Alumni Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin Law School Volume XIII NO.1 Fall 1981

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Law SchoolUniversity of WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin 53706

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THE GARGOYLE

TABLE OFCONTENTS

George Young Memorial .... 3

Visitors Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Arnon Allen Memorial . . . . . . 5

Rose Bowl Lawyers 8

On the Lighter Side. . . . . . . . . 9

Class of '84 Admitted. . . . 10

Faculty/Alumni Notes 11

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Oh well, here we go again. En-couraged now to select lessobscure pictures, this issue's con-tains only five primary figures. Tohelp even more, I'll identify theman in the center as Prof. AugustEckhardt. Gus taught here from1954-1972,making this the likelytime frame. The location appearsto be the Wisconsin Center's BlueLounge (now the Robert LeeLounge). It may have been in con-nection with one of our SpringPrograms.

On a serious and sad note, youwill find in this issue a memorialresolution for George Young.George's passing causes pain tohis family and his many friends,myself included. George was myprofessor in Corporations and avalued colleague as I returned towork here at the Law School. Theresolution mentions his wit. Wewill share some of that humorwith you in "The Lighter Side"from time to time. At an alumniappreciation dinner in Racine in1976 I heard George recap his"State of the School" remarksover his term as Dean. I recall par-ticularly one remark: "In 1963 Ireported that I had achieved oneof the two goals of every lawschool dean - I was dean of aschool with no building. In 1964 Ihope to report achievement of thesecond goal - dean of a schoolwith no students!"

My plan to reproduce Browniethe Gargoyle as umbrella stands,night lights and cookie jars diddraw one response. An "alumna"sent a postcard (from Detroit)suggesting that we also make"sterling silver replicas ... whichcould be used on charm braceletsor stickpins." While always will-ing to consider suggestions fromalumni, I would think that a twofoot replica in silver wouldbe a tri-fle expensive and perhaps a littleheavy for all but the strongestlawyers to wear on their wrists.

The mystery picture continuesto draw the most mail from ourreaders. Unfortunately it also con-tinued to be identified by personswho could not have been togetherin any picture. Last issue showedseven students at the circulationdesk of the old library. We wereable to place the picture as be-tween 1957and 1963.Nonethelessseveral members of the class of1966 were placed in the picture.Unless they hung out in the LawLibrary before matriculating theycouldnot have been in the picture.Two persons positively identifiedthe person at the far left of thepicture. Unfortunately, they gavetwo different names, both mem-bers of the class of 1961 (BillDiedrich and Bob Jensen). Thethird person from the left wasthought to be Leonard Dubin(Class of 1962), while there wasgeneral agreement that the per-son at the far right is Jack Morris('61). So far so good,but then youplaced George Douglas ('65) andPercy Julian ('66) in the middle.Not only would these classes nothave overlapped, but we are alsofairly certain that the setting dis-appeared in March of 1963, mak-ing it highly unlikely that some-one in the Class of 1966 could bepictured there.

On the Cover:Last issue showed BascomHill in 1894with the Law Building still under construction. This aerialview is from 1917 with the Law Building just to the left of dead center. The Memorial Union did not exist, andold Chadbourne Hall sat on the corner of Park and University. In the distance one can see Camp Randallstadium, with half of the bottom deck of seats, and Picnic Point extending into Lake Mendota.

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MEMORIAL RESOLUTION OF THE FACULTYOF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ON THEDEATH OF PROFESSOR GEORGE H. YOUNG

George H. Young

George H. Young, Professor ofLaw, died on September 13, 1981,at the age of 65. He is survived byhis wife Lillian.

He was born at Elkhorn,Wisconsin, on December 3, 1915,the son of Dr. J. Howard Youngand Winnifred Young. He receivedhis B.A. degree with honors fromthe University of Wisconsin in1938 and earned his law degree in1941 from the University ofWisconsin Law School. As a lawstudent, George Young served asexecutive editor of the WisconsinLawReview and was elected to theOrder of Coif, an honorary lawsociety. He was also a member ofPhi Eta Sigma, honoraryscholastic society, and Phi DeltaPhi, professional law fraternity.

