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VOL. 12 NO.1 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 1962

Dean's Welcome -- by Robert Kramer

To each new student, old and new, law school presents a direct and immediate challenge: how to make the best use of your time here. These years can be the most exciting ones of your lives or the most miserable. The result primarily depends upon you: Will you take advantage of all the opportunities offered you? Above all, do you have the maturity and judgment to recognize that studies always must come first? Your future professional career and success, until you receive your diploma, will be determined more by the time and effort you put into your studies and such closely associated activities as Law Review than any other factor. For many of you and for your wives, children, and parents, this may mean painful sacrifices and hard choices. The law is a "jealous mistress" -- there is no escaping this hard fact. There are no easy short cuts.

The faculty and I want to help you all we can. You are an indispensable part of the Law School -- without you there would be no s choo l ," Therefore, the entire Law School focuses on you and your needs. We are deeply and personally interested in each of you and your individual and collective problems. We welcome your questions and will do our best to answer them promptly and pointedly. We are. delighted to talk leisurely and at length with you whennecessary,and thereby we hope to assist you to learn how toface up tofacts,to make your own decisions, and to solve problems, personal and professional. We shall treat you as responsible, adult citizens at all times. We cannot urge you too strongly to seek our counsel as soon as possible wheneveryouforesee trouble or rough going; Remember that your difficulties may not be nearly as unique as you think. We will not attempt to force ourselves upon you. We simply offer you the opportunity to associate as closely as you wish with us.

This is a very large law school, and, we believe, a friendly one. Much THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY of the learning process involves rub- bing elbows and exchanging views, 12 September 1962 not only with the faculty, but, of equal importance, with your fellow students from all over the world so that you Dear Fellow Student: can share their rich variety of back- grounds and experience. If you fail At the outset of the new academic year, I wish to to develop such as sociations with greet those of you who are new at the University and fellow students, you deny to your- those of you who are returning for further studies. self as rewarding an educational ex- We are very proud of our Law School and are confident perience as you will ever encounter. that this year will prove to be an outstanding year of In the last analysis, no doubt law is achievement for you as a part of it. and must be self taught under the guidance of skilled teachers, but the The challenges facing us today in both the public and task is certainly a more exciting one private sectors are such that the demands made upon a if you share your difficulties and .Law School curriculum become ever greater and more doubts with your fellow students. diverse. To meet these demands the University is de- Before the end of the year, I hope veloping a special competence in the field of public law, to have the pleasure of greeting each as well as continuously studying its basic law program to of you personally. I am delighted ensure its vitality and effectiveness. you are a student at George Washing- ton University Law School. I know It is a truly exciting time for you to be associated you have the ability to do well the with the University. We have every confidence that you work we require. Whether or not will make your maximum possible contribution both as a you succeed in doing so is now up to student now and as an alumnus in the future. you. Welcome, and good luck. With every good wish,

Dean Robert Kramer announces that the first Dean's Faithfully yours, Reception will be held in Lower Lisner Lounge on Wednesday, October 3,1962, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m,

As has been the practice in the past, ample refresh- Thomas H. Carroll ments will be provided. All law students are invited. President Page 2 Amicus Curiae

