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4 Crim. Just. 1 (1976-1977)

handle is hein.journals/crijust4 and id is 1 raw text is: Highlights Speedy Trial See page 10 Implementation Roundup See pages 4-6 TV Spots See page 3 London Seminar See page 12 Lawyers Urged to Counsel Ex-Offenders on Personal Basis The American Bar Association has called upon all lawyers to counsel ex- offenders and help reintegrate them into society. The call came in the form of a resolution passed by the 340-member House of Delegates, policy-making body of the ABA, at its Midyear Meeting in Philadelphia in mid- February. The resolution was sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section, with the strong support of several other Sections. It reads as follows: Be it resolved, that the American Bar Association urges each ABA member to contribute his or her services voluntarily as a personal counselor, on a one-to-one basis, to an offender or ex-offender who has no lawyer, to assist in that person's successful reintegration into society. Such counseling might include guid- ance and assistance on matters such as job training, employment (including informa- tion on existing laws and procedures restricting ex-offenders seeking jobs), family relations, personal finances, housing, expungement of records, etc., based on the attorney's own expertise; or from appropriate available outside com- munity sources located by the attorney. (continued on page 3) Section Council to Meet in Washington, May 15-16 Edwin R. Bethune, assistant secretary of the Section, tells members of the National Confer- ence of Bar Presidents and National Council of Bar Executives how his state revamped its criminal code, implementing thereby 90% of the ABA Standards for Criminal Jus- tice. See story on page 7. The Council of the Criminal Justice Section will consider a crowded agenda when it convenes May 15-16 in Washington, DC, at the Embassy Row Hotel. Members of the Section living in the Washington area are invited to attend the sessions, beginning at 9 a.m., but must notify the staff office if they plan to attend. (See address, page 2.) Among the items to be considered are Section positions on the awarding of attorneys' fees in criminal cases, voir dire in federal trials, competency of defendants to stand trial, mandatory minimum sentencing, and others. At its winter meeting in Phila- delphia, the Council: * established a policy on proposed amendments to Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. * adopted a student input pro- gram to increase student involve- ment in Section committee work; * thanked the ). Edgar Hoover Foundation and its president, Louis B. Nichols, for continuing financial support of the Section's implementa- tion program; * referred a report on sentencing reforms back to committee for further study; * approved the report of the ABA Special Committee to Study Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; * referred proposed grand jury standards to the ABA Special Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice; * opposed a bill which would compensate lawyers' fees to those acquitted in federal criminal cases; * instructed the Section delegate to vote for a resolution placing the ABA in favor of decriminalizing commer- cial sex between consenting adults in private; * received the names of nominees for Section offices and Council members for the 1976-77 Association year. (See page 6.) (continued on page 6)

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