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Fordham Law School FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History Law School Bulletins 1905-2000 Academics 1-1-1975 Bulletin of Information 1975-1976 Fordham Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins Recommended Citation Fordham Law School, "Bulletin of Information 1975-1976" (1975). Law School Bulletins 1905-2000. Book 70. http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/bulletins/70 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Academics at FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law School Bulletins 1905-2000 by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The orF dham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL AT LINCOLN CENTER The Fordham University School of Law is located in Manhattan at Lincoln Center. The building, which opened in 1961, was the first erected at the Lincoln Center campus. In February, 1969, the Leon Lowenstein Center, housing all of the other Lincoln Center schools of the University, was opened. The Law School building is located on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues—one block west of Broadway. It is two blocks west of Central Park, three blocks northwest of Columbus Circle and is readily accessible from the 59th Street-Columbus Circle stations of the IRT-Broadway-7th Avenue and the Independent 6th and 8th Avenue subway lines. The IRT has a convenient local stop at 66th Street-Lincoln Center as well, and the area is served by a number of bus routes. INFORMATION The Admissions Office of the Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, is open during every business day of the year. Information regarding the require- ments of the school for entrance and for its degree, and information regarding admission to the bar, may be obtained upon written request to: Director of Admissions Fordham University School of Law 140 West 62 Street New York, N.Y. 10023 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY The SCHOOL of LAW 1975-1976 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY at Lincoln Center, New York, New York 10023 TABLE of CONTENTS Information inside front cover Academic Calendar 4 Officers and Trustees of Fordham University 6 Administrative Officers of the School of Law 7 The Faculty of the School of Law 7 Librarians of the Law Library 11 Officers of the Fordham Law School Alumni Association 11 Officers of the Fordham Law Review Association . 11 Endowed Chairs 11 The Alpin J. Cameron Chair of Law 11 The Agnes and Ignatius M. Wilkinson Chair of Law 11 Fordham University 13 Affirmative Action Policy 14 The School of Law 15 Accreditation 15 Objectives and Programs of Instruction 15 Clinical Legal Education 17 The Law Library 17 Requirements for Admission 18 Advanced Standing 19 Registration—Entering Students 19 Registration—Enrolled Students 20 Fees and Tuition 21 Scholarships and Student Aid 22 Courses Required for Degree 27 Hours of Instruction 28 Attendance Regulations 28 Discipline 29 Required Courses 29 2 Course of Studies 30 Elective Courses 31 Independent Studies 32 Description of Courses 36 Examinations, Grades, and Honors 51 Honors 53 Prizes 54 Placement 57 Admission to the Bar 57 Student Societies 58 The Fordham Law Review 58 The Urban Law Journal 58 Moot Court Programs 59 Student Bar Association 60 International Law Society 61 Environmental Law Council 61 Fraternities and Sororities 61 Fordham Law Women 62 Student Facilities 62 University Facilities 62 Housing Facilities 62 Dining Facilities 62 Alumni Organizations 63 Fordham Law Alumni Association 63 Fordham Law Review Association 63 Degrees Conferred, June, 1974 64 Prizes Awarded, Academic Year 1973-74 69 Register of Students, 1974-1975 70 Day Division 70 Evening Division 85 Other University Schools and Institutes inside back cover 3 ACADEMIC CALENDAR, 1975-1976 FIRST August SEMESTER 12 T Registration, Second Year Students 1975 Day Division, 10:00 a.m. Evening Division, 4:00 p.m. 13,14 W, Th Registration, Third Year Students Day Division, 10:00 a.m. Evening Division, 4:00 P.M. 21 Th Registration all Entering Students Day Division, 9 : 30 a.m. Orientation, Day Division, 10:30 a.m. Evening Division, 4: 30 p.m. Orientation, Evening Division, 6:00 p.m. 25 M All classes resume, First Semester Begins September 1 M Labor Day, Holiday 4, 5 Th, F Last Day to Change Electives October 13 M Columbus Day, Holiday November 4 T Election Day, Holiday 26 W Last Day of Class, First Semester Ends All term papers due Thanksgiving Recess Begins December 1-5 M-F Fall Reading Week 8 M Semester Examinations Begin 4 December 17-19 W-F Registration Second Semester 20 S Semester Examinations End Christmas Vacation and Mid-year Recess Begins SECOND January SEMESTER 12 M Second Semester Begins 1976 22, 23 Th, F Last Day to Change Electives February 16 M Washington's Birthday, Holiday April 15 Th Last Day of Class, Second Semester Ends All term papers due 16 F Good Friday, Holiday 19-23 M-F Spring Reading Week 26 M Final Examinations Begin May 15 S Final Examinations End 28 F University Commencement Classes for the Academic Year 1976-1977 will begin on August 23rd, 1976. 