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SPRING/SUMMER 1975

Editor: Curtis L. Wells, Assistant Dean

FACULTY PROFILE: member supporting staff, one paralegal, the Council of Community Agencies; eight student clerkships, approximately member of the Budget Committee of the CHARLES H. MILLER 75 students perquar ter, a case load of over Community Fund; member of the Board of 6,000 cases per year, and is responsible for Directors of the Mental Health Associa all indigent legal services in Knox tion; director of the Salvation Army of County. Knoxville; director of the Family Service Suaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re Upon reflection, Charlie considers the Association of Knoxville, and trustee of Gently in Manner - Strongly in Deed. most important development of his clini the Medical, Educational and Research cal tenure to be that of the evolution of Foundation. In addition, Charlie has been Commendable - dedicated- innova clinic students from a status of student most active in RotaryInternational, serv tive- professional. Apt though they may clerk to that of student-lawyer. Rein ing in positions at both the local and na be, these words can only approximate the forced by the Tennessee Supreme Court's tional level. value of Charlie Miller's contribution to grant of permission for selected students Although Charlie has relinquishedthe the College of Law and its clinical pro to receive practice privileges in the court duties of director of the Legal Clinic, he gram since his arrival in Knoxville in system, students have evidenced a will continue as a professor of law for the 1947. heightened sense of professional respon 1975-76 academic year. In addition to his Charlie came to the University with a sibility and commitment to clients, col teaching duties, we hope to utilize his distinguished record as both a teacher and leagues, and to the administration of "extra" time in the development of law clinician. He had taught on the law facul justice generally. school-related programs. If we hesitate, ties of Duke and Wake Forest Universi Professional enhancement has al and knowing Charlie, you may read where ties in his native North Carolina and at ways been an important part of Charlie's he and his lovely wife, Maude, have gone the University of Puerto Rico. In addition career. He haslongbeen a member ofstate off to start a clinic program elsewhere. to teaching responsibilities, he had as and local bar associations, the National sisted in the establishment of legal clinics Legal Aid and Defender Association, the at both Duke and the University of Puerto National Council of LegalClinics, and the Rico. American Association of Law School's The clinical program at Tennessee be Committees on Legal Clinic Teaching. In gan with modest resources. The first-year addition to his contributions to profes record evidences a professional staff of sional periodicals, he has co-authored one full-time person (Charlie) and one (with Dr. W.E. Cole, UTK professor of part-time assistant, one secretary, a case sociology) a book entitled, Social Prob load of a little over 200, and a student body lems, A Sociological Interpretation. of approximately 25-40 students per quar As time-consuming as law has been in ter. his career, Charlie has still managed to At the present time, the Legal Clinic is devote considerable effort to community the equivalent of a large law firm with organizations. He has served as president fourteen professional persons, a nine- and member of the Board of Directors of

If wealth can be measured in terms of ing feature of this educational achievement encouragement, he persisted. He was active in the esteem of colleagues, friends and stu was the character, personality, and judgment this work when it was not a popular cause." dents, then Charlie Miller is indeed a very of the unpretentious man whose vision it rich man. As evidence of their gratitude to embodied, Professor Charles Henderson Foster D. Arnett, Miller." and fo ndness for Charlie Miller, let them Knoxville attorney and former President, Tennessee Bar Association speak for themselves: David F. Cavers, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University L.aw School and "I was not prepared for the actualities I wit Former collegeague at Duke University "His dedication to the legal profession in nessed at the University's Law Center when I general, and to the LegalClinic in particular, is came to Knoxville to attend the Clinic's 25th demonstrated by the fact that he worked long birthday celebration in November, 1973. I could and hard to obtain the necessary funds for not have envisaged the spacious suite of offices, "When we reflect upon his career contribu having a qualified Legal Clinic at the Univer the legal staff, the secretaries, and the stu tions, we must, of course, recall his work as a sity of Tennessee College of Law." dents, all absorbed in what was obviously a pioneer in the field of legal clinicians, and his highly professional operation. Yet in talking to persistencein putting the UT College of Law in F. Graham Bartlett, Charlie and in hearing others talk about him, it the national forefrontof legal aid and defender President, Tennessee Bar Association was clear that, impressive as were these tangi programs. Although his interest in these re ble evidences of success, the really distinguish- sponsibilities oftentimes was not receivedwith (continued on page 7) The Dean's Corner sity's Development Office,the Alumni As Day in the spring before our distin sociation and of course our own Alumni guished panel of state and federal jurists. Advisory Council, whose membership will This year the chief judge of our moot court The Year-at-a-Glance· This has been an be undergoing its first transition this panel was the Honorable Braxton Craven, exciting year at the Law College. Enroll summer. Circuit Judge of the Fourth United States ment in the school has stabilized at just The college has been fortunate in hav Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. over 600 students, the resource base from ing several distinguished visitors for He was joined by Judge Robert McRae of the University remains strong, the cre varying lengths of time during this aca the Western District of Tennessee and the dentials of our students are increasingly demic year. One of these was the Honor Honorable Ben Cantrell, Chancellor in better each year, our attrition rate is down, able Carl McGowan, Circuit Judge with the Nashville area. With the annual inter our curriculum has been enriched in the the United States Court of Appeals in