1984, April 30: Blackacre
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Blackacre: 1984, April 30
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School of Law
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1984-04-30
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Student newspaper for the School of Law.
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75th ANNIVERSARY SUPPLEMENT BLACKACRE Volume 16, Nu~ber 11 MONDAY APRIL 30, 1984 75 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: HIST~ICAL VIEW Chicago at the tum of the Century: booming, boistrous, boastful; proclaimed by early Loyola law catalogs ' ... the commercial and financial center of the West. " Clearly, a good place for a young man to get ahead in the practice of law. If that ambitious young man happened to be of modest means it wasn 't easy to break into the profession. The City's two university-affiliated law schools offered no part-time programs for '' those who must support themselves whilst pursuing their legal studies'', as our catalog put it. There were evening law schools, but they were not university-affiliated. One could "read law" while clerking in a law office, but the deficiencies of that system were already apparent. Someone had to offer a better way. By 1900, St. Ignatius College had been educating young Catholic men in the rigorous Jesuit tradition for thirty years. Students there had a strong interest in the legal profession, as evidenced by the fact that the Chrysostomian Debating Society of the College annually debated the question, ''Resolved: That the study of medicine is nobler in its nature than the study of law. '' In 1906 it is recorded that the judges had "little difficulty" in proclaiming the negative speakers victorious. It was only natural, then, that five Chicago attorneys, concerned about the need for quality legal education in the City, would tum to St. Ignatius with a proposal for the establishment of a ''law department. '' On January 13, 1906, William Dillon, Michael V. Kannally, Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, P. H. 0 'Donnell and '1oward Sprogle wrote to Rev. Henry J. Dumbach, S. J., President of the College: ''We, the undersigned, after considerable reflection on the matter, beg leave to request you and the trustees of St. Ignatius College, to consider the advisability of opening a law department in connection with St. Ignatius College. The undersigned desire to offer their services in the organization of the proposed law school, in case you wish to accept them. Whatever we can do, we shall do cheerfully and willingly, in the hope that a law school worthy of the city, and worthy of St. Ignatius College, may be established in the City of Chicago. ' ' The merit of this proposal was matched by its timeliness. The College, which then conducted preparatory and college programs in the building adjacent to Holy Family Church on West 12th Street, was dearly in a mood to expand. It had been negotiating to buy the property which was to become the Lake Shore Campus and, a scant eight weeks after Dillon group's letter, that transaction was consummated. The College administration ultimately was persuaded that a law school would fit nicely into these plans, but approval of the project was not forthcoming THE LAW SCHOOL'S FIRST HOME The Ashland Block at Cla.rk and Randolph Streets. soon enough to permit classes to begin in the Fall of 1906, as the Dillon group had hoped. Instead, the alumni of the College undertook to lobby inte~sively for the proposal, which was first disclosed publicly at the 1906 annual banquet of the College Alumni Association. The alumni were convinced, prophetically, that the law school would be the first of a number of ' 'graduate schools in the . . . learned professions' ' to be established at St. Ignatius College. By early 1907 these efforts had begun to bear fruit . Dillon, Arnold D. McMahon and Judge Edward F. Dunne {later Governor of Illinois), among others, met at the College to make plans for the new school. On May 18, 1908, the planning was perfected and the organization of the school was completed at a dinner hosted by the St. Ignatius faculty. The school was to be called the Lincoln College of Law. Dillon was named Dean of the Law Faculty and McMahon Secretary and Registrar. On September 14, 1 908, classes began in quarters in the Ashland Block at Clark and Randolph streets, a prestigious address for many lawyers of the day. Arnold McMahon wrcte: "It will be the aim of the Lincoln College of Law to afford to those who must support themselves while preparing for the profession an opportunity to obtain a thorough training in all branches of the law. To this end it has· been determined to hold the class sessions in the evening from 6:30 to 9:00p.m. The classes will be conducted by men actively engaged in the profession, who have been chosen with great care from the leading practitioners of the Chicago bar. ' ' Thirty students enrolled for that first session. They discovered a rigid curriculum which included many courses which are staples even today, e.g., Contracts, Torts, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Property. Students were also required to complete an extensive Continued on page 2 75th Anniversary Special APPEL LOOKS TO THE FUTURE by: Tammi Franke At the end of her first year as Dean of the Law School, Nina