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POCKET PARTHOFSTRA LAW SCHOOLHEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK
1976
ELYSE KLEIN,Editor-in-Chief
SAUNDRA GUMEROVE, ELIZABETH SCHULMAN Associate EditorsJOHN BUBARIS, CHERYL KAPLAN, STEVEN SCHLESINGER Business ManagersANDREW SUSER Humor (??) EditorRICHARD FEIRSTEIN Photography Editor
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MICHAEL BENJAMINELIOT CHERSONEMILY FEIRSTEINJACK FITZPATRICK
ANDREW HODESTERRY STOMEL
ALAN SWIEDLERGARY WISHIK
TABLE OF CONTENTSSection One pages 4-26The Law Finder pages 27-73Groups and Organizations pages 74-75A Word From Our Sponsors pages 76-80
"And Do as AdversariesDo in Law, StriveMightily, But Eat andDrink as Friends/'
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
"Nobody move . . . this is a 'coup1."
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"Now . . . it took me TWO hours to learn this stepyou better watch.''
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"You add it in before you put the brownies in theoven."
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". . . The Law IsNot the Place forthe Artist or thePoet. The Law Isthe Calling ofThinkers/'
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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'Good, Dan, now try and walk."
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'Dear diary . . ."
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\. take my bike ONE more time . .
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"Burt, he got it in the nose, you want it too?
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"This water fountain never works."
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Your sentence is up!!!
Bob Abrahams walking into a door.
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A Farewell Message From the Dean
I have a special feeling about the class of 1976, because we began our careers at Hofstra Law Schooltogether. On Orientation Day, when I welcomed you to the Law School, I expressed the hope that we would endour three years together with a sense of mutual respect, and even affection. I know that hope has come true forme, and would like to think that it has for you as well.
When we arrived here, an extraordinarily strong foundation had already been established by Dean MalachyMahon and by the faculty and students who had worked with him. Full accreditation, both from the AmericanBar Association and the Association of American Law Schools, had been achieved in record time. Since then,we have moved into the new building, expanded and strengthened our faculty, and enlarged the student body toour new capacity.
We have also grown considerably in reputation, not just in New York State, but throughout the country. Wewere singled out for special mention in the ABA's recent rating of law schools, in part because of our notableachievement in surpassing Boston University, Georgetown, and scores of other law schools that have had manyyears head start on us. In the last three years, Hofstra has received more favorable attention in the nationalnews media - newspapers, magazines, radio, and television - than perhaps any other law school. That publicrecognition has, in turn, added significantly to the Law School's strength. At a time when other law schools areleveling off or declining in admissions applications, for example, Hofstra is continuing to attract even moreand better applicants every year. Moreover, the prestige associated with Hofstra's name is helping us tomaintain an enviable record in graduate placement, despite a difficult job market.
Our reputation is a reflection of real substance. I doubt that there is another law school in the country that hasas consistently strong a teaching faculty, or a faculty that is as accessible to students out of class. Our clinicalprogram - now expanded to include two Neighborhood Law Offices, and the only Tax Clinic in the country - isone of the best any place. Few law schools have comparable student participation in governance of the school.None, I believe, is as successful as Hofstra in creating a friendly and pleasant atmosphere in which to work.
You have good reason for pride, therefore, in your Law School and in the important part that you have playedin shaping and building it. But there is more to do. Hofstra attracts more than its share of students who think ofthe law as a profession of service and who are conscious of the major role that the law, and lawyers, can play insocial reform. We try to nurture those professional ideals, as well as to develop and sharpen your professionalskills, while you are here! Whatever kind of practice you enter, therefore, it is my hope that you willparticipate in establishing a tradition of Hofstra graduates as lawyers committed to community service and tosocial reform.
Please come back and see us often. You will always be welcome.
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DEAN MONROE H. FREEDMAN
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ASSOCIATE DEAN AARON D. TWERSKI
ASSOCIATE DEAN STUART J. FILLER
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PROFESSOR EUGENE M. WYPYSKI
PROFESSOR BURTON C. AGATA
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PROFESSOR JOHN DEWITT GREGORY
PROFESSOR HERMAN D. HILLMAN
PROFESSOR DAVID K. KADANE
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PROFESSOR MALACHY T. MAHON
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PROFESSOR ABRAHAM P. ORDOVER
PROFESSOR SHEILA RUSH OKPAKU
PROFESSOR ERIC J. SCHMERTZ
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARINAANGEL
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LINDA K. CHAMPLINmsm
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVID ARTHURDIAMOND
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEON FRIEDMAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WILLIAM R.GINSBERG
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LINDA B. HIRSCHSON
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LAWRENCEW. KESSLER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DANIELPOSINJR.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR STUART RABINOWITZ
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ALAN N. RESNICK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RONALD H.SILVERMAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HARVEY W,SPIZZ
MISSING: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BRENDASOLOFF
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SPECIAL PROFESSOR BERTRAMHARNETT
SPECIAL PROFESSOR DAVID DURK SPECIAL PROFESSOR IRVING YOUNGER
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ferDIRECTOR OF PLACEMENT SAULA. MILLER
ASSISTANT DEAN DAVID BENJAMIN
ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN ETTA FAFAR-MAN
RECORDER CHARLOTTE HOFFER
Hofstra Law School's Dynamic Duo
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ROBERT ABRAHAMS
MARK S. ADLER MITCHELL B. ADLER ROBERT ALIANO
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EDWARD ACKERMAN BRUCE J. ADAMS
BRIAN ASSERSON' jm-tiJOAN AXINN
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DENNIS R. BARRY LYNN A. BEESECKER
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RALPH BEHR
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DANIEL BRENT
BARBARA G.BROWN
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DOUGLAS M. BROWNINGSUSAN BRYANGLEN A. BURNETTSTEVEN P. CALKINS
JOHN BUBARIS
STEPHEN A.BUCARIA
SHEILA A.CALLAHAN
MARIACANDELARIA
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RICHARD J. CANTER MICHAEL CERUSSIj m /
ELIOT CHERSON
ROBERT J. CONCIATORI LESLIE CONKLIN DOROTHEA CONSTAS
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DAVID COHEN C. PAYSON COLEMAN JR.
