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VOL. V, No.2 NEW YORK, N. Y. September 29, 1972 FORDHAM'S NEW FACE New Placement Director, 8 Faculty Members, Assistant,Qean

By BRUCEKASSON~.-~ . In its continuing effort to become a. "top ten" law school, Fordham has hired a n~w : otd assistant Dean, a new placement director, ~nd eight new faculty membeI:s. The move represents a twenty five percent increase in the faculty thereby permitting a sixty percent increase in the number of elective courses given. Among the new staff is a Fulbright Scholar, a Rhodes Dean Hanlon "Ms. Leslie Goldman Prof. Sharpe .scholar, an outstanding graduate, a teaching Fellow, a summa cum laude graduate, and a President of the Law Student Association. Match this with impressive teaching credentials (Brooklyn Law School, Albany Law School, Cornell Law School, University of Georgia Law School, University of Washington Law School, and even a teacher in the School System) and add extensive professional experience (a Federal Assistant District Attorney, a research assistant to a " New York Supreme Court Justice, a member of the Peace Corps, and associations with some of the most prestigious law firms in the country) and the result is a - giant step towards excellence in legal education. latter in Prof. Chiang Prof. Birnbaum Prof. Fitzpatrick The effect of the hiring bears a Law, graduating the direct relationship to the 1960. He originally joined the presence of such courses as Civil "faculty here in 1963, holding the Advocacy, Collective Bar­ position of Director of Ad- gaining, Corporate Finance, , missions. Three' years later he Current Problems in Litigation, moved to the office of Assistant Dean. The next transition again Law and Medicine, Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and occurred some three years later but the locale had changed­ Partnerships, Land Use, Land Assistant Dean and Associate Financing, N.L.R.B. Procedures, Professor at Hofstra-Law School. New York Criminal Procedure, The Hofstra duration was only to Public Employment Law, Public last-you've guessed it-three School Law, Roman Law, Sen­ years as Dean Hanlon in '72 has tencing and Corrections, Tax returned to his previous post at Exempt Organizations, Tax our law school. He has informed Prof. Humbach Shelters, being open to students Prof. Buell The Advocate that he's delighted . at registration. to be back at. a "great law" school." Dean Hanlon Dean Robert M. Hanlon at­ Prof. Sharpe Dean's Open Letter tended Xavier High, Fordham undergrad and then Fordham Donald Sharpe, an expert in Federal income, .gift and estate, One year ago the Fordham Law was dUe largely to his efforts. again, the Law School had the essential element-indeed the and corporate taxation has ac­ School curriculum offered thirty- Another new face in the Law extreme good fortune to discover essential element-of a sound cepted a teaching position at five elective courses; this year School is that of Miss Leslie that Professor Lucille Buell, legal education. Fordham Law School. Professor there are over sixty elective Goldman, the Director of formerly of the Cornell Law In summary, the Law School is Sharpe is a former Professor of courses. One year ago at this Placement. The success or Faculty, and a graduate of our on a firm steady course. The Law' at Albany Law School, and time "there were nineteen full- failure of any law school can be own school, was available" and average !.SAT score of the en­ time teachers on the faculty; this " measured by the quality of the" eager to teach the course on tering class is in excess of 630 and

t September 29, 1972-THE ADVOCATE-P;lge 3 (Continued from page 1) background in teaching. A review and 1969, for Simpson, Thacker ' .------~ his teaching credentials include of his academic experience and Bartlett. being an Adjunct Assistant reveals his B.A. (1964) and his 'Professor of Taxation, New York J.D. (1966) degrees were both Prof. Humbach University Institute on Federal earned from the University of John A. Humbach is a Mid­ Taxation and a Lecturer for the Iowa. The following two years O.'NEALS BALOON westerner who comes to Ford­ Practising Law Institute, were spent at Oxford as a Rhodes ham from Brooklyn Law School 48 WEST b3rd Professor Sharpe is originally Scholar where he was awarded a where he taught Corporations from Philadelphia and first came B. Litt. degree in law. He con­ and theU.C.C.for one year as an invites Students with I.D~ to to New York in 1963 to study for tinued bis academic-oriented Assistant Professor. his LL,M in Taxation at the 'New career as a Bigelow Teaching come by and enioy our His academic background York University Graduate School Fellow at the University of includes a B.A. in Economics of Law. He