Crossfire: Real Grades for Legal Skills, Eage 8

College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1991 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 1, Issue 3) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 1, Issue 3)" (1991). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 381. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/381 Copyright c 1991 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers Crossfire: real grades for Legal Skills, Eage 8 AMERICA'S FIRST LAW SCHOOL VOLUME I, ISSUE THREE TUESDAY, MARCH 19,1991 TWENTY-FOURPAGES Marshall-Wythe to host Students complain Bill of Rights bicentennial of cheating in Exeter By STEVE SHEBEST achieve passing grades, de Over four hundred judges expected to attend Reports of cheating on cided to engage in practices By BRIAN GOLDEN agency responsible for the ad bility of inviting President Bush" examsatlastsummer'sExeter that appeared to violate the "It will be the largest assem ministration of the federal court and said that the matter is being program have surfaced, rais William and Mary Honor blage of federal judges in Ameri system. Chaired by the Chief thoroughly explored. ing questions about the scope Code. In doing so, these stu can history," says Professor Justice, the Conference suggests Most conference events will and reach of the Honor Code. dents wrecked the grade curve Rodney Smolla of an upcoming assignments of judges, develops be held in Colonial Wil The incidents reportedly in for some William and Mary conference co-sponsored by and reviews rules of practice and liamsburg's auditorium because volved students from other students. Marshall-Wythe's Bill ofRights procedure, and submits sugges the law school has no area large law schools who attended the One instance involved the Institute and the United States tions to courts and to Congress. enough to accomodate the ex program. No students from International Business Trans Judicial Conference. "We have Law School Dean Timothy pected crowd. According to Marshall-Wythe were re actions class, taught by Pro essentially teamed up with the Sullivan indicated that invitations Smolla, the four-day event will ported to have cheated. fessor Perot. In that course, federal judiciary to celebrate the to the conference will not be feature a "star-studded cast of Last summer, about forty students were told in the bicentennial of the Bill of going solely to members of the panelists and will be as open as Marshall-Wythe students beginning of the semester that Rights." federal judiciary. The law school possible to students and faculty." took part in the school's pro they would be allowed to Smolla, who serves as direc and the university are inviting Lest the law school commu gram at Exeter in the United bring their books into the tor of the Institute, explained that other high-level dignitaries. nity begin to fret about the lack Kingdom. They were joined exam, but that they were not over 400 federal judges will at Sullivan said the College will be of opportunity for mixing and by an almost equal number of permitted to write notes in tend the United States Judicial inviting "the leadership of Con mingling with America's judi students from law schools them during the semester Conference's celebration of the gress, the chairs of both Judici cia\ power brokers, Smolla said across the United States. which could be used on the bicentennial of the B i11 ofRights, ary Committees and their sub there are plans for at least one While all Wiiiiam and exam. scheduled for October 20-23 in committces,and perhaps the Lord evening reception in the lobby of Mary students were required More than one William and Williamsburg. The enormous Chancellor of England." The the law school. to take the courses for grades, Mary student was suf])rised number of favorable responses Lord Chancellor is the chief fig The Bill of Rights Institute the vast majority of other to find that other students had will make the conference "the ure in the British judiciary. began planning the conference students took their courses written "copious" outlines in biggest event ever for the Bill of Other likely invitees arc FBI justovertwomonthsago. While on a.pass-fail basis. the blank pages of their books. Rights Institute, and will provide Director William Sessions, U.S. December 15 was the actual date At the end ofthe program, "It was an unfortunate occur great exposure for the Institute Solicitor General Kenneth Starr, on which the Bill of Rights was many Marshall-Wythe stu rence," said Lisa Lawrence, and the law school," according U.S. Attorney General Richard formally ratified, the conference dents were dismayed to find who took International Busi- to Smolla. Thornburgh, and Virginia Gov themselves in an unfortunate The United States Judicial ernor L. Douglas Wilder. Sulli See LOTS A JUDGES, p. 24 paradox: anumberoftheother See CHEATERS, page 