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3 R.I. Bar J. 1 (1954-1955)

handle is hein.barjournals/ribj0003 and id is 1 raw text is: VOL. III, No. 1 JUDGE CURRAN COMMENDS LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE In May of this year Judge Curran wrote to Secretary Higgins commend- ing the conduct of two attorneys with reference to the trial of a matter which came before him. The situation presented is best de- scribed by publishing substantially all of the contents of Judge Curran's letter, which was as follows: I take the liberty of writing this let- ter so that the Rhode Island Bar Associ- ation may be advised of the operation in actual practice of its recently instituted Referral Service. Last week a case came before me in which the defendant was a woman, who at the call of the case for trial was with- out counsel. She had previously had at least two counsel successively, and they had properly withdrawn. I questioned her to ascertain whether she desired to defend without counsel. Her answers to me were equivocal, and I suggested that she consult your service. She did so. By direction of Mr. Feeley, she con- sulted the member next on the service list. Owing to his relationship to previ- ous counsel, I excused him from the case - solely to avoid misunderstand- ing. The next on the service list was . The defendant was re- ferred to him at 4:15 o'clock in the af- OCTOBER, 1954 GUY NEWHALL Mr. Newhall will be guest speaker at the Annual Meeting on October 14. ternoon. The next morning he reported in my chamber before the call of the calendar. After ascertaining that I thought the case should be tried he un- dertook the task and gave the lady as good a defense as the most experienced lawyer could have given had he had the (Continued on Page 3) Published MontSly October through June SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 SUPREME COURT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER RULE 13 As an aid to attorneys in determining various time requirements in connection with appeals from the Superior Court to the Supreme Court, Robert A. Coogan, Administrative Clerk in the Judicial Department, has prepared a schedule in condensed form, which appears below, based upon the amendment made by the Supreme Court on April 29, 1954 to Rule 13. It might be well for attorneys to preserve this for future reference. Court stenographers have likewise been furnished this schedule with a memorandum reviewing the steps an attorney must take after the transcript is delivered and before a case comes upon the docket of the Supreme Court, i. e., preparation of Bill of Exceptions in law actions, filing of bill and transcript, hearing upon allowance and allowance within twenty days thereafter in the Superior Court, and certification forth- with to the Supreme Court. The ready availability to Court Stenographers of this schedule may enable them to better gauge their work to the best advantage of attorneys and litigants and them- selves, avoiding in some instances un- warranted overtime work and pressures. The memorandum sets forth the necessity of a transcript being in the hands of an attorney approximately a month before it can come upon the docket of the Supreme Court, thus, for a Motion to Assign to be heard on the Supreme Court docket at the opening of the Session on the first Monday of October and so be in order for hearing (without an agreement to assign) in October, November or January (no hear- ings being held between the first Monday of December and the first Monday of January) a transcript must be received by an attorney the early part of Septem- ber. Cases coming upon the docket of the Supreme Court between the first Mon- day of October and the first day of January will not be assignable to any date thereafter later than the first Monday of April. They are thus in order for hearing from October throuoh March, excluding December and Feb- ruary (or in the following October and subsequent months). The last hearings of the Session in (Continued on Page 5) -- MARK THE DATE ON YOUR DIARY -- OCTOBER 14, 1954 ANNUAL MEETING --OF-- RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION at Narragansett Hotel Morning and Afternoon Sessions a Dutch Treat Luncheon Dinner and Business Meeting Refer to notice from Secretary for full details. , r% I

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