For ten years he was with thedistinguished Madison law firm ofStroud, Stebbins, Wingert andYoung. He joined the faculty as anassociate professor in 1950 andbecame a full professor of law in1953. Five years later the Univer-sity Regents named him Dean ofthe Law School, in which positionhe served until 1968, when hereturned to teaching.

In his law studies, research, andteaching, George Youngspecialized in corporation law.During his early years on thefaculty, he also taught evidenceand played a leading part in theinauguration of studies in the fieldof law and crime detection and onthe problem of whether the courtsshould admit evidence based onmodern scientific methods ofcrime detection.

George Young made great con-tributions to the Law School asdean and as a teaching member ofthe faculty. He had a remarkableability to appear tough and yet becompassionate, a characteristicthat endeared him to the studentbody; to be serious and tense andyet display a relaxed humor thatendeared him to alumni andfriends of the school who returnedfor various functions; to appearunconcerned while in fact beingcourageously persistent in the

pursuit of a common sense resolu-tion of the tough issues that con-fronted him, which made his workinvaluable at times of great ten-sion such 'as during the studentdisorders of the 1960s; to have hisown views about legal education,but be supportive of a law facultywhose views were very diverse, acharacteristic that made theWisconsin Law School a pleasantand comfortable place for all.

As dean, the common questionhe asked of individual facultymembers was, "What can I do tohelp you achieve your goal?" Hisapproach as dean was to build astrong faculty and then to givethat faculty the support needed toachieve its teaching, research,and public service goals. Duringhis administration, the studentbody and faculty doubled in size.

George Young served the LawSchoolduring the early part of themost troubled decade in theUniversity's history. He main-tained a strong faculty and thestrong support of the student bodyat a time when academic institu-tions and their faculties and stu-dent bodies were often alienated,one from the other.

Although devoted to the LawSchool, he did not neglect theUniversity, the community, or theprofession for which he wastrained. He made major contribu-tions to law reform, serving on thecommittee that produced a majorreform of the criminal code and onthe committee that rewrote thecorporation code. He authored theWisconsin Nonstock CorporationLaw.

He was a member of theJudicial Commission of Wisconsinrepresenting the State Bar for twoyears and at the time of his deathwas a member of the ProfessionalResponsibility Committee of Dis-trict 9 of the State Bar.

He frequently acted as an ar-bitrator for the Federal Mediationand Conciliation Office and servedas referee for the WisconsinSupreme Court.

Interested in sports, he was agolfer and for many years ownedhorses which were entered in har-ness racing events throughout theMidwest. He was the University ofWisconsin Faculty Representativeto the BigTen Intercollegiate Con-ference from 1951 to 1959 andserved for many years on the

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Athletic Board of the Universityof Wisconsin, retiring last yearfrom that board. He was chairmanof the powerful National Colle-giate Athletic Association Com-mittee on Infractions for 19112years and displayed that rare giftof being able to impose severepunishment on offending collegesand universities in a manner per-ceived by the offending school tobe very fair and understanding.

George Young was fond of hisstudents. For over twenty years,he led the graduating-law-studentcane-parade at the homecomingfootball game.

Alumni and faculty still vividlyremember his extraordinary witand virtuosity as toastmaster at adecade of potentially dull lawschool dinners. Every dignitary heintroduced felt a bit flattered, butalso deftly needled. George's briefreports on the state of the schoolwere wry, often hilarious, yet al-ways made telling points aboutthe school's progress and itsneeds.

He will be remembered withaffection by lawyers throughoutthe state. Their feeling for him isreflected in this tribute from theDane County Bar Newsletter:

"The world of scholars, studentsand barristers mourns the passingof a good guy like George Young."

