The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-30
Gratis Legal Talent to Depend
ents of All Soldiers.
Action Is Taken by Bar AssO-
citation in Topeka.
JUDGE EVANS SPEAKS TONIGHT
Farrew Will Outline Views on
Constitutional Convention. :
Judge WhitcOmb Makes Plea
for More ThOrO Training.

Kansas State Bar association MEM
bers will give free legal advice, pro-
fessional services and protection and
assistance to families and dependents
of soldiers in the fields. Resolutions
pIedging support of the government
war program as we'll as free legal
services to families of soldiers in serv-
ice, were adopted today at the OPEN
ing of associations thirty-fifth annual
convention. Sessions will be conclud-
ed with a banquet Thursday night
Lawyers from every section of the
state are here for the annual two-days
session of their state organization.
Many of the members came earlier in
the week and attended the Kansas
Day club banquet. District Judges,
here for their annual meeting, re-
mained to attend the sessions of the
bar association members The attend
ance is large, altho reports showed a
number of members of the profession
have entered army service Dues of
all members will be remitted and
memberships held intact during the
period of the war
All war activities are to receive the
support of the state organization. ec-
cording to resolutions adopted at the
business session. In a short, terse res
olution pledging services free to fam
lilies and dependents of soldiers the
association declared: 1.-The State Bar
association of Kansas and it's members
hereby tender to the families and de-
pendents of soldiers in the fields who
may stand in need of protection and
assistance, necessary legal advice and
other professional services, free Of
charge" From a fund of s25Oe in
its treasury, the association will in
vest $1,000 in liberty bonds.
Evans Speaks Tonight
Justice w. d. Evans of the Iowa su-
nr-4 l.
speaker before the association this
year He will speak tonight at a
meeting in the supreme court room.
state house, Justice Evans will tell
Kansas lawyers of "A Week in the
Courts of England"
The calling of a constitutional con-
vention will be discussed late this
AFTERNOON by Senator J. A. FerreII.
OF SEDAN. senator Ferrell will out
line to the association his views con-
cerning adoption by the state legisla-
ture of a resolution Submitting to tha
voters the question of calling a con-
stitutional convention. During the
l9l7 legislative session a constitu-
tional convention was among the
measures most seriously discussed. In
that session Senator FerrelI urged the
adoption of the resolution, which went
&c the scrap heap in a field day on
constitutional measures
BY placing Senator Ferrell on the
H. o. Castor will be carried on the
program until Thursday morning.
Castor will discuss Estate Public ITtiI-
ity Control Until recently Castor
was an attorney for the state public
utilities commission, and handled
many of the important utilities cases
He recently resigned to engage in
private practice in Topeka in part-
nership with Robert Stone
Fewer Law Students.
War conditions resulted in a sIurnp
of 43 per cent in law school attend
ance at the State university and a drop
OF 40 per cent in the Washburn law
school enrolment, according to a re-
port of the legal education COMMITTEES
by George H. Whitcomb, of Topeka
He pointed to an even greater de-
crease in attendance in schools of
other states-Pennsylvania showing a
decrease of SO per cent. Winter bar
examinations dropped from "a in 1917
to 5 this year.
Lawyers are not as thoroly educated
as men taking courses in medicine.
Judge Whitcomb stated He urged an
extension of the law course be made
with more rigid preparatory demands
lie also advocated courses in iutar-
national law and comparative iuria-
prudence following the war
The annual presidents address was
delivered this morning by William Os-
mund, president of the state associa-
ton
Sessions of the association win ne
annual banquet at Masonic Temple
Justice Rousseau A Burch win be
toastmaste The list of bancr1et
speakers has not been announced-
The dinner will begin promptly az
$3.50 O'Clock.