5 OFFICERS and TRUSTEES of FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Felix E. Larkin, Chairman Joseph A. Kaiser, Vice Chairman OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Donald R. Campion, S. J., Secretary Frederick L. Bissinger President of the University Mrs. John S. Burke, Jr. James C. Finlay, S.J., Ph.D. Jose A. Cabranes Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. Nicholas T. Camicia President Emeritus W. Donald Cooke Robert I. Gannon, S.J., S.T.D. John H. Dessauer Frederick J. Dillemuth, S.J. Executive Vice President John W. Donohue, S.J. Joseph Cammarosano, Ph.D. George E. Doty Vincent Duminuco, S.J. James C. Finlay, S.J. ex-officio President Vice for Academic Affairs John E. Haigney Paul J. Reiss, Ph.D. Roberta. Mitchell, S.J. John A. Mulcahy Austin S. Financial Vice President and Treasurer Murphy Brother James M. Kenny, S.J., LL.D. Salvatore R. Naclerio Harold E. Ridley, S.J. Francis C. Rooney, Jr. Vice President for Administration Oren Root George J. McMahon, S.J., Ph.D. Michael P. Walsh, S.J. Mrs. Walter B. Wriston Provost Victor R. Yanitelli, S.J. Francis C. Mackin, S.J., S.T.L. TRUSTEES EMERITI University Chaplain Edward F. Clark, S.J., M.A. William T. Brady George A. Brooks President, Faculty Senate Leon Lowenstein Edward W. Brande, S.J., Ph.D. Joseph A. Martino (5/15/75) 6 Administrative Officers of the School of Law Joseph M. McLaughlin, Dean and Professor of Law. B.A., LL.B. Fordham; LL.M. New York Uni- versity William J. Moore, Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions. B.A. Fordham; LL.B. New York Uni- versity Robert M. Hanlon, Jr., Assistant Dean. B.A., J.D. Fordham Leslie Goldman, Director of Placement. B.A. Elmira College Faculty of the School of Law Thomas T. Adams, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B. A., University of Buffalo; LL.B., Cornell Roy Babbitt, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. A. B., LL.B., New York University George W. Bacon,* Professor of Law Emeritus. B.A. Bowdoin; LL.B., LL.D. Fordham Sheila L. Birnbaum,** Associate Professor of Law. B. A., M.A. Hunter; J.D. New York University George A. Brooks, Adjunct Professor of Law and Uni- versity Trustee Emeritus. B.A., J.D. Fordham; LL.M. New York University; LL.D. Fordham, Scranton Robert M. Byrn, Professor of Law. B.S., J.D. Fordham John D. Calamari, Wilkinson Professor of Law, B.A., J.D. Fordham; LL.M. New York University Edward Q. Carr, Professor of Law Emeritus. B.A. Georgetown; LL.B. Columbia Yung Frank Chiang, Associate Professor of Law. LL.B. National Taiwan University College of Law; J.D. University of Chicago Law School; LL.M. Northwestern School of Law *Deceased July 22, 1975. ** Visiting Professor, New'York University, School of Law. 7 T. Ward Cleary, Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A. Manhattan; J.D. Fordham Joseph R. Crowley, Professor of Law. B.A., J.D. Fordham Albert A. DeStefano, Adjunct Professor of Law. B.S. in S.S. City College (C.U.N.Y.); J.D. Ford- ham; LL.M. New York University Elliot Evans, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A. Brandeis; J.D. Fordham Thomas Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.S. J.D. Fordham; Fulbright Scholar, Lon- don University Martin Fogelman, Professor of Law. B.A., J.D. Syra- cuse Edward J. Freeman, Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A. Manhattan; J.D. Fordham Marilyn Gainey, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A. Adelphi; J.D. Fordham. Joseph D. Garon, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A., LL.B. Fordham Barry Hawk, Professor of Law. B.A. Fordham; LL.B. University of Virginia John A. Humbach,*** Associate Professor of Law. B.A. Miami of Ohio; J.D. Ohio State Geoffrey M. Kalmus, Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A., LL.B. Harvard Constantine N. Katsoris, Professor of Law. I' S., J.D. Fordham; LL.M. New York University Samuel M. Kaynard, Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A. City College (C.U.N.Y.); LL.B. New York Uni- versity; LL.M. Georgetown Robert A. Kessler, Professor of Law. B.A. Yale; J.D. Columbia; LL.M. New York University Michael R. Lanzarone, Associate Professor of Law. B.A., LL.B. Fordham; LL.M. New York University William B. Lawless, Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A. University of Buffalo; J.D. Notre Dame; LL.M. Harvard. *** Visiting Professor, Univ. of Hawaii, School of Law, Spring, 1976.