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THE DOCKET Villanova University School of Law Villanova, Pa. 19085 meButkd:

Villanova University School of Law VOL. 6, No. 3 V I L L A N O V A , P A . FEBRUARY, 1969

Fund Drive Launched For School Addition; Federal Grant Received

On Monday evening, February 3, the Reverend Robert J. Welsh, O.S.A., President of Villanova Uni­versity, appointed three distin­guished Philadelphia lawyers as co-chairmen of a $750,000 fund raising campaign to offset the cost of a huge addition to the Univer­sity's School of Law. The occasion was a kick-off dinner for the 18 month fund drive held in Garey Hall and attended by more than 100 community leaders and members of the Philadelphia legal profession.

The appointees are former Phila­delphia Judge, Nochem S. Winnet; John R. McConnell, Esq.; and Wil­liam White, Jr. Winnet is a mem­ber of the law firm of Fox, Roths­child, O'Brien & Frankel. McCon­nell is with Morgan, Lewis & Bock-ius; and White is a member of the firm of Duane, Morris & Heckscher.

Both Father Welsh and Mr. Mc­Connell spoke enthusiastically of the project. Father Welsh indi­cated that while the overall cost of the new facility would be nearly 1.5 million dollars, the University is planning to finance the construc­tion in part through a federal loan and grant totaling $730,000. The current fund drive is designed to raise the balance.

Funding for the planned addi­

tions to the law school's physical plant received a giant boost re­cently with the announcement of a $250,000 grant from the Federal government. The grant was pro­cured under the Higher Education Facilities Act, Title II, through the office of Mr. Edward Morosky, Director of Government Relations for Villanova University.

Prior to approval of the grant. Dean B. J. Tennery of American University visited the law school as representative of the U. S. De­partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, the approving authority. Of his inspection of the present facilities Dean Tennery said: "It is hard to imagine the great strides that the Villanova University Law School has made in the short time that it has existed." Approval of the grant followed shortly after Dean Tennery's visit.

Mr. McConnell voiced optimism at the ability of the fund drive committees to meet their goals. He outlined the following major areas of fund solicitation: Legal firms and the Profession; Villanova Law School Alumni; Law School fac­ulty; parents of Law students; cor­porations related to the legal pro­fession; and Foundations.

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Omnibus Crime Bill Is Focus Of Criminal Law Seminar

In 1968, Congress passed what is today known as the Omnibus Crime Bill. The bill was an attempt on Congress' part to alleviate prob­lems facing the police in America today. Title I of the Omnibus Crime Bill dealt with the ways in which the Federal Government could help local law enforcement officials attain a higher degree of sophistication. Title II was con­cerned with ways to limit certain Supreme Court decisions i.e., Mir­anda).

Villanova was not unmindful of the Federal Government's interest in better law enforcement. Interest in the Crime Bill was immediately generated in the minds of two out­standing Villanova professors. Pro­fessor James J. McKenna, Jr. of the Sociology Department and Pro­fessor Donald A. Giannella of the Law School.

Professors McKenna and Gian­nella reasoned that Villanova could make use of its higher educational facilities to help educate the local police. Thus, plans for a seminar on crime and criminal justice were formulated and adopted. A grant was applied for to the Federal Gov­ernment in order to help implement

Rev. Robert J. Welsh, O.S.A., President of Villanova University, describes proposed new addition to the Villanova School of Law to former judge Nochem Winnet (extreme right) and Mr. John R, Mc­Connell, prominent Philadelphia lawyer, who together with Mr. Wil­liam White, Jr., Esq. were named Co-Chairman of the $750,000 fund drive to help offset cost of the new facility. Dean of the Law School, Harold Gill Reuschlein (extreme left), looks on. More than 100 civic leaders and representatives of the legal profession attended the kick-off dinner in Garey Hall, the University Law building. Mr. White was not present when the photograph was taken.

International Law Highlights VilLl. Rev.

The next issue of the Villanova Law Review will feature two arti­cles in the area of international law. The first concerns the govern­mental takeover of property by foreign countries and the extent to which citizens and countries who own the property must be compen­sated therefor. It is entitled "Com­pensation for the Expropriation of Alien Property" and is written by Amir Rafat. In the second article Lewis M. Kauder makes the first comparative study of Section 482 and Subpart F of the Internal Rev­enue Code. These complex sections interrelate to govern the taxation of domestically controlled foreign corporations.

A comment by Edward J. Ciechon '69 analyzes the few decisions in­terpreting the "separability clause" which is found in many automobile insurance contracts. The clause which is present in some policies covering two automobiles has been interpreted to allow recovery by the insured of up to twice the stated limit. Also, Thomas C. Riley '69 discusses the taxation of non-statutoiy options. The time when

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Annual Law Review Symposium Studies FCC's Role In TV Programming

the seminar. Early this year Pro­fessors McKenna and Giannella were awarded a federal grant and the seminar got underway in Feb­ruary.

The seminar is composed of ten weekly lectures given on Wednes­day evenings between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. starting on February 26, 1969. The first hour of each session is devoted to a lec­ture by a presiding specialist in the field being studied. The second hour is devoted to a group discussion in which the members of the class will take part. Professor's Mc­Kenna and Giannella will be the moderators at each session and will be the presiding specialists at three of the sessions.

The seminar is not merely a look at the legal aspects of law enforce­ment, but is also an attempt to incorporate the sociological and psychological aspects of crime and criminal justice (i.e. Forensic Psy­chiatry) .

The seminar is open to all under­graduates, police officers, and those wishing to enrich their background. The seminar is fully accredited and its credits can be used to fulfill re­quirements for a degree at Villa-

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The extent of the Federal Com­munications Commission's power to demand of the communications media such things as equal time for reply in the field of politics and health (anti-cigarette commercials) will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Annual Law Review Symposium to be held Friday, March 14, 1969 in the Law School.

Participants will take part in a discussion on the "Role of the Fed­eral Communications Commission in Television Programming Regu­lation."

Members of the symposium will include Commissioner Kenneth A. Cox of the F.C.C., Mr. Ben C. Fisher, past president of the Fed­eral Communications Bar Associa­tion and Chairman of the American Bar Association Section on Ad­ministrative Law, Professor Louis Jaffe, Harvard Law School, and Eddie Barker, President of the Radio TV News Directors Associa­tion and news director of station KRLD. Acting as moderator will be Professor Frankino of the Vil­lanova Law School faculty.

