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CHANCELLOR-FOUNDER HON. EMIL GUMPERT (1895-1982)
OFFICERS
WILLIAM J. MURPHY President
RICHARD H. DEANE, JR. President-Elect
JOHN A. DAY Treasurer
SANDRA A. FORBES Secretary
SUSAN J. HARRIMAN Immediate Past President
BOARD OF REGENTS
ROBERT T. ADAMS Kansas City, Missouri
BERNARD AMYOT, AD. E. Montreal, Quebec
MICHELLE C. AWAD Halifax, Nova Scotia
CHERYL A. BUSH Troy, Michigan
JOHN A. DAY Nashville, Tennessee
RICHARD H. DEANE, JR. Atlanta, Georgia
DAN S. FOLLUO Tulsa, Oklahoma
SUSAN J. HARRIMAN
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
WILLIAM P. KEANE
San Francisco, California
ROBERT P. MACKENZIE III Birmingham, Alabama
CAREY E. MATOVICH Billings, Montana
J. CAL MAYO, JR. Oxford, Mississippi
DONNA M. MELBY Los Angeles, California
WILLIAM J. MURPHY Baltimore, Maryland
MICHAEL L. O’DONNELL Denver, Colorado
G. MARK PHILLIPS Charleston, South Carolina
CATHERINE M. RECKER Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JEFFREY E. STONE Chicago, Illinois
RICHARD M. STRASSBERG New York, New York
GREGORY K. WELLS Rockville, Maryland
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J. Walter Sinclair Boise, Idaho
Dennis R. Suplee Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark C. Surprenant New Orleans, Louisiana
Chilton Davis Varner Atlanta, Georgia
Sylvia H. Walbolt Tampa, Florida
E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr. (Editor Emeritus) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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FEATURES
From the Editor 3 President's Perspective 5 Incoming President Rick Deane 9 Why Are College Meetings So Expensive? 15 ACTL Trial Advocacy Program 19 Region 6 Meeting 23 Mental Health for Lawyers 25 Teaching Abroad 29 National Constitution Center 35
IN (ALMOST) EVERY ISSUE
Fellows to the Bench 14 All In The Family - The Sistis 37 Heritage of the College - Gord Kuski 43 In Memoriam 48
ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADS
Next Meeting Announcement 1 Foundation Ad 45 Upcoming Events 58
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