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William L. Bricker, a member of Curtis, Mallet, Prevost & lfos.le, spoke on taxation . of portfolio investments. Alan-Granwell of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, directed his• talk ,to the taxation of Uni~ States businesses when acquired by foreign pe-rsons. Peter C. Canellos of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & ~tz, t~en pre~nted the tax aspects of foreigQinvestment in the United . Syites. -· . Discµ.i,sion in tbe final panel took up the international tax aspects of foreign in~estment in the U niJed States. The mod- erator, Walter H. Diamond of Hauser, · · O'Connor &- Hylind, described how a United States foreign trade ZQne can benefit theforeign investor's operation. Dorothy 5 ~ ·B. Diamond, ~ditor ~f Overseas Press and i)l Consul~nts, next .discussed the selection of the right United States foreign trade S zo~. in which to operate. The use of tax havens for foreign investment _in the United States was present.ed' by --Roy A. Paneilttfdressesaudie~~ onU.S. tax law. - Povell, a member of.the firm.Cafdwalader, practicing in the area of iinmigt;ltion and foreign investment packages in American Wickersham &-Taft. Finally, Jon E. Bisnationality laws. Mr, Goldstein's presenta- -real e_state. J. 'Laurence Eiseij>erg, Presi-' chel, Professor of Law at Syracuse Unition focused -on immigration to the Unit.ed dent· of lmervest of Florida, Ltd., ad- yersity, spoke on taking. advantage of.true States by investors. · dressed t)le topic of marketing U nit.ed treaties in order to increase profits. Tlie in~rnational L.?,w Society would ,,,c The symposium resumed with an Sta~s real estate to European.and South · .. like.to extend its sincere thanks to every-· aftermon panel on foreign investment in Ameri~ninvestors. · The second day of the symposium be- ,one who helped in bringing the symposium gan ~th a panel dealing with the domestic to· successful conclusion. A multi-media tax law aspect of foreign investment in the package, consisting of printed material.!!_ United States. Harvey~- Dale, the mod- and ~sette tapes of the panel discu~g>ii;, erator and a Professor at New York Uni- is being prepared for publication by CO::)lost: versity Law School, discussed the prob- Oceana Publications. Anyone interested·in !ems and p~spect_s of taxation of foreign obtaini~-the packag~ should conta#:i h~ mvestment m Uruted States real estate. International Law_89c1ety. . , /:, ., '.-

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·byJaiitelfGelb'andScottB@tte~an·· . . ' . . . . The ref!e~t calm of-the NYLS~com-· · munity has-beerrshatt:eredby the resur-factiy Risa Cohen ing· of the crucial issue· of. how, and to ·.New York-Law School Alumni, faculwhom, tenure will be' granted. The present ty, students and :friends gathered on -~ntroversy involves the Board of 1)-us-· November 8th to snare eve~g remiit lees' tiecisfon that Prpfessor Nancy Erickiscirig at the a,_rinual alumni dinner. son be reevaluat¢ by the Faculty Commit- · · Reunions were held for the classes of t.ee on Rank_ . and ,, Tenure. : Professor 1929, 1939, 1949, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1969, Richard Harbus, whose tenure · de<;ision and 1974. The dinner, held at the Waldorf will]>e made ~t the end of 1980; anticipates Asto~ Hotel, was attended by over' 480 tJiat be, too, willbe subject to reevaluation. perl?Ons. I -c-BothprofessorswereevaluatedbytJie -Chief Judge Lawrence H. -Cooke, of committee in 1978, and both were recomthe Court of Appeals was the -guest speakmemed--for tenure at that time. The Ame. ,! er and recipient of an Honorary Doctor of · g Laws Degree. The degree WJlS presented rican Association of Law Schools' (MLS) by-laws, to which _NYLS subscribes; re_g by Dean William Bruce and Hon. Charles . quire the.Board of Trust.ees to ratify the ~f. Erickson :-- ~rof. r.S W_ . FJroeud.gsseeCtook,...,.omplime.nted the deans decision of the Faculty Comnµttee ."except· " ... in-rare cases and for compelling reasons." , - EQ.U ITAS (Sept. 1978) that "although she · tor~y not to comment in detail on her situ- and .faculty on the .school's development Nonetheless, Ui'e Board chose to ignore the was not granted tenure at this time 1 she · ation in this affair. She retained counsel ana applauded the "star-studded" Board of recommendations,- and granted tenure ·to was granted the leave of absence which she after she was informed that the school had Directors and dist inguished alumni. . :neither professor, nor to -1>1'9fessor, then had requested ... she will be co_!)Sidered - referred the matter to its attorney. - He also spoke briefly of his reorganiza- · Dean, Marshall Lippman, who was a1so·re- · for tenure-upon her return·from Yale and . After the denial of tenure to Harl>us, tion of the ourt system which has received fOlllmeriie4 for tenure at that t.!me. Bot_h completion of the- normal probationary the B<fard voted to terminate his contract. · ·crj.ticism _since its announcement . "It is a 1Eifckson and~atbus· believe that, in light · perio.d which, for ·professors ill her ~te~ · A complaint, signed by approxim~tely one- good plan,- its going .to w:ork and we will , .,l>f their J).rewus~_rerominendation forte- -gory involves-one more year of teaching third of the full-time faculty, wasJiled ~th stick to it until it does work." The plan was nure, it is -inappropriate for them to_. be · ·after returningjrom Yale." Erickson, dur- the AALS and two inv.estigators we~ dis- ,·formulated to stop the great backlog of civil ~ected to reevaluation. ing her sabbatical at Yale, received her LL. patched·to-NYLS. Their December, 1978 cases"in the state. . When Professor Erickson was denied ~ degi:ee. report recommended that Professor Har·, The remainder of t he speech was diWhen contacted, Prof. Ericksorr'sta- bus' contract be extended two years,- with rected to members of the legal community. , Cliairrfian orthe BoariJ-of Tnistees V.' Thol'J}ton stated in· a' .kftter to ted that· she has been.advised by her at-', . , . (please tur,t to page six)·: . · , ~ (pl¢!ise tJ.lrn tq page six)

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Marines Collect" Toys for [Qts _., F.or 32 years the United States Marine local .program to assist the half-orpnaned Corps Reserve has sponsored the "Toys for chi~dr en of World War II, it was 9uicklY, ·. Tots" program, which is designed to collect expa~ded into .the pr.esent n~tiop.al :capltoys for millions of un-derprivileged chi!- paign. Marine· Corps reservists/ assisted dren during tfie ·Christmas season. · The . by Hollywood ,celebrities;--worlLwith local Military -Law Society at---New York Law community- grcfups1. •civic organizations, •~ School has been authorized to'})articipate in _ and businesses. to gather new t?ys § r unthis · activity. All members of the ·NYLS derprivileged · children who ~wo~!d other-- . community are urged to contribute a new, - wise go without presents during the holi~ · unwrappea toy ~o this worthwhile project. . day season . . The progr~ , is CO~J!letely ~ All toys that are collected will be- distrib- , without government funding and exists uted in the New York metropolitan area. A · only becaus·eof the voluntary effort ex- ._ · collection box will be located in the lobby of pended by participants. ·__ -47 Worth. This is a great opJ>ortunity to translate "Toys for Tots" was conceived in 1947 high ideals into concrete reality arid, by.so · by Bill _.flendricks, a public relations execu- doing,' t6 brighten at_- least one_ cI:~d'i -· -,- -.- - - - -- -~- ,...- -An ~ -"dr "'""e·w--F""rankl "":~~i""'n-iec '!!".eI;.eshis bars. tive with Warner Bros. Studios in Bur- world. The -Military Law $ociety appr~ci~ t ' • -~ ~-JJ.'· , _ _ · ,<.. _ - . _, _ · bank, California, and a major in the Marine ates your coopE!rati~n-and thanks ·yoil/01.· Andrew ~/ .Franklin, · a: 3nF ye~ da)-1: . the ~ -of. first :-lieutenant.~S~ortiy ~ r Corps Reserve. Originally designed as a . your contribution . . • Andrew J._F_!31lk).in .:,student,:~ ~c~ntly l)een promotedto__the : ~ ~ g to ~ ew York,. (?ap~am :f.rariklin.· :,--- rankofcaptaininthelJ_fiit¢StatE}~Marin~ ·Jomed:-f-Co_mpany, _2d·Bttaliol}, 25th .M a"'f ·---. ·:·- . :Corps~!!serve.= . ·- -·~ _--~ ~ . /' -.. ~ - : rines, ap infant1:,uni~ loca~ed i~ New ~0. - · · · · ,. ~ . - " Captain Franklin entered the active . cheffi:. He remams with .this UJ11h seJ:_'VlJlg_''The Third ~cond Annual NYLS Re- hearsals; backstage hE!_lp,-sound, light~g,_ forc~s 0·r-the Marine Corps in Mar~h 1914:· asl he w~apons platopn -comman!ler. : " -- ·vue" will be held m, March 1980, at a local and bo~ _offi<:e ~rsonnel. Also ne~ed IS~~ Afterservingforthreeyearsll!a vrujetyof . While-on active duty, C~ptam.Fr_ankauditorium to be announced. . _ cast party ~h~rso~. ~n ot,her_)V~~• we ··__ assignments- _amghibian t ractor-platoon Iin--!ectiiv~ the National,:f)ffer_se Sei:,vice' . In the past the Revue has cons_JSted of need everything a!ld ev~rybody ~o put on a -.'"' tOQllllander, legafoffic~f; nucl~ sectpity:. Medal. Additioffiilly, ~e contrib~Jes -fair.ly skits, songs, acts, and comedy. Thi~-year, decent show. · _.. _ . ·. ·officer· and-battalion-operations officer--> re~ly to ~he Marine Corps'Gazette, th~ it is hoped, the emphasis will be on satiriThis year the Revue )Vill be_ spons~ . he-"W~re°leased -from active duty_hplding profe';sional magazine' of-th e.Ma~iiie Corps) =.. zing aspects of the law school experience by the Student BarAssociation, PmDelta • "'" - ·.:,. _, .... ;; "• - . . nc'".- . _a,· - _ , ,, - . ,- "' ' 1 rather . than . mounting a ~_variety-t'ype'' . P~, and N~w· York Law School._ Martin / show. · , Brandfon and Prof. "Janet Tracy~ C~r- - : •.:: _ :- ; ~ IJ. ~. ~ Students, faculty, administration,- and dinator's Eme!iti, c f. Cliff Greene. . -:- •. . st~ are all invite~ ~o g:t ~volved. in t~s ." i ·An,orga~tional 1J1eeting will be held : · On Novtm~r· 2 t~ugh-4, -Harvard J>hl Deltar Phi prese~ ts '"fl!_E YEJ.;= _proJect.' fylore part1C1pat10n frorp the van- m January to discuss the format and loca- · Law School· hosted the biennial 'Franeo- LOW SUBMARIN~' stal'rjJlg .Se~t ous groups in the NYLS_community should tion of "The .T hird Second Annual NThS · American Conference on -Comparative Pepper's Lonely- Heart'.s,•.Qlub ;cB~d in a faci?tate a broade_r range of-skits. Start · Revue'.'· -W~tch for po~ ters anno_uncirig the_ Law, The_sµbjecf m~tteroftjie <::onference · full-!ength anilnateg_fea~. ; ·-: .;. thinking about pos~ibl~ id1:as _now! . . - date, time, ~d pla~e. - . , _ -, , · ."':-3-§. devoted to a broad -survey of ! hree: Twelve Beatles songs_.w!!J ~h~gh.te~ We will n~d actors; s mgers, rri~1· Mea~while, think wacky thoughts! -- _contemporary ~'hot issues~• in oompatative the- last w eek of • class on ·'JJm.rs:day, cians, dancers, a piano accompanist fol' re- _ -·.:. Martin ~ranclfon_, _law:'''The Constitution ancl Criminal Law,'! ~. · Novembei 29; 1979, with tnree SCreeIDJ?gs · · · ''Private Law ,Approac9:es j o- Consuiner at 4:00, 6:0Q, and.8:0<tp.m. ._"'. ~ : ~ Protection," and •~ecent Treoos in Pri·::watch for rposters announcing -the vate International Law." ~ven p~~ rooms:Bringyourownrefreshment.s. were presented, fowt Fre.nch and three ~ .: ' American. . ;~, r ... Sessions were ·devoted to official cpm: ments 5and lively floor deQateS for il}-: . stance, between Prof:·.Chen'and,J>rof. -von . .... . . , _. Mehrenof·Harvanfon the ,necessity for a ~Human -Rwhts ·¥1 pleas~.<l ~to,~ an• · CASEBOOKS policy-oite ~ approacl_i :to cci_i npar.¥ve nounce<J ~he ~~rs oU?p re~entwnting law, or, as between~vEL_ralFrenchprofe~- · competition: Enc.Heyden, Bll"?'·_K!iplan, · · sors and the ·President Qf the Cour oe .Cas- ·-David Rqulston and Ei-Q{ .Strangeways; ~ ~tion conceq,ung ~ :court's methodology: "" lfeinbership on the l{umah Rjghts'staff.is , . · ·Atf.ending from-. l'iYLS were P-rof; operiJ o,the New York Law School stud~nt • blCTIQNARIES ½ung-chu· Chen, who is-a,4;<> an Editor·of -. bopythrough~its wri~_g,competitio~ ~ the ~erican ,Journa) . <>f €ompar_ative term's writing topic related to t he publieaSCHOO.L.NEEDS Law;Prof. :Peter Schroth, ~ r of the tion of 'Phe-Progressive _ rmigazine's article . . -·AND .ALL . OTHER . '" . __. . A!ne.ri~n ~ t i o n, of th~ ~mparative · ·; htitle.9~ "How"a Hydroge~ Bomb-Wor!<5-:-!' Stu9 y of Law, and. the Hon. ~dward D.: · . Contestants Wcere suppli~ with the United ~e, Chie~ Ju~~~-_o~ the ~UaS_:.~Custo_ms ;. Stales' .memorandum and reJev~t law--re. Court. TIµs wnter ~ also,admit~ as a view articles. Awnting conipetition"for° the ·NYLS delegate. This,may well be the first · . -. ·. - .,_.. · c.. - • •: ,._ t'" dent ··am· · t · ~ 'L ~ - bee .._ .. 1 - sprmg-term will be announced mJ:µiuary · . , .,t une _s u . p CI~ 10n •~ _n ~d will ' be . to ' -t d ·grad • ,-- .- "lowed ,at i'uch ,a _Qj>nference. Full .credit an ~ . . . o~ n . 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by Linda Stanch · . . . - or Black agony and tumioil." , - · ~ by Risa Cohen ' ,. -}(young black teenager is accused of New York Law School is ."totally un. · As a response to feeling that their "jostling" !l---.woman's _purse in-.t h~ subway •notable, in terms· of affirmative'· action needs Jiave not ~n: met by any.o ~ -~ ·· ·by a wtiite ,transit cop. Both their testi- ~ Wright said, but aaded that Pean Shapiro ~tion existing within the school, a group of moily is directly. contradietory. In most ,doe.s a fantasticjoQ." ' ·_ a l ~ have founded the New York Law ttan· court!"(>oms:.there ~ould be no . When asked if he considered ~ · Graduate§ for Social Change:lnc. • _.- ' -. question--:- the white cop•~ story would be - coµrt 'better than civil court ..in terms of _ The organization has bee~ formed to above that of the·black teenager: ~ social chan~ he promised p.e "will not clo_se create a vehicle by whiclralUJml! who are • · · But ·Criminal Court Judge Bruce Wright his mouth. simply because he is on ·the civil committed to the .training iu.1.d-: placing of ' ' looks at the . otber side, a~controversW court." · .,.,. skilled 4lwyers dedicated to servicing th~ view. ..,,? _ . . . _ , legal .needs of the· urban poor and middle Wright, a New York Law School~class; share-ideas_and experiences. ~ · uate; was recent_ly" elected .to;a seat on the· ~- Sam Himmelstein, one of t he-incorpoNew Y:,orK Supreme Court ~ r an act1ve . _ rators, said this organization would· keep_ ~campaign by a coalition \Vbich was interalumni in touch with each-otlier as well as este<_l to see Wright's positio~ in the court encourage and s4pport tl)e school fu realiSam Himmelstein -~ m p~se~ed. Mayor · K~h· has rezing its goals of creating art _urban greater chance· some would go back to the· fused !o :reappoint Wright to anoth~r term school. . · · . . community to work." The group would also on thee~ Court under p~ure from : One orthe founding mem~rs, Lorin like a public interest award ·tp be given at ·· · Patrolman's BenevolenC A$sociatiori. ' Bailey-; explained further, "Lots ofus came graduation. They also would like s.cholar- ~ ~The latter •was· upset with, what · th~y j ·to ~YLS at least Pait.!allY because of the shi_ps and grants given to underprivil~ged ~ • Wright's ov~ly lenient po_licy conurban law school concep~. If w.e didn't find students, for -which the group would work -cermng-black deftndents. ~ - _ , a:-an urban law school we did find a few other to 11U5e the necessary funds. . . 4 j students desirous of making that concept-a When asked~bout the Alumni Associ~ · . • _ In a speech at' Ntiw Yo~k-Law School .·in October, Wri,ght pointe<1_'.¥> the inherent - iw.lity. We people interested in 'seeing ation here at the school; Himmelstein -racism in the ~egal s~stem. He contrastedti NYLS become the urban law school it set .said, ''We not in competition with the ·t'he lement ·proba,tion a!}tt :fihe of $90,000 litselfouttobe". _ · · . . existing offic~. However, we -may reach man co~_v icted 'of illegall! j,'· Some ofth~ specmc aims?fthe organi- alumni whotn the school cannot." He hoped _selli!Jg securiti~ for a-J?rofit of $225,000 to Hon. Bnice Wright zation ~ to have a voice.~ ~he hiring an_cl that the two dffices could have, an open the o~ y~ sen~nce given a blaclc IIlllil for _ _; .. --:- . . . t~e.granting of tenure to the faculty and to dialogue 'and work' together o_n matters of stealing a teleV1S10~...~t from ~~e-back of Tha_ PB4_ s__cnticism of Wng~t ~ _. aid the.placem~nt office in helping interes- mutual'interest. . O the truck he was diivmg. The-Judge who. nated when Wnght released on bail a blaclc ted students to find joos with various legal . In response to-the formation of the gave tlie white man-probati?n ratio~ man .accused. of ~\l!Cking a decoy police-, services ·. community organizations, and' organization, Asst. Dean Hilhnan of the _bis leniency by sa_ying it was not_ likely~hat ~.,:V,hen ask~ ~~t~that case,_Wrigh~ p.ublic futerest groups. , ·Alunmi:Office said; "We welcome the parti~ the man wo~d -~c;, that sort of thing~ · . ~d: I m ~sure, :mst1!1~vely, the de.fend- _ •The former-gradu~tes ,-ould _also like . cipation. of the members of the organi7.a-· ' · - "You tax-payers sho~ -be funo~ an~ IS,the wrong guy. . · · ,to see more affirmativeactfon at ffie school.. tions. Our door is always open. ~.· _~ - · abo~t 81!~ ~panties- in . _sen~ncing;" _·PBf is :a poweij'ul_pi;o~.!_lt ~ealizing no ~Ile can f~rce st~dentst:p pur~ · The first general meeting of the group -'~ tight-sta_ted; Af!,er ~ you are ~ppo~- o~tlo!l, W1:1ghtcommented I J~E- t sue a career ai~gthe po<>r, Himmelstein will' be W~nes<!'ay I;>ecernber i2th, 47 mg-a tfuclc driver~ pnson. ~ his..~y ha~ all police-pffiei!rs but_I mus~~ ?~t _saia, ''We feel if there were more minority Worth~treet Lounge at 6:30 PM, at which on welfare:c-If!here IS_no J.'.3Cl8m lil the cited against. ·wro~, -0therwis_e I am givmg students -in the school there would be a · - ,tiJne there will be the election of o~cers. disparj.ty, I wonder what it is." • . them my ~t approval." . . , . . ~ · -~ · · · · . ·• : On: the question of m:-1aw . In,addition to_his stand agains~ cap~ -schools, Wright counseled; "Keep _in min<! _ punis}µnent, Wright feels that the Juvenile - _ that.'.' affirmative action was assassinai::ed offenderlawis'afailure.. . __ ~ ;,and ambushed_by two_murdere~ named . In his s~h -Wright quo~ Kath!_ . De Fimis1 and Bakke, in conspiracy with Douglas as saring the law has "too lo_ng .the Supreme ~urt. _It ~ been bllri:ea in - . bee~ too· pa!e too male." Concl~ding, : anunmar~grave." · . ---. Wnght st:3ted . to th~ student au~en~, · Wright .added; ''You must n~t expect ''Perhaps m _your survival -t he .co~tution · white professors to understand yo_'! any · will ~~~ day: be. ~nilo~ed -~th 9ur dark IDOl'e than white judges understand black_. mearung, whi~h IS the me:uung of h~n~ _ defendants., •: . Black-histoey Black ambition ity/'