The symposium will be divided into two sessions. In the afternoon session each member of the panel will present to an invited audience a statement of his view on the topic followed by cross discussion with the members of the audience. Re­vised statements of the panelists will later be published in the sum­mer edition of the Villanova Law Review.

The evening session of the sym­posium, which will be open to the

general public, will consist of the panelists presenting a five-minute synopsis of their afternoon presen­tations to be followed by a question period.

Specifically, the symposium will deal with three primary sub-issues under the general heading of tele­vision programming regulation. The first is the "fairness doctrine" and "right of reply doctrine" estab­lished by the Federal Communica­tion Commission. It is the "fairness doctrine" that requires equal time on television for political candi­dates. Under the "right of reply" doctrine stations who take an edi­torially controversial stand must offer equal free time for the oppos­ing side to rebut the statement. If a particular person is attacked, he must be notified beforehand, fur­nished with a copy of the statement, and offered a chance to rebut the statement. This doctrine is also responsible for the F.C.C.'s require­ment that television stations broad­cast anti-cigarette commercials be­cause cigarette commercials do not expose cigarettes as a potential health hazard. Moreover, the F.C.C. has further stipulated that in the absence of further activity from Congress remedying the situation, it will ban all cigarette commercials from television starting in July. The question is whether the F.C.C. is within its power to set up such stipulations under the Federal Com­munications Act which empowers them to act in the interest of pub­lic necessity and health.

Secondly, the symposium will

treat the Commission's policy of granting and renewing broadcast licenses on the basis of program balance, i.e. whether a station has a sufficient amount of public inter­est, religious, and entertainment programs. This requirement of the commission is primarily a question of First Amendment rights and the authority of the F.C.C. to use such a basis for licensing under the Fed­eral Communications Act.

Lastly, the F.C.C. has entered into the controversial field of eco­nomic regulation of the communi­cation media. In a recent case in Boston, a television station's license was not renewed on the basis that its owners also owned the news­paper and radio station in the city. The commission decided that the concentration of the media in the same hands was against the public interest and therefore denied the license. Moreover, when Interna­tional Telephone and Telegraph sought to take over the American Broadcasting Company it was de­nied permission because it was felt that because of its international connections, the news might be in­fluenced against the public interest. Here again the question is one of fairness and the power of the F.C.C. to find authority over such matters under the Federal Com­munications Act.

The immediacy and relevance of such matters and the competence of the panelists to discuss them promises to make this symposium an important and interesting one to all law students.

T H E V I L L A N O V A D O C K E T FEBRUARY, 1969

Dean Reuschlein

From The Dean's Desk

As I See It . . . By HAROLD GILL REUSCHLEIN

As I write, the second semester is well under way. One of the exciting features introduced into our instructional pro­gram at the beginning of the semester is Professor J. Edward Collins' new offering in Trial Advocacy. Professor Collins has scheduled ten two-hour sessions on Monday nights on a non-credit basis. Sessions are held in the Courtroom.

The program is designed to give the participants an oppor­tunity to acquire clinical exper­ience in the trial of cases under the guidance of trial attorneys i and judges. It is conceived a bridge between the course on Evidence traditionally offered: and the credit course in Trial S P r a c t i c e r e c e n t l y i n s t i t u t e d i n ^ t h e t h i r d y e a r c u r r i c u l u m . I n ; each session a number of prob-1 lems are presented dealing with > a limited facet of a trial of a case. The students prepare themselves to act as participat-ing lawyers and are called upon [ to demonstrate how the problerii would be handled in a court­room atmosphere under the stern but kindly (?) eye of a trial judge. Upon the completion .of the demonstration 6y students called at random from the group, during which demonstration they are subjected to objections or motions to strike urged on the part of other students in the room, the demonstrating attorneys show how skilled practitioners would handle the same problem. A critique follows the demonstrations.

In the ten sessions there will be covered the basics of direct and cross examination, the preparation of witnesses for trial, discovery procedures and the taking of depositions, the voir-dire exaniination of jurors, opening statements, the presentation of a prima facie case, the techniques of cross examination, the examination of expert witnesses and sum­mations.

We have been very fortunate in securing some of the most outstanding membefs of the Philadelphia trial bar as participants in the program. All of our attorney guests are either fellows of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, or have distinguished reputations as successful barristers. Partners in the most prestigious Philadelphia law firms are represented. The listed participants include Edwin Barnett, Perry Bechtle, David Berger, Marshall Bernstein, Thomas Byrne, John B. H. Carter, Marvin Comisky, Harold Cramer, Fred DiBona, How­ard Detweiler, Abraham Freedman, James Leyden, Wilfred Lorry, Francis Marshall, Elias Magil, Owen Rhoads, Edwin Rome, Francis Shields, David Shrager, Jerome Stem, John Patrick Walsh and Thomas White. Participating judges from the Courts of Common Pleas of Montgomery, Delaware and Chester Counties include Judges Louis A. Bloom, John V. Dig-gins, Robert W. Honeyman, Edwin E. Lippincott, John M. Kurtz, David E. Goshens, Thomas A. Riley, Paul R. Sand, Frederick B. Smilie, and William W. Vogel. Also participating is Judge Charles R. Weiner of the United States District Court.

The program has been extremely well received by the students and it is hoped that it will become a permanent part of our program in training men for the active practice of law. It is anticipated that it will also make more meaningful the course in Trial Practice presently offered in the third year which course now includes as a condition to the granting of credit the actual preparation and trial, before a jury, of either a criminal or civil case. The witness stand and jury box in our courtroom are being used as never before in the history of the law school.

Our alumni will be pleased to learn that the customary events which make life good here at Garey Hall and which draw our alumni close to us are programmed.

On Friday, March 7, the annual dinner for alumni and their invited guests was held at the Marriott on City Avenue. We were fortunate to have as our guest speaker the Honorable William T. Gossett, President of the American Bar Associa­tion, a great lawyer with a consuming interest in legal educa­tion. Cary S. Levinson '67 was the dinner chairman.

