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MYRON E. ETIENNE, JR. '52 President HENRY C. KRIVETSKY '60 Vice-President and Secretary HENRY C. TODD '37 Vice President and Treasurer ROBERT S. CROSSLAND '35 Vice President JEROME MARKS '64 Vice President HARRY B. SWANSON '53 Vice President

Board of Governors:

HON. STANLEY ARNOLD '48 HON. GOSCOE 0. FARLEY '37 KENNETH J. FRYER '53 HON. G. BROOKS ICE '51 KENNETH A. KUNEY '49 LESLIE G. MacGOWAN '53 HOMER L. McCORMICK '61 RENEE RUBIN '63 CHARLES A. RUMMEL '31 DWIGHT M. RUSH '53 DANIEL V. RYAN '28 JAMES K. SMITH '65 JAMIE SUTTON '71 JOHN J. VLAHOS '61

Board of Directors - Hastings College Of The Law

WILLIAM C. SANFORD, Esq. HAROLD S. DOBBS, Esq. HARRY H. HASTINGS, Esq. HON. A. FRANK BRAY MAX K. JAMISON, Esq. HON. DANIEL R. SHOEMAKER RAYMOND L. HANSON, Esq. HON. DONALD R. WRIGHT LEONARD A. WORTHINGTON, Esq. HASTIINGS L6\RABfEH ID31LU~FH

Volume XVII, Number 1 September 1972

TABLE OF CONTENTS Hastings Chairs Foundation...... New Development Office Opens...... 3 Now's Your Chance, by Dean Turner...... 4 Meet Christine Merkle...... 4 "Doc"Etienne Reports...... 5 In Memoriam, Professors Madden and Prosser...... 7 New Chapter Thriving, by Dennis C. Poulsen...... 6 Report from the Dean...... 8 Faculty Focus ...... 11 Letter from ASH President...... 12 Dean Riegger Sums Up...... 13 Faculty New s ...... 14 Classnotes...... 15 Meet Booker Williams...... 16 Moot Court W ants You! ...... 16

The Alumni Bulletin is published four times annually by the Hastings College of the Law Office of Development and Public Affairs, 305 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102.

Editor HARRIET ELDREDGE Assistant Dean for Program Development WILLIAM H. TURNER V Director of Annual Giving ELOISE L. HELWIG Director of Public Affairs HARRIET ELDREDGE

ALUMNI: THIS IS YOUR MAGAZINE Write and AN EDITORS'S PLEA Until such time as we have tell us what you want to see in its pages ... what class secretaries to forward news of classmates' you want to see your Alumni Association accom- honors and activities, the editor must rely on a plish ... what you want to see happening at Has- clipping service to keep us posted on alumni do- tings College of the Law this year - and the next. ings. It would help considerably it individual alumni Your thoughts, comments and ideas will become would take time to notify us of interesting develop- a new "Letters to the Editor" feature in future ments in their careers - appointment to public Bulletins. office, judgeship or university or law school faculty, honorary degrees, retirements, etc. Write: The Editor, Alumni Bulletin, Hastings College of Law, 305 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Ca. 94102. - H. E.

I Hastings Chairs Foundation

HARRY H.HASTINGS, Esq., great- Expressing enthusiasm for the job to the student body - to the whole grandson of the founder of Hastings ahead, Hastings says he's looking Hastings operation in fact, and that's College and a member of the Board forward particularly to working with a healthy thing. It's grand that the of Directors for the past seven years, alumni chapters and area vice chair- board is meeting with student dele- has been appointed chairman of the men. "This is probably the most ex- gations, for example. In my opinion Hastings Foundation. The founda- citing time in the history of Hastings these men and women are fine tion was established in the early College," he says. "We're in a period young people, and I think they con- 1920's to act as a non-profit organi- of tremendous growth and expan- duct themselves a heck of a lot zation concerned with the college's sion - student enrollment applica- better than students in other insti- physical and financial development. tions have tripled in the last three tutions. Hastings will head a special com- years, alumni are becoming increas- "I've talked with lots of our stu- mittee composed of members from ingly active in supporting the school, dents and they really seem to care the Board of Directors, Alumni Board and we can't, literally, contain the about correcting the mistakes of of Governors, faculty, administration faculty and administrative staff in their predecessors. They want to go and key volunteer leaders outside one building any more! out in the world and do something the Hastings "family." It will assume "In my seven years on the Board positive and good. And who can fault responsibility for master planning of Directors I've watched many that?" and long-range development. changes. The Board is much closer

BAY AREA ALUMNI MEET NOVEMBER 17 Attention Bay area alumni! Now is the time marks the first time local alumni have been to get out your calendar and reserve the eve- invited to join Board members at a dinner of ning of Friday, November 17. this kind. That's the day set for the Board of Gov- Complete details are set forth in a special ernors Meeting and Alumni Dinner - and it mailing to all Bay Area alumni. HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 2 New Development Office Opens

For the first time in its history, Museum of Automobiles, built to It was in 1968-69, while acting as Hasting has established a Depart- house the ex-Governor's collection volunteer public relations director ment of Development and Public Af- of antique cars. for the California Wheel Chair As- fairs. At Menlo Turner headed up the sociation, that Mrs. Helwig helped It is headed by Assistant Dean Wil- school and college's development organize the first olympic-type wheel liam H.Turner V, a member of former and annual giving programs, which chair games ever held in California. Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rocke- raised funds for a new million-dollar feller's personal staff from 1963-67, School of Business Administration MISS ELDREDGE resigned as ex- and a dormitory. ecutive director of the Philadelphia In his spare time the archeologist- Art Alliance, a unique Pennsylvania turned-fund raising director designs, cultural and educational organiza- builds and flies experimental air- tion serving all the arts, to assume craft. her Hastings post. Educated at Wellesley, the Uni- MRS. HELWIG, who started her versity of Pennsylvania and the Uni- career as a Hughes Aircraft chemical versity of Geneva, Switzerland, she engineer, comes to Hastings from started her journalistic career as a Menlo School and College where she served as Associate Director of Development from July 1969 to the present. In addition to directing the Menlo Fund, the institution's annual giving program directed to alumni, parents and friends, Mrs. Helwig planned and coordinated corporate, foundation and individual gift solicitation and a four-pronged personal solicitation program that included tele- and former Assistant to the President phone and direct mail campaign. of Menlo School and College, Menlo While serving in the late 1960's as Park. Turner is assuming the post in a volunteer worker for the Commu- addition to his other administrative duties. His staff includes Eloise L. Helwig, Director of Annual Giving, and Har- riet Eldredge, Director of Public Af- copy girl at the Philadelphia Bulletin fairs. in 1944, and has since been on the A graduate of Admiral Farragut staffs of Vogue, Time-Life and the Naval Academy, Toms River, N.J. Arizona Republic. and Colgate University in New York, Before she was 30, she was Wo- Turner received his Master's degree men's Editor of the Hartford Courant, from the National University of Mex- America's oldest daily newspaper. ico, where he studied archeology, She also served as administrative specializing in Mexican culture. assistant to the warden of Connec- Since then he has concentrated ticut State Prison at Wethersfield. on fund raising and development for As a Bulletin writer before assuming colleges, museums and institutions the Art Alliance directorship she throughout the U. S. He estimates won two national awards for feature that to date he has raised $25 million, stories. including $15 million in a four-year While with the Art Alliance, Miss capital building campaign for Trinity nity Association for Retarded, Palo Eldredge also served as public rela- University in San Antonio, Texas. Alto, she planned and directed a tions director and inaugurated sev- While on Rockefeller's staff Turner $250,000 capital campaign matched eral programs including gallery talks raised $22 million to build the Ark- 2:1 by a federal government grant. by artists, special exhibitions pro- ansas Art Center and established a She also established on-going fund duced in cooperation with the Board $225,000 annual giving program to resources for the center's opera- of Education, a fund-raising and sale assure its support. He also super- tional needs, and acted as staff co- project and a federally funded "Art- vised the restoration of Rockefeller's ordinator for major special events. ist to Artist" program. 3 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN Now's Your Chance to Become Involved

