discovery- Henry Woods, Esq., of Little Rock, Arkansas Sanctions - J. D. Lee, Esq., of Madisonville, Tennessee A Practical Approach - Champ Lyons, Jr., Esq., of Montgomery, Alabama The Institute will be held on December 5th and 6th at the Coliseum Ramada Inn in Jackson. Room reservations may be made through the Coliseum Ramada Inn and tickets may be ordered from George Evans, Post Office Box 651, Jackson, Mississippi.

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