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~ - ··W ASHINGTON, D~C. Se;t. 2? ---The_American Bar'Association's Standing Com~ . mittee on Environmental Law today anno'l!Ilced § ~nsorship of the 1980 Environment.a! ,-. . -~

Law Essay contestJ or ~w stude~ts: · · _. . : _, The· wfuner will receive .a $500 cish award and a ~rti!icate at the Nmth Annµal. Conference on the Environment. -. ; - • . ~ :._· _-:- . . _ - ' ·. - The gen~i:a,l subject in;a''for t~e 1980 contest is "_Qpportuniti~s for En:hancmg fub~~ _ Benefit froin Private Land." The.(ollowing to~cs indicate tl!e types of papers the Conumt'Toe.woilld like to re~ivel but by no means 1;1hould ~pers be liini~ to the~ topics:- ' . r _(lfConsensual public use ~ment~ bety.'een private l_andowners arid responsible ~ non-governmental o~ti~ns. . . . . . . . . . . . - . - : (2) The role of fede~,-state, and local go_y~rnment~:m providing finapcial ~~ntlves or in-kind ~rvices (e.g., turns~il~s, sno~ fencing, general u~ke,_ep, stream maintenance, :

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Conference, English N~ture Conservancy). . -.- .• (4f Comparative a~ysis ·of i~temational approaches. _ -(5) Organizing and operating a neighborh<>_?d land trust. _ · __, (6) Community_sfe~ard!!hii> of um.ised urban pro~~· . , . . . .. . "': · (7) Protectj.ng the cooperative l.aJidowners (e.g. ,-~tn;ig liability, pre~rvingpnvate_. ~ts from proscription, restricting tne ~ ~ _times_of access, etc.). · ;-. · (8) The use of-leasehl:!,ck !amuige_!!lents, lette~ .o~_agreement, _or ease~nts and restrictive and affinnative covenants t.o ~ public eDJoyment of Pl'!Vate land .. The contest is open~ all ~udents-enrolled

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The complaint states that Sha- . law r~view fol"!Ilat, the Society-µit~nds t~ ~-adrmmstration,_has remained cool to _the Solomon 'Yas "defamed" by the "spreading piro.finally fuld him of the_investigation but ·- publish a ~gular-_~r~fes_sio11al jo~, the . project_,.and ~-a s~ken ·t~e' positJon, "show of false and malicious rumorsu that his res- · reassured him that "there was no evidence dual ✓purpose of wh\ch is to promote stu- ··us what you~c;in do first,. t_hen _we'lf'see ignation from the law school was made be- ~of any improprieties." Solomo'n felt that~ ·dent scholarship and provi~e :!!.vehi.cle for ._ abou.t,support:'' · ,; ;;'. - • . ..-.. ,. cause he W3$ "caught giving marks for sex- such an investigation was still "improper:" expres~ion of scholarly view$ on injJ!r~ Can such. .al! .enterprise survive an ual favors." (See EQUITAS Feb~ary, .He alleges that the rumors circulated national legal issues. ·. _· ..- ·' apathetic stu~;nt body .aru:l ~ hedgmg;'ad1978.) The· plaintiff (Solomon) alleges that · by-Dean Shapiro had at least the tacit ap· ·, - · · • ' . .__ · · his credibility was -undermined · by_· thes~ prov al of the .Board of Trustees. He also· ~ors, and claims that he was "the victim ·states that the investigatipp was "part.of a oLa conspiracy to · rem_ove qualified and conspiracy fo remove or force out compecompetent profe_~sors from NYLS." tent professors at the law school." Solomon's Complaint · Shortly a~e;-w~, Solomon de~ided · As stated in the amended complaint, : ""t? -1;a:e _~YU~,. c~ing '~rl:ancial ~cul-: Solomon was a professor from September i!~~ a_ d ~ d~su-e,to dev_~te,more tim~ t!?,_ __ · litigatiorrm which he was mvolved. The plamtjjf is seeking $.500, OQO actual aamagesJor -''1r>ss of clients, ·injl,ll"Y to' his.) ' - good nall!e, reputation, -~nd standing as an attorney, along with great pain arid ·anguish sum~red." Additionally, Solomon is seeking_$500,000 in punitive damages -for ''wanton, \\Tillful and intentional" actions by the defendant. - , · ·- Defendants Respond . ., - Ttie defendants responded to tbe COil}- .:.. plaints by making a mot.ion to dismi.-;s-for · failure to ·state r a ·cause•·~ractioi°i on. the grotindstba,t\t'does not state adequate _ claim of relief·under_~e~ Y~rk'!aw: They <•w•~- •, ?~~-✓cn+~,j~1~-NYLS~th~;l,egal Publications: ,._ added that the plaint~i? claims·: were .. ~- ~- •·~ -.... _ ~;.: ...__ . : :-_,-:' · ·"'·. _" ., - ~ __ .,.. . . _ vague~ and that the pleadmgs were mcon· It was--difli,culUo assemb)e a group 9f ~§ti;a.tion? !fhe~editors are. higbly -opti- · -· sistent-. ':Che defendants cite Eri.e Railroad . students for this venture. Publication of-a mistic. ~"O"t cow-se -1;fie ;Jounw,l 'will..sut- --=: ~ V . Tompkins, and otli_er·cases ~lated to it;~ legal'journal is apainstaking_task,"particfi~ viv~"- coimne~ted one. "Look ,i'it :uJs which deal with the applicability offederal - lai-ly with foe limited facilitjej available at;• , scliool. Ther~ .are over 1200 students here· law _in f~~ral courts tosuppor!_thet C ~; -' Ne'Y~Yqrk Law Schoi r: since its inc~ ption~ ~<lthei law ~chpol$._of cpmpa~~le-~ize -pu1¢~ _1:he pla_:Etuf.~answered the·d$lfendan~ ' the I~ te.rn! ti,;mal .t..a:v -~ocie_ty _has_iiiien~"-'- li§h four-o~ five le~Journals.'', .. . ✓ ,; ' tI~n-by argumg that the fede~l law 18 ap_ _" ded such,an undertaking as part ofits.acaThe size of tlie.JSehoo}, coupl_ed ,yitn:a _ ~!~b!U:;tf ;~fo!~e ~mplamt. ~ta~ a _~ ~e~c • role\ ;_;~o~i~t~ acaddn;i~ally ~~~ng intef est in if!te~ati?~~ taw ;~e.po-: _ Marti!} Solomon :-. The case was originally fµed in State .. m,e~t~ all,:of,_its . ~~t!vities,_most-nota~l,Y, , s1t1v:e ~a~tors ol!- the S1de _of. ~he {~~l,, 19'74 to January 1977. His problems began · Supre~ Court, but w_as rem_gved to fed- " -hoSt mg.:' clistmgms~~ ,._gue~t S_P~ers,_.. ~er~~~s its ~atest ass.et_,~~weve!;_'O.s the In ~Sep~ember 1976 when a female student, eral court since)t met fede~l jurisdictiol!_ ,_ SYll),po~ia _ a nd .Pru:tlClpatmg i~_':~e-iiSS_!lP --· mtnnsic ~al~~ it poss~~~es:'8 a"!lrom9te~ ?f who, had ~eived a "D" from Solomon the under diyersity of cit'izenship (the plaintiff ~- ~oot ~o~ national competitl~n). _ ;. -" ., ·}~gal :edu~tion. Partic1p~ti~n i~ ~ ~ ~ ~,111 PIJ!,vious semester, all_egedly req~ested a . , reside~ in N~~ Je~ey and t~e (jef1:nd~nt is . .. · Th~ ·Ve~ re~Ol]- for t~e eXISt~ce of_ ,_rial ~pa~i~ _on a _pIJ>fe~sional _JoumaFIS_~,. _ transfer from his Civil Procedure II class incorporated-in New Yorkl and. amount in the Soc-1ety1s to give to the mtetnationally-_ very:effecij·v~ learning tool. Fop example, because the plaintiff allegedly ''touchetlher controversy provisions., _- . _ _ · mind,ed stuqen't ari cipP9rtunity to in~ase •· it, is clear that megibership orhthe L;1w; b~ck and made _se:xuall_y .~uggestive Additional'inform}!ti;_n" · " his kn~wledge in tb.e fie!d, IL~~ <>nly Rgvfu'Y.i~ ~no! some"'nebulous hon11r OO::-_ 11$.rks. ". .Solom?n denies· t~ and _c~ ,: ~ah~ documel!_tli[ are.available for in- .. tu,~·al;-t,~_erefm:e; th~t-·the--Socie~y· ~dz t s.to~.ed .~pon_:_a· ~Jh~ranki_ng~elite .. It is m{ tha~ Dea~ Shapiro ?rd~red aniQvestIW<\t10n .spectiQn ~t the Fede~l court, under .the _l td~~,the ~k, to P!1blish. ~e arti~l~s.were . ~c~ev4:me!;lt ~hjch'-~ ,earnect-through diliof ~ without notice, wh~~by former·As- ·nam~ of Solamon v. N~ Law Sc_hoo,l _ typed o? borrow~ type~ters, a?ilthey ·- gent rese~h1m4.,disdpli?~ writing. Un~~i1;191n~ Deap Marshall Lippman and Pro- - 77 Civ. 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(q,iltinuedf rom page o.ne) . , , contribution to the field," and that they had (~n_tinue4 from page one) the .decision whether to grant tenure to be similarly high praise for Prof. Erickso11's · Judge Cooke expressed need for those in . m~ e at the end of 1980. Harbus, in _a re- writing. 't he legal profession to ''transcend.the self, cent -interview, said. he has- not been told Professor Harbus believes that the even if it's sacrificing," and urged members w)iether he will have to go _through the Board of Trustees may have made a of the bar and · bench to "extend past the ·entire process a~n; although he had re~ "guess" as to his future scholastic produc- · myopic range of econo~c gain." ceived · that "impression" from conversa-- tion. They may feel that due to his emphaReasons for attending the dinner vartio_ns with members of the Faculty Com- sis on teaching he will not'provide sufficient ied. Benjamin Young, /24 said he was mi~ee. ~"However, ~ven though I feel I scholarship in the future. Harbus, how- · pleased ~th the education he received at shoµldn't have fo be reevaluated, it does ever, says he plans to maintain the qqality the school. He said, "Since it seemed every nof mean ~ will not fully cooperate," he ofhis_ publications: . time there was a WlW'-!be sch~l went out of said.. Student reaction to the decision of the busi,iess, I'm glad to-11ee the establishment Professor Harbus fee!5 that the Board has been prompt and overwhelming- · of a permanent ho_m e'. " Patrick J. Foley, '61 member of the "BiJard of Trustees is misguided in overem- ly negative. A letter-writing campaign has phasizing scholarship as the soie manner to .begun, an ad-hoc committee formed, and a Board of Directors and former magiste:r. · -- upgrade a law-~hool. Nancy Erickson and · table set up in the lounge of 47 Worth to of Phi DeJta Phi said, "I attend due to a I ~:ve emphasized teaching; we have been protest the proposed reevaluationofErick- deep interest in . the school, -its achieve. rest>onsive to students' req~ts and prob- son. Guests at the Alumni dinner were sur- ments and progress; m~ral support is as lems. Scholarship should be,0nly one factor prised when they were greeted by stu- Ullportant as financial support." The qinner was organized and arin w,-anting tenure." Harbus is quick dents distributing .information.s~eets. ~to-j:idd, .though, that he has· not neglected though one member of the Alumm Associa- ranged by the Hon·. Francis T. Murphy, his' scholastic responsibilities:- He stated tioJLcontemplated having the police re- · Jr., Annual Dinner Chairman, Dean that th_e~outside ev~uator:, fo: thj-Facu!ty . move the ~tudents, cooler heads prevailed, , Lucille Hillman, and her staffin the Alumni office. : · · ~qmnuttee called·his publicatlo1!f? _a ''ma.1or and no action was taken.