By WILLIAM H. TURNER, V Assistant Dean Meet Christine Merkle

While talking with a Hastings alumnus recently, Pretty Christine Merkle has been asked if she I was intrigued by an analysis he offered in regard acquired her intriguing little accent in Texas? North to his law firm partners. Each of them received his Carolina? The Bronx? degree from a private institution and he was im- No. pressed with the close tie which the men evidenced Hastings' new snappy, young Director of Place- toward their respective alma maters. ment grew up in Paris, France-and those 15 years "I am indebted to Hastings," he said, "and would have left their mark in the appealing lilt of her appreciate the opportunity to serve the institution, speech. but have never had the opportunity to do so. I'd "My father was a U. S. Army Officer," she ex- really like to become involved. It would be inter- plains, "and when we left Paris we settled in Wash- esting to learn more about Hastings as it is today - ington, D.C. I graduated from St. Mary's Academy and feel that I could have an active part in helping in Virginia and went directly into the placement shape future directions." office at Georgetown Law Center." "And another thing," the alumnus continued. "It Ms. Merkle had spent seven years there, the last seems that my friends and business associates sup- four as Assistant Director, when the request came port their graduate colleges, both private and pub- to head the Hastings placement bureau. "I could lic, through annual fund programs. I've always paid hardly believe it!" she says. "Just the year before the my dues to the Alumni Association, but to the best Wyanne Bunyan had told me she'd been offered of my knowledge, Hastings has never done anything placement job here, and I wished I could find some- along the line of a regular giving program. I'm thing as wonderful. When I learned Wyanne had human - someone has to ask me first, then I'll make been named Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and a contribution and be more than willing to ask I was asked to take her place it seemed too good others to join me." to be true." What, specifically, are the duties of a placement The chance to become "involved" is now at hand. director? Ms. Merkle sums up: The need for an alumni participation program was "I've the responsibility for finding part-time em- recognized by the Hastings Board of Directors and ployment for students during the academic year, a department for alumni relations, public affairs and and summer clerkships for second year students. development opened its doors for business on May Only a handful of first year students seek summer 1. Working with the Board of Governors of the clerkships. Alumni Association, the staff will see that alumni "Come June, the new grads are looking for jobs. are kept well appraised of Hastings' activities and And I also help older alumni who've decided they're that personally rewarding avenues of volunteer re- ready for a change of firm, or who want to explore lationship with the institution are made available. one of the new fields that's burgeoning in so many The Board of Governors, at their May meeting in areas of law." Chico, voted to instigate the first annual fund pro- Ms. Merkle has observed one difference between gram. President of the Board Myron E. Etienne, Jr., Hastings and Georgetown grads- here they tend '52, agreed to assume the responsibility of oversee- to remain in the area, "and that makes my job more ing the fund program and immediately began se- difficult." lecting his committee. Each member of the alumni However, she adds, second-year students in both body will be contacted this fall either in person, by schools share a tendency to overlook the impor- telephone or by letter, depending upon the avail- tance of summer clerkships. "From what I've seen, ability of volunteer personnel in a given geographic law firms are more apt to favor graduates with some area. work experience," she says. "I have a feeling that Hastings needs me now as The new Placement Director welcomes calls and I once needed Hastings," the alumnus concluded. visits from students, and is looking forward to help- He couldn't be more right. ing all alumni interested in finding new positions. HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 4 "Doc" Etienne Reports: Alumni Move Closer to College, Students

By MYRON E. ETIENNE, JR. President, Alumni Association The Hastings College of the Law Board of Governors has had a most interesting and progressive year. Meetings of the Board have been held in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Chico, California, and the executive committee has met twice in San Francisco.

