George Washington University Law School Scholarly Commons Amicus Curiae, 1964 Amicus Curiae, 1960s 11-1964 Amicus Curiae, November 1964 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/amicus_curiae_1964 Recommended Citation George Washington University Law School, 14 Amicus Curiae 3 (1964) 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, 1964 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Published by the Student Bar Association Amirun ILLURITTR VOL. 14, NO. 3 The George Washington University Law School November, 1964 CRR Council Expands Its Law Review Features Activities by R. G. Berkley Effects Of Technology Recognizing the need of south- ern attorneys for assistance in the researching and preparation of On Jurisprudence cases involving civil rights issues, students from several leading law by Tony Pell schools have combined their pre- The October edition of the GWU Law Review is devoted entirely viously independent efforts in this to a Symposium exploring the ramifications of the science-technology area. The resulting organization revolution on Jurisprudence. Conceived by Dean Louis H. Mayo, the is the Law Students Civil Rights Symposium consists of articles by twelve authorities of various aspects Research Council (CCRC). of the subject. At the time of its formation in Professor Thomas A. Cowan, Professor of Law at Rutgers Univer- 1963, CRRC's membership con- sity, introduces the subject by presenting the fundamental dichotomy sisted of chapters in the law between scientific methodology based on pure logic and legal prognos- schools of George Washington, A distinguished bench comprised of from left Judges Giles S. Rich, tication necessarily based on that thoroughly illogical fellow, the human Harvard, Yale, Columbia, George- U.S. Court of Claims and Patent Appeals, and Alexander Holtzhoff, being. The topic is then more closely analyzed within the context town, and New York University. U.S· District Court for the District of Columbia, and GWU Prof. of the five general areas of Government Action and Reaction, Space Since then it has grown rapidly, and Irving Kay ton hear P. Hinderstein make a point in the Van Vleck and Nuclear Power, the Lawyer and the Scientist, Individual Rights at present there are more than Patent Finals. The team of D. Reisdorf and S. Railton defeated that and Technology, and Decision Making and Technology. 30 participating chapters through- of P. Hinderstein and R. Skolmik. out the country. Faculty members contributed heavily to the Symposium. Prof. Arthur S. Miller explores the effects of an increasingly urbanized, Originally focusing its atten- Women,Coast Guard Officers technologically-conditioned population on the political economy. Con- tion on civil rights issues, the stitutional effects and some possible solutions with regard to a techno- CRRC sent students to various logical revolution that transcends state borders, rendering our federal southern states during the sum- Monopolize Annual Law 'Prizes structure obsolescent are discussed by Prof. Robert G. Dixon. mer months to assist attorneys engaged in such disputes. In re- Two U.S. Coast Guard officers, James E. Brown and Norman Lynch, Dean W. Wallace Kirkpatrick cognition of the importance and rave been awarded the John Ordronaux prizes of $75, given annually analyzes the ramification on anti- value of this work, a grant of to the students attaining the highest average in their first and second Law Student $8500 has recently been awarded years, respectively, of Law School. This marks the second consecutive trust law of COMSAT, the gov- the CRRC for the continuation year in which Norm Lynch has won the prize. ernment-organized, privately own- e d communications monopoly. Wins $1,000 and expansion of the summer pro- Other Law School awards, the winners of which are announced Prof. Harold P. Green evaluates gram. each year in November, were dominated by the "gentle" sex. Miss the growth of nuclear technology Collier Award In addition to enlarging its Kim Jordan was the recipient of the Mary Covington Memor- in a federally-controlled atmo- Dennis A. Laskin, student at summer projects, the Council has ial Scholarship, which consists of a $100 cash prize and is given sphere dominated by expedience. the GWU Law School and a na- extended its area of interest to annually to an evening student for scholastic achievement in his or her The legal-technological conflict in tive of Charleston, West Virginia, include civil liberties cases and first year. Miss Elsa It Kaufman received the Shaeffer Award, given the area of export of technical was recently awarded a $1000 to a woman student nominated Ly the faculty for scholastic achieve- the legal problems of the poor data, where a legally trained scholarship for his outstanding ment