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~t. . ,_ - .:.B y acceptin.g.£he work-study ~ t , a . ~tudent obligates hµn/herself to perform , the assigned · tas}u; responsibly -and effit ciently. -The student ·is paid semi-monthly . at an hourly rate71t is, therefore, es~ ntial that each student-worker turn in his/her - time cards, signed by his/her supervisior at , the erid of each t\\;o week pay period. Cards _ must be turned in to the Bursar's office on ~he last daf of eac_h pay peri~ in order that .j the student may· receive payment on.the 0 _following Thursday; Handing in the time •. ·: cards whep they are.due is a prereq~_ite to · paY!_llent and will be _s~rictly enforceq, . ! .A,work-study assignment is a JOB! It . · ~ -carries the same responsibilities ruid ·obli. _Gloi;ia.Walters . ~tions. A student ~y not withdraw from~-~ all employment it requires certain· re- a work~study assignment without cause aponsibilities, ·,obligations,f"and -·initiative but only upon proper notm~tion to both from the student.~. the Financial Aid Office and the Placement The Basics Office. Supemors rely upon..work-study fo~ basi~ steps in receiving :::students to complete their assigned • . ~ There . College_Work-Study ai'd~First;the· student tasks, and when a stuaent contipue · , must apply·for a -grant. This step is accom- .with ·ihe -wprk, anot~r ·s tudent must ~ plished by~ ubmitting (a) the NYLS finan- found. to take that place. This ·cannot be cial aid p pplicatioii; complete4 and signed, accomplished·unless the student properly .. (b} JI copy ~f tax returns ior,the preceding d~bli~tes ~ herself fromr~e iror kyear, and_(c.) a coinple~d G.b-PSF2\S formt study program. · · · . ' , which·must ~ sept to Prin!!E!tonforproces- . ~- Work-study assignments ·provide sing befo~ it is received by the Financial practical experienc~ which will be of value · Aid Office. Oitce);his in(ormation has been to.a student pursuing a legal'education. It receivEfd, the Fhumciai Aid Offi~ riiay take can also ·be a· welcomed break in the law ·

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Because the Qverwhelming ·response JQ. the Summer of 1980, BAR/BRI New York Ba:r : Review ·ptogra"1; .enrollment iri the Manhattan morning sessions will cle>.se,o.r:1. .Friday";~:Qec~~ber .28. _(Application·s IJIUSt be received in our office-by_.De¢ember ,28~ . B~ sure tQ~lo~le,nty~of,thne (or tile m.au •:-__:or· (Jeliver your ~appUcatio·n personally to ·your school ~ep~-or to-our <>ffice). Anyone· -· enrolled by December 28 for any loc;atioh ._ will . be entitled to attend ttie · Manhattan . morning session. Anyone enrolled. after , · December 28 will be entitled to attend any · · location ·except ..the ·. Manhattan morning- . · session. ~ -· ~ .Students e·nrolled afte·r- December 28 will ' · be.pl~~ed on a~aitin.glist _for the Manhat- · - tao mo,njng ·session ona first-co/me, .first '. served basis. . · ~e~appreciate y.our trernen~ous response _to our program. ,, : ._,

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'l\ith~jditor: ·~. -· :- -,.· ,:,--;c J _. ,I,.:-~. ~ -._ I recentl; learned (!f EQUITL!S' ~ l th r,ie _le~te1\ s~ tes}ntp~ firsfparaef3ph Editorials . anniyersary, and I ~~nd _to you-·an~-all that__'it ~-unf?rt~~~ J ~t ~~~h- ~e~i . • _J,, - previous EQUITAS staffs my,sincere con- ; TI}.Qun:e~ the ~~ty. of an answer. ,_~M;r.: gratulatioi:15:·M~y the ne~ te!} ~ears be as . _F ~ ' s"~Jtatget wlrll~ be~g vf ~ c pti- ' · · _· ·· _ eventful and fruitful a:s tli~ previous ten. cat; nonethel~ss repre~nt his opuµon of ._- ,.._~- Sincerely-- .;the rne:fits of the Bologna Pro~ and the . The semi;-annual charade~·known as the faculty ~valuations,.has jusnakel! - , .. . ':" place. Normally, the fa~ty holds onto these evaluations until they lose their_"-· }~ ~~-~'.:'-L'.~~-~ ~-i-~':·,:~- _, Luc!!le -H il~_... ~ ayjf~rut a~~red. In.fact, ~eadnritj( timeliness: and thus their value ..They have·gone one step further this time, and- ·; -~:~, _Assistant Dean in his lett~r that the P,rogram has both aca have now made the evaluations intrinsica!Jy .;orthless, regardless·o_f_how long._ ,·":;..\~\~/~ft:.,:.~~ , -:!i~ -for-~velop~ent de~c an?:s ~-~ ~ ~ ~_d t.hat:ii~ ~ as ' theyareretained . .. : . . . ~.:- ·;.,,~ .,. "~ ._ ··.-'-"• ;:, .• . , "~·:·, -.r"' ( , (-' ~- - .:,ii;-, .-.~,_ ..,. "/:..· '. - -°:':J,"'"- happy_t.o-be_.a_part1~pant. .~on~thelea&-J The 'okl evaluations asked the students.to -~anJ<, t!'e •~tfQrmance ·of. th~~-;, ~~µie _Edi~rJ~-: ~-- · , ~· ·:. --~-(~ _ ' 1 _am__s~,.tl}a~~-~F ~ ~ilat~~-by j,rofossor in key areas, based on a scale of 1 to 5.-This could-be tabulated; and : I . we~: to ,~ 0~0~ also'. -~~~ was kii91'11D~tli~t~lel ~ r~~!!-8 ~all9)Ve-fi f · hi· · h th d . Idh i ~.. enough cntic1Sm (read.cnt!_C1Sm,~ilot ,-~--tateMr. J!e50<:!o··apd-h1S .colleagues tjien . ·· compii-.e d into a orm w• c e stu. ents use-to -.valid 1a · ..1,..;.-.-" -t.,.,_ · · ,_,,. ,. t · -.. , fth- . . . · cou · - compare t • e. pro essors. . eondemna ·th""t a 11.r .1ur...-'F~-1 rcm.1w,11 s 1e ..,!" was an a ~ 0 on.t o - e summe_! w program s . An -_dY' F..:-1;1,_, ltt - ~--th'e edi -.to ·,-.·-,_~ _ ...1-·obb_ymg-copuu~ . ~ .....:J - ~ .. ,µr1~--, . Ithad1tsdrawbacksandshortcomings,buttheresults.wereputintoausable ·· ~ · --• m T.U1JWJ.1S e er.,., _ r ·to -=-t empt at''pellO J J<U form.. . . .'.: . - . ~ warrant a -s~rious: : response tQ 1ssues d er the aegis'$ intell~~ honesty ana Instead _o f_this~ we no~ have, a senes of t ssa):',~type qu~~ti~ns, w_hich a1:E: . raised.~YetWalterDe:Socioetal;p~y enobJing criti£ism."_ Ho~ ever; nowliere totally useless f<?r any meaningful system 9-f c~m~ans(_?9-_even ~ th~ student~ addressedl he-pian, riot ~claims.:·_· . - ,_, ·does Mr. pes~ io 'and his collt!agues s~te ever wer e to see them!To make matters wo_!Se,_this-~_valuation system has be~:q.~~ -.,. Haven't we learned that the validity of _what it was that ;Mr. Franklin, was lobl;>ying combined with another qu~stionable ch~ge in tli~system ..lnst~?d ~! hanc¥g ,. one's-~laims "is not:atf~t.ed by"the 1~e_ntity · ,for nor what he 'wo.aj:"d stand ~ -gain""rroin the forms out and colletting· them dunng ilie __ Scll!\e class. penod, and ilius. ofth~ speakei:? That ipeas.arebest refuted - his criticism. "Tebning Mr: F~n's _reJ ensuring a sizable body ofcQmment, _they are ~ve!_! o-uJ and_c9 llected.a week i .by otp.~r.. ideiis, not by_character referen- marks·· as ''m~}'.danr aqd as':.''inac.etmi.t~,~ later. Dtirjng this very hectic part of the school year; some students will ~ely . ces? That as id-esult.§f.thi$ .mark~tpJace· designed to...;___mis~d, ~ d,. motiYated:- l_>y"' {orget to fill out the fc:mns, som~ w.ill mislay them,_and others will il?t._h!_Ve exchange {)f@e§S_,we are_all will!lerib oo,-t _ ~frustration, a~d-&ap~intment" o_nly' fu.ne to write thoughtful answers to these essay~. In_-a~y-case,. as a result o{ t!t~ _: that .as a result ~f pC;?rso~ att;a~ks ':"e -~ mo~t~~ ~..-amate~_lr-a_ttac~., 01!_ ~~-.. newform,nobodywillbe'encourage~Ltoansw;ertnerri. __ . . ___ _ ·: : !illlqsers? . _--. _ · . . ., _ ~ ~klin-him§_elf.and-not~sl)Oi:1blecnb~ EQUITAS fincfs the faculty's c~nduct in this matter _to.be tQtally inexcus- :. " - -~e Bol~~ :P!'.°gram 18 threa~ned - ~lSm ofwha~-he ~ys.-~ ' _ ~ _, ._ ~ ~ble, and another attempt on their part to avoid any seml;,larice of accountabil- : ·. only ~ -m realit y it 18 ~uele~ ~d s~ds t~ " . On! ~~~ wo_~aer what, ll1~t1V_!!..~8 ity. Thes-e evaluatfons are for the ~tudents' benefit, not the fac'ulty' s. They were bereve~ed as such. B~t ~ ~ et~t.is not Mr.: Desoe10 !irt;:d:~hi_s _co1l~es. to. level . - ~f · , h ~- . h · · -. d~ · f· ,-._. ~ d •--b _ d. libe ' l 'ch .the caBeJU!d because Jt 1s arr effective and these types of attiecKS".agamst Mr. F~aware on . ble way - •to get a ::.t·1p-o ·-" f-the-tongu~ ,.._lin• It 15-- a1m · t -ifth~y h~~ve some sort.·of . o , our t oughts · .t e matter, .- an o our nee. - s,. , ut e . -rate~ ,,ose . enJoya - os as to ignore them. When, we ask,are-the ·students going to be -accor_ d ed the<' ! tast ~th ' · ... 1,t d t ·· f ttachrn · t __ - · · ---·b·liiLY : -. -to-'~th~ ad~· ·· _--· · .. · _ ~ . . _ .· . - _- .. eo.1-_ ecUJlurean - 1~ ~ ap~ara-1,1So a -~ _ , en pr r.e~~~11 1. deferen~e th_a t 1s d':1e tlte?': , When_~re_we going t~ ~ treat~~ a~,,-the prg~ess10n , •different system, the gl"()~ -~ 0~~ be 'i:-tst~ tors-ofthe-Bol(!~a-~ ~ - Pe.rh"ap~als_ that the faculty ~s constantJy telling us th~t we~a~~ beco~in~.-Wh~n ar~ t~ey. ::stren~~~ned by,d,.e~ g w.itli __s,uggesrions some J?E!rB<!,nal. ~o.bbY211j 18 bemg ~~ne .on· gomgtostoprunnmgrol!ghshodoverournghtsI . · . i . ~ ~, :- andcntrc1Sms ·onthetrments. _ ,. behalt:ofthemselves. -,., : ._ - -..:.. . Fortunately, the $tudent-Bar Associc1_.!!on is friot taking this lying down. - _ ..;.. Son~xttime,-forget-FranklinaIJ.dsti~k · : Needle&a ·to -~y,-the Jetta; ctmtai"'ned They_plan, as of this wri,ting, to hand out an evaluatio!l of then: 2wn;_based on -~ to the facts. ,· _ .•' . '-:. . - · .-other "unsq_b~bmtiate<Land unjustified, al ..:. ·the previous format. '· •~. . , . . _. . , 7:·::~} ~ -• _ Si~cerely~ , cusations-whjcn n~ n9tbee.labot?ted on. EQUITAS appl.?uds ~np 1!eartily_endorses this ·c~~e of ~ction,~We en-~...:,~:.J~~:-~t. "! ~Ro~rt~lierofsky . lj~ hope that~ the future any ci>ntnlm~. coutage allstudent~andsympa~eticfacul_ty _to.giv.~,the~supporttothiseffo~, \.~ d; •'---..c. ,) •Yi. ·;~t· -_ CJassofl980· ;~9ns -~o thlsnewsp~~r-by Mr. Despcio or _ and to tal<e the time to answer the questionnaires. W~ realize most cQurses are ,._ _. - "' -; _ ~'-:- ·.,. :- - · . \, · · his 00-:autno~ -are writte~ on a §()mewhaf pressed for _ti.rile as we near exam period, but the~~~valuatio~s a~e eve_ry-"' - T~~~!. Editor, .,.;- _ _ .~ · :"~ .. 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J!owever, there -: r,,, ,-.t"-0_. -~ -~, ~;,., !::lass of 1980 i -3 1.~; -.•~.z~~--;r.·~ appeared· in the Oc~~i i 19~~ ~~sU:e--?f ,f, . • ~, _; " , --- ~~-r- ·'---- __, __ . · . . , . ·· _ - ~QUITAS a letter wntten by Mr. Desoc10 To the Editor: Since J973, !"JYLS has hire~ approximate!y sixty new full time facu1-ty-. andothersreplyfiigtoMr. ~ •scriti: ·-c-: - HowJuckyyo~ are, ,:-NYLS; to 'fu;;e members (including Deans Shap~ and ~~ce). Of _UJe:-e,.. ._only ten tiave been ,.,,.c~!? of t~e I;!_~logna Program. ,'fl!is let½!r, •~ e_(}reat~hite,Ho~" O!!__lf!.l lr ~ iiJ\y! granted tenure, at least twep.ty-e1ght have left. fo~ vanous reasons, and two w1tile:--ans~erpig the chargg~ leveted· by He sounds,@{e such ~t ruce guy; quite con. ., _(Harbus.and Erickson) are now-in limbo. This ap.pea.cr., to be an uttust1ally high Mr.'--t' Fi;anklin against .•the~-Bologna• •Pro- __ cel"l'J~.<f ~.bout the nv!1ority,._ f!t.upe11ts. - .at _ · ipprtality rate for ?n instifution·seeking to.build J oi::the future: Suc_!t a high gram, goes.much further than necessary \: N~S. '" 11 r.,,. - .. ·' . . " ,, • ~- . turnover breeds insecurity-among professors as to their academic fo~s, 'c. :and crosses th~ line se~ting ob)~ve ,:: Y01i pn>"bably · know that -Prof~r. -~ dtsc;.ourages acade~c freedom, a~d gene!31 d~~ntent w,_higi could p<>~sioly ~criticism from persopal Journalistic ' ~;___~ --: (c_cmtinuedcmpage9) <