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ILEHERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor:

Thank you for your highly com­plimentary article which appeared in December's issue of the DOCKET which I received at my home yes­terday.

With respect to the same, I feel obligated to point out just one dis-crepency in that I was only co-chairman of the 1963 class reunion. The other co-chairman being Ray­mond R. Rafferty, Jr., Esquire.

Without Ray's help, especially from the financial standpoint as well as contacting members of our class, I assure you the reunion would not have been the success it was.

Perhaps in a future issue of the DOCKET you could channel to Ray some of the praise heaped upon my­self. Thank you again for your cooperation.

Cordially yours, John D. Silcox, Jr. Assistant Trust Oflicer Provident National Bank. Philadelphia, Pa.

Community le^al Services Elects Board Of Officers

THIRD YEAR CLASS GIFT The Class of 1969 will pre­

sent the Law School with a portrait df. Professor Donald A. Giannelia by Cyril Gard­ner. Mr. Gardner, of Wal-lingford. Pa. is the gentleman who created the portrait of Professor Collins which pres­ently hangs In Garey Hall. The gift is near completion and will be unveiled during Class Day ceremonies on May 11, 1969 at the Law School.

At a meeting of the membership on Thursday, February 6th, a con­stitution for Villanova Community Legal. Services was introduced and ratified. Pursuant to it, new Board members were elected. Miss Ann Goraally, Miss Carol Clarf eld, Miss Kay Herzog, Mr. Terry Quirin, Mr. Stephen Gallagher and Mr. Walt Reiss will serve as Board members during the coming year. Mr. Quirin is chairman, Miss Clar-feld is secretary.

The Board will be responsible for coordinating the fifty Villanova law students presently engaged in vol­unteer work in the various agen­cies in the area. In addition, the Board is responsible for the forth­coming Poverty and Law Work­shop, as well as the development of

'new law student assignments.

Many students are presently placed with agencies in Philadel­phia. Students with Community Legal Services work in neighbor­hood offices located in ghetto areas, as well as in the Tenants' Rights Council. One student is satisfying his third year legal writing re­quirement by preparing a memo­randum in a case involving the alleged murder of a South Viet­namese civilian by a U. S. soldier.

Other students work in Phila­delphia with the Public Defenders Association. Office work is done by some students, while other students go to detention centers to interview

clients detained pending their trial. Delaware County programs have

also involved many of our law students. Students have been placed at neighborhood offices in Media, Chester and Sharon Hill. Other students are preparing a plan that will allow Delaware County to meet any civil disorder that may occur in the future.

In addition, a new program that met with success last semester has been expanded. Under this pro­gram, eight Villanova law students will teach constitutional law and criminal procedure to high school students in Philadelphia.

Finally, participants in the Vil­lanova Community Legal Services program will take part in a police observation program. On one Fri­day evening students will ride with police officers in patrol cars. A second Friday evening will be spent at a police station observing police methods and procedures. The pro­gram will be concluded at a meet­ing with Chief Inspector Fox of the Philadelphia police. At this meeting the students will discuss their various experiences and eval­uate what they have seen.

Professor Peter W. Brown and members of the Board are discuss­ing new programs and are making contacts with other agencies in an effort to improve and expand the involvement of Villanova Law School students in community legal programs.

ANTITRUST PROBLEM CONFRONTS REIMEL COMPETITORS JUSTICE BRENNAN TD PRESIDE AT FINALS On Saturday, April 12, at 3:00

P.M., the Honorable William J. Brennan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will preside over the final argument of the 1969 Reimel Moot Court Competition. Sitting with Mr. Justice Brennan will be the Honorable Fl^ancis L. Van Dusen, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Honorable Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr., Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

The presence of Mr. Justice Bren­nan on this most distinguished

• bench is of special interest as he wrote the majority opinion in United States v. Parke, Davis & Co., 362 U.S. 29 (1960), a premier case in anti-trust law.

This year the Reimel Moot Court Competition is involved in the areas of price maintenance and fair trade agreements. Beyond the forensic experience, the selection of this problem will be of significant value to the average student who does not come into contact with these areas during his law school career and will very often, in practice, be confronted with fair trade prob­lems.

The situation presented is that of a nationwide manufacturer, who markets through selected retail ac­counts and directly through its own branches, one located at each of its three manufacturing plants. In selecting resale accounts, the manufacturer relies on the recom­mendations of its area representa­tives, who are instructed to inform the prospective retailers that sales to them are conditioned on adher­ence to the manufacturer's list prices. When a dealer is selected

J. Kelley during Reimel Moot Court Semi-Finals addresses Bench composed of, from left to right, John G. Harkins, Jr., of Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz; The Honorable Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, and Donald G. Balthis, of the Department of Justice,

by the manufacturer, he is sent a selected dealer franchise form which reiterates the price mainte­nance policy. At no time does the manufacturer attempt to execute formal fair trade contracts. In en­forcing the price maintenance pol­icy, the representatives inform sus­pected violating dealers of the price maintenance policy and complying retailers inform the manufacturer of violating dealers. In the last ten years, forty-three dealers were ter­minated and in three of these cases the dealers were reinstated, but only after giving specific assur­ances that it would not violate the

manufacturer's price maintenance policies.

The questions to be considered are: Whether the manufacturer is engaged in unlawful resale price maintenance within the meaning of Section 5, Federal Trade Commis­sion Act? Whether the manufac­turer can claim the benefit of the McGuire Act exemption in the ab­sence of formal fair trade con­tracts or agreements? Whether the manufacturer is prohibited from claiming the benefit of McGuire Act exemption with respect to its retail dealers because it operates three retail stores?

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Registrar, Girls Friday Reveal Interests

Coming up the main steps of the Law School we cannot fail to see the Administration Office. And if the double doors of the office are open we can spy Karen Conaboy either busily answering the tele­phone or distributing the latest hand-out in Civil Pro or Labor Law. But beyond Karen hidden behind the partition is the rest of the staff — Marie Speece, Danielle deLuca, Pat Murphy, Miss Lindsay, Mrs. Inez Bentzig, and Barbara Foley.

Just who are these seven girls that staff the Law School's busy office?

