Dear Editor
Dear Editor Defense Lawyers Richard H. Kuh's "Indictment of the Defense Bar" (NL, September 17) presents a dismal picture. He concludes, however, on an optimistic note, based upon at least four...
...Too often law is seen as a key to power or income rather than as a trust...
...A. Total no...
...New York City Joel W. Harnett Chairman, The Citv Club of New York Although I am not an attorney, I would be inclined to accept the serious charges made against practicing defense lawyers in Richard H. Kuh's "An Indictment of the Defense Bar...
...What the profession apparently will not or cannot do from within, selfless individuals must force through outside pressure...
...United States Code...
...1. Title of Publication: The New Leader...
...IS,350, F. Office use, leftover, unaccounted, spoiled after printing: Average no...
...212 Fifth Avenue, NYC...
...16,900...
...The maladministration of the court system itself, the quickness of lawyer-legislators to protect the privileges of their profession, the sluggishness of the bar associations in questions of civil and public right, all point to a lost profession...
...Treasurer...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 600...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 9,400: single issue nearest to filing date, 6,524...
...I base my position on my observations and contacts with police officers of all ranks, members of the legal profession, judges, and court officers...
...J. P. Megrath...
...single issue nearest to filing date, 7,226...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 18,500...
...We must also insist on a nonpolitical judicial system, and we must put an end to referral fees...
...NYC: Max Frankle, Vice President...
...I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months...
...16.000...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months...
...New York City Lorraine Colville Associate Professor of Government, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685...
...1,000...
...single issue nearest to filing date, 600...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 19,000: single issue nearest to filing date, 16,000...
...2. Copies distributed to news agents, but not sold: Average no...
...I Name: American Labor Conference on International Affairs, Inc., 212 Fifth Avenue, NYC: Ben Josephson, President, 212 Fifth Avenue...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 19,000...
...one must ask whether law should be considered a profession at all...
...The legal profession should be one of the noblest in our society for it determines the quality of our government...
...In the matter of Watergate, even the confessed conspirator, John Dean, pondered on why so many lawyers were involved in such unseemly activity...
...He concludes, however, on an optimistic note, based upon at least four developing factors that demonstrate "hope for improvement in the future...
...C. Total paid circulation: Average no...
...212 Fifth Avenue, NYC...
...Managing Editor: None...
...J. P. Megrath, Business Manager...
...The New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words...
...8. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities (if there are none, so state) : None...
...Title 39...
...single issue nearest to filing date...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months...
...E. Total distribution (sum of C and d) : Average no...
...I hereby request permission to mail the publication named in Item 1 at the reduced postage rates presently authorized by 39 U.S.C...
...In accordance with the provisions of the statute...
...copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 7.500...
...4. Location of known office of publication (not printers): 212 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y...
...The blame for this, as well as for the political emphasis in the selection of judges, must be placed on the bar associations, the law schools, the mass media, and the public...
...B. Paid Circulation: 1. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sales: Average no...
...7. Owner (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 pet-cent or more of total amount of stock...
...Executive Editor (name and address): Myron Kolatch...
...This would serve to raise the level of the defense bar...
...10016...
...copies printed (net press run) : Average no...
...It is increasingly clear that our law schools are essentially ineffective in teaching aspiring lawyers a sense of basic decency...
...Business Manager 10...
...single issue nearest to filing date, 13,750...
...I have also observed, however, that the more competent and idealistic members of the defense bar have preferred to handle cases without payment rather than accept the low fee schedule mandated by New York law...
...212 Fifth Avenue...
...3626 provides in pertinent part: "No person who would have been entitled to mail matter under former section 1359 of this title shall mail such matter at the rates provided under this subsection unless he files annually with the Postal Service a written request for permission to mail matter at such rates...
...D. Free distribution by mail, carrier or other means: 1. Samples, complimentary and other free copies: Average no...
...3626...
...G. Total (sum of E and F????should equal net press run shown in A) : Average no...
...6. Names and addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor: Publisher (name and address): The American Labor Conference on International Affairs, Inc., 212 Fifth Avenue...
...Since so much of our government depends on the lawyer, his loss of credibility in the eyes of the public is a severe blow to society...
...If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated fiim, its name and address, as well as that of each individual must he given...
...Extent and nature of circulation...
...9. For optional completion by publishers mailing at the regular rates ( Section 132.121, Postal Service Manual) : 39 U.S.C...
...If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given...
...Unfortunately, too much mediocrity is to be found in the courts, both on the bench and before the bar...
...Indeed...
...single issue nearest to filing date...
...2. Date of Filing: October 1. 11*73...
...single issue nearest to filing date, 1,000...
...We have an obligation to call for????And fight for????A legal profession that stresses excellence and service, one that glorifies the defense attorney in the criminal court as it does the corporation lawyer...
...Paragraph 10 is not applicable...
...S. Silverberg...
...The time has come for the bar associations to open up dialogues with the public at large on what can be done to restore confidence in attorneys...
...My own experience with the many young and dedicated lawyers whom I have had occasion to interview for positions on my staff confirms Kuh's optimism...
...2. Mail subscriptions: Average no...
...The New York State Legislature should enact the bills that have been proposed to equalize indigent defense rates for State and Federal cases...
...It is my belief that the practices of defense attorneys will show a steady improvement in the years to come...
...But as long as courageous men like Kuh are willing to speak up, there is hope...
...3. Frequency of issue: Bi-weekly except one issue in August...
...New York City Louis J. Lefkowitz Attorney General, State of New York Richard H. Kuh's article is another important piece of evidence in the growing case of irresponsibility against the bar...
...single issue nearest to filing date...
Vol. 56 • October 1973 • No. 20
