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Look Who's II good law schools possess certain basic similarities. Interviewing at Each tries to assure excel- lence in its faculty, student body, Loyola Law School alumni and curriculum and facilities. There are, however. major char­ acteristics which distinguish Loyola from other good schools, and which, he following is j ust a brief in some obvious and some not-so­ sampling of some of the obvious ways, can make a great T prominent national and difference in the overall law school regional firms recruiting on-campus experience. Some of these charac­ at Loyola: teristics are outlined here; others are explored more fully elsewhere Adams, Duque & Hazeltine in this issue. Alschuler, Grossman & Pines Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison Faculty - Loyola's nationally Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & acclaimed faculty consists of 54 full­ McRoberts time professors drawn from diverse Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & geographic and experiential Younger backgrounds, but with the common California Attorney General denominator of excellence. Most of Coudert Brothers the major law schools in the country Donovan, Leisure, Newton & boast an outstanding graduate as a Irvine Loyola faculty member, many of Federal Election Commission whom have achieved national Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & recognition in their respective fields. Jacobson Eighteen outstanding women hold Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher full-time faculty appointments, Graham & James giving Loyola one of the highest Gray, cary, Ames & Frye number of female faculty members Haight, Brown & Bonesteel in the nation. Loyola is also making Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & great progress in minority faculty Beardsley recruitment. Loyola's full-time ]ones, Day, Reavis & Pogue faculty includes four African Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Americans and one Hispanic. Handler Stringent standards for scholarship Kelley, Drye & warren are required of faculty members, Kindel & Anderson who, prior to consideration for Kings County District Attorney of tenure, must also demonstrate New York excellence in the classroom. It Lawler, Felix & Hall should be noted t~at Loyola's faculty !.?yo/a's award-winning campus provides nattlral out-oFdoor gathering places )or students and faculty. Ullick, McHose & Charles places great importance on the legal Loeb & Loeb writing program and has mandated Los Angeles County District that legal writing classes be taught Attorney by members of the full-time faculty; Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & most other schools employ recent Phillips graduates, part- time faculty or even Mayer, Brown & Platt upper-division law students to teach McDermot, Will & Emery writing to first-year students. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp Students - Loyola students have Morgan, Lewis & Beckius demonstrated academic excellence Morrison & Foerster and a high-level of ability as O'Melveny & Myers measured by the Law School Admis­ Orange County District Attorney sions Test, the mean for the entering Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker class now being at the 85th percen­ Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz tile nationally. Our students are Perkins & Core drawn from the finest undergraduate Pettit & Martin institutions in the United States and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro from diverse cultural, religious and Rogers & Wells socio-economic backgrounds. Rutan & Tucker san Diego City Attorney Alumni - Many of Loyola's more Photo of artist's rendering of the building. santa Clara County District than 8,000 alumni have contributed Attorney significantly to the prestige of the Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins Law School by their outstanding & McMahon professional achievements. Loyola is PRITZKER GOES TO GEHRY Shea & Gould well represented in all facets of the Shearman & Sterling practice of law. The Alumni Associ­ Sidley & Austin ation actively works with students in rank 0. Gehry, the architect and the Darling Library Pavilion, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher a variety of ways, including raising responsible for the contem­ currently under construction. &Flom funds for scholarships and coordi­ F porary design of the Loyola Known by many as an "artist's Stroock & Stroock & Lavan nating with the Career Planning Law School campus, has recently architect," Gehry has designed Sullivan & Cromwell and Placement Center for the On­ added another accolade to his list of homes, shopping centers, museums. Troy casden Gould Campus Interviewing Program, honors - the most coveted Pritzker skyscrapers and restaurants in Los Tuttle & Taylor as well as assisting with actual Architecture Prize. Angeles, across the U.S., Asia and White & Case job placement The Pritzker, an international Europe. The uniqueness of his work award, is the most prestigious prize has been most recognized in more Wyman, Bautzer, Kuchel & Silbert in the field of architecture and recent years. and in the L.A. area Job Placement - The Pacific Rim recognizes the creative genius of his work includes renovation of the economic explosion has combined architects in the field. Hollywood Bowl, the California with the strong local economy in Gehry, who officially received the Aerospace Museum, the Temporary

Continued on page 2 award in Japan, has also designed Contemporary at the Museum of • the newest building of the Law Contemporary Art, and, of course, School - the Casassa Building the Loyola Law School. • 2 LOYOLA LAWYER

large (100 +/-student) major Bar­ can Bar Association in Cartagena, areas in which they teach. .•• FRO related required or recommended Colombia. The paper will be pub­ Not only do students benefit from class, a more advanced class (50+/­ lished by the Inter-American the continued involvement of faculty students) and a small class or University Law Review. members in issues at the cutting THE DEAN seminar. In any given year, approx­ Victor Gold teaches Trial Advo­ edge of the law, but many students imately half the faculty will teach cacy, Contracts, and Evidence. get to play a direct role in the either a skills class like Ethics, Victor has recently written Volume research and analytical processes Counseling and Negotiation or Trial 26 of West Publication Company's through their work as research or Appellate Practice, or a small Federal Practice and Procedure series assistants. Seminars and indepen­ first-year writing section. with Charles Alan Wright. This dent student research projects often Although such a schedule re­ volume is on the federal rules of evi­ grow out of faculty members' schol­ presents a substantial teaching dence. Victor is currently at work on arly endeavors. Finally, the contact commitment, faculty members do Volume 27 of the series. that faculty scholarship promotes have sufficient time when combined Bill Coskran, who teaches Property with the judiciary, with practitioners, with summer research and writing to and Commercial and Residential and with faculty colleagues at other produce scholarly articles and books. Leasing published an article entitled, law schools plays a very positive role Is it worthwhile? In my opinion, ab­ "Assignment and Sublease Restric­ in the career plans of our students. solutely - not only for the research tions," in 22 Loyola Los Angeles Law References and endorsements from result itself. but also for the richness Review 405, (1989). Bill serves as respected teacher-scholars carry a and depth a research-involved consultant for the California Law great deal of weight in the scholar can bring to .the classroom. Revision Commission on Proposed marketplace. There is no doubt that scholarship Revisions for Commercial Real And what of the benefits of sometimes has had a bad name Estate Leasing Legislation, and has consulting and practice? Certainly, among students and alumni. The made numerous presentations there is value when faculty members stereotypical image is of a detached, before the Commission and before become involved as consultants in often absent-minded individual who the Senate and Assembly Judiciary important and novel issues in their ne of the un-ending debates reluctantly takes time from research Committees. fields of interest. They are most likely that engages those in aca­ to deliver dry. uninspiring and often Chris May teaches Constitutional to have such opportunities when demia involves the issue of irrelevant lectures, who regards Law and Civil Procedures. The they are known as legal scholars professional activities outside of the students with stolid resignation Harvard University Press recently who have given thought to these classroom. Controversy inevitably as a necessary evil and class time as published his book, In the Name of matters and discussed them in the swirls around the issue of faculty something that must be endured. At War: judicial Review and the War forum of a law journal or some other scholarship. How much does it con­ worst, such professors are seen as Powers Since 1918. publication of legal research and tribute to or detract from teaching? cynical exploiters or manipulators Dan Selmi teaches Environmental scholarship. This kind of valuable, How relevant is traditional academic who use low-paid student research Law and Torts. His book, State but time-limited involvement with research and writing to the concerns assistants to produce articles that Environmental Law, co-authored regard to practice serves students of students and the Bar? would not will enhance their scholarly repu­ with Professor Ken Manaster of much more consistently than regular faculty be better off just focusing on tation and perhaps lead to lucrative Santa Clara University will be and routine consultation or "of teaching and, to the extent that time consulting engagements. If such law published next year by Clark counsel" relationships. • is available, engaging in practicing professors exist anywhere (and I Boardman Company. and consulting in the "real" world? might add that they would have a Larry Solum, who teaches Devel­ Fortunately, Loyola has not difficult time surviving in today's law opment of Legal Thought, Constitu­ suffered from the dichotomy school environment), they are most tional Law, and Federal Civil between research and teaching. definitely not present at Loyola. In Jurisdiction has published several Further, regardless of their outside fact, several of our most productive articles in both the constitutional Loyola Law School activities, most faculty are very and thoughtful scholars are also and jurisprudential fields including accessible to students, spending as among our most respected teachers. most recently, "Originalism as Trans­ formation Politics," 63 Tulane Law Arth ur N. Frakt much time in discussion, advice and This is as it should be. After all, Dean counseling on an individual basis as articles and books are simply Review, 1599 (1989). they do in class. Still, despite the another way of conveying ideas and I could continue with a very Robert A. Cooney prominent visibility of all of the information to an audience. Teachers extensive bibliography. As a matter Assistant Dean for Business physical changes at Loyola and the who are stimulating in print should of fact, commencing-with this year's - a nd Development - growth and development of the also be stimulating in class. annual bulletin, we will be publishing library and such professional staff Let me provide you with a few a list of recent faculty publications. Laura D. Lollar areas as career counseling and examples of the kinds of inter­ Many of our faculty are very produc­ Director of Development placement and financial aid, the relationships between teaching and tive in their areas of teaching exper­ Toni Lieteau most profound development during scholarship which enhances both. tise. Among them, sam Pillsbury in Editor, Director of Communications my tenure as dean has been the Professor Edith Friedler teaches Criminal Law, Lary Lawrence in Con­ greatly increased emphasis on and Conflict of Laws, Immigration Law, tracts and Commercial Law, Dan Eloise Amundson support for faculty scholarship and Comparative Law, and Roman Law. Lazaroff in Antitrust and Sports Law, Assistant Editor related professional activities. Her most recent scholarly activities Lon Sobel in Entertainment and Con­ For most of Loyola's history, involved the publication of an article stitutional Law, Therese Maynard in faculty members taught very heavy entitled, "Party Autonomy Revisited: Corporate and Securities law, Gideon academic loads; today, we have A Statutory Solution to a Choice of Kanner in Eminent Domain, John Loyola Law School adheres to and achieved a level