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lanuary Ill. 1993 lol 22. 1o I
Roundup_
Family law
11w IFamily Iw sttion will holk a
Breakfast with te- Judges on
Thurday, Jan. 2I, at M 15 a.m in the
Iraining tenter at the I-amily Court
Building HItom 267. .4 5. I Ith St. Ann
G. Verttr will Irad a diocussion on
What Changes in Circumiancts Are
Necetsary for Support Modification
IlMe section also will hold a lun
chon11 on Wednesday, Jan 27, at ion
at the Warwick Hotl, 17th and lot
cui streets. The luncheon will focus
on ']he Powman Hearings. Per
spectives from the Bench, Bar and
Mental Health Profession. Speakers
will be Family Court Judge Allan
Tereshko and Dr. Robert
Tannenbaum. Cost is $24 a person.
More information is available by
calling Bar Headquarters, 238-0300.
State CMI
Adrninitrative Judge Alex
Bonavitacola updated members on the
aiy Badckatd Progrn and othr
civil matters at the committee s Dec
18 ineting
Bonavitcosla reported that 45 per-
cent of the conferenced Day Back-
ward cae w-re settling, with further
settlements antctipated from Judge
Pro Tm conferences. He added that
judges will begin trying all these cases
on February 1, with the goal of trying
all the cases in 1993 so that a second
group of cases-those filed between
October 1989 and December 1990-
can be addressed in 1994.
In addition, a program is being
developed for the 878 *complex cases
to allow them to be settled or tried.
Judges also will be available to con-
ference and try all arbitratration cases
within 60 days of appeal. The Judge
also indicated that continuances are
now being granted for cause in many
arbitration cases, and that a continu-
ance policy will be published soon.
Young lawyers
The Young Lawyers Section s Pr-
feasional Ie Issues Committee winl
begin a yearlong project to help law-
yen handle gender issues in the
workplace with a panel discussion on
Tmrsday. Jan. 21. from Noon to 2
p.m. The session will be held in the
Conference Center at Bar Headquar-
ters.
Committee and section chais are
encouraged to submit briefi ois on the
activities of their romnittees and see-
tions. Send items to Roundup, c/o
MAanagg Edito.r, Philadelphia Bar
Reporter. Philadelphia Bar Assocaiso.
1101 Market St. 11th Floor, Pitla-
delphia. a 19107-2911.
A
Bd. concludes bylaws review
by Craig ,iangiulio
At its l- 1. r- - ic. Ihe
As- tti tlhard , tof -es los--d
thm, sok on 1992 t a signictant fash
10i by completing its revsew of the
bylaws, along tha way proposing several
anendments, including one that would
t hange the prtroedures for substantive
hylaw amrendients in Article XI. The
proposed amendment, which the
membership must approve before it can
f. adoptd,. sould give the Board of
frIhi] b h hbyba. r, 'm~ <at
be adopecd
Under the terms of the proposal,
bylaws may be altered by submismimm
of an amendment in the mmbers after
either the Board approves the amend-
nmet. which must be published in a
timely fashion prior to the Board's vote.
or upon receipt of a petition stgned by
at leaat 200 members. The proposal
further saes that the proposed amend-
ment shall be submitted to memhbers
after its text is published three o-,
the peal. an amendrent may be
approved only by a maority ~oe of
ther members voting at an annual
meeting in the same mantner as for
election of Board members and officers,
at an annual. mated or special meeting
of the members. or by a secret malled
ballot, provided that at lead 100 mem,
bees cast a ball in that election.
Currently, the bylaws can only be
amended by a majority vote of the
eaostised a *g 7)
IBoard organi/cv for 1993
thristopher C. Fallon Jr. (--atd rigit was elected chair i th, insv4ittmn t arcrd of msenr ii anim orgari
xatianal meeting Jan. 8 at Bar Headquarters. Jami Wint& Mclteon ans elected sire chair. shmm standing (-r)
are Vice Chancellor Ahraham C. Reich. Chancellor Andre L Dens-6 and hntmlr Elect Las-nce J. Heaner.
Dennis pushes for judicial reform
by Bill Tyson
With the state legislature starting a
new two-year session this month, the
Association is increasing its efforts to
achieve reform of the state s judicial
discipline and judicial selection systems,
according to Association Chancellor
Andrbi L Dennis, Tere is no higher
priority in Harrisburg than disciplinary
reform and merit selection. Dennis
said.
Recent allegations concerning the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
spawned the Associations renewed ef-
fort. Dennis issued a statement Dec. 7
calling for a swift and thorough' probe
of the allegations by the appropriate
state and federal agencies. He also
called on the state House and Senate to
mnestigate the allegations and to con-
sider necessary systemic changes to the
-ay Prnsytvr-.judce' ar- -i-ttm
mod di:-pluned
The da after the Chancellor state-
ment Attorney General Ernie Preate Jr.
announced he was opening an inves&
gation. On Dec. 11. Preate held a news
conference at Bar Headquarters to an
nounce the special counselors.' former
Assistant U.S Attorney General Edward
SG Dennis Jr. and former Maine At-
torney General James E. Terney. who
will lead the probe.
Joining Preate at the news confer-
ence. Chancellor Dennis expressed his
support for the ationey general's quick
action and reiterated that the people
of Pennsylvania must have confidence
in the state's judicial system.
As serious as the details of this
particular insestigation are, he said,
the real issue now for Pennsylvania is
reform of our judicial discipline system
and replacement of our judicial election
-1, -,o.,m pm-nt- b--d
Denns said broadlbased. statewide
support from lawyers and citizens alike
is critical to achieving these reforoms
He noted that with public attention
turning to the courts and the problems
of the judicial system, an -extraordinary
oppontunity exists to focus attention
on the need for reform.
The Association, which first min
duced a plan for judicial reform 40 years
ago. saw the state General Assembly in
1992 give first-round approval to a
constitutional amendment to reform the
judicial discipliary system. To become
law, the proposal must be approved by
the legislature and then sent to the
voters for a referendum
Dennis said he expects a bill provid-
ing for merit selection of appellate anal
judges to be introduced during the
cunrnt legislative session.
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