digitalcommons.nyls.edu NYLS Publications Student Newspapers 3-1993 New York Law School Reporter, vol 10, no. 3, March 1993 New York Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers Part of the Law and Race Commons, and the Legal Education Commons Recommended Citation New York Law School, "New York Law School Reporter, vol 10, no. 3, March 1993" (1993). Student Newspapers. 53. https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/newspapers/53 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. New York Law School .J REPORTER VOLUME 10. NUMBER 4 A MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS MARCH 1993 ·New York Law School Hosts The Wagner Moot Court Competition by Michael Wood '93 Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. May a the 70th Congress as United States Senator from New York Law School's Moot Court Asso­ union supporteI utilize speech which contains New York. ciation hosted the seventeenth annual Wagner derogatory racial characterizations to urge fel­ Robert F. Wagner is best know for his Moot Court Competition from March 18 to 21 low workers to support a union organizing drive? sponsorship of the Wagner-Connory Act (the at the school. The competition was a roaring The second issue reviewed the constitutionality National Labor Relations Act) which legitimiz.ed success. Thirty schoo1s fielded teams for the of the Sewell Mfg. doctrine following the Su­ and enforced collective bargaining. Styled as pre-eminent national labor Jaw moot court com­ preme Court's R.A. V. v. City of St. Paul decision. labor's "Magna Carta", the National Labor petition. Memphis State won the competition, The Sewell doctrine regulates inflammatory ra­ Relations Act was intended to stabilize indus­ followed by Brooklyn Law School, the Univer­ cial appeals in union elections, but is the Sewell trial labor relations in the United States. To­ sity of Texas and Wake Forest. Michael Puchades doctrine an unconstitutional abridgment of free gether with the Social Security Act this legisla­ of Florida State University won top oralist speech? tion helped create the people oriented political honors and Brooklyn Law School provided the The final round of the competition was program known as the New Deal. best brief. judged by a distinguished bench which included The Moot Court Association hosted a ban­ The 1993 Wagner competition, Jalopy a majority of the National Labor Relations Board. quet for competitors on Friday night at the Motor Cars, Inc., v. National Labor Relations National Labor Relations Board Chairman James Morgan Williams restaurant, on Broadway. Over Board and United Motor Workers Local 333, M. Stephens, Board Members Mary Miller 150 people attended the banquet. As the host was based on a fact pattern written by James Cracraft, Dennis M. Devaney and Chief Counsel school, NYLS did not compete in the contest. Gillespie, NYLS '93. The bench brief was written Harold Datz judged the finalists. In addition to hpsting the Wagner compe­ by Chris Mills, Jacklyn Bartlett and I. Bryce tition, the Moot Court teams have competed in Moses. They were advised by Professor Gerald The Wagiier Competition was established twelve competitions this school year. The NYLS Lebovits. The fact pattern was based on a com­ to honor the memory of the late Robert F. Wagner, Moot Court Association's success has brought bination of issues raised in several recent cases. Sr., a New York Law School graduate. Robert F. national attention to the appellate advocacy The first issue juxtaposed the consider­ Wagner pursued a career in public service. After skills of New Yorlc Law School students. ations of Title 7 of the National Labor Relations service in the state assembly, he was elected to New Security Procedures Will Help Safeguard New Student Center Opens Students and Facilities As part of the new security procedures, Free Lunch Offered designed to protect students and staff, all mem­ bers of the New York Law School community Students who have faithfully awaited the and warren of student offices into a tall, skylight will be expected to display their school identi­ opening of the new Student Center and the new lit open space. New hi-tech dining furniture fication cards at all times while on the school student cafeteria were rewarded with a free compliments the new food service and kitchen property. Students may pick up card holders at lunch or complimentary dinner on Monday, area. Although tp.e furniture for the security the security station. Students without the iden­ March 22. The student cafeteria, which had been station has not yet ~n installed., it is expected tification cards will be required to sign in to temporarily relocated to the Faculty Dining to arrive shortly. receive a temporary pass Room is now open on the