Karen Conaboy, we all know. She's the one that counts heads in all those first year classes to make sure everyone is there. Karen also gets to know the wives of many of our students, since she gets to take down those frantic urgent messages that they call in while hubby is in class. For being our own private answering service we say. Thank You. But be careful if you ever get behind her VW on the road—she hasn't quite learned to shift gears and has a practice of rolling back into the car behind her!

Danielle deLuca has been with the Law School for three years and is grraduating this February to retire­ment and motherhood. Danielle has been the admissions secretary.

One thing all the girls in the office have in common is a love of basketball and they rarely miss a Villanova game. But they are not all just rooters. Pat Murphy coaches the CYO girls team at the Annunciation Church. And not to brag, the team is second in its league and expects to win the play­off game with team No. 1. In be­tween coaching she manages, along with Marie Speece, to take dicta­

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14. y The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: Left to right, Karen Conaboy, Bar­bara Foley, Mrs. Danielle DeLuca, Miss Mary Louise Lindsay, Marie Speece, Mrs. Inez Bentzig and Pat Murphy.

tion from our distinguished faculty on the third floor.

The newest addition to the office personnel is Mrs. Inez Bentzig. She also works as a faculty secretary. Prior to coming to Villanova, Mrs. Bentzig worked in New York City as an executive secretary. She cur­rently spends a great deal of her leisure time polishing her talents as a portrait painter.

Barbara Foley is Vice Dean Bruch's secretary, and can usually be seen busily typing away as we walk down the hall. This lucky girl spent three weeks in October in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; and had, need we say it, a marvelous time. More re­cently she appeared as a grieving widow in a third year trial practice class. This was Barbara's first time in a courtroom of any kind and she found it interesting and "sorta" like it is on TV.

We are all familiar with the ini-

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tials M.L.L. at the bottom of our grade sheets. These initials belong to Miss Mary Louise Lindsay, the Law School Registrar, who was busy getting grades out when we went to see her. But as busy as she was she took time out to tell us about her trip to Hawaii and Cali­fornia last May. She loved Hawaii and the outer islands, exclaiming how beautiful everything was there. While in Hawaii, Miss Lindsay managed to take time out to call Jim Burns, a '62 alumni of the Law School and the son of the pres­ent governor of Hawaii. Disney­land was also on her itinerary and she liked it so much she ended up spending the whole day there. And while in San Francisco she remem­bered another alumni Tom Henry '65 and called him.

In seeing how busy and active our office staff is, it seems that they all deserve to be nominated Secre­tary of the Day on WIP!!!

\umni iJ^ocaior

John B. Donahue '67 is a Captain in the Army serving as Operations Officer for the Port of Qui Nhon in Vietnam. Jack informs us that handling an occasional court-mar­tial affords him some contact with the law.

Jeffrey L. Michelman '67, a for­mer alumni editor of the DOCKET, and his wife, Janice, became the proud parents of Jill Leslie, 6 lb. 11 oz., on August 29, 1968. Cap­tain Michelman is presently the Command Judge Advocate of the St. Louis Field Office, Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service. MTMTS is a Department of Defense agency designated to direct, control and manage move­ment of all military traffic in the United States.

Joseph M. O'Malley '67 and his wife, Mary Ann, are proud to an­nounce the birth of their first child, Jennifer Maria, on December 23, 1968. Joe is currently serving as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Fay-etteville, N. C.

Robert W. Dowler '68, a former associate editor of the DOCKET, is engaged to Mary Jane Moloney whom he plans to marry next August . Janie is teaching French at the Havre de Grace High School in Bel Air, Maryland. Both Bob and Janie are graduates of St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa. Bob is presently associated with a gen­eral practitioner of law in Morris-town, New Jersey.

b y PAUL GANDOLA

In a report issued by the Committee on Curriculum of the Association of American Law Schools, the Chairman, Charles J. Meyers, of Stanford University, has called for sweeping changes in the present structure of legal education in the United States. Meyers reports that after a year of study, "the Committee has come to believe that legal education is in a crisis and that fundamental changes must be made soon. It is not only that law students over the country are reaching the point of open revolt, but also that law faculties themselves, particularly the younger members, share with the students the view that legal education is too rigid, too uniform, too narrow, too repetitious and too long. In addition, law schools have not faced the consequences of the fact that the profession is rapidly becoming specialized, a fact that has important im­plications for the law school's training mission, not only in the three years of formal law study but also thereafter."

Meyers' diagnosis of the law school problem begins with the observation that the schools suffer from ridigity in that students generally study nothing but law; and an overly theo­retical study, at that. Little provision, he feels, is made for other course work which might supplement legal studies, and with the exception of summers, no provision is made for a combination of academic with practical experiences.

A closely related problem is uniformity—that is, not only within a given law school are students doing much the same thing, but students at nearly every law school are doing nearly the same thing in terms of both the content and method of courses.

Arising out of rigid and uniform curricula, the narrow­ness of legal education presents, in Meyers' view, a distinct problem. Course requirements inhibit the pursuit of areas of interest and prevent specialization. Going further, he says that the case method inspired "Socratic" technique has "made law teachers suspicious of exploiting the knowledge of other disciplines which does not readily lend itself to Socratic ex­position."

As for the effectiveness of the case method itself, Meyers ingeniously characterizes it as "boring and repetitious." But although better and more varied methods are available, he indi­cates that no method used before groups as large as law school classes can effectively stimulate individual written and oral expression. Consequently, an important consideration of cur­riculum planning would be a search for new means of financing legal education to take advantage of the benefits smaller classes allow.

The report questions as well the length of legal education. "The argument that three years is necessary to cover the courses essential for every lawyer to know (sometimes re­ferred to hyperbolically as 'the basic fundamentals') does not hold water in the absence of common agreement on what those courses are and in view of the fact that much more efficient means of communicating essential information than the case method are available for use." This statement offers food for thought.

Professor Meyers goes on to "prescribe" some specific, but seemingly highly personal and theoretical suggestions as to how law schools might provide solutions to the above problems.

Local consideration of matters such as Meyers dealt with is in the lap of the Curriculum Committee, chaired by Profes­sor Gerald Abraham. Planning at Villanova seems to have anticipated many of Professor Meyers' findings—as is evi­denced particularly in the recent modification of the elective system for second and third year students. The few "Chinese menu" area requirements notwithstanding, we have today one of the most liberal course selection systems in American law schools.