Appel feels optimistic about the law school's future . This optimism is due in part to the Dean's confidence in the progress made towards long term goals set at the beginning of this year. Many of her ideas and plans for future years involve the cultivation and growth of these budding programs. However, the Dean is not short on new ideas for the future. Continued improvement of the Law School-. library· is one of the Dean's top priorities. This improvement will entail strengthening the general collection and increasing the library's depth and specialization. There will be a continued emphasis on health care and Women's law to coordinate with the new centers at the Law School in these areas . Also, the Dean, inspired by the recent Baker McKenzie ethics symposium, hopes to add a specialized collection on legal ethics. These areas of specialization will encourage and facilitate the sharing of materials with other law school libraries and provide a foundation for continuing education programs offered at Loyola. Dean Appel sees te~ological advancement in the future of the library as well. Because Law School accreditation standards now refer to the ' 'library' ' we once knew as ' ' data retrieval centers' ', the Dean hopes to keep improving the computer capabilities of the library. The new computer center acquired this year will provide a solid foundation. Also, classes training students in computer research are planned for upcoming years to suppliment the new center. Another major concern of the Dean is Alumni relations. In this area, the future will hold increased Anurnni contact with the Law School through newsletters and continuing legal education programs. The addition this year of a permanent Alumni Relations Director, Joan Wasem, begins what will be a continually expanding program in upcoming years. Dean Appel feels that continuing legal education programs will serve Loyola's Alumni and strengthen the overall intellectual environment at the Law School. As a complement to the continuing legal education program, the Dean would like to continue excellent lecture series like this year 's lecture series on health care law. A possible series concerning school desegregation and another ethics symposium are being planned. The Dean hopes to involve· Continued on page 6 BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 7 sth Anniversary SP.ecial rnunity at the time; Fitzgerald was fresh out of the Harvard Law School. It proved historic for the School, however, because when Dean McCormick retired in 1937 Fitzgerald was appointed to succeed him. judge John Cushing Fitzgerald {left), dean from 1937-58, and judge John V. McCormick , dean f rom 1925-37. Undaunted by nearly a decade of'the Depression and an uncertain outlook for the future, Dean Fitzgerald moved at once to lead the School into a new and challenging phase of its development. Joined by two recent alumni on the full-time faculty, John] . Waldron, '3 2, and John Cornelius Hayes, ' 3 7 , Dean Fitagerald set out to transform the Law School. They emphasized the history and tradition of the legal profession. Both by classroom teaching and personal example, they gave life and meaning to the social, moral and ethical values implicated in the practice of the law. They adopted a most rigorous and unusual academic program designed to assure that every Loyola law graduate would be prepared to practice with distribution in any jurisdiction '' . . . where the AngloAmerican system of law is in effect. ' ' Central to the new system were anonymous grades and an unusual comprehesive examination covering the entire year's work. Practice Court program. An unusual feature of the curriculum was the availability of a course in ''Logic, Philosophy and Sociology, ' ' offered by Rev . Edward J . Gleeson, S. J. Fr. Gleeson had offered the course downtown for six years before the e~tablishment of Lincoln College, and it became an optional law school course as soon as Lincoln opened its doors. Remarkably, a .majority of the early law students gave their Friday evenings to the course, thus filling five nights a week with classroom work. This course eventually developed into the part-time college program of the University College. Lincoln College of Law was destined to exist under that name for only one year. The first building on the Lake Shore Campus, Dumbach Hall, was · completed in 1908. That development, along with the establishment of Lincoln College as the first professional school, led the College trustees to reorganize as Loyola University in 1909. The school was known as the " Loyola Univestiy Law Department" until the 1920's, when it became the School of Law. Dean Dillon retired in 19 2 7 , and Arnold D. McMahon was appointed to succeed him. Though enrollment fell off sharply during World War I, the school remained open and emerged from the War ready to grow out of its infancy . 