VOL. 3 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY, NO. 1 Father Lucey Completes 20 Years Georgetown Student Bar Association A s Regent of Law School Inaugurates Successful Program Law School Has Made Great Strides Under His Direction The Student Bar Association of Georgetown University held its first annual election in October, 1950. The new all-student organization is affiliated By William Smith, ’53 with the American Law Student Association. Elected to lead the organization were: Roger M. Dougherty, AT. </., ’51, President; ( harles F. Crimi, A. I ., ’52, Vice President; Robert E. McGannon, Mo., *51, Secretary; and William J. McDonald, N. Y., ’52, Treasurer. This first regular election was preceded by many months of work by temporary committees composed of law students. In May, 1.950, the chief justices of each law club in the law school met to discuss the possibility of forming a student organization here at Georgetown Law School. The pro­ posed organization was to function along the line of similar student organiza­ tions in many of the major law schools of the country. With the approval of the Regent of the Law School, the plans for the proposed organization began with the election of a student committee to form a definite organization during the summer. Donald M. Walsh, N. J., ’52, was chosen chairman pro tempore of a LAW JOURNAL TO HOLD committee composed of Richard L. Braun, Calif., ’51, George J. Mei- BANQUET AT WILLARD burger, Mo., \52, William I. McCol- The Georgetown Law Journal will lough, Mi7.s\s*., ’52, and Harry H. Hef- hold a dinner for its editorial board feran, Conn., ’50. and staff on 9 May at the Willard In accordance with the plans drawn Hotel. The dinner is an annual affair by the committee of law club leaders, sponsored by the Law School for those this group drew up a tentative con­ who have helped publish the current stitution and became affiliated with Law Journal. In addition to thi* stu­ the American Law Student Associa­ dent members, the Regent, the Dean, tion, organized in St. Louis, Missouri, and several other faculty members in September 1949. usually attend. The dinner is followed The newly organized Georgetown by brief remarks from the Regent, the Student Bar Association made its first Dean, the4 Faculty Advisor and an in­ impressive appearanee in September, formal talk by the guest of honor. when the American Law Student As­ Such men as the late Mr. Chief sociation met in Washington, I). (’., Justice Stone, Mr. Justice .Jackson, for its second annual meeting. This Mr. Justice Frankfurter, and Mr. meeting was held concurrently with Justice Black have accepted the in­ the' Junior Bar Conference and Amer­ vitation and attended past dinners. ican Bar Association meetings. Dele­ Needless to say, their speeches proved gates to the student association meet­ to be uniformly interesting. ings were invited to attend the events The Law Journal has this year in­ of both the Junior Bar (’onference and vited the Attorney-General of the the American Bar Association meet­ United States, Mr. J. Howard Mc­ ing. The Georgetown group was host Rev. Francis E. Lucey, S.J., B.A., M.A., Ph D., LL.B., LL.D. Grath, a man well able to uphold the to delegates to the ALSA Conference traditional excellence of prior guests. along with the law student organi­ In July of this year Father Lucey portant offices as he had been doing Cocktails will be served at 7:()() P.M., zation of George Washington Uni­ completes his twentieth year as Regent for five years. with dinner following at approxi­ versity at an informal buffet given in of the Law School and his twenty- During these twenty years the Law mately 8:00 P.M. the Mural Room of the Hotel Wash­ second year as a teacher at the Law School has made tremendous progress ington. Edward T. Cheyfitz, Ohio, School. He was assigned to George­ not only physically but scholastically. “ARE YOU TAKING A ’52, Assistant to Mr. Eric Johnston, town University July 1928 as a pro­ As Regent he has had immediate BAR EXAM SOON?” then head of the Motion Pictures As­ fessor of Logic and Metaphysics in supervision of the plant and finances. sociation of America, arranged for the college and the History of Social As a member of the Executive Com­ Exam Dates From the showing to the delegates of the Thought in the Graduate School. In mittee he has been able to urge and Most Jurisdictions movie “Mr. 880” long before it was October 1929 he took on the added encourage a program of progressive released on Broadway. burden of teaching Jurisprudence at advance in Georgetown’s Legal Edu­ For the convenience