<img width="300" height="299" alt="gedid" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/gedid.jpg" class="FloatRight">The Pennsylvania Bar Association has appointed Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/GedidJohnL.aspx">John L. Gedid</a>, Director of the Harrisburg Campus’s <a href="/Academics/Institutes/LawandGovernmentInstitute.aspx">Law &amp; Government Institute</a>, to the Pennsylvania Bar Association Constitutional Convention Commission. The Commission will examine the Pennsylvania constitution in order to determine whether there are problems that require major revision through a constitutional convention, and will make a recommendation based on that study.<br><br><span>James Gardner Collins, former President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, will head up the panel. The panel has 18 months to come up with a recommendation and present its findings. A media conference announcing the panel and its purpose was held at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg on February 23rd.<br><br>At the inaugural meeting of the Commission on February 23rd, Professor Gedid delivered a lecture on the history and requirements for holding a constitutional convention in Pennsylvania.<br><br>Professor Gedid stressed the importance of this PBA study.  He said, “No one has made a serious examination of the Pennsylvania Constitution since 1967-8 to see how well it is operating.  Much has changed since then.  It is time for us to examine our constitution to determine whether revision is needed.”<br></span><br>