George Washington University Law School Scholarly Commons Amicus Curiae, 1963 Amicus Curiae, 1960s 10-1963 Amicus Curiae, October 1963 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/amicus_curiae_1963 Recommended Citation George Washington University Law School, 13 Amicus Curiae 1 (1963) 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, 1963 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Interview With Dean Benson: See Page 4 Published by the Student Bar Association i\mitu!l (!turiur VOL. 13, NO.1 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL OCTOBER, 1963 8-Issue Puhlication Diversity Marks Plans Announced Dean of Law School Welcome New Freshman By New Editor More Than 300 Enroll You have now been in classes and, I hope, have discovered how excit- Mr. Donald A. Rowe, editor-in- For First Year at GW ing the study of law can be. Here is a sharp challenge to the most rigor- chief of Amicus Curiae for the ousand tightly disciplined thought you can offer. Students beginning their legal academic year 1963-1964 has an- education at the George Washing- nounced that the newspaper will To become cynical about the superlatives used by Fourth of July ton University Law School in the be published four times during orators in speaking about our "glorious heritage of the law," is easy. It FaU of 1963 constitute one of the both Fall and Spring semesters. is fitting, therefore, I believe, to remind you at this time of the back": largest first-semester enrollments Beginning its thirteenth ye~r of ground, the sweep, and the significance of our legal system. You have in the school's history. More than publication, Amicus Curiae is here a tremendous, though far from perfect, structure, the result of cen- 176 students enrolled for morning sponsored by the Student Bar classes and more than 130 en- Association. The Association pro- turies of effort on ,the part of generations 'of lawyers.judges, scholars, rolled for evening classes, vides the bulk of the newspaper's legislators, and dedicated citizens. You have not had, thus far, to raise Representing 42 stt.tes as well financial support and appoints the a finger to. create it; it is spread out before you for your benefit. It is as the District of Columbia, the editor. ." yours to have and to enjoy. largest contingents of students from a particular state were those The new editor-In-chlef is a In undertaking the study of law and thus entering the legal profession, second-year Levening student. A from New York (44), Pennsyl- 1960 graduate of the University however, you halve a large debt to those who have served before you and vania (39), New Jersey (23), of Wisconsin with a BS degree to those who will follow you"to take a responsible part in the world Illinois (18), and Ohio (13). More in civil engineering who intends of ,the law. Law libraries do not practice Taw : court houses do not than 2,5 of the newly enrolled to specialdze in Patent Law, Mr. practice law. Only men and women do, and it is of the utmost importance students are from ,the District of Columbi. Beginning students also Rowe is employed during .the day that they do so with skill, with courage, and with vision, New problems as patent examiner In the U. S. include in their number natives of Patent Office. demanding attention, continually arise: new answers and procedures Brazil, Canada, England, Iran, He brings to the position ill for them must be evolved. The greater your competence, the greater the and Western Nigeria, West Africa, editor the experience gained as demands upon you. as well as six persons from the managing edItor during last year. Your immediate task is to make the fullest possible use of your years newest state, Hawaii. Of the new students who are Mr. Rowe also derived valuable in law school. These can be the most stimulating years of your lives, if insights into the mechanics of law employed, the Government seems you take your studies seriously, and, above-all, take advantage of all school newspapers from his par- to be the preferred employer by ticipation in the American Law your opportunities. Although this ~s a large law school, it is a friendly a ratio of two to one. The 96 Students Association Convention one. In your classes you will become acquainted with students from all students working for Uncle Sam in Chicago during the past sum- over the country, with a rich variety of backgrounds. You can form are employed in more than 30 mer. different departments, com m is - study groups with congenial people.You will find that the teachers are sions, .