1975, February 27: Blackacre
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Blackacre: 1975, February 27
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School of Law
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1975-2-27
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Student newspaper for the School of Law.
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) , SBA announce Spring election date President Tom McCauley individual study rooms, and announced at the February 25th there would be virtually no SBA meeting that the elections limitation on where drinks would for new SBA executive officers be allowed. Discussion at the will be held on April3rd and 4th. next Library Committee meetRules for the election will be ing will focus on the possibility ot posted March 12th, at which time putting doors on . the first and candidacies may be announced , second floor ~eading rooms. and nominating petitions may The Comnu~e also ~eport~d begin circulating. that Mr. Kulys IS preparmg a list At the February 25th meeting of a_ll ~e bookl? and th_eir of the SBA, various Committee locations m the library which reports were submitted. First on should be posted soon. the list was the Library Commit- SBA Rep, Kathy Janega tee report. Jeff Goldbeg asked relayed ~e ~utcom~ of her for suggestions concerning sane- conversatwn ~th Assistant tions for the violation of the Dean TornqUISt. She reported smoking eating and drinking re- that there is a strong probability stncnorui unposed on tne stu<ly that there will be a summer areas of the law school. The session this year, with the pasconsensus of the SBA was that sibility of legal writing being smoking would continue to tie offered.. T~ would depend on permitted in the rooms where it the availability of ~ll:culty memis presently allowed, eating re- bers and. legal wn~g tutors. stricted to the studentlounge an~ Janega lS to subrrut to Mr. Easter vacation to be one week · l'ornquist, a proposal concerning the summer program, and she urges all s~dents to convey their suggestions to her immediately. She also spoke with the Assistant · Dean about the problem of equalizing tuition for evening students, and plans to work up a proposal to that effect. The report of the Curriculum Committee echoed Janega's· report regarding summer school prospects. At the Committee's next meeting they plan to rework the freshman curriculum. They would welcome any suggestions, especially with regard to wheth- PRESENT SEPT 8 NOV 27·30 DEC 17 JAN 2 JAN l4 JAN 15 JAN 26 MAY 8 MAY 17 MAY 28 er Constitutional Law or Criminal Law should be offered in the first year. Suggestions must be submitted to the SBA office before Monday. In the night's only voting action, a resolution was passed urging that the use of study rooms 105-109 be limited io independent student study. In effect, the measure seeks to put an end to the use of these rooms QY classes, such as Labor Law II. The Student-Faculty Committee report addressed the issue of late posting of grades. The report stated that the committee COMPARATIVE CALENDARS 1975-76 ClASSES BEGIN THANKSGIVING BREAK READING PERIOD BEGINS FINALS BEGIN FINALS END faculty members, Bonavich, Appel and Norton, believe that it would be inequitable to both students and faculty to establish a deadline on the submission of grades. Time limits suggested in the past have been overlooked by the faculty in the best interest of the students. The Student-Faculty Commit- . tee report also indicated that a calendar change proposal would be voted on by the faculty at a meeting within three weeks. SBA representatives are to seek student response to the proposed calendar, which is set forth below: PROPOSED AUG 18 MID-YEAR RECESS BEGINS 2d SEMESTER BEGINS READING PERIOD BEGINS FINALS BEGIN NOV 22 DEC 8 DEC 19 DEC 20 JAN 5 APR 17 APR 26 MAY 7 FINALS END About a month ago in an interview with Blackacre, Dean Purcell declared that Easter Break would free law students of only two school days because of the necessity of a fourteen week semester. Shortly thereafter, the Dean was informed by a student that if all five school days were subtracted for vacation a fourteen week calendar would remain. Upon "counting out" the weeks with the student Dean Purcell admitted the error in his first calculation but stated immediately that a change in the calendar would require faculty approval. He was to request their approval at the faculty meeting that afternoon. faculty members who had supported the measure could remember taking a vote, those who had opposed it pleaded lack of memory. Consequen~y, the next step was to check the minutes of the faculty meetings from last fall. But Clara Coleman had them in her possession and she was away from school due to illness. After waiting for Ms. Coleman's return, Blackacre learned that the placement director's search through the records revealed that last fall t'!Je faculty actually did approve the week long spring break. i) Both calendars are based upon a 14 week semester. i i.)The spring semester i.ncludes a 1 week break j.l. Blackacre later learned from one instructor that early in the fall semester the faculty had approved the week long Easter Break. The source related that when the Dean raised the issue for the second time, only those Summer school status in doubt Dean Leroy Tornquist has reported that the status of Loyola's summer school program is uncertain at this time. At present, only Professor Lockyear and Professor Spector have definitely expressed their intentions to teach. Lockyear said he would probably offer Criminal Law, and Spector would teach Evidence. Professors Dick and Horton have expressed an interest in teaching this summer, but due to prior commitments, their plans are indefinite. A minimum of four courses must be available in order for the summer school program to be feasible. Tornquist, at present, .is trying to compile a tentative schedule for next year. He hOpes to make next year's first and second semester course schedules awailable before the end of the school year. At present, the prospect of new faculty members, and curriculum changes make it difficult to compile a definite schedule. Tornquist said that within the next few weeks, pending the Curriculum Committee report, and new f~culty appointments, there will be more concrete news concerning next year's schedule. j.f. iii) Both calendars provi.de a 14 week summer break. p.s. Black©)~[J® The final step in the process of effecting the change was VicePresident Richard A. Matre's approval. A week later, Blackacre was tQld that word was now final, the law school would receive an entire week for Easter Break. j.l. Loyola University School of Law Vol. ill I No. 10 February 27, 1975 Open House plans set There will be an open house at the Law School Thursday, April 3rd, from 5:30- 7:30P.M. By this time all library furniture should be in place, according to Dean Purcell. Both the furniture and library shelving will begin to be installed March lOth and by April 3rd the building should be totally complete. The open house will feature refreshment, (both alchoholic and non-alchoholic) and some sort of "munchies". The library will be closed to student use in order to facilitate inspection and browsmg for those present. All faculty, students, alumni and friends of the University are invited to attend, and the Dean hopes for and expects a good turnout. "It's regrettable that the building was completed in stages," related Purcell. "Because of this the school never had that totally 'new look' which really impresses. I do feel the difference made by the furniture will be marked and should be appreciated by all those present on April 3rd. m.m. You are cordially invited to an Open House at the Loyola University School of Law on Thursday April 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30P .M. Refreshments will be served. .