MEMORIAL COMMITTEE:Gordon B. BaldwinJohn E. ConwayG. W. FosterElroy HirschJames B. MacDonaldMarygold S. MelliWalter B. RaushenbushFrank J. Remington, Chair.

VISITORS DINNERHONORS LOCALPRACTITIONERS

Seven ty -three Madison areapractitioners were honored duringthe annual Board of Visitors Din-ner on Sunday, October 15, 1981.The Dinner is held in conjunctionwith the inspection of the LawSchool and its programs con-ducted each year by the Visitors.Dean Orrin Helstad addressed theaudience on the use of practi-tioners in law school teaching.While their value in substantiveinstruction seems obvious, henoted, they have an equal value inexposing their students to thenon-academic world of lawyers.Dean Helstad congratulated theseseventy-three individuals for theirconcern for this Law School andthe sacrifice of time and moneythey made in teaching. The valueofthe time they contributed, usingthe most conservative estimates,runs into the millions of dollars.

The list of those individualshonored follows:

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John C. AlbertBradley D. ArmstrongMartha J. BablitchAngela B. BartellJeffrey B. BartellHoward S. BellmanBarbara L. BlockThomas M. BoykoffStephen B. BradenRalph M. CagleJohn C. CarlsonSteven J. CaulumCharles G. CenterWilliam E. ChrittonJames F. ClarkClaude J. CovelliSarah Furey CrandallPaul A.CroakePeter R. DohrThomas C. EckerleRebecca A. ErhardtKristine A. EuclideBruce FeustelJohn P. Franz

William L. GansnerBruce GillmanDavid F. GramsA. J. Griffin IIIBarbara HeaneyHarry V. HillThomas A. HoffnerRobert HorowitzDavid J. HouserMichael S. JacobsWilliam E. JohnsonRichard Z. KabakerJohn A. KassnerBruce K. KaufmanH. Robert KilkellyTrayton L. LathropWilliam C. Lewis, Jr.Theodore J. LongDaniel A. MacDonaldJerry E. McAdowDavid E. McFarlaneRobert D. MartinRoderick J. MatthewsJohn C. MitbyJulie K. Mitby

William F. MundtJoseph F. OwensLinda RobersonDaniel G. SandellEli H. SchmuklerJeremy C. SheaMarie A. SiekerCarol SkornickaWilliam B. SmithWrede H. Smith, Jr.Thomas P. SolheimLeonard S. SosnowskiJames F. SpohnSusan SteingassKenneth StreitJoseph F. ThomasDavid S. UphoffAnne Taylor WadsackDaphne WebbHarvey L. WendelLorence D. WheelerCarlyle H. WhippleV. Russell WhiteselTheodore C. Widder

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION OF THE FACULTVOF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ON THE

DEATH OF PROFESSOR ARNON R. ALLENProfessor Arnon R. Allen, chair-

man of the Extension Law Depart-ment and Associate Dean of theUniversity of Wisconsin LawSchool passed away at a Madisonhospital on January 25, 1981, atthe age of 50. He is warmlyremembered by a wide range ofcolleagues, students and friendsacross the state and the country.He is survived by his wife, Joyce,and three sons.

Professor Allen was born inMauston in 1930 and devotedalmost his entire career to servingthe people of the State of Wiscon-sin. He received his undergradu-ate degree with honors from theUniversity of Wisconsin 1952,and, after a two-year stint in themilitary, followed it with a UWlaw degree in 1957. After lawschool, Professor Allen practicedlaw in Madison for three yearsbefore joining the Extension LawDepartment as an assistant pro-fessor in 1960. For the next twen-ty years, with only a two-year in-terruption when he served on thefaculty of the University of Il-linois, Professor Allen served thelawyers and citizens of Wisconsinas an educator, administrator andresource.

Twenty years ago, continuingeducation opportunities for adultsin general, and for professionalsin particular, were limited. Fewcourses were available in Wiscon-sin that were designed to offercontinuing education to lawyers,and almost none were in existencewhich tried to explain legal con-cepts to lay persons. This situationchanged dramatically during theyears Professor Allen worked withand led Extension Law.