est on the endowment set up by the donor, last several years, and we continue to take the District of Columbia Circuit, who was significant prizes are awarded to the stu pride in the accomplishments of our with us for several days in the fall quarter dent finalists. This year the prize con greatly augmented faculty. We also are visiting classes and making informal sisted of a silver gavel with the name of very proud of the growth in quality and talks to students and faculty. We also the competition and the winner's name in size that our library has experienced dur have inaugurated our first of what we scribed thereon. There will be a perma ing this year. hope will be an annual Distinguished Lec nent plaque as well in the Moot Court We have made a significant new be tureship in Jurisprudence. Professor Room of the college. The Advocates' Prize ginning in the area of continuing legal Harry Jones, Cardozo Professor of Juris· is named for six distinguished present and education with the appointment of As prudence at Columbia, gave this year's ad former members of the Tennessee Trial sistant Dean Curtis Wells. His appoint dress on the theme "Our Uncommon Com Bar and will be recognized by many, if not ment is described in another part of this mon Law." Professor Jones' speech will be all, of our readers. Those for whom the issue. We also expect Mr. Wells to be re printed as a major article in a forthcom prize is named are: John H. Doughty, Ray sponsible for our professional Placement ing issue of the Tennessee Law Review. H. Jenkins, Clyde H. Key, Frank Mont Office within the college, which in an ever Other notable speakers included Dean gomery (1884-1974); Herbert H. McCamp tightening market becomes of greater and Soia Mentschikoff of the University of bell, Jr. (1905-1974), and William P. greater importance to all of us. The newly Miami Law School, formerly of the Chica O'Neil. established Public Law Research and Ser go law faculty and one of the co-authors During the summer of 1975 we also ex vice Program, coordinated by Professor with her deceased husband, Professor pect to inaugurate what we hope will be a Grayfred Gray, has finished a full year of Karl Llewellyn, of the Uniform Commer continuing program, provided sufficient programming, its activities including sev cial Code. Dean Mentschikoff's appear alumni funds are forthcoming, and that is eral week-long institutes for sessions ance was sponsored by the Women Law a Distinguished Counselor-in-Residence judges and juvenile court judges. We Students Organization. Program. Our firstsuch visitor will be the anticipate having a second fine year in Advocacy training took a giant step Honorable Roger Traynor, formerly of the this area of our operations in 1975-76. forward during this academic year. Supreme Court of the State of California. Our graduates continue to do well on Through the generous donation of $2500 Judge Traynor (now sometimes professor the Bar Examination of Tennessee and all from a good friend of the Law College, we of law at Hastings Law School in San others of which we are apprised. Our level have established the Advocates' Prize Ap Francisco and recently visiting at of success on the Tennessee Bar during pellate Moot Court Competition. It con Cambridge University inEngland)will be the last several times has been on the sists of a year-long program involving with us for a week in July lecturing to order of 90% or better of those taking the supervision by faculty and students, who classes, discussing problems in the law examination for the first time. volunteer to participate by arguing a case with faculty members and students, and This is a year in which we hope to bring in a series of appellate moots and prepar holding similar sessions with leadership more visibly to the attention of our alumni ing briefs on the case. The final round, of the Bar from across the State of Ten the long-term financial needs of the col after a series of preliminaries during the nessee. lege. We will be assisted by the Univer- fall and winter quarters, was held on Law

New Clinic Director book on Substantive and Procedural Is him to discuss his perceptions of clinical sues for the Practice of Poverty Law; education. Counseling Materials for Low-Income Jerrold L. Becker, assistant professor of Businessmen, and handbooks on con law, has been appointed Director of the Le sumer rights and tenants' rights. gal Clinic to succeed Charlie Miller. Active in University and community Jerry came to the University of Ten affairs, Jerry serves as secretary of the nessee in June, 1972 from the University Board of Directors of the East Tennessee of LouisvilleSchool of Law. In addition to Research Corporation (a public interest teaching at the law school, Jerry was law firm in Jacksboro); legal advisor to quite active in the Louisville Legal Aid So the Fort Sanders Tenant Association and ciety and had prior experience in the Ap UT Consumers Union; consultant to the pellate Division of the New Jersey Office Tennessee House of Representatives Sub of the Public Defender. committee on Revision of Landlord Jerry received his B.A. degree in 1966 Tenant Laws, and as co-host of "Con from the University of Michigan and his sumer Casebook," a bi-weekly program on J.D. degree in 1969 from Rutgers Law WUOT which provides information on a School. He is also a candidate for the variety of consumer issues. J.S.D. degree from the Columbia Univer Jerry's appointment will be effective sity School of Law. on September 1, 1975, at which time he Professor Becker lists a number of pub will also be promoted to associate pro lications to his credit, including Case and fessor. It is our hope that in a future issue Materials on the Legal Process; Hand- of "The Headnotes," we can prevail upon Jerrold L. Becker