1921 proved to be a milestone in the history of the Law School: Rev. Frederic Siedenburg , S. J. , became Regent and he immediately instituted a series of crucial changes. He established a full-time day division with a threeyear curruculum, expanded the evening curriculum to four years and admitted women students to both divisions. By 1924 there were three full-time faculty members, Sherman Steele, John V. McCormick and Francis J. Rooney, and students were required to complete two years of college before entering the law program. These changes qualified the Law School to become a member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1924 and to be approved by the American Bar Association in 1925 . John V. McCormick succeeded McMahon as Dean in 1925. Under his direction, the School instituted a graduate program which continued into the 1930's. In 1927 it moved into larger quarters in the University's new downtown center at 28 North Franklin Street. Dean McCormick continued until 19 3 7, when he was elected to the bench. In 1928 Dean McCormick recruited John Cushing Fitzgerald for a full-time faculty position. This probably at- · tracted little attention in the legal corn- This system was extremely demanding of students. Each June full-time students undertook over thirty hours of examination covering all of their coursework for the year, and they received a single, comprehensive grade for that year. The system worked because it was administered fairly and even-handedly and because, in time, the legal community came to recognize that a Loyola !aw degree really did mean something special. The new system was established in 1939. Before it had time to become a Loyola tradition World War II curtailed drastically the program of the School. No new students were admitted after Pearl Harbor, but students already enrolled were permitted to continue until the Class of 1944 graduated. Most Clara Walsh Morris (left) and Mary G. Kelly (center) of the class of 192 7 with Marion Bremner, c}ass of 1926. Supplement Page 2 of the faculty and students were occupied in the war effort during that time, and Professor Francis J. Rooney assumed responsibility for a large portion of the classroom teaching of the few who remained. Classes were suspended in 1944, and there was no assurance at all that the School would ever re-open. When the War ended, a core group of Law alumni assured the University administration that funds would be contributed to support the reopening of the School. Thanks to the donation by the philanthropist Frank J. Lewis, of the building at 820 N . Michigan Avenue, the University was able to relocate its downtown center and to make available for the Law School the Ninth floor of the renamed Lewis Towers building. Dean Fitzgerald, Assistant Dean Rooney and Professors Hayes and Waldron were joined or. the fulltime faculty by William L. Lamey, '39. This group. along with a number of practitioners teaching part- time, comprised the faculty who, in September, 1946, greeted a horde of returning veterans eager- to make up for -lost time. The School accommodated them by offering an accelerated, yearround program which made it possible to graduate in two years. Hence the class of '48. This hectic period did not last very long, and afterwards the School began a period when the faculty dedicated itself almost exclusively to excellence in classroom teaching. James M. Forkins and James B. 0 'Shaughnessy were recruited to the faculty in those years, adding their skills to those of the group which had reopened the School in 1946. These full-time instructors were ably assisted by many part-time teachers, some of whom became Loyola traditions in their own right , such as Professors John A. Zvetina, '24, and Charles B. Cannon, '29. By the early 1950's the School had built a solid and well deserved reputation for sound legal education, and was known for its strong and dedicated faculty and for its rigorous academic standards. It also had become apparent by that time that further growth could not take place in Lewis Towers. The ninth floor could not support an adequate library ,, larger classrooms or additional facilities for student and faculty activities, and other University operations occupied all available space elsewhere in the building. Once again, the alumni responded. Raising over $250,000, they made it possible for the University to take the first step to develop Lewis Towers into a true downtown campus by purchasing the former Career Institute building at 41 East Pearson Street to house the School of Law and other University operations. For the faculty and students who moved into the remodeled building in February, 19 54, " 41 East" was the Promised Land. The Law Library was much larger than before and, thanks to a generous gift of John F. Cuneo , it offered a spacious and pleasant openstack reading room for the students and faculty. The classrooms were of compact size, well lighted and ventilated, and furnished with tables arranged to ~ncourage student debate on points of Continued on page 4 BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 7 Sth Anniversary Special ~upplement Page 3 INSIDERS PERSPECTIVE ON LOYOLA'S PAST by: Cliff Berman James Forkins, Ph.B. , University of Detroit; J.D., 194 7 University of Michigan. Professor Forkins joined the faculty in 194 7 following his graduation from law school. He remained until 197 4 when he accepted partnership in a firm specializing in family law. In 197 6 he became a partner at Schiff, Hardin & Waite where he headed the Family Law Division. In 1981 he accepted an offer to return to the fulltime faculty. He has been general counsel to the university and has served on several of its committees. Extremely active in matrimonial law, he is a Founding Fellow and permanent governor of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and