College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1995 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 6, Issue 1)" (1995). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 400. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/400 Copyright c 1995 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers Dean K's basketball clinic, page 3 ~micu5' (!Curiae WILLIAM & MARY SCHOOL OF LAW A..merica~ First La w School VOLUME VI, ISSUE 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1995 SIXTEEN PAGES Car theives raid the Gradplex Parking Lot By Stephen King graduate complex parking lot. Pernicious crime has visited The next morning when she went M-W. Sometime between 1 :30 t"o take her car in search of cof- a.m. and 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. fee, she could not fmd it where 25, after a standard weekend she thought she had left it. She night out at the delis, Pam then called Chieffo to ask where Kultgen (3 L) discovered that her the car had been parked the night 1993 Plymouth Sundance had before. been stolen. Kultgen and Kimberly Kling When she reported that her (3L) went through the lot a sec­ car was missing, the police told ond time in search of her vehicle. Kultgen that three other cars had Her first assumption was that the been stolen that night in the car had been towed by the ever Williamsburg area. vigilant parking services. Kultgen drove home with her Finally, Kultgen contacted - Neil Lewis friend, and American Studies the police around 5 p.m. Her car Will they ever get it right? graduate student, Toby Chieffo had already been found in Nor­ Students crowd around the hanging files, yet again the subject of much discord as 3Ls are in the small hours ofFrida y morn­ folk by this time. Although she shoved back into the corner while lLs are granted easy access ing. She parked her car in the See CAR THIEVES on 13 M~W space crunch: And then there were five By Mario Pacella The elimination of one class­ tration realized that they were books and papers. Gallowayex­ renovations were needed to make Marshall-Wythe begins the room can be seen as positive for out of offices. In Assistant Dean pected that the moves would be G-5 similar to the Review's 1995-96 academic year with one the law school. When Dean Tho­ Connie Galloway's words, "We . complete in the coming weeks former location. From a plan­ classroom fewer than it had last mas Krattenmaker considered hit the wall." now that shelving for the new ning point of view, it only makes year. G-5 in the basement ofthe coming to William and Mary, he The renovations began in offices has arrived. As profes­ sense to have M-W's journals library now houses the William and Provost Gillian Cell, agreed mid-June with the requirement sors move into the offices, Gal­ located near each other. and Mary Law Review. The ad­ that the size of M-W' s faculty that the offices should be ready loway said there will be "a When asked if there was any ministration relocated the Law should be increased by about four by Aug. 1. Given the amount of domino effect ofprofessors shift­ fallout from this move, Gallo­ Review in June to make room for members. Over the past year, space needed, the old Law Re­ ing" to new quarters. way stated that there have not new faculty offices. As a conse­ two of those positions were con­ view office nextto OCPPwas the Given the eviction of Will­ been complaints. The loss of a quence, classes were relocated finned and filled. After the hir­ best alternative. Four faculty iam and Mary Law Review, Gal­ classroom, however, makes lo­ and more classes are taking place ing professors Meese and offices were created, but are not loway stated that "the basement cating meeting space for activi­ in the Dean's Conference Room Dickerson, and after the return yet fully occupied because it takes was the only option." According ties even more problematic in an and the Employers' Lounge. of Professor Felton, the adminis- time to relocate an office full of . to Galloway, only minimum See CRUNCH on 12 B.ar Review: SMH goes under; Bar/ Bri still standing By Paul Walker According to Frank Lynch (3L), other M-W representatives who lost most for the bar exam without interrupting their It seems that no sooner do you get into former SMH representative, close to fifty of their commissions. lives by going to classes on someone law school and begin classes, when you M-W students will be affected by SMH In place of SMH, a new organization else's schedule. The Study Group will are asked to think about a post-graduation closing down. The good news for those called The Study Group has thrown its hat focus on helping those people pass the bar event -- the Bar Exam. But