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The New York Law School Vol. ill No. 2 ALL THE NEWS WE CAN FIND DECEMBER 1985 Pryor, Cashman and Flynn To Recruit By Bob Goldman don't get in touch with him unless there's students who had sent them resumes, ticipate in the placement office's resume Richard Flynn's lawfum-Ptyor, Cash­ a clear directive from Dean Simon." and said that the resumes were receiv­ referral service. Last year, 79-students man, Sherman and Flynn-will actively Dean Fishman said Pryor, Cashman ed "too late" for consideration, Berman submitted 650 resumes .... recruit on campus next fall according to recently interviewed two NYLS students said. Dean of Students]oan Fishman for positions open next fall. adding that When McCann was told that Pryor, Flynn is the president of the Alumni the firm ls no longer interviewing Cashman will be interviewing on campus Association and a member of the Board students for next year. next fall, she said, "I think that's great. of Trustees. He is a named partner at Meri McCann and David Berman, the But I think I've heard this before so I Pryor, Cashman, and serves as chair­ writers of last month's Viewpoint col­ wouldn't hold my breath. They are man of the New York State Power umn, said last year they saw an adver­ presently not interviewing on campus, Authority. tisement at the NYU placement office for as they do at other schools. I hope he Dean Fishman said Pryor, Cashman Flynn's firm for a salary which started at (Flynn) is serious. But his past perfor­ expected to receive resumes through $800 a week. mance suggests he's just trying to save the placement office this fall. But the Berman said he returned to NYLS and face and keep his position on the board placement office did not send student did not see a comparable ad placed on and as president of the Alumni resumes to Flynn's firm. the bulletin board. After he spoke to Association." Dean Fishman said, ''This appears to Dean Simon and Suzanne Baer, director Dean Fishman said the firm's new be a miscommunication between Pryor, of the placement office, Berman and policy shows that the Simon administra­ Cashman, Sherman and Flynn and New other students sent a petition to Flynn tion is "committed to increasing the on­ York Law School. It was not clear that it demanding that the situation be chang­ campus recruitment program." Fifty-two (sending the resumes) was an on-going ed. Last April, prior to graduation. Dean firms, including governmental-agencies process." Simon made a formal announcement and the Law School Recruiting Group, Kukla Broekman. associate director of that Flynn's firm was hiring at that time, whlch represents 11 fitms, recruit on cam­ the placement office, said, "Because he and student resumes were sent to the pus at NYLS, according to a placement (Flynn) is a trustee, all contact with him is placement office. In July, however, office spokesperson. handJed through the dean's office. We Pryor, Cashman sent letters back to Broekman said Ji-employers par- Alumni President Rynn Fishman said preliminary results of an Miner: Criticize the Courts employment survey sent to last year's graduating class "looks good" and that by Joanne Ze"os duct "speaks to a duty on the part of one. His father graduated from New the figures will be released in the spring A NYLS alumnus, who was recently lawyers to identify and discuss incorrect York Law School in 1926. "Through semester. appointed by President Reagan to the actions by the courts." him," be said, "l feel that I have been When Fishman was asked whether Second Circuit, strongly supported Ed­ The duty to criticize should be limited associated with the school since its very the placement office should place mund Meese's right to criticize the to the requirement that the criticism be inception. restrictions on the number of resumes it Supreme Court, at an annual alumni to impelled by a good-faith desire for im­ Judge Miner's familial affiliation sends to law firms, she said, "You can't dinner, held at the Hotel Pierre. provement in the law and the legal with the law school will continue-his tell a Jaw firm what to do. It is a process Judge Roger J. Miner said that system, Miner said. son, Ralph commences his studies here of getting to a point most favorable to "When the Attorney "General of the While lawyers have a duty to criticize next fall. us. Firms are presently looking at ways United States publicly criticizes certain the court, Miner said it is "unseemly for to cut back on their process of recruit­ decisions of the Supreme Court, as he justices of the Supreme Court to engage ment. Ultimately, our goal is to get the has done in recent months, be is acting in public argument with the attorney SBA fiefs Tough firms not to put restrictions on us-but it in the highest traditions of the legal pro­ general or any other lawyer for the pur­ by Joanne Zenos takes time to get to that point. fession.'' pose of defending the position of the The S.B.A's get-tough policy on at­ Continued on page 2 Judge Miner, who was given the court on one issue or another." tendance has paid off, said student coun­ Alumni Association's Outstanding Miner said that criticism from the cil president Carol Morokoff. Alumnus Award, compared Meese's bench detracts from the dignity of the Morokoff, president of the S.B.A., criticism of the supreme Court to court; reduces the court's image of said "If you don't have time for the Abraham Lincoln's attacks on the openmindedness necessary for proper senate, you should't join-it should not Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. performance, and discourages that be a resume filler." Inside Miner quoted Lincoln's defense of which the court should encourage and Morokoff said the S.B.A. has Ares & Elltenahuaent his reaction to the Dred Scott decision, protect. scheduled five meeting each semester. PuUoat Seedon which made it illegal for a fugitive slave "At two or three meetings I presided to escape to a ''Free State." Lincoln Rebuttal from the bench is not a pro­ over last semester, I distinctly remember Plaeeaaent Page 5 said, "We know the court that made it per judicial function. The judiciary throwing out a senator or two at each (the Dred Scott decision) bas often over­ should assure the bar that ·critical com­ meeting for excessive absences. This year 0111eless Page 8 ruled its own decisions, and we shall do ment of all kinds are welcomed. is much different. I'm very proud of our what we can to have it overrule this Judge Miner said "there is a fi~t two meetings-nearly everyone decision. noticeable reluctance among lawyers to showed up. I think this senate is taking £orreedoa "Lincoln was a great lawyer who well criticize judge-made law, specific deci­ its responsibilities seriously and I think Meri McC-ann co-authored last understood the public responsibility of sions or individual judges." He said that's great!' the bar," Judge Miner said, adding that onth's "Viewpoint" column in The Lhat the reason for this reluctance to Morokoff explained that the S.B.A. eporter entitled, "Placement-An In- "Informed criticism of the courts and criticize the court is the fear that such amended the student constitution to stitutional Problem." its decisions is not merely a right but an criticism would result in disciplinary ac­ stipulate that more than two absences ethical obligation imposed on every McCann co-authoredthe column with tion or antagonism between the coun per-senator each semester would subject David Berman. member of the bar." and the advocate. the senator to discipline. We regret the oversight. Judge Miner said the preamble of the Judge Miner described his affiliation "The executive board firmly believes new Model Rules of Professional Con- with the schoor as a long and happy Conwme.d <JTJ page 2 Page2 • NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL REPORTER • DECEMBER 1985 we show we have quality students ble for students to throw up their hands Placement beyond the top level of the class," S.B.A.. and quit just because enthusiasm is not Continued from page 1 Fishman said. Continued from page 1 overwhelming. She said, "Even if no one "We can't send them all of our She added that the job development all senators must have the right to vote as at all was particularly concerned with students. We can send them selected program, begun this fall, is aimed at they wish and to influence S.B.A. ac­ that the S.B.A. was doing-and I increasing job opportunities for all tions. But we need the attendance and guarantee you, that's not true-that students by finding a student that participation at the meetings. We can't does not mean we shouldn't try.