2 DISAGREEMENT the affairs of a professional school within Bankruptcy for the General Practitioner, a university, even though it is state sup The Law and Trial of Workmen's Com OVER "SUNSHINE" ported, is "public business" within the pensation (co-sponsored by the Knoxville Dean Kenneth L. Penegar meaning of the act, although it certainly is Bar Association) and the New Federal Perhaps the single most exciting event of important and has an important public Rules of Evidence. this current academic year, if not the most impact. We believe that our responsibility Scheduling for the fall and spring of satisfying, has been a lawsuit filed on is to the public through our professional 1975-76 is underway. Proposed courses in behalf of thirteen individual students ties and through the Board of Trustees, clude Commercial Bankruptcy for the seeking to have the recently adopted Ten whose meetings are already open to the Business Lawyer, Enforcement of Judg nessee Open Meeting Law apply to meet public. ments, Proof of Damages, Representing ings of the law faculty and its com There are several provisions of the act the Small Business, the Uniform Com mittees. I think it is important that our which we believe strictly construed would mercial Code, Modern Real Estate Trans alumni understand why most of my col not make the bill apply to our meetings, actions and Practice under the Tennessee leagues and I have decided we have no but the overall thrust of our defense is that Administrative Procedures Act. alternative but to resist an interpretation the deliberations that take place in the The programs will attempt to alert law of this statute which would make it appli College of Law are educational, profes yers to recent developments in the law as cable to deliberations of the law faculty. sional and intellectual in character and well as provide a substantive analysis of First, we do not wish to be understood not the stuff of public governmental the legal subject matter area under dis as being unalterably opposed to an ex bodies. We believe that to admit members cussion. Many of the courses will be tape panded involvement of law students in de of the general public, including possible recorded for reproduction as cassette tape liberations of the faculty and its com television reporters and others, might programs, and in the near future, several mittees. On the contrary, as the record of have a deleterious effect on the collegial programs will be selected for videorecord the last several years demonstrates, we relationship of one faculty member to an ing. have sought to improve the amount and other, perhaps making some less prone to quality of interaction between the faculty think out loud and perhaps others to mod and the students of this institution. The ify their remarks depending upon the de principal device for this has been the gree of public attendance at any given inclusion of students as full voting mem meeting. It is our conviction that such a re bers of albeit minority number on each sult could be disastrous tothe collegial life standing committee of the faculty. More of the institution, and could therefore in over, when presentations of major reports hibit the free flow of ideas, deliberation from these committees are forthcoming to and sometimes argument which is the the faculty as a whole, the student stuff of which faculty meetings are and membership of those committees con should be made. cerned are privileged to be present and We certainly regret that such a lawsuit contribute to the presentation and discus has been brought, and we do not believe sion of these proposals. The faculty and I that there has been any particular oc feel that while this system is not a perfect casion or justification for it, except the one and often misunderstandings or lack colorable claim that the plaintiffs make of full communication do occur, it is never that the act in its broadest terms covers theless a good faith effort and involving all public bodies of whatever character. those for whom all of us are laboring and The matter is now before the courts, and Curtis L. Wells doing what we do, without at the same we will certainly abide in good faith any time abdicating our responsibility to exer ruling which is finallyforthcoming. In the TENNESSEE cise our own judgment in matters of pro meantime we thought you would like to LAW REVIEW fessional edu'cation. Also, the faculty know both the fact that the suit is in exist currently has before it a proposal which ence and an appreciation of our position One of the primary goals of the Tennessee would allow even greater student involve on it. Law Review is to publish a scholarly legal ment in the deliberations of the faculty, journal containing articles of signifi and a resolution of these prospects will be CONTINUING LEGAL cance to the Tennessee Bar in particular forthcoming probably at the conclusion of and to the legal profession in general. The the current litigation. EDUCATION continuing success of the Review in Secondly, it should be clearly under achieving this goal is perhaps best evi stood that the lawsuit against the faculty The College of Law's commitment to post denced by an increasing subscription rate involves members of the public and not graduate education is evidenced by the ap among Tennessee lawyers, as well as an students of the Law College or of the Uni pointment of Assistant Dean Curtis L. increasing rate of requests from members versity as such. This statute makes no spe Wells. Dean Wells will be primarily in of the profession outside Tennessee for cial provision for any discrete segment of volved with the development and opera past issues of the Review. More spe the public, and the plaintiffs in the suit do tion of a continuing legal education pro cifically, members of the Tennessee not sue in any other capacity except as gram for members of the }egal profession judiciary and the attorneys general of members of the general public. in Tennessee. Tennessee recently have enrolled as regu Although we appreciate that reason Prior to coming to the Law College, Mr. lar subscribers to the Review through able minds can differ over the intent of the Wells was engaged in continuing legal funding arrangements with the offices of legislation in connection with this act, it is education programming as a staff the Executive Secretary of the Supreme our belief that based both on the caption of attorneyfor the American Law Institute Court and the Attorney General of Ten the act and the discussions surrounding American Bar Association Joint Com nessee, respectively. In addition, a recent the enactment, what was intended was mittee on Continuing Legal Education. American Bar Association Journal re the opening of governmental bodies The CLE program has already insti view of the Spring 1974 symposium on which are politically responsive to the tuted programs on Law Office Manage electorate at large. We do not believe that ment and Economics, Consumer (continued on page 7)

3 CONTRIBUTORS FOR 1973-75