As far as professional educationis concerned, CLEW, ContinuingLegal Education for Wisconsin,was created in the early 1960'sand Professor Allen became itsdirector in 1967. By the late1970's, CLEW was a greatly ex-panded and viable enterprise, pre-senting courses and publishingbooks on a wide variety of legal

subjects. More than 40 courses arenow presented each year, both liveand over the EducationalTelephone Network (ETN). Pro-fessor Allen was one of the first torecognize the potential of ETN inbringing high quality educationalopportunities to peoplethroughout the state at a low cost,and was a pioneer in its use.

In addition to instructional pro-grams, CLEW has developed animpressive list of legal publica-tions, a list that is especially im-pressive for a state like Wisconsinwhere the market is limited com-pared to more populous areas.Professor Allen personally workedon many of the publications andoversaw the development of most.Publications like the WisconsinJury Instructions - Civil and Crimi-nal were advanced during Profes-sor Allen's tenure and are nowused by judges and lawyersthroughout the state in virtuallyevery case that goes to jury trial.Books dealing with Wisconsin pro-perty law, civil procedure, defend-ing criminal cases, the legal prob-lems of small business, and manyother subjects were also developedunder his supervision.

Law-related education for non-lawyers was another interest ofProfessor Allen's. He regularlytaught a course on Farm Law inthe College of Agriculture wherehe was also a tenured facultymember. He developed an annualETN course, "Family Estate Plan-ning in Wisconsin," which ex-plained the principles of estateplanning to hundreds of citizensover the years.

The University of WisconsinLaw School has long been a closecollaborator with Extension Law.This relationship was reaffirmedin 1976 when the Law School for-mally joined as a joint partner inall Extension Law activities; Pro-fessor Allen was then named theLaw School's Associate Dean forContinuing Education and Out-reach Activities.

On the national scene, Profes-sor Allen was one of the foundingmembers of the Association ofContinuing Legal Education Ad-ministrators. He served theorganization in a number ofcapacities over a period of 15years: committee chair, commit-tee member, and valued coun-sellor.

Arnon Allen served the Univer-sity, the legal profession, and thepeople of Wisconsin well. He willbe sorely missed by his studentsand colleagues, but his dedicationand humanity will be long andwarmly remembered.

MEMORIAL COMMITTEE:Stuart G. GullicksonThomas F. KelleyRichard N. WeigleDavid E. Schultz, Chair

Arnon R. Allen

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THEWISCONSIN

LAW ALUMNIASSOCIATION

1981 - 8213th Annual Alumni Fund Drive

I CARE ... about myLaw School

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I care ...

· .. about faculty development· .. about research development· .. about support of special Law School

programs· .. about library improvements· .. about building improvements· .. about student financial aids· .. and about all the needs of a great educational

institution which are difficult tofulfill in these lean times

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE.- Individual donation- Individual pledge- Deferred giving: Insurance program

Estate planning- Gifts to the UW Foundation pledged to the

Law School-. Contribution by law firm or employer- Matching contribution from firm or employer- Assigned royalties- Challenge gifts- Class gifts- Assigned stocks or bonds

Recent letters from the Deanand the President of the Wiscon-sin Law Alumni Association havedetailed the needs of the LawSchool. All contributions receivedby March 31,1982 will be includedin this year's Fund Drive total.Help us win the battle of inflationand the declining tax dollar, showus that you too care!

Make checks payable to theWisconsin Law Alumni Associ-ation and mail to: WLAA, Univer-sity of Wisconsin Law School,Madison, WI 53706.

CLEAR YOUR OFFICE OFSURPLUS EQUIPMENT

The Student Bar Association seeks used typewriters to make available tothe student body. The few old machines which were available to typeterm papers and resumes have reached the point of no repair. If you havea typewriter in working condition, the SBA can use it, and you canreceive a tax deduction for the contribution.