and the in­ George J. Meiburger was elected Cir­ the Law School. In 1931, he was ap­ cational plan. formation of the students graduating cuit Vice President for the Eleventh pointed Regent of the Law School When Father Lucey took over the this spring the paper contacted the Circuit. The American Law Student and simultaneously assigned to teach office of Regent, the Law School con­ court clerks of the states and the Association is divided into eleven cir­ Psychology in the College and ab­ sisted of a large building built in three territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico. cuits following the geographical di­ normal Psychology in the Graduate joined sections. In addition it owned Each court was requested to send the visions of the federal judicial dis­ School, a subject he had taught for two small houses in the same block. date or dates of the spring and sum­ tricts. The Eleventh Circuit (D. C.) two years (1925-27) while a professor Six offices housed the Dean and the mer bar examinations. Below is a consists of the law schools of Catholic at Loyola College, Baltimore. In the full-time professors. The Law Journal list of the replies and the dates as­ University of America, Georgetown summer of 1935 he was relieved of all staff met in the office of the professor signed by the courts for the various lTDiversity, George Washington Uni­ College and Graduate School work and who acted as moderator. The Graduate states and territories’ bar examina­ versity, and American University. in lieu thereof was appointed Super­ School used two small class rooms tions. If a state is not listed it is Each circuit is headed by a circuit visor of all Jesuit colleges and uni­ of the undergraduate department. because they have not replied to our vice president. versities in the States of New York, There was no lounge room for the request. Most of the states along with Professors Paul R. Dean and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland students and only a small room for the information as to the time of the Francis R. Walsh were nominated by and the District of Columbia. After the registrar’s office. The Library bar examination also sent a reminder the student committee and approved one year he was relieved of this bur­ contained but 14,000 books. While that an application must be filed at a bv Dean Hugh J. Fegan to become den so that he could devote all his the quality was excellent there was time previous to the examination date. Moderators for the student organi­ time and energy to the Law School plenty of room for expansion. All It would be well for the applicant to zation. instead of dividing his attention be­ the books were housed in the Library check this date. In many of the states Charles F. Crimi was appointed in tween the Law School and other im­ (Continued on page 0) (Continued on page 7) (Continued on page 4) R R S IPS A L 0 Q U 1 T V R in the law school auditorium, they were hailed in the true manner of conquering heroes. Surely Messrs. Olinder, Pepper and Zimmer­ “RES IPSA LOQUITUR” man had earned and deserved every cheer. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL A genuine pride in the fact that three of their number had WASHINGTON 1, D. C. bested the pick of 46 law schools in the nation in the New York • Editor Competition was evident in the tone of every Georgetown law Frank J. Offermann, J r., N . student who commented on the victory. We all felt that we par­ A ss o c iat e E d itoAssociate r Editor ticipated in the forensic superiority of Olinder, Pepper, and Zimmer­ Richard Henkel, Ohio, '51 Robert S. Werner, man. Their success was our success, and we could not help but be EDITORIAL BOARD proud to note that we are also Georgetown law students. Copy Editor Joseph M. Snee, S.J., D. C., ’52 Messrs. Olinder Pepper, and Zimmerman have reminded us, News Editor Richard P. Brouillard, N. H., ’53 and made us feel more deeply, the advantage of the prefix “George­ Feature Edit Richard J. Zanard, N. Y., ’52 town.” That perhaps, has been the greatest result of their achieve­ Alumni Editor Nelson Deckelbaum, C ., ’53 Art Editcrr__ .... J. Burke Walsh, D. C., ’51 ment, and for it this paper especially salutes them. A dv ertis in E d i f r Aubrey Lank, Delaware, ’51 . Well Done! C ire ul at io n Mu n a e r John F. King, ’52 Secret ary Robert J. Kresse, Y., ’53 Res Ipsa Loquitur certainly wishes to add its belated congratu­ Photoyrapher Robert Picher, Vermont, ’53 lations to the three polished advocates. And in thanking them for STAFF successfully “turning our heads” to cheer their victory, it is not Maurice I).