The elective trend, according to Professor Abraham, is underlain by the philosophy that the student, once given gen­eral training in basic legal methods, can more profitably spend his time pursuing courses in which he has the greatest interest. Because this freer choice allows for a greater degree of special­ization if the student wishes, immediate curriculum concerns are centered upon the establishment of more courses—both in existing areas and in areas newly opened by an awareness of the school's potential social utility.

Content and methodology of courses. Professor Abraham indicated, has been governed largely by the traditional inde­pendence of law professors to present their courses as they wish. He feels, however, that new methods will be considered

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PA. UW STUDENT SYMPOSIUM TO MEET AT VILLANOVA

A major step in providing Penn­sylvania law school students with clinical trial experience for credit will be taken on Saturday, March 22, 1969, when guest speakers rep­resenting various segments of the legal profession and students from Pennsylvania's six law schools will meet at the host school, Villanova, for the third annual Pennsylvania Law Student Symposium. The agenda includes morning lectures, afternoon panel discussions and an evening reception.

This year the Symposium will focus on the concept of practice by law students before admission to the bar; the thesis is that appear­ance by students in court for cer­tain purposes in limited kinds of cases has several distinct advan­tages: it can furnish effective legal assistance for citizens who might otherwise be deprived of it (this can be directly, by the use of stu­dents to represent such citizens, and indirectly, by using law stu­dents to free other attorneys for work with these citizens); it can also provide invaluable experience to the practicing law student, en­abling him to embark on the prac­tice of law in the organized bar with a new insight into the practi­cal administration of justice and hopefully with a sensitivity for the pressing social problems which in­here in our societal and legal insti­tutions.

At the present time law students offer volimtary services to numer­ous legal agencies in various ways: interviewing, investigation, bail re­form and brief writing. This expe­rience and the experience in states where students are allowed to ap­pear in court raises legitimate questions about the ability and de­sirability of law students in the active role of a trial lawyer; what screening techniques are necessary in law school programs ? How much supervisory control is enough ? What responsibilities are realisti­cally within the grasp of the law student ? How much of a man­power advantage can fairly be ex­pected from such programs—or do they consume their worth in super­vision? These questions and many more will be explored at the Sym­posium by lawyers, judges and edu­cators with the experience and in­sights necessary for fruitful dis­cussion.

Two Delaware Valley Industrial firms, Philadelphia Gas Works and

Price Waterhouse Corp., along with Villanova's Student Bar Associa­tion are underwriting the cost of the Symposium.

Among the distinguished array of guest speakers are: Jefferson Fordham, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Eu­gene V. Alessandroni, Chief of Litigation for the District Attor­ney's Office of Philadelphia; Her­man Pollack, former first Public Defender of Philadelphia; Charles Baron, CLS attorney who has de­vised a system for students to rep­resent clients in Municipal Courts and Van Lanckton, Director of the CLS Office of Harvard Law School.

The chairman of the event, third year student Mike Kennedy, ex­pressed hope that a representative of the Poverty Legislation and Test Cases Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the Philadel­phia Bar Association will attend the Symposium. Kennedy further stated that CLS attorney Baron will join with members of the above mentioned Committee to formulate a definite proposal for the establish­ment of a clinical trial program for law students in Pennsylvania. It is expected that material gleaned from the Symposium will mater­ially aid the formulation.

Presently, there are law schools offering for credit seminar pro­grams which include some clinical experience; others have clinical programs for which credit is not given. None of the presently estab­lished programs in Pennsylvania include trial experience. Estab­lishment of a clinical trial program for credit will be the culmination of presently existing programs. Chairman Kennedy indicated a be­lief that the Philadelphia offices of both the District Attorney and the Public Defender could be benefited by the establishment of a legal intern program in Philadelphia be­cause of the formidable work load burdening both agencies and a be­lief that properly screened and supervised students can effectively handle both the prosecution and defense roles in minor criminal and civil areas.

Among most legal educators, the question is not whether a legal in-ern program is desirable, but rather, what specific programs are most desirable. Dean Fordham will address himself to clinical pro­grams from a legal educator's view­point.

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SCHOOL OF LAW 1969-1970

Fall Semester 1969 2 September, Tuesday — Registration for all students 3 September, Wednesday — Classes begin 9 A.M.

26 November, Wednesday — Thanksgiving Recess begins 5 P.M. 1 December, Monday — Thanksgiving Recess ends 9 A.M. 5 December, Friday — Classes end 5 P.M., Reading Period

begins 9 December, Tuesday — Reading Period ends

10 December, Wednesday — Final Examinations begin 23 December, Tuesday — Final Examinations end, Christmas

Recess begins

Spring Semester 1970 5 January, Monday — Classes resume 9 A.M.

25 March, Wednesday — Mid-Term Recess begins 5 P.M. 1 April, Wednesday — Mid-term Recess ends 9 A.M.

17 April, Friday — Reading Period begins 5 P.M. 22 April, Wednesday — Final Examinations begin. Second and

Third Years 24 April, Friday — Reading Period begins 5 P.M., First

Year 5 May, Tuesday — Final Examinations begin, First Year

17 May, Sunday — Class Day, Third Year 18 May, Monday — Commencement

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Profiled in the last DOCKET edition Mr. Howard Lurie, the most recent permanent addi­tion to the Law School faculty, drew upon his extensive anti­trust experience, gained while a trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, to devise the problem for this year's Reimel Moot Court compe­tition.

Professor David Harris, also interviewed in the DOCKET'S December issue, is conducting courses on Criminal Law and International Law as well as a seminar in Comparative Crim­inal Law as part of a mutual professorial exchange pro­gram between Villanova Law School and the University of Nottingham. In addition to his interest in international law and jurisprudence, Mr. Harris has engaged in exten­sive study in the field of com­puter programming looking toward its utility as a tool for legal research.

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On Friday, March 28, the Board of Consultors to the School of Law will make its annual visitation to the School.