Editorial S.B.A. BRIEFCASE: -By Hal Hovey

THE NEW AMICUS CURIAE Students entering the law school Most GW students do not ordi- this fall will find that the unique ad- narily get practical legal experience The staff of Amicus Curiae for vantages of a Washington Law School in summers and most do not work 1962 -6 3 extend our welcome to both are amply described in the catalogue, in law offices during the school new and old students, and wish you including accessibility to large li- year. While Student Bar Associa- all a succes sful academic year. braries and a variety of courts, as tion sponsored activities can not And, with a new school year be- well as Congress and FederalAgen- wholly compensate for this they can ginning, Amicus Curiae wishes to cies. The same students will prob- help the individual law student to announce a few changes that its ably also find that they spend much broaden his base for understanding readers may expect. less time utilizing these advantages law in action. than they presently expect. Instead The Legal Aid program, spon- There will be a change in publi- they will find most of their time oc- sored in cooperation with the Dis- cation from a quarterly to a monthly cupied by the law school itself. For trict of Columbia Junior Bar As- publication. We hope to broaden the this reason this article will describe sociation, offers opportunities to substantive scope of Amicus Curiae the law school activities available assist lawyers in the District tode- with more articles devoted to law for new GW students: fend indigent clients. A Student and the legal profession than has Clerkship program, new this year, been the practice in the past. There Study First will provide opportunities for GW are top-flight publications published students to spend time in the local by law schools over the country that Elsewhere in this issue the new courts. The students will be assigned embrace such materials. The student will find welcomes from uni- to a particular court or branch and Amicus Curiae has not been one in versityofficials. For the purposes will be able to observe law in action the past. It is our intention to make of this article it is sufficient to in- for periods from two days to one it one in the future. One example of troduce two postulates on getting week. They will follow clerks in this new outlook will be a section along in Law School. First, the pur- the se courts and learn from them devoted each month to some con- pose of going to law school is to about their work and the work of troversial case or issue, with lead- learn law and the best way to learn their co u r t , Unfortunately, both ing professors, judges, and laymen law is to study it. Second, by the these programs are geared pri- taking pro and con positions,. with standards of the best law schools marily to day students. For night room for student comments in the (and law firms) in the country, a students to take advantage of them, form of letter s to the editor. Another legal education is not complete if it they must take leave from their example of our new face will be a stops with the course offerings of jobs. In addition to these activities "Current Decisions" section, going the University. the SBA will post throughout the year beyond the customary public law the court calendar s of various courts outlook of the Univer sity. Embrac- Practice Practicing Law Second sitting in the District so that stu- ing all areas of the law, one can ex- dents may discover for themselves pect to see the latest and leading At GW several activities are cases they would particularly like cases digested in all fields. sponsored by the Student Bar As- to hear. sociation w hie h at many other The above examples are illustra- schools are run by the faculty and Extra Curricular Third tive only, and are not to be construed administration as a neces sary part of as limiting the scope of your paper. the legal education offered by the The Student Bar Association is As you can see, such a program will particular school. similar to undergraduate student require a great deal of work, and the associations in that it is the voice The most important of these ac- staff at this time extends its invita- of the students vis a vis the uni- tivities is the Van Vleck Case Club. tion to all students, new and old, versity and it provides the only This club, which is a permanent or- who are interested in participating source for law school wide social ganization of the Student Bar Associ- to contact the managing editor. activities and discussion of prob- ation and really isn't a club, runs lems. On the other hand, the Stu- the intermural appellate advocacy dent Bar Association is also a pro- competition. At Harvard, for ex- fessional society and as such is ample, this competition is manda- unlike other student organizations. tory for freshmen. AtGW,for vari- It is, in a sense a pre-Bar Bar AMICUS CURIAE ous reasons, it is voluntary, but is Association. recognized by the administration as The Student Bar Association is an important part of legal education. an "integrated" bar of all GW law Editor-in- Chief ••.••••.••.• Robert Oswald This year there will be a freshman students who each pay $1.25 for Managing Editor ••••••••• Sam S. Crutchfield as well as an upperclass competi- Associate Editors .•••••••••• Glenn B. Harten membership when they register. tion, --both are excellent training in John B. Stohlton Most of the amount collected in this appellate advocacy. Business Manager ..••••••••• Gary Kindness fashion goes to this paper and case The second important activity of club act i v it i e s , The remainder REPORTERS FEATURES this category is the newly established supports various social and pro- Legislative Drafting Bureau. At the fessional activities including pub- Stephen Grayson ..••••.••. Mrs. Jan Martens moment this organization is financed lication of a Student Directory, Law Douglas Olson ••••.••..•••• Roger Rowland and run by students with the coopera- Day observation, Legislative Draft- Donald Rowe •.••••••••••••• Bobby Rogers tion of the faculty and administration. ing, Professional Seminars, Orienta- Robert Thompson ••.. . . • • •• Gerald Stevens The purpose of the Bureau is to pro- tion, a mimeographed news sheet Robert Werdig. Jr. vide practical experience in legis- called Scoop Sheet, a Fall Dance and Photographer 1ative drafting to GW students. pa r ti c ipati 0 n in American Law Ronald LaBran The activities of the Bureau are Student Ass 0 cia t ion activities. described elsewhere in this issue. (Continued on page 4) Arntcus Curiae Page 3

NEW STUDENTS - S. B. A. ORIENTATION

Entering students will today have their second we.lcome to the Law School. Day students, in Legal Methods class, and night students, in Legal Methods and Contracts I classes, will hear Deans Kr ame r , Benson and Potts; Hal Hovey, President of the Student Bar Association; and representatives of Law Review, Case Club and the Intra-Legal Fraternity Council. Each speaker will describe to the entering students a particular s egrn ent or area of interest within the Law School cu r r icu.Iurn or related extra-curricula activities.

Saturday, Sept ernbe r 22nd, the entering students were entertained for breakfast at the Occidental Restaur- ant. At this Info r-ma.l me eting , students and faculty Iningled in a social atrno sphe r-e before as suming the rigors of professional study.

Besides the class and breakfast me etdngs , the F'r-eshrrran Orientation Pz-ogram Chad rrnan has tentatively plan- ned to provide an open "s erridria r " m eetfng , wherein entering students will ask, and professors and upper cl.as srnen will att ernpt to answer, questions involving adaptation to the new curricula; a date has not been revealed. Also being considered is a guided tour of the Federal City for those students new to the area (or those who would like to see it anew).