The Board of Governors is, of course, charged be most beneficial - not only for the school but also with the responsibility of directing the affairs of the for the alumni who serve on the Board. Different Alumni Association in matters pertaining to student individuals will be invited each year. assistance and enhancement of the prestige of the college in its role of community service, as well as FOR THE first time, an Executive Committee was strengthening the ties that bind the alumni to the formed this year consisting of the president and all school. vice presidents. The committee met often during As part of the effort to "strengthen the ties that the year in an effort to expedite the business of bind," attempts have been made over the last few the Board. years to foster and develop an awareness on the Alumni activities require financing; thus, a mod- part of the student of the existence and the aims est increase in dues was authorized for alumni who of the Alumni Association. have been out of college for more than five years. The alumni-student relations committee was asked ONE OF the most important objectives under- to inaugurate a fall program for the benefit of the taken in 1971 was a strengthening and encourage- senior class having to do with the realities of law ment of the 1066 Foundation under the leadership practice. of Kneeland H. Lobner '44. An annual contribution The popular Hastings wives' tea continued to be of $106.60 will entitle the donor to membership in an annual Spring highlight. And, as has been cus- 1066. tomary with the Board, new Bar admittee cocktail The funds are used for the endowment of pro- parties were financed as a gesture of welcome to fessorships, development of the library, and student graduates newly admitted to the practice of law in assistance. 1066 is an elite support group equiva- the State of California. lent to Legion Lex of the University of Southern One of the more significant occurrences during California Law School. Substantial progress has the year was the forming and installation of officers been made during '71-'72 to strengthen and develop of a new chapter - the Greater Los Angeles Area our foundation. Alumni Association. It is hoped that this Chapter In an effort to strengthen the ties of the alumni will be active and effective in the support of the to the school, a new project was introduced which, association and its activities. in the opinion of the Board, is an extremely important forward step in this area of alumni activity. Last but not least, a program for annual giving After receiving nominations from various alumni, was acted upon by the Board of Governors pursuant the Board selected a Board of Visitors which spent to direction and recommendation of the Board of an entire day at the law school conferring with pro- Directors of the college. You will, no doubt, be fessors and members of the student body - actually hearing a great deal about this program in the viewing the process of legal education in action. months to come. This Board was composed of 20 representatives In sum, it has been a most progressive and inter- of the alumni from all over the State, and it is the esting year and I would like to express my thanks to opinion of the Board that the annual Visitors Day those on the Board who worked so diligently to should be a continuing project. As such it would make this year a constructive one for Hastings. 5 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN and the Steering Committee, will advise and counsel the Executive Board in its planning and administration of New Chapter Thriving the chapter. Since the Inaugural Dinner, the Executive Board has The Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter is Hastings' been meeting regularly to draft a proposed Constitution first alumni chapter - but it will certainly not be and By-laws, and to work out comprehensive plans for the last. Having been through the mill, chapter president the future and a budget. The Constitution and By-laws Poulsen knows what steps to take and what pitfalls have been approved by an Ad Hoc Committee of the to avoid when pulling an area chapter together, General Membership (30 members), the Board of Ad- and he stands ready and willing to offer tips and visors and the Board of Governors of the parent Asso- pointers to fellow alumni. Write him care of ciation, and will be available for general membership Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association, ratification at the next general meeting. Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter, THE PLANNING aspect has resulted in one 600 W. First Street, No. 503, Los major Angeles, Ca. 90012. social event in the Spring (May 26), with others scheduled for late Summer and Fall (including some region- By DENNIS C. POULSEN '70 alized events). In addition the Executive Board looks President, Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter forward in the next few months to a membership drive, placement solicitation, and participation in the upcoming FOR SOME TIME the growing number of Hastings Hastings Annual Fund Drive. alumni (over 700) in the southern part of the state have However, the Executive Board needs and solicits sug- felt a need for localized alumni activities. Many believed gestions for ways in which the chapter can effectively that a local chapter would be the proper vehicle. An generate interest in Alumni Affairs and ultimately in the opportunity to establish such an organization arose in college. The Board invites participation in one or more early December of 1971 when a group of 16 persons of the chapter's four committees: Fund Raising, Place- (Steering Committee) gathered to plan a post swearing- ment, Social-Educational Programs, and Membership. in reception for Hastings Bar admittees in the L.A. area. To keep the membership informed and involved the The enthusiasm for this ad hoc project demonstrated Chapter has established a local office (graciously staffed to the group the potential for a more enduring project. in her home by the Chapter's Executive Secretary, Ginna Contacts with Dean Anderson, Doc Etienne and promi- Hardy Rutter - former administrative assistant to Dean nent alumni in the area gave the group the necessary Anderson). The office is available during business hours verbal and fiscal encouragement to proceed. (there is an answering service) to respond to questions Thus at the Admittee Party on January 5 (a rousing and receive your suggestions. (Phone: (213) 622-6718 or success) the Steering Committee formally announced write Hastings College of the Law Alumni its concept of a Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter. The Association, Greater Los Angeles Area Chapter, 600 West 1st Street, Committee felt a chapter could be helpful in at least #503, Los Angeles, Ca. 90012). four areas: (1) fund raising, (2) placement, (3) member- Since membership in the local chapter is automatic ship development, (4) social-educational programs. upon payment of dues to the parent Association and Somewhat ambitiously, the Committee decided to in- since the local chapter's funding is derived from a per- clude the six counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, centage of the dues paid by Association members within San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, recogniz- the six county area, the Executive Board hopes that ing that in the not too distant future these areas would those of you within the six county area will support the want to begin their own chapters. Thus the Committee chapter by joining the parent Association. However, the selected a name which would be suggestive of the geo- Board hopes your participation will go beyond simple graphical breadth of the organization but which would membership and that enthusiasm for Hastings will be not pre-empt such future chapters. advanced by an alumni group which participates actively THE STEERING COMMITTEE felt that it would be in the chapter's programs. most productive to proceed positively and propose a specific form of organization and a slate of first year GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA CHAPTER OFFICERS officers to the general membership, and then ask all members to make suggestions and to propose additional BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF ADVISORS nominations by the time of the February 3 Inaugural Dennis C. Poulsen, '70 Milford W.DahI, Sr., '41 Dinner. The well attended dinner was a very auspicious President Hon. James A. Hayes, '49 launching for the new chapter. Deans Anderson and John E. Nordin, '69 Max K. Jamison, '45 Executive Vice President Eugene R. Kirkpatrick, '52 Riegger made brief remarks regarding the Hastings of Philip Bartenetti, '70 James R.Knapp, '61 today and tomorrow. Doc Etienne brought a message Vice President-Fund Raising Wyman C.Knapp, '39 of encouragement from the parent Association and an David P. Christianson, '67 Hon. Charles A. Loring, '38 appeal for the 1066 Foundation. Professor Powell, our Vice President-Placement Byron C.Morton, '49 Kim Collins, '70 featured speaker, Ben E. Nordman, '39 highlighted the program with witty Vice President-Programs Hon. Alfred P. Peracca, '35 observations on the changes he has seen in legal edu- (Social-Educational) Hon. David C. Pierson, '60 cation over the more than half a century he has been Phillip Schlosberg, '70 James A. Smith, '52 involved with it. Vice President-Membership Hon. Charles S. Stevens, Jr., '40 A spirited discussion and election followed the speak- M.John Carson, '67 Thomas W.Stoever, '60 ers, resulting in an Executive Board of eight officers Treasurer Wayne Veatch, '35 James Jones, '68 Hon. Charles H. Warren, '52 (see names below) and a 16 member Board of Advisors Secretary (names below) of prominent alumni in the area. This Ginna Hardy Rutter latter group, selected by Dean Anderson, Doc Etienne Executive Secretary HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 6 IN MEMORIAM

WILLIAM L. PROSSER, the world's Bohlen in the task of reforming the Hastings that he would hold twice-a- foremost authority on tort law, was tort field to serve "the felt necessi- year "readings" for the law students. also recognized as one of America's ties of the times." Of the fourth edi- Each reading consisted of anything outstanding law teachers. A native tion of Handbook, published in 1971, that struck the professor's fancy - of New Albany, Ind., he attended one noted lawyer and educator has poetry, a short story or novel - and Harvard University, then served in said, "I doubt if any American drew a full crowd of students, hus- the Marines during World War I. scholar in the field of torts could bands and wives, and faculty mem- hope to equal it." After the war he bers. was stationed in The recipient of five honorary de- the American Embassy in Brussels, In addition to his casebook and but he textbook on tort law, Prosser was grees, including one from the Uni- left that post to return to law L. Pros- school, receiving also the author of The Judicial Hu- versity of Cologne, William his degree from the ser has received the accolade of University of Minnesota in 1928. Pro- morist, an anthology of witty sayings by lawyers and judges. "Master of Torts" from many of the fessor Prosser taught at Minnesota, legal scholars. An old while in private practice country's in Minne- Professor Prosser was dean of friend and fellow faculty member apolis, and taught at Harvard Law Boalt Hall, University of California wrote recently: "I cherish my mem- School before coming to California from 1948 to 1961. He joined Hast- ories of him; and I think of what in 1948. ings distinguished Sixty Five Club Holmes said about 'the secret iso- It was in 1941, with the publication in 1963. Noted for his rapier-quick lated joy of the thinker who knows of his Handbook of the Law of Torts, mind, Professor Prosser was held in that, a hundred years after he is that colleagues first realized a new high respect by the thousands of dead and forgotten, men who never "Master of Torts" was following the students who passed through his heard of him will be moving to the stricken Professor Francis Hermann classes. It became a tradition at measure of his thought.'"