The following are alumni and friends of the College of Law who have Hon. Edith Cockrill Judge & Mrs. Richard R. Ford made financial contributions to one or more funds supporting our pro Washington, D.C. 20008 Knoxville, TN 37919 grams, mainly scholarships, here. This listing covers the time since s�ch a Mr. John H. Collett Mr. Grady Nelson Forrester list was last printed in 1973. If we have overlooked anyone, please forgive us Maynardville, TN 37807 Tullahoma, TN 37388 and let us hear from you to make sure your gift was actually received and Mr. James P. Cooley Mr. E. Bruce Foster credited. We are proud of this significant and sustained effort. It is of great Rockwood, TN 37854 Knoxville, TN encouragement to our efforts. Mr. Isaac D. Corkland Mr. Thomas E. Fow Lauderdale By The Sea, Nashville, TN 37220 Florida 33308 Fowler, Rowntree, Fowler & Mr. W. Frank Crawford Robertson Memphis, TN 38117 Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. Jerome C. Ables, Sr. Mr. David T. Black Mr. Robert Crossley Mr. & Mrs. S. Frank Fowler, Sr. South Pittsburg, TN 37830 Maryville, TN 37801 Knoxville, TN Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. Thomas J. Abernathy Mr. Michael J. Blackman Mr. Jeff A. Crow, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Frazier Pulaski, TN 38478 Portsmouth, VA 23704 Memphis, TN 38116 Knoxville, TN 37920 Mr. Uoyd S. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Boaz Mr. & Mrs. Roy D. Cummins Mr. C. Henry Freas, Jr. Humboldt, TN 38343 Clarksville, TN 37040 Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Port Washington, NY 11050 Mr. & Mrs. Earl S. Ailor Ms. Doria Bonham Mr. James R. Cunningham Mr. James W. Friedwald Knoxville, TN 37919 Boca Ration, FL 33432 Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 Marietta, GA 30060 Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Allen Mr. W. Kerby Bowling Mr. R.D. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. George T. Fretts Knoxville, TN 37919 Memphis, TN 38137 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN Mr. John Alley Mr. C. Howard Bozeman Mr. John C. Dabney Mr. Horton G. Gangwer Chattanooga, TN 37402 Knoxville, TN 37914 Atlanta, GA 30327 Nashville, TN 37219 Mr. William P. Alexander, III Mr. Warren D. Broemel* Mr. Herbert M. Dan Mr. F.D. Gibson, III Knoxville, TN 37917 Tullahoma, TN 37388 Memphis, TN 38107 Knoxville, TN 37920 Arthur Anderson & Co. Foundation Mr. Warren Davidson Broemel* Mr. Clayton L. Davenport Mr. Frank Gibson Chattanooga, TN 37402 Nashville, TN Bristol, TN 37620 Kingsport, TN 37660 Mrs. Nancy D. Anderson Mr. James E. Brown Mr. Ronald R. Davenport Mr. Mack B. Gibson Chicago, IL 60610 Knoxville, TN 37902 Pittsburg, PA 15219 Kingsport, TN 37660 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Armistead Mr. Nat Brown Mr. George H. Davis, III Mr. John T. Gilbertson Knoxville, TN 37919 Jasper, TN 37347 Bowling Green, VA 22427 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. Orgie C. Armitage, Jr. Mrs. Helen C. Brownlow Mr.Sheldon Diesenhouse Mr. James M. Glasgow Greeneville, TN 37743 Knoxville, TN Middleton, NY 10940 Union City, TN 38261 Mr. Richard E. Armstrong Mr. William B. Bruce Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Ditmore Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Goddard Kingsport, TN 37660 Nashville, TN 37215 Clarksville, TN 37040 Maryville, TN 37801 Mr. & Mrs. Foster D. Arnett Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Vorder Bruegge Mr. J. Ray Dotson Mr. Houston M. Goddard Knoxville, TN 37919 Memphis, TN 38103 McLean, VA 22101 Maryville, TN 37801 Mr. Victor E. Arning Mr. John E. Buffaloe, Jr. Mr. Jack B. Draper Mr. Paul D. Goddard Knoxville, TN 37919 Nashville, TN 37215 Concord, TN 37720 Dandridge, TN 37725 Mr. E.H. Avery Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Bussart Mr. Marshall E. Duggin Ms. Sandra Goldstein Atlanta, GA 30338 Lewisburg, TN 37091 Woodburg, TN 37190 Miami, FL 33135 Mr. John H. Ayres, Jr. Mr. Samuel T. Bull Mr. Howard Dunbar Goodall & Bone, Attorneys Knoxville, TN 37919 Reno, Nevada 89501 Johnson City, TN 37601 Gallatin, TN 37066 Mr. Herbert M. Bacon Mr. Arthur D. Byrne Dr. Thomas D. Dunlap Mr. Joe B. Goode Morristown, TN Knoxville, TN 37919 Humboldt, TN 38343 Cleveland, TN 37311 Mr. Robert H. Bailey Mr. J. Harvey Cameron* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Dyer Mr. Larry J. Goode Kingsport, TN 37919 South Pittsburg, TN 37380 Memphis, TN 38104 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Baker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J. Harvey Cameron* Mr. C. Thomas Easterly Mr. Charles M. Gore Nashville, TN 37215 Jasper, TN 3n47 Frankfort, KY 40601 Bristol, TN 37620 Baker, Worthington, Crossley Mr. Robert R. Campbell Mr. George C. Eblen Mr. Joseph B. Gray & Stansberry Knoxville, TN 37919 Shelbyville, TN 37160 Dallas, TX Knoxville, TN Mr. William C. Carriger Mr. M.W. Egerton, Jr. Mr. Charles Guinn Mr. James M. Balthrop Chattanooga, TN 37402 Knoxville, TN 37902 Athens, TN 37303 Madison, TN 37115 Mr. Parker L. Carroll Mr. William B. Eldridge Mr. David M. Guinn Mr. & Mrs. G. Douglas Barnes Houston, TX 77304 Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Johnson City, TN 37601 Bristol, TN 37620 Mr. Richard L. Carson Mr. Myron R. Ely Mr. Thomas E. Guthrie, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Irving Barrack Knoxville, TN Knoxville, TN 37902 Springfield, TN 37172 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Mr. Charles M. Cary Emison & Emison Mr. Jerry W. Hacker Mr. & Mrs. F. Graham Bartlett Whiteville, TN 38075 Alamo, TN 38001 Roselle, IL 60172 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. William R. Casto Mr. & Mrs. Theo J. Emison, Jr. Mr. William J. Hacker Mr. Larry D. Basham Chattanooga, TN 37415 Alamo, TN 38001 Des Plaines, IL 60018 Cleveland, TN 37311 Mr. William H. Cate Mr. Theo J. Emison, Sr. Mr. Lewis lt Hagood Mr. George N. Bass, Jr. Atlanta, GA 30303 Alamo, TN 38001 Knoxville, TN 37919 Nashville, TN 37215 Mr. Fenwick Chappel Mr. DavidS. Engle Mr. Perry R. Happell Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Bassart Memphis, TN 38111 Atlanta, GA 30303 Nashville, TN 37221 Lewisburg, TN 37091 Mrs. GeorgeS. Child Ms. Helen Estes Mr. H.T. Harris Mr. David J. Batdorf Knoxville, TN Palatine, IL Lenoir City, TN 37771 Reading, PA 19601 Mr. GeorgeS. Child, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Milton W. Ewell, Jr. Mr. Albert C. Harvey* Mr. John C. Baugh Knoxville, TN 37920 Dyersburg, TN 38024 Memphis, TN 38104 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. John L. Child Mr. Roscoe A. Field, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Harvey, Jr.