digitalcommons.nyls.edu NYLS Publications Student Newspapers 11-1982 The ewN York Law School Advocate, vol 1, no. 3, November 9, 1982 New York Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers Recommended Citation New York Law School, "The eN w York Law School Advocate, vol 1, no. 3, November 9, 1982" (1982). Student Newspapers. 61. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers/61 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the NYLS Publications at DigitalCommons@NYLS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@NYLS. 'Tlie ~ Yc>rl( .(q-w Schoo[ Vol. 1: No. 3 ~ADVOCATE November 9, 1982 BUILDING PLAN SCRAPPED ' By Paul Friedman boration, are seriously considering either the construction at the higher price was to go forward with the building. However, The new facility that New York Law purchasing a building in the immediate based on a number of factors, includingthe those sources also indicate that such an School had planned to construct on the area of NYLS or redisigning a smaller ver• state of the school's bank account. Accord• expenditure would placethe school's general parking lot next to 47 Worth St.will not be sion of the same building. Dean George ing to Dean of Alumni Affa. rs, Lucille Hill• finances in a precarious position. built due to unexpectedly high costs. would not specify, however, which build• man, the NYLS bank account presently Factors that played a large part in this According to newly appointed Deputy ings were considered to be the most highly stands at or about 10 milliondollars, (with analysis were: 1) the untenable position of Dean B. James George, because the lowest prized for the school'spurposes . more money expected), which other highly postponing the renovation ofB and C build• bid for the proposed building' was 40% The decision not to go forward with reliable resources claim wouldbe sufficient ings into a library, and 2) the unstable na• higher than the expected cost, it will be ture of the economy, which could deleteri• impossible to go forward with the proposed ously affect enrollment in the coming building. However, alternatives are being years. actively researched. The trustee and fac• The original plan to build a new build• ulty committees, in unprecedented colla- ing and renovate B and C buildings was composed after a hard fought battle be• LEG AL AID tween the faculty and the Board of Trus• tees. The result was a proposal that linked STRIKES BACK the two projects not only politically but On October 22, at 5 p.m .. the staff physically. One project without the other, attorneys of the Lega\ AidSociety (L.A.S.) then, would be only half a plan. went on strike-575 attorneys in all. Three This was not the only controversy, weeks later, with negotiations broken though. Still in contention to the last mi• down, spirits are high, and no one is pre• nute, (before the bids were open) was the dicting settlement. Artist Rendition of Proposed Building design of the new building itself. Support for the attorneys is wide• A reliable source has indicated that spread. Among the speakers at a rally held •t the faculty was not satisfied with the 3- in City Hall Park on October 29th, were s • mas I ympos1umstory au<!ito~~ th~t was promoted by such notables as Judge Kris Glen, Frank S h H both the administration and the trustees, Barbaro, Miriam Friedlander, Judge because they felt that classroom and li• Bruce Wright, representatives from Dis• Panelists Fallout Musicians Harmonize brary space was a more vital priority. In trict 1199 and local 99 of the ILGWU, as fact, a major confrontation on' this issue well as a silent appearance by Weldon Over Deterence With Law may have been averted by the collapse of Brewer (see inside story). The two hour the project. gathering came to a close in song and cheer By Will Hart By John Schuler No matter how useful the miscalcula• led by "Ricky and the Rabblerousers." The International Law Society of New Approximately 200 entertainment tion by the architects may be in promoting Some 400 people attended the rally. York Law School sponsored "Nuclear lawyers, law students and musicians at• harmony between the faculty and the The consensus of the Legal Aid at• Arms and World Public Order'' on Friday, tended Law and the Musician at New York Board of Trustees, it is nevetheless likely torneys who attended the rally was that October 22. Several hundred people, in• Law School on Saturday, October 23rd and that the architectural firms responsible, management appears willing to keep them eluding law students, professors, lawyers, talked about the problems of musicians and