Oregon State Bar Bulletin FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013

The date was March 18, 1963, 50 years ago this month; the case was Gideon v. Wainwright, and the issue was whether indigent persons charged with felonies in state courts have an absolute federal constitutional right to court-appointed counsel. In saying "yes," the Warren Court (1953-69) made a decision that changed the face of criminal prosecution in the United States, a decision that — unlike some of that Court's other "landmark"decisions — has withstood the test of time. Janine Robben reports.
Features
The Anniversary, the Right and the Reality
Gideon v. Wainwright After 50 Years
By Janine Robben
Columns
Bar Counsel
Client Security Funds:
2012 Annual Report
By Sylvia Stevens
The Legal Writer
Pure Sentences:
Punctuation Free
By Suzanne E. Rowe
Managing Your Practice
The Many Features of
Outlook: Tools to Enhance
Your Practice
By Dee Crocker
Law & Life
Life Coaching: Four
Things You Didn't Know
By Kirsten Meneghello
Parting Thoughts
An Oregon Land Use Parable
By Benjamin Boyd
Departments
Bar Actions
Discipline
Reinstatements
Applications
Bar People
Among Ourselves
Moves
In Memoriam