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5 Pass It On: Newsl. Gov't & Pub. Sector Law. Div. 1 (1995-1996)

handle is hein.journals/passit5 and id is 1 raw text is: 7991 Volume 5, No. 1 PASS IT ON: The Newsletter of the Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division September/November 1995 DIVISION ELECTION RESULTS At the Division's annual meeting and elec- tion held on August 6. 1995. the following indi- viduals were elected to Officer and Council positions: Chair: John R. Tunheim. Chief Deputy At- torney General of Minnesota. Chair-Elect: Daniel L Skoler. Associate Commissioner for Hearings and Appeals. So- cial Security Administration. Vice-Chair: Brenda P. Murra'. Chief Ad- ministrative Law Judge. U.S. Secunties and Ex- change Commission. Secretary: John J Copelan. County Attor- ney, Broward County. Florida Treasurer: Cynthia J. Rapp. Staff Attorney. Supreme Court of the United States Individuals elected to seats on the Council were: Pamela Fanning Carter representing the National Association of Attorneys General. Rob- ert Deschamps representing the National Dis- trict Attorneys Association. Joseph Ferrara. Council Member at Large. Addle Hailstorks rep- resenting the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association. Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Huckabee. representing the Judge Advocates Association. Joan McCarthy representing the Section of Business Law. and Robyn Sembenini representing the Young Lawyers Division. COUNCIL MEETING In addition to Council business reported in the Chair's Message to the Members. the Coun- cil discussed the possibility of producing a Gov- ernment and Public Sector Law Review. reports from all Division committees were presented and the Council discussed the successful ethics CLE program which was presented in conjunction with the Montana State Bar Association in June. The Council also studied the possibility of start- ing an active publications committee. Interested authors are urged to contact Susan Kidd at (202) 662-1022. ABA BUSINESS The House of Delegates unanimously passed the first resolution submitted by the Division. Special credit should go to Division member. Tamara Miller. a former military lawyer. for her work in drafting the report. The resolution urged bar admission authorities to reise their rules to permit admissions of military- lawv. ers associated with organized legal serice programs on mo- tion so that military lawyers stationed in states where they are not licensed can provide pro bono legal service. Ten states already have rules per- mining out of state lawyers engaging in pro bono serice to appear in state courts The Dision co-sponsored a resolution of the Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel asking the Secretary of De- fense to provide lawyers with the same profes- sional liability protection as currently provided health care professionals under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act when they are called to acti,.e duty' and a resolution supporting amend- ments to the Social Security Act providing addi- tional benefits for working widows and certain divorced persons. Both resolutions passed. The House of Delegates considered numer- ous proposed amendments to the ABA Consti- tution regarding increased section representation in the House. on the Board of Governors and on the Nominating Committee. These measures were defeated. A special Governance Commit- tee also presented amendments directed at re- ducing the membership of the House. Several of the measures were passed but there was no reduction in the representation of state and lo- cal bars. Designated seats on the Nominating Committee and the Board of Governors were provided for women and minorities with a sun- set feature of ten years. The ABA Assembly. consisting of all members registered at the an- nual meeting. was eliminated by the House. continued on page 2 DIVISION PROGRAM WINS PRESIDENTIAL SHOWCASE STATUS ABA President. Roberta Ramo. selected only seven 1996 Annual Meeting programs for Presidential Showcase Status and our Division's program was one of the pro- grams chosen. America: What the Repub- lic Will Look Like in the 21st Century- will be presented at the 1996 Annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Look for details in up- coming issues of PASS IT ON. MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS John R. Tunhelm Chair 1995-96 Greetings! I am excited to take over as your Division Chair for 1995-1996 and confident that this year will be another year of steady growth for us. We have made great progress over our first four years of representing the in- terests of America's public lawyers. I have served on the Council since 1991 and I have been con- tinually impressed with the enthusiasm and hard work performed by Division volunteers-work that has made our Division a growing, dynamic and results-oriented unit of the American Bar Association. I hope that spirit of participation and accomplishment will continue. I urge mem- bers to get involved by volunteering to serve on one of our active Division Committees. A form is printed in this edition of the PASS IT ON- please sign up and become involved. I am especially honored to follow General E.E. Anderson as the Division Chair. Andy has done a terrific job as Chair and we owe him our gratitude. General Anderson's Division col- leagues presented him with a plaque at the An- nual Meeting in Chicago in appreciation of his 'four star leadership of the Division. Please pass along your thanks to General Anderson-a job very well done! Leadership Institute One of our major objectives for the upcom- ing year is to provide more assistance to state bar associations in creating and rejuvenating gov- ernment and public sector lawyers entities within their respective bars. As we are all aware, many government and public sector lawyers do not feel that the bar association represents their in- terests. Our plan is to sponsor a Leadership In- continued on page 2 ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

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