~ ;'(· ,/ i BLAC~CRE, February 27, 1975, page 2 Blackacre Edi_torials BLACKACRE, Vol. III, No. 10, February 27, 1975 '1 • The carpeting is nice. The chairs are nice. The tables are nice. The lighting is nice. The additional space is nice. But the overall concept is absurd. What kind of convoluted mental process could convince anyone that virtually an entire building could serve as an open library and study area? Doors on main reading areas are absolutely essential to carry out what remains an admirable attempt to improve learning facilities in the law school building. They are needed yesterday if not sooner, but today will be okay. Then things will be nice. Sort of. c.a. Is beauty only skin deep ? ' The impending Open House celebration of the renovated law school facilities is a welcome occasion for the law school community for a number of reasons. First, it is good, proper, right, just, fitting I and helpful to salvation for any community to give thanks and rejoice together occasionally. We of Loyola Law School have much of late for which to do both. Our building looks and feels better; even the Marquette Center rooms have been improved. The faculty are a little better paid than they might have expected to be one year ago. A valued member of the faculty has made a conscientious choice to remain at Loyola. Negotiation~ are underway between potential new faculty members and the law school administration. The Dean Search Committee appears to be taking its responsibility seriously and seems concerned about input from interested non-committee members. The Student Bar Association is not in a late winter slump; it has had a year of considerable accomplishment. B.A.L.S.A. has sponsored a successful recruitment_day program. There is strong · evidence of increased awareness of the la\Y school by the university administration. And we have witnessed concrete examples of genuine commitment and CQOperation given by university trustees and executive officers, by law alumni, administators, faculty and students. Even Blackacre has found its· way off the presses another time. These developments suggest that there is more to cheer and toast than meets the eye. The bright new lights and carpeted hallways are of little significance in themselves. As we celebrate the difference they make in the appearance and environmental quality of the law school, these external changes can also serve as catalysts to continue the growing internal metanoia. That metanoia must be geared to capitalize on the needs and talents of the whole law school community. That means, specifically, that students must have a voice in determining who will teach them, what courses will be taught, what the academic calendar will be and what direction the school is taking from today on. Foremost among decision-making processes which can be tailored to receive significant student input is that process of selecting a new dean. It is imperative that the entire student body be given the opportunity to talk with any prospect under serious consideration by the Search Committee. The teacher selection process snould afford the same opportunity. Whether or not the faculty are given veto power over the decisions of this type, students' opinions must be given proportionate weight with that of other interested law school community groups. Any other approach is an abnegation of what the Open House symbolizes. For the continued welfare of the house, it must be ever open to the community of interests represented by those who work and study under its roof. Unless it is, our celebration will be as superficial as the cosmetic job done on the building. c.a. ·,BLACKACRE Staff Business Manager - Marge Orbon I Contnbuters ' Kevin McCrindle Dave Gilbert Martha Lessman ! Tom Leahy Bernie Weiler· ~ Janet Kele~er ~erry. La~ I, PhOtography, i: .. . . . . LoJO design :.John AmatO-- - ~ "Pat ·.Morse .. LEAST WE CAN DO "The Least We Can Do" project was initiated by the Loyola law students at the end of the first semester in an effort to raise consciousness and funds to help alleviate the world food crisis. The main thrust of the student's efforts thus far has been directed at collecting donations from members of the law school community. With a twenty-five dollar donation from the Student Bar Association added to the collection made prior to and during the law school Christmas party, a total of $94.35 was received by the end of the . exam period. and (5) the local UNICEF representative has been tremendously helpful to the Least We Can Do group. Financial reports are being sought from other organizations so that an evaluation of other possible donees may be made. The Least We Can Do is pointing towards World Food Day, April 17th. Educational handout sheets are being prepared for distribution in conjunction with the collection drive and build up for World Food Day. The Least We Can Do committee hopes to reach their goal of $1,000 by then. To do that, an average contribution of $1.50 per student is needed. After evaluating various international relief and rehabilitation organizations, the Least We Can Do Committee has decided to forward these first funds to U.N.I.C.E.F., essentially for five reasons: (1) The group's financial report indicates an exceedingly efficient use of monies 'I received by it- 91 per cent goes directly to meet the needs of people in famine-stricken countries; (2) U.N.I.C.E.F. has well-established programs designed to help where the needs are greatest; (3) U.N.I.C.E.F. aid is channelled through Tentative plans for World Food Day are to dramatize the ramifications of the world food crisis through the presentation of both a speaker and a movie. Other goals include the initiation of Least We Can Do movements at local law schools, the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Association. . independent affiliates rather than through ' government controlled agencies; ( 4) UNICEF confines its efforts to the special needs of the world's most valuable resources, its children; Those working on the hunger help project are urgently looking for assistance in the form of personpower and ideas. Money contributions are welcome from any source as the "Least We Can Do." The ''neW loOk''. Law School and how we got it _ Last May 1st Loyola Law Students "boycotted" classes for 24 hours in an effort to convince the University Administration that the law school facilities were inadequate. The "boycott" ended by 11 p.m. that night, but its effect was obviously felt. The facilities have been renovated and although student complaints are still often aired, most admit that there has been a big improvement. The "boycott'' however, was only the - most visible of the student action which precepitated the new look that the law school sports today. The principal characters in this endeavor were former SBA president John Cullerton and SBA sec. Bob McCallister; current SBA president Tom McCauley; Loyola alumnus Phillip Corboy, attorney for the students in their threatened law suit against the University; John Smith, chairman of the Board of Trustees; Fr Baumhart and Matre, president and , vice president respectively of Loyola; and finally Law School Dean Charles Purcell. The "boycott" and sit-in in the Law Library received a good deal of attention from the media. There was a brief news clip in the 10:00 nightly news, and at least two major dailies covered the activities. Many observers feel, however, that it was not the boycott/sit-in which triggered University response but the threatened law suit. A group spearheaded by former SBA member McAllister (graduated last June and now a clerk for Judge Bauer) retained the services of Phillip Corboy in order to prepare a suit against the University for its inadequate facilities and misrepresentations regarding these facilities in the catalog. Corboy is a respected trial lawyer and has been both a generous and active alumnus. It was felt that his presence as attorney for the students would have a decided _ influence on University officials. Following a May 15th, 1974, meeting with the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees which produced no affirmative results or committments, Cullerton, Mc:Callister, Purcell and McCauley met extensively with Corboy to pre-pare the suit. A list was circulated around school offering students a chance to become "named plaintiffs". From the meetings with Corboy a list of demands was arrived at, which Corboy presented at a June 3rd meeting with trustee Liebman, Purcell and Baumhart. These were: 1. Law school representative to be at the June Board meeting; 2. Law school to be the number one priority in any new University construction; 3. Allocation of funds to hire outside consultants to study the feasibility of constructing a new law school; 4. While such study proceeds, interim use of Marquette or Lewis Towers for library facilities, with concomitant conversion of the present library into an additional classroom and student discussion rooms; 5. Expanded budget for library equipment, volumes, and professional staff; 6. Immediate increase in faculty salaries to raise our median to at least the national average. Corboy informed McCauley after this meeting that he anticipated a favorable response at the June 14th Board of Trustees meeting. This o~ timism was shown to be just; fiP.d when the Board voted on ... ~ :, .... · ·~- -.