of class hours and Law Problem;· 37 University of Calmore in Housing Law, Jan supports all legal requirements for subjects consistent with that of the Kansas Law Review, 471-527, 1989. Costello in Family Law and non-discrimination and equal oppor­ nation's finest law schools. Typically, This last spring, Edith presented a Children's Rights Law, Jennifer tunity in all of its programs. As a a faculty member will teach no more paper, "Asylum as a Human Right: Is Friesen in Labor Law and State and Jesuit-related institution, the Law than two courses a semester with no the United States Complying with its Constitutional Law, etc. In fact, the School recognizes its moral and repeats or duplications. A faculty International Commitments?" at the vast majority of faculty members are ethical obligation to affirmatively teaching assignment may include a 27th Conference of the Inter-Ameri- writing and conducting research in provide opportunities for a quality legal education to qualified applicants of diverse backgrounds, interests and professional goals and objectives. What Makes Loyola Unique Continued from page 1 miles away from its parent environment in this urban downtown institution, Loyola Marymount location was a high priority. And that The Loyola Lawyer is the newspaper Southern California to provide University. The Law School and the is exactly what resulted -a small of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, abundant job opportunities in the University Board of Trustees felt that campus consisting of several free­ published by the Communications legal profession. Loyola students achieving a true campus standing, attractive buildings Office for alumni, students and and graduates compete extremely clustered around the "Oak Tree frie nds of the Law School. well for placements in the Quad," providing a natural gathering Opinions expressed in this publica­ outstanding law firms with those place for Loyola students, faculty and tion are those of the individual authors from other preeminent Southern staff. Students study out-of-doors, as and not necessarily those of the Law California schools. Many major well as in the library. As most days School administration. Unsolici ted national and California-based firms are sunny in Los Angeles, students manuscripts and photographs are participated in Loyola's Fall On­ can regularly be seen playing welcome, but will not be returned Campus Interviewing Program volleyball and socializing during the unless accompanied by a stamped, sponsored by the Career Planning afternoons and early evenings. self-addressed envelope. Letters to and Placement center. Faculty members mix casually with the editor must be signed, but only the students and join in social activities. writer's initials will be published if so campus Environment - Though Loyola students comment on the requested. Letters not intended for much has been made of the distinc­ accessibility of faculty members and publication should indicate same. tive architectural character of their willingness to spend time Address all mail to: Loyola, alumni and prospective outside the classroom with them. students who have not seen the new The inviting physical environment Editor: Loyola Lawyer campus may not be aware of the certainly promotes interaction Loyola Law School extent to which its environment among students. Loyola graduates 1441 West Olympic Boulevard differs from other law schools. A who join major law firms often say P.O. Box 15019 typical law school is housed in a their "network" of colleagues is Los Angeles, CA 90015-3980 single large building in the midst of a suostantially greater than that of Circulation this issue: 10,000 university campus. Loyola Law fellow associates from other area School, on the other hand, is located Susan Shepard, Assistant Dean f or Admissions. law schools. near downtown Los Angeles, I 5 Recruitment and Special Projects. LOYOLA LAWYER 3

and Vested Rights" and "Hazardous Materials and Hazardous wastes." GROUNDBREAKING FACULTY FORUM BEGINS CONSTRUC­ JOHN MCDERMOTT spent two JOHN 0. CALMORE served as a weeks in the Pacific Rim area in July. TION OF CASASSA panelist in August at the National He presented two papers at the In­ Bar Association's 64th Annual Con­ ternational Commercial Arbitration BUILDING vention in Oakland, CA. He discussed Conference, sponsored by the Re­ "Emotional Distress Damages in gional Center for Arbitration, in Housing Discrimination cases." Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Before groundbreaking, dedication Earlier this summer, CALMORE departing Malaysia for Thailand, ceremony for the Rev. Charles attended the first annual workshop MCDERMOTT met with Paul Blake­ A S. Casassa, S.J., Building and on "New Developments in Critical burn, economic counselor of the U.S. the Hugh and Hazel Darling Library Race Theory," sponsored by the Embassy, as well as the local Pavilion took place on the Law Institute for Legal Studies, University director of the Asia Foundation. School campus september 20, of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Then, MCDERMOTT discussed joint 1989. Loyola Law School officials WI. He also was a panelist at the summer programs with the Dean of and guests, along with local digni­ National Lawyers Guild Convention, the Law Faculty at Thammasat taries watched as the first spadeful Los Angeles, CA, speaking on, University, Bangkok, Thailand. In of soil was turned, marking the start "TWenty Years After the Fair Housing addition to day-long visits to of construction. Act: Where Does Integration Belong Thammasat University's facilities, Construction of the brightly in Our National Housing Policy?" In MCDERMOTT spoke about his papers colored stucco-finished building and April, CALMORE gave the keynote to recent admittees to the Law the library pavilion has been made address at the statewide Housing Society of Thailand, at a series of possible by the Fritz B. Burns Foun­ Law Conference, presented by the lectures. He met with the local dation and the Hugh and Hazel Texas Legal Services Center, in director of the Asia Foundation there Darling Foundation. The Casassa also, regarding the shipment of law Building, a 6-story facade, is the fifth Stanley A. Goldman 75 books from Loyola Law School. building which completes the Phase STANLEY A. GOLDMAN '75 ad­ IV project for the Law School dressed the Annual State Convention VICKI MICHEL attended the designed by Frank 0. Gehry. The of California Public Defenders in second international conference on Building will include a bookstore, Santa Clara, CAin late-April on the Health Law and Ethics in mid-July in seminar rooms, and two 30-seat subject, "Hearsay Rule and the London, England. Her presentation classrooms on the "sunken" ground confrontation Clause." In May was entitled, "Isolation and Exclusion floor. The first floor will house stu­ GOLDMAN led the California Public as Unacknowledged Factors in Court dent organization offices (offices for Defender Association Conference on Decisions on Treatment Refusal." the student journals will be housed Search and Seizure with a presenta­ on the fourth floor) and a vending tion on the present trends of the area that opens on to an outdoor United States Supreme Court with terrace. Located at the northern respect to the laws of search and portion of the building, on the first seizure, in San Francisco, CA. For the floor, will be a 90-seat lecture hall second year in a row, GOLDMAN that is accessible from both the hosted the Annual California Public ground and first floor levels. The Defender Association Appellate and curved pedestrian bridge will Writ Lawyers Conference at Loyola connect the Rains Library to the in June. Later that month, he second floor of this Building. Both submitted to the California Supreme the second and third floors are Court an Amicus Curiae brief on dedicated to library functions, and behalf of the California Public are joined by a stair tower which Defender Association with respect to serves as a "lantern" visible from a case dealing with issues of campus on the south side of the constitutional and evidentiary law. building, fronting the campus. The remaining two levels will primarily john 0. Calmore GIDEON KANNER was planning accommodate administrative offices. co-chairperson of the American Law The top floor will house the video Houston, TX; and was a panelist Institute - American Bar Associ­ studios, the trial advocacy class­ at the Right-to-Housing Conference ation Committee on Continuing room, another conference room and sponsored by the Harvard Law Professional Education (ALI-ABA) the Chancellor's suite. Both the new School Human Rights Program in and the Florida Atlantic Univer­ classroom building and the pedes­ cambridge, MA. He spoke on the Samuel Pillsbury sity/Florida International University trian skywalk will be named for topic, "The Intersection Between Joint Center for Environmental and SAMUEL PILLSBURY'S article, outstanding individuals - Rev. Race and Class as Effecting Access Urban Problems jointly co-sponsored "Emotional Justice: Moralizing the Charles S. Casassa, S.)., and Mr. to Housing." Summer Course of Study in mid­ Passions of Criminal Law," was pub­ and Mrs. Hugh and Hazel Darling. August in San Francisco, CA. Called, lished in the Cornell Law Review. The "Land Use Institute: Planning, journal of Criminal Law and Crimi­ Regulation, Litigation, Eminent nology has accepted for publication Domain and Compensation," the this fall another article by PILLS­ program was designed to provide an BURY, "Understanding Penal Reform: effective and efficient review of the Dynamics of Change." In June, current issues in land use for PILLSBURY presented a talk at attorneys, planners, public officials, California State University, Fullerton, developers and academics. Among on the history of American penal issues covered were "Exactions, reform, as part of a lecture series Dedications, In-Lieu Fees, Linkage on criminal justice. •

' Father Charles S. Casassa Casassa, who is best remembered as a humanitarian and for his com­ mitment to academic excellence, served as the tenth president of Loyola University and as chancellor Charlolle K. Goldberg emeritus of the University until his death. He was ordained as a Jesuit CHARLOTTE K. GOLDBERG's priest in 1938 and his first assign­ article, "Choosing Life After Death: ment to Loyola University was in Respecting Religious Beliefs and 1939 as an instructor in the philo­ Moral Convictions in Near Death sophy department. During his Decisions," was recently published lifetime, Casassa achieved many by the Syracuse Law Review. Her notable accomplishments. He will be article presented the argument that remembered for many reasons, but the right of choice extends beyond perhaps he will best be remembered brain death determination. Specif­ for his belief in the educational ically, if an individual's moral system and his philosophic belief convictions or religious beliefs that, "Universities must respond to dictate that he or she should MICHAEL WOLFSON (background) oversees his sabbatical project, the production of a video tape the community and at the same time continue living beyond society's designed lo leach students the lawyering skills of interviewing and counseling clients. WOLFSON definition of death, that preference wrote, directed and produced the video, and worked with a Los Angeles-based film production should be respected. company in the making of the tape. Continued on page 10 4 LOYOLA LAWYE

