The Woo/sack The University of San Diego School of Law Circulation 3,500
VOL. 10 No. 7
Students Have Hand in Naming New Profs
April, 1973
The President's Place
The Student -Faculty Hiring Committee recently employed five new faculty members to teach at the law school next year. The WOOLSACK has compiled all available informal.i on on these men in ord er lo introduce them to the student body. MR . DAVID NA VIN: Mr. Navin is a graduate of the Univers ity of Connecticut and its law school where he served as Managing Editor of the Connecticut Law Review. He has served on the staff of Willamette Law School since 1971 . having practiced law in the Seattle area for two years. He will teach Trusts, Estate Planning. Agency a nd Partners hip. and possibly a Commercial Law course
The " maid," interestingly, turned out to be one of the c ustodial staff of the University. We explained who we were, and asked to look around. She seemed a bit confu sed bu t didn 't think anyone would mind.
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Student ·s report on Mr. Nav in: Student concerns over Mr. Navin were focused on two areas: first. hi s reading of notes during the seminar. and second. the possible overload of faculty in U1e Corporations / Securities area. The overwhelming opinion was that this candidate would make a n excel lent teacher and addition to our faculty. The committee rates him very strong in all areas a nd would recommend the Law School offer him a teaching position. Mr. DEA 1 MORRIS: Mr. Morris graduated from Syracuse School of Law in 1964 where he was Case Editor of th e Law Re view. He received his L.L.M. at Harvard, a nd is presently the Dean of Academic Affairs at Wayne State Law School. .. Student's report on Mr. Morri s: In genera l, this committee is very impressed with Dean Morris' ideas. his hard work , his understanding of law students. his enthusiasm over what he had seen of our student motivation and academic goals , his congenia l personality. and his interest in the s tudents. We believe that these all combine with his basic intellectual ability to m ake Dean Morris an excellent teacher. and that he would be a definite asset to the USO faculty. MR . RICHARD HILDRETH: Mr. Hildreth graduated from Michigan in 1968 where he was on the Law Review. He received a diploma from Oxford in 1969, and expects to receive another diploma from Stockholm where he is presently doing graduate work . Whi le employed with a San Francisco firm , he argued an amicus brief before the Ca lifornia Supreme Court. . . Student's r epor t on Mr. Hildreth: There was li ttle problem for the committee in reaching a conclusi on regarding Mr. Hildreth. The committee places a high premium on a teacher's ability to sti mulate his class. Whi le Mr. Hildreth may be an asset to the sc hool as an intellectual ; would be a detriment in the class· room . Hi s whole approach is too low-key and detached to ever instill an y wide-spread enthusiasm among hi s students. The committee recommended that Mr. Hildreth not be offered a teachi ng position at the school. This recommendation was unanimous.
MR . P AU L HORTON: No background information available. .. St ud ent's report on Mr. Horton : The students were concerned about Mr . Horton's verbosity, sincerity a nd somewhat offens ive personality. However, his ability lo stimulate and int erest s tudents thorough hi s apparent thorough organization and fresh s ty le were highl y regarded. Combining this with this knowl edge of the la w, pra ctica l experi ence, and hi s theories and met hods of teaching, we feel Mr . Horton would be a definite asset to our law school. Assuming that the committee finds no merit to our reservation concerning Mr. Horton' s s incerity, we recomm end that he be offered a faculty position . MR. RODNEY JO NES: Mr. Jones received his A.B. and .J.D. degre.es from lhe University of Southern California , and ha s been leach1n~ a ndworkmg m the Legal. Cli nic al the University of Conn ecticut s mce 1971 . Mr. Jones will supervise th e crimina l law elements of the clini ca l progr a m as well as teach a course in Cnmmal Law or procedure. .. Student 's r eport on Mr . .Jones: Ther e wa s no report on Mr . Jones as he was lllfed without deli vering a seminar lo the s tud ent comm ittee.
In Memory
we found a workma n busily hanging the new drapes. We asked if the family was at hom e, but he didn ' t seem to know. He told us to ask the :;:~~~~nwho was ironing in the
Suburbia on Campus For those of you who have noticed what seemed to be the intrusion of a suburban tract home within the University complex, you may be relieved to know that we haven' t been taken over by the developers yet. The president of the University has simply been provided with a home. The project was originally to cost us all about $117 ,000, but the WOOLSACK has received reliable information that the cost now approaches $125,000. It seems that the president's family was no t satisfied with certain minor items, such as the drapes and cabinets, and had them repl aced. With the cost of tuition s lated to go up next fall, much discussion has center ed arou nd the need for a Presidential Home. The WOOLSACK sent two of its crack staff, a long with its ace photographer , to
Picnic Slated
On Su nday , Apri l 29, the SBA wi ll sponsor an a ll -school picnic in the Rancho Bernardo a rea . The festivities will begin a t 11: 30 AM and conti nue until dusk . Activ i ties suc h as baseba ll , three-legged races and horse-back riding will be lopped off by lhi rly kegs of beer. All food and other refr eshmen ts will be provided entirely fr ee. Th e SBA ex t.ends a co rdia l invita tion to a ll s tud ents. faculty a nd the ir famili es. ·
The tranquility of las t week 's Unive rs ity wi ll he lp d e ve lop Spring Break was shattered by the Me mori a l Library Co llecthe tragic news concerning lhe t10n by donating o ne se mesdea th of Kirk Norr is. a thi rd te r 's tuition . year student. Kirk was killed in As a s pec ial Senior Pro ject., a freak accide nt 2 weekends contnbullon s will be ago wh il e towing gliders at accepted from a ll USD Law Torrey Pines. Students who d es ire to con . , .In me mo ry of' Kirk , a group tribute.. o f Senio 1·s, with th e Unive 1·- I Dorrnll?n.s .c a n .~e made at s ity and Graduation Commit- lie Re co rd s. Olflc e or in lee's a pproval and hi s c lasses la te r in the week . fami ly's con se nt. have He wa s we ll known and lik ed decide d to c reate a kirk Nor- throughout lhe law school . a nd ris Me morial Fund to it rs re_gr c lf'ul that he was r.urch ase s pec ially de dicated kill ed after so many yea rs of li brary , coll ec t.ions in hard work a nd dedication . We aero na uti cs and aviation law, wish lo offer ou r condolanccs a ~ a.r ea that Kirk ded icated lo Kirk's fami ly a nd add that his .. 111tere ~ts an? .talents to we are deeply saddened by his dur 1ng hi s lif et.1m e. The death .