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by Robert:Uicks and Robert F. Salvia ·New· Yo"rk Law_School ·p rovi9ed an two basic proQlems ronfro.iiting the ·tive, rather:;thandefensif eposture. In aa- review, butitseemsinequitabletocombine - added de~ of flexibility to applicants · ~A's: th_ose :esulting from -MYA class <;litiqn, since t here are fewer graquates in the class ranks !flOnths 31\er: the MYA) :- when it instituted a mid-year admissiohs _- size and .composition, and problems arising -Janu;u-y than in May, tfie_mid-years face coul9 benefit from the consolidation. · • program in 1976.-:The -pro"gram has proven from the:MY4 time-sequence. _ ,. - ~ -~_rough!~ th~ ~ e struggle as their ''regu- ·~. '. While it' would ·be mani.f~stly unrea~ · ·especially valuable in lighf of µ northodox -with ~gird to class size arid rank,,the · lai"' counterparts.~ However,. Kukla- d~s . · sonable to·anticipat!:! administration assent calendars. utilized by \'..aricfw, colleges, ac- stnall numbers of MYA_student~, G_onroy - conceqe th.lit the MYA's should plan their _to ev.ery proposal, it is in the int_e rest of all celeration thro~gh summer undergraduate argues, a~ects the valii:Jity.. of class rank job goals more clearly and sho~ld be willing parties concerned that the MYA program studies, as well as a desire of many stu_- and as a measure _of performance. ~e_coi; to -see~ t~ ore forcefully. ~han !!light develop_as a vi~ble alternative to the tradidents_to travel or otherwise experience the tends that the rmd-year classes attract a . otherw:ise be ~cessary: _ - ~ .tional schqpl schedule; Only through open ' myriad el~ures of life prior to a · thtee- relatively_greater ~umber of qualitied-ap: . - As· for class rank, the mid-years are consideration·ofthe unique problems and . year sentence . in law school. Tl\e MYA· - plicants per pening; due to the lack--of afforded.a<n opportunity to-acceferate, and ·, advantages of the progra1J1 will it develop · _ classes ~o _afford individuals:Who become · -mid-year progfyuns at other law schools. _-: theryby be-·ranked with :·the precedfng ·its full potential. ·Mr. Conroy indicates that · · disenchan~ with their . careers,...subse-· ' This ultimately' results in-,.filgher average class. · Alter~tively; the admir;risfration , much remains to be done before the MYA's · ·· quent to ~ptember admisston' deadlines GPA's in the MYA classes, and therefore a previuusly ~~ made_-available approxi-- receiye treatment equal to that of the "reg-. : the opportu_nity to COlTlJllence their legal . ·.· . ~: . .. ,?c.. .... ' . , » ..~'frlh .. • "·"· • ·"'~ ·-... ulars;"perhapsifmorestudentsarewilling ' studiesin.January. -· · · · · . to express their views in •a cooperative · - I.!! addibo_n :to the sche<i_!lling l!enefits · · spirit, the'@p will be closed in due course. . · ~orded ~A_students.,_mid-year ad~s.:., Additi~nally, the ·MYA's have sufs10ns- provides_NYL$ ~ th _an_alternative_ fered from a reevaluation for financial aid .source of s1 udents, which ~he~ ~e~ :: •• · ~...Mililiiiiii ,-:- --after· the_completion of only one semester , __ fewer schools cotnpe~1ng. I~ part-I~~• the wlii)e the September ·admission students :.!D:µne schoo~• restn~t then--adrmss1ons to ....ju-e·awarded a full y ear .o f aid. This places Septem~:, .S_? fewer applicants -for mid:- the MY.A in the' position of being judged on year_adniiss10ns- have chosen NYLS_as an - .· . the basis of one semester's performance, at · alfernative-o 'safe school:1 This facilitates· · '· the same time that class· ranks are not avtife admissio~ proces~, and tne-·program_-:ailable be~use they'r e ''inconclusive and g;enerally allows bett(!_r ~s_ource utiliza_ potentia,lly:· misleading" after only one . tions a_JK! extended sµmrn~~ use .of the~ · semeater. - - . _ . NYLS facilities. ·. . While financial aid may be unpredict. Howey , as may be.anticipated with a able due to vag¢es in alUJIHri behavior the • re~tively recent innovation;- there·, are annual budget ~houW provide_some m~ans &ome problems, unique to this program.. · · . · · . . . . . . ofassurihgthe MYAs that they will be given whi_cli -un,delJlllne. some of its benefits and - . Robert:Conr9y(center)r~prese~ts_M"~Asect10n~nman)'act1V1t_1es: . - the opportunity to prove 'themselves · .have reiml~ in dissatisfacti~n among ~a.dvantag'e to_the MYA stude.)lts. Ad~::,.. mate, u,noffi~a} cl~~ ra!1ks indicating the.. . through the_, course of one calendar year~ members of the varioul3 MY-A. classes. Per.: . tionally, there :ii.as be~n 8?me-concern E:X- · stu~en~ s position m the_ subs~quen~ class. Inilications are that the next meeting of the ·h aps tfie inadverlenf .slip of faculty _ pressed that employe:5·wil}..~ ?ndul~ ~1::- I?ili~tioll:" ~~ that this policy will con- NYLS Sch!)larship_ Commift~. w_ill con-- member ad(l9uately ~escribed t~e feelings suaded bY: t~~ small clasr size mherent_m ·tmu~, ~ffordi~ th~ st-udent an) l~~rnate sider-the.MYA issue and attempfto forge a ofmanyby dlstihguishing between MYA's · the MYA sections. . . . ,. ~ . ranl< ~tJi which to l.l])press a po~sible_!m- policy which will produce greater consisam '!re~ student . " Somehow the mid- ·· Kukla· Broekn]an responde<! to these ployer. · : : · · · teiicy in this area, without. creating undue : ,year students cfo not conformfo the sched- .c oncerns by _emphasizing the benefits of. . The second ,smu_ ·ce of concer n to"tlie problems for NYLS ~verall. Ules and. pollcres of tfie schoot"in _material. mid-year admissions, and suggesting mid-years is the problem that the MYNs · The Einancial Ai(l--Office indicated a ·' .ways1 .and they.. tbeFefo • are not :'fully- · means of ameliorating the :µleg~y-nega- _· are 'out of·sy nchronization' .w ith.the rest ·of · aesire that·students, both MYA's and Ma)'. integrated-into NYLS. : · . tive- aspects of the program~ Stressipg tfie -th~.school. The~mid-years l!Wait graduation _. graduates,.. inform it tQ. how it- can help Recently, a number of MY~_students . importarice of_a positiY-e attitude in dealing- until May; when they join•in that class'. the NYLS community. Mr. Com:oy's as.have approached t~ ·administration.with .~ ,with, pr.ospe_ctive ~Illployers,:- Ms Broek- ·ceremony. -At that tjme, the class' Gradua- sertion of-these shortomings in·the MYA what they- contend are foc6nsistencies -in · - ma_n pJ;Oposed that MYA's· mention that · tion Awards are calculated with regard to· program.see~.s to be a step in the dire~tion NYLS PQlicy.toward, the -IJP.d-year c!as:,es tqeir smaller average class. size affords· bo~h the May and mid-year stu~ents, and · of airing the student' views on· a subject · :vis-a-:cvis. tlie ~gular" sections. Robert greater : student-faculty> cont;ict. This class ranks are similarly merge.ct. The ad~ · vital · to nearly a quarter of ·the NYLA Gcmroy, a second-year MYA, ·caj egorizes~ places their mid-year s!,atus fo an affirrna..:- . ministration ot Aw~s IS currently under , ~students. __, ·

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r.cdntinuedfrom p~; eigh/ ) ....:_ _ • . White-Ho~ ~ really need~ to be r~defined. . Editnr's· note: This ·letun- was signed by- a group of more than 100 students. ; -Scherer sits-on~the Academic Status Com- • ,_ c.. Sincerely, Si,gnaturef available upon r__equest. • . -mittee wfiich -.decides whether students' · ... - _Diane-Patrick New Y:ork Law School is at a crossroad; a decision of the first magnitude must be who ~ve indexes below·2.o are allowtid to ,. . .. . ~ ·m ade, How•ist i_nure to be awarded? The Board of Trustees must choose either to follow remain-at ~ l'J'YLS°:-In=Scherer's very ,o~ - ·2.ro th~ Editor: . _ , · · the Associatibn of American Law Schools (AALS) rules or to admit to followif .g its own words the Committee is "concerned with . ..,. On behalf of the Moot Court team re-. rules. It cannot do both., We, as studen~, the very people for whom this institution the ~fill~ of the·student'i ability to s~c- pres.J:i~ting New YQrk ~ aw School in the supposedly ~xi§ts, ~trongly a!firrn our right to be fully informed as to.J.hat chpice and its 1 ceed in thEt,future "and "looks to the pre- _~ N;!tional - Moot Court Competitio?, · we . rati~nale. . .. · , . -: . . · _ _' . ·. · . . dictabilityi f the student's success." from ·w ould like to thank all those who·assisted in . • Option One: !four s'c;hool is to comply·with the A.A.L.S. rules, then the Bo_;ard mlis1/ the irticle (EQ,UIJ:AS,-Oc;tober 1979) and/ - our , preparatipn. Many . fellow students . honor tlie decisions regarding tenure of the Faculty Rank and Tenure Cot\IDlittee of or-from hearing about Scherer.'.s-seemingly . selfle~sly gave of their time and.effort, 3.!1d ' ,.NYLS. The criteria ·for . these decisions already being ;public information (see e.g., progressive. attitude.fro~ ofhers who havt: their-comm.!nts an~ critiqu~s gre~tly aidf:d !JQUITAS -Surrrrne~'. 197~, ~p~. 1978, and Oct.. 1979), _their rei~ei::1tion here is unknown Jilin, one would assume that his pr~- us. By the time this lettei_: 1s pub~hed ~he ~ neceSS3;rJ- The crucial ~omt 1s that once.the Comnuttee has spoken, its Judgment must be -sence oi-dhe Academic Status Committee - com~~ition will be over, but we can assure. ' act~d UJ><?n; "~xc_e pt in rare case~and for compelling r~asons." Q is only in the presence of _ would senie.t o insure. at least a s~l de- · _everyone that our ~st 'eff?i:ts went- into'.'.'"·,su~h circumstances, clearly identified, _that the Board ~~Y veto the C~mrnit~ee's decision _ gree g£i~ess. ~ :... ~- -~ , ~ ·_ , t he argum~ ts~T9 aUthe stu~ents; facul~ , and yet ~ema,in in good standin~ .witht.he_AALS. . · -_ ~. . - . · Yet when'"tne time comes for Profes- and friends ~of NYLS we extend our . _Option Two: Of~course,. t~e Board !Jlay choose to abrogate the AALS rules entirely. · .so--;.,.Schirer a menibe;:- of the Commit- thanks. · . .. 'The justi_fication _o f s~ch ·a choice will probab!y .prove difficult and' th_e co!lsequences ::-- tee, to-put his mom~y wliere his mouth is,_it_ - Paul Capofari ~ uii.f(?rtunati.-"Ho~ever, tliat is no~ o-qr ~ediat~ co!1ce rn; w~ focus, not UI?_?n the _choice; seems·all too clear that his attitude-is in fact .1 -:- R1ch?"I J~r 80_ but UJ>On the rationale for ~l!e cti01ce ~<! its publi~ d1ssemmat~on. · . _ · that NYLS's: sa'cred-"standards" are to be . . . David M. PoJ)ack '80 In ~hort, the Board's particular choice C?f method in_n~ way alters its fundamental uph'_eld'at all costs _ _"personal sta:~merits ·· · To t!te Edito~;.· · . . . : ?uty; slioajd jt adop~ its, .o wn ctjte~a, ~t ?oQe~heless m~st ~ake them kn~wn. N~ed we and histories-of jobs ·while in school" 'an!l ! ~ould liKe to.exten~ my smce~ ~p- _. ,msist upol). _th~ obvious, tbat no mdividµal ~ay ho~ to measure up to unknown · • .. . . - :.. . preciation anq con~tulations t~ll mem- standards? · - . ·. .: · : . . aniotherrelevanc~~-mfactnotwithstand- bersoftheNewYork LawSchoblcomrnun. _- - . . . - . .-. . . 7' • --. • ·ing- (spellea: notconsidered) .. We may or . . .. · _ . / -d .. h h , """' We fil1l confrontmg a case m pomt. The Fac.ulty Comnuttee approved_Prof. Enck.· - · . . ity who · participated .m an · w O eii=u ' Ii f · fi t ' Th B d l d th C ·tt . ( 'th t . d. =may not wond~r why PfOfessoi: Scherer's "\Vith this y ear's NYLS mini-marathon. -I shol! ~ ap~ca wn) or t~f:~~d· to e_t oar ~~very e11· e __omm~' Heead~h oBu_ardPfE!Jdu -~cdedto a ' immense f'sep sitivity'"can-be~so easily limihink h . th t - . 11 · ii e;i,rmg ue noyo , ye .w_e c1 e any compe mg reas9ns. t e o ec1 e to ~ ted· 1-ut som · e 0• ~us are too weary (or cmtld t d - t -at . -~ evdebn was e~pec~- ~ we run breach the -AALS rules? 9r _haa-it decided to a~rogate.those rules altcfgether? We still . • ,-u . -l. • _ . an was enJoye y everyone. .. ~ . f: la •· - . . · . - · · · - · · . :jt-be wise?) to embark on a soci~I scie_ntific . - E.urther, I feel that :special. thanks .await a satis actory exp nation. -- , . -• ~ - . . ;. .. • . :.._inquiry. Sajli.ce Jt to say that perhaps our shooid be -given to Gil and •Esther gol:la~~ow the Board reque~~ t!J.at Pro~. Encks~n subnut to an entiri: :eheanng. W,e · reporters . shpuid . interview Professor der, and to Ray O'.Hara for their efforts. _ subffi!_t that such a req?es~ IS pre~ture. N oth~g- h_as .be~n change!f the Boar!} _s Scherer-at a time-when he1 ias an opportu- ' ." ·..,, · , , , · .. Sincerely p~edo/e:·_the_,secre_t-~ntena remaui ..Vt!e can not Just~ their ~e; can_~~~ ~oard? If 1t ni y td back up his ~ensitivity" with some R1chanl E. Carmen can t,.then it ~ust ~limill;lte them. _A higqly 1;E!Spected protessor s career 1~ at stake here; , ;d.ction. They may find that ''The Great Class of 1979 so too is our s<;_h~l s ~lf:-_esteem.

