Early 1970 News of Legal Writers
Early 1970 News of Legal Writers
Cleveland State Law Review
Ralph D. Churchill
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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.
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