* Mr. James I<'. Beattie McLean, VA 22101 Memphis, TN 38103 Memphis, TN 38104 Jasper, TN 37347 Mr. Robert M. Child Col. Zane Finkelstein Mr. & Mrs. Wallace A. Hawkins Mr. Joe F. Beene Knoxville, TN 37919 Alexandria, VA 22311 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37919 Ms. Angel M.D. Ciordia Finnell, Thompson, Scott & Mr. & Mrs. Joe R. Haynes, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Bernstein Vega Bajo, Puerto Rico 00763 Logan Knoxville, TN 37918 Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. Joe H. Clark Cleveland, TN 37311 Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Hendricks Mr. Robert J. Betts Atlanta, GA 30303 Mr. Frank L. Flynn, Jr. Crossville, TN 38555 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. William D. Clary Knoxville, TN 37902 Mr. J.T. Henniss Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. Bird Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Hon. William H.D. Fones Chattanooga, TN 37404 Maryville, TN 37801 Mr. & Mrs. James L. Clayton Memphis, TN 38103 Mr. Mrs. Kenneth R. Herrell 4 & Knoxville, TN 37919 Nashville, TN 37025 Mr. Paul W. Herrell Mrs. Anne T. Manning Mr. E.H. Rayson* Mr. Glenn C. Stophel Chattanooga, TN 37 405 Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Knoxville, TN 37902 Chattanooga, TN 37411 Mr. Ralph W. Higgins Mr. & Mrs. Rel Maples Mr. Edwin H. Rayson* Ms. Dian Strange Bowling Green, KY 42101 Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Knoxville, TN 37919 (No Address) Mr. Fredrick L. Hill Mr. Marne S. Matherene Mr. Thomas L. Reed, Jr. Mr. Paul A. Swafford Reno, Nevada 89502 Nashville, TN 37217 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Jasper, TN 37347 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Hodge Mr. Mark J. Mayfield Mr. Lyle Reid Mr. John H. Swan Madison, Wisconsin 53704 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Brownsville, TN 38012 Knoxville, TN 37901 Mr. Quentin L. Householder Ms. Agnes McAmis Mr. Herman L. Reviere Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Switzer Nashville, TN 37205 Knoxville, TN 37916 Ripley, TN 38063 Savannah, GA 31406 Mr. Jesse W. Huggins, II Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. McClellan Mr. James A. Ridley, III Mr. Calvin N. Taylor Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Hendersonville, TN 37075 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37918 Hon. D.L. Hutson Mr. Wallace McClure Riley & Riley Attorneys Mr. & Mrs. Wayne S. Taylor LaFollette, TN 37766 Charlottesville, VA 22903 Ridgely, TN 38080 Brentwood, TN 37027 Mr. Arthur B. Hyman Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. McSween Mr. Robert W. Ritchie Mr. & Mrs. William L. Taylor New York, NY 10028 Dallas, TX 75240 Knoxville, TN 37902 Chattanooga, TN 37415 Mr. Ray L. Jenkins Mr. & Mrs. Franklin J. McVeigh Mr. James D. Robinson* Mr. & Mrs. George C. Thomas Knoxville, TN 37901 Knoxville, TN 37919 Hixson, TN 37343 Dresden, TN 38225 Mr. Robert W. Jenkins Mr. Frank P. Miller Mr. James D. Robinson* Mr. John J. Thomason Knoxville, TN 37921 Bristol, TN 37620 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Memphis, TN 38103 Mr. & Mrs. Roger E. Jenne Mr. Warren B. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosen Mr. James Thompson Cleveland, TN 37311 Dixon, KY 42409 Rockaway, NJ 07866 Cleveland, TN 37311 Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Johnson Mr. John G. Mitchell, Jr. Mr. Robert L. Russell Mr. Joe A. Tilson Knoxville, TN 37919 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mountain Home, TN 37684 Morristown, TN 37814 Mr. Jack D. Jones Mr. Noor Mohammad Mr. Harry D. Sabine Times Mirror Knoxville, TN 37916 Baltimore, MD 21201 Crossville, TN 38555 Los Angeles, CA 90053 Col. Richard L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Max M. Moore Mr. D.A. Sachs, III Mr. Arnold C. Tjomsland Ft. Campbell, KY 42223 White Pine, TN 37890 Louisville, KY 40207 Pullman, Washington 99163 Mr. & Mrs. William W. Jones Mr. Charles G. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Sands, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Treadway Knoxville, TN 37919 Memphis, TN 38104 Fleetwood, PA 19552 Kingsport, TN 37664 Mr. Eric B. Jorgenson Mr. R.H. Moseley Mr. Francis X. Santore Mr. Jimmie D. Turner Greensboro, NC 27405 Chattanooga, TN Greeneville, TN 37743 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Mr. Eugene L. Joyce Mr. David H. Mullins Mr. William H. Scott, III Dr. & Mrs. Charles T.R. Underwood Oak Ridge, TN 37030 Seattle, Washington 98105 Nashville, TN 37215 Johnson City, TN 37601 Mr. Abraham J. Kalfus Mr. Michael Murphy Mr. Frank Seal Mr. James M. Underwood Virginia Beach, VA 23455 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Clinton, TN 37716 Mr. Payne Karr Mr. Jack R. Musick Mrs. Nancy Smith Sellers Mr. & Mrs. Vincent W. Vorderbruegge Seattle, Washington 98154 Elizabethton, TN 37643 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Memphis, TN 38103 Mr. Edwin V. Kelly, Jr. Mr. William 0. Mynatt Mr. Roy I. Sexton Mr. Walter 0. Waddey Jasper, TN 37347 Nashville, TN 37215 Oneida, TN 37841 Kingsport, TN 37660 Mr. Warncn W. Kennerly Mr. J. Leroy Neblett Mr. Arthur G. Seymour Mr. Richard L. Wade Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37901 Morristown, NJ 07960 Mr. Lowry F. Kline Mr. William P. Nelms Mr. Robert M. Shaumann Mr. R. Loy Waldrop Lookout Mountain, TN 37350 Hixon, TN 37343 Ounwoody, GA 30338 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville Auxiliary of Mr. Ronald K. Nevin Mr. William M. Sheffield Mr. & Mrs. James W. Wallace the Tennessee Bar Association Nashville, TN :37215 Blackstone, VA 23824 LaCanada, CA 91011 Knoxville, TN Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Neyland Sherrod & Sherrod Dean & Mrs. Harold Warner Ms. Margaret Kramer Bristol, VA 37620 Johnson City, TN 37601 Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37920 Mr. Michael D. Noel Mr. Gary D. Shields Mr. & Mrs. James W. Watson Mr. Richard E. Ladd Nashville, TN 37217 Chattanooga, TN 37402 Memphis, TN 38103 Bristol, TN 37620 Mr. & Mrs. Jonas Novak Mr. Alex B. Shipley Mr. & Mrs. James S. Webb Mr. Charles E. Lane, Sr. Atlanta, GA 30327 Nashville, TN 37215 Cleveland, TN 37311 Hixson, TN 37343 Mr. & Mrs. John T. O'Connor Mr. & Mrs. William Skaggs Mr. Allen Westerdahl Mr. John B. Lane Knoxville, TN 37919 Knoxville, TN 37919 Aiken, S.C. 29801 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Mr. Robert L. Ogle, Jr. Mr. Norbert J. Slovis Mr. John W. Wheeler Mr. Harry W. Laughlin, Jr. Sevierville, TN 37862 Knoxville, TN 37902 Knoxville, TN 37919 Memphis, TN 38138 Mr. James R. Orner Mr. John M. Smartt Mr. & Mrs. Kendred A. White Mrs. Susan S. Leach Brentwood, TN 37027 Knoxville, TN 37902 Madisonville, TN 37354 Mobile, AL 36608 Mr. Eston Wycliffe Orr Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Smith Mr. Wayne White Mr. Donelson M. Leake Gainesville, GA 30501 Nashville, TN 37215 Birmingham, AL 35223 Knoxville, TN 37919 Dr. Elvin E. Overton Mr. Stanley H. Smith, Jr. Mr. Jack W. Whitson Mr. J.D. Lee Knoxville, TN 37920 Atlanta, GA 43509 Cleveland, TN 37311 Madisonville, TN 37354 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Parker Mr. John L. Sobieski, Jr. Mr. William H. Wicker Mr. & Mrs. McAfee Lee Knoxville, TN 37914 Knoxville, TN 37916 Spokane, Washington 99202 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. Cayce L. Pentecost Mr. Donald B. Southern Mr. Thomas R. Wilkinson Lee & McReynolds Dresden, TN 38225 Knoxville, TN 37902 San Diego, CA 92103 Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. James 0. Phillips* Mr. Donn A. Southern Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Scott Williams Mr. William M. Leibrock Rogersville, TN 37857 Memphis, TN 38117 Nashville, TN 37221 Newport, TN 37821 Mr. James 0. Phillips, Jr.