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University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Newsletters (1948 - 1971) College of Law Communications and Publications Fall 1968 UT Lawyer (Fall 1968) University of Tennessee College of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_lawnews Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation University of Tennessee College of Law, "UT Lawyer (Fall 1968)" (1968). Newsletters (1948 - 1971). http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_lawnews/13 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Law Communications and Publications at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Newsletters (1948 - 1971) by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Message from the Dean PRIMARY PROBLEMS CONFRONTING LAW SCHOOLS During the past few years one of the primary problems the students report that their draft boards have put them confronting law schools has been escalating enrollments. on notice that they will be called for active duty upon the This problem is resolved, in some measure, by selective ad completion of the Fall Quarter. Others who had signed missions to the entering class. Here, at the College of Law, with Reserve Units or the National Guard have already in the Fall Quarter 1966 we accepted been called upon for either six months or three months of 156 students as the entering class; active duty training. These students are given a leave of the total enrollment was 480. This absence from the Law College from the time they receive number so overtaxed our physical their orders. facilities that in the Fall of 1967 Faced with a projection based on so many variables, we were forced to limit the entering the College of Law, in common with other law schools, class to 125; this still gave us a accepted a higher number of applicants for the Fall Quarter, total enrollment of 470. It was 1968, than in past years. Many of our applicants, however, then determined that, considering decided not to enroll, preferring to fulfill their military obli our facilities, under no circumstances gation rather than attend law school on a tenuous quarter should the over-all enrollment in to-quarter basis while awaiting a draft call. Thus, out of a the future be permitted to exceed total of 194 applicants accepted for the Fall Quarter, only Harold C. Warner 450. 70 registered at the Law College. This reduced our total In 1968, however, our problem was resolved, temporarily enrollment at the beginning of the present Quarter to 405, at least, by changes in the Selective Service regulations. On compared to the total during the Fall of 1967 of 470. the undergraduate level, a student satisfactorily pursuing a The new draft regulations also have had an impact on full-time course towards his first degree is now entitled to our faculty. Professor Donald T. Weckstein, on leave of a Class 11-S deferment only until he graduates, or drops out absence for the academic year 1967-1968, was a visiting of school, or reaches the age of 24. The Law College, professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, however, is classified as a professional and graduate school where he had previously served as a member of the faculty. anti deferments within that classification are more restricted. In February, 1968, he submitted his resignation as a member The rule-of-thumb set forth in the Tennessee Operations of our faculty. The vacancy created by Professor Week Manual, Tennessee State Headquarters, Selective Service stein's resignation has not been filled due to uncertainty System, for law students is as follows: as to the continuing effect of the draft rules on our enroll "If he entered the professional school the first time ment. in the late summer or early fall of 1967 he was Prior to Professor W eckstein's resignation, Professor eligible for deferment for one year only. Such de Thomas G. Roady, Jr., a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt ferments cannot be extended. If he entered during University School of Law, accepted an invitation to join our the official Summer Session, Fall Quarter or Semester faculty. As many of our alumni will recall, Professor of 1967 or before, or if he resumes his studies before Roady started his law teaching career in 1949 at the Univer 1 October 1967 after having been in Class II-A or sity of Tennessee College of Law. He remained here for IV -D he is eligible for further deferment until the two years and then served as Professor and Assistant Dean, end of the normal time required for him to complete University of Washington, St. Louis, 1951-52; partner of the the course." law firm of McDonald & Roady, Carrollton, Illinois, 1952- This means that the law students who are currently in the 1956; Visiting