The Council, or Counselee, pro- g ram initiated last year will not be continued based upon observances LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING that the neophyte did not rne a su r e up to its anticipated use. The George Washington Law advisors. The Bureau originates Further p r og r am s of a social School Legislative Drafting and Re- and operates fr-om a resolution of and professional nature, not spon- search Bureau is be corning a reali- the SBA Board. The operations and sored by the Student Bar Associa- ty. Under the dynarrric and arnbrti ou s plans for the Bureau will be reviewed tion are, however, in the offing and leadership of a few GWlaw students by the SBA Board in its fall m eetdng . will be pro per 1y publicized to operating f r orn the SBA Board, this In its beginning stages last year, acquaint the new student with his fine prograIn to acquaint GW law the Bureau had appr-oxirnarel y 30 ac- new pursuit. students with the me chandc s, prob- tive mernb e r s and held 3 rne et ing s . l ern s , and procedures of legislative There are only 10 uppez-cla s srnen Help Wanted drafting will begin this year. This r erna ining fr-om last year's nucleus will be another first for the GW Law which offers opportunities f6r other By Dean William 1. Prosser Schools, as no other school in the interested uppe r cl as srrien and first Reprinted from The Judicial Humorist Washington area offers such a pro- year students to organize and set up g r am , the Bureau. A law firm commanding Position of standing Under this p r-ogr arn , after ex- Many of the m ernbe r s of the Requires a general c1erk- tensive education and training in Bureau will have little experience A man who's admitted legislation ways and means , GW law and mu st be educated in the ways To practice and fitted students will be given an opportunity and rnet hod s of legislative drafting. To handle diversified work, to participate in legislative drafting To meet this need, an apprentice- Must know the proceedings of future bills for the District of ship p r og r am will be set up for first Relating to pleadings, Columb ia , the States of Virginia and year law students in which they will Must draw a good logical brief; Maryland, and the . Must argue with unction participate in the Education pr ogr arn For writs of injunction The GW Bureau has patterned untfl qualified and then will partici- And all sorts of legal relief. its prograIn after the Harvard Uni- pate in the drafting and cornpl.et.ion of Must form corporations versity Law School, which has been legislative bills. And hold consultations, active in such legislative drafting The present student leaders are: Assuming a dignified mien; since 1951. The Harvard Bureau John Stokes, Chai rrnan ; Dave Lilly, Should read all decisions was very active in the legislative Assistant Cha.irrnan ; Stan Pratt and And Jegal provisions, drafting of the Constitution and Don Dor r , who are co e chai r men of Wherever the same may be seen. various Codes for the Territory of Public Relations and Contacts COIn- Must have a sound hasis Alaska before it acquired statehood, rrri.tte e ; and Bob Quenon, who is In all kinds of cases, and also rriad e a study of and pro- chai rrnan in charge of the Education Sh~uld never be idle or slow; Must manifest learning posed revisions for the Juvenile Code p r og r am , In all things concerning for the District of Columbia. The Faculty advisors will be Dean The matters referred to below: GW Bureau hopes to do SOIne of the Nutting, and Professors Dixon, Attachments and trials, s arn e type of legislative drafting for Mallison, and Zinn who is on the Specific denitals, the Territory of Guarn in its prepa- Staff of the Legislative Cornrrri.tte e Demurrers, replies and complaints; ration for independence and possible of the U. S. Senate. Disbursements, expenses, statehood. The Bureau has an office on the And partial defenses, Through the Bureau, GW students Ejectments, replevins. restraints; fourth floor of the Harlan Brewer will have an outlet for legislative House, and already has five books Estoppels, restricts, drafting and research. The only in- Constructive evictions, on Legislative Drafting towards a Agreements, implied and express; struction in this vital field presently library. Accounting partitions, available to GW students are the 2 A me etdng for interested GW law Estates and commissions, credit c ou r s e s , Legislation and students will be announced during Incumbrances, frauds and duress. Legislative Drafting. f r e shrn en orientation week. Those Above are essentials; The Bureau will be a student ac- wishing additional info rrnati on Inay The best of credentials tivity rnan age d and run by GW law call John Stokes at ST 3-0511 (day) Required-s-and a handsome physique. students under the guidance of faculty or 232-6028. Make prompt application; Will pay compensation Of seventeen dollars a week. Page 4 Amicus Curiae

