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rado, native has moved fmm a dis-trict court judgeship in Colorado's 16th judicial district, La Junta, to his p s e n t post. h the interirn, he served from 2983-88 on the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Prior to his first judicial appoint-ment in 1976, Judge Babmck was in private practice In La Junta.

In other judicial news; ., I Kenneth M,Phtz, JD'n, Salida,

s k n m e d a r)j5hict Court Judgefor Frerncmt County, in Colorado's 11th judicial di5hic-t. He had k n serving as the di3trict's chief publicdefender and previously practiced in LeadvlIIe.

JohnD.Hcsmn, LLB'59, of Meeker, has h e n appointed to the Ria B l m m County Court bench by Governor Roy Renter.

David A.Cole, JW73, Pueblo, has been appointed a Pueblo CountyCourt Judge. He has been in private

ractirre and formerly served In the L b l o county district attorney's of-fice and as an assistant city attorney.

Everett I,, Cuskadm, jD'73, has been a pointed to a two~yearterm as per i'em judge for the First Circuit Lhstrict Court, Hono€du,Hawaii. H e has hen in private. practice there since 1978 aftex sming three years with the Office af the Af€orneyGen-

. .erd. h e Hart. Theodore J; Soja, JW48c

retired in J a n w y as Dmvm County Court Judge, af&r reaching manda*

r y retiwment He.had served the courf since 1979.

The Hone Morris E. .Cole, JDWf Iknver juvenile court.jud'e, has re-W h u s e of ~ I ~ S S .&8,d.served 17%years on the bench+

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Underthis pmgram the XRS assigns one C F ~its senior attorneys to be in residence at the host school, at the expense of the treasury department, to teach and engage in mseanzh d u ~ ing the period of the visit.

Increased scholarship support pm-vided by the Law Alumni Fund can be mmlated to the rise of the mean E A T (Law School Admission Test) SCOWS of the S C ~ O C I ~ ~ SfiGt-yea;rd a 5 ~ .

College and Fund officials reportthat the AIumni Merit Scholars Pro-gram ha5 gready assisted efforts to attract hghly qualified students. This s u ; m has h k dhe first-year &5s mean E A T over the Iast three years, to the 81 perrrentik natiionalIy+

"It is important that hw alumni h o w that 100 percent of dl Alumni Fund monies in ~xcessof expensesremains with the Alumni Merit Scholars Program at the College o€ Law," emphasized Fund CoCl-taip men James C.Owen, Jr., and Glen E+Keller, Jr..

''An outstanding student body, a facuky and innovat i v ~curricular pro-grams of national distinctiondeserve and encourage alumni 'support of a proud tradition' at our law school," they said.

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F d approval has hengiven to mow the College of Law horn a uarter to a semester academic s&e 1ule, The switch will be effective with the start of the 1990-91 sc.2001 year+

The change coincides with a com-prehensive curricular review cur-rently being conducted by the law faculty and administration. Under the semester system, law

school officials expect to ofkr stcr-dents greater opportunity for hdepth course wqk, adding several weeks between ea& mm,s opening weeks and the p~-&+rnrush. At the Same time the faculty remains committed to a curriculum offering focused dec-tives in k s ~traditional, spmializedsubjeds-nutably in international, tramportation and natura€RSOUTC~S law.

Semester schebuhgwrl[ aJlnw m m gencmus review and reading periodspreceding less crowded exam pe-r i d s . Semesters, offici& point out,alsu &er students more realistic o -portunities to complete meaningPul clinical and research uxtdertalungs.DU is o m of d y seven law schools

on the quarter system. ConformingDU to most other law schools' cal-endars generates substantial advan* tages in student recruitment and financial aid, and should make DU students more competitive in sum-mer clerking programs often g a r & to the predominant semester model.. The semester system also reduces many administrative tasks, such as re 'strationand examimtions.

%e change to a semester system will not c h g e tuition costs. Oificids are investigating a staggered-pay-ment tuition scheduk to ease stu-dents' cash flow concern5.

A study Of t h ~~UEU~WS-~O-S~ITES-ters at the LW schmi wits un-dertaken in 1978, and renewed bythe f ad ty two years ago.

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both factors help determine the qual-ity of kgd education+

Under a program initiated three years ago, first-year class enml.lment ha5 been l o w e ~ dat DU and by the fd of 1989 wil be limited to 290 students.

Amrdingly, the DU Iaw studgntbody, by design, has dropped hum 1,013 in 1986, to 950 last fall. The erojected total far the f d € of 1989 Js

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Is to incrrease the law faculty. DU has made quality faculty additions over the last three years and at least five fd1-time faculty members will be added this fall, representing hrther

Hartje, Roche Assume Dean Posts; Wallace Returns to Fulltime Teaching

Alumni Fund Scholarshipscm!inrred fmm pge ~ F Z P

The Law Alumni. Fund has made rp~ordp m p s s in h e last thnx years.Conbihtionsreached m a€. l -hehigh Of $326,114 in 1987-88,it 164 PeKent gain over 1984-85.