- ' Editorial Policy June 14th the immediate implementation of two plans. These were: Short term plan: (1) The Board immediately allocated that sum of money suggested by the Dean and Mr. Matre which they felt would adequately increase faculty salaries. (2) Five classroofns on the fourth floor of Marquette are to be converted for law school use, with a passage to connect that floor directly with the law school. (3) Present law school classrooms on the first and second floors will be converted to additional library and study space, with 80 additional seats on the first floor, 47 on the second. (4) The Board allocated $100,000.00 to get the project under way, with authority in the Executive Committee to spend more to not only make the conversion but supply all necessary equipment. ( 5) The plan of conversion begins this sununer, and may or may not be ready for the fall semester. Long term plan: (1) A committee composed of law school students, faculty, alumni, and administration will study financing and construction objectives, With specifically two proposals: A. the construction of five stories on Marquette Center for a totally self.~ontained law cont. p. ·4 BLACKACRE exists to serve the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law community . Members of this community as well as other interested persons are encouraged to submit material for publication. The opinions expressed in BLACK ACRE are those of the editors, authors or contributors and are not presented as the official . position of either the law school or the university administration. Because honesty, integrity , and forthrightness are essential to genuine communication and because they are traits which lawyers must cultivate and the law must support, all material submitted for publication must bear the name of the author or artist. The editors reserve the right to edit material in light offirst amendment requirements for purposes of economy and fitness for print. Edi~OI"S Charles Amato, James Faught, Michael McLaren · Assistant Editor Peggy Scanl.al,l • BLACKACRE, February 27, 1975, page 3 PROFile: Lamey in 29th year of teaching The twenty-nine years of William Lamey's teaching career at Loyola Law School cover the entire span of the law school's evolution in its contemporary period. That period began in 1946 when the school reopened after being closed for four years during World War II. Lamey himself is an alumnus of both Loyola's undergraduate school and its law school. It was in the summer of 1946 that the law school dean and senior faculty member at the time asked Lamey to come to teach at Loyola. Mr. Lamey made the decision to accept the invitation in a hurry, he says now. And although he had some reservations about doing so, he had done a bit of teaching while in college and knew that he had liked the little he had done. He says he was not sure when he took the job how effective he would be as a teacher. He also was not totally confident that he wanted to get out of the active practice of the legal profession which be knew he would like. According to Mr. Lamey, however, the reservations did not continue for long. In retrospect, the senior member of the faculty says, "I could never have picked a more satisfying life's work overall. Ob, there are some lousy aspects - grading those damn papers is the worst part of the job - but little can compare with the satisfaction I get out of classroom teaching. And within limits, I can still enjoy an active pn.ctice." Professor Lamey has maintained a limited private practice, but he has never found a need to establish an office outside of school. There also was ar: American Association of Law School rule which pr~ hibited full-time faculty members from having an office outside of school. Under the rule, a law teacher could do consulting and other legal work as long as it did not interfere with one's primary responsibility at the school. Lamey believes that in general, the rule was beneficial because he has seen people who become so involved in an outside practice as to interfere seriously with their teaching. Lamey wants it understood that he is "not talking about no practice." He thinks a person may engage in a limited practice and increase his or her competency and teaching effectiveness. "The~ ry is not the only important feature of a well-rounded pr~ fessional education," in Lamey's view. He is convinced that the best teacher combines both. Mr. Lamey not only believes that practical everyday experience is a valuable asset to a teacher; he also says that the same principle applies to a student's legal education. He sees work in a law office as a potentially helpful experience to a student who is disposed to and capable of deriving such a benefit. However, Lamey cautions against outside work which interferes with school work. Along the same line, Lamey is of the opinion that "A properly operated clinic for law students is an excellent teaching tool." The main considerations in evaluating a clinic program, he thinks, are the kind of a clinic to be established and how it is to be operated. Mr. Lamey was born in Chicago in 1914 and, except for two tw~year periods, he has always lived in or aroll[I!J The City of Big Shoulders. '-"!-· Mr. Lamey was in a CO!Ilbination degree program at Loyola. After three years as an undergraduate economics and Spanish major, he entered ~ law school. Upon completing tJ!e first year of law school in the. day division ..he received his bachelor's degree in 1936. Then, in his words, "In light of the Depression and my immanent marriage, I found it expedient and necessary to transfer to the evening division." Lamey was married in 1937, and he spent the last two of his three years in night schoql as a casuality and inland -marine insurance claims adjustor. After finishing law school and passing the Illinois bar examination in 1939, he was transferred by the insurance company to Detroit. In January of 1943 he left Detroit and joined the legal department of Montgomery Ward and Company. There he tried workman's compensation and casualty cases. From December, 1943 until November, 1945 Lamey was in the army. He returned to Ward's until July, 1946 when the law school dean and senior faculty member at the time asked him to come to teach at Loyola. In July, 1946 when Mr. Lamey joined the faculty there were four other full-time teachers at the law school, including the dean and the assistant dean. Of those five teachers, four were graduates of Loyola Law School. All of them were teaching nine or ten hours per week when classes began in September, 1946. There had been no classes at Loyola Law School from June of 1943 until that September. ThE enrollment that fall consisted of about eighty or ninety first yeat day and evening students and an advanced class of studenu who had been drafted while a1 Loyola during the war. That year Lamey taught torts, criminal law, sales and bills and notes - two courses one semester and three the other. Besides these course, Professor Lamey has also taught corporations, agency and partnerships, suretyship, bailments and legislation. With the exception of torts, which he has taught for a total of approximately fifteen years, Lamey has concentrated his teaching in the commercial code area. Indeed Lamey has been in charge of the commercail code program since ctbout 1950 when it was initiated. After serving as assistant dean when now-Judge John C. Hayes was Dean of the law school, Lamey was asked by the university search committee to become dean after Haye's resignation in 1967. Lamey agreed to serve in that position for a limited period and did so from 1967 through 1970, when Charles Purcell succeeded him. 1h 1968 Mr :Lamey's first wife died as a result of an automobile accident. Mr. Lamey believes that t~ day's student, on the average, is ~tter qualified for admission t -:; · a modern law