UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Hastings Alumni Publications 11-1-1979 Hastings Community Vol. XXIV, No.1 (Winter 1979) Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag Recommended Citation Hastings College of the Law Alumni Association, "Hastings Community Vol. XXIV, No.1 (Winter 1979)" (1979). Hastings Alumni Publications. 56. http://repository.uchastings.edu/alumni_mag/56 This is brought to you for free and open access by UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Alumni Publications by an authorized administrator of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY FlaU -80 The Hastings Community Winter 1979 Volume XXIV Number 1 Editor/Layout: Jacquie Hale Director of Public Affairs: Linda Feinberg Dedication: George R. Moscone Fellowship Recipients by Willie L. Brown, Jr. The 1979-80 Antenor Patilio Hastings: The Decade of The 70's Making a Difference at Hastings A Message from the Chancellor/Dean by June Kerr In Praise of Marvelous Mary Archives and Art at Hastings by e. robert (bob) wallach by Ruth H. Schlesinger Impressions of Hastings New Faces on Campus by Academic Dean Bert S. Prunty The 1979 College of Advocacy 1979-80 New and Visiting Professors by Professor Barbara Caulfield A Tribute to Chancellor/Dean Anderson Class Notes The Hastings Community is published for all of the Hast- ings "conununity"-alumni/ae, faculty, staff, students and friends. Material for publication and correspondence is always welcome and should be addressed to the Editor. 1 This issue of The Hastings Community is dedicated to the memory of the late George R. Moscone November 24, 1929-November 27, 1978 2 a fair and honest man" I first came to know George Moscone in the mid-1950's as we both worked our way through Hastings as custodians. The Hastings Commu- nity was much smaller then. Few had envisioned the massive law complex now under construction west of the main campus facility. But few had denied that George R. Moscone was destined for political success. In 1966 George was elected to the State Sen- ate, two years after I had been elected as Assem- blyman, both of us representing San Francisco districts and the pride of Hastings. In recent years, George was best known for his accom- plishments as Mayor of San Francisco, but his ability as an outstanding politician became emi- nent during his tenure as Senator of the Tenth District. George was more than a political col- league, he was a close personal friend. I dearly admired him over the twenty-five years that I came to know him. Throughout the years, Hast- ings has gained a reputation for producing re- nowned lawyers who dedicated their lives to public office. But none were more dedicated and sincere than George. He was of a special breed. He was most unique. Despite his quick progress by Willie L. Brown, Jr. up the political ladder in California politics, he managed to maintain a grass roots approach to politics and a closeness to his San Francisco con- stituency. He was never too big as a politician for the people he served. It was this attitude of un- selfishness and lack of egotism that drove George to return to the city he loved so much, San Fran- cisco. Why would a successful politician risk his State Senatorial seat to run for Mayor of a big city? Like all other large urban areas, San Fran- cisco was in disarray. It was plagued by crime, violence, poor management, and other common problems shared by the nation's cities. But San Francisco was George Moscone's city. He was reared, educated, and had taught law in San Francisco. He felt an obligation to his city. I admired George for taking on this difficult task of being Mayor of San Francisco. He had entered city politics at a time when conservatives had re-emerged on the political scene to attack the liberal views he had so vehemently espoused. George, however, was not as much a liberal as he was a fair and honest man. During the height of Watergate and other forms of corruption, George remained the epitome of a politician. He returned to San Francisco not out of political greed, but out of devotion to public service. In November of 1978 the world was saddened by the tragic loss of such a great human being and leader. Those of us who knew and respected George R. Moscone at Hastings, better under- stood the example he has set for us all as a devot- ed family man, politician and product of the Willie Brown and George Moscone Hastings Community. 3 Hastings: The Decade of The 70's Amiel's contention that "Every Life is a pro- plement that function are subversive to the law fession of faith-every person's conduct is an school's mission. As a handmaiden of teaching, unspoken sermon," can be applied to the Hast- research opens new frontiers of learning with a ings Community as well. The reputation of this correlative teaching feedback. Service is inevita- 100-year old institution is reflected through the ble. In the long run, in a grand way, the law people that constitute it: faculty member, stu- schools serve the community and mankind. dent, administrator, and alumnus. We cannot However, as Dr. Clark Kerr of the Carnegie Cor- deny or escape the past if we are to have a clear poration's Commission on Higher Education in- understanding of the present and a sound foun- dicates, the issue is not whether the institution of dation on which to build the future. Hastings' higher education should provide service, but 100-year history is a prologue to its present and rather who will be the recipients. It is a question the future. We cannot escape the responsibility of of whether the institutions of higher education commitment if we are to have any meaningful should serve all facets of our society. We often vitality and relevance in a world buffeted by pride ourselves on service to society as a whole, changes and faced daily by new threats to its but what about service to the immediate commu- safety. Institutions are committed to the concept nity surrounding the institution. Certainly, we of stability, but in the final analysis, the only cannot close our eyes to our responsibility to look stability possible in our society is stability in mo- at the trees in the forest of poverty which abuts tion. Hastings, like any other human institution, the institution. It is somewhat comforting to must reexamine itself continuously and respond speak of "the community" in a broad sense and to contemporary needs. It cannot shrink from exercise little sensitivity to meeting the legal this continuing reevaluation and reexamination problems and ameliorating the impact of poverty if its history is to be more than mere survival. on the people's legal and social rights in the im- mediate area. The word "community" connotes Hastings is a rather unique institution. It is a less a search for "motes" in the international or large school-one of the largest law schools in national communities than an attack on the the nation. It is in a strategic location. Because "beams" in the backyards of the campus neigh- of its size, location and its role as a public institu- borhood. tion, it has a great deal of "visibility." The perils "The law school as a vehicle of public service of the "visibility" are more than offset by the was a major topic on the discussion agenda of the benefits. It remains open to direct influence from 1959 Conference on Legal Education at the Uni- outside. Every institution is created by human versity of Michigan. Have law schools during the ardor and conviction. Unfortunately, too often as past 20 years responded to pressures for commu- it grows older, the ardor wanes. The buildings nity service? A further question relevant to the may grow larger, but the spirit may thin out. No educational process is whether or not such serv- institution can remain relevant without a signifi- ice activities disturb or enrich teaching and re- cant effort to probe the social environment. No search. Hastings is in the process of developing institution can improve existing programs and its new U.C.-Hastings Law Center, a Law Cen- meaningfully develop new ones if there is no in- ter that will make possible commitment to a terest or information on societal needs, interests, broader range of services including legal re- desires, hopes and aspirations. search, improving legal education, continuous education opportunities, legal aid services, spon- What is the role of the law school in a free soring institutes, conferences, seminars, and con- society, particularly one that is a major law tribution to the administration of justice. The school located in a strategic area? Clearly, we point is that more often than not, focus has not cannot be so responsive to its various moods that been on the role of the law school as an institu- it nods to the beck and call of every stray wind tion, but upon the individual or collective efforts which carries with it the idea of a new program, of law professors or students. In my opinion, course or teaching philosophy. We cannot abdi- there is a real need for an institution, as an insti- cate the responsibility of providing leadership tution, to participate in the community rather and direction. This may require an ability to than rely merely on individual effort. Ultimately, stand apart from society when appropriate, to be the realization may dawn that law schools, as do an impartial commentator on and social critic of the people who live and work and hope in them, various societal activities.