College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1989 The Advocate (Vol. 20, Issue 8) Repository Citation "The Advocate (Vol. 20, Issue 8)" (1989). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 262. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/262 Copyright c 1989 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers Special Ground Hog Day Edition The voca e Marshall-Wythe School of Law FOUNDED 1779 Volume x..X Number 8 Thursday, February 2, 1989 Twelve Pages Moot Court Trio Sweeps Nationals Best Brief and Best Oralist Awards Complete Team's Moot Court Hat Trick by Cheri Lewis In a firs[- cver \'i ton ' fo r the ba 'i of (!ender \'iolatl ~ the \/arshall-Wvthe. the r,11 ,)n31 l'u'un ee nth a n d ~i" th \ 1oot Court tcam r EliI'. bcth :1I11 ' n Li ments. Dcinin!.! ' r. J l" G ' rbasi. :Ind Gerbasi. \vh) W(l n [3 _t \ k 'h:I:1 \kAulirf ' 'aI" ur ~ I Oralist at the Ru !{111:t! the li! ·t place, Best Bri i :I nd C,'mp,titio n !:lst :'\L1\ e 11> ' r. B 'st Or:liis( :lwdrd" at th - Nth l!a l'll cr" that prize ag:1;' last Annu:ti . · ,.tli~l l1al \ 1L ot llun ~\' ~ 'K bri n(!in(! hL me ~\\o ' Compelililln h ' ld bSl \\ ' k in picce~ of the ~ te:l m's ih-e r . 'ew YL'rk City. The 1·:: II1l. CL,11 ' ct il) n. look ch,l raC!, ·i Lcd \\ hi 'h w In the Regi 111 ~ th' jUl!ges for the co mpl Ilio n (lmpelilill l1 in R iehm )!hl last as "lOlll!h ," and reCOllnt e{ i hat . 'll\'cmbcr. ad\"111 cd lh! .lll gh "they iu-tcrrupted ea h otl ,. 1' to ~L,\ rlu l1d :; and compet(l \\ ith :, 'k u questions." (j, hasi 2 ' other t 'ams to win the [<'p­ add' I that. at one poi.nt .( IJ ing p lae award Thursday night his final round ar.gum : I> "1 bcf re a panel of nine judges. had a backlog 01 },ree qu ' stions." O ne hundred fifty b w McA.uliffe, as the " .- ing" ch o )1' pani 'ipatcd in th e mcmb 'r of . the t 'aill. was [lurnarncnt, [h oldest <lnd harged with arguing the Dean Sullivan commends the National Moot Court team for their recent win and compliments most prestigio us of moot O llr[ petitilll1Cr side of the case wi th them for "finding an ever' uglier lamp than the original one." The Appellate Advocacy class, competitio ns, which I Gerbasi an 1, in turn. al :uiI1!! a veritable throng of future oral advocates, looks on. spon ored annually b\' the til ' responden t sid wi th demonstrating the strength of Competition. The mne- Leonard 1. Garth of the Third '0 iation of the Bar ': the DeiniIH!Cr. Altho ui!Il the all three llf the team's oral member panel of judges for Circuit Court of Appeals. City of New York and b the a ss i(!nn~ent s for each r~)lI Il ,1 of advocates. the final argument included An; ' rican College of frial the ~ umpetition last wce l-: I\cre In the fin al rOllnd argum ent James L. Oakes, Chief Judge Lawyers. This y ar"~ ase decided by a coin t o~~ the The Difference Thursdav evenin(!, the team of the U.S. Court of Appeals problem c ncerned \\h th ' r "We became the team to :eam arr ~~ed the petitioner side argued ~gain t tl~~ U niversity for the Second Circuit, Levin th exercise of p re!1l 1l tory beat," commented MC'Auliffe f the case three time. , and of Kentuckv team whom they H. Campbell. Chief Judge of cllall ' nges to exclu Ie \\' men on the sense of competilion at argued the respondent side had defeated in the Final the U.S. Court of Appeals for from jury selection sok. ~ · on three times, Round of the Regional the econd Circuit and Continued on Page Three Library Closing Changes Hotly Opposed by Steve Mister An administrative proposal meeting, expressed anxiety to work around it. John SBA President Jeff Lowe agreed to work more closely t end after-hours use of the about recurriilg campus police Fcndig pointed out, ho\':cveL summed up student sentiment with Judicial Council members law chool library came under reports that exterior doors to that Heller occasionally 'orks saying, "There's a lot of and to rewrite the petitions. alta k from stud nts at the law school were propped at ·tOO in the mornin~ ' and student interest in keeping the Lowe appointed Steve Mulroy Tuesda, night' tuden, Bar open late at night. "I'm ought to appreciate the need library open 24 hours a day __ to work with a committee of Association meeting. 