this is one law students is that the BARIBRI regional into the ring. The Study Group, under the exam." school decision that is getting easier to office has been "gracious enough," as direction of former SMH regional vice­ Frank Lynch' s voice of experience make. With the passing ofSMH, Inc. into Lynch puts it, to transfer all students and president Stan Hamrick, has acquired says to go with BARJBRI. As he stated, bankruptcy following the 1995 bar re­ honor all money put down with SMH. In 5MB's bar review course materials and "It's good because you get locked into a view program, industry leader BARJBRI addition, they will be guaranteed the BAR! will provide individualized bar review low price and who knows what the price is set to dominate the industry including BRI price that was being given at the time courses for the states of Virginia, Penn­ will be when you graduate." Lynch also West Publishing. For the foreseeable of sign-up with SMH. Lynch assured the sylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and advised to be wary ofSMB spinoffs, like future, BARIBRI will hold a near mo­ Amicus that "nobody lost any money," Washington, D.C. The course will be The Study Group, because they don't yet nopoly on bar review . programs. except, of course, himself and the five centered around at-home instruction via have a track record. Plus, they are run by outlines, taped lectures, practice tests and the same people "who didn't have the Inside computer-assisted learning, with enroll­ decency to call and let [him] know about Convocation 3 Smarter Guy 8 ment limited to 150 students per bar exam the company's financial problems." Strossen on Civil Rights 3 Music Review 9 for quality reasons. Hamrick sees The West Publishing wants to fill a much Cross-Fire r.. SBA Social News 11 Study Group as filling a niche in the biggerniche by taking on BARIBRI head­ Temperature Woes 8 Sports 14-15 market, "I have noticed an increasing to-head on a nationwide basis. West number of students who want to prepare See SMH on 8 2 ======================================Wednesday, September 6, 1995 THE AMIcus CURIAE ~~ ffAR NOr, GWP /!fflt, r /; fOR I N1 A utmKI , ~ I S({t\Jl. ffl)ftCf Y£ WlrH ~ ~atauerallaw n{ lAW if fMI5l1V'J[), (~ ~ HJD~5U[ ~-:.T" 1, fHt faL etAS! 10 ~If{! tifArH IN fEtE£K! _ ~ CaRr!.! :J fflf! Hell! ~ , ~\ . _ A -----::!~~~ THE AMICUS CURIAE From the Editor's Desk • • • Marshall-Wythe School of Law As Marsh all-Wythe students each class. With an extended of legal issues in fields such as P. O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187 (804) 221·3279 began another semester, many registration period, fewer stu­ education or business. Some "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of student suffered the on-going frustration dents would find themselves have absolutely no relation to news and opinion" that surrounds registration. The "trapped" in classes which don't the law. At present, many of cause of the frustration may be meet their interests orneeds. This these courses are very popular Editor: Stephen King largely beyond our reach: bud­ also would free up seats for those among undergrads and other Managing Editor: Mike Grable gets which are too small and class who are legitimately interested graduate students. Professors Production Editor: Monica Thunnond sizes which are already too big. in those classes. often do not determine fmal class Business Manager: Martha Mensoian But one very possible change Second, the extension would rosters until the final day of un­ Assistant Editors: Danielle Berry, Sutton Snook, Henry Jardine could make the process easier offer students more choices by dergraduate add-drop, half a Editorial Board: Stephen King, Mike Grable, Henry Jardine and more beneficial for students: bringing the law school registra­ week to a week after law stu­ Patrick Lee extending the duration ofthe add­ tion period more in line with dents can add. News Reporters: Features Reporters: drop period. those of the undergraduate and In contrast to the benefit, the Ann Neil Cosby Toya Blakewell The benefits of lengthening other graduate programs. Many cost of this proposal is relatively Eliza Hutchison Tom Church the add-drop period would be law students take advantage of small. Although some may ar­ Stephen T. King David Eberly substantial. First, it would give the opportunity to study in other gue that adding three or five days Mario Pacella Jennifer Eberly students a better opportunity to programs, both to broaden their to add-drop would allow students Paul Walker Jeff Geiger evaluate classes before making educational experience and to to miss too many class meetings, Sara Warner Cary Lee fmal decisions.