see just what it was that we bought. Driving down th e presidentia l road and into the presidential parking lot, we were struck with the impression that the home itself did not look as if it cost nearly as much as had been reported. It seemed no different than any of the other s hake-roofed , single story dwellings that dot middle class communities around southern California. It was. how ever, partially enclosed by a plank fence, and the chimneys did seem to make rather good use of the a bundantly available Palos Verdes stone . We knocked on the oversized door. and some one inside yelled to come in. On entering ,
Jessup Competition Ends in Confusion
by Dian e Ward USD's pa1ticipation last month in the Western Regional Round of the !973 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition brought 4 r.<, months of arduous preparation by team members to a disappointing 2nd place anti-climax. Led by team captain Herbert Miche l Junior. Ronald Bird. William Sink and Jan Poga li es argued s uccessfully against Stanford . Davis, Southwes tern and Ha s tings for a 4-0 r eco rd . onl y to fa ll victim to inconsi s tent and co ns tantl v r e vised scor ing proce dur e·s tha t awarded firs t pl ace honors to the Ca l-Western lea rn . C<i l- Wes tern's t ec hni ca l sco rin g v ic tor y wa s made poss ible by the· fa ilure to appear of one of the ir schedu led oppo ne nt s. The Ca l-Weste rn lea rn th en di vided. a rgued agains t it se lf. and th en arbit ra ril y awa rded it se lf. during this "no ncompe tition· • round. poi nt s hi ghe r than ii had received in a c tual co rnpetition . Th ese poi nt s wer e th en in-
c luded in the point run-off computation whi c h brok e the 40 dead lock betw een USO a nd Ca l-Wes te rn . The offi c ial rul es for t he J essup Int e rnationa l mak e provision for s uch ca lcula tions in case of just such a ti c bu l are s il ent as lo the awarding of point s in 110 11cornpe lilive rounds . As pointed out by Miche l in a tim ely. but futile lette r of
The house cons ists of five bedrooms, a nd, accordi ng to the maid , seven bathrooms. Much of the furnishing is u111mpr ess1ve. The tru ly elegant pieces, borrowed from the University's collection of antique Spa nish furniture seem out of place among th~ flo wered uphol stery, and glossy, Levitz-like end pieces . The dining room cha ndeli e r is especialy oppressive. The seven tiered , crysta l-li ke edifice may have been better off dipped in pancake batter. Disappointed in that we didn 't find anything so shocking as to be worthy of our efforts at yellow journalism. we soo n took our leave, never quite understanding where the $125 ,000 went. Perhaps the foundations were made of marble, or the sinks were alabaster. but on first impression it is the opinion of the WOOLSACK that the inflation s ituat ion has gotten completely out of hand. protest to the Exe c uti ve Director of the American Society of Internatinal La w in Washington. the team was significantl y prejudiced by such a rbitrary scoring procedures. The letter further indi ca ted that the int egrity of the entire competition would be cha ll e nged unl ess such ' ' que s tionabl e fa ct or s" as in co nsi s te nt a nd s ubj ec Ii 1·e sco ring pr oced ur es were resolved . Requ es ts by USO for a run-off betwee n · the two un defeat e d tea m s have rernained un a nswer ed with the Wa s hington se rnifinal s now an eve nt of Ihe pa st. On a bright e r note. ~li c h e l fini s hed 3rd in the entire co rnpe tition for Bes t Oralist. with learn me mbe r Sink jus t one po in t be hind . Stan fo rd was th e winn e r of th e Best Me m ori a l writt e n on the
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me mbe rs. tentati ve offer s by USO to hos t nex t vear 's J essup r eg iona l co mp.e titi on wi ll undoubt e d I v in c lu de s ugges tion s i·or avo idin g sco rin g di sc r e panci es. provisions for critiques by judges. and espec ia ll y r·un·off provisions in case or a ti e in
order lo e limin ate th e poss ibili ty of a repetition of this year's event s.