Briefly Speaking Verna Live in 3B nia
ernn Dennehy and Dean Virgihue will be av·.iilablc to answer
questions about preregistration from first year students in Room 38
from 12 to I p.m. and from to 6 p.m. on Monday. pril 4. 19 J.
Honors Ct Seeks Defense Counsels The ne,,ly~lected Honor Court is
in the process of compiling a list of students and faculty members to
sene as defense counsel fo r any per!!iOn accused of violating the Honor Code. Pursuant to section 6.11 of
the Honor Code. -ihe Honor Coun shall make available to the accused. at his [or her] request. a list of facult) member.; and students uilling to sen e as defense counsel. ..
Anybody interested in offering their senices as a defense co unsel should s ubmit their name and telephone
number co Bob Gaglione or leave it in the Honor Court mailbox in the BA Lounge.
Public Interest Ctr. Accepts Applications Bet" een April 4 and April 15 the Center for Public Interest Law will accept resumes from fir t yea r stu-
dents who ";sh to be considered for internships in the California Administrative Law Program. The Center is interested in students who have backgro unds in business. cn\'ironmental resourc.es. consumer affairs. medical practice. and pubhc admin1station. Of panicular importance to the Center are good oral ad\ocacy and writing skills. In terns are required to take the entire. year-long. four unit California Administrative L..aw cla~s. monitor their t"'o assigned agencies. and -.rite for the four Colifur1110 //egu/aton lo\i Re por1er is u~ . The firM sem~ter of the program co nsist~ primarily of lecture on California administrative law: th e Admini ~trati ve Procedure Act: the Open Meetings Act: the Public Records Act: description of agency function s: distinctions betwee n boards. depanments, commissions. and co mmittees: and the regulatory process. The second semester co n;ists of o ral presentations by the >tudents on thei r agencies a nd open class discussion. After the year long course. a Center intern can receive clinic credit or ind ependent st ud y credit for an advocacy project such as propo;i ng legislation or regulati ons o r writing a critique on one of their agcncic ~ while continuing to monitor their agencies. On their resume. th e interested firM year Mudcnt ~ h ou ld atta ch a o ne page, typed stmcmcnt of in ter""'' whic h wi ll form th e ba,i; fo rt he aM1ign mcnt of agencies. ln4uiries s hould be be directed 10 room 205 in Guadalupe ll all or29J4806.
Dean Krantz Announces New Faculty; Updates Students on Issues Facing USD hcldon Krnn tz ro lled up his shirt s\cc\es and met with students hist Wt."Ck in the latest of a series of info rmal meetings he has called since his a rrhal here as law schoo l dean nea rly two years ago. Al this latest
meeting in t he Writ s. st ud ents voiced conce rns about prob lems which mnge from the inciden ta l motorcyclists don't like ot her drivers to pnrk cars in their spots - to th e eternal - 1hc copy machines in the library still break down too often . Kra nt z prese nt ed a progress report on some of th e o n-going in issues faci ng the law school facult y and administration. Among the announceme nts he made include a decision by the Facult y-Student Relat ions Commiuce to shorten the length of each semester next yea r by o ne week "to give more tim e for exams. '"The cu rrent semester of 15 weeks will be shonened to 14 weeks. In additio n. the 24-hour ru le. which permits students to reschedule final exa ms on ly if three exa ms fall within a 24-hour period. will be e;< tended next year to a 27-ho ur rule. Krantz also a nn o un ced th e commencement s peaker fo r this year's graduating class. The speaker will be Barbara Ba bcock. an employment discri mination profe so r from Stanfo rd Uni ve rsit y Law School and fo rmer a u c rn ey with the .S. Depanment of Justice . Krantz also briefed students on the new faculty hired for next year for both tenure-trac k and visitor positio ns. Lester Snyder. a professo r at the University of Co nnecticut since 1957. has bee n hired wi th tenure as Director of the Graduate
Tax Program . A graduate of Bosto n Uni ve rsit y Sc hool of Law. Snyde r has published a rticles through o ut his academic ca ree r. There will a lso be fi ve visiting professo rs here nex t yea r according to Kra nt z. The y a re Tho mas Bowe rs. from th e Unive rsity of India na. who wi ll teach corpo rat ions and cor porate securities: Vance Kirby. fro m Northwes tern . Col umbi a. who wi ll teac h tax : Pau la Rh odes. from ' Howa rd Unive rsi ty, who will teach co ntrac ts and in te rn ati o na l Compar-
at ive law: Jo hn Hazard. from Nort hwestern. Columbia. an ex pert o n Soviet law who will teach a course on Soviet law and human rights; a nd du ring Sprin g 1984. Paul Has kell. fro m th e Uni ve rsit y of No rth Ca rolina Law School. who wi ll teach property. Krant z ack no wledged that the hiring of new professors has raised contra\ ersies among the cu rrent facult y members. some of whom ha ve cha rged th e adm in istrati on with not developing or fo ll owi ng
any <Jffirmativc action hiring guidelines. Last January. A ~\ocia tc Dean Virginia Shue and Professo r' Roy Broo k\ and Sarah Smith rc~ igncd from the facult y appointme nt ~co m miucc in respo nse to ''the cavalier trea tment of the affirmative actio n iss ue by that committee and the dea n,.. acco rding to a memorandum the committee circulated among faculty. Kranll. howe\'cr. outlines t\\O goa ls in faculty hirin g: seeking "the best teac hers we can with strong scho larly capabilities and di,ersifying the facu lty to get more women a nd minorities." In other news. Kra nt z announced that the faculty is cu rrentl y assessi ng the current grading system by looking at ways in whic h the system might be changed so as not to put US D students at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace and still not dilute the grading process. Other on-going studies include arch it ecrn ra l stu dies fo r library renovation a nd ex pa nsio n a nd a review of the schola rship a nd loan process by the Admissions and Scholarships co m minee ... fo r any ineq uit ies." Krantz also showed stude nts an a rchitect's blue print for the Fletcher Lectu re Ce nter. which wi ll be built in the Mo re Hall aud ito rium. - if funding works o ut." Krant7 said. he anticipates tha t buildi ng on the classroom \\ OUld begin next fall. The lecture center " ill be tiered and carpeted. It "ill include a sound system and haH: th e abilit y to be sec1i oned off into two classroom:> \\ ith 99 and 86 sca ts.
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