Contact Phil Neuman, 2nd year representative, c/o the Student Bar As-sociation, Room B-36, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI53706 (608/263-2641).

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(editors note: Wisconsin's ap-pearance in the Garden StateBowlwas its first bowl game sincethe 1963 Rose Bowl. It sparked asharp controversy on campussince a number of bowls Wiscon-sin was considered for fell duringthe exam period. Regular Gargoylereaders will recall that one of thepurposes of this series is to showthe success of former UW athleteswho came to Law School here andhave gone on to careers in thelegal profession. While recogniz-ing the many values of inter-collegiate athletics the University,with its decision to limit the dateson which the football team couldparticipate in a bowl game, alsorecognized that the primary pur-pose of college athletes is still theacquisition of a quality education.In 1963 these issues, althoughpresent, were not as sharplydrawn. The number of bowls wassmaller and they were primarilyconfined to the Christmas-NewYear's week when the Universitywas on vacation. Three futurelawyers enjoyed that 1963 Bowltrip. Their story is presentedhere.)

ROSE BOWLLAWYERS

The appearance of the Univer-sity of Wisconsin Badgers in theGarden State Bowl December 13brought an end to the school'smost exciting and successful foot-ball season in many years. Withvictories over perennial powersOhio State, Michigan and Purdue,the Badgers gained the nationalspotlight for the first time sincetheir 1974 victories over Ne-braska and Missouri. The team'srun for the Rose Bowlalso broughtback memories of Wisconsin's lastappearance in Pasadena in 1963.Three future law students playedon that team: Ken Bowman, andco-captains Pat Richter and SteveUnderwood. All three have gradu-ated and gone on to successfullegal careers.

Under the direction of headcoach Milt Bruhn and quarter-back Ron Vanderkelen, the 1962Badgers compiled an 8-2 recordand won sole possession of the Big10 championship. Their only con-ference loss was to Ohio State.The highlights of the year were a17-8 victory over Notre Dame, a34-12 shellacking of Michigan atAnn Arbor, and a 14-9 win overMinnesota in the last week of the

season that wrapped up the cham-pionship. In an era of one-platoonfootball, Bowman, Richter andUnderwood all played both offenseand defense. Bowman and Under-woodplayed linebacker and on theoffensive line. Richter played widereceiver and defensive back. Hewas also the team's punter.

In the 1963 Rose Bowl theBadgers faced a strong USC team.In those days the Big 10 domi-nated the Rose Bowl.Big 10 teamshad won 13 of the 16 games playedsince the Big 10 - Pacific 10 pactwas signed in 1947. Bowmanremembers that the Badgers mayhave been softened up by themany USC fans in the LosAngelesarea. "Everywhere we went, peo-ple kept telling us how good wewere and how we had nothing toworry about. We finally woke upin the fourth quarter of the gameand realized everything we hadbeen told wasn't true. We realizedwe were in a tough game."

At that point the Badgerstrailed 42-14. They put on one ofthe greatest rallies in Rose Bowlhistory, scoring three touchdownsand a safety in the fourth quarterbefore losing 42-37. Richter set a

Ken Bowman

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Steve Underwood Pat Richter

Rose Bowl record by catching 11passes. Vanderkelen also set RoseBowl records by completing 33 of48 passes for 401 yards.

Underwood, Bowman andRichter gave different reasons forchoosing to enter law school. Un-derwood says he enrolled pri-marily because he was turneddown by the medical school. Heearned his J.D. in 1967.After gra-duation in 1964, Bowman wasdrafted by the Green Bay Packers.He played center on the teamfrom 1964 to 1973. During thattime the Packers won three NFLchampionships and two SuperBowl championships. "I wasn'treally interested in going to lawschool until I began looking foremployment during the off-seasons. It became apparent thatthere wasn't much of a market forsociology majors. George Youngencouraged me to give it a try."