jon H. Sylvester, visiting law faculty of Texas Southern professor at the Law School, will University, where he achieved the ALOOKATNEW teach in the areas of Contracts, rank of tenured associate professor. International Business Transactions, Sylvester says he came to Loyola and Mass Media Law. because its faculty is both strong LOYOLA FACULTY Prior to joining the legal and collegial and because of its profession, Sylvester worked as a positive atmosphere. tudents returning to Loyola of the adjunct faculty of Southwes­ television news writer, reporter and "I truly enjoy teaching and hope Law School for the fall semes­ tern University Law School and has producer. His legal experience in­ that my students will benefit from ter found a few changes been a member on the California cludes having served as a Consultant my professional and academic among the faculty. A few familiar State Bar Executive Committee on to the U.S. Department of Housing experience in the subject areas of my faces are missing - Terry Collings­ Criminal Law since 198 7. and Urban Development. After three courses. I am a firm believer that, worth and Sheila James Kuehl will In joining the Law School years in private practice in although Law School may not be fun, be on "Leave of Absence" for the community, Levenson's experience w ashington D.C., Sylvester joined the it does not have to be painful." • 1989- 90 academic year, and Mike will enable her to give students a Wolfson was on sabbatical for the perspective on their Jaw school fall semester. While some of those experience and their future goals. familiar are not around, there are ten "It's wonderful to have students new attorneys joining the Law with so much excitement and enthu­ School community. Most of the siasm," she said. "The Law School faculty members were introduced in community has both a sense of the summer issue of the Lawyer and humor and a sense of commitment it is in this issue that a more detailed - two essential agreements to the introduction will be provided along legal profession." with thoughts from a few of the John T. Nockleby practiced Law professors on coming to Loyola in North Carolina in the areas of trial Law School. and appellate litigation of civil rights, Ellen P. Aprill is a Visiting employment discrimination and Professor, who joins other faculty labor. Additionally, Nockleby was at the Law School in teaching Senior Litigation Attorney for the Federal Income Taxation, and Mexican American Legal Defense Partnership Taxation. and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Ellen P. April/ john T. Nockleby In accepting the appointment to Los Angeles. teach taxation law Aprill says, "Many A Visiting Professor, Nockleby will students think of taxation as dull teach First Amendment Survey, and dry. 1 find it exciting and Introduction to Appellate Advocacy fascinating. Taxation raises the most and Torts Writing. fundamental issues of public policy; Professor Nockleby has enjoyed the tax laws are our society's the beginning of the semester, which codification of its values." has been both fun and hectic. He Aprill worked in private practice says, "The students in my classes are for several years, and has also served challenging and make teaching a as Attorney Advisor for the Office of real pleasure." Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Sande Buhai Pond assumes the Department of the Treasury. duties of the new Legal Director for linda S. Beres also joins the the Western Law Center for the faculty as a Visiting Professor and Handicapped (WLCH) and joins the students enrolled in Administration Law School faculty as a Visiting of Criminal Justice and Property­ Professor. Writing will have the opportunity of Pond has an extensive back­ Undo S. Beres SOnde Buhai Pond working with Prof. Beres. Beres has ground in administrative law and served as law clerk to the Hon. Terry civil litigation and has supervised ). Hatter, Jr., of the u.s. District Court law clerks for both the State of for the Ce ntral District of California California Department of Justice and and also the Hon. Warren T. the Los Angeles Superior Court. She Ferguson of the U.S. Court of will teach the course in Law of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Disabled and Elderly as well as In assessing her first few months supervising students in the WLCH at the Law School, Prof. Beres said, "I externship program. am enjoying being here and am Pond replaces Nora Quinn who looking forward to working with the is on maternity leave from the student ~;. faculty and staff for the Law School. remainder of my visit." Gilda Tuoni Russell has taught Barbara A. Blanco joins the at other law schools between work­ Loyola community as Clinical Pro­ ing in private practice. She has fessor and as the Faculty Clinical served as a Visiting Professor at the r Director. She was staff attorney for University of Colorado Law School, as the Legal Aid Foundation of Los an Adjunct Professor at Boston Barbara A. Blanco Gilda Tuoni Russell Angeles, and helped establish the College Law SChool, and more recent­ I Tenant Defense Center, which was ly as an Associate Professor at later incorporated into the offices Northeastern University SChool of Law. of the Legal Aid Foundation of As an Associate Professor of Law Los Angeles as the Eviction at Loyola, Tuoni Russell will teach in Oefense Cen ter. the areas of Civil Procedure Writing, Associate Professor Randy F. Ethics, Counseling, and Negotiation Kandel has served as Jaw clerk to and Trial Advocacy. the Hon. Robert S. Vance of the U.S. Sean M. Scott has worked in Court of Appeals for the Eleventh private practice in Baltimore and Los Circuit. Additionally, she has served Angeles in the areas of corporate law as an associate professor in the and legal concerns of financial Department of Sociology and Anthro­ institutions. A past member of the pology at Florida International Uni­ Maryland State Bar Young Lawyers versity and has served as Adjunct Association, Scott is currently active Professor at Cardozo School of Law. in the National Conference of Prior to coming to Loyola, Kandel Black Lawyers. Randy F. Kandel/ Sean M. scou practiced in New York, specializing Joining the LLS faculty as an in matrimonial and family law. associate professor, scott will teach While at Loyola Kandel will teach Commercial Law, Contracts Writing, Civil Procedure Writing, Family Race and Racism in American Law. Law/ Marital Property and Law and In reflecting on what she will bring to Anthropology. the classroom, in addition to her law Laurie L Levenson joins the experience Scott said, "I hope to Law School faculty as an Associate bring an element of legal realism to Professor and will teach Administra­ my classes. I think it is important for tion of Criminal Justice, Ethics, students to be aware that the Jaw, be Counseling and Negotiation, and it statutory or common, is not made Evidence. in a vacuum. Social, economic and Prior to joining the faculty political policies have a tremendous Levenson served, for eight years as impact on our legal system. I believe an Assistant United States Attorney, that without an appreciation for the Criminal Section in Los Angeles, and impact which such forces have on achieved the position of Senior Trial our legal system, we, as a society, Attorney and Assistant Division will find it difficult to live up to our Laurie L Levenson jon H. Sylvester Chief. She has served as a member democratic ideals." (See page II for vitae of each professor) / LOYOLA LAWYER 5

settings. Personal interaction and asked, and that they should be Career Planning and Placement Center: communications skills (oral and asking the interviewer. Interviewing written), and the ability to sum­ workshops also encourage students Serving both Students and Alumni marize facts or synthesize data, for to seek information from the In the Career Search example, may have been developed employer, such as a firm's history. If in another job, and are essential for f a student feels that he or she needs what they will be doing in Jaw." She additional preparation, Ross-Burnett oyola Law School students and _ school staff also organizes the adds, "Despite not having worked in arranges a mock interview at the graduates are highly regarded annual Government careers a law firm, the training that an Center, and then verbally evaluates and actively sought in the legal Information Day, a joint effort of all employer would find valuable in the student's semblance and tactics. marketplace, for they have proven southern California ALA-accredited an employee is most often Mock interviews can also be themselves to be well-educated, Jaw schools, and smaller panels and already there." videotaped at Loyola's on-campus well-trained, responsible and programs with speakers conducted In addition to figuring out how Instructional Media Center, and then motivated men and women. As a on campus throughout the year. to write down thoughts logically, evaluated by both Ross-Burnett and matter of fact, employment surveys Assistant Dean Ross-Burnett people oftentimes need assistance the student conducted by the school in recent directs the overall activities of the with the cover Jetter. "Sometimes years indicate that approximately 92 office, sets the Center's goals and the people get wordy and write two­ Informational Sessions to 95 percent of new graduates are steps by which goals are met, and page letters," says Ross-Burnett employed before or within six counsels persons one-on-one on job "Though the purpose of the Jetter Informational sessions, as opposed months of their commencement searches, career changes, resume is to eliminate excess baggage from The competition for student writing and interviewing skills. Ross­ to an interview, are essentially open the resume, it should be an abbrevi­ forums in which a particular firm externships and permanent Burnett is also the primary liaison ated, succinct message to the visits the campus and informs employment for alumni has stiffened between the Jaw school and employer on why the person is as the number of graduates from employers who might visit the students on what is happening at its applying. Not everyone is office, the specifics of its application various law schools has increased. campus for recruiting, and she aware of this." Loyola, through its Career Planning consults with employers who process and the prospects for employment Government employers and Placement center, has need suggestions on responded to this challenge by recruitment strategies. Panel Discussions often utilize information sessions as part of their recruitment efforts. becoming more involved with She is also responsible for working students' education beyond the with Jaw school faculty and develop­ There are two types of panels: Typically, these informational students conversing with students, sessions are wine and cheese realm of the classroom, and by ing a network of alumni whom assisting practicing alumni with their students can contact as expert and alumni talks with students. receptions where a law firm's senior special job-search needs. As a result resources on particular specialties in A student who talks to other partners and younger associates students about his or her career informally meet with the students. of the center's efforts, Loyola alumni Jaw or for an informational interview. can be found working at every level She ensures that the Career Planning experience during the summer as a of private practice, the Bench, and Placement Center remains the government and public service. And primary contact at the Jaw school for students can be found gaining work interaction with other law schools experience in virtually every area of (local and nationwide) for developing Jaw. Helping today's students and new resources or sharing alumni plan their careers has information, as welL become just as important an Ross-Burnett states, 'Tm always element of the legal education at trying to think of new ways to Loyola as the admission and maintain the volume of paper financial aid processes. information that we need to make The Career Planning and available, and to organize it so that it Placement Center is comprised of six is more digestible to alumni and professionals who are service­ students." Which means, she adds,"! oriented and experienced in their need to keep abreast of all new work. The staff includes: Carol Ross­ trends in legal recruiting and hiring Burnett, assistant dean; Francine .. . it also means trying to keep infor­ Matas, assistant director; Patricia mation on hand about various kinds Aracia, library resources/special of employers, and 'meeting the project coordinator; Dolores Rivera, requirements of the entire class - recruitmen t coordinator; Sharon not just the ones at the top who may Tuggle, senior placement assistant; want to go to the large firms, but all and Daun Monroe, placement assis­ those who want to work in private Assiscant Dean Carol Ross-Burnett explained the On-Campus Interviews process lO job-seeking tant Both Ross-Burnett, who holds practice; in government at local, scudenlS al a session held cheirfirst day back in class, and poin ted oul imporlanl dales lo remember a master's degree in counseling, and state or federal levels; in public · for submicting resumes. Matas have extensive experience in, interest work; in law school teaching; and are available for, individualized or in a non-traditional law profession Jaw clerk for the attorney general, for on-Campus Interviews counseling and consultation on job such as investment banking." example, is helpful because that search strategy development Besides priva te and group person can relate to students on a On-Campus Interviews (OC!s) are counseling, the Career Planning peer level, and students truly take to formal, pre-interviews conducted and Placement Center at Loyola heart what is being said. "When I twice a year by representatives from attempts to broaden student organize student panels," says Ross­ law firms. corporations, government exposure to law opportunities by Burnett, "I try to get a diversity of agencies and public interest organ­ participating with other law schools viewpoints and experiences so that izations. OCI is a national recruit­ in a Government Careers Information