JOHN WARREN MADDEN lived of the National Labor Relations Circuit by assignment of the chief a remarkable life. As a student, Bogrd (NLRB). His five years as justice of the United States. scholar, practittoner, teacher, ad- chairman encompassed one of the His life of service was not limited ministrator, and judge he devoted most dramatic periods in American to the United States. Following the his life to the law, and during his 82 history. During his tenure the board Second World War, the Allies has years he collected a list of achieve- faced a drumfire of sharp attacks, established a military government in ments that stand in tribute to him and yet this calm, patient, and bril- Germany. Judge Madden was called because they were the result of the liant man successfully strove to cre- upon to assist. In 1946 he served as brilliance and dedication of the man ate a "spirit of industrial democ- director of its legal division and in himself. racy." He always considered that the that capacity represented the United After receiving his A.B. from the high point of his term as chairman States in the Four Power Legal Di- University of Illinois in 1911 and his was when he argued the case before rectoriat that formulated the neces- J.D. from the University of Chicago the Supreme Court in 1937 that es- sary laws for the military government Law School in 1914, he began his tablished the constitutionality of the and drafted a constitution for the teaching career at the University of NLRB. [NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin new German government. He was Oklahoma where he taught for two Steel, 301 U.S. 1 (1937)]. awarded the Medal of Freedom for years. He later taught at Ohio State In 1940 President Roosevelt ap- his work in postwar Germany. University from 1917 to 1921, at the pointed J. Warren Madden to the He ended his life teaching young University of Virginia from 1921 to United States Court of Claims where men and women not only the law but 1927, where he was Dean as well as he served for 21 years. After his re- the life of the law, imparting the a Professor of Law, and at the Uni- tirement he came to California where wealth of legal experience and versity of Pittsburgh until 1935. he taught at Hastings College of the knowledge he gained from a distin- In 1935 he was called to Wash- Law from 1961 to 1971 and where, guished legal career that spanned ington by President Roosevelt who until his death, he sat with the Ninth a half century. nominated him as the first chairman 7 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN REPORT FROM THE DEAN The Dean's office has received so many requests for copies of "The Opportunities for a Legal Education for Minorities" that it has been unable to fill them all. Following, slightly abbreviated, is the article by Dean Marvin J. Anderson which appeared in the May, 1972 issue of BRIEF/CASE magazine. Legal Education f'or Mnor1tIes By DEAN MARVIN J. ANDERSON For many years Hastings, with its distinguished Rather than quiet acquiescence, like students of Sixty Five Club faculty and narrow curriculum, pro- the past, students in the new Legal Education Op- vided a chance for any one desiring a legal educa- portunities Program (LEOP) demanded that the tion to apply for admittance and try his luck. Better principles of social justice take priority over the than 40% were academically disqualified by the "objective" student selection evaluation through- end of the first year and another 20% in the second out the law school's three year program. The stu- and third year. But nobody appeared to be unduly dents challenged the objectivity of the academic disturbed; they had their chance and the decision selection and evaluation process, and denied the was accepted. relevancy of the grading process, its objectivity and The practical result was a three step admission ultimately its basic validity. selection process: Entry to the first year class was This challenge requires that we be open to new an opportunity for all but selective, "objective" se- perspectives, to the insights of temperaments dif- lection was applied to the second year class and ferent from our own, while at the same time preserv- again to students seeking entry to the third year ing an ultimate allegiance to our function as edu- class. The process was workable as long as all cators. We can not fall victim to misguided enthus- parties were willing to abide by "the rules of the iasm, nor abdicate the goals of high craftsmanship, game.") and yet we must encourage the spirit of intellectual However, with the "explosion" of applications for adventure and social awareness. entry into the first year class of the law school the principle of "objective" selection has been applied Program Phases to the first year class. The screening of 5,500 ap- The first period of the program resulted in an plicants for the 500 available spaces applies a sort increase of minority enrollment from 14 to 140 in of Darwinian theory of natural selection. The result the past three years. This was a period of rapid is a very highly qualified first year student body. growth developed more by the "heart" than the "head." Although it has been a period of confusion Opportunities and changing attitudes, it has also been a period of There are too few minority attorneys practicing realized opportunity. The achievements may have in the United States, and too few attorneys com- been flavored by mistakes, the accomplishments mitted to representing minority causes. There is marred by emotion, yet within this climate of hopes one lawyer for every 637 persons in the United and fears significant progress can be seen. States but only one black lawyer for every 7,000 The "we had a chance" attitude of the past does black persons. The demands by minority groups for not apply. The present attitude is "you got us in; fuller educational opportunity pit principles of so- figure out a way of keeping us in; if we fail it is not cial justice against our "objective" student selec- us but you who have failed." This is the reality of tion. The first faltering steps toward the develop- the Legal Education Opportunities Program. ment of a meaningful and sensitive program was The uncomfortable fact is the strong element of taken three years ago. truth in those statements. In a sense we are not Hastings has said, for the minorities, that it will talking merely about opportunity for a legal "edu- continue its "traditional" educational opportunity cation" but the opportunity to achieve a "law prac- program, naively assuming that this miniature pro- tice," a practice enabling minority attorneys to rep- gram would operate in the same fashion and with resent minorities and minority causes. In other approximately the same results as experienced be- words, the LEOP students want a guarantee of a fore. The requirements for social justice would be legal education merely as a means to that end. satisfied and "objective" student selection would Placed in that perspective the school must examine be deferred to the second and third years. and determine how this can be achieved. This re- HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 8 quires that we honestly explore new and unchart- to take a reduced academic schedule which would ered terrain. We cannot shrink from a searching include the following courses: Community Property, examination of our aims and methods. Evidence, Constitutional Law, and Consumer's Rights. Enrollment Each student would be sponsored by a practicing In 1971-1972, Hastings enrolled 87 first year stu- minority attorney who would work with that student dents in the Legal Education Opportunities Pro- during the semester on a one-to-one basis. The gram. The total enrollment in all classes was 140 attorney could ascertain the areas in which the including the 17 who will be candidates for the student appeared to be faltering and counsel the Juris Doctor degree in the Spring of 1972-73, 85 student. first year students will enroll in the program bring- Each student would take a special research and ing the projected total enrollment to a total of 205. writing course with special emphasis on improving Because of the increasing interest in the Legal writing skills, generally, and as to examinations. Education Opportunities Program there also has The student would take the examinations at the end grown an increasing need for an objective selective of the semester and if a weighted average of 70 was process. In 1971, 87 out of 624 first year admittees achieved the student would then move back to the were legal education opportunities students. In regular legal educational process. A substantial 1972, there are 495 minority applicants. The pro- number of students were successful in this program. posed number for next fall is 85 out of 500 first year Of those that did not meet the standards their admittees. (A slight reduction in number but an in- record was carefully reviewed by the Committee crease from 14% to 17% of the entering class.) on Disqualified Students, and the faculty. The final Screening is done by student-faculty committees result was that only three students were unable to (students selected from LEOP) who review the ap- survive. All the 12 students in the Qualified Read- plicant on the basis of grades, LSAT, personal inter- missions Program 9 were successful. views, motivation, involvement in the community, But again there was criticism that the College letters of recommendation from teachers, individ- was simply not providing adequate tutorial assis- uals closely associated with the applicant, and gen- tance. It was essential that the College had the eral background information. Admission to the responsibility of providing such assistance that Legal Educational Opportunities Program is based would ensure that all students in the program would upon these considerations and also deep financial be eventually successful. need. At the inception of the Program in 1969-70 a total LEOP Review of $16,000 was provided for the 14 LEOP students in A special Faculty-Student Committee was estab- outright grants. In 1970-71 this amount increased lished to carefully evaluate the entire Legal Educa- to $49,332 for the 53 students. In 1971 the sum was tion Opportunities Program and to secure feedback $102,650 for the 140 LEOP students. We are hopeful by a hearing process of the attitudes, suggestions that an additional $44,000 will be provided for a of the minority members of the Bar as well as com- total of $146,650 for 1972-73. munity leaders. This committee was empowered The Financial Aid Office works up a complete not to only evaluate LEOP but also to conduct hear- analysis on each student requiring financial assis- ings to consider suggestions, proposals and views tance by outright grants, loans, work-study awards, of students, faculty and members of the legal pro- and employment. fession from the minority community. In addition to the faculty members, several students were ap- Qualified Readmission pointed as student consultants to work with the in the spring of 1971 a number of the students committee. experienced serious academic difficulties with the In the meantime, the faculty also embarked on result that approximately 50% were disquali- an extensive review program for the students in the fied and ineligible for the second year. However, first year class. This involves daily class sessions. after thorough consideration by the faculty Com- There are also several tutorial programs, including mittee on Disqualified Students and a series of con- private assistance, given to those students having ferences with the faculty as a whole, the Dean's particular need. Some of these programs are han- proposal of a Qualified Readmission Program was dled by second and third year students. approved enabling certain students who had shown The special LEOP Committee will submit its rec- in a number of their courses an aptitude for the law ommendations and proposals to the faculty follow- and who by additional time and assistance would ing a completion of their studies including the be able to meet the minimum standards would be exploration of extending the period from three readmitted on a "qualified basis." years to three and a half years plus summer session The Qualified Readmissions Program provided work that would enable these students to take a 12 students the opportunity to continue in the first reduced schedule but within the regulations and semester of the second year under the following rules of the Association of American Law Schools qualifications. These students would be required and the American Bar Association, Council of Legal 9 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN Education. George Patton Colbert, San Francisco A great deal has been done. A great deal more Eulalio (Larry) Frausto, Jr., Madera needs to be done. The program is not an end in Malcolm Burt Hunter, Oakland itself. It is merely a means toward the goal which H. Kirkland Jones, San Francisco merits our top priority -training young men and David Joe Jung, San Francisco women to serve as lawyers to"all the communities." Clarence James Moy, Mountain View Willie Ed Phillips, San Francisco IN MAY of this year 16 proud students, all en- Robert Paul Ross, Los Angeles rolled in Hastings' Legal Education Opportunities Carey Fulton Scott, Jr., San Francisco Program, received Juris Doctor degrees: L. 0. Starling, Oakland George G. Benetatos, San Francisco Bertram Ellery Thomas, San Francisco Francisco Moreno Camacho, Pacifica Howard Keith Watkins, Los Angeles Sandra La Verne Carter, Los Angeles Ronald Chew Wong, San Francisco Alumni Meet September 27 Harold J. Romig, Jr. is chair- convening. vations should be made through man of the 1972 annual Alumni Ceremonies will feature brief the Alumni Office. Send reserva- Meeting which will be held remarks by Dean Marvin J. An- tion checks to the office at Wednesday, September 27 in derson and Board of Governors Hastings College of the Law, Monterey, in connection with the President Myron E. Etienne, Jr., 305 Golden Gate Avenue, State Bar Convention and will be climaxed by the San Francisco, Ca. 94102. September 25-29. awarding of Hastings' '72 Man of (if you discover at the last The luncheon will begin at the Year plaque. minute that you'll be able to 12:30 p.m., with ceremonies con- "Only $4.90 for a great prime attend, don't let failure to reserve cluding by 2:30. The place: rib luncheon, and that includes tickets in advance keep you Rancho Canada Golf Club, tax and tip!" says Chairman from coming. Luncheon tickets Carmel, just 10 minutes from Del Romig. While Romig will be will also be available at the Monte Hyatt House convention happy to answer any questions or ticket booth, Hyatt House con- center where the Bar will be queries, he points out that reser- vention center.)