served as its national president 1970-73. He has also written and lectured extensively in the field. Professor Forkins has held office in the Matrimonial Law Committees of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Association, and he is currently a professor-reporter to the Illinois Judicial Conference. His present areas of academic interest and activity include Contracts, Remedies and Family Law. BLACKACRE: Your longevity at Loyola is put into perspective when one realizes that you started just 2 years after the Cubs last won a pennant. Did you 'ever think at the time that you would be teaching at Loyola in the 80's? FORKINS: I don 't believe I- consciously thought about it, but I was happy to come here to teach. I didn't think in terms of doing anything else. BLACKACRE: How have law students changed over the years? FORKINS: On paper, they are probably better qualified. Th.at is, their undergraduate acheivement record is probably better over the years because of the competition to get into law school. The result of the competition is that we tum to the paper record first: The LSAT and undergraduate record. Since we have an overabundance of applicants , although that number has been dropping in the last couple of years, we are able to look to those people that have, as I say, a better paper record. BLACKACRE: Is law an overcrowded profes. ? SIOn. FORKli JS· \Vhen I started in law school in 1940 I ·vas told the same thing. People were saying, "why are you going mto law 1£ ·~ overcrowded. You '11 never be able ~o make a living in law anymore.'' My answer was that good lawyers a-e going to make a living, rega.dless of the state of the profession. There's always going to be a need for good lawyers. Th may be marginal people who are not gomg to make it, but that's something that you face in almost any profession Prof. Forkins BLACKACRE: Many first year students view you as Loyola's answer to Professor Kingsfield on ''The Paper Chase '' . Do you believe that the Socratic Method is the best way to learn the law? FORKINS: Yes I do, in the first year. In the first year we're trying to impart skills, as well as knowledge. You impart the skills by the Socratic- Method. What I want you to develope is a questioning mind, and an ability to respond to verbal pressure from the other side. This has nothing to do with the_ content of the course, in the sense that I could probably impart the same information a lot easier without going through the labor of the Socratic Method. I think that I am capable of distilling and pronouncing a principle of law as many hornbook authors are. If that is all you are after, that 's the way to go. In first year law, however, the student is trying to act and think like a lawyer, and the Socratic Method is the best way to acheive that goal. BLACKACRE: Is fear a factor in the Socratic Method? FORKINS: I'm not looking for fear, I'm looking for respect. There is a difference. I want my students to realize that it is a tough discipline they are getting into and that they have to approach it with respect. If they can 't handle it, then they slough off early. BLACKACRE: How do you feel about the ' 'computer revolution' ' in law? FORKINS: It's beyond a revolution, it's here. Anyone who wants to practice law in the future had better know what a computer can do . Lawyers should be able to use the computer, not in the sense of being a computer operator or a word procesor, but they have to know the capabilities of the· machine. They should know the computer 's research capacity, because that, to me, is the most revolutionary thing, 1f you want to use rhat term. It has speeded up the process and made it more precise. the building was inadequate, the staffing was inadequate, and, in my opinion, the salaries were not commensurate with what they should have been. I didn 't see, at that time, any indication that it was going to be changed. I also had need for money, because I had children in college. I had an offer for a partnership with .Joe DuCanto which was infinately more lucrative than teaching law. So, combining all those things, I reluctantly decided to leave the law school. BLACKACRE: Was your decision to return to Loyola prompted by an improvement in the school? FORKINS: There is no question that things have improved. The salary levels have improved, and the facilities have certainly improved. The entire atmosphere has improved. I never realized how much I missed teaching until I got out of it. Bud Murdock came to me and asked me to ·Come back, but I said no because I still had a daughter in college. He came back a year later, saying that he knew my daughter was out of college. I told him that I wanted a situation in which I was under no pressure to practice law. I wanted to do nothing but teach and write . He met that and I gladly came back. BLACKACRE: Do you recommend that kind of practical experience for students considering a career in teaching? FORKINS: I think that anybody who wants to teach should spend some time in practice. I ~arne here right out of law school, and I re~ember telling Dean Stosser at Michigan that I had the job. His response was that he wouldn't hire me unless I had practiced for 3 years, because that's what he expected of all his faculty. At that time, I resented his statement. Now I resent the way in which he said it, but I can appreciate the wisdom