Early 1970 News of Legal Writers

Cleveland State Law Review, Dec 1971

The Editors of the Cleveland State Law Review are gratified to have this periodical selected as the official organ for the dissemination of the SCRIBES Newsletter. SCRIBES, the honorary society of distinguished legal writers, is seeking, particularly this year, to direct its efforts towards the general improvement of the quality of writing in the legal profession and especially in the training of law students. It is our hope that in reporting the activities of these, the most distinguished writers and scholars in the legal profession, the Cleveland State Law Review will be of service to this organization, its readers, and the Bar.

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Early 1970 News of Legal Writers

Early 1970 News of Legal Writers Cleveland State Law Review Ralph D. Churchill Follow this and additional works at; https; //engagedscholarship; csuohio; edu/clevstlrev - SCRIBES: Early 1970 News of Legal Writers Ralph D. Churchill* EDITOR'S NOTE re this SCRIBES feature: The Editors of the Cleveland State Law Review are gratified to have this periodical selected as the official organ for the dissemination of the SCRIBES Newsletter. SCRIBES, the honorary society of distinguished legal writers, is seeking, particularly this year, to direct its efforts towards the general improvement of the quality of writing in the legal profession and especially in the training of law students. It is our hope that in reporting the activities of these, the most distinguished writers and scholars in the legal profession, the Cleveland State Law Review will be of service to this organization, its readers, and the Bar. News of the Organization An outstanding news item of 1970 about SCRIBES was the fact that the History of Scribes, written by Eugene C. Gerhart, our President, of Binghamton, New York, was published in the August Issue of Case and Comment-the most widely read lawyer's magazine in the United States. Our Vice-President, Sidney Bernstein, is Editor of Case and Comment. Our St. Louis meeting was most successful. A resum6 of the minutes of the meeting will be brought up at our 1971 meeting in New York and/or London (be sure and read Gibson Witherspoon's article on "And/Or"). In addition to the regular meeting in St. Louis there was a Steering Committee Meeting under the Chairmanship of Walter Armstrong. Assisting him were Sigmund Timberg, Sidney Teiser, Milton Bachman, Eugene Gerhart, CharlesJoiner,Paul Wolkin, Sidney Bernstein,Howard Oleck, Jacob Stein, Warren Ludlam, Rufus King, and Ralph Churchill. New officers for 1970-71 are Eugene C. Gerhart,Binghamton, New York, President; Sidney Bernstein, Rochester, New York, Vice-President; Ralph D. Churchill, Dallas, Texas, Treasurer; and Jack Kleiner, Atlanta, Georgia, Secretary. The Board of Directors are Harry Gershenson, St. Louis, Missouri; Gibson B. Witherspoon, Meridian, Mississippi; Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany, Mississippi; Kline D. Strong, Salt Lake City, Utah; Howard L. Oleck, Cleveland, Ohio; and Lynn K. Twinem, New York, New York. An interesting development at our St. Louis Meeting was our closer activity with the Law Students Division of The American Bar Assn. * Editor of this SCRIBES Newsletter; member of the Dallas, Texas, Bar; and member of SCRIBES. His office is at 2020 Live Oak Street, Dallas, Tex., 75201. [Note: Mr. Churchill invites contributions of items of news about legal writers and writing that are in any way related to SCRIBES.] We are starting to work more effectively with the ABA Law Student Division to help these young people with improvement of their writing abilities. Our President, Gene Gerhart, has appointed several committees, including a Book Award Committee with the Chairman Sidney Bernstein. Others are the ABA Law Student Coordinating Committee, with Howard Oleck as Chairman; London Meeting Committee with Eugene Gerhart as Chairman and Sigmund Timberg as Vice-Chairman; Membership Committee with Harry Gershenson as Chairman; Newsletter Committee with Jack Kleiner as Chairman; Nominating Committee with Walter P. Armstrong, Jr. as Chairman; Projects Committee with Sigmund Timberg as Chairman; Scribes Insignia Committee with Sidney Teiser as Chairman; and the Ways and Means Committee with Ralph D. Churchill as Chairman. One of our most active projects is and should be the Law Student Division. Appointments of Advisors have already been made for each circuit as follows: First Circuit, Professor Livingston Hall, Harvard Law School; Second Circuit, Albert Averback, New York City; Third Circuit, Paul Wolkin, American Law Institute; Fourth Circuit, Professor Frank Strong, University of North Carolina Law School; Fifth Circuit, Gibson Witherspoon, Meridian, Mississippi; Sixth Circuit, Dean Marlin Volz, University of Louisville Law School; Seventh Circuit, Professor F. Reed Dickerson, Indiana University Law School; Eighth Circuit, Harry Gershenson, St. Louis, Missouri; Ninth Circuit, Professor Melville B. Nimmer, U.C.L.A. Law School; Tenth Circuit, Welcom D. Pierson, Oklahoma City; Eleventh Circuit, Professor Michael Cardozo, Association of American Law Schools; Twelfth Circuit, William H. DeParcq, Minneapolis; Thirteenth Circuit, Ralph D. Churchill, Dallas, Texas and/or Prof. Roy Mersky of University of Texas Law School. Midwinter Chicago Meeting With our Vice-President, Sidney Bernstein, in charge, a number of members met at the Palmer House in Chicago on February 7 concerning the SCRIBES. They were: Secretary, Jack Kleiner of Atlanta, Harry Gershenson of St. Louis, Gibson Witherspoon of Meridian, Mississippi, Paul Wolkin of Philadelphia, and Law Student Coordinator, Avery Friedman of Cleveland. They asked that it be prominently dis (...truncated)


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Ralph D. Churchill. Early 1970 News of Legal Writers, Cleveland State Law Review, 1971, Volume 20, Issue 2,