Saturday, April 12, will see Garey Hall ahum with the final argument in the Reimel Appellate Moot Court Competi­tion. The fortunate finalists will have a memorable experience in arguing to a distinguished bench. Presiding as Chief Justice will be Mr. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States. His associates will be Judge Francis L. Van Dusen of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and Justice Thomas W. Pomeroy of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

On the following Saturday, April 19, we shall hold the annual dinner for Alumni and present members of the Villa­nova Law Review at Garey Hall.

Alumni President, Lawrence F. Flick '62 has appointed Albert P. Massey, Jr. '64 as Chairman for the 1969 Annual Law School Giving. Incidentally, our 1968 drive brought gifts from 87 % of our alumni. Congratulations to Giving Chairman Edwin W. Scott '63. Our drive for funds for the much needed addition to Garey Hall was launched with a dinner for cam­paign workers on Monday, February 3. We hope that our alumni will earmark their 1969 gifts for the Garey Hall Build­ing Fund and that each donor will do his best to increase the amount of his gift in this critical year. By the way, ground­breaking for the impressive Garey Hall addition is set for Class Day, May 11, 1969.

Poverty And Law Workshop Held On Monday, February 24th, a

workshop in poverty and the law was held at the Law School. The program was especially designed to acquaint first year law students with the problems and the Law School's interests in this area. Vil­lanova Community Legal Services, the student poverty law organiza­tion, sponsored the program.

At 1:00 P.M. the movie, "Justice For All?" was shown. This film describes the need for legal services among the poor and the efforts that have been made to meet that need. The film, shown last year, was very well received by the students.

Following the film, representa­tives from the Public Defenders Association and Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, as well as representatives from Delaware County and Montgomery County described their programs. The work of Villanova Law School students on a volunteer part-time basis with these agencies was discussed at length.

At 2:30 P.M. a reception was held in the lounge at which time the students had an opportunity to meet and speak with the visiting lawyers and with students who had worked with the poverty law pro­grams in this area.

Pittsburgh And D.C Alumni Meet

The Villanova Law School Alumni have been active in several eastern metropolitan areas early in this new year. The Pittsburgh Alumni, numbering twelve, gathered at an informal luncheon held at the Pitts­burgh Hilton Hotel on Thursday, January 30th in conjunction with the three day Pennsylvania State Bar Convention also held at that hotel. Mr. Thomas J. Ward, Esq. of Pittsburgh organized the affair which was attended by the Dean and Mrs. Reuschlein and Professor Stephenson. Dean Reuschlein spoke to the alumni and updated them on the recent happenings at the Law School including the plans for the building of the new wing, a project slated for the near future. Mr. Ward felt that the affair was a success in so far as the number of Alumni in the area had doubled that of three years ago and because it provided a good opportunity to renew acquaintances.

Closer to home, Mr. James Mc Hugh, Esq. of Washington, D. C. was responsible for planning the Law Alumni Dinner for the Villa­nova Alumni located in that area. Held on Thursday, February 27th at Washington's International Club, thirty alumni and their spouses were in attendance in addition to Dean Reuschlein and Mr. Lawrence Fliek, President of the Alumni As-sctfiation. There was no formal ad­dress; rather it was an informal evening with the highlights on cur­rent events at the Law School, re­newing acquaintances, and social­izing in general.

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Barristers' Brides Present Film

Dn Ghetto Life On February 15 in room 101 of

the law school, the Barristers' Brides sponsored a film on juvenile delinquency and life in the ghetto. About 75 persons attended the film, entitled "The Jungle" and, during a question and answer session afterwards, heard the film makers and actors "tell it like it is."

Members of the Barristers' Brides and their husbands are invited to a cheese and wine tasting party to be held in the lounge on March 21 at 8:15. There will be a charge of $1.50 per couple.

President of the Club, Mrs. Gor­don Aydelott, wishes to announce that the club's final meeting this year will be a luncheon and fashion show at Altman's on April 12 at noon. A letter of invitation will be sent to the wives of law students and faculty, and invitees are urged to return their reservations early.

The ofiicers and members of the organization deserve thanks and congratulations for making this the most active year yet for the Bar­risters' Brides at Villanova Law School.

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income arises in this situation is governed only by the Reg^ulations and not by the Code itself.

First-year students especially will be interested in the California case which eliminates the distinction be­tween an invitee, a licensee, and a trespasser when determining the standard of care imposed on a landowner. This recent development comes just in time for final exami­nations. Not so timely for students in last semester's course in Credi­tor's Eights (but still of great in­terest), is an interpretation of Sec­tion 17 (a) (1) of the Bankruptcy Act explaining which tax liens are not affected by a discharge.

Another casenote examines whether prisoners are entitled to equal protection and due process and how far courts should delve into prison administration.

Paul Niebanck's new book, Relo­cation in Urban Planning: From Obstacle to Opportunity, is reviewed by the former Secretary of Hous­ing and Urban Development, Rob­ert C. Weaver.

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The obstacles which may be en­countered are legion and run the gamut from apathy to open hostil­ity with arguments contra phrased in terms of economics, professional standards, and lack of educational merit. The methods of implementa­tion will depend, of course, on the specifics of each program. Essen­tial to any program, however, will be the active support of Bar Asso­ciations, both on a local and a state level. Data from the Symposium and related materials from many other sources will be compiled in handbook form and distributed to the six participating law schools.

Credit must be given to Chair­man Kennedy and the members of his committee for the long range planning and preparation which have gone into the seminar. Thanks to their diligent efforts, the pro­gram is an assured success.

The Symposium will be open to the public and all Villanova Law School students are especially urged to attend and to participate.

As this latest report on your SBA is being written the students are on the threshold of receipt of their grades and of attendance at the major event of the law school calendar, the annual Law School Dinner Dance. Both occurrences have been cause for controversy among our ever vigilant member­ship and both mark the height of SBA activity for the year — the former because of its interrelation­ship with collection of dues and the latter because of the SBA's deft sculpturing of the occasion, for which credit goes to your Pres­ident, Barry Garbarino, and Second Year Representative, Joe Kelley.

The controversy over dues is rep­resentative of the enthusiastic manner in which the students have participated in the formulation of policy within the SBA. Every SBA decision throughout the year has been anxiously studied and zeal­ously debated by students during its fetal life with birth effecting student catharsis. Consensus from mass involvement accounts for the satisfaction when policies achieve fruition. Students assiduously scan the bulletin boards and avidly read the DOCKB}T to determine the issues to be treated at each SBA meeting, which they then attend en masse pressing to have their viewpoints heard.

