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University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Res Gestae Law School History and Publications 1981 Vol. 29, No. 17, March 11, 1981 University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae Part of the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation University of Michigan Law School, "Vol. 29, No. 17, March 11, 1981" (1981). Res Gestae. Paper 458. http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae/458 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Res Gestae by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NCAA Preview 70 11! - t LA ~ol@ffARfde Page7 h t!i ~t!i a~ MAR 8j~~~es Ann A rbor's 0/desl Law School Weekl,y • N/V. ,OF MICH. Vol. 29No. 17 The Uni,cr ~i t y of M ich igan Law School Wtdnc,day. March 11 , 1981 Bits of New Clinic Set To Go by Bob Ling research activities in various environ At its last regular meeting February mental areas and actively participating tative Joe Genereux, was a desire to Beef 27th the Faculty granted its "approval in the preparation of tria l briefs <1nd provide some balance to a curriculum in principle" to a Curriculum Commit legislative proposals a t the sta te and that is perceived to be too cor porate tee report which paves the way for the national level. The Oregon State clinic oriented. by Paul M. Hamburger Opponents of the proposal objected to establishment of an environmental law is under the direction of a Jaw faculty permitting the Law School to become President Reaga n and his son clinic at the Law School. The faculty ac member and NWF staff attorneys. The Michael recently ha d a father-son chat tion author izes the National Wildlife progr am at Colorado is run strictly by affiliated with a controversial concerning all ega lions that Mike F£:(leration CNWF), an environmental NWF representatives. organization such as the NWF and ex opera ted a phony gasohol company. group which proposed and will sponsor The faculty debate regarding the pressed concern that other special in terest groups would demand equal ac Mike claimed that the local prosecutors the program, to come forth with plans Curr iculum Committee's r ecommen cess to the Law School Curriculum. were hounding him because of his regarding administration and dation was lengthy and spirited. When all was said and done the famous last name. They couldn't be operation of the clinic. · Proponents of the proposal cited faculty voted nearly 2-1 to approve the thinking about a measly $17,500 scam, While details of the program are not several reasons for allowing establish could they? yet finalized, it is believed that the ment of the clinic, including t he Committee r eport. However, it must be Speaking of famous last names, Billy program would be similar to NWF minimal cost to the Law School and the noted that only approximately 20 Carter paid off $1,000 on a loan from his sponsored programs at Oregon State opportunity for students to work inten ra·culty members were present at the good friends in Libya. Only $219,000 University a nd the University of sively in the environmental area. Also meeting, and before any program is plus interest to go. Colorado. At Oregon State students influencing some of the proponents, ac formally instituted it must be approved Speaking of money, Frank Sinatra once again by faculty vote. receive course credit for conducting cording to Student-Faculty Repr~en- (also hounded because of his last name) said to a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, " If you could find me an attache case that can carry Senate Debates Conflicts Clause it, I'll give you 2 million dollars." I by Br ian McCann wonder if I can get in on that deal. An amendment the Law School proposed amendment reportedly was of the conflicts and over the method for On· February 11, Andrei Gromyko to prompted by the actions of Senate dealing with them. ·Some Senate mem sent a letter to Secretary of State Haig Student Senate Bylaws Constitution has been proposed which would urge any o embers Julie Hurwitz and Alicia cluding those of which the Senator is a (harassed for his connections to amendment itself poses a conflict w1th another famous last name) in which Senate member to abstain from Senate Sparkia, as welJ as by actions of certain the duty of a Senator lo represent the Andy explained that Poland's problems action if that member felt unable to ob members of last year's Senate. Hurwitz, the president of the National Lawyers interests of all constituent groups in were caused by the Voice of America. jectively participate in the resolution of _. Guild, a nd Sparkia, a supporter of La cluding those of which the Senator isa Those American capitalists probably a given issue. The proposed amend Raza, are thought to have placed, as member. aired some ads for N.O.W. accounts ment will be considered by the Student senators, an undue emphasis on the There has also been debate over the and Alka-Seltzer, and the labor unions Senate when it convenes next Monday concerns of these respective enforceability of the provision with decided that democracy was the only evening at 7:00 p.m. waytogo. · The sponsors of the amendm ent, organizations. some Senate members ques tioning the Steven Stankewicz, Sena te Trea surer, The procedure for amending the Con need for an amendment which is said to But the Poles won't have to learn a nd Portia Moore, Board of Governors stitution requires that the proposal be amount to only a policy statement. On Russian for a Jew more years unless Representa tive, maintain that the publicized around the law school for the other hand, some Senate members Brezhnev deviates from Russia's "12- amendment is a positive step toward two weeks prior to voting. Since the have indicated general support for the year" plan to conquer the world : remedying perceived conflicts of in amendment was posted, the discussion concep.t but have differed over the Hungary-1956; Czechoslovakia-1968; teres~ involving Student Senate .mem among Senate members has shown precise wording of the proposal which Afghanistan-1980. If my estimates a re bers. (See Pro and 5.) The there is both concern over the existence itself has corr ect and the Russians go west, they'll be in Europe by Christmas 2016. If they go south, through the Middle ' East, a nd then west, BilJy ,Carter had Faculty To better pick up some rubles to pay off his loan. Vote on This next story did not appear in the "'lew York Times. nevertheless it is pain :uiJy true. A certain bank manager had R. G·. Access me fill out a form with 4 carbon copies. by Matthew Kiefer He stamped all five (including the The Law School faculty will vote at its original), tore off the top one for his r egular meeting this Friday o!1 whether files, the bottom one for the trash, and or not to allow an R.G. reporter access .1anded me the r emaining three. The to the open portion of faculty meetings. teller then stamped all three and went Those meetings are now open, on a through the same procedure befor e r egular basis, to three student Faculty transferring the fu nds. I then com Committee representatives whose fun plained to the manager. " This is ction is to report on faculty actions to ridiculous," I said, "why use five forms the L.S.S.S. However, this access is and throw out two? Why not just use limited to agenda items which eire three?" He though t for a second and discussed in open session. The students answered, " what would I do with the are required to leave when the meeting other two?" goes into executive session; which is FinaUy, my seven-year-old b_rother, automatic for budgetary and personnel who hopes one day to become a prophet, matters, and optional (at the request of once t9ld me that when the lawyers any faculty member) at any other time. make peace in the world God will help The R.G. requested access to the us solve all our other problems. So let's open portion of these meetings la~t get busy. month, prompted by the desire to fully report the faculty's consideration of the The author is a first-year student and Samuel Fall flyback plan. Dean Sandalow in Johnson devotee who swears thor all of rhe vited the paper to send one r eporter to above tales are obsolurely true. the meeting at which the pla n was Entrance to Faculty Lounge in basement of Legal Research, where SeeR. G. Access, page 2 faculty meel.Djt~ are heJd. R.O. Photo by Paul Enp1rom R.s Grs1ar March II, 1981 Pagc2 .Law in the Raw Compiled by Matthew Kiefer Biblical Justice Book ofL ove former justice reported. " It was almost like a drug A small-circulation bilingual Texas newspaper bust." His crime? Jaywalking. Oklahoma Stale Rep. Frank Shurden was -National Law Journal, February 23, 1981 irritated when a convicted kidnapper and double has been served with a temporary restraining order murderer on death row challenged the state's use of against publishing the contents of a "black book" Woodford County, Illinois Circuit Judge Samuel poison to carry out a death sentence as cruel and containing an annotated list of the customers of a G.