people are not locked into consid­ ment conducted by major law firms Day in March, a Public Interest Law ering employment with only the 'big' and other legal employers at ABA­ Career Day hosted by UCLA in firm or in government, but that they accredited law schools across the February, and an International hear from a variety of people on country. During OCI employers come Careers Day hosted by usc Law other possibilities." on campus to interview students for Center. The Center also offers a Panels staffed by alumni are prospective law clerk positions for variety of services to students, such interesting to students because then the summer, and for permanent as resume writing and interviewing they can see that graduates are out positions following graduation. workshops, panel discussions, in the field doing well ... and the informational sessions and On­ alumni have a lot to say on how they Alumni Services Ca mpus Interviews. got there! Many of the outstanding law firms in California have large The Attorney job Bulletin , a biweekly numbers of partners and associates Resume Writing Workshops newsletter and in essence a sum­ who have graduated from Loyola. mary of job listings for attorneys, is Carol Ross Burnect Ross-Burnett is always eager to hear mailed to alumni upon request The Assiscanc Dean for Career Planning Though standardized, the legal from alumni who are interested in publica tion is free. Please call the and Placemenc resume is slightly different from volunteering to speak at the panels. career Planning and Placemen t resumes for other professions. Most She states, "Alumni need only be Center at (2 13) 736- 11 50 to have people who have never written one The Ce nter, a member of the prepared to speak on what they are your name and address placed on National Association for Law before have no idea what format it doing, what they have done in the the mailing list Placement (NALP), is responsible for should follow, and that is when a past, how they reached their desti­ The Alumni Referral Service is coordinating On- Campus Interviews, resume writing workshop headed by nation and what the job search was another provision of the law school maintaining job listings, receiving Ross-Burnett proves usefuL She like." For more information on panel for alumni seeking a career move. students' telephone inquiries, and explains that sometimes it is just a discussions, alumni should call Alumni need to complete an em­ developing and maintaining the matter of telling students and new Assistant Dean Carol Ross- Burnett ployment profile form, which Ross­ career Planning and Placement graduates what the expected format at (2 13) 736-11 50. Burnett will attach to their resume. Center's Career Resource Ubrary. is, and then helping them to refine When the assistant dean receives a The center's affiliation with NALP is their draft and to list their skills call from an employer who is looking an assurance to students and alumni and experience in the best light Interviewing Workshops for that "certain lawyer," she refers that its services are available only to Most people entering law school to her file. If an alumnus fits the bill, The Career Planning and Placement employers committed to a policy have no legal experience and there­ Ross- Burnett then refers him or her Center at Loyola Law School also against discrimination in employ­ fore think themselves not market­ directly to the employer. holds interviewing workshops. These ment based on sex, age, race, color, able. Ross-Burnett claims this is not Alumni should note that the ser­ workshops educate students on how religious creed, sexual orientation, necessarily true: "The skills students vices available to students, with the national origin, physical disability, need as a Jaw clerk, and later as an to prepare themselves for the legal marital/parental/veteran status or attorney, are probably skills they interview, such as what kinds of Continued on page 8 the prejudice of clients. The Jaw have been developing in other questions they should expect to be 6

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ne of the most significant of the Law School's which was calculated as follows: (3.2 I40 x GPA) + similar undergraduate GPAs may be excluded. Obvi­ functions is the admissions process. Obvi­ (.5270 x LSAn + (50.5740) - PFYA. ously, for the most part, students with the best 0 ously, the aptitude and quality of the student Using this formula, we have a very strong predic­ records and the highest aptitude are most likely body are critical elements in Loyola's continued tive tool for determining who is likely to succeed in to perform well in law school. success. No matter how outstanding the teaching law school. The formula is slightly more heavily Performance in post-graduate programs will be efforts of the faculty, they may only be as challenging weighted in favor of the LSAT, but again that is considered; but since there is substantial grade infla­ as the ability and interest of the students will permit. because this has proven to be a somewhat more tion in many graduate programs, each application No matter how extensive and deep the library accurate predictor of performance than have grades will be individually evaluated. collection is, it is of little value if it cannot be read in undergraduate school standing alone. Perhaps sur­ Both bar examination performance and success in and understood by the law students for whose prisingly, there does not appear to be a statistically practice have some relationship to academic success. education it has been created. And the best efforts of significant predictive distinction based upon which Still, many students have overcome mediocre aca­ our placement program will be of little avail if the undergraduate school was attended or the major demic records and have become outstanding attor­ students do not impress potential employers with areas of study. In short, someone who has been a neys. Part of the administrative process in admissions their aptitude. very active good student in college is likely to be a is to see if we can identify such individuals to give Loyola has been very fortunate over the years to good performer in law school, as long as they dem­ them an opportunity which might not be totally justi­ have attracted a consistently high quality student onstrate the aptitude for the study of law on the fied by the numbers alone. Here is where evaluations, body. Even during the occasional lean periods when LSA T. LSD AS also provides such information as rank letters of recommendation and essays may be impor- interest in law school admissions has declined. in class, a profile of the college's student-body and a Loyola has been able to maintain relatively high complete transcript and writing sample, all of which statistical standards for its entering classes. Applica­ are helpful in the evaluation process. tions for the entering class of I989 were up a full I8 percent over the previous year; and there is every REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS indication that this level of applications, which approaches that of the record years of the mid-70s, When applications are received and the information will be maintained at least in the immediate future. required for evaluation is completed, each application Out of the total 31,000 combined day and evening is individually reviewed by the Dean for Admissions. applications for Fall I989, 945 were admitted (or Under American Bar Association accreditation stan­ approximately one in three). Of those admitted, 440 dards, we may neither admit nor retain as a student matriculated at the Law School. The final statistics someone who does not have a reasonable likelihood will put the mean Law School Admission Test score of success in law school. Therefore, individuals whose for the entering class at 3 7, or the 80th percentile of predicted first-year average would either place them those taking the test. The mean GPA is approximately at the failing or probationary level will be rejected. 3.2. These are strong statistics. quite comparable to Even in these cases though, if the Dean for Admis­ many of the outstanding state and private law sions determines that normal predictive factors are schools throughout the nation and close to the questionable, the application will be forwarded to the highest levels among the private law schools in Admissions Committee for further review. For exam-c California. pie, someone's record may demonstrate a very low undergraduate GPA, but suppose this average were obtained largely in engineering or chemistry, while Applications for the entering class of 1989 the liberal arts subjects which the applicant under­ were up afull18 percent over the previous year; took resulted in much higher grades. It is possible and there is eve.ry indication that this level of that the GPA is not a true reflection of potential. applications, which approaches that of the Similarly some applicants may be academic over record years of the mid-70s, will be maintained achievers. Although they may have low LSAT or at least in the immediate future. other standardized test scores. their grades in demanding courses will be so high that I they deserve another look. QUESTIONS MOST OFTEN ASKED The Dean for Admissions is empowered to admit I applicants whose predicted first-year average is I There is a great deal of confusion and misunder­ above a certain point, typically in the B range (80 or I standing about the admissions process. Among the above) unless there are some indications of potential I kinds of questions which are raised with great difficulty. These might include a significant gap t ' frequency are these: between LSA T scores and undergraduate perform­ What weight is given to recommendations? What ance. questionable evaluations or personal state­ ~ I kind of recommendations are most important? Does ments, a writing sample which reveals a limited the Law School take into consideration extracur­ grasp of grammar and syntax. Adjustments up or l I ricular activities and outside work? The ability to down in this "automatic admit" level may be made ~ I overcome economic and social obstacles? Do alumni during the course of the year as the size and aca­ ~ I relationships carry considerable weight? Is special demic quality of the admissions pool become clearer. considerati on given to women? What about mem­ Other adjustments may be made for under-repre­ rthur N. Frakt, dean and professor at ! I bers of minority groups? How important are essays • I sented minority groups. Loyola Law School, received his B.S., ~ I and other non-quantifiable aspects of the admissions All applications not rejected or admitted within the with honors, from Rutgers College in New I A I materials? Considering the grades, does the Admis­ authority of the Director of Admissions are forwarded Brunswick, New Jersey in 1961. He received his ~ sions Committee make distinctions among under­ to the Admissions Committee which includes a broad J.D., with honors, from Rutgers University Law ~ graduate schools? Does a rising grade-point-average ~ representation of faculty and administration. The School in I964. After completing military service, over the years in college merit extra consideration? Dean for Admission's notes accompany each Dean Frakt was appointed Deputy Attorney Gen­ What about grades in an applicant's major subject? applicant's file. eral for civil rights in the state of New Jersey. In Does work experience or post-graduate education Each file will then be read by at least two, and usu­ I966, he was appointed to the faculty of Rutgers count for a great deal in the admissions process? ally three, members of the Committee independently. Law School where he ultimately served as Let me start with some basics. First, all students Each Committee member will make written observa­ Professor and Associate Dean until 1982, must have received a Bachelor's degree from an tions and vote to admit, reject, or wait list the candi­ when he came to Loyola. accredited institution prior to matriculating at Loyola. date. If there is no strong positive or negative response, Dean Frakt has written many articles on No exceptions are made to this policy. Where the the Committee member might make a "by-the­ constitutional and tort law, and with Professor undergraduate degree. or its equivalent, is received numbers" vote; that is. "Admit this applicant if his or Janna Rankin of San Diego State University, he at a foreign institution, there is a formal process for her level of PFY A is needed to fill the admissions pool." has written a book entitled The Law of Parks evaluating and equating the degree with those from Recreation Resources, and Leisure Services, United States schools. Second, all applicants must MANY FACTORS CONSIDERED (Brighton Publishing Co., Salt Lake City. I 982) take the Law School Admission Test (LSA