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19 Retainer 1 (1990)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr0019 and id is 1 raw text is: U. S. Rep. Gray addresses YLS - See p. 6 Thee hlRetainer -iaroury Ill. IS-a Im its. c 22 - - ______________________________________________ Roundup Willig eyes historic n by Daniel A. Cirucci ,4 Brwf Sefk- on the I. tins and colmufe Personal Computing The lawiers I -t Group for ler- sonalLtloputog will present tmoserm nars at 1 Foday. Jan 19 luncheon meetg. flhe first, tled -Freestyle: Computer Use ttfr Tlose Who Hate Computers. will feature omputer en perts who will demonstrate the Wantg Freestyle personal compulmg system The system alletws a lawyer to transtat handwritten and voice comments on a document t other, The second semi- mar. Maternty and Modems: Working From Home Through a Modem. wnll feature Itane Wlensky who will ex- plain how she kept the computers at the law ofi ces of Mark Mendel up and ninnmg from home while on maternit- leave. The program will be held from oon to 1:45 p.m. mt the Board Rouc at Bar Headquarters. Bill of Rights The Bi of Rights Cenomrtee is working on a series of events to com- Imemorate the upcoming bicentennial of the Bill of Rights. One event s a sym- postnm featurng national speakers to be held at a local law school. Another idea being discussed is dramatic pre sentations to cornrnumty groups aheout speclic Coostitutsonal amendments and thee meanongs Bankruptcy Thle Bankruptcy Comrmtee of the Business Law Section has scheduled an ediCational program for Wednesday Jan. 17 at noon mt the Conference Cen- ter at Bar Headquarters. The program is a one-hour presentation on the sub- tect of Fraudulent Convryances and Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code Speakers will be James M. Matour and Bruce S. Schlkraut of Wof. BIock, Schorr & Sohs-Cohen. Senior Lawyers SSemor Lawyers Comnttee will hold its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday Jan. 23 at 4 p m. in the Conference Center at Bar Headquar- ters. A wine and cheese reception will be held after the meeting. The commit- tee, wll further discuss several topics which were addressed by guest speak - ers in the fall of 1989. including invest- inent plaoning working with the Supreme Court Disciphnary Board and Promoting professionaksm among members of the bar. Comunittee and season chair ae en- comnged to submist breef notes on me schnsi of their cominte ind tea- tine. Send items to Runedup.- d Managing Editor The Retator, Phila- drisliia Bar Assoratun. One Reading Center. PhdadeOfla. PA 191e7 Wi- I c-eah Ii dg -atins Chan- cellor of the Phladelpha lar Assuahon in 1992. she will mAt only be the frst moan Chancelklr an the 190-year history of the Associatien. but she wll aLs, he the youngest Chancellor m rer rrrow, Vata nrc -rx to usr tXo sir me postso Vice Chancelor last mortit Wt who as mntagmtg partner a the frm of Wakers & WIt currently sees as Vice Chancellr She witl be Chancelor-Elect n 1991 and eatrAl a-umes the role 4d Chancellor thi- f-ib.m far First woman Chancellor Deborah R. Willig began her term as lice Lhancellor on Januarc 1. Elected on Dec. 7. 1989 during the Bars Annual Election, Willig will serve as the first woman Chancellor of the Association in 1992. ilestone ...-, fI-cuel- .aa ,a t- memboters also elected three women to ive posts on the A-soaatram's Board of Governors. They are: Lesie Anme Mdler. Naicy H. Fulan and Radhel R. Maato. Others elected to the Board were Mark A Arondck and Leonard A Bernsute. WiL a Philadelphia arta native and Cetner Cay resident. as a graduate of the Uiversity of Petnsylvana arx Tenple University School of Law At law sdhool. she was the fist woman president of the Student Bar Assocatan After law school. she clerked for Phladelia Coamon Pleas Court Judge Lisa A Richette and rraeduately becane acove a the work of the Philadelphia Bar Asor by aming the Association s Womn's Rights Com- tattee. Durrg the next 15 years she served on a wide erety of A.soato curattees. was elected ta a three-year term on the Board of Governors, served on the Comrmss on Judicial Selectxmn and Retention and chaned the Assoun- tSons Annual Bench-Bar Canserence. At the same lane. Willig built a success- fu law practice concentrating at labor law and representing many area publc em- ployee uains. last year. in a featured ar- tecle. the PhAladefasa Inquarer called illig ane of the ays premier labor law- yersand noted that 'colleagues say Willig has succeeded not because she rehes on Jlear garnslts but because she draws frm values sush as ittelgence, truthfulness and pronases cliseled mn grarate. Wilig has said she was motsvtied to be- cone a lawyer so that she coul pursue a areer wach would mesh wth my phil- cpiual and moral beliefs and provide. at least mn part the opportumty to hange the legal rights of wonert Most tecently, Wilhig was actrse a developing the Associations new Model Employer udeliws on maternty and paternity lease. sexual harassmoent day care and other related matters. Beyond her Bar and professional activi- tes, Wilhg has been active in the commau- ote as a board member of the Womens Law Project and Crisis Interventson Net- work and as a member of the Fellowship Comssion. the American Jewish Con- -ecntmd on pAy 7 Task force calls for drug court by Maura K. Deming The Puladelpua Cnrinal justice Task Force has urged the creation of a separate drug court and mandatory drug treat- oment programs to address the court back- heg and prison overcrowding situation at Philadelptua. The Task Force. appoarted in June by Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nx released etc prehmmary report deun a press conference held at Bar Headquar- tere on Dec. 14 With the release of tts report, the panel reconuended the Penn eylvansa Supreme Court edpt ad emple ment the $25 8 nulihc prepocal Tlhe Task Force, under the leadership eef Professor A. Leo Leym as chair and Association Chancellor Arthur G. Raynes as vice chair devised a two-part strategy for the disposition of drug-related cases wich, an 1989. totaled one-third of all court cases filed. flhe first part of the strategy includes the creation of a new 13- pudge division and drug court to handle the rast majonty of drug felony cases. Creation of the drug court woundd be a short-term solunon aimed at redurmg the bcklg o 12 500 cr-ucnne case Thi tack fortc targeed tite and tederal funding to meet the $13 1 milion estemated cost of the court. The second part of the strategy mt- volves expanding existing drug treatment programs to reduce recidism among drug-dependent offenders. The ultanate goal eef this component is to make treat ment available to every drug-dependent offender at each stage including pretrial. post-sentencmg. probatuon or mecarcera- hon. According to the task force. cost for -h.a.nnwdpe3) 4j?

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