Indiana Law Journal Volume 15 Issue 5 Article 12 6-1940 Outline of Law Institute Follow this and additional works at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj Part of the Legal Profession Commons Recommended Citation (1940) "Outline of Law Institute," Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 15 : Iss. 5 , Article 12. Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol15/iss5/12 This Special Feature is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Indiana Law Journal by an authorized editor of Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SUMMER MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The annual summer meeting of the Association will be held at Fort Wayne on August 23rd and 24th and will be preceded by an all-day institute on August 22nd. Convention headquarters will be at the Hotel Keenan. The forenoon session of the institute will be conducted by Judge Curtis G. Shake, of the Indiana Supreme Court, who will discuss the new rules adopted by the Court. The afternoon session will be addressed by Judge A. J. Stevenson of the Appellate Court, who will speak on appellate procedure. Dean Wilber Katz of the University of Chicago Law School will be principal speaker at the annual banquet. His subject will be: "National Defense and Individual Liberties." Speakers scheduled for the business sessions of the meeting include Clarence E. Manion and Louden L. Bomberger. Mr. Bomberger will speak on "Selection of Judges" and Mr. Manion's subject will be "A Lawyer Looks at Liberty." All business meetings of the convention will be held at the Chamber of Commerce building while the annual banquet will be in the Valencia Gardens of the Shrine building. The Allen County Bar Association will entertain the visiting lawyers and their wives with a dinner at the Country Club on the evening of August 23rd. James R. Newkirk is chairman of the Fort Wayne committee in charge of arrangements for the meeting. Other members are: William N. Ballou, Willard Shambaugh, Samuel D. Jackson, William G. Keane, Charles Z. Bond, Louis F. Crosby, R. F. Baird, William Fruechtenicht, E. M. Hulse, Clarence B. McNabb, Clyde Reed, C. Byron Hayes, Ben F. Heaton, John C. Hoffman, Fred B. Shoaff, Martin H. Luecke, and James M. Barrett. OUTLINE OF LAW INSTITUTE Fort Wayne-August 22 (Preceding Annual Summer Meeting) Morning Session Judge A. J. Stevenson, of the Appellate Court of Indiana. The records disclose that approximately one-fourth of the cases disposed of by the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Indiana are not INTEGRA1TED BAR 463 determined on their merits due to the fact that the questions sought to be presented are not properly saved by the records or briefs. The most common mistakes may be grouped under the following headings: Mistakes in the Assignments of Errors; Mistakes in the preparation of the record for appeal; and Mistakes in the interpretation or application of the rules governing appeals. Judge Stevenson will discuss the most common of these mistakes and offer practical suggestions for avoiding them. Afternoon Session Judge Curtis G. Shake, of the Supreme Court of Indiana. The Supreme Court has recently promulgated a new set of rules which will become effective September 2nd. For the first time the court has exercised the authority conferred upon it by the Legislature by prescribing rules of practice for the trial courts of the state. These involve such matters as: The form of complaints and answers; The abolition of the General Denial; and The method for making objections to instructions. Judge Shake will discuss these rules and also the important changes that have been made in the rules pertaining to appellate procedure. NOTEs ON THE INTEGRATED BAR WHAT THE INDIANA PRESS THINKS OF THE INTEGRATED BAR The Indianapolis Star recentlly published an editorial well worth careful consideration by Indiana lawyers and laymen. It read: INTEGRATED BAR IN TEXAS Texas has joined the list of states that have adopted what has been referred to in Indiana as the "integrated bar" plan. Under its provisions all the practicing lawyers in the Lone Star state become members of the State Bar of Texas. The Supreme Court will prepare rules and regulations which will be submitted to every member of the bar in the state. Those will be voted on by ballot and a minimum of 51 must participate to make action valid and a majority of those voting must approve to insure the adoption of any rule. Other rules and regulations may be submitted from time to time on petition.