T). These and numerous articles dealing with legal must be processed through the Law School Data If there is disagreement among the Committee issues on the national parks as well as Assembly Service (LSDAS) of the Law School Admis­ members. applications will be reviewed at a meeting on urban recreation. sion Council (LSAC) which collects transcripts, trans­ of the entire Committee. lates grades into a standard GPA and generally serves Within the pool of candidates whose first year to allow us to judge each applicant on fair and grade point average is predicted to be C+ or better, tant. In terms of recommendations, academic evalua­ consistent standards. there are a variety of distinctions which we take into tions from professors who knew the applicant well, or In order to make the combination of undergrad­ consideration. These may include a rising grade point who have reviewed the applicant's academic work, uate GPA and LSAT scores more meaningful. the average, a strong showing in particularly demanding are most significant. At the other extreme, letters LSD AS regularly calculates a formula fo r combining courses, whether or not they are in the applicant's from politicians, business acquaintances of an these two figures based upon the actual performance major, or an undergraduate school with less grade applicant's family and others who may have presti­ of first-year students at Loyola Law School. In other mflation than is typical. we don't want to exclude gious positions in society but know nothing of the words, the accuracy of our admissions criteria is not candidates on a purely mechanical basis. Therefore. applicant's record or potential, have very little value, something made up out of thin air or determined on if there is something in the academic record which if any. No one should be admitted to law school a general national basis. It is specific for our exper­ indicates that an applicant has overcome difficulties solely on the basis of whom they know, or, more ience at Loyola. For example, for 1989 admissions, we and really is capable of high-level work, that individ­ often, whom their parents know. Having said that, we used a Predicted First Year Average (PFYA) formula ual may receive consideration, while others with do pay attention to recommendations of alumni and 7 SATLOYO will consider the comments of friends and supporters PERSONAL INTERVIEWS RARE receive A and B+ grades in most of their courses have of the Law School very seriously. Loyalty to the established the kind of work habits and understand­ school through participation in fundraising or other At times, we will invite a candidate for a personal ing of quality performance which will translate well activities important to our students should be recog-­ interview so that we may determine if doubts raised into success as a law student. Those who are content nized. It must be stressed, however, that no one will by the application are valid. Also, some applicants with ordinary grades, easy course and minimal be admitted without a good academic record nor will may have fine potential, but something in their appli­ achievement are likely to continue those attitudes in anyone be rejected simply because he or she has no cation, either in the essays or in the recommendations, law school, often with disastrous results. In fact, at alumni recommendations. may raise questions about their understanding of the Loyola those at the bottom of the class are usually In addition to outside evaluations, when hard purpose of law school or of their commitment to the not students with minimal ability, for everyone we decisions must be made between persons with simi­ work necessary to achieve success. Those candidates admit has significant aptitude. Rather, they are either lar academic indicia, essays and evidence of extra­ may also be interviewed to try to resolve these ques­ students who are not really committed to law studies curricular activities may become very important. It is tions. Although we encourage potential applicants to or are those who have never learned the importance at the marginal levels that close scrutiny is given to visit the school, to participate in our student and staff of working at their highest level of capacity. these aspects of the application. Sometimes an appli­ guided tours and to sit in on our classes, we do not as a rule grant individual admissions interviews. For cant who is rejected will respond with anger that we IMPORTANCE OF CANDOR IN THE PERSONAL one thing, it is unfair to all of those applicants who, have stressed his or her academic record and LSA T STATEMENT scores to the exclusion of recommendations, essays, for one reason or another, are not able to come in and attempt to be individually or personally persua­ Often an applicant with an ordinary academic record sive to give other applicants with similar records an will try to impress the Admissions Committee with advantage because they have been more aggressive the eloquence of his or her personal statement. This in personally arguing for their admission. More is admirable if the applicant truly has something to importantly, it is very unlikely that in an individual say, but it can be counter-productive if the essay is interview, an applicant will say anything to really forced or seems insincere. Many of our applicants distinguish himself or herself from other applicants. have had only a limited life experience. There is not We assume that applicants to law school have great much point in overstating that experience, in making desires to become lawyers. We assume that they will more of it than it merits. make every effort to impress us with their diligence Some applicants make much of the deep meaning­ and dedication. We would prefer to judge them on fulness of their fraternity, sorority, or other social the record which they have amassed over the years activities in college. Well - I enjoyed a good party rather than on the basis of a brief, highly personal when I was in college, but I don't know that decorat­ and subjective evaluation. ing a room with crepe paper is exactly meaningful AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND MINORITY training for arguing a case in the Supreme Court. Seriously, I would personally rather see a thoughtful ADMISSIONS and simple statement of purpose, even if it renects Loyola, like most, if not all major American law uncertainty about ultimate goals, than overblown schools, has made a solemn commitment to increas­ rhetoric and nights of descriptive fancy. In truth, ing the representation of minority groups within the if even one-tenth of the applicants whose essays Bar. When appropriate, we will apply somewhat less radiate with dedication to the noblest, most seiness stringent standards for admissions. We also have motivation and aspirations actually carried out the made a major commitment for scholarships to life of service to humanity they describe, human underrepresented groups. All of our admitted existence would be elevated to a much higher plane students, whether minority or majority, meet than that to which we have become accustomed. basic admissions requirements. Applicants should understand that there's nothing With nearly half of the admissions pool and the wrong with aspiring to a productive and useful pro­ student population being women, we do not make fessional career which will help them support them­ any distinctions based on gender in our admissions selves and their families in reasonable comfort. In criteria. At the same time, we are sensitive to the short - be honest and only speak of unusual and need of a continuing effort for women to fully inte­ idealistic objectives if you truly possess them. grate the Bar - and we are aware of the special I'm confident that our admissions procedure, problems which many women have to overcome in with its checks and balances and with the review order to reach their academic and professional goals. and input of several administrative and faculty partic­ ipants, will produce the best group of students which we can glean from the applicant pool. They will con­ I can't stress too much the importance of doing tinue to be varied in cultural, ethnic, educational and well in college studies. No one should be content political backgrounds and will renect the broad diver­ with mediocre performance. Although extracur­ sity of perspectives found in our community and our ricular activities are very significant and grati­ nation. They will all possess a high potential for not fying, they should not be permitted to interfere just competence but true excellence in both the study with academic achievement. and practice of law. It will then be the cooperative and shared responsibility of faculty, administration and the students themselves to bring that potential OBSERVATIONS ON THE OVERALL PROCESS to realization.

I have spent many years reading admissions files and Arthur N. Frakt being involved in the admissions process. There are a Dean few observations that I would like to share with those of you who know people currently in college who may be anticipating a law career, or who are them­ etc. In fact, these materials are very important, but it selves in the process of thinking about applying for would be unfair to use them to boost an applicant's law school. I can't stress too much the importance of standing far above others with higher records of doing well in college studies. No one should be con­ scholastic achievement. Basically, these subjective tent with mediocre performance. Although extracur­ The following are the recently evaluations and material will help us make distinc­ ricular activities are very significant and gratifying, tions at the levels at which we are admitting. They they should not be permitted to interfere with aca­ compiled statistics for the 1989- will not turn a marginally qualified candidate into a demic achievement. Poor grades cannot be excused 90 entering class of Loyola Law highly qualified candidate. on the basis that one's energies were devoted to School. This information will also be of va lue in making sports, fraternities or sororities, or some other pursuit. scholarship awards, although, again, academic After all, the principal purpose of an education is to potential plays a major role in scholarship learn - and a record of low achievement will not determinations. demonstrate one's learning capacity or accomplish­ Often an applicant who does not appear to meet ments. Often I will receive a phone call from our admissions standards will have been admitted to someone supporting an applicant who will say, "They Total Class: 430 were around a 3.0 average." Usually, the potential another A.B.A. accredited law school. The best indi­ 344 cation for success in law school, is, in fact, success in applicant is below a 3.0, and even with a 3.0 at most Full Time: universities, a student will either be barely within or law school. By this I mean that if someone demon­ Part Time: 86 strates that he or she has been successful in law below the top half of the class. school, that certainly overcomes whatever doubts I personally put a great deal of stress on the Mean GPA: 3.25 may be engendered by a low LSAT or marginal GPA. accomplishments of the students in their undergrad­ Thus, we will often tell candidates that although we uate careers. Although, undoubtedly, the LSAT is very LSAT: 38 cannot admit them as first-year students, if they are significant, in my experience if an applicants has at able to obtain a solid B average at another A.B.A. least a satisfactory LSAT score, which indicates a accredited law school, we would accept them as capacity to do law school work, the undergraduate transfer students after the first year. record is even more important. High achievers who 8 LO OLA I..A\VYE