•btireail:;',· and off ices, Thc Mr. Neal Richards, also a sec- interested in you and are 'available for questions. We had a pleasant greatest number working in one end-year evening student, brings breakfasttogetJherthe Saturday before classes began 'and several other office are employed by the Patent 18 years of [ournalistic experi- Office (21); the Department of ence to the position of associate student-faculty gatherings are planned for the year. The Student Bar the Navy counts 13 of the new editor. Association sponsors professional and social affairs, as do the legal students among its employees. fraternities. The Students' Wives Club affords a fine opportunity for Photographic coverage will be Seven students are gaining first- handled by Mr. Jacques Dulin, a the wives to meet and exchange ideas. hand experience in one phase of second-year evening student who If at times you become tired and downhearted, I urge you to remember legalistic endeavor while working has a varied background in free- this one fact: The legal profession is, as Mr. Justice Holmes remarked, for members of the U. S. Senate, lance photography. "the calling of thinkers"-and "to think great thoughts you must be while five others are working for Miss Nancy Lilly, former news heroes 'as well as idealists." Congressmen. Other Government editor of the GU Foreign Service employers include the U. S. An- Courier, win serve in the same Welcome to this calling of ours: may you be able to live both happily arctic Project Office, the Execu- capacity on the Amicus Curiae and greatly in it. tive Office of the President, the staff. Robert Kramer Internal Revenue Service, the De- Any student interested in join- partments of Labor, Justice, and ing the staff is urged to contact RECEPTION State, FHA, CIA, ICC, FAA, , l\fr. Rowe . HEW, NSA, GAO, and GSA, .as , News articles on organizations Dean Kramer has announced day, October 7, from 4-6 p.m, (Continued on Page 3) or activities not normally covered that, the first faculty-student re- Because of the reception, evening classes will not begin until 6 p.m, by Amicus' Curiae stuff, or 'inter- ception of the 1963-64 school year pretativearticles on various facets Dean Kramer extends a cordial. Rapid Reading will be held in the lower lounge of the legal profession are solicit- invitation to all George Wash- Courses Planned ed.Copy should be typed trip1e of Lisner Auditorium on Mon- ington Law Students to attend. spaced on one side of the paper . Courses designed to triple one's with margins of two inches on reading speed will soon be in- each side of the page. augurated at George Wal:>hing,ton' Law School. In cooperation with Amicus Curiae reserves the Professors Hogan, Sullivan Speak at 1963Orientation Dean Potts, the ' SBA has made right to modify such areieles to by Nancy Lilly preparation peculiar to law school patrick and Assistant Dean Ed- plans and arrangements for two ensure uniformity of editorial for- The feature of the 1963 Fall that will be of special interest to ward Potts, and a majority of rapid reading courses to be mat. Future copy deadlines for Orientation was the evening pro- beginning students. Information the faculty members. taught in Stockton HaH. The su- the Fall semester are October 21, gram at which Professors James concerning University facili-ties Orientation discussion pan e I pervisor of the Department of November 17, and December 8. E. Hogan and John P. Sullivan will also be contained in the hand- sessions were held during the Agriculture Graduate oS c h 0 0 I spoke to the new GWU Law book. morning and evening Legal Meth- Reading Development Plan, Mr. Law School Faculty School students. Professor Hog- The administration utilized stu- ods class of the first day of the Jerry Willmore, will teach one Achievements Noted an's treatment of the study of dents as co-workers in ,the regis- new semester. Deans Kramer, course. Reading Dynamics, a pri- law by the case method and Pro- trationprocedure this year for Potts, and Kirkpatrick spoke on vate firm, will also instruct a simi- Professors David E. Seidelson, fessor Sullivan's treatment of pro- the first time .Sueh student lead- different facets of a leg:al educa- lar course for GW Law Students. David J. Sharpe, and John P. Sul- fessional responsibidity were in- ers as the ,SBA Secretary and the tion and the daw school curricu- The test classes of 'twenty-five livan have been promoted from teresting, informative, and ex- Law Review Editor assisted new lum. John Stolton, SBA president, GW Law Students will be charged Assistant to Associate Professors tremely practical. and old students with their regis- a representative of the Law Re- a nominal fee: $40.00 for the Ag- of Law.