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John M. Harlan Louis D. Brandeis Louisville Law Examiner Serving The University of Louisville Law School Community Volume I, Number 8 Louisville, Kentucky, April 6, 1976 Budget Increases, Law School Short By Craig Thielke The governor-'s budget recommendation of $71 j million for the University has been passed by the General Assembly and compared to other state universities, U of L got a "fairly significant" amount of the new money available, according to John Dillon, vice-president for academic affairs. He added however, that the budget is still going to be pretty tight. million in catch-up money (ie. money to bring the various units to a level comparable to the University of Kentucky), and we got slightly over $5 million. Of this, all but something over $2 million was earmarked for special purposes such as grant replacement, so that leaves an amount slightly in excess of $2 million available for catch-up," said Mr.Dillon. Vice President John Dillon Circulation 3500 Asst. Dean Steven R. Smith The money that comes from the state can be divided into at least two major funds. The largest part is used to pay the "base budget" ·costs such as faculty salaries and supplies and expenses. According to Mr. Dillon, the money allocated by the- General Assembly for this year's base budget was grounded on the base budget from last year of each school plus five per cent. Of this available catch-up money, much of it has already been spoken for. U of L President James Miller has committed $1.2 million of this new money for new faculty positions. Four units however will not get any new faculty positions, one of which is the Law School. Screening Nears End This five per cent increase must be used for its intended purpose. However, each school or "unit," is free to distribute the extra money within the category as it sees fit. For example, the increased faculty salary money may be distributed in a five per cent across the board raise, or, explained Mr. Dillon, a unit could give each faculty member a three per cent raise and use the rest of the money for merit increases to particular faculty members. As for the supplies and expenses, cost, Dillon said the situation is less complex. But he added, "The cost of utilities, postage, etc. is skyrocketing, and these increased expenses have to come right off the top of the five per cent." The second large fund is known as "catch-up money." "We requested $20 News-In-Brief "The University is not in a steady state where enrollment does not change," said Mr. Dillon. "If it were, we wouldn't have to hire new faculty and we could use the new money for catch-up." Mr. Dillon noted that to lim1t enrollment on the undergraduate level so as to artificially create a steady state would be "absolutely immoral," defeating the purpose for which U of L joined the state system. There is also an "enrollment pressure fund" maintained by the Council for Public Higher Education, said Mr. Dillon, which will give U of L an additional $350,000 for new faculty. The dean of each school submits to the office of academic affairs both a base budget and an "expansion budget." The expansion budget lists the priorities of each school for proposed use of any additional funds that may become (continued on page 12) By Sandy Askland and Bill Bardenwerper The Dean Search Committee is drawing closer to fulfilling its task of screening candidates for the Law School deanship position. Eventually, the faculty will choose from among at least seven interested candidates a "preferred group" of at least three candidates. University President James G. Miller will make the ultimate selection from this list of three. The committee, comprised of seven faculty members and three students, chaired by Mr. Gene Teitelbaum, first advertised nationally in selected journals and recruited among accredited law schools for the nomination of candidates. Then, based upon committee assessment of the candidates' achievements in legal scholarship, actual practice, and administrative experience, a list was composed of approximately 70 eligible individuals, the most capable of whom were sent invitations to apply for the position. ·Carroll Addresses Class of '7 6 The University of Louisville School of Law will hold graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 9, 1976 at 4 p.m. on the Belknap Campus. Gov. Julian Carroll will deliver the commencement address to graduating seniors. In case of rain, ceremonies will be held in DuPont Manual High School Auditorium. A reception will follow immediately in the lob by of the law library. All graduates, faculty, alumni and guests are invited to attend. No-fault sem~nar A Practical Skills seminar exploring the "Practical Aspects of No-Fault Auto Insurance" will be sponsored by the Law School, the Center for Continuing Education and the Louisville Bar Association. The seminar will be held on Friday, April 16, in Middleton Auditorium, Strickler Hall on the U of L campus. Topics to be covered include: assigned claims, procedure and application of the coverage to various types of vehicles. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. with adjournment at 5: 15 p.m. Mrs. Maria Meuter at the Law School should be contacted for details and registration. The registration fee is $5. Ball on the .. belle The First Annual Ball on the Belle will be held Wedn~sday, May 5 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on the Belle of Louisville. All students, faculty and Law School Alumni are invited. "Black tie" attire is optional. Tickets and details are available through Rita Siegwald and Becky Wiemberg in the Law School Dean's office until Awil 30. Tha.rtks Alumni The· University of Louisville Alumni and Development Office greatly appreciate the continued support from the Law Alumni. We sincerely thank theLaw Alumni for helping the Law School and the University strive for greater excel· lence. Thus far, six candidates have visited the Law School, five of whom have held personal, open forums with interested students. Generally, student questions have been directed to the candidates' views regarding night school, internship programs, a placement office, facilities of the Law School, funding priorities, and the candidates' approaches to the deanship position. Of the six candidates interviewed, four have strongly favored a night school. One of the candidates commented that we could not do away with night school "purely and simply because it can't stand on its own feet. Few can," he said. A fifth candidate said that the night school would have to be "seriously studied." All candidates expressed the need for an expansion of clinical programs. One candidate said that such programs are of real importance and he emphasized that · the Law School should "concentrate on the best possible education for practicing - (continued on page 12} On The Inside Letter to Editor ...•........ p. 2 Alumni Foundation Report ... p. 2 Public Defender Problems .... p. 3 NYU Bicentennial Confab ...• p. 3 Main Building Renovation ... p. ~5 Master Plan Calls for New East Wing .........• p. 6 Downtown Location Idea .... p. 7 Law School at Shelby Campus p. 8 Legal Aid Program .....•.... p. 8 Long Range Planning Committee Project ....... p. 9 Bail Bondsmen Near Extinction ...•.... p. 10 Fraternities ...•.......... p. 11 Calendar •.•............. p. 11 Moot Court Finalists •...... p. 12 - . 2 " L~uisvill't! 'Law' E':'I:lltn'iner, 'April·6~· 1976 tGouisuille tGaw i.Examiner DONALD W. PEARCY RUSSELL CRUSOTI Editor-in-Chief THOMASG.KARAGEORGE Associate ·Editor Business Maflllger Peggy Bruce Staff Douglas Lapidus News Editor Sandy Askland Lee Knight Articles Editor Lee Calarie George Moss Charles Randall Features Editor William Burkhead Projects Editor Abraham Hoffmann Photographer Craig Thielke Photography Editor William Bardenwerper City Editor Consulting Editor Judge MARLIN M. VOLZ Ad~·isory Board Prof. LESLIE W. ABRAMSON Editorial Who Serves Whom How? The photo essay included in this issue of the now-completed main building renovation illustrates yet a further step in the overall rejuvenation of the Law School's programs and offerings. With the completion of the building's refurbishment the Law School will have available for use once again the Senior and West Basement classrooms. The Brandeis room will be returned to its former state as a repository for the invaluable Brandeis collection, and a Harlan room will be opened on the second floor. A second basement classroom has been added to the east wing. As for the remainder (and bulk) of the building's rooms, plans call for the return of administrative offices from their present occupation of the library basement. With that we have no complaint. Even with the then additional book storage and study space the library will have reached its volume capacity by the end of the next school year. Our concern is simply with the insensitive takeover by the Law School administration through executive fiat of every other room of the main building. Of the 25 major rooms involved in the renovation, 19 are being allocated to administration and staff with a few of the 19 rooms going to faculty. That leaves the five rooms mentioned above for the ostensible use of students with two of those, the Brandeis and Harlan rooms, likely seeing little, if any, student use. The remaining room is the old Attilla Cox library, gutted of bookshelves and the former balcony, and now a most suitable room for large lecture classes, meetings and receptions. The problem is that the Law School administration is contemplating appropriation of the room for further office space - an act of improvidence at best, but more realistically a ridiculous waste. With the need for classroom space at a premium, surely tlie Administration would not confiscate from the student body, the only "unaccounted for" area of the main law building. If this does occur then what really have we (the faculty and students) gained from the over $400,000 worth of renovation except one new (basement) classroom and a coat of paint. We find it hard to believe that University President James G. Miller appropriated the much needed and sought after grant of state funds with the design to establish an ostentatious Law School Administrative Annex._ If such is the case, we would be left with a beautifully, fake facade, disguising a law school disgustingly deficient in the basic services and facilities it owes to its students. Two fmal items included in the main building renovation plan are a room for lockers and a space for food vending equipment. The Student Bar Association has taken action to assure that the students are not denied total use of the facility. But although the University Facilities Management Office is eager to include these items, the Dean's office without consultation has made efforts to erase these plans from the blueprints. Regardless of the logic (though we say illogic) of their r~soning, one point remains obvious: students are the Law School. Their needs, even wants, must be given consideration. A law school isn't just faculty; it isn't deans or secretaries alone; and it isn't just a library. Without students, they serve no purpose. In sum, a law school should not be run with those narrow interests solely in mind. The Louisville lAw EXJlminer is published every three weeks on Tuesdays dming the academic year except during holidays and examination periods in the interest of the University of Louisville Law School community. The Louisville lAw Examiner does not necessarily express the views of the University. Editorial opinions are those representing a majority vote of the managing board. Any article appearing herein may be reprinted provided that credit is given to both the Louisville lAw EXilminer and the author. Reproduction of a Brandeis Brief column, however, requires written permission. Address all communications to the Louisville lAw EXJlminer, Room 109, School of Law Annex, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208, or phone: (502) 6364858. · Letters to Editor Standing Corrected Dear Sir: Reference is made to the picture designated as "The Former Jefferson School of Law at 312 Armory" on page 4 of the March 2, 1976 issue of the Louisville Law Examiner. I do not know where the Mr. Lapidus acquired his information, but this building housed the University of Louisville School of Law during the time I was a student. Mr. Leon P. Lewis was Dean and Sinclair Daniels was Secretary of the School. As I recall the Jefferson School of Law was at another location in downtown Louisville. C. Ellis Deibel Attorney At Law Jeffersonville, Indiana (The photo to which you refer was indeed the University of Louisville, School of Law which building was occupied until the move to the Belknap Campus in 1939. Our misinformation was acquired from information printed beneath an archives photograph. Thanks to you and the other alumni who brought this to our attention. - ed.} Alumni Support Dear Sir: I want to commend you on the fine job you did writing the Law Examiner editorial of March 2, 1976, and I encourage you and your staff to continue in your efforts to secure for the Law School the support of the practicing alumni. It also appears there is a need for the Law School faculty , administration and students to pull together in active vocal support of the Institution upon which their careers depend. The Law School has made progress in recent years and I think it will continue. Let's not give up hope for the future. Daniel B. Boone Attorney at Law Louisville, Ky. P.S. The programs initiated by Dean Volz several years ago were really effective and should be· reinstated. D.B. Alumni Foundation Report The Law Alumni Foundation, Inc. of the University of Louisville elected officers on Tuesday, March 29, 1976 during a luncheon meeting at the Jefferson Club in the Citizens Building. The officers elected include: James T. Carey, President; Ralston W. Steenrod, Olga S. Peers, and the Honorable George Williamson, Vice-Presidents; Edwin E. Schottenstein, Treasurer and Willie C. Fleming, Secretary. Among other action taken at the meeting was the establishment of the Pearl Von Allmen Media Center as a memorial to the former librarian of the Law School. The Foundation allocated $3,500 for the purchase of various films, cassettes and video tapes dealing with specialized areas of law. A weekly series for law students is planned utilizing the Media Center's acquisitions. The Trustees of the Alumni Foundations voted to donate $5,200 to the law library for needed purchases. The Foundation is in the fourth year of a five year Ia w library campaign. To date over $150,000 has been donated for the library building fund and book purchases. The Foundation was also instrumental in arranging the donation of two private law libraries to the Law School: one from a local law firm and the other from a local company. The Alumni Foundation also released its financial report which shows: $34,548.78 in the University account; $220.92 in unpledged income; $4,422.00 in the gifts account at the University (out of which the Pearl VonAllmen memorial will be taken) · and a $76,108.26 fund specifically allocated for the law library on deposit in a local bank. Editorial With Help From Friends In closing out this our first year of publication, we would like to express our sincerest thanks to aU those persons and organizations without whose ·help and contributions we most certainly could not have survived. Special words of appreciation are in order for the Law Alumni Foundation, the U of L Alumni and Development Office and the Student Bar Association for their monetary contributions which gave us our start and sustained us throughout the year. It took a great deal of faith on their parts to appropriate the funds for an untried venture which could have resulted in disappointment. We only hope that we have proven to be successful in their eyes. Additional thanks go to our advertisers. If a publication can gauge its success by the quality and faithfulness of its advertisers, we feel content in that many of ours found it desireable to continue to utilize us for the entire year. To those we are grateful. Finally, we must not forget Judge Marlin Volz and Professor Leslie Abramson who served as our faculty advisors. Neither ever expressed any doubt about our sincerity or competence. We thank them for their conviction and dedication to the betterment of the Law School and hope that they have been proud to be associated with the Law Examiner. .. Louisville Law Examiner, April 6, 1976 Public Defenders Need ''Legal Aid'' By Peggy Bruce Last year, 4,555 indigent persons enjoyed the services of the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation. The future source of defense for such indigent persons in Jefferson County, however, is uncertain. Financial troubles plague