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.... Through the cooperation of . Thursday,, October -9th, the 'frat- - , - / Dean's Commel!ts ernity's members voted to merge Dean Rafalko, the newly apthe Student Bar Association and Phi Delta Pru Fraternity, the first the Transcript with the Student · .pointed Dean o(New York Law School, ·.was instrm~ental in enofficial student · newspaper at Bar newspaper. · Vote Unanimous couraging the formation of the New York Law School, - _.,,,, ..,,,:,, Following the lead of Phi student newspaper. At DuEQUITAS, commenced publica- . ,· · (()ri,ginally Pu blished N ovemb~, 1969J Delta Phi; the Student Bar As- quesne; where -the Dea,n_ ·pretiontoday. , . . . the ears of the majorjty nor.from by Joel_H31'\'._ey Slomsky · In response to the mandate sociaion voted on Sunday, Octo- •viously taught, he }µid iµ-ged stu. Since you_are reading_this · the few who gove:r:n. of the Student Bar Association , ber 12th, at one of i~gularly dents there to 1:!egin 'a _student Whether r;eforms will occ ur Const itution, representatives of scheduled meetings, for merger. ne\Vspaper.. He has brought tliis columri, I .think it- is safe to as- . the Student Bar and the frater- The vote was nearly uruinimous. . same enthusiasm to .New . York sqrne that you are rholding t-'!!5 or EQUITAS will remain a part of The editors of EQUITAS - Law Sch90l, as he informed the newspaper, ,And since you are our ,law school, no one can teQat nity began work early in the semester in organizing a joint publi- were chosen from among those leaders of the Student Bar early in- holding the - first edition · of this time. But ifiilhould be evideot students who were interested in the semester· that he-supported - EQUITAS, the New York Law that dedicition Js omnipresent cation. · Editor-in-Chief elected participating on the newspaper the idea of a student newspaper at Schoof newspaper, you may have am that , p_ap.cularly:amo·ng the ._ __ ' the feeling ,· that · you riev'er students, a. progressive attitude The representatives of each ,and who handed in resumes. Af- our law school. .-,._ · The -newspaper ·is financed thought ·-.a student newpaper is in the air. class who sit on a Student Bar ter Mr. Slonisky )Vas chosen ··EQUITi\S is alsQ an e~ri, · elected Joel -Harvey Slomsky, a Editor-in-Chief, the remainder of ' through contributions from the would .ever mateJjalize. And if third year day student, to be the the Editorial Staff was appointed. Student Bar Association, Phi De-. 'you are a professor here, especial- ' ment inlegaljo~m. It must Martin F. Dunne, a 3rd year lta Phi Jrraternity and solicited - ly the ones who have survived t~e be creative am ~ t m~rely report paper's first Editor-in-Chief. day student, will be EQl.f/T~' advertisement.- : ~ last twenty year:s of mediocrity; the news. It must bri_ng to ourl_aw The fraternity previously News Editor._The other editors The Student:. Bar , has re- eitheryouare-rapidlyblinkingth- school feature . stories on legal had published its own newspaper, are: Richard Runes. Feature; cefv,ed a grant from the Board of.. ose sophisticated ey~s as if start- trems 11nd other developments in "The Transcript", which was~~ Bruce Pitman, -_ Alumni; Kerry Trustees. to be _used-. tow~ th~ .. led, or, in effect, blaming yourself the legal profession. What is culat_ed amongall students of the - Katsorhls, 'Business; Frank publication of EQlf_{TAS and the _ fQr lacking a bit more self-asser- more,J t must ~ dedicated to.the . law school. The frater nity's ex- DiMarco, Phi Delta Phi·Contrib- fraternity will contribute from its t ionaimedatcorrecµngorliQeral- progress- of New York Law ecutive committee; however, de- uting Editor; .Philip Papa, Legal own funds . .· @.ng the ed!-!cational ~ roce~ -at School.-' ~ . -, -· ~ _ · ~ ' " - Raison d'etre· cided that it would be more bepe- - and William Nolan, Copy. -- ...... , - · our law. school. .:: · ~ficia] to New York Law School if a The Editors picked the name : " All studen~~f~h~ law.school ·! · Reform is needed am prob~ This is__why EQUITAS was joint' publication was organi?.ed. EQUITAS for the new publica- . . were invi~ to 'participate on the_ ably one of the first steps towan:1 inevitabl~ . A new generation of "At a full -meeting held on tion. ' · · · ·" . studE:ntnewspaper. - - -~- - · anykinqofref~rminadeµlocratic law· stude.nts is enteri~ today's ~ -· · ~·· .-. ·'-~- ,-. ,,'.:.. :-1 ,; ._. -"~; " _soci~t~,oramongitsinstitutions, , law schools with desire to be · - ~ ·~ · - · ·· · ·- -· · is the establishment of-a news- b eard am with differenct atpaper. The powet of the pen can : · titu'aes Utan that pf their-counter- ' To T~e Editor be used' co~tructively to inform parts of twenty yet11"5 ago. One 1 Congratulations are certainly in order for the Tenth Anniversary.J>f EQUITAS! am criticize, am this is the role .,,.treJltl-among present students is I believe that EQ(JJTAS has performed a vital role in the life of New York Law · EQUITAS .should play· as- New to 'put greater life i_ntQ....t,he Bill of School for the students, the faculty, the alumni and tlie adminis~ ti~n. I_t ·has been a YQrkLaw School. -:-: Rights :...... after wit,iessing a ~ vehicle which has allowed students to ex press thems·elveS::and offer their views, which in · Like most institutiops i n a . movement ofsdecay·away from its · many cases have become the policy of the school. . . jlexiole, democratic society, our mamates. ·For instance, -McCari w~nt to wish you ang the entire staff all the best.fol' the next ten years. . law school yearns for change. On thyism, ·the Smith · Act, Barry . . Congratulations to you ;md your colleagues on a job very well done, indeed! the surface, it seems that tfie ep-, Goldwater, ·V:fetnam, poverty_'--;:gines of ·progress are already arr are forces which clrain the first " Cordially yours, . warming, up. The .es~blishemnt ameoomep.t of its efficacy, reE.. Donald Shapiro of an effective student bar, a new gardless of the will oQVarren. .De~n who has'alre:µiy earJlej} the the establishment of reptutat:;ol} of being "stu~ent_- EQUITAS ' is- one -~xample of To the Ediior: . , __ rrumed, am rumors of ~cu- particip~tory democracy among · . Congratulations to the Editors of EQUITAS on.the occasion of its Tenth Anniver-lum cha~e, co~ eval?3~~ns,-... today's youth. Yet, according to sary.of publication. EQUITAS has achieved an envia}?ie reputat ion _~nd is clearly one 6f . place~ent •_services, .all 1-ndicate the tradition of the First-Amem~ the leading law student newspapers in the country. Its insistence 0.11 big~ standarils for the .birth ·of a- new day·at_.Ne'! ment~_ifaschOQJwill notsupporta· itself and for the school have made an important contribution to the ilresent fine reputa~ Y~r1!- Law School. " _ student newspaper, then our edu- • tion enjoyed by New.Yorl< Law School, Alth~ugh a~y l!iw school dean:s office and .the _law But, >feeling , is .that, cational system is, ineffect, saystudent newspaper must inherently-ui.ke different sides 9n a.few15ey issues,.the basic ; among the <!ifferent happenings ing to its young: don't J)a!ticipate, objectives of the school and;of EQUITAS _the a<hrarice'rnent oft-he best ' "'-- are . ideiitical, .... at our .law ~hool, the establish- stay aloof,.lef the educators make · interests of the students and the school. ··· . ~ _ rilent of-a student ·newspaper will the rules regardless of their releThe ten years spanning the period of publication"'of EQUJTAS have seen· great ' pi:ov.e to be the most- important- va~totoday's society.;._ ~provemerits in the sch~l. The full-time faculty includes some of th~ most outstanding one. ~ . scholars and teachers in legal education, as we.II as younger scholars and teachers of great This kim of-statement prob1>romise. The library has been-enriched,not just by pure.bases ·but also by a gift froiit.t.he _ EQUITAS, •thl{refore q_ught , ably depem,s -upon,one's faith in to be morethan-merelythe "voice · Association of the Bar. of the City of New York pf a number of volumes~of great vaiue to responsible· criticism. The First of the _students". A§ a·publi~tion ' legal scholani. The'°placement program has been vastly improved. ·Last but not least the· Amendment mamates that there · of a professional sch<>Ql, it should . schooi has acquired and renovated the two adjoining buildings to provide physical re: s hould never be a tno~torium on . be th~ means of expression for"all sow:ces, \ he lac~ of which had handicapped the ~chool. These-improvemen~ _!lave come~ .:.. criticism. Stifling ·tlie free press segments of our law school compass aft~r the preparation oJ a list that placed·New York Law School in the top half of law · . results in the voice of the citizens munity,_particularly.among facul- ..· • schools :across the ·count:ry.' The standing of the schopl at the end of this Anniversary . not being .heard, whether those .ty am "'Students. The ~emic · period is no\\;' obviously much higher; The student editors of EQUITAS have been in the .,., . ~tiz.eris 00::ofa maj«_>rity'or -~ nol;- policies·at our law school need to .. forefront of those pressing to improve the standardsof Legal Edu~ tio~·at New York Law - ~ 1ty. Our founding fathers, am the be revital.i7.ed, am a joint effort . School. Our community owes-"EQUITAS not just its congratulations bµt hlso its thanks. cit~ns of the U.!)ited.States who by stu~~rits am fact!lty.iJbrougg You, EQUITAS. . • . ~--- Thank cried out for a first ameooment, . the publication of varying _atti-J might hav~ known that as-long-as tildes i~ EQUITAS, would be one a responsible. newspapef existed, . ~xaµipl~ of1he ,constructive " the ills of our society am the-ideas which can be ~ e of our newsof reform would not pe kept from paper. . •-

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This edition o( EQUITAS marks our tenth year of publication. As stated by . . Now is not the time to sit on our laurels. We mu~t consolidate the gains of pctper's firsf editor-in-chief, the role of EQUITAS at NYLS is tq_ constru~ the pa~t, an~ redouble our efforts-to realize the potential ~ hich this school so 1 0 ' y inform ~nd criticize. Since our first edition we.have-always attempted to obviously.has, . ' · . but this role with the highest_of journalistic standards_We are proud to . Bright, yo~g f~culty members,who could be the acade~ic leaders of the s y that we have kept to these standards to the best of Ollf ability. Evidence of profession have been hired; the school !Ilust commit itself to_a policy _to reti3in )his achievemeJlt is .the fact ~ at we have brought to the school two nation.ally these people. , · ·., , . · .· · . ,. . . . ~ e d awards_in the last two years - the Medalist and First.Place A'Yards , ._ Much has be~n,accpmplished _by student ~rganiza?o.n s. in bringing the the Columb~a Scholastic Pre~s Association. We hope not o~y to keep. to .schpol to the attention_of the legal community. These efforts must receive more standards btit to far surpass them in the years to_come: . _s upp6rt from.the school if it is !O flourish and grqw. . · _ ~ Throughout our ten years of existl!rice, a- lot of news has passed_throtigh _ There is a perceptible improvement in the attitude of- employers toward~ -office; particularly news~about the advancements made by the school _ !riring NYLS graduates.- ·but in an ever-tighteningJ ob market, the effort~ of these years. For instance, in 1967 there were ~5 students ~nrolled at · thEF-Placement · Office lose their effectiveness if they are not constantly e_2(, with only 22 women. There were 10 full-tm,t.e faculty and·lO·part-time amined a~d improved. lit particular, the school must reach out for_a_lumni ers and the libra:ry held 46,000 volumes. In J973, 772 students enrolled in support. Students need .the placement opportunities that only alumni can _·; tlt-e faculty numbered 27 and ,the library held 65,209. Comp~~g these provide. From _the -l arge turnout at the, ,'.\l~mni Dinner, it is dear-that the· 11im!S_ to the N'(LS of ] 979-80, there are now over 1300 stui:ients attending porential is there . . _ • t-'R:l!i:.c:es· taught by 45 full-tim~'professors and over 100 Adjun_ps. Today's _ l ibrary · ·, · well ovdr 9!),000 volumes. Furthermore the physical plant consists of · _ Which brings us to the most crucial area fq_r the sch~l: ~h~ school's . re!).ovateci buil_?mgs with plans for a he\<V law c:enter·in ~e up~om~g · relationship withits alumni,·the people who are the lifeblood ofaQy succes~ful · , law school. The school inust establish closer ties with alumni, a task which,:-to The.staff ofEQUITAS ha~ been P! C:,ud to be a part of-the gro:wth of NYLS. be ·<!~a,1 successful, mu~t b~gin whi!e they a; e still students. Students must be existence is evidence otthe school's concern fo~ the_rights of its students; suppo~ed and treated with the respect accqrded any professional- only then right to cons!ructively inform and criticize and th~ right to have.a common . will they-remain an integra_l part of _the law: school community. - . . pledge to main- __. Tne future of NYLS is limitea only by th~ unagination and ·commitment of ~ ketplace for a free and responsible exchange of ide~s. Jam this marketplace in the-standards which have been establish~d durin'g the · its stilde11ts, faculty,--ahynni, administration, and board of trustees. Let-'s get to mt.ten years. ( -work....,..-' . . . : -. ?

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The document, prepared by-Lennox.S. ·Hinds, ~ttom_ey foJ: the pe~t~oners.h was <, , the result of the joint sponsorship_qf the - · • *The authors were offic-ial escort§ for sev- ·National Conferenc.J:!_ q_f Black Lawyers, eralof the jurors. " The National Alliance Against Racist-and When tne former UN ambassadcir, Political . Repression, · ·ancl the 1Jnited' Andrew Young, stated th~there were GJmrch· or Christ, ~Commission for 'Raciaf hundreds,' perhaps thousands of polftical · Justice. It tepresented the culmination of h prisoners in the United States -the stat~- yearsoflega_l,work,_muchoft heti{Ilesperit ment created-tremendous outcry fro~ the repre~enting !!Jany ofthe persons name<:! in_ · public and government officials. However, . ·the ' petition. This• one hunqi:ed twenty- · . none of those protesting the statement of- · eight page document was accom_panied by _ fered evidence that this was not an accu- an appendix~ consisting of eight hundred rate statement. ·pages of supporting materilrL ~· The purpose of this very detailed' pre- . sentatiojl was to call the attention of the . K United Nations, as the forum of last resort, to . the c~ntinuing i~idence of . Human . Rights violations and the plight of political prisoners in the United States. As the, peti; . .tioners' stateme;w:if purpose explains, "If ' one examines the ~ffects arid re~ults oftne ~riminiJ justice iystem within _the United States·, it becomes clear' that Blacks, Puerto Rica~, ' Native ·Americ:ins, Mexl - . . ?' . , . __ . . . . _ . _.. _can -Am · encaps · · and- oth er ·• mmon_ ·-. ·-t·1es are- Protestors .urgaj . ·: .,: at NYLS , . 1978 . gr:_rufoatlon·ex~rc1se _. .. . , . - . commencement . . ·1e _ spe3½~r_Gn .. victims of deliberate governmental polfcies · . - . ,. .. . . Bell intervene on behalf of !h~ W~mmgto~ -;. 13· aIJd p~ctice~ that d_eny' them basic human . fea_~rs; qppressive arui ._extr~~e sentei}c- presentat i<?,n, .!~ey also _f isit~d~pri~on . rights and abridge fundamental freedoms· ing of minority people;. irregulariti~s1n t he .. t horities, -corpp~eting_their ihvestJga solely on the basis ofrac:e, c.olor, descent;· . prosecutorial procedures; and tlie selective with a·visit to-State Departm~ntoffici or national 6r ethnic· origin :.!..-Further- enforcement of la~s agaipst- miiiorities . . Washington,- I).Q. The. jwj,sts visi1 Sir Arthur McShine more, the United States has consistently 'J'he ,petitio·n further states ' tpat '~Blacks ~ twenty~ne.cities·and _more thanthirtyIn ,December,~ 1978, a petition was refused to investigate tlfe validity 9f sep-_.,.. and other minofity grqups find themselves inmates,. ~~pi:esenting twenty-five submitted to the United Nations Commis- ·ous and blatant human rights violations _ coIIfronted_and .oppressed.by a system.or which ,th,l petiti01:.i(i!rs f1:lt exemplified . S!O~ on Human R~hts a'}~ its Sub-Com- within- its own borders in spite of volumi- _institutionalized, '.__governme11..tally sup~ alleged h,uman rights Yiolations. -Tlie j -,. ., . - _ ' : ists condus:te_d .exte1J,Siv:~ interv:fo,ws ' mission on Prevention of Discrimination nous documents and ·petitions that have .✓ - ported racism. " and Protection of Minoriti~s'which was en- been filed with the appropriate govern- _ . On August 1, 1979;:- sev~n- UJ.! erna- the inmates, their attorneys and prison - hey studied the"case histori~s, titled "Human Rights Violations in the mental agencies and : departments.'' The '. tional 4urists arrived in this country. They ficials. ::.T united states.,, petiti.on further states, ." ... that a consis- were here 'at the invitation-of. die petition- transcrip_ts andbther_documen~: After t 'e nt pattern of gross and reliably attestetl - ing o°i-ganization& to.obj~ctively investigate co~pietion of their s~parate- .itfoe ,_ .-: UNDEEI.NEW°MANAGEMENT ~·•violatio:ns ofhiunaq_rightsand fun9amental • ~!le allegations ~et ~orthin th~ petition~The they gathered in-W~ hington to com ·. 'We now' Cater.Parties! .~e~om~·of ce~ai!l classes <i_f pris_oners e~- j Ju,:ist~ w~_re ·sIDe~~~ _f?r-i neir profe~ i~pal . _and_ i:ev~ew· their ~njings,- amj t~ ~mp NYLS stu.dents •. 1sts m the Uroted States because of th~Ir - ~tanding ~n tbe mternatlonal commm:nty, the1r report_: _ ·'"' . '. race, economic status and political oeliefs I- their denionstrated commitment to the ,. · 4t the oiJ.ts~t,. they report.ea:-':. ..·wekome as always ...." The presentatiQ:'} of a p~a f~cie case fu11damental Rrihdples_~f infe~ationa} hu- ':detailed inquiry has ~atisfied-'i.is, in¥ . showing this type_of.vio½ition ·would, tn man rights, prior experience.aslegal ~dvo- ally ana..collectiv~ly fhat the petitio fact, invoke t_he Jurisdictiq_n,of the United · ~te!} for :human rights in -their- societ1e~, have made out a credible, reasoned Nations, 'as _established by its Charter, pur- a nd geographical diversity: This_group in- : teinperate}y-p.resent.ed ~ - : ., . . suant to resolution 728F (XXVIII) o(the . cluded: ·¥r. J~tice 8~h Chandra, High .- that. a p ~~facie case ·has ~If made Economic and Social C~mncili July ?0,:195~. -- Court of Delhi, India;~Chief Judge-"P er Ek- that there existsin'tlie-United St.~!es . · The petition presented the cases of the lund,.Division Head of €he .Court of Appea], a consistent ·pattern-ot:":gross .and reli -' Wi.J.mington Ten, Assata Shakw'., ·'Russell~- Sweden; Mr. RichardJfa1=Vey, /Bamster, "-attested :violations of the human and -I Means, the . Puerto Rican ·Nationalist, Gre:i,t Brit.a.in; Mr.- Ifeanyi !fepigh,~-Attor- rig~ts of-~ _noritie_s, _in~ltiding _poli~ ie: , · George Merritt; and Le:<>na.rd Peltier, to - ney, Nigeria; Mr. Sergio lpsupza J!arrios, racial disc:r:imination arid segregatJon . 179 WEST BROADWAY name .buta few. There is a total.of eighteen-· Former Minister of Justice: Cliile (in exile)} Howev~_:r:, _we· find tnat, based .upon groups and/orindividuals·~presented who ~ The Honorable Sir Arth~ }IughMcShine,. th~ evidence ~ have e~ami~eci. the Ill JUST 'ROUND 1THE have exhausted a1I·ofth~J>0ssi~le remedies~~ T.C., former -cGhJef. Justi~e-,of Trinidad_- ,her of ~actors-shared fummofily betw, ~~ailable to_them in _the _lJnited States. · Tobago; and .Mr,_Babarcai:Niang. Al.tor- individual cases and· reliably docume CORNER ON .WEST They are now.appeali~g to the United N:i~ ·- ney,. Senegal. This distinguished panel di-- materials, den:io1J;5trates a.clear prima tfons. to 'intervene. '.fhe petition presents, Yided into four groups and for moJ"e than case that patterns of violations exist w BROADWAY BETtWEEN on a.cas,e bi ~e basis, allega~iQns ofvioµi- '.• two weelci; fr:om Au~~-3-! o August 19, ·, call for !1n ~eduite -full i_nquiry -.:.u tions -agai~t human.rights, which include:. · travelled acrQ.ss the-country to visit priso~ the authority-ofthg Commission on H WORTf-i-.AND LEONARD the syste_matic singling' out.for indictmen~ · andmeet with those named in.t!Je petition- Rights." _ ," - - , . ";- -~ ;;;;. and prosecution -progressive . minority -~ anq otlier inmates . .'!'.9 i~ ure arr objective . A,t d1e-A1,1gust 24th me_eting 'of ,. , , ,;. :- , . , - -~ . -~ :- · . . ~ __ • United ,Nations subcomission -in-Geni l!iquor. ,, ~ .:·. . ·<- ,. ,..: -~ERSC).NAL/~~AS_~IFIED~DS _ ...~ _. .-, :,; the.petition.and thejurists! findin·-. ~uitable for buying.or .selling used books, locating or,advertlslng available apa~nts , · ed ' d ·t d 'ded.·t-h ttgsh or sublets, personal notes, etc. . ~ · :_- ~ ·;. · ~ · e;xamm , an / . w:as eci. a , e 5 llnes or less,of 39 characters -~ , • . ... ·re, . tion wo2,1ld be 1!1~luded Qn .the agenda . (lettenrand spac:H) - .;'. ~• _ ·' :o,; the -next schedul,ed meeting o_f-tlie · ~ ~ ~commission; Th~ United States J· · $2.00 St~dents ...... Department has made ~~ forinal annou $.50 _Students" ments ~ to their defehse to. the c" ·but they-.will answef-th~ alle~tions w. the Sub-Commission -meets :to-re~ew .· By : Marlene A. Archer and · Deborah A. Rey~s* _

