THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN College of Law

1967-68 Announcements / Book 10 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN College of Law 1967-68 Announcem ents / Book 10 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Volum e LXXI No. 16 A pril 25, 1967 Published by The Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio. Issued 20 times during the year: twice in July, once in October, three times in November, and 14 times in April. Second-class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Board of Trustees of the University Jacob E. Davis, Chairman, Cincinnati Stanley C. Allyn, Vice Chairman, Dayton John W. Bricker, Colum bus Bertram D. Thomas, Columbus John G. Ketterer, Canton Frederick E. Jones, Columbus Mervin B. France, Cleveland Jam es W. Shocknessy, Colum bus Donald M. Hilliker, Bellefontaine John T. Mount, Secretary, Columbus Administrative Officers of the University Novice G. Fawcett President John E. Corbally, Jr. V/ce President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the University Gordon B. Carson Vice President for Business and Finance Alfred B. Garrett Vice President for Research John T. M ount Vice President for Educational Services John T. Bonner, Jr. Executive Dean for Student Relations Ronald B. Thompson Executive Dean for Admissions and Registrations John H. Herrick Executive Director for Campus Planning Frederick Stecker Executive Director for University Relations G. Robert Holsinger Executive Assistant to the President Table of Contents Officers and Faculty 5 Objectives and Organization 6 O bjectives H istory Total Responsibility Facilities Library Research Facilities The Ohio Legal Center Pre-Legal Education Admissions and Registration 9 Place of Application Time of Application Admission Requirement Application Fee and Deposit Admission Requirements for Advanced Standing ./ Admission of Special Students Admission of Foreign Students Registration and Scheduling Veterans’ Registration Medical Examination Report Services and Responsibilities 11 Orientation Honor Code Commencement Registration with the Bar Placem ent Fees and Expenses 12 Payment of Fees Return of Fees H o u sin g Estimate of Expenses Financial Assistance 14 College of Law Other Resources Gifts Scholarships Discretionary Funds for College Use Faculty Awards Alumnus Awards Student Awards Academic Requirements 17 Requirements for Degree The Order of the Coif Examinations Grading Systems Academic Programs 19 C urriculum C la sse s International Studies Laboratories of Learning The Curriculum and the Non-Legal Disciplines Lectureships Student Activities 22 Courses of Instruction 24 Library Calendar 33 College of Law Calendar 34 University Map 36 Index 39 5 College of Law OFFICERS AND FACULTY Ivan C. Rutledge, LL.B . (Duke) ; LL.M. (Columbia) ; Professor of Law and Dean of College OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Alan Schwarz, LL.B. (Columbia) ; Associate Professor of Law Ivan C. Rutledge, LL.B. (Duke) ; LL.M. (Columbia) ; Ronald B. Sklar, LL.B. (Brooklyn Law School) ; LL.M. Dean of the College and Professor of Law (Northwestern); Assistant Professor of Law Albert M. Kuh!eld, LL.B. (Minnesota) ; L. Orin Slagle, Jr., LL.B. (Ohio State); Professor of Law Associate Dean of the College •Roland J. Stanger, A .B .. J.S.D. (Michigan) ; Professor Joanne Wharton, B.A., LL.B. (Ohio State) ; of Law Assistant Dean of the College Robert L. Wills, B.A., LL.B. (Ohio State) ; Professor of Olive Busick; Law Assistant to the Deans FACULTY EMERITUS RESEARCH SERVICES AND LAW LIBRARY Elwyn G. Davies, A.B., J.D. (Michigan) ; Professor of Ervin H. Pollack, LL.B. (Washington University) ; Di Law Emeritus rector of Research Services and Professor of Law Norman D. Lattin, J .D. (Michigan) ; S.J.D. (Harvard) ; Nancy E. Miller, M.A., M.S. (Illinois); Assistant Di Professor of Law Emeritus rector of Research Services Robert E. Mathews, A.B., J .D. \Chicago); Professor of Mathew F. Dee, B.A., M.S.L.S. (Western Reserve); As Law Emeritus sistant Director of Research Services F .. ank R. Strong, B.A., LL.B. (Yale); Dean and Pro Donald V. Schuler, M.L.S., LL.B. (Cleveland-Marshall); fessor of Law Emeritus Cataloguer OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 1966-1967 LEGAL CLINIC Merton C. Bernstein, B.A., LL.B. (Col_umbia) ; Professor Gerald Messerman, LL.B. (Western Reserve); LL.M. of Law (Georgetown) ; Director of the Legal Clinic and As William T. Burke, J.D. (Indiana) ; J.S.D. (Yale); Profes sOciate Professor of Law sor of Law James W. Carpenter, B.A., J.D. (Ohio State); Deputy Mary Ellen Caldwell, LL.B. (Louisiana State) ; LL.M. Director of the Legal Clinic and Assistant Professor (Yale) ; Professor of Law of Law Charles C. Callahan, J.D. (Ohio Stat<!); J.S.D. (Yale); Margaret L. Daehler, LL.B. (Ohio State) ; Associate Professor of Law Director of the Leg;al Clinic James W . Carpenter, B.A., J .D. (Ohio State); Assistant Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the L<!gal