VAN VLECK Winning team members receive BILLS AND NOTES CASE CLUB PLANS a prize and the outstanding parti- EXPANDED PROGRAM cipant is given a position on the Moot Court team. Last year's win- ners were Carl Schwarz' and Max Some might wonder where all the Effective oral advocacy is one Volterra. Dore Hunter and Henry women on the administrative staff of a lawyer's most important Haugen won the freshman competi- have gone. Mrs. Ardeth Hines left skills. Yet, many law school stu- tion and Hal Hovey was picked for to prepare herself for a Foreign dents do not develop this skill and the Moot Court team. Service as signment in Haiti. ... are ill prepared when they enter Mrs. Gloria Obluck left with her hus- practice. The Van Vleck Case Club S.B.A. BRIE FCASE- band who is with the USIA, and is now offers every student an opportunity (Continued from page 2, col. 3) in Caracas, Venezuela .... Mrs. to learn courtroom procedure by Obviously with all this activity the Celene Bell also left because of a trial practice. The club, which is new student is faced with a choice of move by her husband. They're now named after a former law school doing nothing, doing everything or in San Francisco. . •. The new girls dean, is composed of students who finding some optimum mix of class you see are Miss Marlene Collins, take part in the competition which attendance, study, case club, extra Pennsylvania and Mrs. Sara Willett, is open to all students. The Club curricular activities working and both faculty secretaries.. .. The sponsors competition between two- extra curricular activities such as new clerk is Miss Ellen Thompson, man teams. Each team presents a sleeping, dating, seeing families etc. also from Pennsylvania .•.. Dean brief and a t h i r t y minute oral Because there is no "right" answer Kramer's new secretary is Miss argument. The contestants are then and probably no "wrong" one, it ap- Sandy Palmer ...• By the time this judged on their argument, their re- pears safe for the writer to throw in is read the lounging atmosphere of sponse to questions and the written some gratutious advice. One hopes the Students Lounge should be im- brief. During the course of the it can be safely accepted. First, for proved by the addition of a new car- competition each team argues both entering students participation in pet, draperies, and furniture ...• sides of the issue. Case Club is a must. Some of the Professor Glen E. Weston presented The clubs officers, President best law schools would require your a report on the "Developments in Dave Zugschwerdt, Vice-President participation; here you must require Antitrust During the Past Year", and Dave Lilly, and Secy.- Treasurer it of yourself. In addition more time a speech on antitrust during the first Dore Hunter plan several changes consuming activities like legal aid fiscal year of the New Frontier to this year. In the past, preliminary or legislative drafting are desirable the Antitrust Law Section of the A- competition was held in the spring for students who expect to do reason- merican Bar Association at its an- with finals the following fall. The ably well academically and are in- nual meeting in San Francisco .... program is being rephased so that clined toward trial or legislative Professor David B. Weaver is back preliminaries will be held this fall work. Participation as a member this year. He's been Visiting Pro- with finals at Eastertime. The of an SBA Committee permits easy fessor at the University of Virginia freshman competition which was held contact with upperclassmen with for the past year .... Professor for the first time last year will be little work. Students interested in Gust A. Ledakis accepted an appoint- held entirely in the spring again committee work should contact the ment as Visiting Professor at the this year. Plans call for Supreme relevant chairman or an SBA Board University of illinois and will be gone Court justices to judge the upper of Governors member. Legal fra- the spring term of 1963 .... Here class finals and District judges for ternities will, by the sheer power of at GW as Visiting Professor is Henry the freshman finals. advertising if by no other means at- Weihofen from the University of New The scope of the club's activities tract the interest of new students. Mexico. . .• Professor Merrifield will be expanded this year by the ad- "Whether to" and "which one" are was awarded a Research Fellowship dition of a patent case. It appears decisions which must be made by by the American Society of Interna- that the patent competition will be those concerned. During rush tional Law and is in Europe to study similar to the regular competition, season however the interest of the the labor laws of the Common Mar- although plans are now only in the rushers and rushees inevitably co- ket countries; he should return in formative stage. incide. The fraternities want stu- October ••. , Appointed to the full Club officers are hoping for a dents to come to rush functions so time faculty is Associate Professor much greater student participation that the students may know the ad- Henry G. Mann. Educated at Chicago this year than previously. Last vantages of membership and the and Yale, he was an Associate Pro- year there were about eight upper members may know the advantages fe s ao r of Law at St , Louis University. class teams and six freshman teams. of the rushees. The new student He will teach the Sales class Pro- Vice president Dave Lilly stressed needs a chance to meet upperclass- fessor Ledakis was to teach in the the fact that the competition is for men to get the "lay of the law school spring .•.. Stuart C. Law, also ap- the benefit and enjoyment of the en- land". Rush functions fulfil this pointed as an Associate Professor tire student body. He pointed out that need. Students interested in these and educated at Yale, comes to the it is an excellent opportunity to and other activities should have a faculty from the Securities and Ex- learn court room procedure. The paper with their names, phone num- change Commission •... Lewis A. competition is set up so that each bers, and interest in the SBA box in Schiller, new Assistant Professor of team is assured of at least two the li school office. Law, was educated at the University rounds of competition even if they 1aw of Texas and Fletcher School of Law lose both times. Assistant Dean Carville D. Benson and Diplomacy at Tufts and was for- The case for preliminary com- reminds all students planning to take merlywith the Department of State. .