* Mr. Karl Spalvins Mr. & Mrs. Louis C. Woolf Mr. E. William Linam Rogersville, TN 37857 Knoxvill�. TN 37916 Knoxville, TN 37918 Chattanooga, TN 37405 Mr. Frank P. Pinchak Mr. Harvey L. Sproul Mr. Roscoe C. Word Mr. W. Buford LeWallen Chattanooga, TN 37414 Lenoir City, TN 37771 Knoxville, TN 37901 Clinton, TN 37716 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Porter Mr. Don C. Stansberry, Jr. Mr. Charles E. Worley, Jr. Mr. George T. Lewis Newport, TN 37821 Huntsville, TN Bluff City, TN 37618 Memphis, TN 38103 Ms. Margaret Pouder Mr. L. Caesar Stair, III Mr. Stephan M. Worsham Mr. George H. Lockett Nashville, TN 37212 Knoxville, TN 37919 Tullahoma, TN Harriman, TN 37748 Mr. Thomas Ryan Prewitt, Jr. Mr. H. Francis Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Worthington, Jr. Mr. William J. Lovas Memphis, TN 38103 Nashville, TN 37219 Knoxville, TN 37919 Succasunna, NJ 07876 Mr. & Mrs. Chester S. Rainwater Mr. Frank B. Still, Jr. Mr. William S. Zwick Mr. Lawrence C. Loy Dandridge, TN 37725 Arlington, VA 22204 Knoxville, TN 37919 Savannah, GA 31404 Mr. & Mrs. Fred G. Ramsey, Jr. Ms. Virginia A. Stivers Mr. Robert C. Manley Germantown, TN 38138 Knoxville, TN 37919 *Indicates uncertainty if both names are Elko, Nevada 89801 Mr. Harold B. Stone Mr. William T. Raper the same person. Mr. Bobby G. Manncer Chattanooga, TN 37411 Knoxville, TN 37901 Milan, TN 38358 5 ALUMNI NEWS Association. Mr. Ritchie is a partner in the MOOT COURT firm of Stair, Ritchie and Tipton. T. EDWARD SISK ('65) was named as COMPETITION JOSEPH J. NIGRO ('43) has been ap Chief Legal Aide to Governor Ray pointed by Governor Ray Blanton as the WINNERS Blanton. Mr. Sisk has been most recently new Criminal Court Judge for Division 1, associated with the firm of Pack, Peebles Knox County Criminal Court. Mr. Nigro A team of UT law students acquitted and Sisk. Sisk has been assistant Attor succeeds Judge Joe D. Duncan, who was themselves exceptionally well in a recent ney General of the 11th Judicial Circuit elevated to the State Court of Criminal Ap moot court competition sponsored by the and has served on the Board of Governors peals. American Patent Law Association in of the Tennessee Bar Association. Mr. Nigro, a Knoxville attorney for Washington, D.C. Howard Hinds and HOWELL N. PEOPLES ('66) has been thirty years, has for the past twelve years Janet Sloan finished second out of appointed as Clerk and Master in Chat served under Attorney General Ronald A. fourteen teams in the eastern half of the tanooga by Chancellors Herschel Franks Webster as a full-time assistant attorney United States. and Wilkes T. Thrasher, Jr. Mr. Peoples general in charge of prosecutions. Mr. What makes this feat remarkable is not was formerly a staff member of the UT Nigro is married to a law school class only the fact that this is the first team UT College of Law Legal Clinic. mate, ANN KIRBY NIGRO ('43). has entered in this type of competition, but CAPTAIN JAMES R. DEDRICK ('72), JUDGE JOE D. DUNCAN ('49) was also that neither team member has had a Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, First Cal appointed by former Governor Winfield course in patent law, and they out-per vary Division, Fort Hood, Texas, was Dunn to succeed Judge W. Wayne Oliver formed teams from schools with several recently named to receive the "Outstand on the State Court of Criminal Appeals. patent courses and an organized patent ing Judge Advocate General of the Year Judge Duncan was selected from a list of program. Well done! Award" for 1974. The award is given to three candidates whose names were sub only one individual in the entire U.S. mitted to the Governor by the State Appel Army for a particular year. late Court Nominating Commission. HOMER ALLEN BRAY, JR. ('73) was PLACEMENT Judge Duncan's appointment will be named Alcoa Municipal Judge by City effective until the August 1976 election, at Manager Gary Head. Mr. Bray is a part which time he must seek voter approval in Change has been the keynote in the op ner in the firm of Fox and Bray, Alcoa. order to retain his seat. eration of the Placement Office. Both Judge Duncan was elevated to the Ap Joyce Doss and Joyce Ann Davis have left peals Court from his post as judge of the the college and a new staff was ap Knox County Criminal Court, where he SBA NEWS pointed during the winter. In addition to has served since 1966. During this time, his continuing legal education duties, Judge Duncan has on occasion served as a The SBA recently elected its officers for Curtis L. Wells was appointed assistant special judge on the Criminal Appeals summer and fall, 1975. The officersare as dean for placement. Joining Dean Wells in Court. Judge Duncan is a brother of U.S. follows: Kinny Cosner, president, Nash our placement effort are Mrs. Ida Strick Representative John J. Duncan, with ville; George Johnson, vice-president, land as administrative assistant and Ms. whom he practiced law for many years. Roanoke, Va; Marie Williams, treasurer, Linda Kissack as staff assistant. B. REX McGEE ('50) has been sworn Lookout Mountain; and Bonnie Zachary, Several programs have been arranged in as a full-time assistant to District secretary, Knoxville. to acquaint students with legal career op Attorney General Ronald A. Webster. Mr. On April 3D the SBA Special Activities portunities. A speakers' program was McGee has practiced in Knoxville since Committee sponsored the 2nd Annual Old scheduled for the months of April and 1950 and has been a partner in the firmof Fashioned Lawn Party in conjunction May. Speakers discussed such topics as Lee, McGee, Garrett & Coffee. McGee pre with LawWeek activities. The program in practice in a large-medium-small law viously served