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36 Judges J. 44 (1997)
Chair Column

handle is hein.journals/judgej36 and id is 243 raw text is: etin ner in Honor of the Judiciary. This year's production, a faux melodrama entitled n atten- A Philadelphia Lawyer in Judge Archer's Court, featured cameo appearances by Ire, the Norma Shapiro and Jerry Shestack playing themselves. The script, written by meeting Judge Robert Kapelke, drew upon the talents, or at least the courage, of each of -'om last the Division conference's officers in singing verses to commemorate their confer- s the most ence's triumphs and tribulations. Judges Jamie Sledge and Carolyn Temin, as co-chairs of this year's Program members Committee, deserve much credit for the very successful San Francisco meeting. endance at Judge Edward Schoenbaum, the new chair of that committee, is already busy by the planning for next year's Annual Meeting in Toronto. persons. Norma Shapiro Yields Chair after Productive Year. U.S. District Judge 'd Norma Shapiro, in relinquishing the Division chair at the end of the San Fran- . In all, the cisco meeting, will be remembered for her effective advocacy of the interests of ces offered judges. Norma helped to shape the ABA's response to the increasing virulence of E credit, political attacks on judges. She testified before the ABA's Commission on Sepa- grams de- ration of Powers and Judicial Independence; offered advice on the selection of Adicial in- members for the ABA's new Special Committee on Judicial Independence, which ated by is to carry on the work of the Commission; and inaugurated within the Division a fornia Law Judicial Independence Committee. (Sy Kurland will chair this committee, with merinsky, Norma serving as a member.) Norma also strengthened the Division's staff during elusts to de- her tenure and, with the creation of the Division's Program and Education Fund, Id then to took steps to improve our financial affairs. --that in- Increased Community Outreach Needed. Often, it is a new chair's conceit, lay. Tran- in an initial column, to suggest a direction, if not a destination, for his or her turn n be avail- at the helm. It is in any event, a conceit to which I am no less susceptible. With- - out neglecting the activist role initiated by Norma in judicial independence is- for a sues, I hope, in a small way, to encourage judges to promote and participate in ju- urts judges dicial outreach activities. Judicial outreach simply refers to efforts by bench ,d televi- officers to educate the public about what judges do and their important role in so- omments ciety. dience to Social historians tell us that effective dispute resolution, and particularly dis- (d outs of pute resolution among strangers, is a predicate to living together in larger com- coverage of munities and, indeed, to civilized society itself. In our segmented society, how- rogram ever, a judge's role is often little understood by the public at large. Judges, for 's Lawyers their part, are usually not proactive in promoting an understanding and apprecia- LCN) and, tion of the role of the third branch. I be avail- Of course, judges do respond to myriad requests to participate in civic pro- )ivision of- grams. Many of them speak at Law Day or bar association programs, and many is that others volunteer time in evaluating mock trial competitions. More recently, some iot Games: courthouses have taken the lead in developing programs that reach out to audi- d, the Bad, ences that otherwise would never hear from a judge. Several of these programs the Court- are structured to involve courthouse personnel other than judges, namely, prose- ndence: 'dtened? (continued on page 56) also be office, al- been deter- Richard L. Fruin, Jr.

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