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From the DeanDean Daniel O. Bernstine

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Ruder to Chair Law School Fund-Raising Campaign

Alumni Expand Use of Library Servicess. Blair Kauffman, LawLibrarian

1991 Report of the Board of Visitors

Law Professors Take Time to Teach UndergradsTimothy R.Verhoff

Featured Alumni: James T. Barry, Jr. ('59) and Eric Dahlstrom ('76)Timothy R.Verhoff

The War on Crime: Can We Afford It?A Talk by Professor Frank J. Remington ('49)

Carmen Stanfield

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In Memoriam: Warren Lehman, Emeritus Professor

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Since becoming dean in August of 1990 I have trav-eled tens of thousands of miles and attended scores ofalumni activities and events. I cannot think of onethat I did not enjoy, particularly the fine fellow alum-ni I have met across the country. With all that behindme you might find it curious that I would choose tolead off this column by highlighting one such event.

alumni and volunteered his home for a dinner. On theevening we flew in, Ken picked us up at the airport,gave us a quick tour of the city, and took us to Tom'shouse.

By the appointed hour, seven alumni (more than one-third of all our alumni in the area), several spouses,and Tom's wife Callie as well as his four-month-olddaughter were gathered for a delightful dinner and aspirited discussion of our School. There was some-thing special about the atmosphere of the event. Withcoats off, ties loosened, and seated on hassocks androcking chairs, perhaps it was easier to see ourselves aspart of one, big family with all the mutual responsibil-ities and mutual benefits.

In addition to publicly thanking Tom and Ken, Iplan to encourage this type of event in locationswhere we do not have huge numbers of alumni. Ofcourse, if you live in the Chicago area and want tovolunteer your home for a dinner of 500, let me know.

Dean Daniel 0 Bernstine

In January Chris Richards, Ed Reisner and I flew toHouston for an alumni dinner, but a dinner with a dif-ference. For the first time in our collective memoriesthe event would take place in a private home. Thedinner was primarily arranged by Ken McNeil ('81),who practices with Susman Godfrey in Houston. Kenis a relatively new member of the School's Board ofVisitors and a tireless promoter of the School. Early inthe preparations, Ken's partner, Tom Paterson ('84)learned that we planned to gather our Houston-area

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Dean Bernstine, Governor Tommy Thompson and UW System President Katharine Lyall conferon building plans.

I'm not picky about themenu and I really enjoy talk-ing with fellow graduatesabout our schooL

And now for somethingcompletely different: there isnews to report from thebuilding front. A few issuesback we showed you a fewscenes from around the build-ing, illustrating our efforts toupgrade the facility. Thoseefforts have continued underthe guidance of Prof. HowardErlanger ('81). Carpeting hasnow been added to the firstfloor hallway, the stage areasin the larger lecture halls andseveral smaller class rooms.Walls have been paintedthroughout most of the build-ing and then brightened by acollection of prints, postersand other art work. Thechange is tremendous and, Ithink, welcomed by faculty,students and staff who spend so much time in what wasa rather institutional setting.

At the same time, we continue to move ahead onthe major building addition and remodeling project.Discussions with state officials have hopefully reachedan agreement on the scope of the project and weexpect to have an architectual team at work by latespring. Final cost and the amount of alumni funds nec-essary are still to be determined but we do expect atleast the funds necessary to upgrade from "base level"to the level we believe is consistent with a "top 20",national law school.

This fall Governor Tommy Thompson ('65), Secre-tary of Administration Jim Klauser ('64), acting UWPresident Katharine Lyall and other top administratorsvisited the Law building to see for themselves evidence

of our serious overcrowding and technical obsoles-cence. The tour was arranged by the University to givestate officials a better perspective when consideringthis campus's building requests.