Bowman attended law schoolfrom 1965 to 1971. He enrolledonly in the spring semesters. Hespent two semesters at North-western and DePaul in Chicagoand did all his remaining work atWisconsin. "Going only onesemester a year was a problem,"he said. "The other studentsalready seemed to have moreknowledge. There was also a prob-lem with continuity. Just at thetime the other students were buy-ing their books for fall semester, Iwas getting ready to put my headin a helmet and ram it against abrick wall."

Richter also enjoyed a suc-cessful pro football career at thesame time he attended law school.In 1976, he enrolled in the nightcourse at American University inWashington while playing for theWashington Redskins. "It wasn'tas difficult to do them both as youmight imagine," he says. "Wepracticed from 9 to 3 during theweek. I always had Monday off.After practice I headed directly toschool to study. Richter earned hisJ.D. from Wisconsin in 1971.

Both Richter and Bowman puttheir legal knowledge to work intheir pro football careers. Richterwas elected as the Redskins' play-er representative to the NFL Play-ers Association in 1967. He was a

member of the committee thatnegotiated the 1970 contract withowners. Bowman was elected thePackers' player representative in1969.

Today, Underwood and Bow-man are practicing lawyers inWisconsin, Underwood hasworked in private practice andwith the U. S. Attorney's Office inMilwaukee. In 1974, he was ap-pointed U.S. Attorney for theWestern District of Wisconsinreplacing John Olson. In 1976, heheaded the criminal unit of theWisconsin Department of Justice.He nowworks in the department'scivil litigation unit. Bowman is inprivate practice in DePere. Hedoes some labor work, but thebulk of his caseload consists ofdivorces and personal injuryclaims.

Richter is general personnelmanager for Oscar Mayer andCompany in Madison. His respon-sibilities include establishing per-sonnel policies and practices forthe corporation and its subsidi-aries. In addition, he supervisescorporate recruiting, manage-ment development, and trainingfunctions. Much of his work in-volves liaison with Oscar Mayer'soutside legal counsel in mattersconcerning government equalemployment regulations.

The value of athletic competi-tion is often misunderstood. Forsome it is the financial key to anacademic degree, for a muchsmaller number it is the start to aprofessional athletic career. Formost, however, the value of col-legiate athletics is quite different.After Richter and Bowman endedtheir NFL careers and joined Un-derwood on the legal stage, thedetermination, hard work anddedication which led them to theRose Bowl also contributed totheir success as lawyers. The ad-versary situations they find them-selves in today are not dissimilarfrom the adversary conditionsthey find themselves in today arenot dissimilar from the adversaryconditions they encountered onthe football field. And the practiceof law is arguably easier on thebody than ramming your headagainst a brick wall.

- Doug Putnam

ON THE LIGHTERSIDE

The following will can be foundrecorded in Anderson County,Texas. The outcome of the probateis not reported, but rumor has itthat residents of the county stillcarry shovels and periodically digfor the buried $600:

WILL OF HERMANOBELWEISS

I am writing of my willmineselluf that dam lawyer wanthe should have too much money,he asked to many answers aboutfamily. first thing i want i dontwant my brother oscar have adam ting what i got. he done meout of forty dollars fourteen yearssince.

I want it that hilda my sistershe gets the north sixtie akers ofat where i am homing it now. i betshe dont get that loafer husbandof hers to broke twenty akers nextplowing time. she cant have it ifshe lets oscar live on it i want it ishould have it back if she does.

Tell mamma that six hundreddollars she been looking for fortwenty years is berried from thebackhouse behind about ten feetdown. she better let little fred-erick do the digging and count itwhen he comes up.

Pastor lucknitz can have threehundred dollars ifhe kiss the bookhe wont preach no more dumheadpolotics. he should have a roof puton the meetinghouse with (it) andthe elders should the bills look at.

Momma the rest should get but iwant it that adolph shud tell herwhat not she do so no more slickirishers sell her vokum cleanersdy noise like hell and a broom dontcost so much.

I want it that mine brotheradolph should be my execter and iwant it that the jedge makeadolph plenty bond put up andwatch him like hell.

