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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1984
Sections arc held during each biennial conference. The
1984 conference held in Vienna in September and the 1986
conference is scheduled to be held in New York.
Section conferences arc also held during the inter-
vening years. The SGP held its first such conference in
1981 in Lisbon and the second in Rome in 1983. In 1985,
the SGP conference is scheduled to take place in Madrid
from 18th to 22nd May.
Seminars
The Section sponsors seminars, quite apart from
conferences, in an increasing number of subjects, most of
which are organised by the Divisions — often two or more
Divisions combining for this purpose. The Council is
keen to encourage the holding of seminars and tries to
ensure that they take place in as wide a spread of
geographical locations as possible.
Regional Meetings
A Regional Meeting is a local or national meeting for
members in a particular area or jurisdiction. Regional
Meetings are of particular importance and relevance to
the SGP because so many potential members of the
Section like the opportunity to see something of the IBA
and its activities before either joining at all or, at least,
before travelling abroad to a seminar or conference.
Regional Meetings have become very popular and any
member of the Section is welcome to arrange such an
event and to invite non-IBA members to attend and
thereby to learn something about the association.
Regional Meetings have the advantage that those
attending need not normally be away from their office for
a long period of time and do not have to travel great
distances to attend. Any member attending such a
meeting is encouraged to bring a guest who, although
eligible, is not already a member of the IBA.
Publications
The Section publishes (in collaboration with Sweet &
Maxwell Ltd., law book publishers in London) its own
journal, the 'International Legal Practitioner'. The
journal is published four times a year. It is distributed free
of charge to all Section members.
The journal contains Section and Division news,
articles on national or international legal topics, practice
management, etc., reports and summaries of Section and
Division activities and proceedings of Committee
meetings, seminars and conferences.
All members of the Section are welcome to submit
material for publication to the Editor at the London
headquarters' office and Division Chairmen are asked to
produce or procure at least one article each year for
publication on their Division's particular field of interest.
In addition to the journal, the Section occasionally
produces other "one-off" publications which may be
based on a seminar, or produced by a Division, following
a series of meetings. Publications are considered to be an
important activity of the Section and all suggestions for
improving them are most welcome at all times.
There are 17 different divisions with the following
terms of reference: Land; Its Uses; Medicine and Law;
Wills and Administration of Foreign Estates, Trusts and
Trusteeships; Family Law; Estate and Tax Planning;
Criminal Law; General Administrative Law; Legal
Education and Continuing Legal Education; Sports Law;
Professional Development and Technology; Corporate
Law Departments; Civil Procedures; Insurance; Business
Migration, Immigration and Nationality Law; Adminis-
tration of Justice; Defamation — Media Law; Interna-
tional Legal Aid.
Additional Divisions
In spite of the wide range of subjects embodied in the
above list of 17 existing Divisions, there are other subjects
that the Section is aiming to cover in the future. During
the 1983 Rome conference the following subjects were
identified as being worth developing within the activities
of the Section as soon as, in each case, someone can be
found to lead a group of interested persons:
(i) Fine Arts
(ii) Employment and Social Security
(iii) Legal Aspects of Human Rights
(iv) Professional Conduct and Malpractice.
(v) Law Relating to Imports/Exports
(vi) Horticulture and Agriculture
(vii) Ecclesiastical Law
(viii) Martial Law.
The Section is, therefore, keen to locate more active
workers and organisers. Further ideas from members and
others as to topics that it would be worth including in
future SGP plans are always most welcome.
Conclusion
It is to be hoped that the objectives and activities
referred to in this article will be sufficient in themselves to
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