1980s
January 1981
January 1982
April 1984
October 1985
April 1988
April 1988
The cover art for the January 1981 issue is the book cover of “On the Courthouse Square” by John and Marjem Gill which documents 107 Arkansas courthouses and was published in 1980. John was president of the Arkansas Bar Association in 19921993. The January 1982 issue includes an article by Bernard Sternin on “Word Processing: Its Myths and Mythconceptions.” “Trying to picture and prepare for the office of the future is serious business for those of us who will have to live there.” “Arkansas’ County Courthouses in the Mainstream of Preservation Efforts” by Jacalyn Carfagno was the cover story featured in the April 1984 issue. This issue also featured a new look for the masthead. The October 1984 issue featured a series of articles on “100 Years of History: Arkansas Women in Law” by Frances Mitchell Ross, Ruth Brunson, Jacqueline Wright and Ruth Lindsey. Ross’ article utilizes the case of Bradwell v. Illinois to showcase the plight of pioneering Arkansas women lawyers, who were precluded by statute from entering the Arkansas Bar until 1917. 16
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“On June 6, 1985, W. Harold Flowers was honored as a fifty-year member of the Arkansas Bar Association at the annual meeting of the association in Hot Springs. Harold Flowers, often referred to as the Dean of the black bar in Arkansas, has been admitted to the practice of law in Arkansas longer than any other black attorney in the state.” This is from the July 1985 issue, by Andree Roaf. The October 1985 cover story featured a new look for the masthead. The cover story was “Filling the Chair: What Judicial Selection Method Works Best?” by Ann Henry and Elizabeth Cocker. This issue also included an article by W. Russell Meeks, III on “Mandatory CLE in Arkansas: On the Cutting Edge” (mandatory CLE was implemented three years later). Automating the Law Office by Charles A. Morgan was the cover story featured in the April 1988 issue. “In the law office of the future, today’s technology must be mastered if we are to be efficient, profitable.” Fastfoward to 1990, and the Arkansas Bar Association became one of the first bars to offer forms in electronic format, with its flagship handbook, The Arkansas Formbook, on computer diskette. [5 1/4 inch floppies!
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July 1985
April 1989
October 1989
This later changed to 3.5” disks, and then later to CDs, then jump drives.] In 2014, the bar converted to ArkBar Docs, taking its computer processing efforts to the next level. The April 1988 issue included an announcement about the first Joint Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association and the Arkansas Judicial Council. “A Partnership Spirit...Among Lawyers and with the Bench.” Since this was also the first year that Arkansas lawyers were required to have mandatory CLE, the registration for this annual meeting was just about double that of previous meetings! The April 1989 cover story featured an article on “Campaign Finance in Judicial Elections” by James D. Gingerich. This theme has continued over time, with the latest article published in the Winter 2015 issue with an article by Tim Cullen: “Judicial Campaign Finance: Can the Independence, Integrity and Impartiality of the Judiciary Survive Unlimited Stealth PAC Expenditures in Judicial Elections?” The masthead takes on a new look with the cover of the October 1989 issue.