of his words. Anyone who wants to teach, should also have some experience in doing. BLACKACRE: You attended a ''national '' law school at the University of Michigan, and have taught at a ' 'local' ' law school. Do you see advantages to a Loyola education? FORKINS: The adv~tage is that we are smaller. You have got a much better rapport with the faculty than we ever had at Mi~gan. We_ used to make an appointmnet 3 or 4 weeks in advance , just to see a professor to ask a question about class. Here, there is closeness between the faculty and students and among the student body as well. That s ~he ptinciple advantage. BLACKACRE: Is there a aifferent emphasis on what is taught at a national, as opposed to BLACKACRE: What made you decide to a local, law school? leave Loyola for private practice in 197 4? FORKINS: It was 2 combinat!On of things It was a matter of history that there w.ere problems which the school was going through at the time. ¥/hen we were at 41 East Pearson, Cor'ltmt.ed on page BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 75th Anniversary Special Supplement Page 4 Although most expected to enlist shortly after graduation, members of the class of 1944 were overjoyed as they are sworn into practice in Federal court. law. There was no courtroom at first , but by 1958 a handsome one had been constructed and dedicated to the memory of Thomas D. Nash. For the time being, the Law School had found a home. The new facility was formally dedicated in October, 1955. Among the distinguished part1apants was Chicago's new Mayor, Richard J. Daley. In 1958 Dean Fitzgerald began his new career, first as a court administrator and later as a Circuit Court Judge, but this marked no change in basic policy at the School. He was succeeded, first by Professors Hayes and Lamey as acting co-deans , and then by John Cornelius Hayes, who held the Dean Hayes, 1958-67 office of Dean until 1967. William L. sion years and, perhaps, some of the Lamey was named Dean in 1967 and Sputnik-induced preoccupation with served until 1970. the sciences which developed in the late Deans Hayes and Lamey had both 19 50 's. been associated with the School for During Dean Lamey's administration many years and they continued without dramatic developments outside trigsignificant change the policies which gered rapid change inside the School. had built its fine reputation. During Applications for admission increased this period, however, the School began radically as the vanguard of the Baby to offer a significant number of elective Boom generation appeared at the doors courses, in recognition of increasing of 41 East Pearson Street. At the same complexity in the law itself and of time, the social consciousness of the greater concentration in the practice of Kennedy and Johnson years had made law. One of the results of that in- the study of law more attractive to . evitable change was that the com- more students, further swelling the prehensive examination system became number of applicants. Suddenly, overdifficult to maintain, and it ultimately capacity in legal education became was abandoned. Another development undercapacity, and admissions work of that time was that the School began was transformed from recruiting to to support an increasing number of co- winnowing. To further complicate the curricular activities, including student - situation, the same forces which enpublications and various moot court couraged student interest in the study competitions, a trend that would soon and practice of law were also exerting accelerate. Student enrollment actually pressure for higher levels of service declined somewhat during these years , within the law school. Numerous elec-u.::;•-• u·~ low birth rates of the Depres- teaching Members of the faculty circa 195 7. Dean Lamey, 1967-70 methods for such courses as legal writing and advocacy were being adopted by law schools everywhere, The Law School began a Placement Service and, in l 969, it established the Loyola Law Journal, the first publication edited exclusively by Loyola law students. As enrollment and programs increased, so did the size of the fulltime faculty, the Law Library and the staff. All of these demands put great pressure on the space in 41 East, which soon was near the bursting point. As these developments. were gaining momentum in 1970, Charles R. Purcell succeeded Dean Lamey. Purcell had served on the Loyola faculty both full-time and part-time and had been Assistant Dean under Dean Hayes in 1965-66. Prior to his appointment as Dean at Loyola, he had been Associate Dean at the University of MissouriKansas City. During his administration, the faculty was further iilcreased in size, enrollment was further increased and, for the first time, the First Year Day class wa-.. sectioned into groups. Space for extra classrooms was found on the first floor of the building, in areas formerly used as classrooms by other schools of the University. The Library expanded, first into other parts of the third floor, and then ir to the basement of the building. All of these moves proved insufficient, especially with respect to the Library. Accordingly, in 197 4, the President of the University appointed a special Committee for the Future of the Law School, composed of faculty, administrators, students and alumni, and chaired by John F. Langdon, Vice President tor Administration of