George Washington University Law School Scholarly Commons Amicus Curiae, 1965 Amicus Curiae, 1960s 12-16-1965 Amicus Curiae, December 16, 1965 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/amicus_curiae_1965 Recommended Citation George Washington University Law School, 15 Amicus Curiae 3 (1965) This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Amicus Curiae, 1960s at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Amicus Curiae, 1965 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. penl'oJ & Ogget vJ. a.u.: & Ctal't Van Vleck Finals 1\miru!i Tomorrow Night The final round of the Van Vleck Case Club arguments will be held tomorrow night, December 17, at 8 :00 p.m, in Tile Law .School, The case to be argued is William Shelton Winslow v. City of Van Vleck. The appellant-defendant will be represented by the team of Richard Blackburn and Robert Clark. Qtufiur The government will be represented by the team of James Penrod and Steve Ogge!. Both teams were un- defeated in the preliminary rounds. 'I'here will be a reception in Bacon Hall following the argument. All guests are invited to attend. The Case Club is honored to have as judges for this occasion three distinguished judges from the United pat{s![qnd States 'Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. by the <Student Bar and--------------------------George Washington in 1958. Association Judge Bastian was also an in- Law Review structor at the National Univer- sity Law Schoo!. He has served as trustee of The George Wash- Appoints New ington University, as President of the District of Columbia Bar Staff Members THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Association, as a member of the The GWU Law Review an- Vo!. 15, No.3 December 16, 1965 House of Delegates of American nounces the selections to the Law Bar Association, and as a member Review Apprentice Staff from of the ABA Board of Governors. students who had participated in He was appointed a United competitive writings to gain ad- New Procedures for States District Judge by Presi- mittance. These law students, who dent Truman in 1950 and in De- earned a 75 average or better cember, 1954, President Eisen- but did not place within the top Spring Registration hower appointed him to the Cir- ten per cent of their class, were cut Court. judged on the basis of the quality Registration for the Spring 1966 term at The Law School will be and quantity of their production characterized by a number of innovations. The Dean's office has made work and their ability to pro- changes to alleviate the crowded conditions which existed during Fall Judge Edgerton duce publishable material. enrollment and resulted in student complaints and administration con- Senior Circuit Judge Henry W. The standards were administer- fusion. These changes will expedite the registration process, and bring Edgerton was born in Rush Cen- ed by the top level Law Review The Law School into alignment with general university registration ter, Kansas, on October 20, 1888. Editors Don Williams, Grant Hut- procedures. He received an A.B. from Cornell chins, and Associate Editors Bob The pre-registration projection procedure is probably the greatest University in 1910 and then at- departure from previous prac- Jensen and Armando Menoca!. pre-registration projections. A tended the Law School of the tices. The procedure is designed Of the 31 students who com- similar policy will be followed in University of Paris from 1910 to ensure that students desiring peted, only 12 were selected. They the case of students who ne- to 1911. In 1914 he received an to register for a particular are: glected to return their question- course will be able to without LL.B from Harvard and in 1956 naires to Dean Kirkpatrick's an LL.D. from Yale. He has having to be "first-in-line" when J. Gordon Arbuckle office. been a member of the law facul- Frederick F. Burgess registration opens. Prior to re- Any student who has not yet ties of The George Washington Donald H. Hadley gistration the Dean's office will returned his questionnaire should University, the University of Chi- Jay Katz have sorted through the pre- do so at once. __They are still cago, and Cornell University. Be- Raymond J. Klapinsky registration questionnaires which available in the Dean's office. tween 1934 and 1935 he served as Douglas Moxham all students were requested to special assistant to the U.S. At- Richard Ney complete. From these they will All first-year students carrying torney General. In November of determine the expected registra- a normal schedule (14 hours for Judge Levanthal James Penrod 1937 he was nominated to the Carl Ramey tion in various courses and course day students and 10 for evening) United States Court of Appeals Circut Judge Harold