24 Conference is the government van also acknow !edged a "possi- students, attempting to Remnants dumped at law school Galloway admonishes those who throw away newspaper By JOHN FERNANDO tcmkd to kt both students and offending persuns Several weeks ago a student reported to Dean know of the detrimental effect these action had Connie Galloway that he had seen a fellow law upon everyone at Marshall-Wythe. She said he student throwing away issues of The Remnant posting of the notice did not amount to discipli before anyone had had the opportunity to read nary action, and she refused to speculate on them. The Remnant is an independent newspaper whether the student's acts might constitute an published biweekly by William and Mary stu honor code violation. dents, and has been described as having a conser {Two eyewitnesses to the incident have written vative viewpoint. letters to the Amicus Curiae. Their letters are In response to this information, Dean Gal printed on page 2 of this issue.) loway posted a notice on the administrative board Other law students brought the incident to the which informed the student body of the incident attention of Jim Batule, editor of The Remnant. and asked the students involved to "consider the rights of others." See DUMP, page 24 Galloway explained that the notice was in- --Inside this issue • The Colonial. Parkway • Smolla takes the first • Sports: Mychal Schulz 's Killer: he's forreal. Page 5. amendment to Broadway. Myriad Musings. Page 22. Page4. • Prof evaluations: pre • Council proposes massive Greg Schwind (1L) sang his way into the registration consumer • Love that Muskrat Meat! Honor Code revision. hearts of those attending last Thursday's guide. Page 16. Page 13. Pages 6 & 7. Libel Night. See page 12. 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tues~y.M~h1~.199) THE~Ic0scuru~E .. From the-Editors' desk . .. "It's nota parking sticker, it's to the demolition of any existing to the construction pl~n, will -Out of our ·heads a hunting license." When we parking spaces-both paved and provide an additional 150 park printed that headline last issue, it unpaved. Students and the Ad ing spaces. On April 2nd the Honor Council will be conducting · was meant as a joke. Unfortu ministrationalikeliaveknow that Perhaps the construction plan nately, it has become a reality in the paved lot does not provide promises arc just another of the a student-wide referendum on proposed changes to the the las~ several weeks as law stu adequate parking for the students many exercises in cynicism that Marshall-Wythe Honor Code. These changes will dents are now forced to scavenge at Marshall-Wythe. we law students must learn in affect the entire student body as well as future classes. the streets surrounding Marshall In the week before spring order to complete our education. We urge everyone to read the summaries of these Wythe in search of increasingly break, the number of spaces in There is no doubt that as the weather. deteriorated last week · changes that will be distributed by the Honor Council elusive iegal parking spaces. the overflow lot was reduced by After an interview with Dean the groundbreaking activities of and parking enforcement stepped this week, as well as the article concerning the change·s Connie Galloway, Amicus re construction crews. Many stu up its patrols at Marshall-Wythe, that begins on page six of this issue . .· porter Greg Brummett's under denL-; hoped that during the break See DK~K, page 14 All currently enroll~d students are eligible to vote, . standing was that an additional the crews would complete the including third yeats. The SBA constitution requires gravel lot would be installed prior new gravel lot which, according that fifty percent of the student body vote for these proposed revisions to be ·considered and two-thirds of ----Letters---- those voting must approve the revisions before they Dear Editors, tion with baiting Chris Ferris. Dear Editors: may become a part of.the Honor Cqde. · Before spring break, Dean However, the acts of the self This was inspired by your first The principles involved here and the severity of . Galloway posted a note on the appointed student censors have editorial. If you wish to publish their possible implications are reason enough for each bulletin board asking that stu strengthened my resolve to read it as an open letter, you may. dents respect each other's right every issue of the Remnant from William DeVan (2L) of us to make an informed decision and to tell the to read the Remnant. That law cover to cover. I may not agree Honor Council where we stand through our votes. A students are disposing of the with the ideas, but nobody is Dear Governor Wilder: large tum-out at the polls will provide more than a fair Remnant so· that it will not be going to tell me I can 'tread them.

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