Loyola University. The charge of the committee was to study legal education, especially in the Chicago area, and to take recommendations regarding the future growth and expansion, if any, of the School. In the meantime, the School for the first time occupied the whole of 41 East, which was extensively remodeled to provide more and better space for library, Qffice and seminar use. At the same time most classes were shifted to newly enlarged classrooms in the adjacent Marquette Center, and a passageway between 41 East and Marquette was constructed. Although much of Dean Purcell's administration was devoted to the problems of physi<:el expansion, the programs of the school continued to grow too. Among the new offerings was the Trial Practice Program, initially conducted by Professor Leroy J . Tomquist. This program was and is one of the very few in existence which offers an opportunity to participate to every student attending School. In 1975 Charles "Bud" Murdock, '63, succeeded Dean Purcell. Dean Murdock had taught at DePaul and came to Loyola from the Law School of Notre Dame University. In 1976 the Committee for the Future of the Law School submitted its report. Among its many recommendations was a proposal for the construction of a new law school building. Dean Murcock devoted himself to the accomplishment of this .objective. Under his leadership, approval for the new building was obtained, a site at Pearson and State streets was purchased, and some $5,000,000 was raised for the project. This included a most generous gift in honor of Rev. James F. Maguire, S.J. , Chancellor Emeritus of Loyola University, given by a somewhat anonymous donor. As on prior occasions, law alumni were generous even beyond expectations in contributing to the project. The fruition of all this came on May 2 7, 1980, when the new building, Maguire Hall, was formally dedicated. for the first time in its long history, Loyola University School of Law had a building designed exclusively for its use. The new building was at least as big an improvement over 41 East as 41 East had been over Lewis Towers. Classrooms were specifically designed for legal education. The two full floors of library space were comfortable and well furnished. Offices and other facilities were provided for the Law Journal, Student Bar Association Blackacre and other activities. Through the generosity of Philip H. Corboy, '48, a magnificent courtroom, full equipped with video cameras and taping equipment, was provided in memory of his son, Robert J. Corboy. Through the similar generosity of William T. 0 'Donnell, an auditorium seating 1.25 persons was pro~ided. Continued on pag~ 5 BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 75th Anniversary Special The new facilities, Maguire Hall, which opened its doors on May 27, 1980. Below left, Dean Murdock, 1975-83 and Dean Purcell, 1970-75, below right. During Dean Murdock's administration the full-time faculty was increased to twentyone, its present strength. The staff of the Law Library was enlarged and professionalized, and the services offered to students were markedly improved. The participation of Loyola students in co- and extra-curricular activities grew rapidly. Other new and important programs established then include the Loyola Community Law Center (the legal clinic), presently located in Rogers Park but soon to occupy new quarters in the Catholic Charities offices at 721 North LaSalle Street, and the Street Law Program, in which high school students are exposed to education about the law offered by Loyola students under the guidance of faculty members. In July, 1983, Nina S. Appel became the ninth Dean of the School. She had served on the faculty for ten years and had been Associate Dean for seven years prior to her elevation to position of Dean. The challenges facing Dean Appel are different, but no less serious, than those which faced her predecessors. The Law Library, central to legal education, must continue to develop in response to the needs of the coming decade. The computer · age already has wrought change in how law is practiced, how it is learned and how it is taught. Most agree that this is bu~ the beginning of the computer revolution in the legal profession. Dean Appel also will face a continuing need for growth and development in new fields of law. To this end, she has recently established at Loyola a Computer Center and a Health Law Center, has proposed a Women's Law Center and is exploring the possibility of greater emphasis on alternative dispute resolution in the curriculum. She is confident that Loyola will meet the challenges of the future, as it has met the challenges of the past seventy-five years. Happily, there is no Epilogue, for the history of the School of Law is far from over. With dedication reinforced by their awareness of the _traditions of this School, the alumni, faculty and students of the School of Law have unbounded confidence that its future will be as rich and satisfying as its past. Dean Nina S. Appel Supplement Page 5 Some of the foregoing material has been adapted from a similar sketch prepared for the fiftieth Anniversary observance, April 29, 1958, by the late Dean and Professor of Law, John C. Hayes, Loyola Law Class of 1937. by: Charles R. Purc~ll ear of Excel enee . . BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 The Blackacre Editors