•• petition will be announced eaTly a ba~ review course that any student All hands join to welcome Orville H. this Fall. The case has not yet taking over eight hours in the morn- Walburn back to the Law School been picked, but it is likely to be a ing s'ession or four hours in the after a too-long absence. murder case, acc~rding to the of- evenirig session needs special per- ficers. The announcements will be mission to take such courses. Any made early enough to allow a month deviations shall be subject to dis- to prepare the case. ciplinary action. Amicus Curiae Page 5 Library FACTS ABOUT mainly dealing with international law should not be removed from binde rs. THE LAW LIBRARY and economics, are available to law Smoking is necessarily forbidden. students through the University Li- The Law Librarian, and in his No profession requires library brary. In 1954 the Law Library absence, the student and profes- facilities and use more than the law. absorbed the collections of the Na- sional as sistants, are ready to help Because of its heavy reliance on tional University School of Law, in any way they can to make ma- precedent, as embodied in reported which school was merged with GWU, terials available and to explain the case decisions and their accompany- and has received other substantial organization and location of the ing dige sts , encyclopedias, and in- materials, mainly in international various library sections. Do not dexe s ; and on statute law, as em- law, through the generosity of Pro- hesitate to ask questions and seek bodied in codes, session laws, and fessor James Oliver Murdock. The advice. It is the hope of the library legislative histories, the law de- Student Bar Association established staff that the students will make ef- mands of its students and practition- a small circulating collection of fective and efficient use of our li- ers that they master a vast amount books of interest to law students, brary collections, and staff mem- of printed matter. The Law Library which has been augmented with gifts bers stand ready to render help as exists to serve the students and from alumni, faculty members, and needed. faculty in this labor, and strives friends, and is added to annually by within the limits of available space, further SBA contributions. This staff, and funds, to supply all that is collection is the only part of the li- HOW TO AVOID reasonably needed for the effective brary that is allowed to circulate. BEING CALLED ON study of law and performance of The library is strongest in inter- legal research. national law and in several fields of The Law Library, named the public and administrative law. It WHEN YOU HAVEN'T Maury Memorial Library in honor has been a subscriber to every of the late Professor William Arden printed publication of the United READ THE CASE Maury of the Law School, is adminis- Nations since its founding. Its col- tered as a part of the University lections in labor law, patent law, Libraries. The Law Librarian is tax law, administrative and regu- Hugh Y.Bernard, Jr., a J.D.gradu- latory law, and Federal practice ate of the Law School of GWU, and and procedure are particularly im- a graduate of the School of Library pressive. The library possesses Service of Columbia University. He complete codes of all the states, is assisted by a full-time staff con- in annotated form whenever avail- sisting of a professional assistant able, and keeps them up to date (cataloger), a circulation-reference with current session laws or sup- assistant, and a clerk-typist, and a plements. Its collections of re- part-time staff consisting of three porters and citators and digests attorneys who take charge of the li- more than meet the requirements of brary during evenings and week- the American Bar Association and This deceptively simple pcse re- quires a high degree of natural ends, and several student as sistants Association of American Law ability which is difficult, if not im. who tend the circulation desk during Schools. Some 400 legal periodi- possible, for most of us to attain. the week-days. cals are regularly received. There It encourages the professor to pass The headquarters of the Law Li- is ample coverage of British and you over. if only for the benefit of brary is the fourth floor of Stockton Canadian statutory and case law, the class. Those few fortunately gifted will find it quite utilitarian, Hall, which was designed for library and an adequate collection of com- because even if called upon. tAe purposes and opened as such in 1925 parative law material relating to censure for not knowing is per- with some 10,000 volumes. Since civil law jurisdictions and others fectly negligible. that time the library has far outgrown outside the Anglo-American legal the 40,000 volume capacity of its system. The library possesses a original shelves, and now has an rich selection of treatise materials, auxiliary reading room on the third textbooks, and Gove rnment publi- floor of Stockton, with a branch in the cations. No attempt is made to office of the Law Review in Bacon provide casebooks or other ma- Hall, and many thousands of volumes terials the student is expected to in storage in the University Library provide for himself in the study of On G Street. Although the library is specific courses. officially rated in the Law School In the use of the Law Library, Bulletin as having 58,000 volumes, the student is expected to observe no one knows its true size. Large the elementary principles of fair- collections of books have been re- ness and consideration to others ceived through the years by gift, that he would expect the others to bequest, and purchase and exchange, show him. The rule against the some of which have not been cata- circulation of the general law col- This daredevil pose rightfully ex- loged or formally accessioned. Even lections is intended to enable each cites the admiration of more cau- allowing for many duplications, the person to have fair access to library tious poseurs everywhere. Unlike library according to best current materials for a reasonable time. other poses. this one risks much loss of face if the bluff is called. estimates must contain at least Since library quarters are cramped, But if not called, you will achieve 80,000 volumes in its various parts. silence is particularly important. credit for the answer without In addition, some 50,000 bound vol- Elementaryneatness and proper or- actually having known it, fit re- umes and 20,000 pamphlets of the ganization ofthe collections demands ward indeed for your boldness. Be- former library of the Carnegie En- that books be reshelved in their ginners are urged to attempt this dowment for International Peace, proper places after use. Periodicals pose only after having recently re- cited. Page 6 Amicus Curiae ----GREEK LETTERS----

