Louisville Law Examiner
Serving The University of Louisville School of Law Community
Volume 7 Number 8 Louisville, Kentucky, April 26, 1982 Circulation 4200
Finalists Named
Recommendations Signal End
of Search for New Dean
By Scott Furkin
BARBARA LEWIS
The field of candidates for the
position of Dean of the School of
Law has been narrowed to two
finalists and the names have been sent
to Dr. Donald Swain, President of
the University.
The law school's new top ad­ministrator
will either be Steven
Smith, presently an Associate Dean at
the School of Law, or Barbara
Buchanan Lewis, an Associate Pro­fessor
of Law at the University of
Oklahoma College of Law. Dr. Swain
is expected to make his recommenda­tion
to the University's Board of
Trustees at their regular meeting this
evening.
The naming of the new dean will
bring an end to a national search
which has spanned the last nine mon­ths
and has involved faculty, students
and alumni. In September, a Dean
Search Committee was formed con­sisting
of faculty members Ronald
Eades, chairman; Ralph Petrilli,
Affirmative Action
William Dolson, Les Abramson,
Gene Teitelbaum, David Leibson and
James Merritt; students Toram Salig
and Diana Bogden; alumni Judge
William McAnulty and Larry
Franklin; and Lois Cronholm,
representing the University as Dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Search Committee began by
placing advertisements and an­nouncements
in various legal jour­nals,
magazines and newspapers and
waiting for the applications to come
pouring in. Next the Search Commit­tee
reviewed the qualification of the
applicants against the background of
University, state and federal regula­tions
and affirmative action
guidelines. After considering such
factors as academic qualifications,
advanced degrees, scholarly research,
and experience in teaching, law prac­tice,
administration and the judiciary,
the Search Committee announced the
STEVEN SMITH
names of six semi-semifinalists for
the position.
In March the first of the six semi­finalists
began to visit the law school.
Each candidate met with the Univer­sity
administration, the law faculty
and staff, and student and alumni
groups. After these visits, the Search
Committee reviewed the qualifica­tions
of the semi-finalists and cast
their votes for the two or three whose
names would be forwarded to Dr.
Swain. Smith and Lewis were the two
candidates whom the Search Com­mittee
decided were worthy of Dr.
Swain's consideration.
Program Seeks to Improve Minority Recruitment
By Gail Dopf
An affirmative action program has
been instituted at the School of Law
to attract larger numbers of qualified
minority students, it was announced
by Mike Luvisi, Immediate Past­President
of the Student Bar
Association.
Some of the minority law students
pointed out problems with minority
recruitment and other problems they
had as law students and Luvisi
brought the problems to Dr. Donald
Swain, University President. "It was
something I thought should be
brought to everyone's attention,"
said Luvisi.
Dr. Swain then called a meeting
with local minority leaders, including
black attorneys, to discuss some of
the problems and to discuss ideas for
improving the affirmative action
record at the School of Law. Then he
consulted with Acting Associate Dean
Norvie Lay, Acting Dean Linda
Ewald, Paul Weber, pre-law advisor,
and Joe McMillan, Assistant Vice
President for Minority Affairs, to
formulate an affirmative action pro­gram.
Dr. Swain has pledged a deep com­mitment,
with a more active and ag­gressive
reaching out into the com­munity
to prospective minority law
students and he has provided some
scholarship money to make it' possible
for more qualified minority students
to attend the law school.
Dean Lay has appointed Dean
Ewald as Affirmative Action Coor­dinator
for the law school and he has
appointed an Advisory Committee to
the Dean on Minority Recruitment.
Members include: Judge William
McAnulty, chairman; Janice Brown,
and faculty members Michael Brown
and Lydia M. Jones. The Committee
will advise the Dean on affirmative
action matters and will meet with
minority students who have com­pleted
law school to get their ideas on
some special problems of minorities.
Dr. Swain has made available
scholarship money from the Affir­mative
Action Fund "to encourage
the Dean not to lose a qualified black
student because of lack of funding
and to encourage more minority
students to attend U of L School of
Law."
The Administration has also met
with representatives of Kentucky
State, the University of Kentucky and
Northern Kentucky University to set
up special programs to help interested
minority students qualify for law
school.
Dr. Weber, as undergraduate pre­law
advisor, has instituted a summer
class to introduce and develop the
special writing and research skills
needed by law students. This is an
undergraduate class with open enroll­ment
which is geared for the special
needs of minority students who have
already been accepted to law school
and for any undergraduate students
needing to develop basic legal skills.
Dr. Swain and Dean Ewald em­phasize
this is not an easy way
through the admission process but is
an aid for the development of skills.
At a recent meeting with pre-law
students Dr. Swain made it clear he
felt affirmtive action begins with him.