Finally, we have just completed another admissionsseason - and set yet another record. As recently as1986 we had just 1385 applications for 285 seats in the

first-year class. For the Class of 1995,2949 are compet-ing for the same number of seats, more than doublingin the last six years. While we can be proud of the greatqualifications of our applicants such numbers obviouslycreate great problems, not the least of which is the dis-appointment to the applicants and their families whenwe inevitably have to reject huge numbers of talentedand motivated prospective students.

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nity to support the School and work withhis fellow graduates to meet the goal. Hecommented, "Fund-raising is extremelydifficult. It's hard to ask others to givemoney, but the results are so rewardingthat the process is one that can be under-taken with verve and enthusiasm. Someparts are more fun than others, but foreveryone involved it is an excellentopportunity to talk to old friends andshare memories."

Mr. Ruder's professional achievementsare a credit to the Law School. As SECChairman, he helped improve enforce-ment actions against Drexel BurnhamLambert, Michael Milken, and others, andwas active in promoting cooperative inter-national securities regulation. His teachingand scholarly activities fall into broadareas of corporate and securities lawreflecting his wide ranging interests. AsDean of Northwestern University Schoolof Law, he enhanced faculty qualitythrough active recruitment activities, guid-ed construction of a major addition to thelaw school building, and was instrumentalin persuading the American Bar Associa-tion and the American Bar Foundation tomove their headquarters to the Northwest-ern law campus. His law practice at Baker& McKenzie extends over a wide range ofdomestic and international corporate andsecurities matters.

public service. A Professor ofLaw at Northwestern UniversitySchool of Law, he was Dean ofthat School from 1977 to 1985.From 1987 to 1989 he served asChairman of the U.S. Securities

and Exchange Commission. He is also cur-rently a partner in the firm of Baker &McKenzie, an international firm with nineoffices in the United States and 41 officesin other countries.

A member of the Illinois and Wisconsinbars, he received his bachelor's degree, cumlaude, from Williams College in 1951 and hislaw degree with honors from the Universityof Wisconsin in 1957, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Reflecting on hiseducation at the Law School, he notes, "TheLaw School's contributions to my career wasto aid me in the development of processesfor ordering thought. The School's training inanalysis and conceptual thinking has beeninvaluable."

Mr. Ruder is known for his successfulfund-raising. While he was Dean of theNorthwestern University School of Law, hehelped to raise more than $25 million foruse in construction of a major addition tothe law school building. He will bring thatvaluable experience with him to thisproject.

Although the Law School fund-raisingeffort is a tremendous undertaking, Mr.Ruder is looking forward to this opportu-

avid S. Ruder ('57) has agreed tolead the Law School's effort in theCampaign for Wisconsin. "I believe

we have an inherent obligation to supportthe academic institutions that educated us.If the Law School is to meet its goals forexcellence, those of us who have benefit-ted from the School must provide privatefinancing."

The Law School's goal as part of the$400 million Campaign for Wisconsin(CFW) is to raise between $8 and $10 mil-lion. Approximately $3.5 million will beused by the Law School to support facultyresearch, student projects (such asresearch fellowships and a loan forgive-ness program for graduates acceptingpublic service positions), and a libraryendowment. An additional amount still tobe determined will be used to fund amajor building addition and renovation.

The Law School competes against agroup of fine law schools who are fundedboth publicly and privately. "In order tosucceed, the Law School must augmentstate funds with private financing," Rudernoted.

Mr. Ruder has enjoyed a distinguishedcareer in academia, private practice and

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S. BLAIR KAUFFMANThe U.W. Law Library's substantial bookand journal collections, online servicesand expert librarians now support thelegal research needs of a growing numberof Wisconsin alumni, including thoseunable to personally visit the Madisoncampus, through the Library's new out-reach program, dubbed OUTLAW. TheOUTLAW program was launched last yearto provide Wisconsin Law School gradu-ates with a quick, easy and economicalmethod for gaining access to legal infor-mation available at the U.W. Law Library,whether in print or online. During its firstyear of operation, this program respondedto nearly 600 requests, by searchingonline databases, lending books, and pho-tocopying or faxing over 12,000 pages oflibrary materials to alumni throughout thecountry, from northern Wisconsin, Mil-waukee and Chicago to Virginia, Col-orado, and California.