The number of donors has more than doubled in three years - from 798 to 1,704 - an increase fmm 14 pemnt to 27 percent in alumni papticipation +

"Our alumni haw responded to the need, they have proved i t can be done," Owen said. HEpraised the work of all involved for the suc-cesses.

Gods far the 1988-89Law Alumni Fund are $350,000 and 30 p~rcmt

participation (1,950 donors). Contri-butions currently total. $237,000(68 parent of gml)mhma total of $62 donors (4pemnt of gadj-

"As we move toward the success-fu€completion of this year's Law AI-umni Fund onJune30,we wiII strive to hmatsc the number of donors among the youngm classes,'' Kdlm said. "This will he€pbuild the base for future years."

The Fund G m m i H e members wiIl work to improve the giving oi ths yeafs Ranion Classes. Also, a sec-ond series of telefunds will be held in m.

DU::AlumniChief judges in 8 Colorado Districts . . ,

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1st: €3011.Gaspar F. Perricone, LLTY56; 3rd: Hnn. JPSSE C. Manzan-ares, JIY69; 7th: Hon. Jerry D-Lh-

mln, JD'63; 9th: Hen, Gavin D. Litwiller, jIY65; 10th: Hart. Richard D. Rnbb, JIY53; 11th: HOII. 0. Ed-ward Schlatter, JD'70; 37th: Hon. Philip E Roan, JD'64; 18th:Hon. JoyceC.Steifihardt, JIY68.

All but Judges Manzanares and Robb were mappointments.

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f i e national award is named for the distinguished jurist who served from 1924-51 as a judge with the US. Court of Appeals,2nd Judicial Dis-trict, It is OnIy the second time since it was established in 1964 h a t the award

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JewishCommittee is one a€the mun-try3 pioneer human relations orga-nizations. It works to combat bigotry, protect the civil; and religious rightsof J e w s here and abroad, and ad-vance the cause of hpmved human rehtions everywhen?.

Low was recognized fQr his lifelongdevotion io the highest principles of the legal profession and to the entire community.

Low a h gained uvic nxagnitiun earlier this year with his election as chairman d the Denvex Symphcy Association h a r d of truskes.

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Day Division, graduatingSpring. 1989 3.A. Rutgers University, summ cum hude, 1984 Day D~visionPresident of the Stu-

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started working when I was 26, and worked my way through Rutgers.I've never before had the €uxuryof king a fu€Itimestudent, and € want to make the most of it." Ms. Barbella says she chose the

University af Denver because she sought healthy competition, but not a t - t h a t C O I I I ~ & ~ ~ ~ O I I .She ~ Y S ,'DU has met my expectaiiorts."She entered law &tool. intending' . @ to concentrate on cornmenial lawr

but has been re-g that deb-sion. "I might prefer an area of law that touches people's lives more di-rectly,"Ms. Barbella describesherse€f prior to law schml as "a thinker, not a doer." She says, '?wing involved is the kf t M g that happcned to me here. I want always to participate in the comxxlunIty in which I € i w and workGd to hiake:a difference in peopIe's €.ive&.;:.:I ;:8tubying law..:am muse ;m&e!;th + ,Iit 1,~~

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JOHN A.DeSISTO Age: 29 EvEnirrg mvbiorl, graduatingSpring,1989 B.S.University of UM, mgm cum hvrie, 2981 M.5, University uf Utah, 1985

A geophysicist, John DeSisto worked fxUtime for the Chevron Cord paration during his b t €Woyemof haw school, attendingevening classes and ranking first In his class. Studying law, he says, repmsentsboth a Lxl-eerhngand an in&llectu.ai decision; law cl€fers the op artunity to do warK that he expects to be more challenging and rewarding. He adds that his first two yeas of study have proved him right. Originally inter-ested in natural ~ s o u m slaw, he now aims at a commercial business practice or mrnrnmial litigation as a specialty.In the summer of 1988he resigned

from Chevron to accept a summer a~~ociafe'sposition with KdcIand & I3.h.sin Denver, an offer made duringthe fall recruitment interviews o r p niaed the Offie of CEUIX~ SET-v i e s . He intends bm t h u e clerking as he accelerates what would have k e n a hur-year pmgram and grad-uates a year ahead of his originals€hedule. Mr. DeSisto is married and the

father of three children.

DAVID M.FURMAN Age; 28 Day I)lvIsion, gradua- Spring, 1989 B.A. Wheaton College, 1982

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who managed one of the largest and most diverse Traffic Management Of-ficesin. thp Strategc Air Command.

Concerned about: such condiipns as the under-rPhsen-tation of mil?;i;rity women in and b+our legal institu- tions, she S+I s she undertook the study of law rmm a desire to interact with people in-social systems and brin about change+She'expects to do tais as a litigator and chose to attend DU bemuse of i ts outstitndingMgatiun p m . she has taken partin two Moot Court competitions, and is President of the Black Law Student Association and I3ea-iof &Ita Theta Phi legal fmternity+

Ms. Til,lerylives in Colorado Springswith her.husband, a Commander at the U.S. Air Forre Academy, and her eight-yeafold daughter. She alter-nates ktwmm m u ~ gthe &d e s €0tlw law camps and keeping a donnitmy room to deviate the bur-den of d d y travel.

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