as Assistant District At cluded bluegrass music and remarks from firm, attorneys in state and federal torney from 1956-58. the Honorable Cas Walker. Professor Fred government, the role of in-house counsel, JOHN F. DODD ('58) has been named Le Clercq served as auctioneer in an old non-legal positions in government, the president of Florida Telephone, a sub fashioned auction, the proceeds of which public law firm, the solo practitioner, and sidiary of United Telecommunications. went to the Alan Novak Memorial Loan graduate law programs. The Company serves a 6,000 square mile Fund. Professor Durward Jones led us in Related placement workshops will fo territory in Central Florida, including singing "God Bless America" and "The cus on identifying student values and Disney World. Tennessee Waltz." Zane Daniel, a Knox skills as well as preparation of resumes Mr. Dodd joined Telecommunications ville attorney, gave a talk on the "Most and techniques of interviewing. in 1966 in Kansas City as assistant secre Noble Specialization in the Legal In early March, an experimental pro tary, and later served as assistant gen Field-Being a Notary." All in all, it was a gram was arranged with the Chattanooga eral counsel. He was promoted to assist great afternoon. Bar Association. The object of the ant vice president in 1969 and, two years program was to bring law students inter later, was promoted to vice president in ested in practicing in southeast Tennes the corporate financial division. Dodd 'SECRETARY see to the area to meet local practitioners. transferred to the Florida company in The aim of the program was to allow May, 1974 as executive vice president. OF THE YEAR' practitioners to interview students in a FRANK E. BARNETT ('59) has been casual atmosphere close to their practice, appointed as Special Assistant to the Gov Mrs. Lynda Wambles, office supervisor thus saving on time and travel expenses. ernor of American Samoa. Mr. Barnett for Dean Penegar in the College of Law, From the student's standpoint, they were was a partner in Senator Howard H. was recently selected as "Secretary of the exposed to lawyers in an area in which Baker's law firm from 1964 to 1970 and Year" in Tennessee by the Tennessee Divi they were interested in practicing. Plans served as Special Assistant to former Gov sion of the National Secretaries' Associa are underway to conduct a similar experi ernor Winfield Dunnfrom December, 1970 tion. Mrs. Wambles won out over eight ment in Memphis and Nashville. We to April, 1972. other contenders in a competition that in would be glad to come to other areas if the ROBERT W. RITCHIE ('62) is presi cluded skills and decision-making in her attorneys would so indicate. dent-elect for 1975 of the Knoxville Bar field. The Law College has many qualified

6 students interested in clerkship positions, people as well as rules of law. He had a way of turned down our 1947 employment offer, I and the clerkship is certainly an excellent sitting down with a discouraged second- or doubt if UT would have even had a legal clinic opportunity to evaluate future potential at third-year student who was beginning to in the 1940's." a lower cost than would be expended in wonder if all the blood, sweat and tears were worthwhile. He could communicate and make William H. Wicker, hiring an associate. In addition, students the student realize the worthwhileness of carry Professor of Law, are available for temporary research ing on. He could show the student how to think Gonzaga University School of Law and Former dean, UT College of Law assignments on a short-term basis. not merely like a lawyer, but like an a hove aver We encourage you to contact us to talk age lawyer." about present and future needs and to John S. Bradway, former law professor "His leadership and achievements in the acquaint us with potential opportunities methods and procedures of providing legal ser and contemporary at Duke University in your community. Placement services vices to the indigent are without parallel in are available to alumni in search of new history." employment opportunities as well as stu "But even we Johnny-come-latelies know William H.D. Fones, dents currently enrolled in the college. that clinical legal education would not exist to Chief Justice, day, in any recognizable shape, had it not been You may contact us at (615) 974-4348. Tennessee Supreme Court for Miller. We are all greatly in his debt." Patricia Eames, associate professor "One who has observed his success in this of Law, Vanderbilt University field over the years and the consistent whole hearted support obtained from the Knoxville Bar Association has marveled at his ability to "The Legal Aid Clinic which he estab keep friction between possible conflictinginter lished is now the oldest one in the United States ests to an absolute minimum." in continuous operation as a part of a law school. Through it he has had a tremendous W.W. Kennerly, influenceupon the students of the past, present Knoxville attorney and future. Through them he has also had a great impact upon the bar. I need not tell you "It is appropriate that, at this time when the that he has added immeasurably to the pres general public views the legal profession with tige of the University of Tennessee College of disclaim, we should honor Charlie, who by his Law." every action has exhibited the highest stand ards toward which an attorney can strive." Dean Harold C. Warner, L to R: Linda, Ida, Dean Wells Former dean, UT College of Law Howell N. Peoples, Clerk and Master, Chattanooga (continued from page 1) "I shall always be indebted to Charlie Mil ler for the encouragement and advice that he "Charlie Miller ... dedicated himself to the "Several of those who wrote briefs for me at gave me as a student and for his many acts of inculcation of professional responsibility, a far his suggestion while they were in college are kindness toward me since my graduation from broader term in his mind than mere legal now in active practice in Memphis and are do law college. In 1954, I was selected by Ray ethics." ing well. I doubt that there is any greater Jenkins, Chief Counsel to the Senate, in re spect to the McCarthy-Army Hearings; except satisfaction in life than that of a teacher in see E.E. Overton, for the active support of Charlie Miller, I would ing his students do well as members of the bar Professor of Law, not have been chosen to assist Mr. Jenkins in after their graduation. " UT College of Law this undertaking." Charles G. Morgan, (continued from page 3) Attorney, Memphis Thomas R. Prewitt, Attorney, Memphis bankruptcy