placement, and acts as a resource to Directory, a collection of biographical FACULTY BIOGRAPHY ON the Career Planning and Placement data on members of law firms, and Center for counseling students on numerous other directories such as career choices and opportunities. those focusing on law firms and law BARBARA A. BLANCO Professor Blanco's published schools. The center's library also opinions include: Arrieta v. Mahon, houses employment directories acuity Clinical Director and 31 Cal.3d 381 (1982); and Hernandez, Oob listings), such as: Public Clinical Professor of Law et. al. v. Stabach, 145 Cal.App.3d 309 Interest Clearinghouse, Federal Professor Blanco received a (1983). Also, she has published the and National Legal Report, and B.A. (1971) and a J.D. (1976) from article: Tort liability of Intrauterine the AALS Teaching Bulletin. U.C.LA. Upon passing the Bar in Device Manufacturers, Women 's Law Individual job listings and reading 1976, she served as an associate for journal (1977). • files - articles from legal periodicals two years with the Los Angeles law on current trends in recruiting prac­ firm of Margolis, McTernan, Scope & tices, interviewing and hiring, as well Epstein. Professor Blanco then joined as information and profiles on law the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Career Planning firms - also can be found at the Angeles as a staff attorney and later Continued rrom page 5 Center's Career Resource library. became a partner in the law firm of The Career Planning and Place­ Blanco & Blasi - a non-profit law exception of On-Campus Interviews ment Center's informational office known as the Tenant Defense and the workshops, are also publications available to the public Center, which eventually was incor­ available to them. For example, include the Information for Legal porated into the Legal Aid Founda­ an alumnus can visit Loyola and Employers, a brochure about Loyola tion of Los Angeles as the Eviction take advantage of the Career and the Center specifically; and the Defense Center. Until recently she Resource library. Admissions Bulletin, a detailed book­ was a managing attorney for the let on the people, programs and Foundation. Career Resource library facilities at Loyola Law School. As faculty clinical director and For more information about the clinical professor of law, Professor )ob search materials available at the services provided by the Career Blanco devotes full-time attention to career Resource library, located in­ Planning and Placement Center, or the student internship program at side the Career Planning and Place­ copies of their publications, please Loyola Law School, as well as ment Center, include an up- to-date call (2 13) 736-11 50 during the hours teaches the course, Ethics, file of resumes from local (predom­ of 8:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Counseling and Negotiation. during their placement, and for inantly Southern California) and out­ Wednesday and Thursday; 8:45 a.m. Her position at the Law School meeting with students on a regular of-state firms. A government file to 8:00p.m. on Tuesday; and ensures the educational quality of basis during each semester to review consisting of application forms 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. • the externship program, and entails their work. She continually evaluates and brochures from various local, exploring and developing additional existing externships and reviews state and federal agencies is externship opportunities. Professor proposals on new ones. In addition, also available. Blanco is responsible for evaluating Professor Blanco advises students on The Center's employer directories written work produced by students the most appropriate externship include Martindale-Hubbell Law

To qualify for any form of the students may have and who is able What's Available In Financial Aid supplemental funding, a student to provide students with requested must demonstrate a financial need. forms needed before work on a This need is based on income and financial package can begin. Michelle assets from the previous year. When Ware and Rosemary Martinez are he spiraling cost of pursuing students. Every effort is made to totaled, these figures may sometimes skilled financial aid coordinators a higher education has often eliminate obstacles and provide the alarm a student and often dissuade who provide answers to the more been a major cause of concern guidance needed to identify funding students from seeking additional technical questions and who are for potential students when consid­ sources for qualified students support for education expenses. It responsible for working directly ering whether to further their wanting to obtain a legal education should be kept in mind that many with students and ensuring that educational goals. Costs for quality at Loyola Law School. factors are taken into consideration all documentation are submitted education, throughout the nation, Loyola's Office of Financial Aid, in determining who is indeed eligible in a timely and complete manner. in graduate and law schools are under the direction of Mary Anne for assistance - age of student, Shirley Paddit and Delores Smi.th escalating and private institutions. Romero, administers one of the number of dependents, etc., - are all are Romero's assistants, and aid too, experience the pinch when larger funding programs, of private included to provide protection for students and other staff members tuition costs are brought to the law schools, in the country. A total of the student. Once these allowances by answering the more complex, forefront of the discussion. For 85% of the students attending Loyola have been considered, if the person's technical concerns. Each is a students desirous of pursuing a during the 1988-89 academic year income is less than that needed to specialist in particular areas of legal career, the cost of tuition received more than $15,000,000 in successfully complete Law School, financial availability- Paddit should not deter their goals in scholarships and other forms of financial aid coordinators begin to coordinates the Work Study Program applying for admissions into law financial assistance. develop a package that can meet the and handles all aspects of the schools, and this is particularly Along with her staff, Romero student's needs, and one that will not scholarship/grant availability, while true at Loyola. works diligently to provide the become so burdensome that upon Smith's expertise is primarily with Loyola Law School is not worry­ assistance in packaging programs graduation the student begins a legal federally funded programs, the free on tuition. On the contrary, every which will enable students to attend career embedded in heavy debt. Perkin's Student Loan Program, educational institution faces financial classes without having the added There are a number of financial in particular. concerns. At Loyola, the first concern worry of trying to figure out how aid options - government loans. Romero, director of Student is with assisting and servicing the to afford tuition. which are paid back by the student Financial Services, will oversee needs of potential and current According to Romero, she and her upon completion of studies at reas­ activities in both the Financial Aid staff take into consideration all onable interest rates; scholarships and Student Accounts Offices. Each funding sources (and the amounts) and grants which require that stu­ office, while having distinct func­ available along with the number of dents maintain certain grade point tions, are interrelated. As one unit, students requesting assistance, averages - these awards are grant­ there will be better coordination for based on need. They then begin by ed based on merit and students are the student in obtaining guidance for using a formula designed by the not required to pay back the funds developing a financial aid package government along with incorporat­ received. The final option is part­ and for processing loan funds and ing guidelines of the Law School, in· time employment which can be payments for their account. determining the extent of funds available either within the Law In selecting a law school, potential available. The next step, in this School or at offices near the School. students must look at the overall sometimes complex process is (Detailed loan information can be picture and not be deterred from to allocate dollars available to as obtained by contacting the Loyola selecting Loyola Law School because many students as possible in order Law School Office of Financial Aid.) of budgetary restrictions or the to provide needed dollars to Having had experience in the reluctance of mounting a financial cover expenses. financial aid area, Romero indicates debt upon completion of Law Any qualified student wanting to that Loyola's overall financial aid School. When considering future attend Loyola Law School wiJJ be program is comparable to most financial obligations, it is wise to able to do so. In addition to the private schools, and because of remember that average starting regular federally funded programs, donor support, financial aid salaries for attorneys in Southern Loyola has many scholarships and availability may surpass m any California are among the highest in grants available and is able to also schools in Southern California in the USA. Based on this analysis, a provide employment opportunities being able to award more scholar­ student's financial burden of through the federally funded Work ships and grants for tuition. repayment, in comparison with other Study Program. Once admitted to The primary concern of the Office sections of the country where tuition the School, there is also a Short­ of Financial Aid is to service the is comparable, is less due to higher Term Loan Program designed to needs of the students. Romero is as­ earning ability. • aid students, on a short-term basis; sisted in this area by a dedicated these funds are used to cover those staff which consists of an Adminis­ Mary Anne Romero oversees activities in the Office of Financial Aid and the Student unexpected emergencies that may trative Clerk, Julie Santos, who is Accounts Office. occur during the semester. able to answer general questions LOYOLA LAWYER 9

much as $4,200 are available to students informally and who speak first- and second-year day, and at seminars scheduled throughout PUBLIC INTEREST second- and third-year evening the day. students, working for eligible The Center also regularly sched­ employers. Many, if not most, public ules public interest panels on LAW AT LOYOLA interest employers provide only a campus which feature as speakers small hourly rate - if any salary at attorneys from public interest all. A summer grant provides organizations and private practi­ compensation where the employer tioners involved in public interest. cannot, or else supplements the Students frequently participate in students' salary. planning the informational panels, in The Summer Grant Program pro­ addition to sharing their experiences vides contributions on behalf of in clinics/externships or summer public interest employers to enable public interest work. eligible students to be funded through the federal work-study Student Volunteer Work program. Many public interest organizations cannot afford to make The Law School's student the 30 percent contribution required organizations include several groups by the federal government to obtain interested in public interest law and work-study students. By making the community service. They organize contribution on such employers' student participation in pro bono behalf, the Law School is able to activities such as tutoring at inner­ maximize the number of students city schools and assisting the undertaking public interest work homeless with public benefits during the summer. (In addition to applications. nonprofit organizations serving the A student group several years ago poor, the Summer Grants Program pioneered the Law School's involve­ also funds students to work for ment in the VITA program - a government agencies which have no, or extremely limited, resources to Continued on page II pay for law clerks.) Dean Costello notes that the num­ Summer Grant Program ber of students participating in the Students summer Grant Program increases every year. During the Summer of Associate Dean and Professor ;an Costello, chairperson of the Public Interest Loan Assistance Gregory Bordo 1989, 19 Loyola Law School students Program Administrative Committee Legal Aid Foundation of worked at public interest programs. Los Angeles his year, for the first time, competitive with those in the private (See sidebar for a listing of students Loyola Law School graduates sector, do significantly increase for and their respective public interest Matthew ). Burrows entering full-time public attorneys with several years of organizations.) The Summer Grant American Civil Uberties Union interest careers can qualify for experience. Assistance from PILAP Program provides an alternative for students who are attracted to public Agneta (Cachur) Eikenburg substantial financial assistance from should help graduates establish American Civil Uberties Union the Law SchooL The new Public themselves in public interest law interest work but who would other­ Interest Loan Assistance Program during the crucial first few years, and wise find it difficult to decline the Karen D. Fienberg (PILAP), however, is only one of to put them in a financial position to highly lucrative summer clerkships Federal Public Defender offered by private law firms. many ways in which Loyola encour­ continue their public interest career. Alfonso E. Garcia ages students to explore career A Loyola Law School graduate may Public Interest AFL-C/0 Immigration Assistance opportunities in public interest law. participate in the Loan Assistance Project Program for as many as five years, Clinics/Extemships and individual arrangements