school llian those who were admitted after the war. He cites the facts that all must take the LSAT and must have undergraduate degrees as reason for the higher credentials. For some.years Lamey questioned whether the new students were living up to their paper credentials in terms of their maturity, their desire to study law and their dedication to the legal profession. However in the past half dozen years he has come to believe that the students passing through Loyola have been "every bit as dedicated - if not more so - as as mature too as any student ever before them." In discussing the present law school faculty, Lamey calls attention to the fact that the average age of its members has fallen radically in recent years. He also cites the fact that the regular law faculty come from more diverse educational _backgrounds with only three Loyola Law School graduates among William Lamey - making sense of The Uniform Commercial Code them. Lamey .considers the number of faculty members · "not nearly large enough" to meet the needs of the school. The popular Code professor has lived in Glenview since 1951. His two children and four grandchildren also live in northern suburbs. In 1970 Lamey remarried and each year since then he and his wife have made regular fishing trips to Canada and Wisconsin. The Conpleat Code teacher has enjoyed fishing all his life and says that it is the only activity in which he has taken an active sportsman's interest in the past half dozen years. There was a time when be played golf three or four times a week. But he gave that up when the quality of his game seemed to deteriorate in inverse proportion to the amount he played. Lamey has also tried his hand at softball, basketball, tennis and handball, but now he turns only fishing whenever he can. Although he is fond of mystery and military stories and enjoys a good historical novel, Mr. Lamey says that he is able to find little time for fiction in his schedule. He does read some historical non-fiction, but the bulk of his reading time is given to perusing financial publications like "Business Week" and the "Wall Street Journal," advance sheets, and legal journals like the A.B.A. magazine and the "Business Law Journal." Lamey is presently serving as chairperson of the law school dean search committee. While this is the first time he has chaired a search committee, Professor Lamey has had previous experience with such groups. He was on the committee that picked Dean Purcell and on the one that selected the present university president, Raymond Baumhart, S.J. Alluding to the policy of the present search committee to refrain from publicizing its business, Lamey would only say that "the entire committee is working very hard in an effort · to fulfill the responsibility given to it be the university." He said that "to date, all are working diligently," but he pointed to a pattern of slowly increasing momentum on the committee. "Any such committee," he suggested, "works more consistently and harder as time goes by than it -:ues in its formative stage~ ·· The committee chief · we· .d not offer an opinion as the whether the group would locate a replacement for Dean Purcell by his June 31st retirement date, but only indicated that he "hoped" that would be accomplished. So far as his own reaction to recent developments at the law school go, Mr. Lamey says that "For the period of the last eight months I have been very encouraged by what I consider to be the good faith actions of the university in attempting to meet the legitimate needs of the law school to the extent the university feels itself financially able to do so. And I'd have to point to the expenditure of a very substantial amount of money for the enlargement and improvement of the law library and secondly for the improvement of faculty salaries." With regard to the place of the law school within the university, Lamey is, in his words, "personally satisfied, generally speaking, with the priority now accorded the law school by the university administration as evidenced by the actions of the university in those two respects [the library and faculty salaries]. I would hope that, to the extent fiscally possible, this apparent priority ranking status would be maintained, and, as of now, I have no reason to suspect it will not." In instructing first year students in the five points of tort law, Dean Purcell paid ultimate homage to the lat William Prosser by referring to him as "Mr. Torts." Around Loyola there can be little dispute that cont. p. 5 ~--~ - - -- ----------------------~~-- .. BLACKACRE, February 27, 1975, page 4 Election retrospective: ©) \YM(UJ [[U[[U@ [jlf (UJ ~ [J©)~@ by Dave Gilbert The Democratic Mayoral Primary is over. But while the vote totals sununarize the inclinations of the electorate, they do not express the spirit of the campaign. To fill this void, the salient moments of "Campaign '75" have been compiled for review. Feb.3, Channel 7, Bill Swinger for Mayor TV advertisement. (As Bill Swinger, wearing a hard hat, swigs black coffee from a thermos and wipes his mouth with his sleeve, James Cagney's voice announces): "Bill Swinger ain't no candycoated lake-front pansy. He's hadda sweat blood for everything he's got. And he'd strangle his own mother to keep it." (As Bill Swinger, carrying a bowling bag, taunts a pair of , homosexuals at Diversey and Clark, Cagney continues) : "Bill Swinger's bad news for any creep who don't toe the line. When he says belch, people ask 'How loud?'." (As Bill Swinger pulls into a driveway with a deer draped across his trunk): "Bill Swinger puts things in his mouth you wouldn't put in your hand. Bill Swinger. He's younger. Tougher. More Virile. Wise u-p." --- Feb. 4, Mayor Dolly, unveiling plans for the new low-rent Last Stop Hotel and Depository for non-ambulatory senior citizens, to be located in the pr(}o posed median strip of the proposed Crosstown Expressway: ~ 'Dese old people are the people who was just yesterday doing their level best to make our great city the finest and the greatest of all the great cities. Dey deserve our tanks and our great respect and let's make it clear- if the great Crosstown ain't built, dese fine old folks will be out in the cold. A vote against Crosstown is a vote to kill old people. And when dey come to the pollS on da 25th, we'll have volunteers there to help dose feeble hands pull da lever of their choice." Feb. 8, Everl.e Hooligan ad~ dressing the Armchair Detectives Association at the l<~raternal Order of Dinosaurs, Chicago Lawn Lodge Hall: "I'm a victim of misconceptions. The shines and the Ricans always got a fair shake from Everie Hooligan. But one Mau Mau Black Panther punk catches a warning shot by accident and they're all on my case. What am I supposed to do, wear my hair like a Brillo pad and eat black-eyed spinach and chiclets to show 'em I'm their pal? No way. This campaign, I'm taking the high road." Feb. 9, State Senator Disorderly House shooting baskets near the Robert Taylor Homes during an interview with a p(}o laroid-carrying reporter from Channe], 26: "My campaign's no jo~ · turke_y: I walked the length of Cottage Grove, from 47th to 43rd, rapping and slapping and getting out the vote. Who needs TV commercials and newspaper ads and the North Side. I got gangs of young brothers spray-painting my mane on every wall in the ghetto. I'm going for the big win. Bill Swinger better get on the bandwagon." Feb. 10, Bill Swinger, chomping a cigar, interviewed by television reporters at ringside during semifinals of the Chicago Aria Golden Bloves: "The schools are in shambles. During my visits to every public school in Chicago I saw an entire 4th grade class meeting in a large cooking pot for their math lesson. And not one of those children has been seen since. Children are mugged in the very hallways of their schools by patronage bureaucrats with nothing to do but occupy a desk. The high schools are graduating young people who don't even know how to conjugate verbs, or name the principle exports of Uruguay or identify the bones of the inner ear or any of the other essential skills in the curriculum. I intend to do something tough and decisive about it." Feb. 12, Mayor Dolly, in bathing trunks at North Avenue Beach, after frolicking in Lake Michigan with members of the Polar Be~r Club: "You press folks have misled da people . with snide