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1982 Retainer [1] (1982)

handle is hein.barjournals/phlbrrpr1982 and id is 1 raw text is: March Qu Chancellor Hobert C Daniel has announced that the distin guished author, commentator and historian Alistair Cooke will be the special guest speaker at the Philadelphia Bar Associ- ation's quarterly meeting and luncheon in early March, at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel Cooke, a keen, well-known chronicler of American history, will be hon- ored by the Association as part of its observance of Philadel- phia's Tricentennial. Noting that Cooke makes very few personal appear- ances. despite numerous re- quests from groups all over the country; Daniels said the Asso- ciation ;s very privileged to be able to welcome this outstand- ing American and to have the Opportunity to honor him for his contribution to a greater under- Standing of cur nation all over the world,' Bar Association members are urged to keep their calendars open for what promises to be one of the best-attended attrac- tions in the Association's histo- ry. Reservation forms and other details will be mailed to all mem- bers shortly. Alistair Cooke was born in Manchester, England, in 1908 He graduated from Cambridge in 1932 and was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship for arterly features Alista resetarch in theatre dir-ction Harvard but his fta , t ir nte n01 and criticism it was this Fellow- a lifelong love affair with Amer ship that brought him to America ica Initially in spirit, then in fact in 1932. He was expecting to as well, he solidified his ties with study only briefly at Yale and his adopted homeland. Aiti Co Alistair Cooke ir Cooke At Yale and Harvard he was active with various drama groups and directed the Hasty Pudding Club and the Harvard Dramatic Society In 1934, he returned to England and worked for several years as a film critic for the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). He also be- came London commentator for the National Broadcasting Com- party (NBC) and covered the ab- dication of King Edward VIII and the Munich crisis For many years. America was Cooke s base as a journalist. He was correspondent here. first, for the London Times, then for 24 years. the chief U S. corre- spondent for the Manchester Guardian. His weekly BBC radio broadcast about us. Letter from America,. has been running longer than any other program in history He became an Amen- can citizen in 1941 Through nine years in the 1950 s as the urbane Master of Ceremonies of the memorable Omnibus television series - and more recently as commen- tator on the Public Broadcasting System s Masterpiece Theatre series - he became familiar to millions of Americans. Many re- member him as the man who took us through each episode of the popular Upstairs. Down- ,contoued on page 20' Arbitration Center moves into operation Philadelphia has a new Arbi- tration Center now in operation at 1234 Market St Last month's opening culminated a year-long Joint effort of the Common Pleas Court and the Philadelphia Bar Association to improve the city's arbitration system. While Philadelphia's arbitra- tion system is recognized throughout the country for its fair and effective administration of Justice, in recent years the sys- tem has suffered from overflow and backlogging In 1980 the raising of jurisdic- tional limits for arbitrations from $10,000 to $15.000 and the en- actment of the 240-day rule caused a tremendous increase in cases listed on the arbitration docket, more cases than the system and its arbitrators could handle. Last year to increase the number of panel members. for- mer Chancellor Joseph H Fos- ter and Common Pleas Court President Judge Edward J. Bradley signed a letter which was mailed to all members of the Association urging them to sign up as arbitrators The re- sponses to that letter and other similar efforts increased the number of panel members from 1900 to 3200 The quality of the system also was enhanced by the new arbi- tration rules and the new qualifi- cations for arbitrators. All arbi- trators are now required to take a seminar sponsored by the Bar Association which teaches those attending how to properly conduct a hearing An arbitrator must have an office in Philadel- phia and must have been a law- yer for at least one year To chair a panel an arbitrator must have been in practice for three years Certification that the law- yer has tried a case is also required Currently the new method of administration of the arbitration system is presenting a savings to the City of Philadelphia Arbi- trators are no longer paid for cases that are settled shortly be- fore scheduled hearings With- out additional compensation, they are given substituted cases for hearing and disposal The Court estimates that at least $40,000 was saved during the November 1981 pilot program Savings of as much as half a million dollars per year are expected. The new arbitration facility in- cludes ten rooms for arbitration hearings offce for support staff. an assembly room for wit- nesses and counsel and a small courtroom where motions are heard and procedural questions resolved by Supervising Judge Ethan Allen Doty In addition to Judge Doty, the program is headed by the Deputy Court Ad- ministrator for Civil Administra- tion, Charles T ClIver, and a staff that includes Arbitration Commissioner Earl L Cahan and Mary Alleva of the Court's Arbitration Unit. At the opening of the new center last month, President Judge Bradley announced plans to again increase the ceiling for compulsory arbitration to in- clude all cases up to $20,000 leaving the court's calendar free for the handling of larger civil ac- tions and injunction suits. THE E Rtainer ANY .is PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

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