Congratulate the Law School for 75 successful years. --- - - ------- --------- - --------, 75th Anniversary-Special cont. from page 1 the faculty and other prominent speakers in these series. The Dean is enthusiastic about the future of Loyola's legal clinic. With its pending move to the Catholic Charities Building, the Clinic will be more accessible to students. This hopefully will foster more student participation in the clinic. Additional participation by students will allow the clinic to give increased service to low income people in Chicago which, according to Dean Appel, is vital at a time when public support for legal aid is diminishing. Because of this dual ·service to the community and to students, the Dean feels that continued support and improvement of the clinic is essential. Many of the Dean's new ideas for the future concern the Law School's curriculum. Her main goal is to emphasize and improve the research and writing skills of Loyola's students because she considers these to be the skills essential for a successful la_w care~. A course in legislative drafting is plaimed to coordinate with a possible legislati.ve drafting project. The Dean has been in contact with someone in the legislative drafting field to head up the_· project. She also hopes to involve e'ither the Health Care Law Cent~"r. or the Women's Law Center in the project. The Dean also ·plans to promote research assistantships with faculty members as well as increase the writing courses in the curriculum. Other new courses will be developed from information received from Illinois Judges and Alumni concerning judicial clerkships. Over the past year Dean Appel had been receiving information from Judges and Alumni on the skills necessary for judicial clerking. She plans on developing specialized cour.ses geared towards preparing students for clerkships. A faculty committee on judicial clerkship placement has been formed to help students with the required skills seek clerking opportunities. Supplement Page 6 The Dean hopes to expand the curriculum by including more courses that incorporate other areas of graduate study. Plans are being made to offer more joint courses and joint degrees. By offering these courses and degrees, the Dean hopes to involve the Law School to greater extent in the University as a whole. According to Dean Appel, the Faculty and staff will remain approximately the same size. One new faculty member had been hired at this time for next year. A visiting professor will also be hired to fill in for Professor Murdock who in on a year's leave of absence. Dean Appel is also grateful to the many part-time faculty members and hopes to x:etain their skills in the upcoming years. _/ There is a possibility that the composition of the student body will change in the future due to predictions of a nationwide decline in the number of law school applicants. The . Dean hopes to keep the student body at its present high academic level by insuring that the best of newly admitted students attend Loyola. This will be done by coordinating admissions with the scholarship committee and keeping tuition at its present low level. The Dean also hopes to encourage the best students to attend Loyola by improving student activities. The new in ·creased student activities fee will provide additonal funding necessary for improvements. The increased funding will also allow more students to participate. Dean Appel feels that increased student participation in activites which improve writing skills, such as Law Journal and Women's Law Reporter ( ed. 's note: Blackacre also offers excellent opportunities for students to improve their writing skills) , is essential for the future of the Law School. Overall, Dean Appel is very happy with .the progress make in her first year as Dean and with the present faculty, staff, students and alumni feels that the future can only be better. BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 7 Sth Anniversary Special Supplement Page 7 THIS YEAR IN REVIEW Loyola Law School began its year' with a number of ' 'new additions'' to the school. Nina Appel was named dean of the school. She is Loyola's first woman dean and one of five women in the country who are currently serving as law school deans. Professor Alan Raphael joined the faculty after employment in various areas of the legal profession. Kathryn Gardner began her duties as Placement Director, bringing experience and familiarity with the Chicago area legal employment market . Father Alan J. Gribb was also named chaplain of the Law School. The last addition of the semester was the creation of a computer center at the school. Professor Cynthia Kelly was named to study how the computer could best be incorporated into the study of the law. Many students and faculty members were elected and· appointed to various positions in the legal field during the first semester. Skip Buckley was elected as Seventh Circui~ governor of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. Kevin Conlon was selected as Student Editor of the Chicago Bar Record. Professor Diane Geraghty was elected secretary of the American Civil Liberties Union, Illinois Division. Finally, Professor Charles Purcell was elected vice president of the Federal Bar Association . The first semester also brought a variety of speakers to the Law School. Some the speakers were Wayne Jacquith, ~xective