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For more information, please contact nick.szydlowski@bc.edu. rEB 21 ,. • Vol. 6, No.3 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL December 1961 JAMES JOSEPH RONAN SEMINAR LAWLER & MADDEN RECEIVE CLERKSHIP APPOINTMENTS Two Boston CoUege Law School sides with his family at 71 Euston seniors have been selected to fill Clerk­ Road, Brighton. ship positions following graduation. Fran Lawler received his A.B . at John J. Madden will become Law Amherst College which he attended on Clerk for the Honorable Ami Cutter, a full scholarship. He served as a Re­ Ii Associate Justice of the Supreme Ju­ sea,rch ... :o. ssis,tant in the Political Science dicial Court of Massachusetts, Francis Department, was a member of the Stu­ J. Lawler will become Law Clerk for dent Council and the Executive Com­ the Honorable Paul Reardon, Chief mittee of the House Management Justice 'of the Superior Court of Committee which governed the frater­ Massachusetts. nity system. These clerkship appointments repre­ He has been a Presidential Scholar sent the end result of careful scrutiny throughout his three years at Law and consideration on the part of the school and is Case Note Editor of the school and the judges themselves, upon Law Review. Lawler was Madden's whom the final choice rests. This final partner in winning the second year det.ermination is based on academic Moot Court Competition. He is also and extra-curricular achievement and a member of the Moot Court Advisory personal interviews with the judges. Committee. Those ultimately chosen have best met Lawler was employed by the firm of the personal standards demanded by Nutter, McClennan & Fish during the the individual judges. past summer months. His residence Jack Madden earned his A.B. at is 108 High Street III Greenfield, Boston College which he attended on Massachusetts. a full scholarship graduating summa Both students have expressed deep cum laude. He was Class Salutatorian s1!Jtisfaction in acquiring their new posi­ The physical plant of the law school has recently been enhanced by the remodeling and a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the tions. Of particular significance to of a seminar room in honor of the late Associate Justice James Joseph Ronan of National Jesuit Honor Society. both was the fact that Madden will the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Upon entering law school, he was work at the appellate level which is Since the law school frequently plays host ,to conferences and seminars of various granted a Presidential Scholarship the type work he intends to pursue civic and educational organizations of the City, the room will serve a vital purpose which he has maintained throughout while Lawler will be at the trial level, and will be in constant use even when classes are out of session. his three years and presently ranks his primary interest. The facilities of the Ronan Seminar are ideal for medium-sized groups. The walls, first in the graduating class. Along walnut paneled from ceiling to floor, and the huge conference table reflect a rather with his academic achievements, Mad­ official and serious impression. There is a southeastern exposure and the room den is Case Editor of the Law Review EXTRA overlooks the most wide open and scenic aspect of the Boston College campus. and was the winner of the seC{)nd year Moot ·Court Competition. Mr. Justice James Joseph Ronan was CHRISTMAS RECESS WILL Madden was employed last summer WINTER EDITION OF born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1884. He received his A.B. from Boston Uni­ by the firm of Herrick, Smith, Donald, BEGIN ON DECEMBER 15. LAW REVIEW TO BE versity and was graduated magna cum Farley & Ketchum. He presently re- OUT IN JANUARY laude from Boston University Law School in 1908. In the same year he SPECIAL COMM. ON JUDICIARY The Editorial Board of the Law Re­ was admitted to the Mas~achuseLts Bar view anticipates late January, 1962 as and began priv.ate practice in Salem. MAKES REPORT TO BAR ASS'N being the publication date of their Win­ During the years 1932-33, Mr. Ronan ter edition. served as Counsel for the Massachusetts The Specia1 Committee on the J u­ sation who, as the Constitution of This edition will particularly evidence Crime Commission and later distin­ diciary has submitted an advance report Massachusetts states, could be "as im­ the continued and conscientious efforts guished himself as Firs't Assistant At­ to the Board of Delegates of the Mas­ partial ·as the lot of humanity allow." of the Article and Book Review Editor torney General from 1934 to 1938. On