the office of Public Defender. With a mere $6.27 in the corporate account, the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation began its planning phase in April 1972. The first client was accepted on July 1. The budget has grown to a current operating figure of $491 ,000. Due to bureaucratic misfortunes, the budget for the next fiscal year will be $278,000- a sum grossly inadequate for the defense of an increasing number of clients. The burden of uncertainty weighs heavily on the shoulders of Colonel Paul Tobin, Executive Director of the Corporation, and Jefferson County Public Defender. Mr. Tobin has planned and followed the development of the program since its inception. From the beginning, finances for the program have been deficient. According to Mr. Tobin, the state public defender system was originally funded according to the number of circuit judges in the district. Any additional money was to come from the county. Jefferson County, with 16 judges, received $224,000 for the Public Defender. The statute was written with only the defense of felons in mind - an estimated 800 cases per year. However, in Argersinger v. Hamlin, the Supreme Court extended the right of appointed counsel to all indigents facing a loss of liberty - all misdemeanor cases. The burden was placed upon the Public Defender to comply. Using the latest decennial census as a base, the 1974 funding plan allocated monies to the Public Defender program according to population - which allowed a mere 40 cents per capita. This increased the total funds to $278,000 for the Public Defender program. Nevertheless, due to the number of indigent clients brought into Jefferson County from other areas, the office of Public Defender felt the strain. In 1975 the defense of juveniles was added to the duties of Public .Defender. A federal grant of $108,000 was obtained in order to comply. The county and city contributions added $105,000 to the budget for a total of $491,000. By July, the federal grant will expire, and the county and city revenues will not be available. lhe staff will be required to defend an ever-increasing number of felony, misdemeanor and juvenile cases on · a budget of $278,000. As Mr .. Tobin explained, the Public Defender will be asked to "do twice as much for half" the compensation. Under KRS. 31.060, Jefferson is the only county required to maintain an office of Public Defender. The executive director of the corporation is required to be the district Public Defender. However, with inadequate funding, the Public Defender, which is a private corporation, will be forced to dissolve. With no Corporation in existence, and no Director, there will be no Public Defender. As of June 30, no more cases will be accepted. Various means of financial aid are being explored by Mr. Tobin, who blames himself for the financial crisis. The funds are appropriated by the state public defender's office, as overseen by the state Department of Finance. When Mr. Tobin submitted his request for $750,000, he was told it would receive favorable consideration by the state Public Defender. However, the Governor sent his budget to the legislature without knowledge of the problem. With the prospect of unemployment looming ahead, the 16 staff attorneys in the Public Defender office face a morale problem. Despite the financial worries, the staff has still "gone out to slay the dragon," said Mr. Tobin. Most of the staff attorneys can be found at the "office or the jail about nine days a week," he added. Mr. Tobin, a former senior military trial judge, said that in his 35 years with the military, he never had a "better bunch" with which to work. The proposed budget includes a pay raise for Public Defender attorneys, who now begin at $10,000 per year and receive a maximum of $14,000 after two and one-half years of experience. "I can't ask my staff to work for peanuts," Mr. Tobin explained. There have been few problems with the clients' attitude. According to Mr. Tobin, "The majority realize they're getting the best - aggressive, ethical, effective counsel." As liaison between the American Bar Association Standing Committee for Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Counsel, Mr. Tobin has decided that in an urban society, a staff public defender coupled with private ~unsel is the most effective means of indigent defense. Presently, 20 private attorneys compose a pool from which appointments are made for the defense of indigents which the Public Defender cannot handle due to a conflict. "With good timely, legal advice, litigation is diminished," emphasized Mr. Tobin. The future of the growing number of indigent defendants is do u b tf u 1 at public a tio n. This problem, like all those involving finances, will not be easily solved. Major Legal Conference Scheduled at NYU At a four day conference in April, New York University School of Law will hold a unique Bicentennial celebration devoted to American law. A prestigious group of speakers, including the Chief Justices of the United States and England, will discuss the development of American law through two centuries and will project basic legal trends of the next century. In addition to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Lord Chief Justice Widgery, the program will feature outstanding authorities, from both legal and nonlegal disciplines, including such diverse figures as Nqbel Prize-winning economist Wassily Leontief and consumer-advocate Ralph Nader. ' The conference will open on April 27 with a series of discussions by nationally prominent judges, lawyers and law professors on various areas of the law and on trends in these areas, as they foresee them, during the country's third century. Speakers will include: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., district judge, Eastern District, Pa., on "Civil Libertie1i"; Norval Morris, dean, University of Chicago Law School, on "Criminal Law"; Soia Mentschikoff, dean, Miami University School of Law, on "Codification"; Dean Rusk, professor of law. Georgia University Law School, on "International Law"; and Lawrence E. Walsh, president, American Bar As~ciation, on "The Profession." Irving R. Kaufman, chief judge, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, on "Judicial Administration"; Jacob Fuchsberg, judge, New York Court of Appeals, on "Law Practice"; Robert B. McKay, director, Program on Justice, Society and the Individual, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and Norman Redlich, dean, NYU School of. Law, who will provide a general overview _ on the conference, will also speak. In the second part of the program, beginning April 29, the law will be analyzed from the perspective of several different nonlegal disciplines. Featured speakers will include A. M. Rosenthal, managing editor, The New York Times, on "Perspective of Journalism" and Robert Packwood, United States Senate. Admission to the conference is by ticket only. For further information on tickets and a complete schedule of speakers, write Gerald Crane, New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y. 10003; or call (212) 598-7741. ( .~ \ J ', : I • I ·~. • ~, • , 4 • • • f • • , ,• I .. 4 .. ·························· ......... . Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 -., \:() u.llto 0~ • J Workmen touch up woodwork outside Allen Courtroom as Main Building is readied for opening. Year Old Project Contrast Between Old and New Apparent as Renovation Nears End Left: Basement lobby before renovation has been expanded to incwde food vending machines and lounge furniture. Above: Basement room after renovation will incwde lockers for students. Bottom Right: Old Attilla COx Library before renovation. Bottom Left: Old library gutted of bookshelves will now be used as a large lecture room facility. Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 s -~---- ~.-..-"""C"- ~>-.c- ' East Basement Before Renovation Some 10 months now after the main law building renovation began, workers have vacated the facility of their building tools and paint brushes leaving the space once again for use of students, faculty and administration. Within coming weeks the building will be furnished with study tables, desks, chairs, draperies and sundry administrative items. Included in the renovation was a refurbishment of the Brandeis room, the addition of a seminar room to house the valuable Mr. Justice Harlan collection and the expansion of basement facilities to include student lockers and lounge furniture. Two additional classrooms are planned: one in the east basement and another in place of the old Attilla Cox Library. The remaining rooms have been divided among deans, secretaries and faculty. Each dean will have a large carpeted office replete with fireplace and wood bookshelves. The admissions office will be housed on the first floor along with offices for Judge Volz and staff. The second floor west wing will find the student records offices, the Harlan room and one dean's office. In the upper east wing the two remammg deans and administrative secretaries will be located. Receptionists will occupy desks in corners of the old library anteroom. Over $400,000 of state funds were spent from monies appropriated by University President James G. Miller. The next phase of the Law School rejuvenation will · begin in some three years with demolotion of the old law annex to be replaced with a modern east wing classroom and student services facility. East Basement Classroom After Renovation Above: Renovated Brandeis Room will house valued collection Left: West Basement Classroom prior to renovation. Bottom Left: West Basement Classroom after renovation has new tile floor and fresh coat of paint. Swivel chairs have been removed. Bottom Right: Remodeled dean's office on second floor. The associate and assistant deans will have identical accomodations with a fourth allotted to the valuable Harlan collection. 6 I:ouis,ville_L.aw ~x~miner -+pri16,, 1?,76 New Law Wing Will Be Built - Someday By Charles Randall Mr. Harry Sparks, Director of Planning and Design, has given visual assurance that there is no "question mark" on the projected new east wing to the . Law School in the Master Plan for the University. He said that the only uncertainties are whether it will be larger than planned and when it will be built. On the I 0 year building program, the east wing is currently given the lowest priority for the next biennium. For the current biennium a steam and chilled water plant, a music building and a new library received appropriations from the 'legislature, while a planned science building and a building to house the School of Education did not. If building priorities remain the same the east wirig will not be submitted in the budget until the biennium following the next one. If that is the case, Mr. Sparks estimates that construction will not be completed for at least seven years. Steven Bing, legislative assistant to University President James G. Miller, is more optimistic about the completion · date. He indicated that the Law School addition would definitely be submitted to the legislature in the budget for the next biennium, and may be approved within three years. The proposed budget is first presented by Dr. Miller to the Board of Trustees which contains four attorneys. It is then forwarded to the Council on Public Higher Education which advises the Governor on the budget that he submits to the General Assembly. Today the General Assembly approves construction projects individually rather than appropriating lump sums to the university for a list of construction projects as was done in the past. Mr. Bing said that the Law School is · going to be popular with the legislature, where Law School alumni will be influential. The Governor's disposition to put excess taxes into non-recurring expenditures will provide a favorable financial climate for construction. And while Dr. Miller will not guarantee a building to a new dean for the Law School, the project is far from the bottom in building priorities for the construction program. Construction priorities originate in the Academic Planning Advisory Committee which is chaired by Martin Baron, asst. vice president of planning. The committee establishes a proposed sequence for construction in terms of "urgency". Mr. Baron explained that criteria for determining which program needs were most urgent included facilities that were unsafe, likely to be demolished, grossly inadequate , or critically overutilized. Using these criteria, the east wing wasn't included in the committee's budgeting recommendations in March 197 5. "Relative to other needs, it wasn't even important enough to consider," Mr. Baron said. On May 22, 1975, the committee met with a larger group which included various vice presidents and Dr. Miller and was attended by representatives of the Law School. At this meeting broader criteria and perspectives were in~uded. The Law School addition was discussed and it was tentatively decided that the east win~ would be requested for the following biennium. When the Academic Planning Advisory · Committee revised and modified their assessments on May 29, 1975, the Law School addition still did not fit the criteria of most urgent needs. Mr. Baron explained_ that the east wing was a different kind of need. He explained that the committee was not considering criteria required for continued ABA accreditation. It was instead considering criticalness in terms of space ; , not necessarily recommending a new building, but possible renovation. Mr. Baron said that the committee doesn't ,merelv measure needs in terms of square footage ; it also considers the need for specialized spaces for different programs and where to put people. Projects currently ranked above the east wing for the next budget to be submitted include a fine arts and theatre arts center, a social science building and a second phase of a new science complex. But the east wing ranks above many other projects on the master plan, including an office tower, health and recreation construction, and parking garages, according to Mr. Bing. Indicating the lack of conclusiveness of his committee's proposals, Mr. Baron said that the nice thing about priorities is that they can be changed. While it is contemplated that the exterior of the east wing will resemble and aesthetically counter-balance the west wing, there are no definite plans for the interior yet, according to Mr. Sparks. There is a need for additional library, classroom, and office space. He pointed o~t that the design of the interior of the east wing may depend largely on what use is ultimately made of the old Attila Cox library, and that will not b• known until a new dean takes office. ;--------- ~ 6,. 1?,76 1-LI. J LLJ 0:: IV> I 1-- 0:: ::::> 0 u.. OH lc::::tl t+ • IIIW.tlo AREA SHOWN Copl'right. 1975. The Courier Joumal and Times. Reprinted by permission. = ~ ----~ n====cw l B WARNOCKO ~ ATHLETI~ _,-- ,\___ LOOP ~ BELKNAP CAMPUS EXISTING STRUCTURES PROJECTED 1976-78 BIENNIUM A School of Music B School of Education C Library-Learning Resource Center D Restored Chapel (Playhouse} E Science Building F Steam and Chilled-Water Plant PROJECTED 1978-80 BIENNIUM G Fine Arts H Theater Arts I Kent School of Social Work, and A&S Soc-Sc. J School of Business, and Urban Studies K Library Annex L Law School Annex (?) M Graduate School and lnst. for Adv. Studies N Office Tower (?