insinuendos about my health. I'm in da best shape of my career. I just swam to . Benton Harbor, Michigan and back in the fastest time ever recorded by anything in the water, human, fish or boat. My opponents who're so anxious to · debate me, well let 'em race me from the great Filtration Plant in Olive Park to the great Meigs Field, and den back to Navy Pier to see the children at the Mayor'sYouthFoundation. Put dat in your editorials." Feb. 14, Everie Hooligan on "Mug's Show", home of the lively art of conversation: "Do I appeal to minority voters? · What do I care? The Latins aren't citizens. The colored have felony convictions. They're both transients, running from the cops or the welfare people or bill collectors. They're all apolitical. I go for the voter who owns his own home and uses his vote like another lock on the front door. Now that's provocative talk, bm I spoke in a quiet, controlled manner and that's the new Everie Hooligan for you." Feb. 16, Li'l Walter, on the WBBM 6 o'clock News: "Tragedy befell Mr. and Mrs. Gregorio Chant o~ ~wrence Avenue after he put a SWINGER FORMA YOR poster in his front window last week. Within hours of displaying the poster, his utilities were completely shut off. Police later came to his door several times to demAnd he turn down his stereo, although the power cut had made use of the stereo impossible. Finally, Mr. Chant was arrested for disturbing the peace. His wife and 3 children tried to go to a relative's house to spend the night, but their car was towed away for blocking the police vehicles staking out their home. Nor would CTA personnel permit Mrs. Chant and the children to board a city bus. In the morning, the Chant's were notified that their lot had been re-zoned for business use only and their house was razed by city crews. The Chant children reported to school but were denied entry because they hadn't been innoculated against Bell's Palsy. The Chant family was arrested that evening on suspicion of conspiring to disrupt the 1968 Democratic Convention. They were found guilty within twelve hours by Criminal Court Judge Joseph Powerful, but granted executive~emency later that day by lx'f1vernor Talker. The Chants have"smce found temporary refuge in Du Page County, where RTA Chairman Kickaski has slapped a tax lien on their remaining property." Sweet Bill: "And now on the seamier side ... " Feb. 18, Disorderly House, interviewed at home, designing a HOUSE bumperstrip to be xeroxed and distributed at his campaign headquarters to 10 close friends for their private use: "Why did I vote against the Equal Rights Amendment? You'll get the same enigmatic answer I always hand out and if you can't dig it, that's your hangup. I voted against it because of the problem of standards. If you had your shit together, you'd know what I'm talking about." Feb. 20, Everie Hooligan addressing the Amalgamated Putty Handlers, Local 512: "I didn't have opportunity to visit all the schools like Bill Swinger because I was busy running for other offices. But what's the big secret about schools? Just use common sense. Do away with the single-teacher classroom and assign them in two's with instant backup and massive firepower. Take the handcuffs off the counselors and let them enforce the learning process the waytney to be respect for the teacher's uniform and we have to restore that r:espect. ~~~~ Feb. 21, inter-office memo distributed to all city employees: FROM mE DESK OF MAYOR DOLLY Pursuant to a recent court order excusing all employees from having to perform political work in order to retain their jobs, be advised that - You do not have to report to the office of your Ward Committeeman promptly at 7:30 tomorrow evening. Be prepared to put in two full hours canvassing your neighborhood or helping out at the office. Nor will you have to submit your final contribution to the campaign fund by Friday morning when you report for work. You will also not have to report at 7:00 a.m. sharp on election morning to assist in bringing voters to the polls. Finally, you will not be required to faithfully cast your ballots for the persons who !-we provided you with steady jobs and generally taken care of you. No, you are free to spit in their faces if you so choose. If you have any doubts about the political assignment you no longer have to carry out, or the time and place at which you do not have to report, please call the Central Committee office. Feb. 22, Lost O'Rizon, timeless local journalism institution now on WGN: "Mr. Swinger, if your dream of upsetting His Honor, the Mayor, were to materialize, what will prevent -. you from disenchanting reform voters in the manner of Governor Talker?" Bill Swinger: "Look, I've spent over 200,000 big ones trying to shake my identification with the effete lakeshore liberals in my ward. But those are my people. Who would I appoint to the school board - Wilderness Road? Or ask Judy Roberts to supervise a sewer crew? Let's face it, we're stuck with the hacks we have now for years to come. Library Ar-w-.--..-.--:. ..-.. w-w-•-w-:. .-...-...-...-....-...-...-...-." "-' ...-.. ..-..,.-.,.-. ..-z .-ww-..--:..--: ..-...-. _-._---.~-.-..---.-----------------------------·-·-•----...-- -:.-.--:-. .-.- .--:-.w-:w-r--.....,.,-.\W--.-.-w-:w----..u-._-.:-. ..- .---u-.\-.L-4-...-.v-..--:------~ c 0 IDIDJ" tte e school; B. the construction of an entirely new school. The short range plan was communicated to McCauley verbally. In point of fact it appears that the Board did not reach the specific decisions referred to by McCauley; their allocation was based on a general improvement plan which resultE:d in the·conversion of 312 and 322. 1\~'U'quette Center to law school use. McCauley, who has recently stated that he is generally pleased with the improvements, feels that two large classrooms in Marquette Center are not enough. "It may well be that the five classrooms mentioned in my letter would not help us much, since three would be very small; however I feel we need at least four large classrooms in Marquette Center to meet our needs." Most would agree that the short term goals have been achieved. There is some question, however, regarding implementation of the long range plan. The Board voted to establish a Blue Ribbon Planning Committee on June 14th. Yet the members of this Committee were not selected until January of this year. While McCauley admits that selection of the Dean Search Committee properly took precedence, he feels the Blue Ribbon members should have been picked earlier. McCauley related that Baumhart wants the Committee to come up with a proposal ior the future of the Law School for the June meeting of the Board of Trustees. Acknowledging the time limitations imposed by this deadline, McCauley nevertheless hopes that the Committee decides that 41 E. Pearson and Marquette Center are only a very temporary decision. He urges that their proposal be that of a new law school. It's been 10 months since that May 1st student show of soli- The SBA Library Committee had its initial meeting on Wednesday, February 18th. Chairdarity. Facilities have been man Schoenberger directed the improved and Ute old axiom, four faculty and three student "There's nothing we can do" members attention to agendas has been proven false. It prepared by Mr. Kulys and Jeff remains to be seen whether or Goldberg. not the optimism generated by Increasing the library's the Board's decisions last operating hours was one of the possibilities entertained. It was Spring will be proved justified. noted that there is a double The Blue Ribbon Planning section of , evening students en- Committee was slow getting rolled in legal writing this semstarted but hopefully it will ester, and that many of them proceed with measured haste find it hard to utilize the library from this point. To quote Bob during its present hours of McCallister, "Last Spring was a operation. It was agreed that the very traumatic and intense most feasible way to increase the hours of use would be to open the time; I only hope our efforts building earlier during the week will produce results which well and on Sundays. Mr. Kulys meet with the approval o~ those agreed, but added that such a who have the most to gam - or change would require increasing lose - future law students." m.m. - _ cont. p. '1 .. BLACKACRE, February 27, 1975, page 5 ·---------------------------------------~---------------------------- Lamey Professor Lamey is "Mr. Uniform Commercial Code.'' While such a moniker is not likely to come into common usage soon, it does bespeak a reality far more important than Lamey's control over the U.C.C. program at Loyola for almost twenty-five years. In other courses, students "take" the subjuct - like Property, Criminal Law, Corporations. Certainly they will specify which person is teaching the course, if asked, but it is the content of the courses that predominates in the way most think of them. When one takes Code, however, one takes William L. Lamey simultaneously and equally with the statute. Those articles and sections and footnotes and concrete examples seem to be as much a part of him as the social graces he so casually displays. There is nothing strained or affected about his pedagogical style; it is the naturally occurring Lamey, law teacher par excellence. One can get the impression from attending his classes and then visiting with the man in his office that, indeed, the quintessential Lamey exists and is revealed in the classroom setting. He himself readily admits that classroom instruction rep-resents the greatest joy of his twenty-nine years of work at Loyola. In four words he makes it plain: "I enjoy the classroom." And as to the exact source of that enjoyment he is equally clear: "The satisfaction I get from it is the greatest when, by virtue of the give and take in the classroom, I can see the intellectual development of the class and their overall enthusiasm for the subject matter." Lamery makes the same point from the opposite side when he says that "The only disappointments of any major significance I've had were in the few cases where a particular class obviously did not reach the pomt of intellectual development and.appreciation of the subject matter that I'd hoped for as evidenced by the examination results." How often have disappointments like this occurred? Lamey answers, "I'd honestly say not more than two or three times in twenty-nine years in regard to a class as a whole." · Obviously, the senior professor is not naive about the impact he has on students who sit in his classes. He spoke of one reason for that impact when he responded to a question about his articulateness, an The Maine lobster House Now Serving: 11f41b. Whole Maine Lobster or Two 6 ounce Lobster Tails with corn on the cob and bread We Deliver for $ 6.50, 22 East Chestnut 787-3976 attribute well-recognized by other law faculty members. According to Lamey, he has not worked consciously at being articulate. However, he thinks, "If I weren't, I can't believe I would have had the satisfaction of success in teaching that I believe I have had... On the average, students that have taken courses I've taught have gotten a great deal out of them. If I were not articulate, I can't believe that such would be the case." l\1any of his students would agree with that opinion, but equally many are likely to cite his methodology as a key to Lamey's success. The· Code professor attempts to use what he calls a "modified Socratic method" in presenting material He believes that this part lecture-part Socratic approach requires student participation with the concomitant benefit of permitting students to leave the class with some appreciation of where they are going and why. "I do not believe," Lamey affirms, "that the straight lecture method is the most effective teaching technique in law school; I believe the Socratic . method is more effective because it requires participation on the part of the students. On the other hand, I've never been convinced that the pure Socratic method is as good a technique for me as is a combination of the two. The lecture method can be complete spoon-feeding. It requires little self-help from students and not too damn much thinking either ... The pure Socratic method can be more confusing than enlightening. When the instructor does little more than ask questions and never indicates if a student has arrived at a correct solution, it leaves the student at sea as to whether he or she appreciates the problem.'' A normal Code class these days has a minimum of about forty students in it. While the classroom setting may be particularly comfortable for Mr. Lamey, that does not mean that he finds it conducive to forming close personal relationships with his students. Nevertheless, Lamey thinks that he has a close a professional relationship with the students generally as anybody on the faculty. Of himself the fishing prof says, "I am not of the temperament which would lead to the development of close personal - as distinguished from professional (instructor-student) relationship with individual students. I have from the beginning lacked one talent which has become a tradition around here. That is I have the worst memory in the entire world for names. And at times I know students are aware of this, and they may feel I have no interest in them as individuals because I am unable to identify them by name. But students realize it's not due to aloofness on my part. · It's due to the fact, perhaps, that in my earlier years of teaching I didn't concentrate on , this and I porbably won't be able to do much about it at this date." Concluding with a smile, he recalls the time when women and men have traded seats so as to confuse him when he looks at his seating chart. Of these occurrences and his forgetfulness he says, "I know you people get a charge out of it." Each Spring in recen~ years Mr. Lamey is asked about rumors that he is finishing his last year at Loyola Law School. His answer has always been, "God willing, I'll be back in the fall." As to how many more falls and springs, he plans to spend at Loyola, Lamey is uncertain. He says he has no plans in that regard. While pointing to the facts that he is in the twenty-ninth year of teaching, that he is past his sixtieth birthday, that the normal retirement age at the university is sixty-five, Lamey also asknowledges that one may work until the mandatory retirement age of seventy. "As of this moment," he says, "I have no desire nor intention to continue in this position until I am seventy." That is sad news for the class of 1984. To be sure, it will be sad news for all the Loyola .Law School community when we have to bid farewell to our "Mr. Code," Mr. Bill Lamey. c.a. ave a upey11 0 BLACKACRE, February 21, 1975, page 6 .ABA tO aid in Former SBA pres. Cullerton findin ·obs speaks out . ., ......... F.~• J new ABA program to provide free legal services for the elderly? Or perhaps you're interested in the pros and cons of plea bargaining? The Student Lawyer discusses these issues, reviews books, and offers tidbits of information on what other law schools and students are doing. Many of you remember John Cullerton, last year's SBA President. As that officer, John was instrumental in the push for the remodeling job we have today. 8LACKACRE contacted John last week to get his perspective on some of the issues confronting students at Loyola today. How do you feel about the SBA, especially with regard to the appropriations that group makes? I introduced the idea of a budget for 1973-74 because I felt the SBA needed to put its expenditures in perspective. Before that school year, the SBA President simply decided himself what the SBA should spend its money on. Then in the spring of 1973, BALSA asked for money from the SBA. Bill Fitzpatrick put the measure up for a vote partly because the money would go to an organization other than the SBA and partly because he wouldn't take all of the heat from a controversial decision. Obviously, my decision to have a vote on appropriations for organizations other than the SBA was not a difficult one because the money came: from the students and they should be able, through their representatives on the SBA, to decide what organizations should obtain money. However, I also put up for a vote how the SBA should spend money for its own affairs. This weakened the power of the SBA President, but likewise $eemed fair since the - John Cullerton representatives were entitled to have a say in Dean Purcell has received a lot of criticism as what the SBA should be doing with the money. of late. You went through the hectic times last • In an effort to avoid the problems of groups spring with him. How do you feel about him? such as 8/ackacre, BALSA, CWI, Moot