Adolph is a good business manbut only a dumkoph would trusthim with a busted pfenning. iwant dam sure that schlemicoscar dont nothing get. tell adolphhe can have a hundred dollars ifhe prove to jedje oscar dont getnothing. that dam sure fix oscar.

(signed) Herman Obelweiss.

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Comparative Admissions Statistics

increased from 236 to 603 duringthe same period. Men and womenapplicants compete equally in theprocess. The fact that womenreceived a slightly higher percen-tage of acceptances (40%) thantheir percentage of total applica-tions (35%) may be explained bytwo factors: our women applicantsaverage almost 2.5 years olderthan our men (27.49years v. 25.10years), with experience beyond anundergraduate degree identifiedas a positive factor in our admis-sions criteria; and the fact thatour women applicants had aslightly higher median GPA thanour men (3.49 v. 3.43).

It would be possible to select acomplete first year class fromamong qualified resident appli-cants. Nevertheless, it is thepolicy of the school to select ap-proximately 20% of each classfrom non-resident applicants.Despite the fact that approx-imately the same number of non-residents applied and were offeredacceptances, sixteen moreregistered this year than last (71v. 55). This is roughly the samenumber by which our total enroll-ment target was exceeded. Ourclass comes from 22 states and theDistrict of Columbia, including231 from Wisconsin, 13 from Il-linois, 10 from New York, 8 fromMinnesota, 6 from California and5 from Massachusetts. Theyrepresent 98 different under-graduate schools (115 from UW-Madison, 15 from Marquette and13 from UWM).

With the policy noted above,favoring experience, it shouldcome as no surprise that our newstudents have a variety of ad-vanced education. Among theClass of 1984 are 35 persons withsome graduate study, 43 withMaster's degrees, 3 with Ph.D's,one minister and one dentalsurgeon. The variety of post-gra-duate work experience is also im-pressive.

In summer 1979 the WisconsinLegislature adopted a law requir-ing the University of WisconsinLaw School to allow students whoare admitted to Law School toenroll on a part-time basis. Thesame procedures and criteria ap-ply whether an applicant wishesto attend full-time or part-time.After an applicant has been ac-cepted for admission by the Ad-missions Committee, the appli-cant is asked whether he or shewishes to attend full-time or part-time. The only conditions on part-time attendance, imposed by theFaculty for educational reasons,are that all first year requiredcourses (totaling 26 credits) mustbe completed within two yearsfrom. the date of entry into LawSchool and all requirements forthe J.D. degree (totaling 90 cred-its) must be completed within sixyears from the date of entry.

In August 1979, 7 accepted ap-plicants chose to attend LawSchool on a part-time basis. Thenumber of applicants who optedfor part-time attendance was un-derstandably small since most of

CLASS OF 1984ADMITTED

Picking a class of law studentsis a lot like shooting into a flock ofducks: from a distance one ducklooks about like every other, andwhen you fire, you never knowjust how many ducks are going tofall. Admissions hopes to be morescientific and has, in fact, becomequite accurate in their processsince the mushrooming of applica-tions in the late 1960's, but occa-sionally the unexpected still hap-pens.

The table below offers somecomparisons of the three most re-cent classes and the class admit-ted 10 years ago in 1971. Thesestatistics are taken from annualreports compiled by the Admis-sions Office. These reports havebeen compiled since themid-1960's. Before that time ad-missions was a more casual pro-cess. The Law School archives in-cludes the recollections of a dis-tinguished attorney who enteredthis School in 1905- after failinghis first year of Business School!Selection required no more thanasking the dean for permission toregister. Obviously, it wasroutinely granted! Current pro-cedures are more rigorous and thenumber of applicants pushes thestandards higher every year.

After a brief slump in the late1970's, the number of applicantshas risen steadily since 1979. Thecurrent level is still less than therecord (1994 in 1977), but sub-stantially more than we can ac-cept. The reader should keep inmind that as standards haverisen, self-selection tends to holddown the total number of appli-cants.