Leonard Parker Associates of Minneapolis out for quite a while. This may prove ulti• doctors and scientist, participated in the the law. Various topics included recording and Carson, Lundin and Thoesen of New mately to be to the striker's advantage. daylong symposium held at the school. · and management, contracts, performing . York, will suffer. Already, in a recent in• According to _supervising judge of the Debate was lively but all the speakers rights, and copyright considerations. terview with Dean E. Donald Shapiro (see Criminal Court, Judge Joan B. Carey, ''The agreed that the arms race must somehow Symposium organizer Stan Soocher this issue of the ADVOCATE), the Dean strike is just not impacting on us yet." This be halted. said that the purpose of the day-long pro• has alluded to the architects as the cause of view is shared by Administrative Judge Lieutenant-General Royal Allison, gram was to alert professionalmu sicians to "the delay" in constructing a building. Jawn A. Sandifer of Manhattan Supreme U.S.A.F. Ret., told the audience that ''it is the importance of lawyers and legal advice Thus, these firms may be made the scape• Court. He added, "Ifwe'regoingtofeelthe the job of the military to protect the na• in their careers. goats for the failure to move foreward on effects of the strike, it will be next week." tion's citizens, not to reduce arms." Al• ''There are too many good musicians the pressing need for additional space at The attorneys on strike, members of though the military supports the SALT I around with sob stories about what hap• NYLS. the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys Continued 011 Paoe /0 C' o 11ti1111 ed 011 page .9 (ALAA), an affiliate of the United Auto Workers/District 65 union, voted 2-1 to re• Inside ject management's final offer of a 4.3% News Briefs p.2 wage increase. Aside from the paucity of this offer in real terms, the increase falls Jobs p.3 far short of what the srikers consider ade• Shapiro Interview p.4 quate compensation for the. quality of the ;Editorials p.6 work Legal Aid attorneys perform and cor• relatively, is disproportionate to the quan• Features p.7 FROESSEL COMPETITIONBest oral• tity of their work. This meager increase Sports p.8 ist Mitchel Kessler confronts judges, becomes even more annarent in lie-ht of the storyp8 Continued on Page .t Student Orgs, pp.10-11 Page2 THE ADVOCATE November 9, 1982 NYI.. S l~N'l'l~llS News Briefs if no one is designated by that date, an f~f))ll,tJ'l'l~Il1\(-I~ Acting Dean must be appointed by the Board of Trustees and the faculty. By Andrew Lupu perform its functions superb, its strongest New York Law School has acquired a selling point, noted Celusak, is that it is a The Annual Blood Drive held Nov. 2 highly sophisticated computer system, the dexterous machine able to be used crea• was a success according to the American SYS/34, in its quest to improve its services tively and can be updated and maintained Red Cross. Seventy-three pints of blood to students and decrease the time needed by each of the departments using it. Al• were sucked from NYLS. to process information. Dean Arnold though it is merely a mini-computer, Graham, Vice-Dean in charge of Finances, Celusak said "NYLS can do anything with The annual phonathon has pledges of is the person responsible for bringing the the system for the needs of the school." $17,000.00 as of press time. With only two new system to the school. He envisions all The SYS/34 is a medium to low priced evenings of telephoning left the goal of data pertinent to the functioning of NYLS computer costing $120,000.00. But with the $25,000.00 seems within reach, according stored on the main computer bank located hardware added the entire cost rounds out to Anne Saplin of the Office for Alumni and in the old third floor lounge in A building. at $250,000.~$300,000.00. Dean Graham Development. - Information would be accessible in an in• said that one can not really measure the New Deputy Dean B.J. George stant to the various departments through price of the computer because ''its acquisi• WESTLA Wis hooked up and ready to computer terminals. tion was a necessity." Professor B. James George has as• go. Fred Shapiro of the library staff is now All the branches of the school includ• Prior to this system, NYLS had a line• sumed, as Deputy Dean, command control learning how to operate WESTLAW. He ing the Registrar, Financial Aid, Admis• sharing system until 1978 which was ac• over academic and student matters until will soon announce training sessions for the sions, Alumni and Development and Ac• cessible by telephone.