} D LONG-RANGE PROJECTS L LoUisVille 'i.aw· Examiner, Aprit'6,'t976 Downtown ''Law Center' ' Idea Has Advantages By Lee Knight The issue of a downtown location for the Law School has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. Prof. Lewis Benham sees definite advantages in a downtown "law center." He said that not only would " attorneys feel more attachment :to the Law School," but that a downtown location would also facilitate a " clinical program." Mr. Benham cited the fact that it is "not unusual for courts to hold court right in the law school." Mr. Benham does see problems though; one of which would be a need for more facilities, and in particular, suitable courtrooms. Judge Thomas Ballantine, a Law School graduate and day lecturer, acknowledging the problems of parking downtown and new facilities already completed on the Belknap campus, said that a downtown location would "probably enhance legal internships." He noted that a law student could "walk across the street" and clerk between classes. - Judge Ballantine regards such opportunities as important, saying that he is "appalled by young lawyers who don't know practicalities." Prof. William .B. Martin regards a downtown location as being very advantageous to a law student. Recalling his days as a student at the Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C. (having enjoyed a close proximity to all the major courts ~here), Mr. Martin said that a student "had access to the guts of the law, which is trial and appellate work." He further noted that internships and clerkships were readily available at "all stages of the law." He pointed out that there were "informal forums in the lounges with prominent lawyers, judges, and students." Mr. Martin also noted that Edward Bennett Williams found it teach some school's proximity to law offices. Mr. Martin said that a well-rounded law school program is both academic and practical, and that a downtown location can serve as "a legal laboratory" for "pioneering efforts" in legal projects, like public defender programs. Such a situation, he explained, would not only give a law student insights into "actually what's going on," but would also enable the law school faculty to "keep a quality control on the internship program." The role of the law school, as Mr. Martin sees it, is to "teach students to practice law anywhere," and a future goal of the Law School should be "regional responsibility." He emphasized that both would be enhanced by a downtown location. · W. Scott Miller~ a member of U of L's :Board of Trustees, pointed out that the advantages of a downtown location are . basically that of combining the Louisville Bar Association (LBA) and the Law School library facilities, and the proximity of the Law School to the courts and the practicing members of the Bar. If the new Court of Appeals is located in a downtown "law center," the argument is all the more persuasive, he added. But Mr. Miller admonished that if a facility is built with LBA support and co-tenancy (or with other outside funding), U of L may not have such an easy time in obtaining state guarantees of financial support for the physical plant. In addition, Mr. Miller noted that the Law School buildings at the Belknap Campus cannot be simply abandoned, especially due to the recent investment of funds in renovations. Another tenant would have to be found. Mr. Miller concluded that, beyond the "talking stage," nothing is being done at this time concerning a downtown location of the Law School. 7 - 8 Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 · Law School - Shelby Campus Plan Rejected By Lee Calarie Located in eastern Jefferson County on Shelbyville Road, the Isaac Shelby Campus (named after the first governor of Kentucky) was purchased by the University in I 968. The site was the former home of Kentucky Southern College, a small liberal arts school associated with the Baptist Church. The University of Louisville purchased the campus from financially troubled Kentucky Southern at a bargain price with the intention of keeping the site as an institute of higher learning. Shortly after the purchase, serious consideration was given to the proposal of moving the entire University to the location but this was rejected. The main reasons for deciding against the move were the desire to keep the University in an urban atmosphere and the costs of moving were too high. Presently the campus houses the Music School, the National Crime Prevention Institute , and the Institute for Community Development. The University also leases space for a State Police crime laboratory and occasionally conducts continuing education classes on the campus. It is also the site of the home of U of L President James G. Miller. According to Harry Sparks, Director of Planning and Design, the immediate plans for the Shelby Campus are to move the Music School to the Belknap Campus when the new music school facility is completed in several years. No development on the Shelby campus is scheduled until the Belknap Campus master plan is substantially completed. Mr. Sparks said that some tentative plans for the campus have been suggested. A two year community college designed to serve students from the area may be developed. A "cluster college" with an enrollment of I ,200 to l ,300 students who live and have classes together is being considered. Also, plans for developing a continuing education center on the campus are being studied. Any plans for the development of the Shelby Campus will be complementary to the use of the Belknap Campus. Mr. Sparks emphasized that there is no desire to overlap the function of the two campuses. , Plans to move the Law School to the Shelby Campus have never been given serious consideration. Various factors have led to the decision to keep the law school at its present location. There was the need to use the space for other purposes. Also there would be additional costs in remodeling the space for Law School use. There is a desire to keep the Law School close to the downtown legal community. The recent construction of the new law library, the remodeling of the main Law School building and future plans for an additional wing to the Law School have all led to the decision to keep the law school on the Belknap campus. Hardworking Society Aids Low Income Clients By Russ Crusott With 12,000 new cases a year, the Louisville Legal Aid Society ranks as one of the busiest "law firms" in the city. However, it is not prosperous since it takes only indigent clients. Forms of the Legal Aid Society have been around since 1922 when it was funded by the Community Chest and manned by volunteer lawyers. Then in 1966, with the declaration of "War on Poverty," the Federal Government, through the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) began funding the program which allowed for the hiring of full-time staff and attorneys. The evolution of the Society was taken one step further in 197 5 when the Legal Service Corporation was formed by the Federal Government in order to make the Societies independent of politics. Today, there are 200 offices , nationwide like the one in Louisville, offering legal aid and education to the commur,tity's poor. In the Louisville area there are 20,000 poor people for every · legal aid lawyer. The Louisville Legal Aid Society accepts only civil cases. The client must be unable to pay and meet certain OEO poverty guidelines. Dennis Bricking, director of the Society, explained that the purpose of the Society is not only the case load but also "education and law reform so as to have an impact on the lives of the client community." This entails not just pecking at problems on a case by case basis but taking class action in order to remedy such continuing problems as delayed benefit checks. The Louisville Society has a new division known as the Community Development office. The office goes to where the clients live and serves as an educational arm of the Society. Dennis Bricking "The goal," .said Mr. Bricking, "is to practice preventive law, to educate the clients as to their rights, and hold seminars for social workers. Law School graduate Chuck Kaplan is director of the Community Development division. ' A new and important section of the division is the Aid to the Elderly program under the supervision of Forest Roberts. "Legal education of the elderly about rights and benefits as senior citizens ~ the crux of the program," he said. Sometimes Mr. Bricking explained that the senior citizen does not know where or how to get heat in his apartment, or security for his building so the Legal Aid Society becomes involved because it is the only office available to help. For the future, Mr. Bricking hopes · that the Legal Aid Society will become "more than a jumping off place for the younger attorneys." The average length of service, at present, is between three and four years. The legal aid attorney has the benefit of immediate client contact, court appearances and case load. The average open case load for an attorney at the Society ranges between 50 and 100 cases at any one time. The majority of these cases may be in the services rather than litigation area. "Poor people come against the law more often," explained Mr. Bricking, "They get caught in the circle of poverty. "Frequently, a client will come in with one problem and the interview will disclose that the client has other problems as well. "We try to provide full service lawyering for a multitude of legal needs." said Mr. Bricking. Mr. Bricking was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1968 and has been involved with the Legal Aid Society in one form or another ever since. He became administrative director in October, 1975. The Legal Aid Society teaches a clinical course at the Law School in the problems of the poor. Mr. Bricking hopes that the program can be expanded and regularized in the future with the cooperation of the Law School. One idea for expansion would be modelled after the Antioch program whereby people - related courses, such as Domestic Relations, would have a clinical element to the course. This would prepare the law student for practice in that he could both sharpen his skills and learn to work with people. ------------- -- ., . Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 9 LRPC Questionnaire Project Consolidates Student Opinions Edited by Don Pearcy (The following is edited from a 20 page compendium of results recently compiled from the Long Range Plimning Committee questionnaire distributed to students during the week of January 6. For an in-depth study of the creation of the Long Range Planning Committee and the purpose of the questionnaire, see the Law Examiner, Feb. 10 issue, vo/. one, number six, page six.) The Long Range Planning Committee recently administered a survey to the student body of the Law School to gauge student opinion on a number of matters of concern to students, faculty and the University of Louisville Law Alumni. Although the length of the questionnaire and the variety of responses meant substantial time would be required for each respondent to complete his or her copy, the student body volunteered to complete the forms in sufficient numbers to give statistically meaningful results. Out of a total Spring enrollment of 599 for both the Day and Night Divisions, 244 students, or 41 per cent of the total enrollment filed responses. Law Practice Approximately three-fourths of the student body clearly desire to work in Kentucky , and the great majority of all of the law students intend to become practicing lawyers. A sample of the more specific responses to a question regarding career goals showed that only seven per cent of the students said they are interested in , ~.......,·w"'-job • while 52 per cent expressed mterest in working for a law ftrm, 20 per cent expressed a desire to work for some level of government and 15 per cent noted an interest in working for a co poration. o c oom facilities, 35 per cent o f ho se responding indicated a preference for the Annex Classroom despite what appear to be serious criticisms of the comfort of the seats, the cleanliness, the decor and the climate controL Of the classrooms now used for law classes, the Annex Classroom most closely approximates the "arena" shape and configuration of seats now used in many law classrooms at other schools. Annex Classroom The students' high preference for the room, coupled with the 82 per cent positive response to the question inquiring whether "arena" shaped classrooms would increase teacher-student contact, signifies a strong student preference for this classroom configuration and should be noted in the development of additional classroom facilities. The second most preferred classroom was the Allen Courtroom with 25 per cent rating it their first choice. In regard to more particular space needs, 69 per cent of the students said that they require more study group areas; 65 per cent sug~ested expanded seminar rooms; and 62 per cent desired more lounge facilities. The students showed a markedly stronger dislike for the Annex lounge area over those at Davidson Hall due, to the noisiness and dirtiness of the spaces in the Annex lounge. Renovaded Building In comparing the students' perception of the various space needs of the Law School, it should be noted that although a significant portion of students felt a need for more lounge facilities, more wan ted the new space soon to be made available on the second floor of the renovated main building to be used for classroom facilities than wanted it to be converted into study or lounge areas. Fin ally, only nine per cent of the students now use the limited supply of locker facilities that are available in the Law Library and some of the new classroom buildings away from the law complex. Additional locker space would be used by 33 per cent if it were made available. In response to an open-endrd question regarding library hours, the larg.: r: r a) or ~ty of students recommended that rhe present hours be kept. Other Librarv operations drew more pointed responses. Initiation of an over-night borrowing system for reserved books was favored by 66 per cent of the students. But the greatest criticism of the Library operations came in the form of ·complaints about the lack of adequate copying facilities. Library The physical facilities within the library were generally approved. No criticism whatsoever was elicited from 81 per cent of the students concerning the quality of the furniture within the building. At the same time, 69 per cent requested the installation of more study carrels. The carrels appear to be the most popular place to work ; a majority of the total group of respondents prefered them over the study tables and the lounge chairs for class preparation. Although there has been some dissatisfaction voiced among the students regarding the staggered scheduling of classes, a majority of respondents favor the present system; 56 per cent are "satisfied" with the present system; 36 per cent are opposed, and the remaining eight per cent express no view. The students registered strong views, however, in favor of a greater flexibility within that basic pattern. A policy permitting students to switch freely between Day and Night courses was favored by 84 per cent and, in their verbal elaborations, most frequently stated the simple proposition that if the courses offered in the Day and Night Divisions are of equal quality, there can be no sound academic reason for withholding this privilege. A majority of students expressed interest in the institution of clinical programs which would offer a variety of practical experiences under strong direction for a moderate level of course credit. Curriculum Satisfaction was generally expressed in regard to the curriculum presently offered. However, many expressed interest in participating in other graduate school programs during their law studies which could possibly lead to a joint degree. Student awareness of the placement services that now exist does not approach what it should be. Only 57 per cent of the students know of the University Service and 46 per cent affirm some knowledge of the Law School Placement Service. More significantly, the levels of actual usage of these services is astonishingly low. A mere five per cent said they have made use of the Law School Placement Service. Only five per cent of the students.' reported that the University Service has ever found them a job or aided them in finding their own job and an amazing one per cent reported being aided by the Law School service in finding work. In fact, of the 244 persons responding to the questionnaire, only three individuals affirmed that the Law School Service through its active efforts had found them jobs or had aided them in finding their own jobs. Six persons indicated that they · had received leads to jobs from the bulletin board managed by the Law School Placement Service. These answers lead to the conclusion that the students feel, beyond question, that there is now no reliable system anywhere in the University for matching law students with employment opportunities. To remedy this gap in essential services, the overwhelming majority of students favored a Law School operated Placement Service (83 per cent) as <;ppnsed to a University centered service (three per cent). Grade Appeals On a topic of great current interest at the Law School, 69 per cent . of the students endorsed the idea that a grade appeals procedure should be instituted. This significant majority could be interpreted as evidence of a broad student dissatisfaction with present grading practices; but whatever interpretation is placed upon it, the students, leaders and faculty members must appreciate in all their future considerations of this matter that the greater number of Law .students desire some method of formally redressing grievances arising from the grading process. U of L Again? In response to the question "If you had it to do over again would you still come to U of L ?" 