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25 Philadelphia Bar Rep. 1 (1996)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr0025 and id is 1 raw text is: Bp liar Reporter lanuary 1T, IfHi lot. 25, lu. I 0 PhiladelphIa Iar titoit iallon Devine outlines goals for Bar in 1996 by Robert Nigro Association ( hancellor Francis P Devine Ill told liar members that the Association will dedicate itsIf i inhancing what lawyers can do for iii, iroftession. the courts and swciit in 199% Devine, partner in the law firm 1I White and Williams. outlined his goals for the year during the lars Annual Meeting lunchron on Dec. 14 at thre Pennsylvania Convention Center I am proud to be a Plhladlelhl- lawyer, Devine said *I want Io make sure that you are. too. let's did.,au 196 to reminding our profession, the media and our society of all the goio we lawyers do - The Chancellor pledged help to many to whom fate has not been kind in Philadelphia: the poor, the elderly, the disabed,. the homeless and victims if domestic abuse. When it comes to helping these people, he said. we must begin by thanking those lawyers who have set the highest standard of service the leaders of our public-inter- est bar Your good acts add to the pres tige of all Philadelphia lawyers. Devine said that even though a recent survey of Philadelphia lawyers indicates that attorneys have increased the hours they spend doing pro toim work by 25 percent since 1990. the promise of equal justice under law I, ringing increasingly hollow, Althiiugh lDuniig the lIars Anual Nlecong lunctho n Dec 14, thancellor Francis P. Devine III (at lectern> is applauded by it is needed niiw more than ever (1, to R in top row) Conference Co-Chairs Ralph G. Wellington and Roberta D. Pichin, Chanrellor-Elect Clifford E. hefire. ,or public-interrst haroday is Haines, and immediate past Chancellor Abrahams C. Reich. Also joining the Chancellor on the dais are (in foreground) troltnurd - pagi 4 Association Assistant Secretary Joel Haree Slomsks and Board of Governors Chair Doreen S Dasvis. Association Conference wrap-up in this issue! Photo and story coverage of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Annual Meeting, CLE Conference and Legal Expo is featured throughout this edition. Board OKs committee resolutions, honors its outgoing members, reps by Robert Nigro The Ioard of Governors adopted resolutions from the Minonties in the Profession Committe and the Workers Coimpensation law Section at its Dec 21 meeting. Also at the meet- Ing, the Hoard honored 1995 Bar Chancellor Abraham C. Reich as wet an Board members and section repre- sentatives who fulfilled their terms of oflice last year First the Board voded unanimusly I adopt a resolution seeking its endorsement of the Minorities in the Profession Committees Iirst-Year Minority Clerkship proposal Committee CueChair Amy E. Wilkinson presented the resilution to the Bioard She said the proposal can help law firms and corporate legal departments meet the aims of the Association's Statement of Goals for Increasing Minority Representation and Retention, Specifically, the proposals purpose is to assist local legal employers in their efforts to increase the number of minority lawyers they hire and retain. Also, the proposals developers seek to expose minority law students to the work, requiremensi and , ultur, -I potential legal empluyers Under the proposal. minority stu. dents attending the Dickinson School of law. the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Rutgers University law School in Camden. Temple University law Schoil, Villanova law School and Widener School of law would be elgi- ble for the clerkships. Screening commitres to be estab lished at cach school then would evalu- ate all applicants resumtes. law school and undergraduate transeripts, writing samples, personal statements and rec- (costued on page 6)

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