Court, Legal Aid eta/ asking the SBA for money, I asked the University to appropriate money for these groups as well as the SBA. The rationale was simple. The SBA and the Medical and Dental school student bodies fund their organizations through activity fees. The LSGA undergraduate organization had no activity fee and does not have one now. However, the University was funding the LSGA and 12 other undergraduate-oriented organizations out of the general fund. The general fund for the past four years has been augmented by $300,000 plus each year by the law school ($300,000 plus over and above law school expenses). Therefore, last year I went to the Committee on Student Life and asked for $2,800 for SBA, BALSA, CWI, and 8/ackacre. We got $0. Reason: the other 12 organizations, such as the radio station and LSGA, were really Universitywide whereas our organizations were just " school-wide." Therefore we were to go to our Dean who was to ask the University for the money. If you picture BALSA asking the Dean to ask the University to fund a convention in California for the brothers you can imagine how impractical this suggestion was. This was true, especially since our Dean, at that point, couldn't get enough money from the University to provide a decent library or retain certain faculty members. The Committee on Student Life should be petitioned again and called upon to explain how LSGA could possibly be considered a "University-wide" organization, and remind them that the law school still provides $300,000 income over expenses a year despite the $200,000 bone they threw us for the library renovation. I felt he did an excellent job in the three years I was at Loyola. I certainly never experienced any inability to communicate with him; his door was always open and he was always candid with me. It wasn't always that way with SBA presidents but that was more due to the particular approach the student took. My predecessor chose confrontation. I chose compromise. I feel we were both effective. There were things we disagreed on towards the end of last year concerning the law suit, but I realized he was in a difficult position. The only thing you can really fault the Dean for is that he is a Republican. 8ALSA recently had their Recruitment Day Program at Loyola. How tlo you feel about the minority student situation here? This past bar exam, Loyola had the highest percentage of graduates passing--92 per cent. DePaul had 74 per cent. Part of the reason was because DePaul has many more Blacks as a result of their minority recruitment program and many of these Blacks failed. What good has DePaul done for these Blacks or the Black community if they allow people in who will not be competent lawyers if they are admitted at all? Moreover, it dilutes the diploma of a Black who is qualified and makes it through on his or her own merit. Loyola should avoid this pitfall and maintain its high standards, not to discriminate against Blacks but to aid the Black community and society in general with competent Black attorneys. Meinz jester the way he did. That dwarf has never been the same."* Treasurer Woody Jordan, apparently still dead, was unavailable for comment. *BLACKACRE task force re. porters are presently investigating the question of the identity of said "dwarf" and the nature of the abuse allegedly inflicted upon it by Secretary Meinz. ft. This year, law students hoping to find a job upon graduation are faced with incredible competition for the few available jobs. As employers are deluged with hundreds of resumes, choice of applicants can become a matter of luck and class rank. On the other side, students are faced with the expensive gunshot method of applying to all known law firms and agencies. Consequently, students may be missing some interesting opportunities, and employers are not finding the right people. The solution? JURISCAN - the new national computerized job placement service. Utilizing the excellent American Bar Association Law Student Division (ABALSD) facilities, JURISCAN offers employers and students a chance to match up through such factors as geographic location, special skills, and type of practice. David Erdman, designer of JURISCAN and President of the Law Student Division, reports that many employers have already joined this innovative program. For members of the LSD, JURISCAN offers a new and efficient means of tackling the job market - and it only costs $5.00. The Law Student Division offers law students another benefit - the Student Lawyer magazine. Issued nine times a year (a $5.000 membership fee for the LSD includes the magazine subscription), the Student Lawyer is for busy students who want to be informed of interesting current issues in the legal profession. Have you ever wondered when someone is legally dead? Or what potential there is in cable television? Have you heard of LATE- the The Student Lawyer and JURISCAN are two important features of the LSD. If you're interested, membership forms are available at the law school. Or you can contact Suzanne Reade, LSD representative for Loyola. An up·coming event in the LSD is the annual circuit conference on March 8th. At the Chicago conference, area judges and lawyers will speak on how judges and lawyers interrelate, and the training of judges. Following the afternoon discussion on the abortion issue, elections will be held for the circuit governor. 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Jay Price (1st-day) said, "As freshmen courses go, we really don't know anything when we get here so the administration is probably the best judge of what we should take. But seeing what's offered for upperclasspersons, really makes the catalog sort of bogus. There's no correlation between what the catalog says is available and what is, and students end up just filling up their schedules just to get the hours without really taking what they want to take." Other first year students also doubted their abilities to reasonably assess the first year curriculum in that they have no basis for comparison. However one student stated, "Actually whatl would like is to have fewer courses each semester of the first year, but complete the entire course in one semester without carrying it over." lot of variety in the night school in what's offered even in relationship to what is available in the day. And one never knows what will be offered from semester to semester. But quality-wise there doesn't seem to be much difference. • Second year students express the most concern about the curriculum's limitations as well as the quality of the faculty. Louise Gross said, "I think the curriculum is terribly disappointing, especially in view of what's in the catalog. However in view of the limited number of professors I just don't see any other way to approach the problem. The basic courses still have to be taught. It's not the professors' faults. There's just not enough of them around." John Brennan (2nd-day) finds the course offerings too limited in that more of the basic courses should be available more often. He stated, "I realize they had to offer more for the seniors this year. But then too, we only get one shot at courses in a year and therefore are compelled to take several necessary but difficult courses at one~ News 'n Family Law Essay Contest The ABA has announced rules for their Family Law essay contest, which features a $500 first prize. Entries are due April 15, 1975 and should be about 3,000 words, although there is not official limit. Entry forms may be obtained from the ABA offices, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago. There will be a $3P second prize and a $200 thir~ prize. Winners will be picked on · the basis of timeliness, practicality, originality, quality of research and clarity of style. Doctor Clara Waldinger, Loyola Student Health Director, has announced that due to increased need, a physiclan will be pres- Notes ent at the student health clinic in the basement of Marquette Center on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings this semester. The doctor had been there only on Monday and Wed nesday mornings in previous semesters. # She also announced that beginning Wednesday, February 12. the course " Consumer Health and Survival" will be offered at room 339 Damen Hat· on the north shore campus from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. each W~dnesday. ;Library Committee the library budget and would be Jane Leahy (1st-eve) stated, "There's not a whole . cont. p . .8 subJect to the availability of Remember W---:~=--,--e ___n __ . ~~f~:y:::etoofc::::;:e::~:. regarding both the patrons and the books, was also discussed. I Mr. Kulys said that the open · stack arrangement had resulted There are five current faculty members in this picture. See if you can name them! . ... -~ . ~(/,~ ·i>~ PIZ-ZA . 