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9 Docket Call 1 (1974-1975)

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J. Rex Farrior, Jr.
  Tampa, Florida


  ANOTHER APPROACH TO SPECIALIZATION -
              THE  FLORIDA   PLAN
The  Florida Plan, which has been drafted by the
Florida Bar Specialization Committee and is presently
pending before the Board of Governors, provides protec
tion for the general practitioners, by placing them on an
equal basis with other specialists. This plan varies sharply
from certain other states' plans, which could adversely
affect the general practitioner.
            1. THE  ABA   POSITION
   After  a great deal of study, the American Bar
Association has determined that it should not recom-
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William M.  Power,  immediate Past President of the
Pennsylvania Bar  Association, Council member  and
Annual  Meeting Program Chairman for the Section of
General Practice, after several months of planning, has
announced  the programs which will be presented by the
Section.
    Chesterfield Smith, President of the American Bar
Association, has directed that all programs for all










Committees  and Sections be held during the five-day
period from Monday, August 12 through Friday, August
16. Accordingly, the three programs of the Section will
be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 13 and 14,
1974.
   On  Tuesday  morning, August 13, our Section will
present a program entitled Arbitration Roundup for
the General Practitioner. The program will be held in
conjunction with the Section of Insurance, Negligence


and  Compensation Law  and will be presented at the
Sheraton-Wakiki Hotel from 10:00 A.M. until 12 Noon.
It will be sponsored by the General Practice Section's
Committee  on Court Modernization chaired by Leonard
Gilbert of Tampa, Florida, and by the Committee on
Arbitration and Other Non-Judicial Determination of
Disputes of the Insurance, Negligence and Compensation
Law   Section. Robert Coulson is Chairman  of this
committee and is also Program Chairman for the Section
of Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law.
   Speakers will include:
   * Professor Robert E. Keeton of Cambridge, Mass. -
   Resolving   Negligence Claims  in Non-Judicial
   Forums
   * Professor Gerald Aksen of New York City - What
   You  Need to Know About Arbitration Law
 * Bernard L. Hines of New York  City - The Insur-
   ance Industry's Arbitration Systems
 * Professor Alan I. Widiss, of Iowa City, Iowa - The
   Developing Law of Uninsured Motorists Arbitration
 * Dean  W.  Determan  of Washington, DC - Small
   Claims Arbitration
   The program on Wednesday  afternoon will be titled
-Salvation for the Sole Practitioner. This program will


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2  WHAT  THE PUBLIC THINKS
   OF LAWYERS

 8 CULLEN'S COLUMN

 9 YEAR-END  FEDERAL
   LEGISLATIVE  REPORT

11 QUESTIONNAIRES  ON  LAW
   OFFICE MANAGEMENT

15 WHAT'S UPOWHAT*S   IN