and service to the Law Sc.iool in her second year. The prize in general. Chapters normally official must determine whether record as a Collier's Encyclopedia consists of $25 and a certificate. assist attorneys in their respec- technical data can be released, is salesman during the past summer. tive locales in cases involving Miss Martha Edminsten won studied by Prof. J. Forrester The award was given by P. F. these areas of tie law. Collier, Inc., a division of The both the Eta Alumnae Chapter, CD Defeats Davison. Associate Prof. Irving Kay ton discusses J urimetrics, the Crowell-Collier Publishing Com- Locally, GWU's chapter of Kappa Beta Pi Award, and the application of modern logic and pany, which publishes the ency- CRnC now has over 40 student Zeta Chapter, Phi Delta Delta GWU Moot computer techniques to legal prob- clopedia. members. Officers are David Weitz- Award. The Kappa Beta Pi Award lems, and Dean Mayo in conjunc- men, Chairman; Thomas Farqu- Laskin is one of 16 U. S. and consists of a copy of Gavit's edi- tion with Professor Ernest M. har and Charlotte Hallam, Co- Court Team Canadian students to win Collier Jones of the University of Florida chairmen; Michael Footer, Head tion of Blackstone's Commentaries scholarships under the company's presents a model of the science of Student Research; and Lenore given to the woman student who In Semifinals annual vacation training program. of decision-making. This summer was his second as Schreiber, Secretary - Treasurer. attains the highest average in the George Washington's Moo t a member of Collier's student The Faculty sponsor is Prof. Mon- first year. The Phi Delta Delta Court Team was defeated in the roe H. Freedman. Other contributors include Sam- sales force. Award, consisting of $40, is given semi-final round of the local com- uel D. Estep, Professor of Law He completed his undergradu- Research assistance in local by the GWU chapter of Phi Delta petition Nov. 10, losing to Catho- at the University of Michigan; ate work at Ohio State Univer- -:ivil liberties disputes is provided Delta to a woman student for lic University. Spencer M. Beresford, a partner sity, and is a 2nd year day 'y the chapter on request. Some scholastic achievement and service The bench, headed by Judge in the D.C. law firm of Vom Baur, student at the Law School. urrent projects include: research to the school during her first Spottswood Robinson, decided un- Beresford and Coburn; Donald N. Oswald Colclough, Acting Presi- 'or District of Columbia vs Eas- school year. animously for Catholic, but indi- Michael, Resident Fellow at the dent, presented the scholarship to ter, a case in which the constitu- cated the argument was close. Institute for Policy Studies; and tionality of imprisoning chronic Awards announced in June were The scoring was based on two Donald B. King, Associate Profes- Laskin in ceremonies at the Uni- versity on Oct. 28. Representing alcoholics is being tested; the pre- as follows. The John Bell Lardner thirds for the oral argument and sor at Saint Louis University Law paration of memoranda on racial Collier's Encyclopedia was An- Prize, a gold medal which is one third for the written brief. School. discrimination in Ohio housing awarded annually to the student Phil Hochberg and Randy Ayre thony Pavlov, Regional Sales Supervisor. laws; the preparation of memor- who ranks first in the graduating represented GWU in the oral com- "While many lawyers find their anda on the right of government class, was awarded to Miss Linda petition, with Bob Biolchini as the niche in doing research alone," employees to strike; research on K. Lee, the 19'63-64 Editor-in-Chief third member of tie team. he said, "the very essence of the Defacement ~he Hatch Act, which limits the of the GWU Law Review. Micheal The problem involved the neces- law comes out in oral argument. iart.icipation of government em- P. Bentzen was the recipient of sary minimum contacts of two The, questions asked by the bench Has Serious loyees in political parties; and the Charles Glover Prize consist- out-of-the-state corporations with are not asked with the idea of esearch relative to District of ing of a set of law books, which the ficticious jurisdiction and an tripping up the lawyer-or stu- Consequences Columbia vs Porter, which in- is awarded annually to the stu- interpretation of the Uniform dent-but with helping the judge Recent events regarding the volves an itinerant preacher ar- dent who has attained the high- Commercial Code with respect to understand the problems involved. Library of Congress law collec- rested for making a speech on the est average grade in his third privity in implied warranties. An He can cut through an emotional tion would indicate that some streets without a permit. year of law school.