WHO ARE THEY? Doing their best to look digni- (Clue: Can you find the Assistant Attorney Gen- fied, this snappy group of Hastings grads are just eral?) For another look at these alumni, turn to five years out of law school. The picture was taken page 13. very early in the evening of their annual reunion.

HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 10 osophy, 1966-68, and the American FACULTY FOCUS he has the distinction of being the only person to hold simultaneously the presidency of both the American Society for Political and Legal Phil- section of the International Associ- ation for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 1965-66. He has also acted as a director of the Amer- ican Society for Legal History with former Chief Justice Earl Warren. In 1960 Hall was named honorary president of the Latin American Associ- ation of Sociology. He is also a member of the Asian Learned Societies. His interest in law stemmed from public speaking and debate training. After completing his work at the Uni- versity of Chicago, he entered a Chicago corporate law firm in 1923. Hall was soon offered a teaching Professor Jerome Hall position as a business law lecturer at the I.U.-Gary campus. Developing IN A WORLD whose population is Alumni Association and law faculty a thirst for teaching, he gave up estimated at three and a half billion, honored Hall by presenting his por- general practice to teach full-time, Jerome Hall, Ph.B., J.D., J.S.D., trait to the school. The painting pre- a "hard but not regretted" decision, S.J.D., LL.D. distinguished Hastings sented in an Oct. 23 Homecoming he later said. He taught at the Uni- professor and Sixty Five Club mem- ceremony last year, was the work of versity of North Dakota from 1929- ber, is one of 25,000 people whose George W. Sheppard, a San Fran- 32 and at Louisiana State from 1935- name appears in Marquis' first edi- cisco Bay area artist chosen by Hall. 1939. tion of "Who's Who in the World." "With his 40 some years in teach- Since that decision, Hall has Among the many qualifications for ing criminal law, and his stature in studied and lectured all over the this new honor, "occupational sta- the field, both nationally and inter- world. It has been estimated that ture" seems to best describe Hall, nationally, you couldn't help but re- he's lectured in well over 50 insti- who retired from the Indiana Uni- spect him and the research and tutions and has introduced his law versity law school faculty in 1970, depth of knowledge he brought to theories to law students around the after 31 years of service, to accept the classroom," says faculty member globe. Hall once commented that the Hastings post. Richard Boyle, former Student Bar such exchange between countries Hall's record at lU. alone is a full Association president. "He is prob- helped advance cultural relations. one, highlighted by the presentation ably the most well-known professor The positions he has held include of the University's Frederic Bach- that the law school and the Univer- Hillman lecturer, college of the Pa- man Lieber Memorial Award for sity as a whole have ever had." cific, 1947; and Fulbright lecturer, teaching in 1956, and followed in Hall's international fame has been University of London and Queen's 1957 with his attainment of the cov- a source of prestige both to the University in Belfast, Ireland, 1954- eted faculty rank of Distinguished University and the Law School, ac- 55; and University of Freiburg, Ger- Professor. cording to one outstanding student. many, summer of 1961. Colleagues remember his desire For example, Hall has worked with In addition to his work with legal for quality and insistence on the best several Far Eastern countries in re- societies and the State Department, from his students. Because of his establishing or revising their legal Hall has gained world renown high standards, "he was a tough systems. In 1954 he was chosen by through his many lectures, articles man in the classroom," according to the U.S. State Department as a spe- and books on criminal law and juris- l.U. Law School's Acting Dean Doug- cialist to assist in the legal recon- prudence. To date he has published lass Boshoff. struction of Korea after the war. For a total of 164 articles, essays, books Leon Wallace, professor of law his help in setting up a system of and book reviews, including 14 pub- and former dean, relates that Hall's criminal and civil proceedings, he lications in six foreign languages. students of 30 years ago remember was named honorary director of the Two books are scheduled to ap- him as one of their greatest teach- Korean Legal Institute in 1955. He pear in the near future: Foundations ers. At recent Indiana State Bar was also an adviser during India's of Jurisprudence, and The Casebook Association meetings, Wallace talked 1968 drive to revise its criminal code. on Criminal Law (3rd edition with with several LU. law alumni who re- Hall has likewise worked on legis- G. 0. W. Mueller and B. J. George). called being fearful of the first year lation in the U. S. He has assisted in Professor Hall has been appointed criminal law course under Hall, but preparing model probation and pa- to the Program Committee that will impressed by his sincere interest in role laws and bill concerning juven- plan and arrange the program of the his students. ile delinquency. World Congress on Philosophy of As an expression of their esteem, Among the important legal soci- Law and Social Philosophy, which the Student Bar Association, the Law eties Hall has been involved with, will meet in St. Louis in 1975. The 11 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN Association consists of 1,500 members in 39 countries throughout the An Open Letter to the Alumni world. At the meeting of the Govern- ing Board of the Association in Brus- sels last September, the Board, hav- September 1, 1972 ing in mind the bicentennial of the In late August of this year, for the 94th time, Hastings College of American Revolution, chose as the The Law will open its doors to greet an entering class. The size, subject for the 1975 Congress- composition, and overall ability of this class will reflect the "Equality and Freedom: Past, Pres- immense change that has come about in the past few years ent and Future." In his work on the at Hastings. Program Committee, Professor Hall In the early 60's Hastings had an open admission policy, will have special responsibility with but in 1972 - by stark contrast - Hastings had to screen over reference to participation by legal 6,000 applications to choose an entering class of 500. If you philosophers from Asia and Latin subtract the 85 special admittees in our highly successful Legal America. Education Opportunity Program we find just over 400 regular admittances - a ratio of 1 acceptance for every 15 applicants. As the caliber of the Hastings student has continually im- HALL ON HASTINGS proved, representation of ethnic minorities and women has Professor Hall was the second substantially increased, providing Hastings with an excellent person at Indiana University School cross-section of community. of Law to receive the school's cov- Our curriculum has also felt the effects of changing eted Medal for Classroom Teaching. attitudes to the study of law. While the high percentages of With his enjoyment of the classroom, Hastings graduates passing the State Bar examinations has not and the deep satisfaction he feels decreased, the traditional legal wel- curriculum has been modified working with students, Hall with exciting clinical and seminar opportunities for comes the opportunity to carry on the students. at Hastings. Following are some of These clinics and seminars range from a full semester his thoughts and observations since working with the Public Advocates, Inc., under the auspices of joining the faculty in 1970. Sidney Wolinsky, to a seminar with Justice Traynor on Judicial Process. It is a widening spectrum of legal experience that the "I've taught at N.Y.U. where they new breed of law students is being exposed to. have got a pretty cosmopolitan student body. But this is the most cos- You are probably asking yourself at this point, what am I mopolitan group of students I've trying to sell? I guess I am asking for alumni responsibility. seen anywhere, including the Uni- I'll leave the area of financial assistance for Hastings to your versity of London. Alumni Association while focusing on two other areas of primary concern. They are: (1) Alumni criticism and assistance "With Dean Anderson's