68 per cent said yes; 21 per cent said no; and the remaining 11 per cent made no reply. A number of questionnaires containing negative responses included notes written in the margin stating that the respondent's knowledge of the relatively low marketability of a U of L Law Degree determined his or her response. The quality of teaching offered in the Night School is well respected. Faculty About 10 per cent of the students complained that the faculty underrates their ability and criticizes needlessly the night program. Some students were concerned about the future of the Night School and would appreciate clearer assurances from the Law School Administration about its long range policy on· the night program. As a more concrete example of this need for communication, two respondents pointed out that the offices of the Administration are never open during their class hours and suggested that at least two evenings a month the offices be open until 6:00 p.m. Response The Long Range Planning Committee realized that in the making of such a questionnaire, many conclusions would necessarily have to be drawn on their part in putting together the results. The LRPC would appreciate any constructive criticism of the manner and extent of its efforts. Suggestions may be directed to Joe Ardery, chairman. The complete report from which these comments were excerpted may be found on file at the library desk. Course Offerings Summer1976 Hofstra Law School Summer program NAME OF COURSE NUMBER 1976 for further information: HOFSTJt;\ UNIVERSI1Y HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF LAW Hempstead, New York 11550 (516) 560-3636 I FACULTY LEGAL ETHICS Prof. Monroe Freedman PRODUCTS LIABILITY Prof. Aaron Twerski INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX Prof. Stuart Filler FAMILY LAW Prof.]ohn Gregory REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Prof. Herman Hillman REMEDIES Prof. Malachy Mahon TRADE REGULATION Prof. Burton Agata DEBTOR-CREDITOR Prof. Alan Resnick ESTATE & GIFT TAX Prof. Linda Hirschson EVIDENCE Prof. Abraham Ordover FEDERAL COURTS Prof. Stuart Rabinowitz LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Prof. Ronald Silverman SECURED TRANSACTIONS Prof. Shelia Okapku WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES Prof. John Sciullo CREDITS SCHEDULED TIMES 1 M 1 :10 a.m.-3:00p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1:10 a.m.-3:00p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 11:10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9 :10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 11 :10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu~W-Th 11 :10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 11:10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1:10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 2 Tu-Th 1 :10 p.m.-3 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1 :10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 1:10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 10 Louisville Law Examiner, April 6, 1976 Bondsman Blasts Bill: Local Proprietors Supreme Court Bound By Don Pearcy Unless a much sought after injunction is granted, June 20, 1976 will see the implementation of a new bail bonding system in Kentucky. The new system is a revolutionary undertaking. According to a source in the Attorney General's Office in Frankfort, posting bail will not be outlawed, only the posting of bail for profit. This procedure is in operation in a few states - it is statewide in Illinois, but operates only in sections of the others. The major difference, though, lies in the fact that those other states offer non-profit bonding as an option · to the bonding industry. Kentucky will be the only state which will have only the "court run" bonding system. When questioned about the new system, Don Rigazio, proprietor of A.A. Bonding Co., Louisville, was quite vocal. He was appalled that the legislators would vote for such a bill. "[Governor Carroll] got every legislator against the bill to join his side by bargaining with them; something had to occur to cause the landslide." As he explained, "The bill is personal between him [Gov. Carroll] and Johnson [of Johnson Bonding Co. of Paducah] but it is causing 500 people to lose their jobs." Mr. Rigazio does not blame the governor, however, as much as he does the legislators. "They have no concept of what it will cost to implement the new system," he said. As explained by the spokesman in Frankfort, under the new system, instead of the accused paying ten per cent of the total bail to the bondsman which amount is never returned, he must still pay ten per cent but upon his appearance in court, nine per cent of the bond is returned to him. In this way he need only lose one per cent of the bail. This might, however, encourage the judge to set higher bail or allow more individuals to be released on their own recognizance. Concerning this point, Mr. Rigazio emphasized that only those with the capabilities of raising the ten per cent would be able to post bond. Bondsmen, however, make bond on credit. If the accused can prove his credit, he may pay his bond in installments. Currently, A.A. Bonding is carrying thousands of dollars of credit bonds. "THE LAW: IT HAS HOIORED US; MAY WE HOIOR IT." Daniel Webster LAW DAY - MAY 1, 1976 LOUISVILLE TITLE DIVISION COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE · INSURANCE COMPANY 223 South Fifth Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 • Phone 502/584-0211 "How are they [the courts] going to operate on one per cent?" questioned Mr. Rigazio, "The bondsman is in business to make bonds and get paid for them," he continued, "but they also see to it that the prisoners get to court and it costs the taxpayer nothing; in fact, they pay taxes on the money they earn." He explained that the present system is self-supporting but under the new system, the burden will fall upon the taxpayer. "Someone must bring those people back." Chicago was cited by Mr. Rigazio as a perfect example of how court-run bonding operates. "Chicago has had 300,000 people skip bond in eight years of its state run system," he said. "From January 1975 to October 1975, the criminal courts alone had 8,000 people jump bail." He further said that Chicago has a sixteen man "fugitive force" whose sole job it is to track down bail jumpers. ''They could probably use 90 more." Under the current system, if an accused skips bail, the bondsman sends out his own people at his own expense to bring them back. "We have a financial interest in those people and it stands to reason that when one has a vested interest in something, he takes care of it," said Mr. Rigazio. He explained that the bondsman is the accused's jailer; that he has been released to the custody of the bondsman. Mr. Rigazio portends that eventually Kentucky, like Chicago, will form a special force to go after its bail jumpers. He pointed out that this will be an additional and unnecessary financial burden on the state. · Mr. Rigazio explained that Governor. Carroll said that the new system would not have been necessary if the bondsmen had policed themselves. Mr. Rigazio emphasized, however, that bondsmen are policed by the Insurance Commissioner, Bail Bonding Division in Frankfort. Bondsmen must be licensed on a yearly basis and the license is approved by the commissioner. The bondsmen's books are subject to audit anytime. "If they [commissioner] don't control it, I don't know who will," said Mr. Rigazio. Mr. Rigazio is especially embittered by the manner in which the new system is being implemented. He accused the government of taking property without compensating for it as is done in a normal property condemnation. "The bondsmen must still pay on their leases," he complained. "Insurance of $50,000 must still be held until the last bond has been paid." He explained that some cases for which he has posted bond will not go to trial until July. He is afraid that the accused's will not show for trial if the bondsmen are out of business. "The state should make some type of settlement," he said. The source in Frankfort, while expressing no stand on the new system, did say that the bill will probably be challenged in court as to its constitutionality and will probably go to the United States Supreme Court. According to Mr. Rigazio, an injunction is currently being sought. "We will probably win the battle but lose the war," he concluded. Jim I Joe's Student Stuff GRAND OPENING (APRIL 1) Party Supplies Domestics School Supplies Sandwiches Soda Pop · Beer I Keg Supplies - Soon 635-7863 CARDIIAL SHOPPIIG CEITER 1913 So. 4th Street Right Off Campus 11 Fraternities Brickley And Armstrong Honored Kathleen Brickey, (center), was initiated as an honorary member of PAD. p A D PAD Initiates Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Law Fraternity held its sprmg initiation Saturday, February 28, in the courtroom of the Honorable George B. Ryan. The initiates included: Terry Black, William Craft, Donald Fulcher, Dee Hill, Larry Hinton, Frank Jewell, Joseph Markel, Thomas McAdams, Walter McGee, George Moss, Janet Paulette, Thomas Volk and Richard Wyatt. Following the initiation, a special ceremony was held to initiate Professor Kathleen F. Brickey as an honorary member into the fraternity. Justice Parvin Price officiated with notable guests in attendance including: Judge Marlin Volz, Steven Smith, William Biggs, Judge George B. Ryan, August Winkenhofer and PAD District Justice Larry Crigler. About 70 guests were in attendance. Kathy Cord (far left), PAD Marshall, explains fraternity crest to new initiates and gathered guests. David Armstrong (right) Commonwealth Attorney, receives nus Award from Roger Lindsey (left), Dean of Delt Chapter. D E L T s Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney David Armstrong was the recipient of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity "Outstanding Alumnus of the Year" award at a special gathering at the Wildwood Country Club on March 26th. Mr. Armstrong served as Dean of the Louisville "Delt'' Chapter in 1968-69 and as President of the State Alumni Association in 1972. He is presently Master Alumnus for the National Fraternity and the Kentucky State Chancellor. At the same meeting, Carl Sanders and William Burkhead were initiated as new members. David Armstrong (left) IOCiialiZies Warren Scoville (right). Calendar Aprill6: Practical Skills Seminar, .. Practical Aspects of No-Fault Auto Insurance," Middleton Auditorium, Strickler Hall, BeUtnap Campus, 1:30 p.m.-5:15p.m. April17-30: Examination Pedod. Apri119: April26: May 3: lkead and Butt~ Luncheon, "New Developments in Kentucky Probate Practice," Rodeway Inn, 12:00-1:30 p.m. lkead and Butta: Luncheon, "New Developments in Judicial Reorganization," Rodeway Inn, 12-1:30 p.m. Bread and Butt~ Luncheon, "New Developments in the Practice of Law (advertising, mandatory continuing education, ca:tification of specialists)." Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. MayS: May9: May 10: May 10: May 16: May24: Ball on the Belle, Belle of Louisville, 8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. "Biacktie" optional. Commencement, Law School. Summer School begins. Bread and Butter Luncheon,. "Recent Developments in Planning and Zoning (the 'Plan Certain' concept)," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. Jkead and Butt~ Luncheon, .. Procedure before State Administrative Agencies," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. lkead and Butter Luncheon, "New Developments in Family Law (mcluding new Fed~ Legislation)," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. p -- 12 Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 Fonner Kentucky Court of Appeals Chief Justice Samuel Steinfeld, left, and Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Marvin Sternberg, judges of Moot Court oral fmals. Moot Court oral finalists standing: Camille Erwin (winner), Daniel Fuller. Seated: Thomas Mulhall, Dorothy Luber. The winner at the written brief competition was Dennis Shaw. U of L, . Law School Budget Mr. Smith commented that the Law (continued from page 1) School does not appear to have a very available to them. Mr. Dillon said that high priority in the University for new after the base budgets are set, then the money. "When you are one of very few expansion budgets are examined to units that does not receive any new determine who gets the remaining faculty position, I don't see that the Law very tight indeed." This final budgeting, according to Mr. Dillon, will be completed by May 15. As to the chances for the Law School receiving any catch-up money, Mr. Smith said, "I'm not real hopeful for next year. The picture could change, but right now, things are not super." Mr. Smith noted that the Law School did receive some additional money last year, for which he said he was very grateful, but he added, "It's kind of too bad to start on the road to recovery and then be stopped." Mr. Smith con eluded, "This business of getting money is a very tough and complex thing and there are a lot of competing voices." available catch-up money. School is being smiled upon right now." Assistant Law School Dean Steven R. "There's no greater investment for the Smith said that the Law School is asking Commonwealth than putting money in in its expansion budget for money for a the Law School, "he continued. "The Dean Candidate Search placement service, new faculty positions, way Kentucky is going to be governed (continued from page 1) supervisors for clinical programs, and a over the next 50 years is in no small way lawyers." He stressed that a brief for the continuing legal education supervisor, going to be determined by what this Law Supreme Court was every bit as scholarly among other things. School does in the next few years." as an article for the Harvard Law Review. "Money for these things would come Mr. Dillon said that administration All seemed to desire that U of L from what is officially called catch-up people are now making projections for should strive to be an excellent regional money, but in some of these things, it's next year's emollment and expenses, and law school which is an "attainable goal." just catching up to basics," said Mr. when this is completed, "we'll see what A need for a placement service Smith we have left." He said that since the commanded the attention of all the "The first thing that comes to mind is budget is so tight, the best possible candidates, and all expressed great placement. A law school ought to have a projections are needed,, and the longer concern in establishing one. placement service. There are not many they can wait , the more accurate the The candidates all insisted that law schools without a placement service, projections will be. "We have no idea additional classroom and library space and any law school that is forward right now how much we may have left were immediate needs. At least one looking has to do things in the area of over." candidate suggested that he would continuing legal education, Mr. Smith The reason the faculty recruitment demand a commitment of a new wing emphasized. commitment was made so early, Mr. before he would accept the deanship He said "The University of Kentucky Dillon said was because as a practical position. moonlighting was viewed as the prime culprit for this problem. One candidate commented "Faculty members should not be practicing very much law at all." This was also one of the areas of most concern to the students. In response to student concern, a candidate summed up his view of faculty members' responsibility as "not discharged solely with a good classroom performance." The candidates emphasized that faculty research, writing and contribution to the Law School in terms of committee work and interaction with student organizations was extremely important. All candidates stressed active recruitment of alumni support. "Good Public Relations is important both with regard to alumni and with regard to students," one candidate commented. has both of these things and they aren't matter, new faculty members cannot be Most dean candidates saw a problem all that fancy a school. We certainly found on very short notice. "We may find with law professors spending too little rs_h_o_u_ld_be_a_b_le_tocat_c_h_u..;p;,...w_i_th_th_e_m:__· __t_ ha_t t_h_is_co_m_m_it_m_e_n_t_w_m _m_ a_k_e_t_hi·n__gs_.,time at the Law School. Faculty CONGRATULATIONS llnutsutllt TO THE GRADUATING SENIORS FROM GENE PFLUGHAUPT REPRESENTING WEST PUBLISHERS IN KY. BUSINESS PHONE 584-5058 RESIDENCE PHONE 502-633-6619
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Title | Louisville Law Examiner 1.8, April 6, 1976 |
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Description | The Louisville Law Examiner (1975-1991) was the second of three official University of Louisville School of Law student publications. |
