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"The Practical Lawyer" Editorial Office files

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
ALI.05.001
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
11.75 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in "The Practical Lawyer" Editorial Office Files, ALI.05.001, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1950-1983 (inclusive)
Creator:
American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education and American Law Institute
Form:
Serials (publications)
Abstract:
"The Practical Lawyer" was first printed in 1955 by ALI-ABA, the American Law Institute and American Bar Association joint establishment that provides continuing legal education to law professionals. The periodical focuses on educating professionals about issues related to commercial and corporate law, litigation, tax and estate planning, and real estate. The collection, 1950-1983, includes records relating to the creation, management, and operations of the magazine. The majority of the files are correspondence, printed and rejected articles, and subject files relating to different aspects of "The Practical Lawyer."

"The Practical Lawyer" was first printed in 1955 by the American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee (ALI-ABA) on Continuing Legal Education , a joint establishment that provides continuing legal education to lawyers. The periodical focuses on educating professionals about issues related to commercial and corporate law, litigation, tax and estate planning, and real estate. The magazine's publication office is situated in Philadelphia, PA.

"The Practical Lawyer" Editorial Office Files, 1950-1983, include records relating to the creation, management, and operations of "The Practical Lawyer," a publication of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association. The majority of the files are correspondence, printed and rejected articles, and subject files relating to different aspects of "The Practical Lawyer."

Received from the American Law Institute in 2004.

Processed by Megan Good, March 2010.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Collection Inventory

General Correspondence, 1959-1973.
Box 1 Folder 1-5
Alphabetical Author Correspondence, 1954-1983.
Box 1 Folder 6-104 Box 5 Folder 1-28 Box 2-4 Folder unknown container
Advertising, 1950-1973.
Box 5 Folder 29-92
Articles, 1953-1973.
Box 5 Folder 93-103 Box 6 Box 7 Folder 1-28
Articles (Rejected), 1953-1973.
Box 7 Folder 29-44 Box 8 Folder 1-13
Biographical Data of Counsel, 1960-1972.
Box 8 Folder 14-18
Scope and Contents

The Biographical Data of Counsel series consists of biographies of lawyers "in counsel" for "The Practical Lawyer" and ALI-ABA. The series ranges in dates from January 1972 to May 1972.

Continuing Legal Education: Around the Country, 1958-1965.
Box 8 Folder 19-21
Scope and Contents

The Continuing Legal Education: Around the Country series consists of correspondence and reports about various legal education classes held around the United States. There are files for the years 1958, 1959, and 1963-1965.

Continuing Legal Education Calendar, 1972-1973.
Box 8 Folder 22-33
Scope and Contents

The Continuing Legal Education Calendar series consists of correspondence and notes about the arrangement of education classes held by the ALI-ABA. The series ranges in date from February 1972 to May 1973.

Editorial Board and Joint Committee, 1968-1973.
Box 8 Folder 34-37
Invitations to Write, 1956-1973.
Box 9 Folder 1-17
Letters to Editor, 1971-1973.
Box 9 Folder 18-22
Organization of Issues, 1972-1973.
Box 9 Folder 23-35
Printing and Publications, 1955-1973.
Box 9 Folder 36-60
Procedures and Policies, 1955-1959.
Box 10 Folder 1-4
Publications Correspondence, 1972-1983.
Box 10 Folder 20-27
Publicity and Public Relations, 1954-1961.
Box 10 Folder 5-19
Subscriptions, 1954-1979.
Box 10 Folder 28-60 Box 11 Folder 1-36

16th Annual Federal Tax Course, 1957-1959.
Box 11 Folder 37
25th Birthday Promo , 1980.
Box 11 Folder 38
ALI-ABA Cassette Tapes Brochure , 1970.
Box 11 Folder 39
ALI Council Members Correspondence, 1955.
Box 11 Folder 40
Book Publishers Correspondence, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 41-42
Book Reviews, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 43
Catalog Requests, 1983.
Box 11 Folder 44
Circulation Reports, 1973-1974.
Box 11 Folder 45
Continuing Legal Education Programs, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 46
Continuing Legal Education Sponsors, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 47
Complimentary & Purchased L.O.M., 1960.
Box 11 Folder 48-49
Complimentary Copies, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 50
Complimentary Subscriptions, 1962-1963.
Box 11 Folder 51
Cumulative Index, Volumes 1-15, 1955-1969.
Box 11 Folder 52
Estimates for Printing, 1967.
Box 11 Folder 53
Exchanging Mailing Lists, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 54
Invitations, 1958-1959.
Box 11 Folder 55-58
Law Offices - List of Names, undated.
Box 11 Folder 59
List of Legal Newspapers in PA, 1956.
Box 11 Folder 60
Magazine Publishers, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 61
Memoranda to Staff, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 62
Miscellaneous Inquiries, 1970-1973.
Box 11 Folder 63
Monthly Bulletin, 1965.
Box 11 Folder 64
North Carolina Bar Association Correspondence, 1959.
Box 11 Folder 65
Orders for Back Issues, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 66
Ownership Statement, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 67
People to Call, 1955.
Box 11 Folder 68
Personnel Correspondence, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 69
Possible Future Material, 1954.
Box 11 Folder 70
Price Letters, 1983.
Box 11 Folder 71
Professor Letters, 1983.
Box 11 Folder 72
Progress Reports, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 73
Publication Impact, 1959.
Box 11 Folder 74
Re: Cost of Printing, 1961.
Box 11 Folder 75
Re: Exchanges of Publications, 1973.
Box 11 Folder 76
Re: Media File Column, 1972.
Box 11 Folder 77
Re: Student Poster, 1968.
Box 11 Folder 78
Reprint Orders, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 79
Reprint Requests, 1972-1973.
Box 11 Folder 80
Report to the Council of the ALI, 1956.
Box 11 Folder 81
Subscribers' Report, 1958.
Box 11 Folder 82
Subscription to "Publications Institute Newsletter", 1956-1960.
Box 12 Folder 1
Suggestions to Authors, 1953.
Box 12 Folder 2
Tapes from Assoc. , 1959.
Box 12 Folder 3
"The Next Federal Tax Lien Law", 1967.
Box 12 Folder 4
Volumes, 1955.
Box 12 Folder 5-17
Scope and Contents

Includes copies of Volume 1, Issues 1-4 of "The Practical Lawyer" and related drafting material.

Print, Suggest