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- by.Jot:Smith _. 9:25; a.m: : I'm·in the 2nd Circuit libnµ-y up entering piea· of g1!ilty to one oT s~ven -jury. -After. heatffig and rejecting the at- . "udiciiilc~erksbip program at New . on !he 25t~ floor r~~ding throug~ a memo- ~cou.nt§ c~arged against hini in exchange for torneys' exceptii:ms ·at the:side bar, he ex- }4w School -. offers tre.!!1endous r randum_/rom the New York State_Attor- · the .remaining counts being dropped. Ac_~ _cused the jury to allow them to deliberate. ·1n--terms. -of pmvidini ....valu- 1c11eyGe!}eraFsoffice_ip~plyto~petitio..nfor· coraingto his account; he ·was.:.pai-ked in ·'• · ' · ucati;ruU, and' practical e~perience.- ' , habeas corpus. It appear-s that one . ~ioy fro of the bank while hi~ three accomp- . 3:30 p.'m.: ·I'm back in the fi~rary reading [Cle?kship - Committe~ at NYLS · Jeffers~n-is doi~g 25 ~ears to l~e Joi: mu~- lice~; a1;,11ed with.a shot ~ii a~d '!wo a~to- _ more cases· on "new evidence' coming to student ap__P.licants. •~nd selects . ?er_one at-Q~~n ~aven C~~ctlo~l F:,cil- ~tic pISto~, e~te~~ t_:qe C~e~:~1 Bank_ light ~fter a co~viction." The pe_tifioner·in _consjders gualifieo for the po.sitions_ 1ty m ~to..Q.llville, -~.;. !;!e w~ convicted ~f ljran~ch .?n:Ht;tr S~!e~t. A, ·sho.rt time ~a~er . this habeas matter doesn't look as if he has y:with:federal j udges and .mag-is~ -smash,m? a barynaid s skull with.a hamm,er- h~ ,observ~_ his ? ccom~lices ~ e~tu~g_ much.-of a case, :but I ·still have at -l~ast .in the Soutnern and Eastern · dis=~- and slittmg_her t~roa_t from e~ ~o !:ar. H_e t~! ough a . side · do~r, . c~ttmg acro:5s_ 3ll; twenty-five-cases t~ -read before I even at- . . !fhe students are then'placedwith a . has e~ha_uste~ his_ ~tate remedies an,d 1s -~mpty lot, an~ y_aul~1~g·a fenc;e to th~ s_ide- tempt to write a ine~o,_~!I}Y findings. · - . lar ·i:ik1t or magwtrate, aiid ~for a n.~\\: making his pe1t19n to th~ fede!-U cou1: ·-~alk._ Ir.i ~king.their _hasty getaway and 6:00 p: m.: Fm in the judge's chambers fish.of one .s~mester a~' expected to-i on th~ gi_-ou1:1ds_ of i:iewly'-d~covered ev_1- }ump1J.1g the fence, ~~: robbers-_drqpped_ iIJg in.the closet for .my raincoat when the '· -k· . . his. -- h . h _ devcewh1c~md1cateshe·rece1ved.an~nfair the money. After ·dnvmg away and d;op- - law clerk (Harvard, Law Review) ap~ 5e . I It,.appears th at, o,f·t he Jwo pnncipa . .. 1 pmg . -~ a'efiendant r.e- . proaches.and· asks . ·nou d f a wee•- m ed 't o,1; 11er•tc dam•t t na. off· h'IS accomp1·ices, me ·-if fd. mind . helping . eh l! i~: ~sign · ~ elll:_lf stud ~-nt witnesses-for the _pros.ecut.ion (there were~ turned t.o the seen~ in an attempt to'T.e- , him finish t.his r:ush job:The clerk had finit eacu JUuge. Typ1ca y s u ens .• ,. ·t . t th urd . ) ·. w> .f -h . M t fth ·· '- . . . . . d h the o· - -rtunit fo conduct-in-- J)O .:re.WI nesses _o_. _e_ m :r orre, a ._cover some:° t e mone_r OS " 0 . e C~u- ~s_ hed draftmg an QP~~uon that ay, an? t _e . ·rch ·. ppo . f 11 · police officer, had part1c1pated ma ii_:ame had been picked up by-passers~by. How- Judge had approved it and wanted to sign·it '.)'"eSea_ ~n P~lCU r areas_O t e- up, -while the. other, sJie bar:...o ~ner, ·had ever,· defendant::.managed to -,get about - thatevenii'.ig. lw~sporihgovera voiume 'of -cymmo_!l _assignment .would be_ \ 0 b~en)i:idicted .for perjury and.making false ~ $400. That__evehlngfi~ encountered liis for-;: SJiepard's when the ne~s came in that tbe thementsof_aha~easc~fPUI> ~tr- - accu13!1tions (albeit in ~lated matters). ~ mer accomplices in ·Harlf;m 5vh.o took the jury had returned theirveiclict.-Ofthe fpur ~ e ~ ";:Co~e?dation t~ the ~What j~ _th,ll stilmjard for grantiJig comm $400 from him and firei;l several -shots at doctors and the hospital that ·were ·defertdin the cas1::, ;heajury foufulonly t_~o ~;f _ {wntten -memo__ ~th: ~ny ~~thor-_, n,a~is in.New Jor'i'<1--We!I, triat's what I'm -:- _him; not~beliE;~jQg thet tha. -~as?ll he'Ha.d - .. ~ wbe~~r the petition should be -tcy:u~gto find out: ·:_ .: . · reco_vered. ~ attem(!t on his ijfe promQ- the·doctors nj:!gh~t/anda\Y~rded ;woo,- · o_r_ derued. Needl~ss to say, t~e . _;--•. . : - . _ ;...- . ted·the m_an to turn· li!:ffiself in to,t~e,F~J--000 in d ~ s to. t~·e plaintiff - an exibt:y delE:_~ted .to Jhe st1,1dent_- m • 10:30 a, ip.: I only Had tu_ne to read one case · :ana to give evidence against his_former _trem~ .disappointing. verdict from the :isituationJs not inconsiderable:. An- cited-6y the N. Y.A.G. -Today' is _motion q_ay , accomplices, After .being informed of }ifs · · plaintiff's point of view. The ~plaintiff had typ· . assignm~nt. wo1,1ld involy_e · ap.<! .I'm in the court.room listening to-ora! . ·rights, and-after he gave assurances to the · _lost the entire use of his.right arm and the · g research on a lfiQtion.(i.e:, (or ,_argument on a ~9tio_n fQr a pre~ry court- that he-understood tl,1e proceedings,· two doctors found negligent ~re virt_uaily . s ~ jutlgment, prelimin- ·injunction to b~~ the XYZ 9<Jrporation t}Je defendant entered"his mea of guilty to . -judgment pro_of. •. "For some inexplicable ·. et1on, etc.). ·~nd agajn,. writing a- ,.... from - purchasing. additional sh~r~s of.., c_gunt t~ee of the. indictin~nt. 'f~e :other· reason;'-remarked the ·clerk,_ "the plainemoranduefm~g a r~<?mmenda- _ Target, 1nc. Two pays previously the law- charges . we~· dropped an , sentencing tiffs attorl!ey had not objected to·haying a the .judge regard~-the ultimate yerS for arget.,.Jnc._bad succeeded in get- postponed, pending receip~ of_a se!lteiicing nurse serve onthejury." · ~ ~tion olt}ie motion: 8ef~rErnnything_ ting an ex parte temporary rei_,training or: report and recopime_ndation from t~e state:. 7:00 p. m..: ~.finish noting the last ~orrection · ~ to the judge, a thorough re- - der barring XYZ Corp.· from.trafting in . ~· · " 1,. . on the draft" opinion and hand 'it to the secJob rffilst be executed, Th!s may be r Target.._The laW)'ers for XY~ ai:e incensed·, . 2:30 -p. m.: ,J reijiain_in tbe-courj;room ·to retary. I-successfully retrieve .Il}yr:tlncoat · but the educational benefits make . vehemently denyin_g any -intent to t!!ke listen to the judge charge a:.j~-i!}-a medi- _ a.no hurry home to prepare for to~orrow's wo.rtbwhile~ . - • •. --=~ : • ·over Target._They both agree.thaqhey--are - -cal malpractice trj.al~that }lad"just been classes. T~ diversity of lega) issues I had . ~ ' - - · .- :- · · : unprepared 'to argue lo. motion however; .··completed . before lunch. The · trial ·had _been.exposed to that day-more ~han com- • ·following.is an ~ccount ·9f a typical clue· to i~ufficient time for disc<;>very,_and~ lasted 'fivi \v.eeks an~. involved thousl!_nds ~ns_a~ed m~ for my voluntary l~bo: in t~e the life of a student law clerK for~ •.cagree to an 'adjournment. The, XYZ law- .' of pages of complex expert testi!Iloriy and ,_aamI!llstratlon _of federa! Justice m. . _, . _ "'" : ~udge ·jn th~ Southirn Distri_£t or yers ~luctant.ly· ,consent;::;-to_le~_v~ng -tlie . ~xhtl:!its '9f a-highly t~~li~cal__n~t~- The . AJ:n~ri~a. . . orl<:: · · ~ ._ -:_; - ...... · .TRO in effect T.he white slloe· litigators, Judg!! _spent- fQ.rty ~nutlls , chargmg t~e f;ditors .note:.loeS1mt!1 isn ps_e1tdo11y111._ .~ · _ =· T'· _:follo.w ea 6y their- troops of briefcase-totiIJg ~ . ~..;. t . '· "'· a:.m~ise, take shower, shave, put.on · associates_;·file out of the .courtroom as the . . ·sliliie'shoes; graQ·briefcasei.·a~d ,hop . : calenda1; call ~ontimies.~ . . subway:__Get ·off at. City 1:Iaff and _, , ·~ . . . . . _.::, .tlie federal coutthouse~~f Foley 11:30 a.m.: Im back to 25 (hbrary) readmg · • Ride:athi elevat~r-tfp to the judge's . cases..on ~new evidence" in an attempt to✓ ~i::&,- ~y .gf:!oJl morning, --and ex- • dispose oft~e habeas.petition. : ·. ,. pleasantries ;wi!h the ..secretruy (a ~ -·, - · · . ~ _ ~ , . ~ /~tI:act!_ve , mfddle-a~d wo~n -who__ ~:00-P; m. :: I nr back m the courtroom .. T-he · :-tQ_ kfio~ -ev£._rything about every .., J~dg~ s l aw-.clerk had let .me k~(!~--that · ,. ~ th~ judK.e~s docket amt can type~ the.re was ·a plea scheduled and _I mlis:~n.~ l y , ·1pcliI1fing;-citations in b!ti~ book i~g--to a.~all, rnµscular black.man descnbe Mffi~-90 wm). The,:judge ~nters,_,_say_s . his rol~ m _arecent bank robbery. He w,..as jAl.morning,,and ~l<5-me in~o his office:- :... the j_nv~~ of tl_i_e . g-eta~aY. .car, _and was

