New Legal Needs of Children Commission to meet in Tampa.

President Edith Osman has named a special commission of judges, lawyers and children's advocates to analyze whether the legal needs of Florida children are being met.

Eleventh Circuit Judge Sandy E. Karlan will chair the. 29-member Commission on the Legal Needs of Children. The group will hold its first meeting October 28 in Tampa. An ear her meeting had been set, but was rescheduled when the General Meeting of Committees and Sections was postponed due to Hurricane Floyd.

"The Florida Bar recognizes the value of our children and our responsibility to protect their legal rights. The commission is an outstanding group of legal and nonlegal professionals who have a strong in terest in children and' special expertise in the child advocacy area," Osman said. "The goal is to assist children who appear in our courtrooms, whether as victims, witnesses or defendants. Together the commission will identify the legal needs of children in our system, and if those needs are not being met they will propose the best solutions possible."

Members of the commission are Vice Chair Sharon Lynn Langer of Miami, Justice Barbara J. Pariente of Tallahassee, Judge...