has resulted in a significant number of requests for that particular is " .. . I remember with great appreciation the "As a student and later as an associate in sue from practicing attorneys across the assistance that he gave me over 15 years ago the LegalAid Clinic, I had an opportunity to ob nation. when we initiated a clinical program at George serve how much he contributed to the welfare of Future issues are being prepared with a town. Few people in our region have done as our community. He wanted the Legal AidClinic view toward continuing the Review's much for legal aid. No one has done so much for to serve the community as well as to serve as a recent success. The lead articles and com clinical education." teaching vehicle for the students. As a result, countless persons were provided with legal ser ments of the Winter 1975 issue will be de A. Kenneth Pye, vices that they could never have afforded if the voted entirely to matters of continuing sig Dean, Duke University School of Law Clinic was not present to assist them." nificance in Tennessee law. Articles more national in scope will appear in the Spring Bernard E. Bernstein, 1975 issue. These include an address de "I had the great privilege of serving with Attorney, Knoxville him for some years in connection with the Ford livered at the College of Law's First An Foundation project to encourage the estab nual Alumni Distinguished Lecture, de "The image I carry of Charlie is that of a lishment of clinical legal education in the law livered by Harry Jones, Cardozo Profes kind, gentle and understanding man who gets schools of the United States .... This is no place sor of Jurisprudence at Columbia Law close to one's heart and who sets an example of to say much about that progress, but it was a outstanding excellence in his profession." School, and a comprehensive study by major and almost revolutionary development Fredrich Thomforde, professor at the Col in legal education in the United States, and Ray H. Jenkins, lege of Law, of sanctioning decisions by Attorney, Knoxville Charlie Miller was one of its most valuable and the Securities and Exchange valiant pioneers." Commission. "We then wanted our College of Law to join Whitney North Seymour, Another major goal of the Tennessee the selected small group of schools with clinics New York Attorney and former Law Review is to provide a forum for sig if, but only if, we could have a clinic with an President, American Bar Association academically sound program. On a visit to UT nificant student participation in legal in the early part of 1947, he convinced us that writing and the editorial process. The to have such a clinic, there must be tight law present staff, one of the largest in the his "The feature of Charlie's work which im college control, planned exposure for law stu tory of the Review, consists of ten editors pressed me most was his ability to understand dents and close faculty supervision. If he had and 27 members.

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RESEARCH AND with the work. In addition to their work ALUMNI drafting legislation, the students have SERVICE PROGRAMS been the reporters for the Legislative Ser DISTINGUISHED vice, which reports on the proceedings of LECTURE The Public Law Research & Service Pro the General Assembly to its subscribers. gram, building on its first year of activity, The Institute for Public Service has Harry W. Jones, Cardozo Professor of Ju is continuing the Judicial System Educa funded the program in the main for the risprudence at the Columbia University tion Program of summer institutes for past two years, but it appears likely that School of Law, delivered the first annual judges, clerks and attorneys practicing in some new funding source will be needed Alumni Distinguished Lecture in Juris the criminal justice system. The summer next year if this program is to continue. prudence on Wednesday evening, April 2, of 1975 will include two institutes for The Legal Assistant Training Pro at the College of Law. general sessions judges, two institutes for gram has completed its first year of Professor Jones' topic, "Our Uncom juvenile court judges, one institute for classes. It is entering the home stretch mon Common Law," was a stimulating court clerks, ahd an institute for district under the two-year contract and will wind historical and cultural perspective on the attorneys general. In addition, during up in March, 1976. In addition to general role of the common law and was well re 1975-76, there will be another one-week college subjects such as English, the stu ceived by the mixed audience of lawyers institutefor juvenile court judges and five dents have taken domestic relations, real and non-lawyers. one-day programs for public defenders estate transactions and legal research. Later that week, Professor Jones and attorneys accepting court appoint The original six students are still in the served as a "resource person" for the law ments in criminal cases. The program program. The experiment so far appears faculty conference in Gatlinburg. His in ming will again be restricted to criminal successful. sightson such matters as the relationship law under the grant from the Tennessee The Tennessee Committee on Confi between faculty members and the student Law Enforcement Planning Agency, dentiality in Human Services, a state body, teaching methods and directions of• which funds the bulk of the institutes, but wide committee composed of representa the Law College proved to be exciting cat we are considering possible ways to tives from state agencies, professional alysts for valuable discussion and conduct judicial education in the area of organizations including the Tennessee thought. civil practice. Bar Association, trade and consumer The Legislative Service Program, groups, has begun a one-year study to which placed two students with the Leg attempt to develop a comprehensive law islative Council Committee of the General providing for confidentiality in edu Assembly in 1974, has placed fo ur stu cation, health and welfare. Professor dents full-time with the committee in Gray is draftsman and secretary to the 1975. Professor Grayfred B. Gray has con committee. The study is an unfunded tinued his weekly trips to Nashville to re volunteer effort on the part of all con view all of the drafting done by the stu cerned. It is an example of the kind of dents. All reports are that the profes public service activity for which the Col sional staff of the committee and mem lege of Law is a critical resource to the bers of the General Assembly are pleased state.