Lawyers are often stereotyped as rigidly logical people. Since we deal with legal rules and precedents, we aren't supposed to be creative. This issue of Sacramento Lawyer dispels that popular myth. We've planned this magazine to coincide with the opening of an art exhibition at the Sacramento County Public Law Library entitled, "A Creative Merger: Lawyers and Artists." Co-sponsored by the law library and California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA), the exhibition will feature visual art by Sacramento-area attorneys as well as art with a legal theme by other local artists. The exhibition kicks off with a free grand opening reception and art show for the public on April 14th. The exhibition will run through May 21.

Some of the prime movers behind this wonderful event are pictured on our cover. One of them, CLA Director of Sacramento Programs Ellen Taylor, has a package of articles about the exhibition and CLA that begins on page 12. In keeping with this theme, this issue also profiles some of our local lawyer-artists. Grace Bergen has written an article about Betty and the Boomers, one of several groups of lawyer-rockers in our community. Grace, a musical talent in her own right, is the subject of a profile Nicole De Santis. The woodworking talents of Gold River attorney Jack Nissen are featured. Finally, two drummers, Stacey Sheston and Jill Barr, are the subjects of articles by Shelly Orio and Jacob Appelsmith, respectively.

I understand that the lawyers featured in this issue barely even scratch the surface of the creative members of our legal community. Unfortunately, the space in our magazine is limited. If you know an artistic lawyer that should be the subject of a profile, please feel free to let me know. I am sure this topic is one that the magazine will revisit from time to time.

Besides artistic lawyers, this issue features reports and photographs from a number legal community events. These events include the Barristers' Club's California Supreme Court Reception, the Federal Bar Association's Annual Dinner, the fun run sponsored by Legal Services of Northern California, a panel on Japanese American internment during World War II, and the crabfeed sponsored by the Sacramento Law Foundation and the Sacramento Legal Secretaries' Association. I am always impressed with the amount of energy local lawyers put into various events, and this issue's rundown of events is particularly impressive.

As always, I would like to thank all of our contributors. I would like to specially thank Sacramento County Public Law Librarian Coral Henning, who provided invaluable assistance in the conception and execution of this issue.