has since lived in the Chicago Law School from 1968 to .' from Miami University of Ohio. STUDENT HOURS :· city and has left only for "a year­ 1969. For the three years im­ He also spent a year at the and - a - half - two - day - a - wee~ mediately preceding Fordham. University of Oslo in Norway Monday-Friday .2·5 pm commutation to the Albany Law he was an Assistant Professor at studying the Norwegian School...to teach five cQurses in the University of Washington language. He got his J,D. summa Federal taxation." He is a former Law School in Seattle. . cum laude from Ohio State Law partner of the New York law firm From the Bar School in 1966. of Murrey, Patterson & Sharpe. His reason for leaving His primary experience in the Professor Sharpe received his Washington was the relative 14 oz. Beer Light or Dark 40c B.A. from Oberlin College in 1956, legal field has been in corporate isolation of Seattle and the fact practice with the firm 9f Breed, an M.A . in 1960 from the Harvard that his wife is a New York City University Graduate School of Abbot, and Morgan of New York From O'NEAL'S· Kitchen native. He has also worked in City from graduation until his Arts and Sciences, and an LL.B OJNEAL'S Yl lb. Hamburger ...... 95 from Boston College Law School Gotham for two summers, 1966 employment at Brooklyn. in 1962. He has written ex­ Basket of French Fries for Two ... , ...... , ...... __ ...... 50 tensively in the field of Federal INVITATION *'12 lb. Fried Chicken with French Fries ...... 1.95 Taxation including a book The editorial staff of The Advocate invites the student body and ~'12 lb. Filet of Sole with French Fries .co,...... 1.15 published this summer for the faculty to submit articles or stories of particular individual interest American Bar Associa­ *Bratwurst and Potato Salad ...... ' 1.95 fOl1 publication. The focus can be on anything of current emphasis, ·With assorted rolls, coffee or tea tion-American Law Institute including but not limited to legal reforts, events, cases and problems. , series on Feaeral Taxa­ In this way, the staff hopes to increase the scope of The Advocate and tion entitled "Tax Planning make it mof more universal interest within the law school than it has for Authors, Inventors, Artists." been in the past. He has published articles on a number of topics including Charitable Trusts, Hobby Losses, Irrevocable Trusts, Estate Planning and Farm Loss Deduction. CAN.I · THAT HELPED ,DEI'EAT Professor Sharpe has traveled throughout ' the world, and judging from his credentials we THE JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II, can be thankful indeed that he has decided to make New York HELP-YOU GET THROUGH COLLEGE? and Fordham his adopted home. ~ : Answer the ten questions Prof. Birnbaum of the Undercover Scholarship ContestL and win a year's tuition to college. . .-- .. ~ - Ms. Sheila Birnbaum is one of the eight new faculty members to have joined the law school this l year. A graduate of -Hunter De Ten Underc:over Questions College and New York University I. What was the name of the Japanese Secret iaw school with honors, Professor Service? Birnbaum is teaching the New York Practice course at night so th~ she can "translate practical 2. How did the Brass Monkey Club get its name? experience in the courtroom to About a year the classroom." After ,- ~ graduating college, Ms. Birn­ and a half ago we 3'-What was the name of the str;eet where, the introduced a drink Brass Monkey Club was located? baum taught in the New York called the Brass Monkey. " '. City school system from whicjl It's made from a secret recipe she went on to law school._ we learned from an old friend of- . 4. If the Brass Monkey was a woman, wh~t two HavingrepresentedN.Y.U.law H. E. Rasske, who was purported to school in the National Moot Court possible names could she have had besides be the Brass Monkey himself, an allied secret agent. H. E. Rasske? Competition, she w,as awarded operating out of Macao during World War II. the Phi Delta Phi Award for her The legend of the Brass Monkey was so fasci­ outstanding argument and nating, we pieced togetlier and reconstructed as 5. What is the color of the Brass Monkey became the Outstanding Woman much of it as we could in our advertising. It reads ? Graduate of 1965. like a B-movie script. complete with spies, counter- . Following law SCh901, spies, smugglers, soldiers-of-fortune, mercenaries, Professor Birngaum was a legal river pirates and mysterious disappearances. 