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"· cause 'the people close_to hifu accepted his , Handicapped, serv.e as Murphy's ey1:s: by Joyce Meisner loss and trji!ated him .no diff~rently. Today readers spend ·an average of two ho Ken Murphy is 46 years old. He li;ves· · ,;. he says, ''blindness ~ j!JSt an inconveni-' week_with_him. While he 1;lpes•all the in Port Jefferson in a large house. He needs ence," but that his legs pl}'!sent the real lures, it .is the readers_who help him the space because he has six children )>roblem, as he tires quickly. If~ a m,iracie thesize all the materials. One reader · three ·boys, aged 18, 17, and 11, and three he's e,ven walking, becal!se ~e was a$ara- brie~ on tape, other readers rE;_ad the girls aged 20, 16, and l-9 - plus two dogs. plegic a_nd up·until 13 years ago could only •· - to him and lll?k ~m to pick out iss~e's, The brood is starting to leave home, alget'around with canes,,. , -- . · the tutor he hrufexplaifis to. Ken any though one daughter is a junio~ in college, · In 1978 he graduated from Dowiny cepts -he .may find __difficult.-- Murpny,, fi one sori is a freshman, and one son will be College in SuffolkCounty. For the past 12 th:at ''a blind stud~pt wl!,o has the inte; · entering college in Septemper. years and both in-and after ,college, he was gence CJln handle law school without People who know him say he is posit volunteer social worker _with mental -pa- much difficulty." What he himself finds sessed of a wonderful sense of humor. tients in Suffolk County. While working · fi~ult is not the ~ork but the time ~le From spending time with him, I can say he with !qem, he encountered many of their ·· _:.: he_'Yastes an incredible amount oft' is an honest and animated conversationlegal problems. When he started handling between readers. alist. Apart from the fact that he is a little •m9re problems that were lega!,rather than Althougn Murphy ~not physi bit older than the average first-year law . psychiatric in nature, ·he knew i,t was time do: legal research himself, he ·knows w: student, one might say he is no different to go to law si;hool. His main reason· for n.e eds to be done and can tell others wha1 from any New York Law School person. 'going-here is to be able to' help these psy- . w;mts dQ!}e . . He was able t9 do his: However, there is _one major difference. chiatric patients after he.graduates. .,;,. . rese arch problem by instrucling,his: Ken is visually impaired. To·give you the 2 Sc,bool Begins ._ . - ers i;o find the cases on the approp:' extent of his difficulty, compare him to a When he entered NYLS this p~t'fall subjects and ~jurisdictions. :After· legally blind person. He has 3% vision, and 1 Ken bad to.move closer to the city becaus; cussing the cases with, hi~ readei:;s, he if he had three times the vision he now has : it was too tiriJJg to commute. He is living able_ to det~rmine the ~sues a_nd draw he would only then be legally blind .. He can o with a relative in Queens until lie can find · clus1ons. He. synthesiz~cl the c!).Ses only distinguish light and dark,, and if an -~ his own place. ,~ . . ·· then dictated t~ inemo. · object is more than six feet away he cannot ·.9: Originally he was in section B; but he Exams pose probl~ms see it at all. _ Witho,ut exception people with his vitransferred to section A oecause he needed ~. ·Exam time presents a·problem but sion would use a dog or cane. Ken Murphy _Murphy conduct .himself, , . because he's readers. Only one person responded in-secJ not an· insurmountable"-barrieri'Ken is uses neither. It throws you off balance trained himself so well that someone-who tirn £!, while five volunteeraj in section A -:- too sure how the procedure will work, when you see him standing there ·looking doesn't know of his serious handicap would Ken is not angry or disillusioned about the he thinks the-exam will either be on tape no different than you or I. He also has take quite a while to catch on. lack. of response,· but merely feels that _else that someone will-read 'it to him.. exceptionally good eye contact, and be- .. Difficult Adjustment more people-in sectfon B would pave re- · will probably tape his answers, which cause he can see shadows and assiduously ' At 23, when ,m9.sf people are on the _plied if.they ~si had 'more ti.xpe to' re~por:d betranscribe<l._He says it isa~isadvan follows voices, you get the impression that threshold of adjusting to a new career, when first asked. Readers are .essential to taping an ;inswer rather .than writing he js looking ~traight at you. He will walk in Murphy -~as making a. far more· difficult Ken Murphy'1, success in law school. Mur..: but' his concern is not a~ut the form of front of you and open the.door and he can adjustm_e nt. He lost his sight, the use of his phy cannof read either print Qr Braille (ex~ exam itself _!_ the administration cross in traffic;_ by day or night, even'though legs, and his of touch from injuries to cept fcir giantJ3raille) because ne Jtas little worry--ah?ut that"...::. but rather, aQOut I he cannot see the traffic lignt; by carefully the central nervous system suffered in the · sense of touch as a result of _w ar injuries. paring the exam. Murpny is content watching t!te.shadows of traffic going in the Korean war. He.became accustomed tothe . The i:eaders, who paid by a federal . take one'step at a time, confident t}µl\ if opposite clirection. 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Leverson was aamitted to NYLS "';th a 3.25 grade ~int average from Qolumb~ When in ~y _youth, I attended ~ racially unbala~ elementary sch~l. j was too · University where.she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Education to· understand, although r was aware of attitudes that had formed on the basis of degree and a D<itor of E_d ucation degree. Her LSAT scor.e was 470. · . ·ideals. I was.tau~ht in the sapie classrooms as were Whites; I_was taught from the _Subsequently, based_on.her academic excellence and her interest in urban law, she texts as were Whites. I was taughtl>y the same teachers as were Whites. It's only was one of three· students to receive an-Urban.Law_Fellowship from HEW under, the me fifteen years after passing through elementary school tha.t- I'm being educated. Graduate Professional Opportunity Program (G-POP), a federal prograin for minorities cours,e e~itl~ "R~ty," It's_a course being taught all over this country by the and women. Under the terms of the grant, the school promised educational seminars, and faceless groups that permeate society in drov'es. The texts I now read froin regular meetings and conferences.in the students' field ofinterest. None·ofthese·promises: daily local~newspapers tliat bring to us a somewhat obscured, but hardly inaccu- · have been met by the school. BALSA..(it's name at the time) organized the only·program account of what'!! going on in our locales. · . for minorities that·tei-m, a study group-forum which met six or- seven times. .Whilebeingeducateddwvigmyyouth, IwastaughtthatAmericawastheplacefor - As the complaint in ,the law suit-~ints- out, NYLS, in its Affirrp.ative Action • · dreams; dreams equal.for everyone. Each morning, I would'k4'nd with the rest . Pro~, accepts some minorities with lower average LSAT's and GPA!s, recognizing class and recite tbe 'Pledge of Allegiance.' How vividly I can recall its wonls, " . . ; that historically a percentage of minorities tend to have lower scores. By admitting these "berty _a nd Justice for All .. . ,,_and so on and so on. - _ · students, the school promises to.provide speciafprograms so they can fairly compet~ with Black arti Hispanic peopl~ were not told then that because o~kin color, the meaning other students, agai~ recognizing that,. historically, ·minorities have ~n poorlyequipped - . words was to be app1i~ differently. Liberty and freedom for us were not to be for study and ex~nation techniques, expecially in law'school. NYLS has not provided . ed in the same light as for,White~. ·we were. not told then;that we would have to this special help wltlch is ~ssacy to aid retention. ..:.c... •. · the ati;!linment of our- m:eams .to ·advance in society - the same as our ·white After her first e ~ , teverson found that she had failed one course, and her grade·. tes. Reality and experie~ being the best teachers, it has·become evident that .. point average }Vas lower than the requisite~-0. She immediately approached the profes-are many-in our. society thatwillfully'depy the-rights of others. To these people, I · sors to find out what sne had done wrong. The ans\_Vers we~ vague: "she hadn't given . provide·a·remil!(ler-that it _was not by choice that we .crune li.~re. And even then, it enough" and she had ''mentioned all the iss:ues but hadn't developed them enougli.;' None. mt by choice that we remained l!ere under s_lavery. Due_to circumstances beyond our _ of the p:r;ofessors .g ave concrete_advice on how to improve her exams for thf! next.term. ._ l, we were placeo in a subservient role and forced to remain there for centuries. We . But the pressure to improve was definitely" there, as her grade point average displaced people, however, this is our home. As much as som~ may disagree with us, automatically put her on academic probation. Because she felt theprobleni ,m ight be her as mQch.as some would like. to SE!{! us disappear, this is ourhome ·~ -mu,eh, or even writing skills, she .enrollee! in a 'Yriti!)g course_at the New School •(in addition to li_e r full ·• , than those that would plot an end to -the non-white races. Groups of hoodlum load of ~econd s emester law courses). As a single mother, she hired a baby-sitter to take . are.not now going to tell_u s where and how.we can live. It is just as much our right care of her two children at night to give her more time for studying. _ _• • _ _where we please as anyone else's. _ · But her efforts didn't mak~ a ~ enough difference inher gra~~ po_int.average, Out in Valley Stream, Long Island and in Rosedale, Queens, several of our neighbors 1.69, at the e~ of the second term. Leverson hadn't fail~ any courses, in fac~ she had a formed a clandestine group·with membershrp of over 100 home owners that have B- and two C+'s, but the two. D's dropped her average below the.requisite 2.0. J)Ot to put their homes on the open market so ·as not to sell to Blacks or Hispanics . The_comp_laint ofthe Leverson lawsuit also states that Blacks are.deprived of the . er neighbo~hoods throughoutt he country,' others face severe pressure from th~ ir ~ p_redo~na~ly w~te f~cµlty's "olk§n door policy" with other students_by o~tright exclu~ boi:s, not to sell to people other than whites, Can this, be America? Only here:can _ sion or mclli;e~t,discour;i.gement; Al!!_o, Bl;icks. are granted .g rade pomt adJustlJlen~ ._o n• thipg this . absUIJ} be commoiy>lace. Someone sl;lould have told us that -the very class particiption at a much lower. rate than Whites. _The :complaint adds that black__:.. es this country.boasts of abroad,-were not to be e'xtencied' to Blacks and-Hispanics . stu_d ents are excl~de~ fro~ peer-educatf~n;-one of the c_~ti<;aJ elemen! s of le~l educati?n:because of exclusion, isolation, and hostility from the maJonty of the predommately white.. ~~~~

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~W__!ias been activ.e ~urmg:the p_ast_month_presenting and pla~g progcims of ;.. ·_ _Shoµld-:we r;ifify'S~T.II? ~ is-~ questiop not only of natio~ldiplomatic policy,- _ t to s~udents on ~)Vlde rang_e of.JSsu~s. ·On October I It~, Ms. Wendy Kamint:tr of bqt of the urvival of hurnarii~y: ShoQ!d we ratify? Definitely .yes, saidJ >~f. Betty Lall, en Agamst Porno~phf spo~e,lo a large·_ a~dience of·NYLS students-and faculty. U,S. representative to the U.N. International Security and Disarmament Panel, hel~ a:t · ~ro~, jointly spo_risored ~~, L~W.ano the-·National Lawyer'& Guild, consi.st~d of a -. NYLS o___p. Oct. ?9. The programwas jointly'spo~red b~ the Center o~ La'Y and Pac~m, ~ ow narrated by Ms. ~ e r and was-foU.owM by. a very heated question and - NYLS Chapter and thEr Interpatiopal Law-Society. frof.. Peter ~hrQth ofNYLS served .. ' ! er period. W-0men-Against Pornography sees the-fight against pornograpliy~as an - .as moderii~i'.'o fthe.forum.- .- ,·~ ··.· , • · · ~ . · _ 1 'JIIDi11!IcU->j>art ? f the. woip'en s_move~nt fight for s_ocial equality: The~ are_prQ.testing tlie . _ _ _~ f. I.all gaye sevei:ru ~ ~~Jo: supp_orting _ t he tr.e_afy:_1.) th~ treaty st;&b~s thecal ~:gcf ~y~holo~cal v10l1;nce ~ most pornograp~y and the degradation of womeri. -.arms tace and SE;_ts q~a~titat~ve ~strru_p.ts on nuclear we~~-nry, ~) 1t _allo~ s each side to . mes~ge tl!_ey see, being sent otit thro:agh . W._rno\ imag~s arid -much ' ''legitimate" ?evelop! nly ODE: ~w strategic :~eaJ><ms s!ste~, 3)-1fprohi_b1ts.:.any mc~35-e.1n the num~i:..:._ erci3!"adveJ.!ising is ~xis pow~r; and w~men-and children are objects for subjuga- o~w~heds on !lll88~~s, ~ncl.:11Iows fo~v~!ffication.of compliance, 4) ratification o~SAL lI . , :. and abuse::' They see a link ~tw~n the wid!l acceptance 01 violentpornographj and _ · ~ aid other demili~tiop. negotiations. ~ f. ~~ sugges~:that.those with obJ~c- , . cre~in .violent crime, inflicted UP.(>n w ome~ an~ chjldr en in recent ;years. · - tlOJIB to.SA4T II s~ould attempt to ~ve the_ir 1de~ mco_rported ~n SALT 111 and shou.Ia 7 ~ _ _ Abortion Rights - - .: . _,. · - -;- _ __ . . not try to defe_at SAL IL · . 'Abortion Rfgh:ts Aci ion week was marked at NYLS' 1:- th d' . Of Pr Ch . " . ,,. _ . Burke Calls (or Defense Spendmg . , .,. - "' -" - · · · uy e ~en mg 0-' . mce · S · ·aki ·· ·· D K · h B k d ti . ulta "th th Trid t cards to state representatives and a discussion by Janet B h 00f • th M R V . . pe ng m opposition was r.. eit . w; e, . e ense cons nt WI - e ~ en ~ ...,.,., . • Mc":..ae·i·sb · 'w.lding-o~n th ·lin e d ' a1i - ·tehnsth. ont't et· - c_ ~ h · Project of General Dynamics Corp.,He said that SALX II should be ratified only if some of :~ e es 01-cases e ng WI e cons 1 u 10na1ng t . h · · fi · f h -- ·. ed nd if' ;, ' d ' · · ; th fundam tal · ht to b Orf10 d. th - . , f,. t e worst- eatures o t e treaty were remov , a ..vongress ma e a comrmtment to . en . _ng_ a . ~ ~!l .. _e separaborr O c~urch ! nd s~te: markedly-increased defense _S}?en~~ g;'--Dr. Burke.pointed out that SALT p gives th~ . . _vacy__, ~ . · -ano. challenging the constitutionality · ts the ·ng · ht- to · d ep - 1OY\ h. ( 'lti 1 . h ad) miss · iles. .H e s... ..,;d· the u. s. · e. ·-oMcRaeIB fi d rai· edi - .d-· .. . .of the ,.. Hyde · Amendment which • .SoVie vo- eavy mu p e-war e ~ e e ~ - cru _fq_nds 'f~r abo1:~ons .of miligent, :W0?1~· Acco~g to, ~~should insist on the right t!) d~ploy an equal number·of heavy missiles, becaus_e u:s. h_?Qf, a~ attorney_ for_the R~er.o_duc'bv.e ~~ed~~. Pi-oJ~~t of th:·. Amenc~~ Civil, · credibility would b~ damaged if ari adyafltage were giyen to_the ~viets in this.matter_ Dr. • :fJes_ U mon_._the McRa_e _c ase ~ ~he first _to h~ve ~ tn_al Ofl the mer_its_ c~~cernmg ~h~ · . Burke al.so no~ that in the_past 15 years aefense spending has fallen from 8.2~ to 4.9% of ous IBsue The ACL~ IB:all.egin~that_~he-legislative-1,ntent ~d tbe massive Jobby,mg. tne·Gross National-Product. lie called for.increased defense spendi_p gt.Q counter what he _rt ~'y the Catholi~ Church tp P~~ the Hyde Ame_n?P1~nt ?as..,interfe~eg wi~htf ~_ rjghts p~ceived ai,- a g{viet in:ome!ltum in the n~cle~r arms-nu;e. · ~. _'. · _ . ~ people who .do not share tlie'sarne moral beliefs about when life be~ with the .. "' · . -New Student Organization -. . ·· ' . ?-c hy of t he ~ at~oli~_6hd r<:b . Ms. Benshoof aJ!SWered qu~stion abou~ the .~tigatlon . _ The SALT II forum was t h~ . firs't major event ·of a new student.,..organization on _ ~-, te~ bein~ usedJ!l the McRa.e case~~ ~ ctass of plaj!itiffs included wome? from a11 ·50 ,• ~amp~, the NYLS chapter of -t ~e Center on Law·and Pacifisni. 'l)le national Genier; · · -}VhO ha~e<0btajned abortion~ doctors11~ ~embers o( "._arious .c hurches wnich do- _ b~ed in Philadelphia, assists th_ose who ~e in legal~difficulty be_cause of,opposition to share:th~ belief that life begins upon' conception. The latt er groups' participation in the war-maki!)g, The· Center lias helped persons who h~ve i:efused to pay the portion qf the_ir -allowed•tbe ·ACLU t o iaise'the religious. issue_. A-federal district court decision-is • federal income tax-that ·goes for 'defense (a refusafthat is not now ·legal but ·may be : ~ shortly:-__- .·; • . , ~,.__" -- ._ _ - --"_ .' : defensible -on·Fjrst•and Nintli Amendment grounds).:The Genter also assisted those wh'o . LAW has·Jomed--with. A d-Committee in .pressuring the Board of Trustees to _ were arrested for acts of civil disobedience at_Rocky Flats, Colorado, wliere hydrogen . _ t tenure under .the J\meri~an Association of-Law ~chools (AALS) by-laws to bomb components are manufactured. The national Center has been supported by, those •. ssor N apcy E rickson and Profes!,or-Ricpard Harbus. -Just prim: to t h~ EQUITAS · who m~y ~t ag_ree ·wit~ the particular ~ctions or so~ _Wllf ~sisters ~ut wha-recognize line Rrbf. Erickson receLved :i'Iett er from Dr. Thornton the Cfiairman oftbe NYLS that there lS an unmet need for legal a8Sl5tance to these mdiVlduals. . . . .. Trust~fr, "[h~ch iifdica:ted tha t ,-the Bo'aro ~ ould · ni>t aitei its view arid_th; t,:in· -- ., _:-The NYLS chapter. engages in legal ?"¢search oh c~es being ?ealt with tp.ella~jo~l et to obtaiirtenure Prof. Erickson Jl!USt b:e re-evaluated by the Faculfy Committee on Center. I n.,,th e proce,s~, chap~er members sli_~ n_their legal skills.anl;l gamexpe~ise m · 'and-Tenure: It is-"Prof. Erickson' S"position'th11:t she was gi~ell. the r equired rec'om~ a~li~ti-! ~, oftt~eJawtha~IB ~ u- ely~retexpdlotored ..,Thl ·d.e,chaptendralsclisarm? sponsprs etdu~th10nathnd '· : . . ,_ . · . · . · . ·__ _ . · , , _po <;al ac 10n programs on lSs es reia wor peace a amen , sue as e · cl d th -d f ' ,,.. · fh ~-litary ati0I11n t he SppngofI.918and _tbat_t'h.eBoardofiTrusteesmustnowe1thergranther SALT Il forum Area~r· f .· n · r<>u.th " · 11· ' ,, h h · · a ' · ' d···s t ' .,..d _, .-dt· a· r:,- ; ; _ . ·• . 9 c.o ce1:nm u e ,e . om1;. s 1_ c consequenceso - eavy: ~ ._ spending such as poor living conditions in the natiorfs cities and the possiole r esUII1ption e~or s t-.,,-- e compe mg reasons w Y s e w as~ erue · u ents are ~ge Osen · . : . ·" ·. ,_''.:.- . . .. totlieindiviclual m emoers_?ft~~ Boar~·of~steesurgingthemtocom.pJywitn the ofthe fucrlt . • -~ by--= Iaws. Information and addresses are ava:ilable at.the LAW office. ' , , Add1tional Information . .~ · --· '· · · .., · · The Genter chapter plans to set up an1efo~ation ta_ble in th~ student lo_µpg~ in the . early weeks of the spring semester·so that people can find out about the-World Peace Tax. = • . Attei;ttfonSec-oi;i.dan!fThird...YearStudents _' ,..-- --: . . 'Fund and about the Transfer Amendment, which would divert a portion of the D~fense Department's bm!get toaspecific projects meeting.human needs. . , . · •0