can be Stacy Hampton Loyola Graduates serving in Students who do not undertake paid Public Interest Law Benefit from made for participants requiring a Legal Aid Foundation of break in their employment. public interest employment during Los Angeles New Loan Assistance Program the summer have still another op­ PILAP is administered by a faculty portunity to work in this field Jacqueline Harrington The Law School's new Public and student committee and is through Loyola's clinics/externships Legal Aid Foundation of Interest Loan Assistance Program, available to graduates, beginning program. Any student in good aca­ Los Angeles effective as of summer 1989, with the graduating class of 1989, demic standing is eligible to provides financial aid to graduating who are employed by a qualified Roberta Ikemi participate in a four-unit clinic Legal Aid Foundation of students who accept lower- paying public interest program for a salary during the school year, or a six-unit Los Angeles public interest employment despite of less than $35,000. A qualified clinic during Summer Session, for a the educational loans looming over program is one that is nonprofit, and total of 14 clinical units during his or Guy Iversen them. Loyola has long possessed a which provides free legal services in her years at Loyola. Students who Federal Public Defender strong tradition of social service, but civil matters to indigent persons; have demonstrated superior aca­ Robert Jean- Baptiste in 1988 it enhanced its efforts when especially the under- served client demic ability may petition for full­ American Civil Uberties Union the faculty voted to dedicate a sub­ groups of the elderly, disabled, semester enrollment in a clinic, for a stantial percentage of the William A. juveniles and non- English speaking total of 12 units. Examples of off­ Elizabeth M. Lascheid Rains Endowment to the loan persons. The chief purpose of PI LAP campus public interest externship Los Angeles County Public is to help graduates dedicate them­ assistance program. placements are: Legal Aid Founda­ Defenders Office Uke the growing number of other selves to the most needy clients, tion of Los Angeles, Mexican- Amer­ Kristen Laskaris law schools es tablishing similar rather than simply to encourage ican Legal Defense and Education American Civil Uberties Union programs, Loyola is concerned that graduates to accept one of the wide Fund (MALDEF), Inner City Law its graduates who are considering a range of employment opportunites Center, American Civil Uberties David Unk outside of private practice. law career in public interest not be Union, and El Rescate Legal Services judge Reinhardt, Court ofAppeal deterred by the massive burden of According to Associate Dean )an (immigration). The Western Law debt undertaken to complete law Costello, who chairs the PILAP Center for the Handicapped operates Mary Theresa Nachman schooL Unlike most other law school administrative committee, "The a clinic on the Law School campus, Legal Aid Foundation of loan assistance programs, however, Public Interest Loan Assistance in which students represent disabled Los Angeles Program enables a Loyola graduate Loyola's is designed to substantially persons in a wide variety of matters Dana Marie Nasser reduce participants' total amount of with $40,000 in loans to accept a ranging from access to public tran­ Mental Health Advocacy services loan indebtedness, rather than $20,000-a-year public interest job. sportation to employment discrimin­ simply paying the relatively The PILAP program can't completely ation. Barbara A. Blanco, faculty Roger Repohl lesser amounts due immediately close the gap between typical start­ clinical director, reports that more San Fernando Valley following graduation. ing salaries in private practice and than 80 Loyola students participate Neighborhood Legal Services Through PILAP, Loyola graduates in public interest, but it can help in clinics/externships each year. Sharon Robinson can receive grants for as much as 90 enough that graduates with a strong American Civil Uberties Union percent of the difference between commitment to social service can Career Guidance their annual salary and a $35,000 follow the career path of Randy Rosenblatt ceiling. These grants must be applied their dreams." Under the direction of Assistant Bet Tzedek Legal services directly to the repayment of Dean Carol Ross-Burnett, the Career Hiroaki Robert Sakaniwa educational loans. Students Benefit from Summer Grant Program Planning and Placement Center at Labor Defense Network The goal of PI LAP is to signif­ Loyola actively provides information icantly alleviate pressure on a Since 1984, the Law School's Public and career counseling to students Sister Marjorie Shelvy graduate to leave public interest Interest Summer Grant Program has interested in public interest law. The Legal Aid Foundation of work after only the first year or two. enabled students to take on full- or center has extensive listings of non­ Los Angel es Even with financial assistance during part- time employment in public profit organizations and law firms in Darlene Sordillo the first few years of employment, a interest law during the summer. the Los Angeles area, as well as U.S. Department ofju stice graduate may be discouraged in the Funded by the Law School's general nationally. Each year, Loyola partici­ long run from continuing in public budget and contributions from pates in the Public Interest Careers Usa R washington interest law when additional living alumni (as well as by fees from Day - a Southern California ABA­ Pomona Valley Legal services expenses creep up, such as a balloon private employers participating in accredited law school (jointly Program payment on the house or the arrival the On- Campus Interviews program sponsored) event where representa­ D. Zeke Ziedler of a new baby. However, public through the Career Planning and tives from public interest organiza­ American Civil Uberties Union interest salaries, although never Placement Center), grants of as tions are available to talk with 10 LOYOLA LAWYEr

GROUNDBREAKING CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR Co ntinued from page 3 remain true to their own purpose to educate. Higher education involves THE CLASSROOM OF THE 80s more than training people for jobs; it should include also an education as ince the announcement of the Recognition for gifts to the The Classroom of the 80s, the to how to live." campaign for the Classroom of Classroom of the 80s will be given primary lecture hall in the new A strong supporter of human the 80s at the Casassa Building via a permanent plaque which will Charles s. Casassa, S.J., Building rights, Casassa worked with all groundbreaking, nearly 50 percent be housed in the lecture hall. is a state of the art facility with the persons, regardless of religious has already been raised toward the Gifts of cash, stock, real estate or acoustics and layout of a theater. affiliations, to foster and enhance $250,000 goal. Similar to the Hall of any asset of value may be used to The 90-seat classroom will be set up good will and understanding among the 70s which was fully funded by fund gifts. Or, you may wish to to accommodate all modern religious and racial groups in alumni from the 1970s, this Class­ consider a pledge which can be paid methods of teaching including Los Angeles. room of the 80s will be funded by over a period of 3 years with satellite video lectures. In addition to the C.S. Casassa gifts from alumni who graduated payments to suit your personal For more information on the Building on the Law School campus, from 1980-89. planning. The Classroom of the 80s Casassa Building Classroom of the plans are also underway for the Nicholas (Nick) P. Saggese '80, plaque will list all donors who give at 80s, please contact Laura Lollar, development of the Casassa Execu­ a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, the levels listed below: director of Development at (213) tive Education Conference Center in . Meagher & Flom, is chairman of the 736- 1046 for a referral to your the proposed Conrad N. Hilton Busi­ Campaign. He has enlisted a core Founder $10,000 or more class leader. • ness Center on the Loyola Marymount group of volunteers from each class Benefactor $7,500 - $9,999 University Westchester campus. to reach as many graduates as pos­ Patron $3,000 - $7.499 Regrettably, Father Casassa died sible. "I encourage all members of Partner $1,500 - $2,999 two months before the dedication the Classes of the 80s to be a part Associate $ 750- $1.499 ceremony, on July 12,1989. Because of this important project," Donor $ 360 - $ 749 of his many years of devotion to advocated Saggese. Loyola Law School he will remain in the hearts of those who had the privilege of knowing him and his late Robert Cover, encouraged May memory will be an inspiration for PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER MAY to develop the topic further. As he years to come. set off on the trail seeking answers, The pedestrian skywalk leading IN THE NAME OF WAR May quickly found himself engulfed from the Casassa Building to the in the historical, political and Rains library Building and the two The book examines and attempts economic life of early twentieth library floors in the Casassa Building to show what caused this critical century America. He reflects back on will honor the memory of two indi­ change in the Court's attitude the hundreds of hours spent poring viduals who were great supporters of towards war powers legislation. In through old newspapers and looking the Law School and the legal profes­ large part, it explores the various at the papers of Woodrow Wilson, sion, Hugh and Hazel Darling. abuses of federal legislative and and key members of his Administra­ executive authority that were tion. May also remembers the days undertaken in the name of war. when his research turned up abso­ Coincidentally, this is the title lutely nothing. It was at times like chosen for the book. "In the Name of these that the element of trying to war," May said, "captured the es­ "keep the faith" came into play, and sence of what was going on in this that May found himself wondering period of time after the World war I what he had gotten himself into. armistice." He explains that while the Now that the book is a reality WWI armistice was signed in Novem­ May is pleased with the result of the ber, 1918, because the Senate would years of work. He readily admits that not ratify the versailles Treaty, the he received invaluable support and s many published authors can country did not have a formal treaty encouragement from members of tell the novice writer, writing ending war until late 1921. During the Loyola community. a book can sometimes be an this 3-year period the United States "Dean Arthur Frakt was most all-consuming task. Christoper N. remained in a technical or legal state generous," he said " in providing me of war. Both Congress and the Pres­ with numerous research grants. And, May, ]ames P. Bradley Professor of Constitutional Law at Loyola Law ident took advantage of this fact to the Library staff was tremendous in continue using the war powers to School can testify that this is indeed its efforts." accomplish things on the domestic a fact. May, a professor of Constitu­ Pam Buckles and Faculty Support front that the government otherwise tional Law and Civil Procedure at the were with May from the early stages had no constitutional ability to when all he had were his drafts writ­ Law School since 1973, recently Hugh Darling (Two floors of the library and achieve. various measures were ten in pencil on yellow sheets of the pedestrian walkway are named after published a book, In the Nam e of both Mr. Darling and his wife, Hazel Darling. war: judicial Review and the War enacted and enforced "in the name paper. He laughingly recalls how of war" when virtually everyone in Ruth Palmer worked diligently in Law School benefactors.) Powers Since 1918, that was eight the country (the President, Congress, deciphering his handwriting to years in the making. and the general public) knew that provide legible copy for him to It was in 1980, as a result of a Hugh Darling was active in the they were a "sham." The realiza tion continue his work. His colleagues, paper written for a National field of law for 58 years and was that the political branches were Endowment for the Humanities Professors Dan Stewart and Allan known nationally as an expert on recklessly abusing the war powers Ides, offered substantive input and seminar held at the Yale Law School airline regulation. Another human­ finally led the Supre me Court to Professor Fred Lower, he says, that the concept for the book was itarian. Hugh Darling served as declare that such measures are developed. The seminar, "The Su­ always provided "good advice and President of the Chancery Club, '57- subject to