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Tuesday U.a Postage ^•_M-_H ___f^^^_l Durham, N. f^ I ^ ^J ^ Ptermit No. I January 21, 1986 Vol. 81, No. 80, 12 pages Duke University Durham, North Carolina Free Circulation: 15,000 THE CHRONICLE Leaders laud King's gifts By SHANNON MULLEN again, to begin anew and make a dream a President Keith Brodie joined with stu­ reality." dents, faculty and Durham residents Mon­ The 30-minute program, attended by day in recalling the ideals of Martin Luther about 250 people, was moved from the King, Jr. and marking the first federal Chapel steps to the front of the Union holiday in honor of the late civil rights building to attract students between leader. classes. The ceremony was sponsored by In a short speech Brodie called King "an ASDU, the University Union, Black Stu­ impassioned orator who could move masses dent Ministries and the city of Durham. of people to tears and courage." He praised The Modern Black Mass Choir and Paul King for his "rational, carefully organized Jeffrey, artist in residence, performed dur­ reply" to those critical of his peaceful stance ing the program. "As we gather together to celebrate the Those who attended generally had praise birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. let for the ceremony. Michael Parks, a Trinity us identify with his vision, his passion and junior, said although the program was his wisdom, and let us rededicate our lives short, it "reflects that this university is to the principles of love and equality which current with the times" and is making "a so inspired him and to his dream of a united positive effort to make a statement. American people," Brodie said. "The holiday reflects that the country has C.E. Boulware, trustee emeritus, said come a long way since the 60s," he said. King was dedicated to the principles of "Where we go from here is up to the people equality and peace and was "the embodi­ It's a marker on how far we have come. The ment of the spirit of America. marker has yet to be placed at how far we "We come today in the hopes that we are have to go." riding the crest of a great spirit of together­ During his speech Brodie quoted King ness and union," said Boulware. about there being two kinds of laws, just If only the people in the city of Durham and unjust. Jeff Hughes, a member of the would get together we would not have any Duke-South Africa Coalition, picked up on poor, we would not have any oppressed. I the theme after the program. "I hope he C.E. Boulware, trustee emeritus, called on Durham citizens to end poverty and call upon you young people, and all of us, thinks about Duke investments [in South injustice here during a celebration of the first Martin Luther King, Jr. federal to take this date as a starting point all over Africa}," he said. holiday. Inside Law forum promotes teaching ethics Wind in the aSpenS: The Aspen Wind Quintent gave an enthralling performance Saturday, and By MICHAEL MILSTEIN "When . the university accepted responsibility for Chronicle music expert Grant Simons was there. Turn Law professionals and students concerned about the role training professionals, it also accepted a duty to constrain to page 4 for all the high and low notes of the concert. of ethics in the teaching of law met this weekend at Duke teaching that knowingly dispirits students or disables Law School. But law school administrators seem opposed them from doing the work for which they are trained," he to any radical changes in Duke's teaching of ethica wrote. HilariOUS 'Noises': Ever wonder what happens The Critical Legal Studies (CLS) movement, led by Carrington refused to participate in a debate with backstage in one of those big Broadway theaters on Harvard Law professor Duncan Kennedy, is a liberal Kennedy for the weekend conference, Birman said. opening night? Friday night in Page, "Noises Off," a play movement which began at Harvard in the 1960s. The After his address to a packed lecture hall on Friday in in the Broadway at Duke series, illustrated what big- movement is opposed by Duke Law School dean Paul which he lambasted America's current legal system, shot producers and directors hope does NOT happen. Carrington and a group of lawyers known as "traditional­ Kennedy spoke to a closed meeting of law school faculty. For all the laughable details, see page 10. ists." "He's basically coming into the lion's den here," Foster said Kennedy's philosphies and the related issue of ethics in of Kennedy before the conference. That takes a lot of guts." the law profession were focal points of The Conference on Ethical Issues in Law School and Practice, a student- Go get 'em!.' In the wake of a narrow defeat in the sponsored event at the law school which ended yesterday. infamous