Thus, when the time came for the payment of dues, the member­ship naturally responded enthusias­

tically to the opportunity of help­ing to support an organization to which they are so strongly com­mitted.

Another example of a successful SBA project was the publication of the weekly newsletter contain­ing many activity notices normally posted on the main bulletin board. The idea was conceived as a means of alleviating undue congestion both of notices on and students at the board. Student response was so overwhelming and gratifying that publication ceased after the third issue.

But the most resounding success of all recent SBA projects has been the Forum program. Students lit­erally packed the rooms to hang on the erudite pronouncements of noted personages on current prob­lems. Indeed, student response was so astonishing that attendance at the final program of last year nearly filled half of the student lounge.

Examples abound of student in­volvement in law school activities, and, of course, gratification for such response is the reward of those responsible for the programs' effectuations. Students can take great pride in the fact that their timely participation in the formu­lation of policy accounts for the eventual shape of decisions made by the SBA. If student interest can be sustained at its present ardor, stagnation is assured.

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nova's regular session. Law stu­dents may audit the course if they so desire, but will not receive credit for the course.

Professor Giannella said that so far the response has been very good, and that there seems to be a general overall interest in the pro­gram. Many local police depart­ments expressed g^reat enthusiasm for the program and many police officers have enrolled in it. When asked if he thought the prog^ram would have any real, meaningful effect on police work. Professor Giannella suggested that the police cannot be harmed by a broader background, and the long-run effect can only be beneficial to the police. Professor Giannella obviously does not look at the seminar as the panacea for all police-community problems, but he does view it as a step in the right direction.

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The subject of these efforts will be a U-shaped three-story facility located at the rear of the present structure. Villanova's law building was constructed in 1957 and was designed to accommodate 350 stu­dents. Over 400 are presently en­rolled. The planned addition will expand facilities and permit the enrollment of over 500 students.

Dean Reuschlein calls the addi­tion "necessary to our commitment to excellence in graduate profes­sional education at Villanova."

The three co-chairmen will be aided in the campaign by the Uni­versity's Office of Development. Al­ready $81,000 has been raised. Groundbreaking for the new facil­ity will take place on Class Day, Sunday, May 11, Father Welsh indicated during the kick-off dinner.

Pictured above at the Barristers' Brides Christmas Party held at the Law School Lounge on December 8th is the Dean's daughter helping Santa get acquainted with the children of the law students and professors.

SBA REPORT SRA Members' Lassitude Animadverted

b y JAMES GALLAGHER

FINE FDDD, WINE AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHT SBA

ANNUAL DINNER DANCE Valentine's Day 1969 was a very special day on the law

school social calendar. February 14 was the date for the an­nual Student Bar Association Dinner-Dance held this year at the Radnor Valley Country Club. The choice of the site and

^format for the affair was in general response to a question­naire which was handed out earlier to the student body by the S.B.A.

For many the evening began about eight o'clock with a cocktail hour which christened the festive mood that continued throughout the evening. Shortly thereafter the call to dinner was answered with a noticeable lack of reticence. Appetites were whetted and subsequently satisfied by the meal which followed. The entree of roast beef was preceded by a fruit cup appetizer and was more than adequately complemented by a serving of green beans and a baked potato. A final comple­ment to the savory repast was provided by a light red wine.

Following dinner approximately 100 aspiring attorneys and their dates or wives spent the next several hours "tripping the light fantastic." As is usually the case on such occasions, some would-be "Fred Astairs" faded out early while others continued to dance through to the last strains of My Funny Valentine which brought down the curtain on the evening's activities at about 1 a.m.

Included in the numbers present and helping to make the evening a complete success were the Dean and Mrs. Reuschlein, the Vice-Dean, and several members of the faculty and their wives. Certainly for all present the hours passed too quickly as the passage of time demanded a return to the more rigid discipline of the law.

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ABA PRESIDENT ADDRESSES AIIVUAL ALUMNI DIMER

On Friday, March 7, 1969, scores of Garey Hall's graduates reassem­bled at the Marriott Motor Lodge on City Line Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania to join in the Annual Alumni Dinner, an event which has evolved into one of the Law School's finest traditions.

The undoubted highlight of the evening was an excellent address by the distinguished President of the American Bar Association, Wil­liam T. Gossett, Esq. Mr. Gossett is a nationally known lawyer who has held high posts in business and government as well as in law in a professional career that began with his admission to the bar of New York in 1929.

He became the Association's 92nd President on August 8, 1968 at the conclusion of the annual meeting in Philadelphia.

The guests included, among oth­ers, the Reverend Robert J. Welsh, O.S.A., University President, and members of the University Trus­tees and Board of Consultors to the School of Law. In addition to the main speech of the evening by Mr. Gossett, the group was addressed by Dean of the Law School, Harold Gill Reuschlein and the Law Alumni President, Lawrence F. Flick, '62.

Mr. Gossett, 63, is a former vice-president, general counsel and di­rector and member of the executive committee of Ford Motor Company. He resigned that post in 1962 to devote more time to public service activities. The following year, at the request of President Kennedy, he accepted appointment as Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, with the rank of Ambassador. In that post he served under the late Secretary of State Christian A. Herter in the foreign trade negotiations which led in 1967 to the adoption of new tariff agreements to spur international trade between the United States and other free world nations.

While his legal profession activi­ties have been broad-ranging, he has been especially devoted to ad­vancing legal aid to the poor and legal research. He is a former president of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and is the immediate past president of the American Bar Foundation.

He has been a member of ABA's policy-making body, the House of Delegates, since 1954, most recently as a delegate of the State Bar of Michigan. He was chairman of the Board of Governors subcommittee coordinating the national observ­ance of Law Day USA on May 1, 1968.

Mr. Gossett's civic and public activities have been similarly di­verse. They have included the na­tional board chairmanship of the United Negro College Fund and di­rectorships of the Metropolitan De­troit Council of Churches, the In­ternational Legal Aid Association, the National Council on Educa­tion in Professional Responsibility, Cranbrook Foundation, and the De­troit Symphony Orchestra. He is a life trustee of Columbia University.

