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1980 Retainer [1] (1980)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr1980 and id is 1 raw text is: THE B,. Rtainer JANIJAH, uPHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION Bar to land on Park Place A Ph;I-laelhisj (ar tion members will b on Park Place in S and chances are th be passing Go sev before the weekend The occasion is th tion s 22nd Annoal B Conference. Sept 2 the setting will be th new $300 million B national Park Plac Hotel in Atlantic newly-opened 514- sort boasts a 50,10 foot casino, new meeting rooms, dini entertainment spots and shops. The eigh along the Boardwal Place features sp free-flowing archite lends new distinction the world's most pieces of real estate A %, o(ci,i Lailt ii'-,i, ', i ,.'~ Vice shiortly wji tiethelEast Coast s e landing Chairman Herbert Brenner first Casino Hotel to be built eptember will chair this years confer- completely new from the ey will all ence Paul N Minkoff will ground up Both hote aae eral times serve as conference Vice- conveniently located nea is over Chairman Brenner. who of the new attractions tha e Associa- noted that last year's confer- Atlantic City has to offe ench-BarAs always Brenner co 6-28, and in the Associationa history. mented. We'll come up with e dazzling said he expects the 1980 con- ally Inter- fab to 'break all records The th ind o p- J e Casino- Chairman said he expects a gram pis and toptfreh City The big crowd at the Conference gueaes an eatred room re- because the combination of speakers ta matee cn- 0-square- information, entertainment so memorable, spacious and environment is lust ir- ng rooms, resistable I've seen the site All bar association members .lounges and it is truly beyond belief. are urged to mark Sept 26-28 44 t-acre site Brenner said. The conference on their 1980 calendars now k at Park registrants will also be ac- to reserve those importan ectacular commodated in the new weekend dates Complete eg cture that Greate Bay Casino Hote next ton de a o e 10- to one of doo t Pak Pace fthatbe C famous comes necessary Greate Bay nounced a a specia ma ng whi ch is expeced o open a membe a ene_ Pu N-nof-wl serv as onfeenceVice ----it '~-- - '- Ut -'-- - __ Ar,h vi ,J- . 1 pi.nod P.1h M.-. ca-no-.owi Expand judicial selection, says Board The Philadelphia Bar Asso- ciation's Board of Governors has approved, in principle, the aims of the Pennsylvania Jud- icial Selection Project. The project seeks federal and state judgeships for women, racial minorities, and lawyers who have shown a prior commit- ment to equal justice and free service to the disadvantaged in their law practices The Resolution reads as fol- lows: Resolved that the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association approves (in principle) the Pennsylvania Judicial Selection Project in its efforts to increase within the judiciary and within the selection process itself, the number of qualified women. members of racial and other minorities, and those with backgrounds of service to the disadvantaged or to other public interests. The Board took the action at its Dec. 17 meeting The Board specifically noted that, due to a lack of statistical verification, it did not embrace the statisti- cal study presented by the proj- ect s proponents in its State- ment of Principles. The project is a coalition of 30 civic and public interest law organizations from the Philadelphia area and across the state. Support for the project was recommended by the Association's Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Con- sumer Protection committees. In other action, the Board approved a resolution from the Worker s Compensation Committee regarding pro- posed rules of procedure for appearances before worker's compensation referees. The rules are designed to speed the determination of the rights and duties of claimants, em- ployers, insurors and their at- torneys and to promote the fair and efficient adjudication of work-related injuries. The resolution also calls for the appointment of a broad- based statewide Procedural Rules Committee which would draft new rules of procedure for worker s compensation proceedings after a thorough review of all existing rules and comments from interested par- ties. The Board also heard a status report from New Bar Home Committee Chairman and Board Chairman Robert C. Daniels. Daniels said he ex- pects the bar association to (Contmued obn page YS)'

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