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17 Retainer 1 (1988)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr0017 and id is 1 raw text is: Th e etainer Philadelphia Bar Association -JANUARY 13 1988-VOL 17. NO 1 Trial techniques Bar offers two-week program D rill rup 1 P ild lp lawyers will pariicipate in an i- traordinary educational enrichmin- program On those dates, for lir first time ever, the Philadelphia Bar Association will offer an intensive trial advocacy training course based on S. Gerald Litvins well-known Acad- emy of Advocacy Under the personal direction of Litvin and including a faculty of out- standing Philadelphia trial lawyers. this program will be conducted at the Philadelphia Bar Associations spacious new Conference Center on the 11 th floor of One Reading Cen- ter (ARA Tower) at 1 th and Market Sts Participants will learn trial tech- niques by performing actual exer- cises and presenting two trials before Judges and lures Well-known tral attorneys will critique all presena tions and give lectures and demon strations on selected topics Only 36 lawyers will be accepted into the program This Special pro- gram is designed for members of the Philadelphia Bar Association with two to eight years of litigation experience Each participant must have engaged in some form of trial advocacy (i e Common Pleas Ar- bitration, Federal Arbitration, Trial) as a prerequisite to participating in the program Applicants will be screened and selected by an exec- utive coordinating committee of Conference planners and faculty members. An application to participate con- stitutes a commitment on the appli- cant's part to attend and participate in every session. complete all class assignments and be a part of the entire course experience. Appli- cants must have a willingness to learn through small breakout ses- sions. direct demonstrations, video- tape critiques and actual participation stressing the three most important areas of trial advocacy proof, effectiveness and ethics. Anyone unable to make these com- mitments should not apply Appli- cations are being mailed to all Philadelphia Bar Association mem- bers. Further details regarding the pro- gram can be found on page 4 of this issue Prospective participants are urged to review the program hours Scope. purpose and other details and submit applications promptly 0.0 New Board members Newly eiected members of the Association s Board of Governors pose with Vice Chancellor Arthur G Raynes (third from right) at the Board s Dec. 17 meeting Shown L to R are Michael G. DeFino. Gilbert F. Casellas, Roslyn G. Pollack. Alexander Kerr and Edward F. Chacker. Board approves LRIS fees increase; acts on resolutions at Dec. meeting The Board of G-ernors has ap proved an increase in two cate- gories of the fee structure for the Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) Effective Jan t , the fee for the first half-hour consulta- tion with an LRIS panel member be- came $20 Effective Apr 1. 1988. the percentage of a fee due to LRIS where the attorneys fee exceeds $1'000 will become 20 percent for cases in which the attorneys fee exceeds $4.001 All other charges in the fee structure for LRIS panel membership remain the same The action came at the Board s Dec. 17 meeting. In other matters, the Board approved a resolution from the Ap- pellate Courts Committee recom- mending to the Supreme Court s Civil Procedural Rules Committee that the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure be appropriately amended to prov-le thAt n ChI1 coves a -C! II'I_ '!, - ' shalt be opt-onal rather tMan man- datory. The Board also approved a res- olution from the Criminal Justice Section concerning non-refundable bail fees The resolution urges the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Municipal Court to revise General Court Regulation 80- 13 as follows: (1) The 30 percent retention fig- ure should be reduced to a more equitable and standard percentage certainly no more than 20 percent of the total cash deposit posted on behalf of a criminal defendant; (2) There should be implemented forthwith a maximum or cap on the fee generated by and charged to one criminal defendant on a par- ticular case. said fee not to exceed $500 and. (31 There must be a full and final acCOunting no thO Phi 010,i1ha Cal year and such report Should clearly set forth the administrative expenses incurred by the courts in running the pretrial services pro- gram generally and in operating the percentage cash bail program as a component thereof, with an addi- tional accounting for all fees and revenues derived from General Court Regulation 80-13. as cur- rently worded or amended in the future What's inside Chairs Chairpersons for the As, a tions seven sections an , committees have I-, ip pointed See page 3 Tax program The Second Annual Mn- Atln tic Tax Conference hie bre--n for Jan 23 See details oni pa, 5 Budget income tops expenses in the Association s 1988 budget Se, breakout on page 7 Trial Techniques Program See Details on Page 4

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