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Digital Commons @ Georgia Law Advocate Magazine Archives 5-1-1968 Georgia Advocate, Summer 1968, Vol. 4, No. 3 University of Georgia School of Law Repository Citation University of Georgia School of Law, "Georgia Advocate, Summer 1968, Vol. 4, No. 3" (1968). Advocate Magazine. 5. https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/advocate_archive/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives at Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Advocate Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. Please share how you have benefited from this access For more information, please contact [email protected]. GEORGIA mm abbocate Vol. 4 No. 3 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA May 27, 1968 SECRETARY RUSK HIGHLIGHTS LAW DAY 1968 By Gerald Rutherg Warmly received throughout his all too })rief visit. Secretary of State Dean Rusk touched on many import ant issues in a Law Day address de livered in the Fine Arts Auditorium, iViay 4th. The native Georgian came home to 5peak before a capacity audience of some 1,800 persons, not including 50 anti-war demonstrators who paraded f^uietly just beyond the doors of the auditorium. prolonged applause greeted Mr. p.usk following his introduction by Day Chairman Tom Harrold, was responsible for bringing Mr. pusk to Athens. Apparently greatful (Advocate Photo By Caldwell) £^r the show of appreciation, Mr. pusk attempted to estaidish the best ^.^pport possible with his audience Sunday "Blue Laws" Upheld under the circumstances of having to deliver a prepared speech. In Moot Court Finals The result was an unusually hushed. By David Groves Mack Player, recently named to re Iceenly attentive audience listening to place Professor Pasco Bowmanas head at times fatherly lecture from a On May 3rd, the finalists in the of the moot court program, is already juan who has travelled over 800,000 second year moot court competition at work planning the program for next juiles in seven and one-half years of met in the newly dedicated Hatton year. The first task is to choose next service to the nation. Lovejoy Courtroom as a part of the year's national moot court team con After completing his prepared re Law Day activities to argue the con sisting of four members. Inter-sec marks, Mr. Rusk removed his eye stitutionality of a Sunday closing law tional meets are also being planned glasses and attempted to explain the enacted by the state of Transylvania. for next fall against moot court teams ^ourse of American foreign policy in The Court consisted of Hiram K. from other schools. Other outstanding j-ecent years. These remarks may Undercofler, associate justice of performers in this year's second year j.,ave been intended as much for those Supreme Court of Georgia, J. Kelly class competition will be invited to uUtside the auditorium as for those Quiilian, judge of the Court of Ap participate in these special meets. An vvithin. peals of Georgia. William B. Steis, other intrastate competition is plan Mr. Rusk emphasized tliat the Chairman, Special Judiciary Commit ned for next spring—hopefullv with United States is determined to avoid tee, Georgia House of Representa all three law schools in Georgia par 3 course of appeasement similar to tives. Howell C. Erwin. Attorney at ticipating. that which, he said, led "straight into Law. Athens, and D. Meade Feild, the catastrophe of World War Tl." Professor of Law at the University of Next year's second year competi He added that "We shall not have a Georgia. In a close 3-2 vote, the team tion program will be planned and ad chance to learn the lessons of World of Jerry Blackstock. Ronald Cooper ministered by Professor Player in con War III. There won't he enough left. and Charles Piusley was successful junction with a new Moot Court Board we had better address ourselves to for the state against the team of Mark to be set up. The ultimate goal will the problem of organizing a world Silvers, Jimmy Paul and Tom Moran. peace. We mav have sharp differences The Law Day match ended one of be a self-administered student pro as to how this should be done, hut the most successful moot court tour gram similar to that of the Law Re- Cont'd, on back page naments in recent years. Professor Page 2 ADVOCATE May 27, 1968 Dicta pened. With the increased interests shown in the SEA elections this spring DEAN'S and the new slate of officers perhaps What ever happened to separate something can and will be done. Of CORNER graduation? The proposal has been course the faculty will probably have kicked around for several years but to attend the graduation program if seems to have been kicked firmly it is held in the Law School