Delta, and he has been particularly Marshall Inn, named for the famous PHI ALPHA DELTA active in the fraternity. Jay Chap- jurist, was founded in 1884, the Mark Twain once said that he had ter is especially proud to have Jus- eighth chapter to be admitted to the never let his schooling interfere with tice Clark as its guest speaker on organization. his education. Phi Alpha Deltalegal Friday, November 2nd. Taft Chap- The maintenance of a high stan- fraternity recognizes the need of ter of PAD (Georgetown University) dard of scholarship is one of the most law students for an extra- will attend as guests of Jay Chapter ideals of Phi Delta Phi. This policy curricular legal education during at this imp 0 r t a nt professional was first laid down by the founders their academic years. This sup- meeting. in 1869 and continues to the present plementary legal education is im- One of the things which soon in- day. Therefore, our policy in seek- portant: it cushions the adjustment fuses "out of town" law students at ing new members restricts our from law student to practicing law- G.W.U.- which includes most law choice to those who have completed yer, and it makes the study of law students--is a sort of sense of ten hours in the Law School with a more meaningful to the individual "national purpose". The activity on scholastic average of seventy-two. while he is cloistered within the the Hill is infectious. After a couple The effect of this is that pledging of ivy-covered walls. of years of this exposure, many a first-year men must be delayed until As a student, I have found that a student lawyer who had not pre- after grades for the first semester legal fraternity can serve its mem- viously entertained the idea wants to have been reported. This does not bership most effectively through return to his native state and get mean that you cannot get acquainted frequent, carefully planned profes- into politics. But just how does one with Phi Delta Phi until the Spring sional programs. And at George go about it? United States Senator semester. On the contrary, all in- Washington University, PAD's John Roman L. Hruska has offered to terested students are invited to join Jay Chapter has traditionally taken tackle this problem in his entertain- us at our professional meetings the the lead in the quality and number of ing and informative speech, "How to first of which will be held on October its professional meetings. This year Get Into Politics", which will high- 5 and will feature a welcome by will be particularly outstanding. light PAD's final meeting for the Dean Nutting of the National Law During the fall semester Jay Chapter fall semester. The date for this one Center. will honor Dean Carville D. Benson is Friday, January 11th, and you'll Our membership, drawn from at a testimonial dinner for its pledg- have to get there early to get a seat. all classes of the Law School in both es' members, alumni, and their As Justice of Jay Chapter, I urge morning and evening divisions, num- guests, and will present the follow- all law students who are unaffiliated bers 74 students. In addition fif- ing four programs for all unaffili- with a legal fraternity to attend our teen members of the law school ated law students: professional programs, and to dis- faculty are members of Phi Delta On the first Thursday of the term, cuss with our members the advant- Phi. During the course of the year September 21th, Jay Chapter will ages which Phi Alpha Delta has to we sponsor a program of profes- present the Honorable Frederick offer--both to its student members, sional meetings, dances, initiation Bermays Wiener, the nation's lead- and to its alumni members of the banquets, and picnics. Our pro- ing appellate lawyer and author on bar. Welcome to the study of law; fessional meetings are us u a 11y appellate practice. There is no I hope later to welcome you to the highlighted by a talk by an out- finer speaker in Washington; I urge brotherhood of Phi Alpha Delta. standing member of the legal pro- every new law student to hear this fession or a nationally prominent famous attorney. Mr. Wiener will figure. For example, last spring be introduced by G.W.U.'s profes- Phi Delta Phi held an open meeting sor of appellate practice and pro- Phi Delta Phi at which Senator Barry Goldwater cedure, Monroe H. Freedman. was speaker. Over 800 students Few areas of the law are as On behalf of the members of Phi attended this function. Wives and colorful, and as demanding of the Delta Phi I extend a warm welcome dates are also cordially invited to attorney, as crlminal law. Jay to the members of the class of 1965. all our affairs. Chapter is proud to announce as its At this time the pressures of be- I hope that this short introduc- second guest speaker the defense at- ginning your legal career probably tion to Phi Delta Phi has awakened torney in one of the District of make a legal fraternity the last your interest in our legal frater- Columbia's most controversial thing on your mind. Yet deciding nity and that I will soon make your criminal cases (Mallory v. U.S.), w hi c h professional fraternity to acquaintance at one of our functions. Mr. William B. Bryant. No one is join is an important decision that more eloquent or sincere in his should be carefully considered. I defense ofthe rights of the individual would like to tell you something against intrusion by the various local about Phi Delta Phi in the hope that DELTA THETA PHI and national governmental institu- it will help you to choose the legal tions. In addition to his general fraternity most suitable to you. As Dean of Delta Theta Phi pro- practice, Mr. Bryant is a guest Phi De1ta Phi is the oldest pro- fessional law fraternity, I want to lecturer in criminal law and evidence fessional fraternity in America and welcome our brothers back to school courses at G.W.U., and is a grader John Marshall Inn of Phi Delta Phi and say, "I trust your summer was of the contracts, agency, and ne- is the oldest legal fraternity at the enjoyable. " gotiable instruments sections of the George Washington Law S c h 0 0 1. And, speaking for all Delts as District of Columbia bar examina- Phi Delta Phi was formally organized well as myself, I want to extend a tion. Mr. Bryant will speak on Fri- on December 13, 1869 at the Uni- hearty and most cordial welcome to day, October 19th. versity of