sachusetts Bar Association. It was the The 'committee was divided into five Richard H. Colman. Burdened with July 7, 1938, he was appointed Asso­ overwhelming consensus of the Special subcommittees who concerned them­ the primary responsibility of soliciting ciate Justice to the Supreme Judicial Committee that more judicial man­ selves with the District Courts, the Pro­ noted authors in the various commer­ Court of Massachusetts. power is needed in Massachusetts. In bate Courts, the jurisdiction of the cial law fields, Mr. Colman has pro­ Mr. Justice Ronan held honorary order to achieve this result two major courts, finance and administration and duced excellent results. The forthcom­ doctorate degrees from Boston Univer­ recommendations were made: 1) To the procedure. Legislation to carry out ing edition will contain five or six lead sity, Northeastern, Suffolk and Boston increase the Superior Court by eight the recommendations of the Board of articles. College. judges and, 2) To increase the mini­ Delegates is now being prepared and The planning of the publication of We have often heard a great deal mum sum in cases remanded to the will be introduced to the General Court. lead articles is not a simple one day of concern expressed over the "image District Court from $1,000 to $3,000. Mr. Charles J. Dunn, the legislative affair. Since most articles require from of the attorney." Indeed, the Amerkan It was felt that the establishment of representa:tive of the Massachuset'ts Bar six months to a year for their prepara­ Bar Association is perennially seeking to these two measures would bring about a Association, will represent the Associa­ tion, the Article Editor m,ust use ac­ lift professional standards and to con­ more expeditious trial of important tion in all phases of its attempts to curate foresight in his solicitations of vey a more favorable "image" to the cases and would also continue the use enact into law those recommendations authors and in the subject matter to be American people. of the increased number of District which have appeared wise to the Com­ covered. Mr. Colman must continually If integrity, knowledge and a capacity Judges. This increase in judicial man­ mittee on the Judiciary and the full keep in contact with the prospective for hard work are some of the qualities power would also diminish the neces­ body of the Board of Delegates. authors to make sure that they meet which we want this image to contain, sity of employing auditors in the Su­ Dean Drinan is Chairman of the their agreed deadlines. He must also the students of Boston CoUege Law perior Court. Special Committee on the Judiciary and render any assistance the authors might School owe a debt of gratitude to the The committee on the Judiciary felt Professor Kenneth B. Hughes served require in their writing. family and friends of Mr. Justice Ronan that the ideal toward which the Com­ as a Research Consultant. As a result of Mr. Colman's efforts who have, by their contributions, made monwealth should move would be a The specific recommendations adopted the Winter edition of the R eview will possible the preservation of his memory system under which all or at least by the Board of Delegates include the contain several very interesting and in the James Joseph Ronan Seminar. most cases would be tried by a full­ following: scholarly articles. Plans for a formal dedication are time judge appointed for me with a (Continued on Page Four) being finalized. guarantee of no diminution of compen- (Continued on Page Six) Page 2 Sui Juris EDITORIALS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A FINE JOB To the Editor: Undoubtedly appreciated but possibly not fully realized by the student body is Notwithstanding the innocuous con­ on record as not having seen the letter the unquestionably fine job being done by the newly formed Student Placement tent of the Letter to the Editor appear­ prior to its submission to your office and not having signed nor authorized Program. An individual tip of the hat must be given to SBA President Paul ing in the November 1961 issue of Sur JURIS, signed by some thirty-one per­ the use of my signature. Delaney, Senior Class President Don Fleming and Program Chairman John H. sons, presumably members of the Law ]. RONALD FISHBEIN Sullivan; but not to be overlooked are several other students who, in toto, have Forum Committee, I would like to go Vice-President of the Forum given unselfishly of their time and effort in providing this year's graduating class with more job information than has ever been available from such an endeavor in the past.
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