Professor, University of Missouri, 1954; and first quarter of their senior year will be deferred upon Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1956-1968. their request until they graduate in June and have the We have also to report that Dean-Emeritus William H. opportunity to take the bar examination. Wicker, who retired from the University of Tennessee in The new deferment policy is having a substantial impact August 1967, accepted a one-year appointment as Visiting on our first and second year enrollment. A number of (Continued on page 18) 2 THE U-T LAWYER U- T Law Alumni News Notes Parker L. Carroll, '51, is now Deputy Procurement Offi military duty and is associated with the law firm of Arnett, cer and Deputy Chief, Procurement Division, National Aero Draper, (Jack B., '57), & Hagood (Lewis R., '63), Hamilton nautics and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center, Bank Building, Knoxville. Houston, Texas. Parker has received the following pro It is with deep regret we announce the death of William fessional awards: Special Act of Service Award; Sustained L. Dickson. '68, on November 3, 1968. Bill was serving Superior Performance Award, and Outstanding Performance as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Ross W. Dyer. Bill from the Department of the Air Force; Special Ser Award is survived by his wife and a daughter born .shortly before vice Award and a Presidential Citation from NASA. Parker his death. has been with Manned Spacecraft Center since June 30, 1963. Lawrence E. Young, '67, is in the Army and is stationed Robert L. McKnight and Fletcher L. Hudson. '63, have at Redstone Arsenal. announced the formation of a partnership for the practice of law limited to the representation of management in labor James R. Griffin, '67, and Norman H. Williams, '66, relations law, with offices at 338 Sterick Building, Memphis, have been made members of the law firm of Fowler, Roun & 38103. tree Fowler, Hamilton Bank Building, Knoxville. A. J. Kalfus, '61, is an associate with Goldblatt, Lipton, William T. Willis, '65, is now a Captain in the USAF, White & Anderson, Suite 804, One Main Plaza East, Norfolk, JAG and his address is 48213 Bicilas, Selfridge AFB, Virginia 23510. Michigan 48045. Harold R. Gunn, '67, and H. Glen Willard, Jr., '67, plan Terry L. Carter, '67, is Sales Manager for Basic to form a partnership for the practice of law under the Methods, Inc., 204 Glen Road, Sparta, New Jersey 07871. name of Gunn & Willard. The office will be in Humboldt, Thomas L. Keeling, '67, is now with the Department of Tennessee. Justice, Washington, D.C. The firm of Bernstein (Bernard E., '58) and Dougherty Robert L. Jones, '68, is associated with the firm of (Boone), 1200 Hamilton Bank Building, Knoxville 37902, McFarland, Cooley, Blank & Jack, Middle Tennessee Bank announce that R. Franklin Norton, '64, is an associate with Building, Columbia, Tennessee 38401. the firm. Joe H. Clark, '62, has been made a partner in the firm Richard S. Stair, Jr., '65, has completed his tour of duty of Canstangy & Prowell, 1900 Peachtree Center Building, as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and is Atlanta, Georgia 30303. now associated with his father, Richard S. Stair, Sr., '41, in the general practice of law. His office is in the Hamilton Mallon Faircloth, '68, an associate with the law firm of Bank Building, Knoxville. Wright & Reddick, Cordele, Georgia 31015, has been made a partner and the firm name is now Wright, Reddick & William H. Skelton, '65, has been on active duty with Faircloth. the Marine Corps. He has applied to take the California 1305 James R. Linebaugh, '52, who has been an Associate bar examination. His address is South Pacific Street, Oceanside, California, 92054. Manager in the Claims Department, Life and Casualty In surance Company, Nashville, has been promoted to Assistant Lt. Colonel Zane E. Finkelstein, '52, J AGC, has completed Vice President and Manager of the Claims Department. a tour of duty as Staff Judge Advocate of the First Armored Earl Rainwater, '60, left the Internal Revenue Service Cavalry Division, Vietnam. Colonel Finkelstein is now Chief July 1, 1968 and has opened an office for the general practice of the Military Justice Division, Academic Department, The of law in the Burwell Building, Knoxville. Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia. Lewis C. Foster, Jr., '67, formerly law clerk for Supreme It is with deep regret we announce the death of Harry Court Justice Ross W. Dyer, has completed his tour of N. Fortune, '49, of Johnson City. THE U-T LAWYER STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION GEORGE c. ATWELL (Act of October 28, 1962; Section 4869, Title 89, Editor-in-Chief United States Code) RALPH HARWELL 1. Filed October 1, 1968.