Michigan. Today it is all beginning and unaffiliated law United States Supreme Co u r t generally recognized as the leading students. I am sure most of you will Justice Tom C. Clark has had as long fraternity in its field. There are 75 find that your days and nights are and distinguished a legal career as active chapters located throughout filled with studies and school work. any living member of Phi Alpha the United States and Canada. John You will say, "I have no time for Amicus Curiae Page 7 anything except study now that I have started law school--I would like to LEGAL SORORITY come to the meetings but I have to NU CHAPTER, KAPPA BETA PI study to maintain my grades." OFFICERS I agree with you that time used studying is time well spent. Scholar- ship is important today, maybe more Term of Office: to important than it has ever before been. However, scholarship alone Dean: Miss Natalie Trousof is not enough. The law student of 3701 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. today must r~ve an aptitude for com- Washington 8, D. C. prehending with sympathy and un- de r sta nHng the be h a v i 0 r of his As sociate Dean: Vacant fellow man and the society in which he is to become a citizen possessing Registrar (Corresponding}. Miss Deanna Burger special responsibilities. 4318 N. Pershing Drive #4 The professional law fraternities Arlington, Va. respond to the needs of the students in helping to equip him to meet the Chancellor: Miss Margaret A. Beller challenge outlined above. While I 5818 Dewey Street personally feel that Delta Theta Phi Cheverly, Maryland is best equipped to fit the needs of most law students,you will find it to Recording Registrar: Mrs. Lyn Clausen your interest and benefit to join some 3015 Parkway Terrace Drive legal fraternity --whether or not it be Suitland, Maryland Delta Theta Phi. The following quotation, Article Quarterly Correspondent: Miss A. Patricia Frohman I, Sec. 2, Constitution of the Delta 4832 46th Street, N. W. Phi Law Fraternity, best states the Washington, D. C. reasons why Delta Theta Phi fills the needs of most law students: Marshal: Miss Joyce Capps "The object of this organization 1315 N. Ode, Apt. 701 shall be to unite fraternally con- Arlington, Va, genial students of the law, to lead them and their fellow students to high s cho lar sb.ip and legal learning, to the season. The first event will be of attending law school, enabling au r r ound the'ltt with an environment the Annual Tea on Saturday, October them to discuss various courae. such that the traditions of the law 6,1962. It will be held at the Alumni their husbands are t a kin g and and of the profession may descend Lounge in Bacon Hall from 2-4 P.M. teaching them the basic concepts of upon them, to promote justice, to Mrs. Betty Beck, chairman, andMrs. jurisprudence. inspire respect for the noblest quali- Lillian Liberman, co-chairman, in- ties of manhood and to advance the vite all the wives of law students to Soon after Law School registra- interests of every school of law with attend. tion the membership com mit tee which this Fraternity shall be as- expects to personally invite approxi- sociated. " Jan Martens, President, wishes mately 500 potential members to The brothers of Delta Theta Phi to announce the new slate of officers the welcoming tea, Saturday, October cordially invite all unaffiliated stu- for the coming year. Betty Turpen 6. We are hoping to see you there. dents to attend their first profes- was elected to the office of Vice sional meeting of the fall seme ster. President; Norma Eigles, Corres- Beginning students will find this ponding Secretary; Vanetta Hunter, meeting especially beneficial. Recording Secretary; Rose Eisner, E. A. Potts, Assistant Dean for Treasurer; Betty Beck, Hosp.lta.lity Development in the National Law Chairman; Wanda Lukasik, Publici- Center will 'speak on subjects of ty Chairman; Carolyn Hoba'rt , Mem- particular in t ere s t to beginning bership Chairman; and Nancy students. Rogers,Telephone Committee Time - 8: 00 p.rrr., . Chairman. Place - National Lawyers Club, 1815 H Street, N. W. Monthly meetings will be held on Beer and Refreshments for all. the first Saturday of each month. Dues are $1.50 a semester. Last ------' year most of the meetings were WIVES CLUB luncheon meetings with guest speak- ers. We hope to follow a similar G. W. Law Wives Club - schedule this year. This intermediate pose involves Annual Fall Tea feigned absorption in the ca8e book Plans are underway to begin a new at the moment the prof is casting The Law Wives Club, as the name about for someone to recite. The series of classes in pertinent law rU8e can be strengthened by purs- implies, is made up of wives whose subjects. Last years classes in Con- ing lips, knotting brow, scratching husbands are G. W.law students. The tracts and Conveyances, by Profes- cowlick, etc. II called on, this pos« purpose of this club is to understand sors Freedman and Baker respec- entitle. you to have the question Law School activities and the respon- tively' were interesting and edu- repeated, thus gaining time to steal a glance at the case, and perhap8 sibilities of being a law student's cational. The purpose of the classes even a total reprieve. wife, as well as to meet socially. are many and include introducing Activities are now being planned for the wives to the rigors and routine Amicus Curiae Page 8 INTRODUCING ALSA'S workshops which traditionally have Among all reporting offices, the NEW INDIVIDUAL been em p has i zed at the Annual average number of cases handled MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Meeting. was 2.65 per thousand of popula- Additional benefits and services tion served. . The new law student individual are contemplated for the future. Ef- The National Legal Aid and De- membe rship program w hi c h the forts are being made to secure in fender Association is the coordi- ALSA has just instituted is designed the near future associate member- nating body of individual Legal Aid to serve the unique needs of law stu- ship in the American Bar Associa- and Defender offices throughout the dents which cannot otherwise be tion; participation by in d i v i d u a 1 country which give legal assistance satisfied by local student bar asso- members in the ABA Lawyer Place- to indigent clients. ciations, and to afford law students ment