The OUTLAW program wasannounced in January, 1991, with themailing of a brochure and cover letter toall Wisconsin Law School alumni. Theprogram is described as an attempt tomake the vast resources and expertise ofthe U.W. Law Library available to Wiscon-sin graduates anywhere. This is basically adocument delivery service - not aresearch service - designed to deliverrequested print or online documents tousers, by either fax or mail. Referencelibrarians are available seven days a weekto answer OUTLAW requests, by search-ing the nearly 400,000 volume collectionof the U.W. Law Library or a wide array of

online and CD-ROM databases. Specialcommercial contracts were entered intowith Mead Data Central and West Publish-ing Company to permit our librarians tosearch LEXIS,NEXIS and WESTLAW forthose outside the immediate Law Schoolcommunity; the database searching exper-tise of our law librarians assures users ofefficient, low-cost access to online infor-mation.

While fee-based services, such as pho-tocopying and interlibrary loan, have been

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available from the U.W. Law Library forsome time, with the exception perhaps ofthe Criminal Justice Center, these serviceswere not widely promoted and benefitedonly a small number of Wisconsin alumni.Further, the growing importance of onlinedatabases for the retrieval of legal infor-mation created the need for additionallibrary services, which could not beoffered without a charge.

The fees associated with the OUTLAWprogram are intentionally low, because

Outreach Librarian, Cheryl O'Connor

Online document retrieval onLEXISor WESTLAW $25 plus actual

search charge

the program is designed primarily as anoutreach service - not as a profit center.We will be quite pleased if the incomefrom this program is sufficient to pay thedirect costs of running it: our major pur-pose is to provide our practicing alumniand others with quick, low-cost access tolegal information, which might not other-wise be available to them. We believe thisimproved service to our users also willbenefit the Library, in the long run, Thus,current fees for OUTLAW's more popularservices are:

information services. A recent article on"The Cost of Information," appearing inINFOWORLD (Aug. 5, 1991), noted, "Itused to be that large companies couldhave all the information they needed bysending as many people as possible to thelibrary." Now smaller companies can haveaccess to the same information by usinginformation brokers and online services,The purpose of OUTLAW is to offer simi-lar benefits to Wisconsin alumni, by pro-viding graduates everywhere with anopportunity for continuing access to oneof the best law libraries in the world.

If you would like to know more aboutOUTLAW, feel free to write or call theU.W. Law Library at (608) 262-3394. Wewould be happy to answer your questionsor mail you a brochure and fee schedule.Remember OUTLAW the next time youneed legal materials.

Additionally, a salestax is collected onphotocopy and faxservices provided toWisconsin residents.

The positiveresponse receivedfrom OUTLAW usersover its first year ofoperation indicatesthat the program isquickly living up toits promises. Forexample, Jane HazenGD 1976) is a solopractitioner in Fair-play, Colorado. Sheuses the OUTLAWservice to obtaincopies of urgentlyneeded researchmaterials and toavoid making extratrips to a library. Ini-tially, Jane tossed theOUTLAW brochure ina desk drawer, butseveral weeks later

she decided to give it a try and has been aloyal user ever since. Similarly, KevinDemet GD 1989) uses the OUTLAW ser-vice to supplement his legal researchneeds as corporate counsel at Federal LifeInsurance Company, in Riverwoods, Illi-nois (aChicago suburb). While FederalLife has a small law library, Kevin oftenencounters citations to opinions and arti-cles not held in their collection. He nowregularly uses OUTLAW to fill this gapand obtain copies of whatever legal mate-rials he needs. Kevin says he was bothsurprised and delighted to learn that theU.W, Law Library was willing to provide afull range of document delivery servicesthrough OUTLAW.