The number of students whoregistered, always a fraction ofthe number offered admission, in-creased marginally in 1981. Thisnumber (302) is slightly morethan our target (approximately285). This year more ducks fellthan the formula predicted!

The number of women in theclass remains just above 40%.Thisis in marked contrast to the classentering in 1971 with 14%women.The number of women applicants

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# of applications# of acceptances# registered# of women# of residents# of non residentsMedian LSAT scoreMedianGPA

19811734587302

126 (41%)23171

6593.43

19801533569287

134 (46%)23255

6493.41

19791419590287

125 (43%)22760

6463.33

19711907640340

47 (14%)nlanla632

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the applicants accepted for Fall1979 were unaware of theavailability of part-time atten-dance and had already made pre-parations to attend on a full-timebasis. Of the 7 students who indi-cated attendance in the part-timeprogram in Fall 1979:

1 - did not register and reap-plied for Fall 1980 admis-sion and is currentlyenrolled full-time

1 - began part-time attendanceand withdrew before com-pleting any work

1 - did not register and re-quested and was granted adeferral ofadmission to Fall1980. Did not enroll.

1 - completed 26 credits but isnot currently enrolled

3 -began part-time attendanceand are currently continu-

ing part-time.In the Fall of 1980, 19 students

registered on a part-time basis:2 -began part-time attendance

and withdrew before com-pleting any work

2 - completed 15-16 credits butare not currently enrolled

11 - are currently enrolled andare now taking 10 or morecredits (considered full-time)

4 - are currently enrolled andare continuing on a part-time basis (under 10 cred-its)

In the Fall 1981 entering class,16 students have registered on apart-time basis.

In summary, 3 part-time stu-dents who entered in Fa.1l1979arecontinuing on a part-time basis, 4part-time students who entered inFall 1980 are continuing on a

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part-time basis, thus making atotal of 23 students currently inthe part-time program.

On reflection the analogy at thebeginning of this article is not par-ticularly apt. Our experience withstudents does not suggest thatthey are anything like ducks. Nor,after the inspection given each ap-plicant by our Admissions Com-mittee, does one applicant looklike any other. The greatest disap-pointment for us is that manyqualified applicants, persons whomay go on to distinguished careersafter attending another lawschool, have to be rejected here.Our process, however, after yearsof refinement, is our best consen-sus and has yielded class afterclass of entering law students inwhom this school can havejustifiable pride.

Prof. Walter Raushenbush, whocontinues to serve as President ofthe Law School Admission Coun-cil, spoke to the ABA section ofLegal Education and Bar Admis-sions at the ABA Annual Meetingin New Orleans and to the ABA-NYU Conference on Legal Educa-tion in the '80's last month in NewYork. Michael Remington ('73)has been appointed as deputy leg-islative affairs officer for the Ad-ministrative Office of the USCourts. Remington previouslyworked as counsel to the HouseJudiciary subcommittee on courts,civil liberties and the administra-tion of justice. Philip R. Smith('57) was elected President of theFirst Wisconsin Trust Co. by itsBoard of Directors. Smith beganwith First Wisconsin-Madison in1963 as Assistant Vice President.Dan E. Jarman was named adirector of Incentcom, a division of

Travel Destinations. Jarman gra-duated in 1961,and has worked inthe travel business for the past 17years.

Alumni across the country havealso been active at a number ofLaw School events. In OctoberDean Helstad and Emeritus Prof.John Conway represented thisSchool at an Alumni Receptionheld in conjunction with the An-nual Meeting of the State Bar ofCalifornia. A few weeks later Prof.Frank Tuerkheimer, recentlyreturned to the Law School afterfour years as US Attorney for theWestern District of Wisconsin at-tended a reception in Minneapolisfor Twin Cities Alumni. In Novem-ber Dean Helstad completed hiscross country trip by appearingwith Prof. Raushenbush at analumni luncheon at the WallStreet Club in New York City.

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