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13 Miss. Law. 1 (1966)

handle is hein.barjournals/misly0013 and id is 1 raw text is: ............ -:. ----- ................... OfclM hlPbctnote i..p Stt e Bar. Official Monthly Publication of the Mississippi State Bar VOLUME XIII JANUARY, 1966 Resolution Honors Justice Percy Lee A special order and resolution was pre- sented to Chief Justice Percy M. Lee, who retired in January from the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Judge Lee served as an associate justice, presiding justice and chief justice of the court. Retiring Chief Justice Lee went on the court in 1950 by election after having served for 12 years as judge of the Eighth Circuit Court District, as a district attorney, 1929- 38, and onetime mayor of Forest. Chief Justice Lee did not offer for re- election and was succeeded by Chancellor Stokes V. Robertson Jr. of Jackson, son of aformer state revenue eommissioner, Chan- cellor Robertson was first appointed to the Chancery Court by the late Gov. Hugh L. White when an additional judgeship was created. Lawyers Placement Service Commences Operation This Month In Mississippi The Mississippi State Bar's Lawyers Placement Service commences operation this month, with Professor J. W. Bunkley as Administrator. The Lawyers Placement Service, or LPS, is an information exchange which puts lawyers, who are looking for a position, in contact with job opportunities and puts law firms, banks, businesses and government agencies, who are seeking a lawyer, in contact with lawyer-applicants whose qualifications meet their requirements. The LPS will be located at the University of Mississippi School of Law, but will service all applications with no favoritism. The address of the LPS will be: Post Office Box 332, University of Mississippi. STRICT CONFIDENCE OF CORRESPONDENCE The LPS operates on a strictly confidential basis, with no one but the Administrator and his staff (at present, one secretary) seeing the applications. All correspondence from LPS will bear only the post office box num- ber and city and state on its return address, in order to preserve its confidential nature. Applications will be promptly mailed in response to all inquiries. An application form, especially designed for use in Missis- sippi, has been formulated by the LPS Committees of the State and Jr. Bar. A modest application fee of Ten dollars ($10.- CIRCUIT JUDGE John D. Greene, Jr. is on the bench for a recent Term of Circuit Court at the Clay County Courthouse. Pictured with him are Thompson McClellan, Clay County state representative and a member of the Clay County Bar, and District Attorney Harvey Buck. The short term was primarily concerned with motions by counsel and default judgments. Times-Leader photo-Atkinson 00) for each lawyer-applicant will entitle him to a six-month listing with the LPS. He will receive the name and address of each job opportunity which seems to meet his requirements. The fee for law firms, busi- nesses and government agencies will be Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a six-month listing. Personal contact between lawyer- applicant and job opportunity is left up to the parties themselves. ADVANTAGES OF LPS Pre-screening by LPS of applications eli- minates interviews of unqualified lawyers, thereby saving tine and possible embarrass- ment to parties. The individual lawyer-applicant is spared the time and drudgery, as well as possible embarrassment, inherent in door-to-door job applications to law firms or businesses. He can set his standards and requirements and will be furnished by the LPS only those job opportunities which meet them. For the experienced lawyer, the LPS will fill a real need. There is no placement service avail- able for Mississippi lawyers, except on the national level through the ABA and on the limited local level through the University of Mississippi Law School for its graduating seniors. Confidential handling is most im- portant to the experienced lawyer who may not want to jeopardize his present position nor advertise to his friends that he desires a change. Such lawyer-applicants, as well as all applicants, may have complete confi- (Continued on Page 2) NUMBER 1