The administration is interested in en­couraging
and recru1tmg black
students from U of L into the School
of Law. "Law school requires a
serious commitment and hard work,"
said Dr. Swain. "If they commit
themselves to being qualified, then
we'll help them every way we can."
Dr. Swain gives much credit to
Luvisi for pointing out the lack of
progress in affirmative action at the
School of Law and to the law
students who have volunteered to
tutor legal writing to those with
special needs.
Dean Ewald feels the institution of
this program will have some impact in
increasing minority enrollment this
year but a more significant impact
will be made in future years as the
program continues.
Students Evaluate Faculty
The Law Examiner has obtained the results of faculty evaluations
completed by students last semester at the behest of the Student Bar
Association. The evaluation form contained a total of 43 questions in seven
basic categories ranging from professors' "knowledge and command of
subject matter" to "respect for students." Results were compiled by the
Health Sciences Center's computer system.
A representative sampling of statistics involving full-time faculty appears
on page 3 of this issue. A copy of the complete survey is available at the
library loan desk.
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Mary Ross Terry
Steve Durham
Billie Warren
Lucy Lee Helm
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New Editors Elected
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Durham, Rich Milster and Mark Ashburn. Not present when the picture was
taken was Richard Head.
By Lucy Lee Helm
On May 9, 1982, the administra-
. tion and faculty of the University of
Louisville School of Law will breathe
an audible sigh of relief as the Class
of 1982 takes its leave. No doubt each
class which graduates from this law
school is unique in its own way, but I
believe it can fairly be said that the
law school will not soon see the likes
of our class again. The makeup of the
Class of '82, and the struggles we
have been through over the last three
years, are worth noting and
rem em bering.
From the beginning, you could tell
we were going to be a special group,
and that we would have to deal with
special problems. The first thing we
were told during our orientation was
that our guest speaker had not shown
up. From there we were given a tour
of the facilities, and we noticed a
huge hole in the ground where part of
the law school used to be. We had
enrolled in school thinking it would
take 84 hours to graduate, only to be
informed that the required hours had
been raised to 90. Within a month
after classes had started, the
headlines in the papers told us that
Governor Brown was not sure the
state could spare the funds necessary
to complete our law school additions,
thus risking our ABA accreditation.
On top of all that, the killer squirrels
on the U of L campus were continual­ly
attacking law students.
However, even problems such as
these did not .dampen our spirits. We
filled out our daily class roll sheets
with unending humor and creativity.
We sent singing Valentines to our
favorite professors. We dubbed the
front of the law school "Brandeis
Beach," and studied for spring finals
there in the great outdoors. We
organized football games between the
class sections, arranged freshman
parties and attended every social
event the school sponsored. We had
so much fun that an upperclassman
fdt it necessary to remind us that,
"This is law school, not comedy
school." Prof. Marlin Volz once
remarked that our class added some
much needed spunk to the school.
Our second year marked the begin­ning
of construction on the addition
to the law school. For those
underclassmen who would be using
the new school a good part of their
law school careers, the construction
was a welcome sight. For our class,
with only one semester's use in the
new building in its less-than-complete
state, the construction meant only
jackhammers falling, dust settling on
desks and constant classroom swit­ching.
In addition, the year brought a
faculty shortage because the extra
large first year class had been divided
into three rather than the usual two
sections. That meant our class was
subjected to over-crowded classes, if
the classes were offered at all. It was a
relief to escape from both classes and
construction with our new clerking
jobs and nights out at Woody's.
Our third year found class
members hospitalized, married,
divorced. The dean had resigned, and
we lived with an interim administra­tion.
The construction finally began
to take shape, and we really believed
that there would be a new law school.
Classes and grades took on less mean­ing
as permanent jobs became finaliz­ed
for many of us. Our class social
events, however, never lost priority.
The Student Bar Association, with
leaders from our own class at the
helm, sponsored a bus trip to Cincin­nati
for a Bengals game and
numerous smokers. In the fall came
an impromptu homecoming for the
intramurals soccer team, L'Eagles,
complete with homecoming court,
kazoo band and an aftergame
homecoming dance. Our biggest feat,
the event which will hopefully
become a new law school tradition,
was the First Annual Senior Prom.
An estimated 250 people attended the
event, including most of the senior
class. It was an evening typical of our
class, and an appropriate way to end
our law school careers.
In addition to the usual pains and
difficulties of any law school educa­tion,
the class of '82 has survived the
extraordinary. I do not wish these
same struggles on the future law
students at this school. I do wish for
them the adventures and friendships
our class has shared. We will be better
lawyers because of them. I am proud
to have struggled with the class
members, to have studied, laughed
and learned with them for three
years. I am prouder still to call them
my friends and future colleagues.
