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University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Res Gestae Law School History and Publications 1982 Vol. 30, No. 17, March 17, 1982 University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Michigan Law School, "Vol. 30, No. 17, March 17, 1982" (1982). Res Gestae. Paper 439. http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae/439 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Res Gestae by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Top o' the M orning Clinic Nets $125,000 by Joe Ha rdig strong support among the faculty, and is considered a useful and worthy part In a closed meeting last Friday, the law school fa culty voted to approve the of the curriculum." Clinic Committee's majority proposal, The faculty regarded the over­ which adds $20-25,000 to the Clinic and whelming student support for the clinic Child Advocacy operating budget. as an innuential factor in the con­ The alter nate minority proposal troversial debate over the clinic's would have granted only the current future. "I have said all along," San­ budget or $100 ,000 to the clinical dalow said, " that the faculty must con­ programs, and would have effectively sider, as a factor, the strong showing of eliminated the Child Advocacy of­ student support for the clinic." fering. Portia Moore, a third-year student Since the session was closed, faculty and a Clinic Committee member, had comments were confined to a brief proposed a $160,000 allocation, but ad­ statement by Dean Sandalow: "The mitted she was "satisfied with the Vol. 30, No. 17 The University of Michigan Law School March 17, 1982 vote indicates that the clinic maintains compromise reached by the faculty." But Moore cautioned that, "The ap­ proval of the majority proposal should not be considered a victory for studen­ Seniors Opt ts, because the programs will still have to cut back on teachers. But at least To Dress Up they saved Child Advocacy." Despite the recent vote, the Clinic by J err Blake issue has probably not been put to rest. Third-year students voted yesterday There remains the question of what ef­ to spend th is year's Senior Day fect the federal and state budget cuts ceremony in cap and gown, climaxing will have on the clinic's cont inued this week's brief but heated debate on existence in the next few years. San­ whether to impose a dress code for the dalow apparently emphasized to the annual affair. faculty his hope that it would not be Students on each side of the issue necessary lo have a recurring Clinic posted notices throughout the law vote each year. However, the law school early this week, w1th opponents school's financial condition could com­ of the plan urging classmates to keep pel a reopening of this controversial down lbe cost and keep up the infor­ issue in the near future mality or the ceremony. The loss of two major grants totalling Student senate President Doug Ell­ SlOO,ooo-one from the federal and one mann, who donned c:-p and gown from the state government- caused yesterday while campaigning for "yes" some administrators to fear that they votes, said, "The hostility has been could not make up the loss and to unbelievable. It's the most trivial issue suggest that the clinic be term ina ted. I've faced in two years." Ellmann acknowledged that some Faculty members voted to reorganize students accused the senate of trying to the program so that it can meet its new, "slip one by" the student body, which reduced budget. Part of that Ellmann denied. "If we'd been trying to reorganization will involve merging the slip one by,'' EHmann sa1d, " we never Study Break program's two courses-Clinical Law would have given this thing the The Barristers-the law school's drinking club-stormed the library and the Child Advocacy Clinic- into publicity we did ." last Friday and put on a show for their spring initiation. Pho•o b> s..nrord Uv.i• one. Leonard Niehoff Nazi Rally Review ~,{~~Affirmative Action by Ba rry Rudofs ky MAR 1 7 198Zhe last black man invited to join !he Michigan Law Review was Harry Riles Student Despite the 17-year a tlsf~tvany ~dwards, a 196~ law school gradua1e and now a federal C~urt of Appeals black man or woman onttilf ¥4ldJI,iga;()FJucfr4J'P.tzte htm, 1962 graduate Amayla Kearse made Revtew, and she too The Detroit chapter of the Amertcan Law Review and regardless of nation~fJ not¥!, Wlr.,s- a federal Court of A ppeals