Dean Dome, Coach K and his wrecking crew Kennedy gave the keynote address Friday. are back on the road. Tonight they face Georgia Tech The Forum for Legal Alternatives, a coalition of Duke Boy flees kidnappers in Atlanta, hoping to chalk up one more in the win law students, and the UNC National Lawyers Guild column. For the latest update, see page 11. organized the conference to supplement what it claims is From staff reports inadequate instruction in ethics provided at Duke. A 15-year-old boy was kidnapped near Wannamaker "The feeling we get in law school is that we're there to Dormitory Sunday afternoon by three men, one of them get a high-paying job and nothing else," said David Birman, carrying a gun. They drove the victim around Durham Tomorrow co-organizer of the conference "A cliche going around is for several hours before he managed to escape that legal ethics is a contradiction - that you can't be a unharmed. lawyer and still be ethical. We're really fighting against The victim, who is black, was walking across cam­ that." pus to work at about 3:15 p.m. when he was approached The Klan: On the streets of Raleigh Saturday, Ku by three white men in a car near the corner of Wanna­ Klux Klan members carried confederate flags and But Thomas Metzloff, an associate professor responsible for the teaching of ethics in the law school, said students maker Drive and Towerview Road, according to Lewis banners while marching in protest of a federal holiday Wardell, a detective with Duke Public Safety. honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, are generally satisfied with the teaching of ethics at Duke. Jr. In tomorrow's Carillon, reporters who attended the "[Birman's] views are quite different, they probably don't The men, one about 35 years old and the others about event explore the motivation and contemporary goals represent law students as a whole," he said. 18, were in a white Chevrolet Nova built between 1970 behind one of the most radical groups in America, the Kennedy and the CLS believe law should be used to and 1972. The car had no hubcaps and a black interior. Ku Klux Klan. break the capitalistic system, and should be practiced so They asked for directions from the boy and had him those who are financially well-off do not have the upper approach the car. One of the men then produced a hand, according to Benjamin Foster, assistant dean of the revolver and ordered him into the car. law school. The CLS also says lawyers' efforts to practice The abducters drove around Durham for several ethically, such as providing free legal aid to indigent hours, apparently trying to decide what to do with the Weather clients, are not enough. boy, said Wardell. They stopped along the Old Oxford Carrington and the "traditionalists" contend that one Highway and ordered the boy out of the car. He ran into HellO neighbOr:Hi friends. Can you say 'sunny'? I must love the law and not point up its shortcomings, Foster the woods and managed to evade the three men, who knew you could. Let's sing: You know the words. "It's said. chased after him. a beaut-i-ful day in the neigh-bor-hood, a beaut-i-ful day "Teaching cynicism may, and perhaps probably does, Wardell said no motive is known for the kidnapping. in the neigh-bor-hood, the highs are near 60, it'll be fair result in the learning of the skills of corruption: bribery Anyone who saw the incident or the car parked near tonight with lows:in-the-30s, won't you be my neigh­ and intimidation," Carrington wrote in his essay, "Of Law Wannamaker Dormitory should call public safety at bor?" and the River? published in the Journal of Lega.1 Education 684-2444. in June, 1984. v .••-••,',-'-• - World & Mideast peace talks on the horizon By BERNARD GWERTZMAN with only tbe barest details emerging on the results of the N.V. Times News Service discussions. A senior Reagan administration official said National WASHINGTON - The United States negotiator on that Murphy was trying to persuade the two sides to make Middle East issues, Richard Murphy, stepped up dis­ the concessions that would open the way for an interna­ Page 2 January 21, 1986 cussions in Europe on Monday with Jordanian and Israeli tional conference that would serve as a setting for direct leaders on convening a Middle East peace conference, ad­ peace talks between Israel and a Jordanian-Palestinian ministration officials said. delegation. They said Murphy, who met Saturday with King Hussein Officials went out of their way not to inflate expectations, of Jordan in London, conferred Sunday night and on saying, as they usually do, that progress will result from Newsfile Monday with Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel in small steps.

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