FORKIN'S INTERVIEW(cont) FORKINS: No, I think that is a canard. It's an oversimplification to talk about national . law schools as opposed to local law schools. If you are talking about a bar review-type law school; yes, that's a local law school. Presumably, they would be teaching you local law to pass a local bar, and I don't know of any schools that are that crass. I think the teaching here at Loyola is every bit as good as the teaching I experienced at Michigan. In fact, the faculty when I first started at Loyola was every bit as good. We didn't have anational .reputation, because we didn 't publish. BLACKACRE: Is it true that a student from Loyola is locked into the Chicago market? FORKINS: No. For years I have been trying to tell our students to get out of Chicago and go someplace else. There are opportunities doWnstate , for instance. We have got a sizeable contingent in California. We have an enviable record of passing the California Bar, which is generally acknowledged to be a very tough examination. I think that our people are competitively equipped to practice law anywhere. BLACKACRE: What do you see in your future? Director of the Lawyer's Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, and John Kennelly who spoke on the Korean air disaster. Sam Amorante also spoke at the Law School on his experience with the Gacy trial, and Fred Lane captured the attention of students and faculty with his presentation on trial techniques . To close out the semester, our own Professors Cooper and Carey led the discussions at two seminars sponsored by the Woman's Law Reporter. Professor Cooper spoke on the Sexual D imension of Employment Discrimination. Professor Carey discussed Illinois legislation on sex crimes. The second semester began with the announcement that funding would be given to the Law School for the creation of a center for Health Care Law. The student teams representing Loyola in the various moot court competitions were also announced. Students on the Jessup team were Mary Gill, Thayer Herte , John Simon, Brian Walsh, and Tom Woodrow. Students on the Niagra Cup team were Nick Durie, Dominque Frigo , Chuck Schultz and Jinhee Wilde. The Labor Moot Court team was announced as well. The team members were Kevin Conlon, Mike Hart, and LouAnn Reichle. The National Mock Trial team consisted of J o Bonnell, Doug Cotiler, Patti Giannis, Nick Anaderio , Debbie Golden. Loyola 's 1984 Client Counseling Competition team consisted of Fred Spitzzeri and Dave Storto. Finally, the FORKINS: Retirement probably. I'll reach mandatory retirement age sooner than I care to think about. Until that time, I'll do more of the same. I enjoy teaching and I do more writing than I've done in the past. I don't think I '11 practice law to the extent that I have in the past. BLACKACRE: What do you see in the future of Loyola Law School? FORKINS: I see only .good things in the future of Loyola Law School. We have a strong rapport with the administration, we have an excellent dean, we have a faculty that I consider to be excellent . With those ingredients, I· can't see anything but good things. The law school is going to expand its offerings, its going to expand its influence on the community, and as you are probably aware, our graduates are certainly now acceptable in the " influential" law firms. Many of our graduates are also filling public offices. I forsee Loyola as being a positive influence on the legal profession, and on the state -of Illinois . new members of the Law Journal were announced. They are Rolando Acosta, Robin Clauson, Fred Baird, Katie Bigane, Mark Chudacoff. Mary Beth Cyze, Don Hayden, Jeanine Jiganti, and Cheryl Kehoe. Once again second semester brought a varied list of speakers to the Law School. Many of these speakers spoke at the Baker McKenzie Foundation Series. The series entitled ' ' Inquiry into Contemporary Problems of Legal Ethics' ' consisted of four lectures by nationally recognized speakers and comments by other authorities . Among the speakers were Thomas Sullivan , former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Abe Karash , and John Powers Crowley . In addition to this series, the Law School initiated a series on Mental Health Care, which it will continue in later years. Other speakers appearing at the Law School were Daniel Sheehan and Father William Davis, who worked on the Karen Silkwood litigation. In closing out the year, new Student Bar Association officers ~re elected: Dan Cronin, president; Mary Hatzenbuehler, vice president; Darren Van Puymbruck, secretary; Bob Walsh, treasurer. Lastly, the school will celebrate its severity-fifth birthday on May 1st with a gala celebration. At the celebration , Charles Purcell will be awarded the Francis J. Rooney-St. Thomas Moore Award, and Dennis J . Horan will receive the medal of excellence. • BLACKACRE Volume 16, Number 11 75th Anniversary Spedal Supplement Page 8 Scenes From The Law School EDITORS IN CHIEF Rolando Acosta James Jordan Tammi Franke Don Toomey Elliot Goldman Michael Wasserman BUSINESS EDITOR: Deon Brown STAFF CARTOONIST: Cliff Berman PRODUCTION CREW: see editors in chief Molly Anchor Lydia Gonzalez Michael Fitzmaurice Michelle Katz Phil Fowler John Moynihan Jeff Jarmuth John Spitzig CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Rolando R. 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