appoint- in reform, and, (2) Alumni assistance in job placement of ment we've made great progress Hastings graduates. here in less than two years. For ex- If we are to evolve in a manner reflecting legal and social ample, there's the change in student reality, it is a genuine responsibility of the alumni to contribute attitudes. When I got here I was your opinion to administration, faculty and student thought - shocked at the widespread attitudes particularly in developing a curriculum which will respond toward the faculty, ranging from in- to the demands of the profession. In order to develop fully an difference to outspoken hostility. educational program geared to produce lawyers, we sorely This has changed dramatically. Now need lawyers to assist us. we've very good relations between faculty and students, at least as far In job placement your contribution can be returned with as I'm concerned. reciprocal help from our Placement Office if you decide to move laterally within the profession. The job market is tight and apparently is getting tighter. I am not suggesting nor would "And equally important, there's I expect you to hire a Hastings graduate solely because he been a reaching in new directions. graduated from Hastings. Rather, see to it that your legal The Hastings of the past made its organization considers Hastings graduates and I am confident reputation as a great teaching insti- the applicant will do the rest. tution. Today we not only continue to enjoy that reputation, but we've If you have any questions concerning the areas I have touched increased and expanded the library on, please call; I would enjoy talking to you. and research facilities, added seminars, made classes smaller. In addi- Sincerely, tion to a renowned faculty, we're building and developing in the other George Spadoro areas that distinguish leading law President of Associated Students of Hastings institutions." HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 12 Considerable faculty time is being Nursing School and the School of spent on investigation of joint de- Dentistry. gree programs. At present, Hastings Professor James R. Nielsen will is involved in a program with the assume directorship of the program graduate school of Public Affairs of for the coming school year. Profes- This Year: the University of California. A stu- sor Nielsen is also on the faculty of dent, carefully selected by the law the University of California Medical Smaller Classes, school and the graduate institution, Center, and with his years of experi- will over a four year period earn ence as a professor of medical juris- juris doctor degree and a master's prudence and forensic medicine - More Seminars degree in public administration. It is together with his experience as a anticipated that further agreements member of the adjunct faculty at will be entered into with other grad- Hastings for the past two years - he uate programs. can do a great deal to further the expansion of this very significant Clinical Program program. OUR Clinical Program under the Law and Medicine By WILLIAM J. RIEGGER direction of Professor Thomas Roth- INCLUDED in the 1972-73 Law and Associate Dean well will include two legal clinics and Medicine curriculum will be semi- clinics in Criminal Justice, Labor nars in Advanced Drug Legal Prob- FOR 1972-73, the first year classes Law, Legal Health and "Advanced lems and Medical Jurisprudence, a have been divided into five sections. Drug." The adoption of the student Legal Health clinic and courses in This will enable the administration Rules for Practical Training by the Personal Injury Litigation, Psychi- to meet its goal of reducing class State Bar has been an important atry in the Daily Practice of the Law size to a maximum of 100 students factor in expanding Hastings' Clin- and Health Care Delivery Systems in in each section - a far cry from the ical Program. the Law. 180-200 student enrollment per class Faculty rules provide that no stu- The Legal Medical curriculum util- in previous years! dent can count toward his degree izes professors from both campuses Mr. Thomas Kerr will be the new more than two clinical programs, or to provide students with a broad Director of the Legal Rhetoric Pro- more than six credit hours, which- foundation in the various medical gram, designed to give first year stu- ever is smaller. Our Clinical Program disciplines, as well as specialized dents training in oral and written is now sufficiently comprehensive courses for students wishing to ex- legal presentation. And, for the up- to provide an opportunity for all stu- plore specific legal-medical prob- coming year, the school has changed dents to participate in at least one lems in a comprehensive manner. Property, and Criminal Law and Pro- clinical course before graduation. Professor Gary Widman will con- cedure from two-semester to one- The Law and Medicine Program, tinue as Director of the Environ- semester courses, which means that which was started in 1970 in cooper- mental Law Department. The En- first year students will now be given ation with the University of California vironmental Law Program now com- one final examination - in one of the in San Francisco, has been extended prises courses in Environmental two courses - at the end of the Fall to include cooperation with the Med- Quality Law, Water Rights and a Law semester. ical School, the School of Pharmacy, of the Sea seminar. Class size reduction is also being I extended to all second and third year elective courses; these will be held to a maximum of 100 students per section. While all second and third year courses are elective, we have ascertained, through the use of pre- registration in the Spring, that most students are still interested in the "basic" courses. More Seminars WE HAVE increased our seminar offerings by six additional seminars for the 1972-73 academic year. It is hoped that the time will not be too far distant when all students will have the opportunity to participate in at least one seminar requiring research and writing of law journal standard before graduation. A further innovation is the development of an independent studies HERE THEY ARE AGAIN, EIGHT YEARS OLDER. This picture was program for second and third year taken a little later in the reunion evening. Most of the old gang was students, which has been construc- ted along very careful faculty guide- there - and one had taken up the guitar! (Clue: he's still playing the lines. guitar.) See page 15. 13 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN Two distinguished members of Conference of Urban Trial Judges Hastings' Sixty Five Club were sa- and, during '72-73, chairing the Auto luted earlier this summer with the Reparations Committee, and co- conferring of honorary degrees upon chairing the Court Modernization Professor NORMAN D. LATTIN and FACULTY Committee of the ABA's General JOHN M. RAYMOND. Practice Section. LATTIN, a Colby College graduate, class of '18, returned to his alma NEWS WIDMAN, incidentally, isn't spend- mater in Waterville, Me. to receive ing all his time on the environmental a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at hornbook. From June 30 to July 5 the college's 151st commencement. he was an instructor in the seminar The citation, read by Colby presi- phlet form. for Environmental Arts and Sciences dent Robert E. L. Strider, said in From PROFESSOR GARY WID- held in Aspen, Colo., and he repre- part: MAN comes word that he recently sented Hastings at the 18th Annual Professor Lattin taught in the signed a contract with West Publish- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Insti- Law School of Ohio State Uni- ing Co. to write a hornbook on En- tute in Missoula, Mont. July 12-15. versity from 1925 to 1947 ... A vironmental Quality Law. He expects Hastings trustee to the Rocky Moun- specialist in criminal law and to complete the manuscript in 1975. tain Mineral Law Foundation, Wid- the law of private corporations And busy PROFESSOR GUY 0. man has persuaded the foundation and sales, he has written ex- KORNBLUM forwards a two-page list to hold its 1974 meeting in San Fran- tensively on these areas of legal of publications, appearances and ac- cisco. investigations, and his text- tivities. "The Law School's Role in books have been widely used in Educating the Specialist" appeared PROFESSOR JAMES R. McCALL other institutions . .. Colby is in 5 Journal of Law Reform (Univ. of made newspaper headlines last sum- always especially proud of her Mich., Spring, 1972), followed by mer, testifying