judicial scrutiny. suggestions." In fact, as he thought preme Court in The 20th Century: An 58; President of the Los Angeles Never during the summer of 1980 about it, May surmised that perhaps Intellectual History," brought to­ county Bar Association, '59-60; as a did Chris May think his seminar his book came about because of gether law professors from around member of the State Bar Board of paper would develop into the book the country. and exposed them to Fred Lower. You see, it was with Governors, '65- 68; and, was m ayor that proudly rests on a shelf in his Lower's assistance that May com­ the methodology of historians in of Beverly Hills from 1960- 61. Addi­ offi ce. His furthest vision for this orderthat theymight engage in pleted the National Endowment for tionally, he lectured at many law document was that it would perhaps the Humanities application form that historical scholarship concerning schools and eagerly served as the become a law review article. His enabled him to attend the seminar in the Supreme Court. attorney advisor to law school professor for the 1980 seminar, the According to May, the book deals 1980 that got it all started. • moot court teams. with a "dramatic turn-about" in the Hugh Darling married the former Supreme Court's approach to chal­ Hazel Smith. Mrs. Darling was active lenges to laws that the federal in numerous civic and community government has adopted under its organizations, and was particularly war powers. The book looks at what interested in organizations which caused the Court, in the wake of worked toward the humane world War I, to abandon its original treatment of animals. position of non- intervention, and Mrs. Darling created a Trust in decide that even war powers mea­ memory of her husband in 1986, sures are subject to judicial review. and upon her death in 198 7, the He explains, "Ever since Marbury Trust became the Hugh and Hazel vs. Madison in 1803, the Supreme Darling Foundation. Court has asserted its power to With the completion of construc­ review the constitutionality of tion in 1991, the Law School campus federal legislation. The Court had will be complete. • made an implicit exception. however, legislation enacted by Congress under the war powers. The Justices basically said that they would not interfere with such federal exercises of the war powers." Prof May, as he /eccures befcre a conscicucional Law class. LOYOLA LAWYER II

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nationwide program offered by the Internal Revenue Service which NEW FACULTY VITAE trains volunteers to assist low-in­ come and elderly persons in com­ pleting their tax forms. Professor Ellen P. Aprill, Visiting Professor was a Root-Tilden Scholar and was licensing section. In 1987-88 she joseph Sliskovich supervises the named to the Order of the Coif. served on the California State Bar VITA program at Loyola, which has Professor April! received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 19.70 Committee for the Administration gained more volunteers every year. Laurie L. Levenson, Associate of Justice. In I 988, the program became a and an M.A. from UCLA in 1972; her Professor Clinical Special; participating ).D. was a~arded magna cum laude by Georgetown University Law Cen­ Professor Levenson received an A.B. Gilda Tuoni Russell, Associate students may earn one clinical unit. Professor However, many students continue to ter in I 980. In 1980-81, Professor from Stanford University in 1977 and participate in VITA on a purely April! served as law clerk to the Hon. a ).D. from UCLA in 1980, where she Professor Russell received a B.A. voluntary basis. John D. Butzner, Jr., U.S. Court of was Chief Article Editor of the UCLA from the University of New Mexico in Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and LiJw Review. Professor Levenson was During spring semester I 989, 26 I973, a J.D. in 1976 from Boston law clerk for the Hon. ]ames Hunter, Loyola students participated as then as law clerk to U.S. Supreme College Law School, where she was Court Justice Byron R. White in III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for volunteers in the Homeless Project Articles Editor of the Law Review, I981-82. the Third Circuit. of Public Counsel (the public interest and an LLM. from Harvard in 1980. law office of the Los Angeles County Professor Russell served as law clerk linda s. Beres, Visiting Professor John T. Nock.leby, Visiting and Beverly Hills Bar Association). to the Hon. Francis ]. Quirico of the Professor The students' dedication and enthu­ Professor Beres received a B.S. in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial siasm were acknowledged by Public 1976 from Cleveland State Univer­ Professor Nockleby received a B.A. Court in 1977. Counsel in the following letter of sity, an M.S. in 1980 from the from the University of Montana in Sean M. Scott, Associate Professor April 24, I 989. University of Maryland and a J.D. 1977 and a J.D. from Harvard Law from the USC Law Center in 198 7, School in 1980, where he was Devel­ Professor Scott received her B.A. in Dear Student, where she was named to the Order opments Editor of the Harvard Law I98I from Smith College and a J.D. Review. On behalf of Public Counsel, the of the Coif. In 1980-81, Professor from the New York University School Nockleby served as law clerk for of Law in 1985. She practiced Inner City Law Center, the Legal Aid Barbara A. Blanco, Clinical the Hon. Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., privately in Baltimore for two years Foundation and the Individual Rights Professor and Faculty Clinical of the U.S. Court of Appeals for before relocating to Los Angeles. In Section of the Los Angeles Bar Asso­ Director ciation, we want to thank you for the Fourth Circuit. Los Angeles she practiced for two participating in our joint program Professor Blanco received a B.A. years in the fields of corporate law representing Los Angeles' homeless. (1971) and a ).D. (1976) from UCLA. Sande Buhai Pond, Visiting and the legal concerns of financial Approximately 101 claimants were Following two years of private prac­ Professor and Legal Director of the institutions. directly assisted by 26 Loyola stu­ tice, Professor Blanco was staff western Law Center for the dents between February and March Handicapped 1989. Your group identified five attorney for the Legal Aid Founda­ Jon H. Sylvester, Visiting Professor mentally disabled applicants and tion of Los Angeles from 19 78-81. Professor Pond received a B.A. from After receiving a B.A. from Stanford assured that they will receive special UCLA in 1979 and a ].D. cum laude University in I 973 and an M.). Randy Frances Kandel, Associate attention required by the Rensch from Loyola Law School in 1982. She Uournalism) from UC Berkeley in decision. Your efforts resulted in three Professor served as Research Attorney for the 1975, where he was a New York 60-day penalties being waived; 17 Los Angeles Superior Court from people receiving their checks; 21 Professor Kandel received a B.A. Times Fellow, Professor Sylvester people receiving housing vouchers from the University of Wisconsin, 1982-84; she was then appointed to received a ).D. from Harvard Law and two receiving food vouchers. Madison, in 1966, a Ph.D. from the position of Deputy Attorney School in 198 I. Additionally, eight people were C.U.N.Y., and a J.D. from New York General for the State of California assisted in some aspect of the from 1984-89, serving in the civil • University Law School, where she application process and 20 people achieved greater accessibility to their workers. All of these cases resulted in claimants receiving substantial benefits which might have otherwise TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH TAIWAN been improperly delayed or denied. Undoubtedly, you noted the marked International Business • protection of intellectual property increase of activity in the office once - effectiveness of the Republic of you entered. This indirectly assisted Law Conference China law, United States response, the remaining applicants in the offices. registration procedures and Once again, on behalf of ourselves oyola Law school hosted its remedies; - and the hundreds of people who second International Business have been and will be benefitted by Law Conference on Saturday, • dispute resolution - commercial this program - thank you for your November 11, 1989 in the Moot litigation in the Republic of China, willingness to assist. In the fall of Courtroom, Rains Building. Students arbitration, and enforcement of 1989, we hope to continue this were invited to attend this one-day project at your law school and look foreign judgments and arbitral symposium focusing on "Trade and forward to more success. awards; and David Burcham '84 elaborates on his half­ Investment with Taiwan." The day hour interview with Associate Justice Byron Sincerely, began with registration and a con­ R. White of the United States Supreme Court Steven A. Nissen tinental breakfast at 8:00a.m., and • the possibility of a United - in which IS minutes centered around, of Executive Director concluded at 5:30p.m. States/Republic of China free all things - fly fishing. trade agreement - the advan­ Pamela A. Mohr According to Professor Jack tages and disadvantages for DAVID W. BURCHAM Senior Staff Attorney McDermott, who coordinated the ·Taiwan and the United States. conference, "Los Angeles is fast '84 SPEAKS AT Braden Cancilla becoming, if not already, a major Project Coordinator trade center for the United States DOWNTOWN FORUM and the Pacific Rim. As a result, Among the well-known authorities Associate Dean Costello com­ presenting papers at the conference he Alumni Association Board many graduates will become involv­ of Governors hosted the third ments, "Through the Summer Grant were Susan Liebeler, former faculty ed in legal matters associated with in a series of Downtown Program, the clinics/externship member of Loyola Law School and trade and investment with Asia." Forums featuring well-known legal program, and the opportunities for former chairperson of the United volunteer work, Loyola students and business speakers in mid­ McDermott adds that the States International Trade Commis­ have the valuable experience of September. Guest speaker David w. conference about this Pacific Rim sion, who is now a partner in the working with low-income, under Burcham '84, who was profiled in the nation was of particular interest washington, D.C. law firm of lrell & privileged clients, and of understand­ spring 1989 issue of the Loyola Law­ because, "The United States is Manella; and Hungdah Chiu, profes­ ing how a good lawyer can make a Taiwan's number one import/export yer, presented "An Insider's View of sor at the University of Maryland the U.S. Supreme Court." Burcham's difference. My hope is that they'll get trading partner." The broad topics for School of Law and formerly a talk centered around his experience 'hooked' on public interest law - the five panel discussions included: that their experience during law professor at the National Taiwan with the U.S. Supreme Court and school may influence them when University and Chengchi University included a discussion on recent they make their ultimate career • regulation of foreign-direct in Taipei, Taiwan. court issues. decision. At that point, the loan investment, taxation, All papers presented will be An associate with the Los Angeles assistance program (PILAP) will financing and labor laws; published in a symposium issue of law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher since 1987, Burcham began his law make it possible for them to accept The Loyola of Los Angeles Interna­ career clerking for Chief Judge a lower-paying public interest • restrictions on foreign imports tional and Comparative Law journal. Ruggero J. Aldisert of the United position. And, even if they choose a and exports to the United States Vi deotapes of the conference are States Court of Appeals, Third Cir­ more traditional legal career, I would (antidumping, countervailing and also available. cuit. In 1986, he moved on to serve like to think that their public interest duties); work experience while at Loyola will Future international business law Associate Justice Byron R. White of inspire them to give their time, pro­ conferences could include the United the United States Supreme Court. fessional expertise and financial States and Canada Free Trade Agree­ Downtown Forums are scheduled resources toward assisting the ment, the European Economic Com­ twice yearly at the law school. An poor and underrepresented in munity, and Trade and Investment in additional forum will be held in our society." • Korea, Thailand and· Malaysia. • Orange County in spring 1990. • 12 LOYOLA LAW' CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1990

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