(The writer is a ~raduatin~ senior in
the Day Dil'ision.)
Women's Law Caucus Represented at National Conference
The 13th National Con Ference on
Women and the Law was held in
Detroit, March 25-28, 1982. Hosted
by women from five Michigan law
schools, the conference is a feminist
legal tradition and the only major na­tional
conference aimed solely at the
relationship between women and the
law. The theme of this year's con­ference,
Women Working Together,
had a twofold purpose. First, the con­ference
was aimed at women as
workers - both inside and outside
the home -with workshops focusing
on employment and labor issues af­fecting
women, such as plant clos­ings,
older women:s employment
issues, pregnancy discrimination, af­firmative
action, reproductive health
hazards, discrimination issues for
women in predominantly male jobs,
unemployment compensation,
careers in the judiciary, women as
legal members of the club, OSHA
and women workers, to name but a
few. Secondly, Women Working
Together emphasized the unity
women share and their ability to
achieve constructive change by work­ing
together. At a time when many
women's rights are under attack, the
conference offered women attorneys,
judges, law students, legal workers
and community workers a special
chance to establish networks to
achieve justice economically,
politically and socially.
Over !50 workshops, conducted in
Detroit's Cobo Hall, brought promi­nent
and progressive attorneys and
judges together to share their ac­quired
substantive knowledge and ac­quired
practical skills with conferees
to confront and combat problems
which women experience within the
legal system. The topics covered dur­ing
the three days of workshops are
those not included in traditional law
school curricula nor discussed at na­tional
or state bar conferences.
Detroit's Book Cadillac Hotel was
the convention site for entertainment:
Dario Fo's "We Won't Pay! We
Won't Pay!," a comedic play concer­ning
a people's boycott in Italy in
1974, a labor herstory slideshow and
walking tour of Detroit's most
significant labor sites, a concert by
feminist songwriter Holly Near,
photography exhibits of women
musicians, cocktail party by the Na­tional
Lawyer's Guild, Toronto's
women's dance band, Mama Quilla,
and Sippie Wallace performances.
Charlotte B. Scott, second year law
student and president of the
Women's Law Caucus, represented
the University of Louisville School of
Law at the 13th Conference. The
women's caucuses from the Universi­ty
of Louisville, University of Ken­tucky
and Chase College submitted
an unsuccessful bid for the 14th Con­ference
to be held in Kentucky.
Washington, D.C. was selected by the
National Steering Committee for the
14th Conference to be held in April,
1983.
r
F= Failing
M=Marginal
C = Competent
0 = Outstanding
D = Distinguished
TOTAL
PROFESSOR CLASS ANSWERING
Abramson Crim. Law 53
Pro. Res . 46
Biggs Workers Comp 23
Torts 46
Blackburn Estate Tax 34
Tax 57
Dolson Property 53
Eades Evidence 26
Torts 51
Ewald Procedure 48
Jaffee Con Law 44
Kanovitz Contracts 28
Dec. Est. 60
Knowles Conflicts 52
Con Law 56
Leibson UCC I · 31
Levy Crim. Law 9
Con Law 51
Lord Procedure 46
Merri tt Torts 45
Dec. Est. 56
Nowka UCC III 63
UCC I 36
Petrilli Contracts 41
Thompson Contracts 52
Tei.teibaum Research 49
Research 30
Richardson Property 57
Pro. Res. 45
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KNOWLEDGE AND COMMAND ABILITY TO INTEGRATE CUR-OF
THE SUBJECT MA TIER RENT DEVELOPMENTS INTO
THE COURSE
F M c 0 D F M c 0 D
0 2 33 13 5 4 9 25 11 4
0 0 8 20 18 0 0 5 23 18
1 0 8 6 8 0 2 2 8 11
1 2 8 14 21 0 2 11 17 16
1 1 3 10 19 0 0 3 4 27
2 1 3 7 44 1 1 1 5 49
0 2 17 23 11 3 10 25 7 4
0 0 1 4 21 0 1 1 5 i9
0 0 1 17 33 0 1 5 18 25
0 0 4 16 28 0 1 9 20 17
2 2 3 11 26 14 12 9 6 1
0 2 5 11 9 1 0 2 9 16
0 3 3 33 21 3 5 24 16 12
0 1 9 21 21 1 1 14 11 23
0 0 2 12 42 2 4 18 19 13
0 0 2 4 25 0 0 2 11 18
1 3 3 1 1 I 4 2 1 1
4 5 13 23 6 1 9 11 21 9
1 3 6 10 26 0 7 17 14 8
1 0 0 1 42 0 0 2 6 36
.
