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University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Res Gestae Law School History and Publications 1968 Vol. 22, No. 12, February 9, 1968 University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Michigan Law School, "Vol. 22, No. 12, February 9, 1968" (1968). Res Gestae. Paper 815. http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae/815 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Res Gestae by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Volume 22, No. 12 RES February 9, 1968 ~ GESTAE The Weekly Newspaper of the U-M Lawyers Club REPORT FROM THE BOARD no status as a professional. It is time for the legal profession to take The operation of the Law School action by defending their brethren. Book Exchange was considered at The limited positions in the JAG pro this week's Board meeting. Bob gram cause the law school graduate to Chulock, manager of the Book Ex lose several years of growth in his change, has agreed to be open five profession.· hours a week throughout the semes A young attorney upon passing the ter. The Board discussed possible bar is subject to the draft, not as variation of the mark-up policy of a professional skilled in jurispru the Book Exchange, but made no rec dence with an opportunity to utilize ommendations as to change, pending his skills but as any other draftee. further investigation of the factors There is no reason that law school involved in setting prices. graduates should not be given the same Senior Book editor, Tully Rogers, opportunity to serve their country met with the Board to describe the while practicing their profession as all-new format that has been de are medical and dental school gradu cided upon for this year's publi ates. This concept was passed in the cation. He mentioned that all per form of a resolution at the American sons who have not turne-d in a photo Law Students Association convention graph and/or senior information may this summer with plans to submit a still do so if they give the picture possible course of action to Congresso (wallet size)and information to the This is a resolution that needs the receptionist on the third floor of support of everyone in the legal com Hutchins Hall. This MUST be done munity. The strength of our profess by Monday noon. ion lies in a united stand for recog Some contractual difficulties nition as professionals all the way as to the running of the Law Club down the line. Store were ironed out during the - The Barrister meeting and the Store will be re U of Miami Law School opened shortly under the proprietor Newspaper, January 68 ship of Ken Dresner. A motion was passed 5-4, with the THE ATHENEUM AT ATHENS-ON-THE-HURON president breaking a tie vote, stat ing that the Board favors a continua The University of Michigan Law tion of the current motor vehicle Library has recently acquired many regulations of the University. This new works of interest, including one action was taken in response to a entitled "Conference in the Matter of request by Vice-President Cutler Pollution of the Navigable Waters of for a statement of Board sentiment Moriches Bay and The Eastern Section concerning a proposal which is un of Great South Bay And Their Tribu der consideration that would permit taries, Patchogue, N.Y. 1966. all undergraduates to have auto Proceedings. (1967) 496 pages. mobiles on campus. - Mike Cole RES GESTAE AD HOC COMMITTEE GUEST EDITORIAL A new ad hoc committee has been formed to study the feasibility of The lawyer is an orphan in the removing Res Gestae from the mimeo world of the armed forces. He has graph machines and onto the presses. 2 Members of this committee are: Dale Sunday, no one is scheduled to re Berry, Joel Cooper, Alan Ernst, Jane shelve. Thus, any book left out on Forbes, David Goldstein, Robert Saturday morning was not put away Kaczmarek, Richard Kepes, Ivan until Monday morning. One obvious Moskowitz, Pat Murphy, Robert Olson cure for such a situation is for the and Ed Weinberg. library to schedule someone to shelve on Sunday. Yet, much like a case in ABA CONTINUES STEADY GROWTH Contracts, although one theory may fit the situation, it may not be The American Bar Association re the best one. corded a net gain of 5,049 members in The best cure, and the only the last year. The ABA roster stood practical one, is for each student at 128,460 as of Nov. 30, 1967. In to reshelve the books he uses. It addition, enrollments in ABA's new is a simple policy, but an effective law student division passed the 10,400 one. According to Al Lewis, there mark in early December, less than 4 are 30,000 volumes on the main floor" months after the division was created. Level one is now open, and level two Admissions to the bar for 1966 (latest soon will be open, allowing each of available figures) rose to a record us to use any of 100,000 books. No 14,243. There were 316,800 lawyers amount of scheduling or hiring is as compared to 296,000 in 1964. The economically feasible to meet the number in private practice rose from challenge, unless each of us meets 200,586 in 1964 to 212,662 in 1967. his obligation to put the book he Law school enrollments at the 136 ABA uses away. approved schools for the 1967 fall This is a crisis time in the term reached a new high of 64,406. library; the use of its facilities The comparable figure for the fall of is up 500% of normal. The same 1966 was 62,556. Including law schools Case Club problems which drastically not approved by ABA, the total student increase the use of the library also enrollments were 70,332. prevents the students working in the library from working increased hours RIDE ALONG PROGRAM AT UMKC during the rush. We hope that the Case Club and Campbell Competition In order to learn more about the directors will evolve a simple, functioning of the police force, effective solution to this problem, University of Missouri at Kansas City such as putting the clubs and law students, in cooperation with programs on a staggered basis. In the Kansas City, Missouri, Police the meantime, and all the time, Department, have been privileged to please reshelve your books. ride with patrolmen Friday and Satur day evenings during the highly active GEORGE M. HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIPS interval from eight p.m. until ANNOUNCED midnight. Each student is assigned to a pat The University of Michigan rol car or paddy wagon and he accom announces the establishment of the panies the policeman on his rounds G.M. Humphrey Graduate Program in of the area normally assigned for Law and Economic Policy. The work that car. Patrolmen in charge of an will encompass, not simply technical area are responsible for everything legal problems of governmental reg from parking tickets to major ulation of the economy, but funda crimes. The student observer sees ~ental analysis and critique of first hand the reactions of the underlying policy assumptions. patrolman as an individual and in Fellowships are open to recent gradu conjunction with the rest of the ates with serious research interests force. in the field of law and economic policy. Candidates must satisfy EDITORIAL COLUMN the Law School's requirements for the SeJ.D. program. A strong eco THE LIBRARY AND YOU nomics background will be required. The stipend for the academic year On Sunday, February 4, there is $9500, plus an allowance to cover were approximately 1200 volumes off tuition and fees. Persons interest the shelves and on the tables. We ed in applying should contact Direc learned that, on Saturday,the man tor of Advanced Studies, U.M. Law who is scheduled to spend 4 hours School. shelving books did not appear. On 3 JOB OPPORTUNITIES SYMPOSIUM #3 creation of non-school-affiliated commercial bar review or cram courses The third and final symposium on job Despite their shortcomings, in most opportunities will be held this Friday, states where bar review courses Feb. 9, at 3:00 p.m. "Law Practice in exist, it seems to be exceedingly an Organizational Setting" will include difficult for non-takers to compete the panel members listed below with successfully in the bar examination Whitmore Gray as moderator. with those who undergo the organized Norman A. Jacobs, Trust Officer, The review. Bar examinations now First National Bank of Chicago. show a remarkable correlation with Jerome Halperin, Attorney, Lybrand, law school performance, as they Ross Bros. & Montgomery (CPA firm). should, and law school administrators 0. K. Petersen, Legal Department, and teachers agree that bar exami Consumers Power Company. nations serve the function of freeing A. L. Zwerdling, Labor Union Attorney, the schools to grant degrees to Zwerdling, Miller, Klimist & Mauer. persons who are not fitted to become lawyers, but who are entitled to THE LAWYERS CLUB BOOK EXCHANGE have the opportunity to obtain a legal education. The Lawyers Club Book Exchange lo In almost all jurisdictions, the cated in Rrn 110 of the basement of bar examination is composed of essay the Legal Research Building is another type subjective questions, differing service provided for the student body from law school examinations only in by the Law Club Board of Directors.