Searchable Text | John M. Harlan Louis D. Brandeis Louisville Law Examiner Serving The University of Louisville Law School Community Volume I, Number 8 Louisville, Kentucky, April 6, 1976 Budget Increases, Law School Short By Craig Thielke The governor-'s budget recommendation of $71 j million for the University has been passed by the General Assembly and compared to other state universities, U of L got a "fairly significant" amount of the new money available, according to John Dillon, vice-president for academic affairs. He added however, that the budget is still going to be pretty tight. million in catch-up money (ie. money to bring the various units to a level comparable to the University of Kentucky), and we got slightly over $5 million. Of this, all but something over $2 million was earmarked for special purposes such as grant replacement, so that leaves an amount slightly in excess of $2 million available for catch-up," said Mr.Dillon. Vice President John Dillon Circulation 3500 Asst. Dean Steven R. Smith The money that comes from the state can be divided into at least two major funds. The largest part is used to pay the "base budget" ·costs such as faculty salaries and supplies and expenses. According to Mr. Dillon, the money allocated by the- General Assembly for this year's base budget was grounded on the base budget from last year of each school plus five per cent. Of this available catch-up money, much of it has already been spoken for. U of L President James Miller has committed $1.2 million of this new money for new faculty positions. Four units however will not get any new faculty positions, one of which is the Law School. Screening Nears End This five per cent increase must be used for its intended purpose. However, each school or "unit," is free to distribute the extra money within the category as it sees fit. For example, the increased faculty salary money may be distributed in a five per cent across the board raise, or, explained Mr. Dillon, a unit could give each faculty member a three per cent raise and use the rest of the money for merit increases to particular faculty members. As for the supplies and expenses, cost, Dillon said the situation is less complex. But he added, "The cost of utilities, postage, etc. is skyrocketing, and these increased expenses have to come right off the top of the five per cent." The second large fund is known as "catch-up money." "We requested $20 News-In-Brief "The University is not in a steady state where enrollment does not change," said Mr. Dillon. "If it were, we wouldn't have to hire new faculty and we could use the new money for catch-up." Mr. Dillon noted that to lim1t enrollment on the undergraduate level so as to artificially create a steady state would be "absolutely immoral," defeating the purpose for which U of L joined the state system. There is also an "enrollment pressure fund" maintained by the Council for Public Higher Education, said Mr. Dillon, which will give U of L an additional $350,000 for new faculty. The dean of each school submits to the office of academic affairs both a base budget and an "expansion budget." The expansion budget lists the priorities of each school for proposed use of any additional funds that may become (continued on page 12) By Sandy Askland and Bill Bardenwerper The Dean Search Committee is drawing closer to fulfilling its task of screening candidates for the Law School deanship position. Eventually, the faculty will choose from among at least seven interested candidates a "preferred group" of at least three candidates. University President James G. Miller will make the ultimate selection from this list of three. The committee, comprised of seven faculty members and three students, chaired by Mr. Gene Teitelbaum, first advertised nationally in selected journals and recruited among accredited law schools for the nomination of candidates. Then, based upon committee assessment of the candidates' achievements in legal scholarship, actual practice, and administrative experience, a list was composed of approximately 70 eligible individuals, the most capable of whom were sent invitations to apply for the position. ·Carroll Addresses Class of '7 6 The University of Louisville School of Law will hold graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 9, 1976 at 4 p.m. on the Belknap Campus. Gov. Julian Carroll will deliver the commencement address to graduating seniors. In case of rain, ceremonies will be held in DuPont Manual High School Auditorium. A reception will follow immediately in the lob by of the law library. All graduates, faculty, alumni and guests are invited to attend. No-fault sem~nar A Practical Skills seminar exploring the "Practical Aspects of No-Fault Auto Insurance" will be sponsored by the Law School, the Center for Continuing Education and the Louisville Bar Association. The seminar will be held on Friday, April 16, in Middleton Auditorium, Strickler Hall on the U of L campus. Topics to be covered include: assigned claims, procedure and application of the coverage to various types of vehicles. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. with adjournment at 5: 15 p.m. Mrs. Maria Meuter at the Law School should be contacted for details and registration. The registration fee is $5. Ball on the .. belle The First Annual Ball on the Belle will be held Wedn~sday, May 5 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on the Belle of Louisville. All students, faculty and Law School Alumni are invited. "Black tie" attire is optional. Tickets and details are available through Rita Siegwald and Becky Wiemberg in the Law School Dean's office until Awil 30. Tha.rtks Alumni The· University of Louisville Alumni and Development Office greatly appreciate the continued support from the Law Alumni. We sincerely thank theLaw Alumni for helping the Law School and the University strive for greater excel· lence. Thus far, six candidates have visited the Law School, five of whom have held personal, open forums with interested students. Generally, student questions have been directed to the candidates' views regarding night school, internship programs, a placement office, facilities of the Law School, funding priorities, and the candidates' approaches to the deanship position. Of the six candidates interviewed, four have strongly favored a night school. One of the candidates commented that we could not do away with night school "purely and simply because it can't stand on its own feet. Few can," he said. A fifth candidate said that the night school would have to be "seriously studied." All candidates expressed the need for an expansion of clinical programs. One candidate said that such programs are of real importance and he emphasized that · the Law School should "concentrate on the best possible education for practicing - (continued on page 12} On The Inside Letter to Editor ...•........ p. 2 Alumni Foundation Report ... p. 2 Public Defender Problems .... p. 3 NYU Bicentennial Confab ...• p. 3 Main Building Renovation ... p. ~5 Master Plan Calls for New East Wing .........• p. 6 Downtown Location Idea .... p. 7 Law School at Shelby Campus p. 8 Legal Aid Program .....•.... p. 8 Long Range Planning Committee Project ....... p. 9 Bail Bondsmen Near Extinction ...•.... p. 10 Fraternities ...•.......... p. 11 Calendar •.•............. p. 11 Moot Court Finalists •...... p. 12 - . 2 " L~uisvill't! 'Law' E':'I:lltn'iner, 'April·6~· 1976 tGouisuille tGaw i.Examiner DONALD W. PEARCY RUSSELL CRUSOTI Editor-in-Chief THOMASG.KARAGEORGE Associate ·Editor Business Maflllger Peggy Bruce Staff Douglas Lapidus News Editor Sandy Askland Lee Knight Articles Editor Lee Calarie George Moss Charles Randall Features Editor William Burkhead Projects Editor Abraham Hoffmann Photographer Craig Thielke Photography Editor William Bardenwerper City Editor Consulting Editor Judge MARLIN M. VOLZ Ad~·isory Board Prof. LESLIE W. ABRAMSON Editorial Who Serves Whom How? The photo essay included in this issue of the now-completed main building renovation illustrates yet a further step in the overall rejuvenation of the Law School's programs and offerings. With the completion of the building's refurbishment the Law School will have available for use once again the Senior and West Basement classrooms. The Brandeis room will be returned to its former state as a repository for the invaluable Brandeis collection, and a Harlan room will be opened on the second floor. A second basement classroom has been added to the east wing. As for the remainder (and bulk) of the building's rooms, plans call for the return of administrative offices from their present occupation of the library basement. With that we have no complaint. Even with the then additional book storage and study space the library will have reached its volume capacity by the end of the next school year. Our concern is simply with the insensitive takeover by the Law School administration through executive fiat of every other room of the main building. Of the 25 major rooms involved in the renovation, 19 are being allocated to administration and staff with a few of the 19 rooms going to faculty. That leaves the five rooms mentioned above for the ostensible use of students with two of those, the Brandeis and Harlan rooms, likely seeing little, if any, student use. The remaining room is the old Attilla Cox library, gutted of bookshelves and the former balcony, and now a most suitable room for large lecture classes, meetings and receptions. The problem is that the Law School administration is contemplating appropriation of the room for further office space - an act of improvidence at best, but more realistically a ridiculous waste. With the need for classroom space at a premium, surely tlie Administration would not confiscate from the student body, the only "unaccounted for" area of the main law building. If this does occur then what really have we (the faculty and students) gained from the over $400,000 worth of renovation except one new (basement) classroom and a coat of paint. We find it hard to believe that University President James G. Miller appropriated the much needed and sought after grant of state funds with the design to establish an ostentatious Law School Administrative Annex._ If such is the case, we would be left with a beautifully, fake facade, disguising a law school disgustingly deficient in the basic services and facilities it owes to its students. Two fmal items included in the main building renovation plan are a room for lockers and a space for food vending equipment. The Student Bar Association has taken action to assure that the students are not denied total use of the facility. But although the University Facilities Management Office is eager to include these items, the Dean's office without consultation has made efforts to erase these plans from the blueprints. Regardless of the logic (though we say illogic) of their r~soning, one point remains obvious: students are the Law School. Their needs, even wants, must be given consideration. A law school isn't just faculty; it isn't deans or secretaries alone; and it isn't just a library. Without students, they serve no purpose. In sum, a law school should not be run with those narrow interests solely in mind. The Louisville lAw EXJlminer is published every three weeks on Tuesdays dming the academic year except during holidays and examination periods in the interest of the University of Louisville Law School community. The Louisville lAw Examiner does not necessarily express the views of the University. Editorial opinions are those representing a majority vote of the managing board. Any article appearing herein may be reprinted provided that credit is given to both the Louisville lAw EXilminer and the author. Reproduction of a Brandeis Brief column, however, requires written permission. Address all communications to the Louisville lAw EXJlminer, Room 109, School of Law Annex, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208, or phone: (502) 6364858. · Letters to Editor Standing Corrected Dear Sir: Reference is made to the picture designated as "The Former Jefferson School of Law at 312 Armory" on page 4 of the March 2, 1976 issue of the Louisville Law Examiner. I do not know where the Mr. Lapidus acquired his information, but this building housed the University of Louisville School of Law during the time I was a student. Mr. Leon P. Lewis was Dean and Sinclair Daniels was Secretary of the School. As I recall the Jefferson School of Law was at another location in downtown Louisville. C. Ellis Deibel Attorney At Law Jeffersonville, Indiana (The photo to which you refer was indeed the University of Louisville, School of Law which building was occupied until the move to the Belknap Campus in 1939. Our misinformation was acquired from information printed beneath an archives photograph. Thanks to you and the other alumni who brought this to our attention. - ed.} Alumni Support Dear Sir: I want to commend you on the fine job you did writing the Law Examiner editorial of March 2, 1976, and I encourage you and your staff to continue in your efforts to secure for the Law School the support of the practicing alumni. It also appears there is a need for the Law School faculty , administration and students to pull together in active vocal support of the Institution upon which their careers depend. The Law School has made progress in recent years and I think it will continue. Let's not give up hope for the future. Daniel B. Boone Attorney at Law Louisville, Ky. P.S. The programs initiated by Dean Volz several years ago were really effective and should be· reinstated. D.B. Alumni Foundation Report The Law Alumni Foundation, Inc. of the University of Louisville elected officers on Tuesday, March 29, 1976 during a luncheon meeting at the Jefferson Club in the Citizens Building. The officers elected include: James T. Carey, President; Ralston W. Steenrod, Olga S. Peers, and the Honorable George Williamson, Vice-Presidents; Edwin E. Schottenstein, Treasurer and Willie C. Fleming, Secretary. Among other action taken at the meeting was the establishment of the Pearl Von Allmen Media Center as a memorial to the former librarian of the Law School. The Foundation allocated $3,500 for the purchase of various films, cassettes and video tapes dealing with specialized areas of law. A weekly series for law students is planned utilizing the Media Center's acquisitions. The Trustees of the Alumni Foundations voted to donate $5,200 to the law library for needed purchases. The Foundation is in the fourth year of a five year Ia w library campaign. To date over $150,000 has been donated for the library building fund and book purchases. The Foundation was also instrumental in arranging the donation of two private law libraries to the Law School: one from a local law firm and the other from a local company. The Alumni Foundation also released its financial report which shows: $34,548.78 in the University account; $220.92 in unpledged income; $4,422.00 in the gifts account at the University (out of which the Pearl VonAllmen memorial will be taken) · and a $76,108.26 fund specifically allocated for the law library on deposit in a local bank. Editorial With Help From Friends In closing out this our first year of publication, we would like to express our sincerest thanks to aU those persons and organizations without whose ·help and contributions we most certainly could not have survived. Special words of appreciation are in order for the Law Alumni Foundation, the U of L Alumni and Development Office and the Student Bar Association for their monetary contributions which gave us our start and sustained us throughout the year. It took a great deal of faith on their parts to appropriate the funds for an untried venture which could have resulted in disappointment. We only hope that we have proven to be successful in their eyes. Additional thanks go to our advertisers. If a publication can gauge its success by the quality and faithfulness of its advertisers, we feel content in that many of ours found it desireable to continue to utilize us for the entire year. To those we are grateful. Finally, we must not forget Judge Marlin Volz and Professor Leslie Abramson who served as our faculty advisors. Neither ever expressed any doubt about our sincerity or competence. We thank them for their conviction and dedication to the betterment of the Law School and hope that they have been proud to be associated with the Law Examiner. .. Louisville Law Examiner, April 6, 1976 Public Defenders Need ''Legal Aid'' By Peggy Bruce Last year, 4,555 indigent persons enjoyed the services of the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation. The future source of defense for such indigent persons in Jefferson County, however, is uncertain. Financial troubles plague the office of Public Defender. With a mere $6.27 in the corporate account, the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation began its planning phase in April 1972. The first client was accepted on July 1. The budget has grown to a current operating figure of $491 ,000. Due to bureaucratic misfortunes, the budget