Information Service; reduced The Legal Aid office at George an opportunity to reach into the fu- rates for law books and magazines; Washington will shortly announce ture--to become articulate members and, ALSA scholarships, loans and its plans for 1962-63, and invites of thelegalprofession while they are international exchanges. all interested students to watch for still in school. Who may belong to the American future announcements. The impact ofthe individual mem- Law Student Association? The in- bership program emerges from the dividual membership program pro- benefits which ALSA can provide to vides that any law student in good Law Review its members. Heading the list is-- standing, who is a member of his The National Professional News Bul- local student bar organization af- The George Washington Law Re- letin which is now being set up ex- filiated with ALSA, is eligible for view begins its thirty-first year of clusively for the Association's in- membership. Stated another way, publication this fall. Having grown dividual members. Published six to there are essentially three require- over the years into one of the nation's eight times yearly, this second peri- ments for eligibility: the student major and most res p e c ted law odical of the Association will report must be considered "in good stand- journals, it enjoys a circulation that important events and developments ing" by this law school; and, our SBA encompasses all fifty states and within the organized bar, ALSA, the must be a member in good standing numerous foreign countries. courts and Congress. Its objective of the American Law Student As- Since its establishment, the Re- is to keep law students abreast of sociation. view has been devoted exclusively the latest developments within a Application forms will be dis- to public law - a rather broad field dynamic profession. tributed in the near future. Your which includes antitrust, admiralty, The Law Student Information ALSA Representative will collect the criminal, constitutional, adminis- Service, now being established, will applications and dues and will obtain trative' government contract, inter- become the information hub for in- the required endorsements from the national, labor, military, taxation, dividual members of the American law school dean and SBA president. trade regulation, patent, trademark, Law Student Association. It will be and copyright law as well as the law designed to answer promptly and of evidence and procedure. completely specific inquiries of law Legal Aid Managed and edited by students students which relate to their edu- Three hundred and forty-six Legal of the Law School, the Review is cation, caree r placement and the pro- Aid and Defender offices handled published five times a year - in fession. In addition to individual over 500,000 civil and criminal cases October, December, March, April, counseling, it will publish periodic for indigent clients in 1961. Total and June. Each law student receives releases to all individual members gross cost of operation approached an automatic subscription paid for on matters of broad interest as in- $6 million. This represents an in- by part of his student activities fee. formation is received by the Service. crease of 8.8 per cent in the number Both day and evening students are Direct mailing of ALSA publica- of cases handled, and an increase of eligible for membership. A new tions is the keystone of services 19.7per cent ingross cost of opera- program, instituted in September which the Association will render to tion, over 1960. 1961, extended the required period individual members. Examples in- The "Statistics of Legal Aid Work of service on the staff from one year clude the popular placement manual, in the United States and Canada" are to two years. Each eligible student Federal Government Job Opportuni- compiled by the National Legal Aid must now succes sfully complete an ties for Young Attorneys; a compre- and Defender Association in coopera- apprentice year prior to be corn ing a hensive book covering employment tion with the American Bar Associa- member of the staff. Students be- opportunities in virtually every field tion Standing Committee on Legal come eligible for the apprentice pro- of the profession, Your Future and Aid Work. Copies are available from gram after completing twenty semes- the Law; Law Students and Their the National Legal Aid and Defender ter hours with a minimum average Military Obligations, a publication Association, American Bar Center. of 75. However, the two years serv- of the Association's Armed Services Chicago 37, Illinois. ice on the Review must be the stu- Committee; Practical Answers on Of the 236 offices handling civil dent's last two years in school. Thus, the First Years of Law Practice; cases, 143 were operated by paid a non-accelerating day student be- Law Students and Law Examinations, staffs; 93, on a volunteer basis. comes eligible after his first year and a host of other publications. More than half the support for all and a non-accelerating night stu- Special workshops and profes- reporting offices was provided by dent be com e s eligible after his sional seminars will be provided for Community Chests and United Funds. second year. Detailed eligibility individual members each year at the Ninety-two Defender offices handling regulations will be distributed by American Law Student Association. criminal cases are public; 11, pri- the Review during the first weeks The Constitutional provision regard- vate; and 7 derive support both from of school. ing individual membership foresees public and from private funds. The Board of Editors for the an expanding role for the Associa- The four cities whose Legal Aid coming year is as follows: Editor tion's national conclave. It antici- offices handled the largest number in Chief: Kirby L. Turnage, Jr., of pates a meeting programmed with of cases per thousand of population Mis sis sip pi; Managing Editor: continuous seminars for large num- s e r v e d were Washington, D. C. Joseph L. Brand of Ohio; Associate bers of individual law students sched- (14.63), New Haven, Connecticut Editors: Jonathan E. Johnson of uled concurrently with business ses- (14.41), New Bedford,Mass.(13.94), D.C.; C. Timothy Hopkins of Idaho; sions and student bar administration and Springfield, Mass. (11.21). and H. Hal Visick of Utah.