first floor of the Construction changes can be seen from the According to a memo from dean Jane P. Student Center. front of the building. The Student Center is to be Helm, the use of the identification cards, to­ The food service in the new Student Cen­ one of two main entrances to the NYLS complex. gether with other security enhancements, are ter will be provided by the familiar workers Red brick once filled the bays between the cast being utilised to provide improved security. who have been cooking and serving in the Fac­ iron columns of the old loft building. The brick Among the other enhancements are the instal­ ulty Dining Room, but the new kitchen and was removed to make space for floor-to-ceiling lation of closed circuit television cameras which service facilities will allow quicker service. glass walls. An air-lock entrance provides for will be monitored from the new security sta­ The construction project has converted student comfort while relaxing in the new Stu­ tion/receptionist console at the entrance to the the old student lounge with its lowered ceiling dent Center. new Student Center. The Best Kept Secret at New York Law School See Page 12 2 The New York Law School Reporter Blacks in the Civil War (A Tribute to Black History Month) Although most people probably know thal In January 1863, Massachusetts was the With the beginning of the Civil War, many slavery wasoneon the main reasons for the Civil first state asked and permitted to raise a black sla 'Iles in the South left their masters and headed War, few people probably know that Blacks not regiment. But, Massachusetts was unable to north or to Union camps. During the war, over only fought in the Civil War, but may have raise a black regiment from its own black popu­ 200,000 slaves reached Union camps. These determined itsoutcome.1 Blacks, especially those lation. As such, Blacks had to be recruited from Blacks were valuable not only because they did who were slaves, were generally the only group other states. Frederick Douglass' two sons, the drudge work in the camp, but more imPQr­ that welcomed the war. For Blacks believed that Charles and Lewis, were the first Blacks from tantly, because of their knowledge of the South's out of this war they would gel their freedom, New York Stale to enlist. Eventually, Massa­ waterways and land configurations, the South's citizenship, and civil and political rights. Thus, chusetts had two black regiments (the 54th and strengths and weaknesses, the South's troops' Blacks fought not only for their country, butalso 55th). By the end of the Civil War, much honor positions, numbers, and conditions, and other for their freedom and rights. was bestowed on the 54th.3 vital information. During the war, over 500,000 Blacks played vital roles in both the Con­ Civilian and southern Blacks also helped slaves escaped to the North where they worked federate and Union warefforts. Without slaves, the Union win the war. Both Robert Smalls and as laborers, teamsters, cooks, carpenters, nurses, the Confederacy would not have held out as William Tillman stole Confederate ships. Harriet scouts, spies, and numerous other jobs. Al­ long as they did. Without Blacks, the Union Tubman worked as a nurse and also helped though capture meant being enslaved, tortured, probably would not have won the war. Union prisoners of war get back to lhe North. and even death, many Blacks returned to the Many Blacks travelled to the South to elicit South to help free and guide prisoners of war A. Blacks in the North slaves there to defeat the Confederacy. Blacks back to the North. also smuggled much information to the North. OnJuly17, 1862,Congresspassed twoacts Blacks in the North supported the war providing for the enlistment of Blacks as sol­ from its start to finish. At first, Blacks were not B. Blacks in the South diers. The Confiscation Act allowed the Presi­ allowed to fight in the Union forces. Instead, dent to use as many Blacks as he needed to win they raised money and encouraged public sup­ Although the South did not allow Blacks to the war and the Militia Act repealed an 1792 law port for the war. When Blacks were finally fight, because it thought that Blacks were infe­ barring "Coloreds" assoldiers. The Union passed allowed to fight, they were given the hardest rior and did not trust them with arms, it did these laws only because they were losing more kind of camp work, the poorest equipment, the force Blacks to help their side. Approximately men than were enlisting. worst medical care, less pay, longer enlistment four million slaves were forced to build fortifi­ On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proc­ periods, and had little chance of becoming a cations and trenches, work in field hospitals, lamation was issued.