for the next fiscal year will be $278,000- a sum grossly inadequate for the defense of an increasing number of clients. The burden of uncertainty weighs heavily on the shoulders of Colonel Paul Tobin, Executive Director of the Corporation, and Jefferson County Public Defender. Mr. Tobin has planned and followed the development of the program since its inception. From the beginning, finances for the program have been deficient. According to Mr. Tobin, the state public defender system was originally funded according to the number of circuit judges in the district. Any additional money was to come from the county. Jefferson County, with 16 judges, received $224,000 for the Public Defender. The statute was written with only the defense of felons in mind - an estimated 800 cases per year. However, in Argersinger v. Hamlin, the Supreme Court extended the right of appointed counsel to all indigents facing a loss of liberty - all misdemeanor cases. The burden was placed upon the Public Defender to comply. Using the latest decennial census as a base, the 1974 funding plan allocated monies to the Public Defender program according to population - which allowed a mere 40 cents per capita. This increased the total funds to $278,000 for the Public Defender program. Nevertheless, due to the number of indigent clients brought into Jefferson County from other areas, the office of Public Defender felt the strain. In 1975 the defense of juveniles was added to the duties of Public .Defender. A federal grant of $108,000 was obtained in order to comply. The county and city contributions added $105,000 to the budget for a total of $491,000. By July, the federal grant will expire, and the county and city revenues will not be available. lhe staff will be required to defend an ever-increasing number of felony, misdemeanor and juvenile cases on · a budget of $278,000. As Mr .. Tobin explained, the Public Defender will be asked to "do twice as much for half" the compensation. Under KRS. 31.060, Jefferson is the only county required to maintain an office of Public Defender. The executive director of the corporation is required to be the district Public Defender. However, with inadequate funding, the Public Defender, which is a private corporation, will be forced to dissolve. With no Corporation in existence, and no Director, there will be no Public Defender. As of June 30, no more cases will be accepted. Various means of financial aid are being explored by Mr. Tobin, who blames himself for the financial crisis. The funds are appropriated by the state public defender's office, as overseen by the state Department of Finance. When Mr. Tobin submitted his request for $750,000, he was told it would receive favorable consideration by the state Public Defender. However, the Governor sent his budget to the legislature without knowledge of the problem. With the prospect of unemployment looming ahead, the 16 staff attorneys in the Public Defender office face a morale problem. Despite the financial worries, the staff has still "gone out to slay the dragon," said Mr. Tobin. Most of the staff attorneys can be found at the "office or the jail about nine days a week," he added. Mr. Tobin, a former senior military trial judge, said that in his 35 years with the military, he never had a "better bunch" with which to work. The proposed budget includes a pay raise for Public Defender attorneys, who now begin at $10,000 per year and receive a maximum of $14,000 after two and one-half years of experience. "I can't ask my staff to work for peanuts," Mr. Tobin explained. There have been few problems with the clients' attitude. According to Mr. Tobin, "The majority realize they're getting the best - aggressive, ethical, effective counsel." As liaison between the American Bar Association Standing Committee for Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Counsel, Mr. Tobin has decided that in an urban society, a staff public defender coupled with private ~unsel is the most effective means of indigent defense. Presently, 20 private attorneys compose a pool from which appointments are made for the defense of indigents which the Public Defender cannot handle due to a conflict. "With good timely, legal advice, litigation is diminished," emphasized Mr. Tobin. The future of the growing number of indigent defendants is do u b tf u 1 at public a tio n. This problem, like all those involving finances, will not be easily solved. Major Legal Conference Scheduled at NYU At a four day conference in April, New York University School of Law will hold a unique Bicentennial celebration devoted to American law. A prestigious group of speakers, including the Chief Justices of the United States and England, will discuss the development of American law through two centuries and will project basic legal trends of the next century. In addition to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Lord Chief Justice Widgery, the program will feature outstanding authorities, from both legal and nonlegal disciplines, including such diverse figures as Nqbel Prize-winning economist Wassily Leontief and consumer-advocate Ralph Nader. ' The conference will open on April 27 with a series of discussions by nationally prominent judges, lawyers and law professors on various areas of the law and on trends in these areas, as they foresee them, during the country's third century. Speakers will include: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., district judge, Eastern District, Pa., on "Civil Libertie1i"; Norval Morris, dean, University of Chicago Law School, on "Criminal Law"; Soia Mentschikoff, dean, Miami University School of Law, on "Codification"; Dean Rusk, professor of law. Georgia University Law School, on "International Law"; and Lawrence E. Walsh, president, American Bar As~ciation, on "The Profession." Irving R. Kaufman, chief judge, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, on "Judicial Administration"; Jacob Fuchsberg, judge, New York Court of Appeals, on "Law Practice"; Robert B. McKay, director, Program on Justice, Society and the Individual, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and Norman Redlich, dean, NYU School of. Law, who will provide a general overview _ on the conference, will also speak. In the second part of the program, beginning April 29, the law will be analyzed from the perspective of several different nonlegal disciplines. Featured speakers will include A. M. Rosenthal, managing editor, The New York Times, on "Perspective of Journalism" and Robert Packwood, United States Senate. Admission to the conference is by ticket only. For further information on tickets and a complete schedule of speakers, write Gerald Crane, New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y. 10003; or call (212) 598-7741. ( .~ \ J ', : I • I ·~. • ~, • , 4 • • • f • • , ,• I .. 4 .. ·························· ......... . Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 -., \:() u.llto 0~ • J Workmen touch up woodwork outside Allen Courtroom as Main Building is readied for opening. Year Old Project Contrast Between Old and New Apparent as Renovation Nears End Left: Basement lobby before renovation has been expanded to incwde food vending machines and lounge furniture. Above: Basement room after renovation will incwde lockers for students. Bottom Right: Old Attilla COx Library before renovation. Bottom Left: Old library gutted of bookshelves will now be used as a large lecture room facility. Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 s -~---- ~.-..-"""C"- ~>-.c- ' East Basement Before Renovation Some 10 months now after the main law building renovation began, workers have vacated the facility of their building tools and paint brushes leaving the space once again for use of students, faculty and administration. Within coming weeks the building will be furnished with study tables, desks, chairs, draperies and sundry administrative items. Included in the renovation was a refurbishment of the Brandeis room, the addition of a seminar room to house the valuable Mr. Justice Harlan collection and the expansion of basement facilities to include student lockers and lounge furniture. Two additional classrooms are planned: one in the east basement and another in place of the old Attilla Cox Library. The remaining rooms have been divided among deans, secretaries and faculty. Each dean will have a large carpeted office replete with fireplace and wood bookshelves. The admissions office will be housed on the first floor along with offices for Judge Volz and staff. The second floor west wing will find the student records offices, the Harlan room and one dean's office. In the upper east wing the two remammg deans and administrative secretaries will be located. Receptionists will occupy desks in corners of the old library anteroom. Over $400,000 of state funds were spent from monies appropriated by University President James G. Miller. The next phase of the Law School rejuvenation will · begin in some three years with demolotion of the old law annex to be replaced with a modern east wing classroom and student services facility. East Basement Classroom After Renovation Above: Renovated Brandeis Room will house valued collection Left: West Basement Classroom prior to renovation. Bottom Left: West Basement Classroom after renovation has new tile floor and fresh coat of paint. Swivel chairs have been removed. Bottom Right: Remodeled dean's office on second floor. The associate and assistant deans will have identical accomodations with a fourth allotted to the valuable Harlan collection. 6 I:ouis,ville_L.aw ~x~miner -+pri16,, 1?,76 New Law Wing Will Be Built - Someday By Charles Randall Mr. Harry Sparks, Director of Planning and Design, has given visual assurance that there is no "question mark" on the projected new east wing to the . Law School in the Master Plan for the University. He said that the only uncertainties are whether it will be larger than planned and when it will be built. On the I 0 year building program, the east wing is currently given the lowest priority for the next biennium. For the current biennium a steam and chilled water plant, a music building and a new library received appropriations from the 'legislature, while a planned science building and a building to house the School of Education did not. If building priorities remain the same the east wirig will not be submitted in the budget until the biennium following the next one. If that is the case, Mr. Sparks estimates that construction will not be completed for at least seven years. Steven Bing, legislative assistant to University President James G. Miller, is more optimistic about the completion · date. He indicated that the Law School addition would definitely be submitted to the legislature in the budget for the next biennium, and may be approved within three years. The proposed budget is first presented by Dr. Miller to the Board of Trustees which contains four attorneys. It is then forwarded to the Council on Public Higher Education which advises the Governor on the budget that he submits to the General Assembly. Today the General Assembly approves construction projects individually rather than appropriating lump sums to the university for a list of construction projects as was done in the past. Mr. Bing said that the Law School is · going to be popular with the legislature, where Law School alumni will be influential. The Governor's disposition to put excess taxes into non-recurring expenditures will provide a favorable financial climate for construction. And while Dr. Miller will not guarantee a building to a new dean for the Law School, the project is far from the bottom in building priorities for the construction program. Construction priorities originate in the Academic Planning Advisory Committee which is chaired by Martin Baron, asst. vice president of planning. The committee establishes a proposed sequence for construction in terms of "urgency". Mr. Baron explained that criteria for determining which program needs were most urgent included facilities that were unsafe, likely to be demolished, grossly inadequate , or critically overutilized. Using these criteria, the east wing wasn't included in the committee's budgeting recommendations in March 197 5. "Relative to other needs, it wasn't even important enough to consider," Mr. Baron said. On May 22, 1975, the committee met with a larger group which included various vice presidents and Dr. Miller and was attended by representatives of the Law School. At this meeting broader criteria and perspectives were in~uded. The Law School addition was discussed and it was tentatively decided that the east win~ would be requested for the following biennium. When the Academic Planning Advisory · Committee revised and modified their assessments on May 29, 1975, the Law School addition still did not fit the criteria of most urgent needs. Mr. Baron explained_ that the east wing was a different kind of need. He explained that the committee was not considering criteria required for continued ABA accreditation. It was instead considering criticalness in terms of space ; , not necessarily recommending a new building, but possible renovation. Mr. Baron said that the committee doesn't ,merelv measure needs in terms of square footage ; it also considers the need for specialized spaces for different programs and where to put people. Projects currently ranked above the east wing for the next budget to be submitted include a fine arts and theatre arts center, a social science building and a second phase of a new science complex. But the east wing ranks above many other projects on the master plan, including an office tower, health and recreation construction, and parking garages, according to Mr. Bing. Indicating the lack of conclusiveness of his committee's proposals, Mr. Baron said that the nice thing about priorities is that they can be changed. While it is contemplated that the exterior of the east wing will resemble and aesthetically counter-balance the west wing, there are no definite plans for the interior yet, according to Mr. Sparks. There is a need for additional library, classroom, and office space. He pointed o~t that the design of the interior of the east wing may depend largely on what use is ultimately made of the old Attila Cox library, and that will not b• known until a new dean takes office. ;--------- ~ 6,. 1?,76 1-LI. J LLJ 0:: IV> I 1-- 0:: ::::> 0 u.. OH lc::::tl t+ • IIIW.tlo AREA SHOWN Copl'right. 1975. The Courier Joumal and Times. Reprinted by permission. = ~ ----~ n====cw l B WARNOCKO ~ ATHLETI~ _,-- ,\___ LOOP ~ BELKNAP CAMPUS EXISTING STRUCTURES PROJECTED 1976-78 BIENNIUM A School of Music B School of Education C Library-Learning Resource Center D Restored Chapel (Playhouse} E Science Building F Steam and Chilled-Water Plant PROJECTED 1978-80 BIENNIUM G Fine Arts H Theater Arts I Kent School of Social Work, and A&S Soc-Sc. J School of Business, and Urban Studies K Library Annex L Law School Annex (?) M Graduate School and lnst. for Adv. Studies N Office Tower (?} D LONG-RANGE PROJECTS L LoUisVille 'i.aw· Examiner, Aprit'6,'t976 Downtown ''Law Center' ' Idea Has Advantages By Lee Knight The issue of a downtown location for the Law School has been the subject of much discussion in recent years. Prof. Lewis Benham sees definite advantages in a downtown "law center." He said that not only would " attorneys feel more attachment :to the Law School," but that a downtown location would also facilitate a " clinical program." Mr. Benham cited the fact that it is "not unusual for courts to hold court right in the law school." Mr. Benham does see problems though; one of which would be a need for more facilities, and in particular, suitable courtrooms. Judge Thomas Ballantine, a Law School graduate and day lecturer, acknowledging the problems of parking downtown and new facilities already completed on the Belknap campus, said that a downtown location would "probably enhance legal internships." He noted that a law student could "walk across the street" and clerk between classes. - Judge Ballantine regards such opportunities as important, saying that he is "appalled by young lawyers who don't know practicalities." Prof. William .B. Martin regards a downtown location as being very advantageous to a law student. Recalling his days as a student at the Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C. (having enjoyed a close proximity to all the major courts ~here), Mr. Martin said that a student "had access to the guts of the law, which is trial and appellate work." He further noted that internships and clerkships were readily available at "all stages of the law." He pointed out that there were "informal forums in the lounges with prominent lawyers, judges, and students." Mr. Martin also noted that Edward Bennett Williams found it teach some school's proximity to law offices. Mr. Martin said that a well-rounded law school program is both academic and practical, and that a downtown location can serve as "a legal laboratory" for "pioneering efforts" in legal projects, like public defender programs. Such a situation, he explained, would not only give a law student insights into "actually what's going on," but would also enable the law school faculty to "keep a quality control on the internship program." The role of the law school, as Mr. Martin sees it, is to "teach students to practice law anywhere," and a future goal of the Law School should be "regional responsibility." He emphasized that both would be enhanced by a downtown location. · W. Scott Miller~ a member of U of L's :Board of Trustees, pointed out that the advantages of a downtown location are . basically that of combining the Louisville Bar Association (LBA) and the Law School library facilities, and the proximity of the Law School to the courts and the practicing members of the Bar. If the new Court of Appeals is located in a downtown "law center," the argument is all the more persuasive, he added. But Mr. Miller admonished that if a facility is built with LBA support and co-tenancy (or with other outside funding), U of L may not have such an easy time in obtaining state guarantees of financial support for the physical plant. In addition, Mr. Miller noted that the Law School buildings at the Belknap Campus cannot be simply abandoned, especially due to the recent investment of funds in renovations. Another tenant would have to be found. Mr. Miller concluded that, beyond the "talking stage," nothing is being done at this time concerning a downtown location of the Law School. 