Levanthal John Skinner sections. If it is necessary to will register on the third floor by President Roosevelt. Judge was born in New York City on Laura Smith limit enrollment in a particular apart from other students. Edgerton served as chief judge January 5, 1915. He received an Margery Smith course, students will be selected In terms of aligning The Law from May 30, 1955 to October A.B. from Columbia in 1934 and on the number of completed hours School and university procedures, an LL:B. in 1936. He served as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aof law study and cumulative the student body has been divided 20, 1958 and after a distinguished ~ SEASON'S iGREETINGS i career on the bench he retired a law secretary to Justice Harlan averages. Notices of projected into two groups: Only students F. Stone and Justice Stanley 'Jf, and ~ from active service in April, 1963. registration will be posted. whose last names begin with the Reed. Between 1938-39 he was I BEST WISHES I letters "L" to "Z" may register Although a student will be with the Office of the Solicitor !Ie for a il\i on Thursday, January 27th. Only permitted to deviate from the General and after WorId War J PROSPEROUS I students whose last names begin choice of courses he indicates on II he served on the staff of ~ NEW YEAR with the letters "A" to "K" may I the pre-registration q u es t ion - Justice Jackson for the Nurem- register on Friday, January 28th. Your Student Bar I naire, changes will be granted berg Trials. While engaging in I Any student may register on on a space available basis, which private practice in Washington, ~ Association I in turn will be determined by D.C., he was a member of the M~~~~)}~~)}~~~~)}~~~~~~~ (Continued on Page .3) Hoover Commission and served as Executive Officer of the com- International Law Society Hears mission's Task Force on Inde- pendent Regulatory Commissions. Judge Leventhal has also served General Maxwell D. Taylor as a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School. President Johnson ap- Last Friday, December 10th, pointed him to the Court of Ap- the International Law Society and peals in April of this year. its guests had the honor and rare dent Projects will distribute food, opportunity of dining with Gen- clothing, and gifts to the Junior eral Maxwell D. Taylor. The Village and to other reputable much-decorated General, who has charities and institutions. Judge Bastian devoted his life to service to Prompted by Georgetown Uni- his country in the military and Senior Circuit Judge Walter M. versity Law School's success in ' most recently as Ambassador to Bastian was born in Washington, raising $1,350 in just two days South Viet Nam, is presently D.C. on November 16, 1891. He before Thanksgiving holiday, the a special consultant to the Presi- received an LL.B. from George- SBA Committee is hopeful that dent and a member of the Presi- town University in 1913, an LL.B. law students will realize their dent's Foreign Intelligence Ad- from National University in 1952 responsibility and give generously visory Board. SBA Sponsors to their school's drive. Contributions may be made at General Taylor spoke on, "Viet Fund Drive For the desk in the first floor lobby of Nam, Off the Record." He set The Law School or in the main out the reasons for American Needy Children office. (Make checks payable to involvement there and the cause Law students, committed to the the GWU Student Bar Associa- of the increased activity, for ex- activist approach to a law school's tion.) Contributions may also be ample, the bombings of the North responsibility to its community, given to the members of the and additional commitments of General Taylor explains U.S. committment in South Vietnam. Seat- have begun a drive to make this Special Committee. The members American troops. He also ex- ed are, Dean KirkPatrick on his left, and Bob Visser, President of the year's holiday less of a burden of this committee are: Randy Ish- plained the importance of a free International Law Society on his right. and more of a joy to some of mal, Honorary Chairman; Steve South Viet Nam to the safety Washington's needy and homeless Hurwitz, Chairman; Don Wil- of other Southeast Asian nations, not been the target of American thanks to the excellent talk by children. liams, Bob Rhodes, Tom Far- the reason for erroneous bomb- air power. General Taylor, the Society's Depending on how much each quhar, Barry Maloney, Stan Gil- ings of friendly villages and the The event was an extremely guests went away with a clearer student gives, the Bar Association denhorn, Chip Chapman, Dick reason why the strategic Port successful one for members of the understanding of the war in that and its Special Committee on Stu- Gilroy, and Stephany Joy.