'l.fter worried about the ea y access for late' night access. or damn close to it! " the Judicial Cour.cil 1I1 Executive Council members of people who are not On_e alternative propo a by In other SBA business, redrafting the documents. sharply criticized the plHn to authorized to be in the students was a public Judicial Council memb r Bill "There's no need '.0 act close the building at night, building," Galloway aid . "We awarenes program to SCI' ,itize VanDeWeghe expressed immediately," VanDeWeghe · Dean Galloway promi ed to shouldn't wait to act until students to the hazards cI.'ated concern over an SBA-initiated said. "\ e should proceed in a work \vith a student committee _o mething happens." by leaving exterior door: ajar. petition seeking student careful and logical manner." to explore alternative policies. ludents said. however. that Students al 0 sugges/r J a suppo rt for p r o po ed The petitions recommend Th e d r aft p r opo 'al late night use of the unrary method of access to th ; law amendments to the H onor amendments to the HOllor pre - nted by G alloway and wa s critical fo r studying, choolthat would elimina,:'! the Code. He \Va dismayed that Code that would eliminate t he Library Director J im I-:eUer ac es inc: Lexis :md \V e~, l 13 w. ne d to prop door to gam re- lhe Judicial Council had not Dean's pov,'er to raise penalties would hire a security gu:nJ to VI rdpr o~e ssing, and ,·,-, mg entry to the builcling. been consulted in the drafting imposed by the CounciL ent er the law scho 1 each ni~h t re earch. "\Vhen every 1t' i One suggestion wa! the of the dncum ents. Alternativel" the petitions one half huur b fore c!t-~in g. doin g the same assignrn ' II .. it' installa ion of a s ' curit ) Key- VanD, \\cgh ch:1 rged that would require the Dean. to Th builJing wuulJ be d · -ired to ugh to g ~t a cc~ss II th ard system. Others pro:,llsed the petll h)ll ' were "P,)o rly noti'y the public when he a 1 :30 on \\ '~ eknight ~ , lllci CL'mputers and the rerPlters." that the security guar I be worded." saying that the. ,\ere exercises his review power. 11:"0 on weekends. ~eco n d - yea r repre n!J.t ive hired to monitor the lobby all not apt iO in. pire coorer, tion The con troversy \Va sparked C i t inc: adminis tr:.tive \ latilda Brodnax. xpla ined. night and check tudent IDs from th <.: Dean. H e also bv th ,~ rec ' nt expulsion of a oncem ;nd r spon ibilit- for " ometimes you can onlv get for those entering and I'~a vi ng criticized the act ion a' hasty \larshaU-\\') the studt-nt for "th personal sa~ ty of -[u ,iems them late at nigh!." the building. and creating confusion among plagiari:;r.L and the _e urity of the bu;lding H ' lIer suggested th t if Gallo \'ay promised to students fr om the 13 k of and it contents." G3UO\\-a.~ and student Im ev,,' the Ilh rary con ider the student propo_al precision in language, Heller, who app ared :n the would b closed, they'd am b fo re deciding on fi nal a lion. The Executive Council Page Two February 2, 1989 The Advocate BLSA Moot Court Team Creates Schislll by Caryl Lazzaro and }~ev~ z.;weig Due to last minute chc.nges "He [Brian] had done Telfair, who declined to be the group was held the extension if he . could recruit in team participants and an everything [for his moot court interviewed for this article afternoon of J muary 12. "enough BLSA members to go alleged discrepancy o'.'er brief up to that point]. Brian saying that he would accept Heimann md Ollar attended on with the project" and have membership requirements, tlle is a friend of ours. We the official BLSA position in part of the meeting but w.ere the brief reviewed by a faculty Black Law . Studcnts wanted to help Brian in this matter, was appointed asked to leave while the member. Association (BLSA) will not meeting BLSA's obligation to chair of the BLSA moot court members debated the issue. After the meeting Chris send a team to the oa(onal send a team," Heimann said. committee last November. He In the course of that discussion Heimann and Scott Ollar were BLSA moot court tourna ':1ent Heimann said another approached Ollar and "No BLSA members felt they told that they were welcome to this weekend.