Aid Clinic John W. Christensen, A.B., J .D. (Indiana); Adjunct Professor of Law Albert L. Clovis, M.A., LL.B. (Harvard) ; Assistant Professor of Law Richard E. Day, B.S., J .D. (Michigan); Professor of Law Howard P. Fink, B.S .. LL.B. (Yale) ; Associate Professor of Law Lloyd E. Fisher, Jr., B.Sc. in Bus. Adm., J.D. (Ohio State) ; Adjunct Professor of Law C. Emory Glander, B.A., LL.B. (Ohio State) ; Adjunct Professor of Law Lawrence Herman, A.B., LL.B. (Cincinnati) ; Professor of Law David A. Johnston, B.A., LL.B. (Cincinnati) ; Adjunct Professor of Law Maurice Kelman, J.D. (Wayne State) ; LL.M. (Harvard) ; Associate Professor of Law Wayman C. Lawrence, A.B., LL.B. (Ohio State) ; Adjunct Professor of Law Robert J. Lynn, J.D. (Ohio State); J.S.D. (Yale); Professor of Law Earl E . Mayer, B.S., J.D. (Ohio State) ; Adjunct Profes sor of Law Gerald Messerman, LL.B. (Western Reserve) ; LL.M. (Georgetown) ; Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Aid Clinic Richard S. Miller, LL.B. (Boston University) ; LL.M. (Yale) ; Professor of Law Robert J. Nordstrom, A.B., J.D. (Michigan); Professor of Law Joseph S. Platt, B.A., LL.B. (Harvard); Adjunct Profes sor of Law Ervin H. Pollack, LL.B. (Washington University) ; Pro fessor of Law and Director o.f Research Services Leo J. Raskind, Ph.D. (London School of Economics); LL.B. (Yale) ; Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Economics •Keith S. Rosenn, B.A., LL.B. (Yale) ; Assistant Profes sor of Law Ivan C. Rutledge, Dean 6 OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION June 23, 1891, a school of law was estab Objectives lished at The Ohio State University. The school formally opened in October of 1891. and Organization Because there was no satisfactory building on campus to house the law school, the first classes were held in the Franklin OBJECTIVES County Courthouse for the convenience of the faculty, most of whom were common The College of Law of The Ohio State Uni pleas judges and state officials. versity offers a full-time program of pro The first dean was the Honorable Mar fessional studies leading to the juris doctor shall J. Williams, Chief Justice of the Su degree. The primary function of the College preme Court of Ohio. Professor Horace L. of Law is to advance the frontiers of legal Wilgus served as the first secretary. Among knowledge and to prepare men and women the original faculty were former Governor for the legal profession: legal profession in George K. Nash and the then Attorney this sense contemplates the lawyer in prac General D. K. Watson. tice as well as the lawyer in government, in The beginning in 1891 was a meagre one business, in the judiciary, and in law teach because of the financial difficulties encoun ing. The extensive course of study develops tered by the law school. Although there dialectical skills of legal analysis and prob was an immediate increase in enrollment, lem solving, technical skills of advocacy, research, draftsmanship and counselling, early attempts to obtain financial support from the University were unsuccessful. The and an understanding of the nature, func then Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ex- tion and growth of the law and its applica President Rutherford B. Hayes, personal tion to human experience. ly pledged $300 to meet expenses. The law The curriculum enables the student to school persevered through 1893 in large start with obtaining an understanding of measure because of the dedication of the how legal skills bear upon the materials of the law. He progresses towards a sense of dean and faculty, who served without com pensation. In 1894, the law school found a his own confidence in the practice of those place on the University campus, and two skills, to the extent such confidence can be years later the name was changed to the instilled within the environment of the “ College of Law, The Ohio State Univer College. In addition to the classroom and sity.” From 1903 to 1958, the College was seminar room, this environment includes housed in Page Hall, named in honor of notably the Legal Clinic, the trial practice Henry F. Page, who gave his large estate to court, the moot appellate court and the Law Journal offices. In these laboratories the University. The building presently oc of learning, skills are practiced not only to cupied was completed in 1959 and is well prepare for the anticipated professional ca adapted to the uses of a law school. reer, but to develop a sound theoretical During the first fifteen years of the Col grasp of the materials of the law and re lege’s existence, the faculty was selected lated social sciences. from leading Columbus lawyers who gave Professional responsibility is regarded as but a part of their time to the school. As integral to the entire life of the College, as early as 1909, those interested in the Col well as being a proper subject of academic lege perceived that the instructional pro investigation.

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