j udge. The two have lef t a legacy 'Vazi Party plans to hold a rally m Arm interest in a plan at the Harvard Law that has gone unmatched by any m inority in the 17 years since. Arbor this Saturday at noon at Cur Hall. School to bring a limited affirmative This week, R.G. reporter Barry Rudofsky takes a look at the Review, Len Niehoff, a first year 1tudent at the action program to its law review, why no minorities are chosen for it, and why ajfirmalive action probably law school, auempted to or!l.amu "an Michiga~ Law. Review editors plan no won 'I be used to change that. alternative rally to prote.lt the 'Vu;1 Mar­ ch" in another localton m town on the c.ha nges m the1r method of staff selec- Next week, R:G. reporter John Bulgozdy will examine current attempts liOn. "II r. I I . h d . same day. Niehoff spoke la1t week with I n a dd1.t 10n,. mmon· · t y s t u d en ts t o ld the to J 1 Jacu ty sols WI / women an mrnonttes. R.G. Managaing Edllor 1<'/f EisPnberg R.G. they harbor no notion of seeking a about both the Nazi March tmtl the cowl· Review affirmative action plan here. In siderations would sliJI have to be close was quickly tabled. Werder fell the ter-rally he wa ~ prop01in11.. fact, some expressed hostility toward to the grades of other students invited proposa l lacked the support of a majority of the staff. Q. How did you first grt in volv('d in a ny changes which they said would to join the Review. this? serve only to taint those minority mem­ Richard Werder, 1981-82 Editor in Werder questioned the effectiveness A. The genesis of it was my reaction bers who are chosen to write for the Chief of the Michigan Law Review, said of a n affirmative action program on to some signs and posters that had Review. the issue of affirmative action on Law Review. If the benefit of Review is been put up advocating a di rect op­ Last year, the senior staff of the Har­ Michigan's Law Review was discussed its ability to increase the writing skills position to the rally I con•acted vard Law Review took notice of the ab­ brieny after last year's staff change but See LA\\' REVIEW, page two some students in a number of sence of any racial minorities among student organizations to get feed­ its ranks. Proposed remedial plans back on the poss1bihty of the alter­ were met with tremendous internal Dripps Named New Chief native rally. staff a nd faculty opposition. but a com­ Q. There was a rumor that )OU rirst promise plan was finally adopted. Ac­ by ) like Vale Mark Hermann and Mike Kelly; got this idea during a class and stood cording to the Harvard Law Record. Don Dripps was elected as the new \'ott and Tmal Eduotl- JOn Eager, up right then and there to make an the newly adopted plan allows Editor-i n-Chief of the :\1ichigan Law Mark Ferguson. Kit Pierson and Ira appeal for help ... minorities seeking to join the Review to Review in last Saturday's voting by Rubinfeld; ore C:dunrJ-Craig God· A. It wasn't quite that dramatic, ac­ submit a personal statement for con­ the outgoing editorial Review staff. shall, Mike Hainer and Anne Larin; tually. I already had planned to do sideration. The statement asks the John Frank is the new Managing Book Revit"' Eduor-Judith something. I just s tood up at the end Review staff to consider that they are Editor and Ma rc Chatman the Ar­ Baumgartner; Evtcutllt and Research or class and made an announcement members of an " historically un­ ticle and Book Review Editor. Eduor-Don Ba ker; Contnbutlnl( that if people were interested in get­ derrepresented racial or ethnic group" Eduors-Ma rk Anderson , Greg ting involved in this, l'd appreciate or that they have overcome " economic, The balance of the 1982-83 Gilchrist, Anne Gust, Marjie Harris. S(lcietal or educational obstacles." Un­ hearing from them. editorial staff includes: Article and Peggy Kopmeyer. Bob Kr ueger, See NIEHOFF. page two der the plan, grades of minority stu­ Administrative Editors-Doug Davies, See SELECTION . page three dents chosen on the basis of these con- Res Gestae-March 17, 1982 page 2 Affirmative Action for Review ~£'!:.~.~£~Lm.,; v. from page One of blacks on law school faculties, then it But :ayto~ shar~d the concern that action on Law Review, " has never of its members then its value to will outweigh any stigma attached to an afftrmahve action plan would not come up wi th respect to the agenda as minorities is obvious, he said.

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