et al.: Law Alumni Journal: John W. Nields, Jr. '67 THE LAW ALUMNI UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Winter 1988 Volume XXIII Number 2 ~ ................ JOHN W. NIELDS, JR. '67 Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives' Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran p. 7 THE IRVING R. SEGAL ·LECTURESHIP-----· IN TRIAL ADVOCACY: Hon. Simon H. Rifkind p. 13 THE RELIGION CLAUSES- ·THE-----· PAST AND THE FUTURE Roberts Lecture Hon. Arlin M. Adams'47 p. 9 In This Issue • FROM THE DEAN • ALUMNI PROFILE 12 • PUBUC ~TEREST 16 Published by Penn Law: Legal Scholarship Repository, 2014 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 1 Penn Law Journal, Vol. 23, Iss. 2 [2014], Art. 1 The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual or affectional preference, age, relig­ ion, national or ethnic origin, or physical handicap. The University's policy applies to faculty and other employees, applicants FROM THE DEAN for faculty positions and other employment, students and applicants to educational pro­ grams. Contents Wide publicity has been FROM THE DEAN 1 given to a US. News and SYMPOSIUM 3 World &port poll of Law FEATURED EVENTS 7 John W Nields, Jr. '67 School deans which ranked Hon. Frank Easterbrook Visit this Law School 1Oth. Only "THE RELIGION CLAUSES 9 half of the deans questioned, THE PAST AND THE FUTURE" answered the questionnaire. Excerpts from the Hon. Arlin Adams' '47 Lecture In addition, I doubt that ALUMNI PROFILE 12 many deans, if any, know Featuring Howard L. Shecter '68 enough facts about other law THE IRVING R. SEGAL 13 schools to evaluate one against LECTURESHIP IN TRIAL the other. Nevertheless, the ADVOCACY Excerpts from the Hon. Simon H. poll has raised questions about the strength of our Law A Rifkind's Lecture THE PUBLIC INTEREST 16 School. To put it simply: Are SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM we slipping? AND THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENTS THE FACULTY 17 ALUMNI BRIEFS 18 IN MEMORIAM 22 RESPONSE Editor: Joanna Charnes TO U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT Design: The Graphics Guild Assistant Editor: John J Pease, III Editorial Assistants: Mario Mestichelli, Thomas J. Pease Faculty & Alumni Briefs Editor: John J. Pease, III Photography Credits: John Sanger, Joanna Charnes, Jay Brodsky Dean and Faculty Photographs: Burton Blender Robert H. Mundheim, Dean, The University of Pennsylvania Law School The Office of Development and Alumni Relations Sally Carroll, Office Coordinator Joanna Charnes, Editor, The Law Alumni Journal/Director of Alumni Affairs Margaret S. DiPuppo, Director of Annual Giving John S. Manotti, Assistant Director of Annual Giving Donald G. Myers, Director of Development Carol G. Weener, Assistant Director of Development https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/plj/vol23/iss2/1 2 et al.: Law Alumni Journal: John W. Nields, Jr. '67 A second important weakness relates to My answer is a clear "no." To the our building. The ABA-MLS Evaluation contrary, in the last issue of the Journal, I Report concluded that "the physical facili­ reviewed the record over the last six years ties [of the Law School] are inadequate to and pointed out the many areas in which support the educational program of the Law we can take pride in the progress of the ''lan assure you School and are not in compliance with Law School. that the present faculty is [applicable] Standards." These last years have been a time of intellectually vibrant, hard­ Since the 1968 renovation of Lewis Hall, transition. For example, the academic world working, and committed to student population at the Law School has knows that during this time many of our grown by slightly more than a hundred, the best known faculty have retired or pursued teaching. Its strengths do number of course offerings has grown from other paths. However, within the last year not pale in comparison to 69 to 96, and the number of organized two of our stars (Leo Levin and Howard any law school faculty with student activities, such as law journals, Lesnick) have returned; we have added a which I am familiar ...our aca­ public interest projects, and moot court number of tenured faculty from other law demic program reflects the competitions have mushroomed. In addi­ schools (Hank Gutman, Fritz Kubler, Eliza­ tion, our library space has become exceed­ beth Warren, Bruce Mann, and Mark Roe) best in current thinking. Our ingly cramped for the growing collections, and our younger faculty was characterized first year program, includ­ the new electronic methods of accessing and in a recent evaluation report of an ABA­ ing our innovative and transmitting information, and the increased MLS team as "competitive with virtually nationally praised, required, number of students who actively use the any other law school in the