1.1-THE-PAI 944-5441 Minimum Delivery $2.25 Delivery Charge $.50 OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK Daily 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P .M. Fridays and Saturdays until 1:oo A.M. Sundays 4:00P.M. to 12:00 P.M . sandwiches $ 1.25 Beef Pizza. S.liC_e _s _5 _0¢ Sausage Meatball Submarine Home Made Chili $ . 75 Italia11 Dinners in a rash of complaints about missing books. A number of alternatives were entertained, with no consensus reached on any particular method. The Committee did agree to meet on , Wednesday, February 26th, and at that time release this statement: "Whereas the theft of books from the law library has increased and has reached crisis proportions, particularly with respect to certain ~ooks needed for some courses, so much that it is interfering with the educational orocess, the Librarv Commit; tee resolves that there is a need for a strong security system, such as a magnetic sensitization scheme. K.M . .. Levi's for school Boy, have we got 'em. Over 4 tons of Levi's . .a The latest styles, colors, fabrics, cuts and patterns. It's the world's greatest selection of Levi's Jeans under one roof. And that's no fish story. 111 E. Chicago Ave. Chicago 60611 GiJ~Iftf}it p,;lftt~-J 837 NORTH STAT.E 337-7022 Resumes Reproduced Personal & Business Stationery w_~~~~ I!l.~-~t!2ns. ___ _ .. Custom <~nd rr~!!!fuli_laU~r__int_ jFast Printing I" BLACKACRE, February 27, 1975, page 8 SO LOWEY AT M_C_ SPEAKS The SBA Speakers Program hosted its first guest of the second semester Monday night in the Regis Room. Fred J. Solowey, Executive Director of the Coalition to End Grand Jury Abuse, spoke of the problems involved in the use of the grand jury system today and the need for a campaign "to return the grand jury to the people." It was an informal presentation; Mr. Solowey sat with the audience and entertained questions as they arose. Solowey began with a brief introduction of himself and the organization for which he works. The Coalition to End Grand Jury Abuse was formed by organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the National Lawyers Guild and others, in the spring of 1973 in response to what they perceived was a threat to American liberty. The early 1970's use of the federa~ grand jury for political inquisition in a campaign waged by the Nixon Administration against dissenters was the catalyst for the group's formation. according to Solowey. In order to trace the purpose and goals of the Coalition, Mr. Solowey traced the history of the grand jury from its inception in 12th Century England through its development, and, what he refered to as its "erosion" into the prosecutorial "rubber stamp" that it is today. He- explained that the Coalition is attempting to restore the grand jury system to its traditional dual role as a " shield to protect the innocent and sword against corruption in high places". As it is being utilized today, Solowey s u g- Men! Women Jobs on Ships! No experience required. Excellent pay. Worldwide travel. Perfect summer job or career. Send $3.00 for information. Seafax Dept. f-12 P .0. Box 2049, Port Angeles, Washington 98362. gested, the grand jury serves only as a forceful investigatory tool of the prosecutor. He expressed particular fear of the immunity laws, especially the 1970 "use" immunity statute which allows prosecutors at the grand jury level to deny witnesses Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination; leaving them the option of imprisonment for contempt if they refuse to testify. The grand jury, Solowey warned, "is an essentially unregulated tool" that has been transformed from a "Watchdog" of citizens rights into a tremendously effective intelligence gathering instrwnent wielded by the government and its prosecu-tors. , In light of the Bill of Rights guarantee promising indictment by a grand jury; Mr. Solowey didn't advocate abolishing the system. He stressed the importance of introducing legislative reforms and safeguards that would re-allocate the functions and authority within the system. The need to return the Jrapd jury to its constitutionally intended role and restore its status as independent of the prosecutor is felt at both the federal and state levels. Mr. Solowey related numerous instances of grand jury abuse, including the early Watergate investigations, especially in connection with the immunity statutes. He indicated that the Coalition was striving, at least, to eliminate the worst abuse through legislation. Repeal of the 1970 "use" immunity statute was one of the measures he hoped would be effected. Reform bills, Solowey said, as well as constitutional amendments have been proposed in order to return to the citizenry the protective buffer provided in the constitution for the protection of their rights. In closing, Mr. Solowey urged students to write their Congressional representatives expressing their support for legislation aimed at grand jury reform. Spring plans for Balsa BALSA members (1. tor.): Jessie Prince, Nate Howse, Debbie Turner BALSA President Nathaniel includes guest speakers and a Howse recently outlined that legal workshop. Last year's organization's plans for the program at Chicago University spring semester. At present featured addresses from the they are working with other President of Howard Univer-area BALSA groups to organize sity, and the President of the the city wide BALSA Alliance National Bar Association. Program to coincide with Law Howse expressed the hope that Day activities on or around May last year's success will be 1. The program is open to law repeated. students and is scheduled at Other BALSA activities this Northwestern. The format spring include intensified mi- Courses Much of this will be follow up work to last December's BALSA Minority Recruitment Day. Howse stated that he is aware the Loyola has received some minority applications, but added that the Law School has been unable to provide information about these applicants. He said that the information he has received thus far has been exclusively from external sour-ces. j.f. ratl\er than spreading them out." ' there is a sufficient amount of courses in the various Another second year student, Charles Emery, areas. The number of courses is not really the went even further stating, "The curriculum is too problem. I think the quality of the teaching is the limited in every respect - not just the number of problem. They have to pay for quality teachers and courses available, but also the number of sections an example of their inability or unwillingness to do open (75 students in classes) as well as the lack of so is Adams and Forkins (two professors who left options regarding professors. It's embarrassing. I ' Loyola). I don't think the curriculum is limited at have a lot of friends at other schools of comparable all- at least for me there are always more courses I size and resources but they have far superior ·want to take than I have time for. People can curricula. They take classes I never knew belonged always criticize, but they'll never use up all the in law schools." - ct>urses offered. Now tile quality of teachers though Abe Trieger (3rd-day) finds the course offerings could easily be a limiting factor, but not the course themselves very adequate. He stated, "I think selection itself." Because vve're neighbors ... What? ... That's just one great reason for banking Water Tower Bank . There are over 20 other banking reasons which we offer to our customers. And few people know all the ways a bank can help them manage their dollars with sense. And in some cases, what they don't know is costing them time and money. If there are other ways, just ask. We're com m it~ed to providing the near north's neighborhood w1th complete banking services. So we cordially invite each and every one of you to bank at the Water Tower Bank. 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