YOUNG LAWYERS' UPDATE The Year At a Glance By Richard L. Ramsay This article is my last update, as by the time you read it the reins of the section will have been turned over to the capable hands of Tom Ray of Little Rock. Tom was elected your chair for 1986-87 at the annual meeting in Hot Springs. It is a comfortable feeling to leave the section under Tom's guidance as he has aptly demonstrated his leadership skills in various section and bar activities. From a personal standpoint I want to dedicate the remainder of the space allotted here to review the accomplishments of the section this year and to thank those who were primarily responsible. On two occasions this year the section sponsored a reception for the newly licensed attorneys. These events provided a special time for the new attorneys and their families. It allowed them to visit with the members of our appellate courts and also to get valuable information about the Arkansas Bar Association. Ed Boyce of Newport chaired that committee and did an outstanding job. In October, the section sponsored the 26th annual Practice Skills Seminar for the new admittees. This nuts and bolts seminar was once again well re-
ceived thanks to the leadership of Connie and Mike Mayton of West Memphis and Joe Erwin of Little Rock who co-chaired the program. In 1982 the Young Lawyers' Section gave birth to the Senior Ci tizens' Handbook and since that time we have distributed over 65,000 copies of this invaluable work. The demand for additional copies has been great and with financial help from the Arkansas Bar Foundation, the section has now commissioned a reprinting.
Thirty thousand additional handbooks are now available for distribution. Martha Miller of Little Rock
was very helpful in obtaining the funding for this project. The section provided assistance to the Youth Education Committee for this year's statewide High School Mock Trial competition. Over 30 high schools throughout the state participated. Tom Ray plans to make this project one of his central thrusts during 1986-87 and I am sure you will hear much more about this very worthwhile endeavor. At this year's Fall Legal Institute the section showcased the Criminal Law Handbook, Sam Perroni of Little Rock put in immeasurable hours developing the system and it has rapidly become one of the "best sellers" of the various systems the bar association offers. Finally, the program of which I am most proud - the Trial Practice Seminar held in Hot Springs during March of this year. In the past this has been an AICLE-sponsored seminar. This year the section took over full responsibili ty and I am happy to report that it was a tremendous success. The committee was chaired by former section chair Martha Miller. Other committee members were Jim Simpson
of Little Rock, Mike Crawford of Hot Springs and Frank Elean of Harrison. They all did a wonderful job. The accommodations were outstanding, the speakers were very well received and we are still getting favorable comments from the participants. As a result of the seminar's success I can report to you that Tom Ray's year as section chairman will begin wi th a larger budget than any other year in the section's history. In this short space I have tried to thank as many people who put in so many hours for the section as possible. I fully recognize that I have not been able to thank everyone that contributed their time and talents to the section and that is regrettable. However, I cannot conclude this annual report without
thanking the very heartbeat of the Young Lawyers' Section for their work and that of course is Judith Gray and the staff at the Arkansas Bar Association. You can never ap-
preciate what these people do for our section until you have had the opportunity to work with them as I have this year. So much of our success is directly due to their efforts and on behalf of the entire section, I thank you all. 0
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