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It's longer to abbrevia,te. _ .-. . ~ _. _ :~ ~--~ · _~-~- -. ~?. :_ :_. _ . by<Wheeze andc~eedQdah -·... ; ;, ~ s ~ (Note: Since these ideas are conflicting, they will entail-a value judgment'on your ,, _ · -Each issue two writerfof:slight.reknown·shall attefrrpt t oaiscuss m i manner uniq· , - part.) _, u:Qtothemselves, anissue·ofvitalimportancetoev_eryoneinthe1awschoorcomri11.Jnity; Li°brary: . •"<- - • ,. ... _ -c:.:. - this.i ssue :i>.' Cornelius Wli~iii an."cfZip A ~Oeeaodah;.11hallsallyfortb~ tn tbeirslig - ·Don't look for books on the shelves unless you're ~ookirig for a '\Yyoming State _. . off cent1r comments on t~ "~wini'. pains q_f·~ -York-Law Sch~l. Mr: .Wheeze Statute. ''- . . . ·c,_ . , . . . k, field.the punt,_while.Mr. D~odah will tackle;the _coi.m~ ; -p_aj)t:' , ...:,. ' -, :,.,., ·. c:1"' • .: - Don't give up looking, the ho~ are there somewhere: Now-! hat~s re;ll . · ~ ;. .., "- -.-:..,.,~ ·~ ! 0 "?' -;: ,;. :;r- _ ..., - ~- " · ~ ~ . ' research. __( · · ,:;. . .. . - Do bring your own desk and chair. However, unlessy ou·can carry·them up 9 · fl<iOrs this will hive to be done when the elevators are not overcrowded. - · Punt:-,; . Student Lounge: · . · • . .. · · ~- · .. - Do hang out th~re. It must be a good id~a, why else would it be so crowdeo . .. - , Don't say "I'm going down to Gil'S', does anyone want anything?" They all will. TuitJ;n: - . . . -: .. . . . - Do pay 'it. They'll sue you fo~1t anyway and it won't be worth the cost of.a _lawyer. Also, try to pay it ori time ·because the late fee will. negate any interest ..- ch~rges 'you we~ trying to ma!ce bY waiting. . . . . . - . .. . _;r . . .· . - Don't overpay. It's expensive enough arid K-teLals6 handles .the' mailing of refunds. Also, th~y don't let you-cliarge them~i late fee;~·-. .. . :. :Q'.JA. Graduation: .· · . ., "· "· :"'.t. , '-- Do graduate. You'll" feelbetter about yourself (~til·y~~ 1ook for a· job). Besides i ouspentaJotofmoney. - ~--. : "- · ..: .. ·· ·::- -· _-, - . - Don't.continue to attend clas~ .after·graduation.,You'll receive no credit just. - • a tuition reminder. ·· · . . · '<'.' • i.' -~ .... - -~ · · ·.;a:, Attending Law School:~ •: . - , ._ . , -'" "" , ~ . . - Don't go to law sdioof That way you can ignore this article-and increase.my ,; chance~-ofgettinga•job. _. ~- _ ,-- ,_ '. ,-- . _'·- -· , _:c _ _::; _ ~ ·: _ -.. · _. . -·. ·~- · J _?~der~~e'l~ fofstu~e.,n ts ~t~~ ~ ~o~p1;?rmh~ce~lrou~_?"~earn.1gofo».±lai_ Actually, -I-have my careerall~pped out. I'm·gomgto.wor'!c·m Gil's for.aoout three years-~ ~'l~1t1on ~ assemQl~ m ~ longlirie~to affix name ana savt]!gs~ µr _es~J>le ~~ andthe~'apply foroneofthedeanpositions. ~ . · .. '-_. "".: _: - .!!.. ~ -:"' .,.· ·. TneHurnm1fly!,".I'heflying\\'."ambinoBrothe~!Sir~dmundHillary_ ! ~ ~ e_t~e:!fiar. 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Vin O'_Hara a-gain lofted a pass, and long be ~membe~, not so Jlluch for ·the ·· this time found Moot Court's own Dan "the quality ·o f play as for the quality of advo-· Man"· S~lineider-: Althoµgh the referee cacy: as. was to be expected in a-game be- wanted to divide _the points up equitably, .•tween . law students; less-tjJJ}e was -spe:ot . awarding them to the g'J"9Ups on the basis of playing.than was spent argiµng over the the performance <>fits members - which' c formulation and 4!terpretation bft he rules. · woul!l have·made it SBA 7, Moot Court 3½, ~C '".This reporter, who-serves on both of these:-- • Law 'Review 3½ - by majority vote, the . .. ~. . .,.. . .. . !!.;lesser organizations, as well as the para- . victory went to the Moot Court. Although_ nominally_a- game ?f two- . : -~mount ·st~dent o~~tion, '"EC?UITAS,-,· c5_assumed the role of referee;- and thus · hand touch football, play along the line was ' ~-avoided injury;- despite the fa.ct that he rough and more than a little blimp-and-run .s was liberally threatened with.bodily.harm_ .was-detected in the d~fensive secondary. . _ -The final_tally was Moot, Court· 'i4; Law . Majo,r. casualties oftlie day tended to be , Rogers, NYU, with a time of 4i min. .40 Review 0. · · · members of.the ·Law Review, for no ap- , _sec.·. - ~ . _ ,. •. . . game had touted ~ a. battie parer,i~ reason -='· unless Y?U ~o~ider ha. ~I:.co-wmners.of tl!e M~~ s D~V1S1on of the titans, a grudge match of the tw~ t_red, Jeal_ousy and sheer vmdictlvene~s to botli, praised ~the -'=~ent._~c~nde-~i:l t~t giants of the gridiron: Law Review's Ar- -~ ap~an:~t reasop.. W~1!t off was Ed1torthe _ro_ute was . a. ~e~c co~~• e~en - mand ''TiieGiant"Frjed, and Moot Court's:- 1!1-Chi_ef Ste~! E~d1e Westfield, who_ th~ugli he was not m his best phys1~form. "Big Jim';. Flanagan. But,the fans ~ere to _suffez:ed a spramed ankle, and W?,S seen . . _ f~en exp!;~ the~~ e..feelings a~d be disappointea; the earth-shaking clash of. ho~blin~ ~und the,sc~~}-on _crutches for us,.lawscliols m t~e .N.Y. ,area. The __stated that, Gil:,was veryhelpful,~d-~e- •titans was not to be: Big Jun came down a_fewdays._'Me?~-Mik~ ,;ulianalsohurt represented !,his ye~ we:r:_e: Al- serve~ a tnbute. . . . · _ with a disabling illness. Instead; the show , ~ a~E:• and ~ild ~ill Holm had the, bliy;-Rut~l'!};. Ilofstry., Brooklyn, :t':l'YU, . · _Susan Rogers remarked tha~- she,~ ·was stolen b the brilliant sin ofSBk 'Ylnd·knocked out of him on one _play, but It ,lo~'.s.i.. Columb~, Seton Hall, and 'of _ -~'tri:<f ;o keep a stead_y pace" throug?~ut President /innie O'H~, ~tte~ ·known , both seem_ed to_recov~ by the end of the Cflll!'Se, NYCS. ,TheLevent ·was spo_nsored the. race.- 'D.rls was her first competitive. to his dmirers as th -Prid Of-G I y' day. More permanent, however, ~ as the ii and Esther...::Ho~~der. J;il stat e~ race since junior high scl!_ool, although ~he d ·. La R . ,e D e ~Swa ds:, . gamage. to wua 'Bill's credibility in his upt d " d'th th . has i;: __ . • h . ti h an aw eVIew sarmy pee .. . . h . it W:~ ~ '"'~rfe -~ . . c ay . an . a e "'.as ~n ·~ g on er own or-t e past .· :aJumenstein. _ • ._ ,. _ _ . _ comm~ tort actlo_n a ~ t t e ~rpetrator ~ ~tISfie~L wi!Mh.e t~out. ·• . ~ · - two-years. - · - -- = -' · -, • . - -· •· of t,he -low, blow whicli felled him. As he r-:_1 the Men's..:.Division,,.·Dennis Mc- .· After the race, .Gil expressed greatr · - Afte1: a sco~ less first ~ ' an? : a . writ_!ied painfully .upon the ground, gaspBrkle;- NYLS, tied Richard Garmen, . an -' appreciation-for the help he received fro!Il '. twenty-rmnute ~uc~, the · parties Stlpu- ing ,for air, hf pointed up at a player and ~ alurnpus, -for ;first place: ·The_ win- ' -the SBA. _. · ·· · : · ·lated t~ _a change m D:1les fo~ ~he _first _set 0 ~ - said, "~o~: You did it. ~ Unfortunately, he niitunes were·26 mm. 51 sec.-The wmner Following are the results of the .big - downs. Instead of an n_nm~~te l"U/>~, tl:_iey was_pomtmg at the wrong person - the oc;the W.Q.men's'c.·:Division -Wll{I Susan race: - · 1 :. wo1:1ld rev~rt_~ .the old high school sta.n- . actual culprit spoke up almost immediately . dard ?f·.a t~-~econd count before · at- , thereafter. Thus ends_one.of the gridiron's · te~P,t~~ to dismember ~he.- quarterbac,~. . m~st i!romising ~ -a wit1_:1E:ss and J'hu~ 1t was _that -th!: Pride .!J.f G~lway s, professional plaintiff. ., _ playmg as_~ ~ger ~?r Moo: Co~, had the . · All ofthe.,.players gave their all,·and all · . ..__ cµa~ce to pickup ms z:ece1vez:s ~_nd throw played in high spirits. Which was-nbtsur. Time School 37 Clifford Entes 39.06 NYLS-A what would prove to 1.. ;. the """"'" TD to . . . prising, considering the :- 26.51 • NYLS · __38· Paul Corcoran -· 39.08· St. Johns Speed Blumenstein _"--c,peed"'"'"":''g had earlier · , fact-that over five _26.51 NYLS-A39 RobertChicco 39.22 St.Johns · . · · · " casesofbeerwereconsumedinshortorder ~St.Johns , 40 Randall.Perry 39.4lJ Seton Hall been traded · from Law _Revi~w to Moot - with· great quantities being hurriedly Albany-A· · _4 L - Ralph Devena "' 39.50 NYLS · ' · · · Court for t"7o Blue B@ks a~d a ~h~pard's gulped do"!_Il between.·quarters,. between Aian Rothfeld - 30.33 NYU-A .· 42- Rob Leonard 40.05 NYLS .. • . to_ be ~~ed lil~r; L_a~ ReVI~w was plays,~ and often while the·• game was in •Kevin Murphy - , 30.34 St. J~hns <' 43 ~ Joseph Samet 40.20 · .ar<>Q!51yn_;A- gi:et its f~lly _m tradmg t~ prormsmg . progress. ., • Watter Meginnis - 30,35 • NYU-A ·. ~ 44 Paul Capofari . 40.25 cN'lLS , yo~g :prospec~, _and later m .the ~~ .. - . In the final analysis-, all of the players Ectlawee ~ 30:56 · NYLS·A ; · 45 · David Samet · 40.26 ' BHE :; _theY. _re~negotia~ _t~~ . ~eal, sendmg ._must be lauded for ~heir great courage irr 8 ~nCushing . ·-31_03 . NYLS : .· 46_ FrankS!!E:8han 40.56 NYLS • DannybacktbLawReVIewlll.exchange,for · risking life and limb solely in the name of -g ·Mark Manus 31-34 St.Johns , 47 Jc:!yYoskowitz , · 41 · 10 ' NYLS _ '!'om ~er17, who played line__ and _- ~as - pride. Andalloftheplayerss woreitwould fO- Michael Kafer•~ · 31.54 NYLS .48 ' Richard Bont - 41. 11· B ~ n · ted M t Val bl C t nalist ~fHenryNelktn .• - 31.5lf Albany:A..,.~· 49 LawrenceMentis 4_1.13 Brroklyn · v~_ . ~~ , . . ua _e onve_~ 1~ · ~ - - beacold<!_ayinJanuaryl)eforethey_would ·-,2~. 'tfiofnasGoldstein. 32.00 · Columbia-A • 50 Clifford Green 41.19 NYLS The irony of the game, that the win- do anythin(( as stupid as this again. 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