7 - 8 Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 · Law School - Shelby Campus Plan Rejected By Lee Calarie Located in eastern Jefferson County on Shelbyville Road, the Isaac Shelby Campus (named after the first governor of Kentucky) was purchased by the University in I 968. The site was the former home of Kentucky Southern College, a small liberal arts school associated with the Baptist Church. The University of Louisville purchased the campus from financially troubled Kentucky Southern at a bargain price with the intention of keeping the site as an institute of higher learning. Shortly after the purchase, serious consideration was given to the proposal of moving the entire University to the location but this was rejected. The main reasons for deciding against the move were the desire to keep the University in an urban atmosphere and the costs of moving were too high. Presently the campus houses the Music School, the National Crime Prevention Institute , and the Institute for Community Development. The University also leases space for a State Police crime laboratory and occasionally conducts continuing education classes on the campus. It is also the site of the home of U of L President James G. Miller. According to Harry Sparks, Director of Planning and Design, the immediate plans for the Shelby Campus are to move the Music School to the Belknap Campus when the new music school facility is completed in several years. No development on the Shelby campus is scheduled until the Belknap Campus master plan is substantially completed. Mr. Sparks said that some tentative plans for the campus have been suggested. A two year community college designed to serve students from the area may be developed. A "cluster college" with an enrollment of I ,200 to l ,300 students who live and have classes together is being considered. Also, plans for developing a continuing education center on the campus are being studied. Any plans for the development of the Shelby Campus will be complementary to the use of the Belknap Campus. Mr. Sparks emphasized that there is no desire to overlap the function of the two campuses. , Plans to move the Law School to the Shelby Campus have never been given serious consideration. Various factors have led to the decision to keep the law school at its present location. There was the need to use the space for other purposes. Also there would be additional costs in remodeling the space for Law School use. There is a desire to keep the Law School close to the downtown legal community. The recent construction of the new law library, the remodeling of the main Law School building and future plans for an additional wing to the Law School have all led to the decision to keep the law school on the Belknap campus. Hardworking Society Aids Low Income Clients By Russ Crusott With 12,000 new cases a year, the Louisville Legal Aid Society ranks as one of the busiest "law firms" in the city. However, it is not prosperous since it takes only indigent clients. Forms of the Legal Aid Society have been around since 1922 when it was funded by the Community Chest and manned by volunteer lawyers. Then in 1966, with the declaration of "War on Poverty," the Federal Government, through the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) began funding the program which allowed for the hiring of full-time staff and attorneys. The evolution of the Society was taken one step further in 197 5 when the Legal Service Corporation was formed by the Federal Government in order to make the Societies independent of politics. Today, there are 200 offices , nationwide like the one in Louisville, offering legal aid and education to the commur,tity's poor. In the Louisville area there are 20,000 poor people for every · legal aid lawyer. The Louisville Legal Aid Society accepts only civil cases. The client must be unable to pay and meet certain OEO poverty guidelines. Dennis Bricking, director of the Society, explained that the purpose of the Society is not only the case load but also "education and law reform so as to have an impact on the lives of the client community." This entails not just pecking at problems on a case by case basis but taking class action in order to remedy such continuing problems as delayed benefit checks. The Louisville Society has a new division known as the Community Development office. The office goes to where the clients live and serves as an educational arm of the Society. Dennis Bricking "The goal," .said Mr. Bricking, "is to practice preventive law, to educate the clients as to their rights, and hold seminars for social workers. Law School graduate Chuck Kaplan is director of the Community Development division. ' A new and important section of the division is the Aid to the Elderly program under the supervision of Forest Roberts. "Legal education of the elderly about rights and benefits as senior citizens ~ the crux of the program," he said. Sometimes Mr. Bricking explained that the senior citizen does not know where or how to get heat in his apartment, or security for his building so the Legal Aid Society becomes involved because it is the only office available to help. For the future, Mr. Bricking hopes · that the Legal Aid Society will become "more than a jumping off place for the younger attorneys." The average length of service, at present, is between three and four years. The legal aid attorney has the benefit of immediate client contact, court appearances and case load. The average open case load for an attorney at the Society ranges between 50 and 100 cases at any one time. The majority of these cases may be in the services rather than litigation area. "Poor people come against the law more often," explained Mr. Bricking, "They get caught in the circle of poverty. "Frequently, a client will come in with one problem and the interview will disclose that the client has other problems as well. "We try to provide full service lawyering for a multitude of legal needs." said Mr. Bricking. Mr. Bricking was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1968 and has been involved with the Legal Aid Society in one form or another ever since. He became administrative director in October, 1975. The Legal Aid Society teaches a clinical course at the Law School in the problems of the poor. Mr. Bricking hopes that the program can be expanded and regularized in the future with the cooperation of the Law School. One idea for expansion would be modelled after the Antioch program whereby people - related courses, such as Domestic Relations, would have a clinical element to the course. This would prepare the law student for practice in that he could both sharpen his skills and learn to work with people. ------------- -- ., . Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 9 LRPC Questionnaire Project Consolidates Student Opinions Edited by Don Pearcy (The following is edited from a 20 page compendium of results recently compiled from the Long Range Plimning Committee questionnaire distributed to students during the week of January 6. For an in-depth study of the creation of the Long Range Planning Committee and the purpose of the questionnaire, see the Law Examiner, Feb. 10 issue, vo/. one, number six, page six.) The Long Range Planning Committee recently administered a survey to the student body of the Law School to gauge student opinion on a number of matters of concern to students, faculty and the University of Louisville Law Alumni. Although the length of the questionnaire and the variety of responses meant substantial time would be required for each respondent to complete his or her copy, the student body volunteered to complete the forms in sufficient numbers to give statistically meaningful results. Out of a total Spring enrollment of 599 for both the Day and Night Divisions, 244 students, or 41 per cent of the total enrollment filed responses. Law Practice Approximately three-fourths of the student body clearly desire to work in Kentucky , and the great majority of all of the law students intend to become practicing lawyers. A sample of the more specific responses to a question regarding career goals showed that only seven per cent of the students said they are interested in , ~.......,·w"'-job • while 52 per cent expressed mterest in working for a law ftrm, 20 per cent expressed a desire to work for some level of government and 15 per cent noted an interest in working for a co poration. o c oom facilities, 35 per cent o f ho se responding indicated a preference for the Annex Classroom despite what appear to be serious criticisms of the comfort of the seats, the cleanliness, the decor and the climate controL Of the classrooms now used for law classes, the Annex Classroom most closely approximates the "arena" shape and configuration of seats now used in many law classrooms at other schools. Annex Classroom The students' high preference for the room, coupled with the 82 per cent positive response to the question inquiring whether "arena" shaped classrooms would increase teacher-student contact, signifies a strong student preference for this classroom configuration and should be noted in the development of additional classroom facilities. The second most preferred classroom was the Allen Courtroom with 25 per cent rating it their first choice. In regard to more particular space needs, 69 per cent of the students said that they require more study group areas; 65 per cent sug~ested expanded seminar rooms; and 62 per cent desired more lounge facilities. The students showed a markedly stronger dislike for the Annex lounge area over those at Davidson Hall due, to the noisiness and dirtiness of the spaces in the Annex lounge. Renovaded Building In comparing the students' perception of the various space needs of the Law School, it should be noted that although a significant portion of students felt a need for more lounge facilities, more wan ted the new space soon to be made available on the second floor of the renovated main building to be used for classroom facilities than wanted it to be converted into study or lounge areas. Fin ally, only nine per cent of the students now use the limited supply of locker facilities that are available in the Law Library and some of the new classroom buildings away from the law complex. Additional locker space would be used by 33 per cent if it were made available. In response to an open-endrd question regarding library hours, the larg.: r: r a) or ~ty of students recommended that rhe present hours be kept. Other Librarv operations drew more pointed responses. Initiation of an over-night borrowing system for reserved books was favored by 66 per cent of the students. But the greatest criticism of the Library operations came in the form of ·complaints about the lack of adequate copying facilities. Library The physical facilities within the library were generally approved. No criticism whatsoever was elicited from 81 per cent of the students concerning the quality of the furniture within the building. At the same time, 69 per cent requested the installation of more study carrels. The carrels appear to be the most popular place to work ; a majority of the total group of respondents prefered them over the study tables and the lounge chairs for class preparation. Although there has been some dissatisfaction voiced among the students regarding the staggered scheduling of classes, a majority of respondents favor the present system; 56 per cent are "satisfied" with the present system; 36 per cent are opposed, and the remaining eight per cent express no view. The students registered strong views, however, in favor of a greater flexibility within that basic pattern. A policy permitting students to switch freely between Day and Night courses was favored by 84 per cent and, in their verbal elaborations, most frequently stated the simple proposition that if the courses offered in the Day and Night Divisions are of equal quality, there can be no sound academic reason for withholding this privilege. A majority of students expressed interest in the institution of clinical programs which would offer a variety of practical experiences under strong direction for a moderate level of course credit. Curriculum Satisfaction was generally expressed in regard to the curriculum presently offered. However, many expressed interest in participating in other graduate school programs during their law studies which could possibly lead to a joint degree. Student awareness of the placement services that now exist does not approach what it should be. Only 57 per cent of the students know of the University Service and 46 per cent affirm some knowledge of the Law School Placement Service. More significantly, the levels of actual usage of these services is astonishingly low. A mere five per cent said they have made use of the Law School Placement Service. Only five per cent of the students.' reported that the University Service has ever found them a job or aided them in finding their own job and an amazing one per cent reported being aided by the Law School service in finding work. In fact, of the 244 persons responding to the questionnaire, only three individuals affirmed that the Law School Service through its active efforts had found them jobs or had aided them in finding their own jobs. Six persons indicated that they · had received leads to jobs from the bulletin board managed by the Law School Placement Service. These answers lead to the conclusion that the students feel, beyond question, that there is now no reliable system anywhere in the University for matching law students with employment opportunities. To remedy this gap in essential services, the overwhelming majority of students favored a Law School operated Placement Service (83 per cent) as <;ppnsed to a University centered service (three per cent). Grade Appeals On a topic of great current interest at the Law School, 69 per cent . of the students endorsed the idea that a grade appeals procedure should be instituted. This significant majority could be interpreted as evidence of a broad student dissatisfaction with present grading practices; but whatever interpretation is placed upon it, the students, leaders and faculty members must appreciate in all their future considerations of this matter that the greater number of Law .students desire some method of formally redressing grievances arising from the grading process. U of L Again? In response to the question "If you had it to do over again would you still come to U of L ?" 