6. How did Admiral Kokura die? research assistant to New York If you've ever tasted the Brass Monkelf and are Supreme Court Justice Matthew familiar with the three ads that we've been run'ning, Levy and subsequently beca:me a you've got a pretty good shot at answering the 7. Where is H. E. Rasske reputed to li,: ~ now? partner in the ~ew York following ten questions. To make it a litt1€' easier, we'll give you the headlines of the ads and where litigation firm of Emile Z. Ber­ 8. During World War II. what ~a~ reputed to man and A. Harold Frost. they appear. Headlines: "The Brass Monkey Returns" be the principal form of commerce in Macao? - ... . - She is presently serving as "The Brass Monkey Is Worth Two second vice-president of the New Aircraft Carriers In The Coral Sea" York Womens Bar Association "Was The Brass Monkey A Woman?" 9. What was the name of the quinine dealer? and on the Insurance Committee Where They Appear: of the Association of the Bar of . "Rolling Stone" October 12, the City of New York. October 26 and . 10. Loyana sang "My Love is a-Man November 9 of Gold." What do you think the lyrics of Remember, the best answers to these ten this song might have been? Prof. Martin questic:ms win a year's free tuition at any college Professor Martin comes to of'Your choice in the country (provided FO'rdham with an 'excellent you're enrolled, of course). Give it a try. You've got nothing to lose, and considering the price of education RESEARCH MATERIALS nowadays, an awful lot to gain. Please mail all entries to: All Topics Brass Monkey Send for your descriptive, up-to-dat e, Undercover Scholarship Contest 128-page, mail order catalog of 2,300 Post Office Box 2016 quality research papers. Enclose Hartford, Conn~cticut 06101 $1.00 to cover postage and !Iandllng. Good Luck! RESEARCH UNLIMITED 519 GLENROCK AVE.,'SUITE 203 • HEUBLEIN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90024 (213) 477-8474 • 477-5493 All entries will be judged by an independent judg ing organization. Noentries will be judged alter 12/31/72. Employees and their de'pendents "We need a local salesman" of Heublein. Inc., its subsidiaries. a ffiliates and their agencies or judg ing orgamzahon are .not ehg lble for thiS contest. Page 4-THE ADVOCATE-September 29. 1972_ , has outlined a Jhree pofnt ' CollJIIlbi~. Upon \g~d~~9r) r sh~ II ~6 iRQse ' Hill 'aha 1fiiuil~y ' msem~ I I . I program designed . to make the became an associate Wlth the barked as a member of Fordham difficult step from theory to law Wall Street firm of Hughes, Law's class of 1966. Next, it was practice a little easier. Hubbard, Blair and Reed. Mter off to England as a Fullbright First, she intends to institute a her second son was born, she scholar to be follwed by a year's "post report file system". This resigned intending to devote all work as an Associate in the firm system would provide in­ her time -to raising .a family. of Royall, Koegel and Wells. formation to students who would However, her spare time ac- Finally, in 1968, Prof. Fitzpatrick like to escape ftom the New York tivities in community affairs, went to work as an Assistant area to job opportunities in other legal aid and politics grew into District Attorney in the Southern parts of the country. her current private practj,ce. # DistricLof New York where he In 1963, she became the first remained until his appointment Second, a constant expansion Fordham Law graduate to teach here. and revision of the Ustings of job at Cornell Law School when she Mr. Fitzpatrick is enthusiastic 'openings in the New York area is accepted an invitation to assume about his first teaching assign­ envisioned, including local law the post of visiting lecturer in ment and hopes to utilize a free­ firms, D.A. offices, and legal aid law. She commuted by air to wheeling approach with an programs. 3A'S CHAMPIONSmp TEAM Ithaca each week, spending one .emphasis on the practical. It is Front row seated: Lupoli, Neenan, Kutner, Kasson; secon., row~ Third, Miss Goldman plans to or two days at Cornell. But when interesting to note that after his Herbert, Reineke, Angelo, Tarangioli; third row: Keesee, Walsh, increase the communication the novelty wore off after a few · Evidence exam Fitzpatrick Soscia, Cuadrado, Free.man, Napolitano; back row: Moran, Wojick, between· her office and the years and it became "more of a celebrated by parachuting out of and Baldwin. student body by means of a chore than an adventure," she a plane and after pulling his rip and job experiences. Born in 1936 bulletin board to be located in the resigned with great regret. cord too soon, experi~nced an INTRAMURALS~ student lounge. This year, as in the past 3 in Taiwan, Professor Chiang When asked why she had uncomfprtable landing. As a attended the National Taiwan chosen Fordham, she said she student at Fordham he had a years, Fordham Law School will Miss Goldman also is insistent . wasn't quire sure. "But," she disconcerting in with _Law hold football intramurals. Last University College of Law and on maintaining an "open door" run received his LL.B. with honor in said, "I am sure of one thing-I Review over the practicality of year's winners, 2A (now 3A) won policy. Her office is oPen for all 1958. During his law school days would not have accepted an ()ffer doing footnotes. Even so, Prof. the .championship with a record students, not just the ones in the he . was constantly involved from any other law school. I am Fitzpatrick has nothing but fond of 2 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie. top half of the class, and she is in leadership roles, climaxing devoted to Fordham Law School memories of Fordham and is However, they barely made the willing to discuss any aspect of a his political activity with the in a way that you will not un- happy to be back. It became playoffs and won all three games student's placement problem presidency of the Law Student derstand until you have clear after talking to him for by shutouts when the team even if it is personal in nature. If Association. Mr. Chiang later graduated, practiced law, and some time that by the end of the inexplicably jelled. Handsome this sounds like an impossible attended and received degrees at lived in gladness and in sorrow year the feeling of the student beer mug trophies were received task, which it is, one can gain Northwestern University School with your Fordhan associates. body will be mutual. by the team members for their some reassurance in the nature of Law, University Chicago Fordham Law School has always unexpected victory. 01 of Miss Goldman's past ex­ This year, all day school teams School of Law and finally was a had an exceptionally fine faculty Research Associate in Law at perience. After graduating from will play a total of 7 games Elmira College she spent a year and student body. I am delighted Reviews Harvard University Law School. to be back amid the academic (barring weather difficulties and in the Peace Corps in Chile. His . work experience includes .triumphs and agonies." forfeits), each team playing Later, after more work with the (Continued from p;tge 2) approximately once a week. the practice of law as an As­ socia te in the firm of . Yen . and Peace Corps in Washington, D.C., first film and he performed Scheduling was made infinitely she volunteered her services for Lai, an editorship of The Lawyers Prof. Fitzpatri~k - nobly. Gene was played by more difficult this year because . the election of Richard Ottinger, Parker Stevenson and this was most teams can only play on Cooperative Publishing Company , and finally five years experience and finally, immedia tely A bright, new, mustachioed also his first film. He truly did a certain days and at very limited preceeding her appol ntment face has made its way into fine job conveying all the mixed times. . as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Georgia here, she ad.ministered a. P .L.1. Fordham's teaching ranks this emotions that a young man goes A schedule of games to be Bar Review Course. year. The name behind the face through at that stage of life and played this year is posted outside School of Law. Yung Chiang has taught Sales, Miss Goldman brings much is Thomas Fitzpatrick: a circumstances. All of the other the S.B.A. office near the student mysterious appellation first major roles were cast from cafeteria but is subject to change Commercial Paper, Secured enthusiasm and energy to her job Transactions, International Law, and reports that she h.as found encountered by students in fall Exeter students. Larry Peerce of ~team captains are advised to Comparative Law, Transnational everyone thc;u:oy co­ schedule blocks entitled "Goodbye Columbus" directed watch the schedule closely. For Eyidence and Crimin·al Ad­ the film and showed great talent further inIornuttioa on rules or Legal Problems, and Admiralty. operative and friendly. With that vocacy. in his fine work with such CJ1f­ J be'... l bJ"a-r•• dV\sed - Fordham, however, does no type of attitude the Placement to contact the Directors of the expect Professor Chiang to teach Office with Miss Goodman and The man behind the name is ferent subject matter. A Separate Intramural Program-Bruce all these courses in one semester her assistant, Miss McMahon, warm, affable and learned. How Peace is a popular novel and as Kasson or Mattbew Lupoli in and he will be limited to Com­ at its helm can't help but be an did he become an erudite such it is difficult to make a film - Room 216. _ mercial Financing and In­ enjoyable experience. professor '.:If law? Mr. Fitzpatrick and satisfy one who has read the ternational Law for the fall term. began his educational sojourn at book; Paramount Pictures has Xavier High. Later, he traveled achieved success here! 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