country." intensive course in Profes­ library. Although we have not finished the task of To meet similar pressures almost all of building the faculty, I can assure you that sional Responsibility and our peer schools have undertaken substan­ the present faculty is intellectually vibrant, the Legal Profession, is tial building projects. Since 1980, 14 of the hard-working, and committed to teaching. widely admired. Our clinical top 18 law schools in the country have Its strengths do not pale in comparison to program has been singled completed or have begun the process of any law school faculty with which I am out in a recent report by building significant additions. Many of these familiar. new building efforts include new classroom, In the last week of November John former Chief Justice Warren office, and student activity space. Each Nields, '67, the Chief Counsel to the House Burger as worthy of special project has included substantial new library Committee in the Iran Contra hearings, mention particularly for our space. As a result of this activity, Chicago, spent two days at the Law School. He spent path breaking small busi­ Cornell, Iowa, Northwestern, Yale, Geor­ much of that time with groups of students ness clinic." getown, Michigan, and Columbia will boast answering questions. Toward the end of his libraries whose physical space is between visit, John particularly commented on the 73 ,000 and 98,000 net square feet. That depth of interest displayed by the students, compares with the 35,000 square feet occu­ their perceptive questions, and their open­ pied by the Biddle Law Library. It is time In spelling out the achievements of the ness and friendliness. Recruiters for law we begin the building which is to house our Law School - and there are many - I do not firms have also told me that the candidates future. want to overlook the problems we have not they have interviewed from this Law School Late last summer the Law School re­ yet fully solved. have never seemed stronger. Both of those tained the architectural firm of Davis Brody sets of comments confirm my own opinion In a 1981 survey of law library operating & Associates to begin the process of deve l­ of the talent, diversity, and overall strength budgets, Biddle Law Library ranked 44th oping a master plan for Law School expan­ of our student body. out of 173 schools. Law School spending sion. We have now completed our inventory The carefully considered study by Profes­ on Biddle Law Library jumped from $715,000 of needs and are beginning to assess the sor Robert Gorman on our curriculum and in 1980-81 to $1,685,000 in the current resources we expect to have available to the implementation of its recommendations year. With the help of a rejuvenated Friends undertake an appropriate building program. by the Educational Program Committee of Biddle Law Library, we have headed the I expect that this summer we will have in under the chairmanship of Professor Mooney book budget in the right direction and hand the initial architectural response to makes me confident that our academic boosted spending and other acquisitions meeting our needs, consistent with our program reflects the best in current think­ from $268,000 in 1980-81 to $446,000 last resources. ing. Our first year program, including our year. But the effort to push Biddle Law Although I believe that polls such as the innovative and nationally praised, required, Library back into the forefront is far from one conducted by U.S. News and World intensive course in Professional Responsibil­ finished. In terms of volumes in the library report do a disservice by purporting to ity and the Legal Profession, is widely collection, square feet of space devoted to evaluate complex institutions by producing admired. Our clinical program has been the library, and money spent annually on a single number (is X Law School in the singled out in a recent report by former the library, we are below the average of the Top Ten), I think we should take the poll Chief Justice Warren Burger as worthy of major law schools with comparably sized as a spur for meeting the two major special mention, particularly for our path student bodies. Similar library statistics are challenges facing us: providing a building breaking small business clinic. one easily obtained set of figures for evalu­ and a library which reflects our sense of this ating strengths of law schools. Our record Law School's stature in the Law School is not as strong as it could be, and we must world. work together to rebuild our position. Jll Published by Penn Law: Legal Scholarship Repository, 2014 3 2 Penn Law Journal, Vol. 23, Iss. 2 [2014], Art. 1 SYMPOSIUM FROM THE LAW LIBRARIAN'S response to the lower dollar would be to set comparative approaches to copyright, to WINDOW about, cheerfully, to trim fat, defer pur­ sentencing, to human rights, to environ­ by Elizabeth S.