3 3 1 10 39 2 3 9 21 21
1 0 9 36 17 2 5 17 29 7
0 1 1 18 16 0 0 11 12 12
0 2 11 16 15 1 4 17 11 6
0 0 2 4 46 0 1 6 15 30
1 1 6 17 23 0 3 13 13 19
1 0 1 8 19 1 0 5 7 16
0 0 9 28 20 0 1 15 30 10
0 2 17 15 1I 0 6 14 10 14
IF YOU WERE IN A POSITION TO ORGANIZATION OF ENTIRE PREPARATION FOR EACH
MAKE THE DECISION, WOULD COURSE DAY'S CLASS .
YOU REHIRE THIS PROFESSOR
PROFESSOR CLASS lr!o YES F M c 0 D F M c 0 D
Abramson Crim. Law 59.2 I 5 25 11 II 2 3 23 I5 10
Pro. Res. 78.3 0 1 8 20 I7 0 0 5 14 27
Biggs Workers Comp. 81.8 0 I 4 8 10 l 2 3 7 10
Torts 84.8 I 0 9 I3 23 1 0 9 12 24
Blackburn Estate Tax 100 0 1 7 14 I2 1 2 3 8 20
Tax 96.5 0 1 2 I6 38 0 1 1 I1 44
Dolson Property 5 15 26 5 2 0 3 25 15 10
Eades Evidence 96.2 0 0 I 4 21 0 0 0 2 24
Torts IOO 0 0 5 25 21 0 0 5 I8 27
Ewald Procedures 95.7 0 2 9 25 12 0 1 I2 22 13
Jaffee Con Law 26.2 I6 10 I3 3 2 2 3 7 12 20
Kanovitz Dec. Est 73.7 0 1 7 8 8 13 I5 0 0 0
Contracts N/A 2 7 17 18 I6 0 4 12 22 22
Knowles Conflicts 84 4 7 21 14 5 1 1 10 I8 21
Con Law 98.2 0 0 5 21 29 0 0 2 19 35
Leibson UCC I 100 0 1 2 13 15 0 0 0 11 20
Levy Crim. Law 55.6 2 1 4 2 0 2 2 3 2 0
Con Law 54 8 8 27 6 1 15 10 18 6 2
Lord Procedure 90.7 0 5 20 14 7 0 4 18 10 14
Merritt Torts 97.6 0 0 0 5 40 0 0 0 7 28
Dec Est. 90.7 3 3 6 20 24 4 2 4 15 31
N owka UCC III 94.9 1 2 14 32 13 1 2 8 32 18
UCC I 97.2 0 0 11 14 11 0 0 5 IO 21
Petrilli Contracts 90.9 0 1 18 17 5 0 0 14 15 11
T hompson Contracts 100 0 0 9 19 24 0 0 3 21 28
T eitlebaum Research 87.2 0 1 19 16 13 0 3 15 19 12
Research 100 I 2 7 13 7 I 0 6 II I2
R ichardson Property 96.3 0 1 I5 28 13 0 0 8 26 23
Pro. Res. 67.4 I 9 I6 8 II 1 4 10 I4 I6
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RESPECT FOR STUDENTS
F M c 0 D
10 19 11 8 5
0 3 13 20 20
2 0 0 3 18
1 0 6 9 30
0 0 4 4 26
0 1 2 15 39
1 0 0 5 20
0 1 6 21 23
0 1 7 23 17
23 12 4 4 1
24 1 0 0 0
20 18 13 8 1
3 0 14 16 18
0 1 5 25 25
0 0 3 9 19
0 1 1 2 5
4 7 10 15 15
1 0 10 10 25
0 0 2 11 32
3 4 8 20 21
2 2 15 26 16
0 2 4 10 20
1 2 21 8 7
0 2 10 21 19
3 2 23 9 II
I 1 5 15 7
0 0 4 20 32
0 0 6 I4 25
ABILITY TO PRESENT COURSE
MATERIAL WITH CLARITY
F M c 0 D
4 I8 23 7 I
I 4 I2 I7 12
0 2 6 9 6
I 1 11 I6 I7
0 3 I I4 I6
0 I 3 I9 34
0 0 I 2 23
0 0 3 20 28
0 3 6 22 I7
37 6 0 1 0
27 I 0 0 0
8 10 13 I4 I5
18 9 I8 4 2
0 4 2I 30 I
0 0 2 II I8
2 2 3 I I
15 14 15 4 3
2 2 21 11 10
0 0 1 4 40
2 3 8 2I 22
I 5 20 24 11
0 2 II 12 II
0 2 26 8 4
0 0 3 22 27
1 5 23 I2 7
3 2 II IO 3
0 I I9 29 7
3 I4 I2 10 6
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Law Examiner
Volume 7
Number 8
April 26, 1982
Dean Finalists
Named
..... page 1
Affirmative Action
Program
..... page 1
Faculty
Evaluations
..... page 3