In February of 1967, he was hon­ored by business, professional and public leaders of Michigan at a civic dinner in Detroit for his work as chairman of the United Negro College Fund, an agency which helps fund 33 privately-endowed Negro colleges. At that event he was hailed by Michigan Governor George F. Romney as "a man who has been a leader of causes with­out regard to the popularity of those causes."

His other awards include the

1958 Amity Award of the Ameri­can Jewish Cong^ress; the Brother­hood Award of the Detroit Round-table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and the "layman of the year" award of the Detroit Council of Churches. He holds honorary doctor of law de­grees from the University of Utah, Oakland University, Coe College, Bethany College, Kalamazoo Col­lege, Detroit College of Law, Tus-kegee Institute and Duke Univer­sity, and a doctor of humanities degree from Wayne State Univer­sity, Detroit. , ,

He attended Coe Collegeiin Cedar Rapids, la. and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, receiving his A.B. degree there in 1925. He attended Columbia University law school receiving his degree in law in 1928, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1929.

The evening had gotten under­way with a cocktail hour which started at 7:00 P.M. in the Fair-mount-Pennsbury Room. Beginning at 8:00 P.M. a full course dinner featuring either prime ribs oif beef or fish was served with wine in the Delaware Ballroom. The spirit of conviviality didn't taper off until midnight ushered in the new day.

Opionion was unanimous—the din­ner was a success of the first order. Hats off and many thanks to Cary S. Levinson '67, the 1969 Annual Alumni Dinner Chairman, who was responsible in no small measure for the social triumph.

Reimel Semi-Final - March 12

A unique educational experience is open to all of our students this coming Wednesday, March 12, be­ginning at 8:00 in the evening. At this time the Semi-Final Argu­ments of the Annual Reimel Moot Court Competition will be held.

There will be two arguments, one in Room 102 between Messrs. Casey and Knox and Miss Weiss and Mr. Fitzgerald, and the other in Room 103 between Messrs. Aydelott and Waldau and Messrs. Whitty and Leonard.

The judges for this event are all from the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsyl­vania, as follows: The Honorable A. Leon Higgenbotham, The Hon­orable Thomas Masterson, The Honorable Charles Weiner, The Honorable Alfred L. Luongo, The Honorable John F. Fullam, and The Honorable John B. Hannum. Coffee will be served in the Stu­dent Lounge following the argu­ments.

JAMES EDWARD O^NEILL 1932-1968

James Edward O'Neill '58 died after a short illness on October 20, 1968. The School of Law has lost a most loyal and devoted alumnus.

Jim came to us in Sep­tember 1955. He had gradu­ated from West Chester State College where he had been a music major. There are those among you who read this who will readily understand why this circumctance immediately drew me close to Jim.

It was apparent from his first day in this School that Jim O'Neill would be a good lawyer in the best traditions of the profession. He loved people and wanted to help them; he was thoroughly unselfish and dedicated himself whole-heartedly to every task and challenge we had for him. In his senior year he was, by election of his fel­low students, President of the Villanova Student Bar Association.

Between his college years and his time with us at the School of Law, Jim O'Neill had served his country as a Marine, leaving the service as a captain. He was a man of whom the Marine Corps could be justly proud. He was a patriot, in the very finest sense of that word.

Upon graduation from the School of Law, he asso­ciated himself with a lawyer for whom, as a law student, he had the highest regard, Theodore 0. Rogers of West Chester, Chester County. After a few years, the firm of Rogers and O'Neill emerged. As a young lawyer, Jim O'Neill dedicated himself to public service. He served as President of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester. He also served as an officer in many other benevolent and civic organizations in Chester County, as Assistant Solicitor for the County and four of its town­ships as well as secretary to the Board of Examiners of Chester County. Every good cause commanded his service. I never saw a more selfless and compassionate young man.

He was a truly fine Catholic gentleman and gave devoted service to his parish (Saint Agnes, West Chester) as Chairman of the Church Council.

But it was in his role as a family man that I found most to love and admire in Jim O'Neill. He and his lovely wife, "Ginny," were the parents of four fine children. To be in their home and to see the love this exemplary father bore his wife and children was always a rewarding and unforgettable experience.

Jim O'Neill was the kind of man we want to graduate from this School of Law. We miss him and always shall. In my long lifetime, I have known only a few of God's noblemen. Jim was one of them.

HAROLD GILL REUSCHLEIN

Consultors Face Topical Issues In Annual Visit

The Board of Consultors to the Law School will make its annual visit Friday, March 28,1969. Under the chairmanship of Hugh P. Mc-Fadden, the Board acts as an ad­visory committee to the Dean and the faculty with respect to all mat­ters relating to the Law School and its progress in the field of legal education.

The program, coordinated by Professor Gerald Abraham, will focus primarily on two matters of deep concern to the Dean and the faculty. One topic, of widespread interest on campuses throughout the United States, will be a minor­ity student recruitment program of the law school.

Also of interest to our present student body will be a discussion treating the law school's Trial Prac­tice program directed by Professor J. Edward Collins. The program is designed to offer the student practi­cal experience beyond that received in the traditional Moot Court pro­gram which is thought by many to be of limited utility. How we can improve the Trial Practice pro­gram and what can be done in this direction will be the matters with which the Board will concern itself.

The day will conclude with a conference with the Reverend Rob­ert J. Welsh, O.S.A., S.T.D., Presi­dent of Villanova University, and a report by the Board of their find­ings. A dinner will follow in the evening.

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and tried, such as contemplated "problems" courses in which stu­dents will deal with situations they will encounter in practice, follow­ing, in areas such as business plan­ning, the example of Professor Col­lins' course in trial practice. Ex­pansion of the seminar program is anticipated, and with it the oppor­tunity for meaningful class partici­pation and independent, creative legal writing.

Ultimately, the curriculum should reflect a desire of the law school to produce men responsive to the needs of a society they so directly affect. Toward this end. Professor Abraham perceives a need for, and a movement toward a curriculum from which lawyers emerge not merely, as in the past, to protect property interests, but to "ap­proach the status quo critically."

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