where it by under the table this year. Each year ought to be, but why not? Lindsey Coiven, Dean those students campaigning for Stu » e » dent Bar Association offices offer a The Staff of the Georgia Advocate vigorous program including promot elected new officers for next year at ing a change from the present grad a recent meeting. They are Jim Mar Every so often, about once a year, I guess, I feel like leading a protest uation system Avhere the Law School tin, Editor; David Groves and Dun against the very existence of the graduation is held in conjunction ham McAllister, Associate Editors; with the undergraduate university Spring Quarter. It is always so and Milton Lefkoff, Business Mana graduation. Thus far nothing has hap jammed with activities that it seems ger. as though there is not enough time to do anything properly. So, annually, as the Spring Quarter comes to a close, I tell myself that next Spring it will Faculty Activities be different, that some activities will be moved to other quarters, and that By Mike Kovacich the Law." He has made four tele others will simply not be scheduled. Continuing the feature started this vision appearances on educational But for some reason I have never year on faculty activities The Georgia television discussing duties and re been able to accomplish such a re Advocate presents this report on the sponsibilities of policemen in enforc vamping of the annual calendar. activities of some members of the ing the law. Mr. Murray has address One of the very real chores of the faculty. ed the Georgia Chiefs of Police on Spring Quarter, and one which can Dr. Chajjin has recently completed "Recent Supreme Court Decisions." not be rescheduled, is the preparation the Georgia Annotations to the Re He has participated as a member of of the annual Dean's Report. It is al statement (Second) of Trusts. This the Finance Committee of the Law ways a headache because there is so project was sponsored by the Georgia School Admission Test Council, which much which must be compiled and State Bar Association in cooperation has met in Washington. D. C. and included in the permanent record. Yet with the American Law Institute and Montreal. Mr. Murrav has also con this process of compiling information will be published later this year in tinued his membership on the Gov about the year's activities brings back book form by the American Law In ernor's Commission on Crime and to mind both the reverses, happily stitute. He delivered a paper "Estate Justice, his membership on St. Jo normally few in number, and the Tax Consequences of Creating Des seph's School Board and his super many successes which have occurred cendable Future Interests and Rever vision of the U. of Ga. Law School during the preceding year. Admissions and the Legal Aid and sions" at the Thirteenth Annual Estate This vear's major setback is, of Planning Institute. Dr. Chaffin has Defender Society. course, the impending retirement of completed a research report on "En Mr. Brumby, the Law Librarian, our colleague and friend. D. Meade largement of Administrative Powers continues to be occupied with the ac Feild. Meade has been one of the of a Trustee" for the ABA Committee quisition of lihrarv materials from great strengths of this faculty for on Modification. Revocation and the special fund of SI.000.000 that many vears. and he has earned for Termination of Trusts. He will attend was made available about two vears himself a place wliich no one else the Annual Meeting of the American ago. It is expected that the remainder will ever fill. But our sense of loss Law Institute. Washington. D. C., will be usefully expended during the in Athens is lessened by our know Mav 22-24. next year and a half. To complete or ledge that he will continue to serve Dr. Green attended the United ganization of the materials will re the legal profession in Georgia as a States Fifth Circuit Judicial Confer quire several years longer. Professor of Law at our sister school ence in Dallas on April 17-19 at the Mr. Davis will be active this sum at Mercer University. invitation of the Circuit Judges. He mer as a visiting professor, for the Our successes have been many. has spent much of the last year in first six weeks at the University of Gonsnicuous among them have been preparatory research, collecting ma North Carolina teaching Constitu the dedication of our facilities in the terials and in writing his findings for tional Law. and for the second six- Fall with Mr. Justice Black as the use by his class in Georgia Practice. week term at the T^niversity of Ar principal speaker, and our Law Day He plans to continue his research in kansas teaching Contracts.

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