twice before the Cali- sons who have achieved dis- "The Alcoholic Driver: A Proposal fornia State Senate Judiciary Com- tinction in the professions and for Treatment in Lieu of Punish- mittee regarding the proposed Cali- in public service .. . ment," originally published in the fornia Consumer Code, and working March Insurance Law Journal, then with the committee staff on revisions In conferring the honorary Doctor published in the June/July issue of of various sections of the code. of Laws upon PROFESSOR RAY- Judicature. The May Brief/Case car- He also addressed the American MOND, University of Santa Clara ried his "Specialty Curricula in the Trial Lawyers Association Annual president Thomas D. Terry identi- Law Schools: A Must for the J. D. Convention in St. Louis, speaking fied him as Program." on "The Private Practitioner and the Native of Salem, Mass., gradu- Tort of Choice - Consumer Abuse," ate of Princeton and of Harvard Kornblum also played an active and participated in a panel discus- Law School . director of the role in the ABA convention here last sion of class action remedies for the legal division of the United August. With Paul Rush, producer National College of Advocacy, held States Military Government of of videotapes for the National Col- at Hastings in August. Germany, deputy legal advisor lege of Advocacy, he co-authored of the U. S. Department of State a paper, for presentation to the dele- Last April 21 the Stanford Law . . . distinguished member of the gates, entitled "Video Technology School Alumni Association spon- faculty of the University of Santa Serves the Legal Profession: Court- sored an Evening in Honor of PRO- Clara Law School, skillful archi- room and Classroom Use of Tele- FESSOR GEORGE OSBORNE in tect of treaties, dedicated sales- vision." The paper will be published conjunction with its 1972 Annual Law man ... in the ABA Journal this Fall. Alumni Banquet. Noted members of Raymond was further honored by On August 15 he presented a sec- the profession - including some of being placed on the roles of the ond paper before a joint session of the most respected members of the Santa Clara School of Law as Pro- the Insurance, Negligence and Com- bench-paid tribute to Professor Os- fessorial Lecturer Emeritus. pensation Section and General Prac- borne's dedication and accomplish- tice Section - "No-Fault Auto In- ments as a scholar and legal edu- A number of faculty members have surance: Ten Critical Issues," to be cator. been busy writing and publishing published in the ABA's Journal of articles, papers and books. This year Section of Insurance, Negligence PROFESSOR MILTON D. GREEN saw the publication of the 1972 Sup- and Compensation Law. During the scored a first last spring when the plement to Lattin, Jennings and Bux- convention Kornblum moderated a Foundation Press published his baum, Corporations, Cases and Ma- panel on "Use of Video Technology Basic Civil Procedure, the only text- terials (4th ed. 1968). Professor Lat- by the Legal Profession. And July 12 book on civil procedure geared sole- tin also penned an article for the found him in Boulder -speaking on ly and explicitly to the needs of law 1972 Duke Law Journal in honor of "Video Technology in the Court- students. Professor Elvin R. Latty. room" to the National Institute for With Richard S. E. Johns, PRO- Trial Advocacy at its first session at A highlight of PROFESSOR RICH- FESSOR ROSCOE STEFFEN wrote the University of Colorado. ARD R. POWELL's summer came on "The After-Acquired Surety: Com- Kornblum's plans for the future in- May 31 when he addressed the Co- mercial Paper" for the November clude serving on a panel ("Court- lumbia Law School Class of '22 at 1971 California Law Review, a work room Use of Video Technology") its 50th anniversary reunion. The that has since been reprinted in pam- early neyt month at the National class contained his first law students. HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 14 1971-1961 Church. He'll serve out the remaining Presiding Judge Byron Arnold has two years of Church's term .. . Gov- announced the appointment of BAR- ernor Reagan last June appointed BARA MULL '71 as an Assistant JAMES H. WALSWORTH '58 to the Court Commissioner of the Superior CLA Orange County Judicial District Court ... WILLIAM M. BENNETT '71 ss Municipal Court . .. THOMAS M. is now a deputy city attorney on the MOORE JR. '58 is Monterey's first staff of San Francisco City Attorney NOTES county Juvenile Court referee, filling Thomas M. O'Connor . .. ROBERT a position created in the Monterey R. ROSSON JR. '69 is now a Deputy County Superior Court. He was ap- County Counsel for Solano County pointed last April by Presiding Judge . . From Columbia University's Elmer Machado and started on the School of Architecture comes word TINI '62 and RICHARD H. BRYAN job May 15 . .. San Francisco attor- that GERALD R. WALLACE '69 re- '63. Bryan was elected a state as- ney JAMES C. DOWNING '52 has ceived a William Kinne Fellows Sum- semblyman, and Santini moved from been accepted as a Fellow of the mer Scholarship, given to outstand- defender to JP to a District Court International Academy of Trial Law- ing students for travel and study . .. judgeship ... When Deputy District yers. Downing is current president CARL A. LEONARD '68 has been Attorney JOSEPH J.CARSON '65was of the S. F. Trial Lawyers Associ- elected to the Barristers' Club of San named a judge of the new San Lean- ation. Francisco Board of Directors . .. dro-Hayward Municipal Court by Last May, NORMAN J. GATZERT II Gov. Reagan, he became at 32 the 1950-31 '68 was named San Mateo County's youngest judge on the California Deputy public defender WILLIAM first traffic referee. He hears all non- bench. Carson was named to the N. DUNSEATH '50 is the new presi- jury traffic cases, relieving judges sixth judgeship in the district on dent of the Washoe County Bar As- to hear civil and criminal matters ... June 7 . . . Featured speaker and sociation, succeeding MauriceJ. Sul- Alameda's new Deputy District At- guest at the Nevada State Jaycee livan ... WARREN D. ALLEN '49 was torney is JAMES M. MAGUIRE III '68. convention last May was U.S. Jay- one of five Los Angeles County Su- ROBERT B. MADDOW '67 was ap- cee President RONALD G. S. AU '63 perior Court judges appointed last pointed assistant attorney of the East of Hawaii. July by Governor Reagan. Named to Bay Municipal Utility District follow- the L.S. Judicial District Municipal ing his release from active duty as 1960-51 Court in 1971, Judge Allen succeeds an Air Force captain on the judge CHARLES READ BEST '60 was retired Superior Court Judge Frank advocate general's staff in Los An- elected Judge of the Superior Court C. Charvat .. . MARTIN FIELD '41 geles .. . City planner MICHAEL B. last June and will take office in Jan- has been named to the Advisory WILMAR '67 has been named assis- uary ... RUPERT H. RICKSEN '59 Board of Bay View Federal Savings tant executive director of the Bay has been appointed to the Piedmont ... Marin County Superior Judge Conservation and Development City Council, to fill the vacancy cre- THOMAS F. KEATING'31 announced Commission . . . ERIC EBBEL '67, ated by the resignation of Donald R. his retirement last April 24. former deputy district attorney in Kings County and Santa Barbara County, is now on the staff of San Mateo District Attorney Keith Sor- enson and has been assigned to the criminal division of Southern District Municipal Court in Redwood City. LESLIE C. NICHOLS '66 last May was named the outstanding instructor at the Lincoln University Law School campus in San Jose. Nichols received the award from the student bar association for "excellence in teaching, enthusiasm and extraordi- nary service to the school and students" .. . Marin County Counsel Douglas J. Maloney on June 20 appointed ALLEN A. HAIM '66 a deputy ...H. GREIG FOWLER '65 has been elected vice president of the S. F. Barristers' Club . .. ROBERT GUS LEGAKES '65, Clark County, Nev., Public Defender for two years and a member of the P.D. staff since its WHAT A REUNION THAT WAS! A little heavier, a little grayer, but still inception in 1966, is now a Justice one of the most loyal groups of Hastings grads in the state. Can you of the Peace. He was the third Clark identify them now? (Clue: There's a famous state senator in there County defender, succeeding two somewhere.) Picture quiz answer on inside back cover. other hastings' grads-JAMES SAN- 15 HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN Moot Court Wants You!