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DEMETRIOS CORITSIDIS THOMAS COSTA
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KEVIN DAILEY
MARC M. DITTENHOEFER ROBERT L. DOUGLAS
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AUDREY!. DAVIDSON ELLIOT DEUTSCH
HARRISONJ. EDWARDS ANDREW H. EIBEL FRANKLYN A. FARRIS
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EMILY P. FEIRSTEIN MARK FELDMAN MARCIA FIELD
JOAN D. GABBIDON STEVEN GAINES DARRELL L. GAVRIN
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JAMES R. FREES WICK JEFFREY!. FREIREICH BARBARA A. FROUMAN
THOMAS GILL LAURIE J. GLASS TAMMY GOLDBERG
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ARMAND GRUNBERGER SAUNDRA GUMEROVE
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MARVIN GUTTERHENRY GUTTMANANDREW HODESJOHN HOGANMARKM. HOROWITZ
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MICHAEL H. HOWARD
HOWARDC. JURIST
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LEONARD B. ISAACS DAVID ISRAEL JESSIE JONES
JEFFREY S. KAHN ROGER B. KAPLAN TRUDIE KATZ
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MICHAEL B. KENT STEVEN KERSNER AMY KINON
ELYSEF. KLEIN SCOTT H. KLEIN
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LYNNE KRAMER ANDREW LEASE JEFFREY LEBOWITZ
Does everyone understand that now?
BERNARD MARASCO JOEL MARCUS
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ERICJ. LIFF NEDA LURIA JOSEPH R. MADDALC
RICHARD MASTERSON JULES MENCHER
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MORRIS J.NEWMAN
WILLIAM P.NIX
PHILIP NOSTRAMO STEVEN J. PEDDY
STEVEN K. PORTER LEONARD PUGATCH MICHAELS. RABIN
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STANLEY PIERCE PAULH. PINCUS STEVEN A. POLEN
ROBERT G. RAGER HENRY RAMIREZ
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ALAND. REITZFELD STEVEN E. RESNICK EDWARD A. ROBERTSON
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BURTON R. ROSSKENNETH G. ROTHSTEIN
rCHARLES A. RUSSELL IIIM. ANDREA RYANJUDY SANDLER
MARC P. SCHNAPP ELIZABETH S. SCHULMAN ALIZAB. SCHWADRON
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ROBERT SAPIRSTEIN STELLA SCHINDLER STEVEN R. SCHLESINGER
EUGENE A. SCHWARTZ TIBERIO SCHWARTZ
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GARRY SELIGSON JOSEPH M. SERKES JOANM. SHANDS
JAN SINGER S. JEAN SMITH-HOFFMAN LOUIS SOLOMON
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WILLIAM I. SHUZMAN JOAN SILVERMAN
MICHAEL D. SOLOMON TERRY STOMEL
HYMAN STRAMER IRA A. STURM ANDREW E. SUSER
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ALANM. SWIEDLER
MATTHEW A. TEDONE MICHAEL J. TIMKO
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LINDA J. TRACHTER ALFRED WALKER VIVIAN O. WATSON
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DAVID WEISSHERBERT A. WEISSFAITH H. WENDERDULCIE WIESENFELD
NELSON H. WILLICK GARY WISHIK ALAN WOLIN
GERALD WRIGHT ANN ZELOFF
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FOOTNOTES
1. (pg. 5) In HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, "The Profession of the Law," SPEECHES (Boston:Little, Brown and Company, 1934), p. 22.
2. (pg. 13) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, TAMING OF THE SHREW, Act 1, Scene 2.
The editor gratefully acknowledges the help of QUOTE IT!: MEMORABLE LEGALQUOTATIONS by Eugene C. Gerhart (Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., N .Y . , N. Y. Sage HillPublishers, Inc. Albany, N .Y . ) (1969) from which all of the above quotations were taken.
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