68 per cent said yes; 21 per cent said no; and the remaining 11 per cent made no reply. A number of questionnaires containing negative responses included notes written in the margin stating that the respondent's knowledge of the relatively low marketability of a U of L Law Degree determined his or her response. The quality of teaching offered in the Night School is well respected. Faculty About 10 per cent of the students complained that the faculty underrates their ability and criticizes needlessly the night program. Some students were concerned about the future of the Night School and would appreciate clearer assurances from the Law School Administration about its long range policy on· the night program. As a more concrete example of this need for communication, two respondents pointed out that the offices of the Administration are never open during their class hours and suggested that at least two evenings a month the offices be open until 6:00 p.m. Response The Long Range Planning Committee realized that in the making of such a questionnaire, many conclusions would necessarily have to be drawn on their part in putting together the results. The LRPC would appreciate any constructive criticism of the manner and extent of its efforts. Suggestions may be directed to Joe Ardery, chairman. The complete report from which these comments were excerpted may be found on file at the library desk. Course Offerings Summer1976 Hofstra Law School Summer program NAME OF COURSE NUMBER 1976 for further information: HOFSTJt;\ UNIVERSI1Y HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF LAW Hempstead, New York 11550 (516) 560-3636 I FACULTY LEGAL ETHICS Prof. Monroe Freedman PRODUCTS LIABILITY Prof. Aaron Twerski INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX Prof. Stuart Filler FAMILY LAW Prof.]ohn Gregory REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Prof. Herman Hillman REMEDIES Prof. Malachy Mahon TRADE REGULATION Prof. Burton Agata DEBTOR-CREDITOR Prof. Alan Resnick ESTATE & GIFT TAX Prof. Linda Hirschson EVIDENCE Prof. Abraham Ordover FEDERAL COURTS Prof. Stuart Rabinowitz LEGISLATIVE PROCESS Prof. Ronald Silverman SECURED TRANSACTIONS Prof. Shelia Okapku WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES Prof. John Sciullo CREDITS SCHEDULED TIMES 1 M 1 :10 a.m.-3:00p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1:10 a.m.-3:00p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 11:10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9 :10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 9:10 a.m.-11 :00 a.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 11 :10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu~W-Th 11 :10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 11:10 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1:10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 2 Tu-Th 1 :10 p.m.-3 :00 p.m. 3 Tu-W-Th 1 :10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 4 M-Tu-W-Th 1:10 p.m.-3:00p.m. 10 Louisville Law Examiner, April 6, 1976 Bondsman Blasts Bill: Local Proprietors Supreme Court Bound By Don Pearcy Unless a much sought after injunction is granted, June 20, 1976 will see the implementation of a new bail bonding system in Kentucky. The new system is a revolutionary undertaking. According to a source in the Attorney General's Office in Frankfort, posting bail will not be outlawed, only the posting of bail for profit. This procedure is in operation in a few states - it is statewide in Illinois, but operates only in sections of the others. The major difference, though, lies in the fact that those other states offer non-profit bonding as an option · to the bonding industry. Kentucky will be the only state which will have only the "court run" bonding system. When questioned about the new system, Don Rigazio, proprietor of A.A. Bonding Co., Louisville, was quite vocal. He was appalled that the legislators would vote for such a bill. "[Governor Carroll] got every legislator against the bill to join his side by bargaining with them; something had to occur to cause the landslide." As he explained, "The bill is personal between him [Gov. Carroll] and Johnson [of Johnson Bonding Co. of Paducah] but it is causing 500 people to lose their jobs." Mr. Rigazio does not blame the governor, however, as much as he does the legislators. "They have no concept of what it will cost to implement the new system," he said. As explained by the spokesman in Frankfort, under the new system, instead of the accused paying ten per cent of the total bail to the bondsman which amount is never returned, he must still pay ten per cent but upon his appearance in court, nine per cent of the bond is returned to him. In this way he need only lose one per cent of the bail. This might, however, encourage the judge to set higher bail or allow more individuals to be released on their own recognizance. Concerning this point, Mr. Rigazio emphasized that only those with the capabilities of raising the ten per cent would be able to post bond. Bondsmen, however, make bond on credit. If the accused can prove his credit, he may pay his bond in installments. Currently, A.A. Bonding is carrying thousands of dollars of credit bonds. "THE LAW: IT HAS HOIORED US; MAY WE HOIOR IT." Daniel Webster LAW DAY - MAY 1, 1976 LOUISVILLE TITLE DIVISION COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE · INSURANCE COMPANY 223 South Fifth Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202 • Phone 502/584-0211 "How are they [the courts] going to operate on one per cent?" questioned Mr. Rigazio, "The bondsman is in business to make bonds and get paid for them," he continued, "but they also see to it that the prisoners get to court and it costs the taxpayer nothing; in fact, they pay taxes on the money they earn." He explained that the present system is self-supporting but under the new system, the burden will fall upon the taxpayer. "Someone must bring those people back." Chicago was cited by Mr. Rigazio as a perfect example of how court-run bonding operates. "Chicago has had 300,000 people skip bond in eight years of its state run system," he said. "From January 1975 to October 1975, the criminal courts alone had 8,000 people jump bail." He further said that Chicago has a sixteen man "fugitive force" whose sole job it is to track down bail jumpers. ''They could probably use 90 more." Under the current system, if an accused skips bail, the bondsman sends out his own people at his own expense to bring them back. "We have a financial interest in those people and it stands to reason that when one has a vested interest in something, he takes care of it," said Mr. Rigazio. He explained that the bondsman is the accused's jailer; that he has been released to the custody of the bondsman. Mr. Rigazio portends that eventually Kentucky, like Chicago, will form a special force to go after its bail jumpers. He pointed out that this will be an additional and unnecessary financial burden on the state. · Mr. Rigazio explained that Governor. Carroll said that the new system would not have been necessary if the bondsmen had policed themselves. Mr. Rigazio emphasized, however, that bondsmen are policed by the Insurance Commissioner, Bail Bonding Division in Frankfort. Bondsmen must be licensed on a yearly basis and the license is approved by the commissioner. The bondsmen's books are subject to audit anytime. "If they [commissioner] don't control it, I don't know who will," said Mr. Rigazio. Mr. Rigazio is especially embittered by the manner in which the new system is being implemented. He accused the government of taking property without compensating for it as is done in a normal property condemnation. "The bondsmen must still pay on their leases," he complained. "Insurance of $50,000 must still be held until the last bond has been paid." He explained that some cases for which he has posted bond will not go to trial until July. He is afraid that the accused's will not show for trial if the bondsmen are out of business. "The state should make some type of settlement," he said. The source in Frankfort, while expressing no stand on the new system, did say that the bill will probably be challenged in court as to its constitutionality and will probably go to the United States Supreme Court. According to Mr. Rigazio, an injunction is currently being sought. "We will probably win the battle but lose the war," he concluded. Jim I Joe's Student Stuff GRAND OPENING (APRIL 1) Party Supplies Domestics School Supplies Sandwiches Soda Pop · Beer I Keg Supplies - Soon 635-7863 CARDIIAL SHOPPIIG CEITER 1913 So. 4th Street Right Off Campus 11 Fraternities Brickley And Armstrong Honored Kathleen Brickey, (center), was initiated as an honorary member of PAD. p A D PAD Initiates Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Law Fraternity held its sprmg initiation Saturday, February 28, in the courtroom of the Honorable George B. Ryan. The initiates included: Terry Black, William Craft, Donald Fulcher, Dee Hill, Larry Hinton, Frank Jewell, Joseph Markel, Thomas McAdams, Walter McGee, George Moss, Janet Paulette, Thomas Volk and Richard Wyatt. Following the initiation, a special ceremony was held to initiate Professor Kathleen F. Brickey as an honorary member into the fraternity. Justice Parvin Price officiated with notable guests in attendance including: Judge Marlin Volz, Steven Smith, William Biggs, Judge George B. Ryan, August Winkenhofer and PAD District Justice Larry Crigler. About 70 guests were in attendance. Kathy Cord (far left), PAD Marshall, explains fraternity crest to new initiates and gathered guests. David Armstrong (right) Commonwealth Attorney, receives nus Award from Roger Lindsey (left), Dean of Delt Chapter. D E L T s Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney David Armstrong was the recipient of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity "Outstanding Alumnus of the Year" award at a special gathering at the Wildwood Country Club on March 26th. Mr. Armstrong served as Dean of the Louisville "Delt'' Chapter in 1968-69 and as President of the State Alumni Association in 1972. He is presently Master Alumnus for the National Fraternity and the Kentucky State Chancellor. At the same meeting, Carl Sanders and William Burkhead were initiated as new members. David Armstrong (left) IOCiialiZies Warren Scoville (right). Calendar Aprill6: Practical Skills Seminar, .. Practical Aspects of No-Fault Auto Insurance," Middleton Auditorium, Strickler Hall, BeUtnap Campus, 1:30 p.m.-5:15p.m. April17-30: Examination Pedod. Apri119: April26: May 3: lkead and Butt~ Luncheon, "New Developments in Kentucky Probate Practice," Rodeway Inn, 12:00-1:30 p.m. lkead and Butta: Luncheon, "New Developments in Judicial Reorganization," Rodeway Inn, 12-1:30 p.m. Bread and Butt~ Luncheon, "New Developments in the Practice of Law (advertising, mandatory continuing education, ca:tification of specialists)." Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. MayS: May9: May 10: May 10: May 16: May24: Ball on the Belle, Belle of Louisville, 8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. "Biacktie" optional. Commencement, Law School. Summer School begins. Bread and Butter Luncheon,. "Recent Developments in Planning and Zoning (the 'Plan Certain' concept)," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. Jkead and Butt~ Luncheon, .. Procedure before State Administrative Agencies," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. lkead and Butter Luncheon, "New Developments in Family Law (mcluding new Fed~ Legislation)," Rodeway Inn, 12:00- 1:30 p.m. p -- 12 Louisville Law Examiner, April6, 1976 Fonner Kentucky Court of Appeals Chief Justice Samuel Steinfeld, left, and Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Marvin Sternberg, judges of Moot Court oral fmals. Moot Court oral finalists standing: Camille Erwin (winner), Daniel Fuller. Seated: Thomas Mulhall, Dorothy Luber. The winner at the written brief competition was Dennis Shaw. U of L, . Law School Budget Mr. Smith commented that the Law (continued from page 1) School does not appear to have a very available to them. Mr. Dillon said that high priority in the University for new after the base budgets are set, then the money. "When you are one of very few expansion budgets are examined to units that does not receive any new determine who gets the remaining faculty position, I don't see that the Law very tight indeed." This final budgeting, according to Mr. Dillon, will be completed by May 15. As to the chances for the Law School receiving any catch-up money, Mr. Smith said, "I'm not real hopeful for next year. The picture could change, but right now, things are not super." Mr. Smith noted that the Law School did receive some additional money last year, for which he said he was very grateful, but he added, "It's kind of too bad to start on the road to recovery and then be stopped." Mr. Smith con eluded, "This business of getting money is a very tough and complex thing and there are a lot of competing voices." available catch-up money. School is being smiled upon right now." Assistant Law School Dean Steven R. "There's no greater investment for the Smith said that the Law School is asking Commonwealth than putting money in in its expansion budget for money for a the Law School, "he continued. "The Dean Candidate Search placement service, new faculty positions, way Kentucky is going to be governed (continued from page 1) supervisors for clinical programs, and a over the next 50 years is in no small way lawyers." He stressed that a brief for the continuing legal education supervisor, going to be determined by what this Law Supreme Court was every bit as scholarly among other things. School does in the next few years." as an article for the Harvard Law Review. "Money for these things would come Mr. Dillon said that administration All seemed to desire that U of L from what is officially called catch-up people are now making projections for should strive to be an excellent regional money, but in some of these things, it's next year's emollment and expenses, and law school which is an "attainable goal." just catching up to basics," said Mr. when this is completed, "we'll see what A need for a placement service Smith we have left." He said that since the commanded the attention of all the "The first thing that comes to mind is budget is so tight, the best possible candidates, and all expressed great placement. A law school ought to have a projections are needed,, and the longer concern in establishing one. placement service. There are not many they can wait , the more accurate the The candidates all insisted that law schools without a placement service, projections will be. "We have no idea additional classroom and library space and any law school that is forward right now how much we may have left were immediate needs. At least one looking has to do things in the area of over." candidate suggested that he would continuing legal education, Mr. Smith The reason the faculty recruitment demand a commitment of a new wing emphasized. commitment was made so early, Mr. before he would accept the deanship He said "The University of Kentucky Dillon said was because as a practical position. moonlighting was viewed as the prime culprit for this problem. One candidate commented "Faculty members should not be practicing very much law at all." This was also one of the areas of most concern to the students. In response to student concern, a candidate summed up his view of faculty members' responsibility as "not discharged solely with a good classroom performance." The candidates emphasized that faculty research, writing and contribution to the Law School in terms of committee work and interaction with student organizations was extremely important. All candidates stressed active recruitment of alumni support. "Good Public Relations is important both with regard to alumni and with regard to students," one candidate commented. has both of these things and they aren't matter, new faculty members cannot be Most dean candidates saw a problem all that fancy a school. We certainly found on very short notice. "We may find with law professors spending too little rs_h_o_u_ld_be_a_b_le_tocat_c_h_u..;p;,...w_i_th_th_e_m:__· __t_ ha_t t_h_is_co_m_m_it_m_e_n_t_w_m _m_ a_k_e_t_hi·n__gs_.,time at the Law School. Faculty CONGRATULATIONS llnutsutllt TO THE GRADUATING SENIORS FROM GENE PFLUGHAUPT REPRESENTING WEST PUBLISHERS IN KY. BUSINESS PHONE 584-5058 RESIDENCE PHONE 502-633-6619 |
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University of Louisville. School of law University of Louisville--Students University of Louisville--Alumni and alumnae University of Louisville--Faculty University of Louisville--Employees Law students Law & legal affairs Law and legislation--Kentucky Law and legislation--United States Law libraries Legal education Libraries |
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Date Original | 1976-04-06 |
Object Type | Newspapers |
Source | Various-sized print newspapers published by students of the University of Louisville School of Law. The print edition may be found in the University of Louisville Law Library or the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. |
Collection | Law Library Collection |
Collection Website | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law |
Digital Publisher | Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville |
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