By JEROME MARKS Professor of Law and Director of Moot Court WITH THE opening of this academic year, the David E. Snodgrass Moot Court Competition at Hastings reaches an unprecedented level in our curriculum. For the first time, two units of pass/fail academic Meet Booker Williams credit will be given to all successful second or third year participants. This enables the Moot Court Pro- Can a theater and philosophy major find success gram to now include classroom and courtroom in- and happiness in financial aid? struction in a clinical setting. In addition, a new Yes - if he's Booker T. Williams, Hastings' hand- dimension of realism will be added as approxi- some, versatile new Financial Aid Director. mately one-half of the cases used will be live case's "The job breaks down into two basic categories on appeal in either our State or Federal Courts, and neither," he says, grinning, "requires an eco- which are not yet decided. nomics degree. First, you have to be able to com- Most of Hastings' alums will recall Moot Court as prehend student needs and second, you have to one of their most satisfying law school experiences evaluate how best to meet those needs." because of its useful practical application and per- Williams speaks with the authority of seven years' sonal involvement. This tradition has grown im- experience in the field, 372 in the UC Medical Cen- mensely - and the scope of the program has re- ter financial aid office and, most recently, 372 years sponded not only to the numbers of participants as Associate Dean of Students/Financial Aid at UC but also to the desire for a complete learning ex- Riverside. perience in appellate advocacy. "After graduating from the University of Detroit This year's numbers are staggering: over 550 I worked in New York theater, and my own show second and third year students, and no less than was produced off-Broadway in the fall of '62," he 72 trial and appellate judges, and 36 attorneys, as says. "Then the Army got me and it was off to members of our three judge appellate benches. Europe. But that had its compensations - for al- And through the continued cooperation of the San most a year I did graduate work in philosophy at Francisco Superior Court, or the United States Dis- the University of Heidelberg." trict Court for the Northern District of California, Somebody, Williams recalls, told him that West we hope to have the use of four courtrooms, in Coast-wise the story was "movies in Los Angeles addition to our own courtroom here at Hastings. and theater in San Francisco," so when his Army stint ended, rather than return to N.Y.C. Williams OUR PROGRAM this year has selected timely headed for California. "I didn't find much paying appellate cases on the fringe of the law in a wide theater in San Francisco so I went into personnel variety of areas. Actual records on appeal are being work," he says. reproduced and presented to the participants as Despite his preoccupation with students and their the raw materials. They will meet in clinical semi- financial needs, Williams hasn't abandoned the the- nars of no more than 32 persons, team-taught by ater. Las't year he directed one of the two Williams two members of the Moot Court Board, under the shows produced on the Riverside campus, and he supervision of the Faculty Moot Court Director. hopes to continue directing and acting with com- There will be approximately six hours of class- munity theater here. room instruction covering State and Federal Court At the moment, however, he is concentrating on rules on appeal, use of the reporter and clerk trial the Hastings scene. There is an ever-growing need, transcript, effective research methods, techniques he feels, for increased financial help - and he re- of effective brief writing, effective oral advocacy minds alumni that they can extend a helping hand and the task and goal of the advocate. Judges and to students in a variety of ways, through gifts, en- attorneys will be invited to participate in these dowments, loan funds, scholarship funds and evening seminar workshops, as well as at oral grants. argument. Williams and his wife Nancy live in San Francisco The program will also include seminar-size vis- with their son Tristin, 2, and daughter Kirsten, 1. itations to either the California Supreme Court, First HASTINGS ALUMNI BULLETIN 16 Moot Court (Continued) ANSWER TO PICTURE QUIZ If you guessed that Appellate District Court of Appeals or United States all three pictures show the Class of '31 - growing Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to these progressively older (and more distinguished?) - secretary Charlie visits, the seminar group will become conversant you're right. According to class Rummel, of Berkeley, Hastings '31 is remarkable with the caseswiththecass sceduedscheduled too bbe argedargued anderannd ill on two counts. To the best of his knowledge it's critically observe counsel and the Court in oral the only law class west of the Mississippi to see all argument. 37 of its state bar exam candidates pass on the This will be followed by seminar discussions of first try - and second, '31 has never missed a May the strengths and weaknesses of arguments and reunion. This year's was their 41st! Pictured is '31 colloquy with the bench. Finally, our own student at the 1936, 1944 and 1955 reunions. If you find oral arguments, scheduled for January, 1973, will they don't look the same now as then, and you be taped for subsequent evaluation and construc- can't put names to faces, see below. tive criticism with the participants. 1936 (page 10) Left to right, seated: Wesley Ruth- Those participants achieving excellence in the erford, Herb Leland, Dick Combs, Ed Benard. program will be honored by the David E. Snodgrass Standing: J. Albert Hutchison, Charlie Rummel, Moot Court Competition as recipients of both per- Frank Loughran, Jack Gregory, Jim Harvey, J. manent certificates and awards. In past years, book Bruce Fratis, Elios Anderlini. publishers, alumni and friends of the College have 1944 (page 13) Left to right, seated: J. Bruce Fra- been very gracious in making these awards both tis, Charlie Rummel, Ed Benard, Frank Loughran. meaningful to the participants and the College. Standing: Newell Hooey, Herb Leland, Ken Carey, We very much encourage the interest and par- Jack Gregory (with guitar), Bill O'Brien, George ticipation of Hastings Alumni in the program. If you De Lew, Ralph Wertheimer. are skilled in any phase of appellate advocacy and 1955 (page 15) Left to right, front row: Ed Benard, are interested in participating as an appellate judge Herb Leland, Bill O'Brien, Frank Loughran, Shel- at oral argument in January, 1973, or the seminar don Rutherford. Second row: Charlie Rummel, phase during September or October, 1972, we en- Louis Vasquez, Hubert Townshend, Elios Ander- courage you immediately to write or telephone the lini. Third row: Frank Boland, Clark Bradley, Wes- Moot Court Secretary, Miss Jan Bunting,RafhiCnaasol 198 Mc- leyClub Rutherford. -Carmecod 3 a evrmse a Allister Street, San Francisco,To esrvyurspcefllinth California 94102, coupo and6 m9a enc1955 uins.I oufn telephone (415) 557-0406. yorhektothAumiThe continued success ssciton, Hasngsloo lltegae nowfa thenadyo and development of this uniqueLawGldn 35learning GteAveue experience Sa Fancisco,* AnC ali idcEMBeoriacs 94102lo. has been largely due to the continued generosity ond National College of Advocacy of Hastings alums who truly realizeMake6 the value of this (page* Dean 10)aLeftttoHrightsseated: Wyanne Bunyan's report WesleyaRuth- on learning experience to legal education. her first months assDean of Stu-

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