Jane Hazen, Kevin Demet and hun-dreds of other practicing alumni are con-vinced that OUTLAW services save themtime and enable them to provide higherquality legal services. They have joined agrowing cadre of successful businessexecutives who have learned how to levelthe playing field by effectively utilizing

$4 per citationplus $,20 per page

$4 per citationplus $.50 per page

$4 per loanInterlibrary loans

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helpful relationship between the Law Schooland the University of Wisconsin Law Alumnion all matters of mutual interest including LawSchool facilities, curriculum, placement,

admission and public relations of the School and theBar." Over the two days we were at the School, our pro-grams and conversations addressed most of those issuesas well as some not contemplated when this Board wasformed in 1957.

We wish to thank the School and its faculty, staffand students for contributing to our Visit. The opennessof all interested parties lead to a productive Visit and, inthe end, should make our report useful in guiding theSchool and the administration toward maintaining ournational reputation for excellence.

CURRICULLT1'l] REFORl\:! fJ\D U\)NOVATION

Professor John Kidwell, the chairman of a faculty committeecharged with reviewing curriculum and suggesting desiredchanges reported to us on the efforts of this committee. Someyears ago, when significant budget reductions were being consid-ered by the University, a committee began reviewing whatresources were allocated to instruction. This study continueswith Professor Kidwell's committee. So far the committee hascompiled a bibliography of curriculum materials and created adatabase of all credits earned by students during the last sixyears. From this database it is possible to discover exactly whatreliance has been placed on lecturers, which faculty membersare doing "overloads," and other important information.

Professor William Clune reportedly defines curriculum as"what the students take." The committee, however, feels thatwhat is taught is a faculty decision requiring the input of stu-dents and alumni. When the broad outline of a curriculum isagreed upon, there are still questions of how courses can betaught. During our Visit we were to learn about clinics, simula-tions, seminars, small sections and computer-assisted learning assome of the alternatives to traditional large lecture classes.

In addition to obvious budgetary constraints on what can

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be taught, it should be noted that our building also restrictswhat can be taught and how. Most faculty might prefer smallerclasses to allow more intensive teaching methods. The building,however, contains a limited number of small classrooms andeven fewer that could accommodate alternative teachingarrangements.

Professor Kidwell also reported that, in the past, the LawSchool did emphasize substantive courses perhaps at theexpense of courses in newly-evolving areas. Even when theSchool wants to offer a new course, there is often a lag whilematerials are developed and a faculty member is recruited ortrained to teach in the new area.

Ralph Cagle, a practicing lawyer, has been recruited as thedirector of the General Practice Course. He explained to us howthis program has evolved. It began as the Summer ProblemsCourse, an alternative to office practice to fulfill the diplomaprivilege. In the mid-1960s, Stuart Gullickson rebuilt thecourse, emphasizing Wisconsin practice methods. The Courseused teams of practicing lawyers to lecture, demonstrate and cri-tique student performances in eleven areas of practice.

During this year the Course is undergoing significantredesign. Teachers will continue to be drawn from the practicingbar, but the focus now are lawyering skills rather than practicetasks. For example: in the past the course spent five days doing afull probate, including filling out all the forms. In the new for-mat, students will conduct a two-day, informal probate and willinterview the widow, draft a fairly complicated will and maritalproperty agreement, interview witnesses and learn the methodslawyers use to continue their education. A new Skills Week willemphasize performing a series of legal skills in a single case file(including drafting, negotiating, arguing a motion and confer-ring with a client). Other possible changes include the additionof legislative and administrative law sections. Importantly, Mr.Cagle has placed new emphasis throughout the course on ethicsand legal practice management techniques.

We commend the efforts and heartily recommend theCourse not only to those intending to practice in Wisconsin(perhaps necessary because of the limitation to 64 students) but

to all students who will face the growing problems of law practicein their careers.

Professor Frank Tuerkheimer reported to us on his two-semesterTrial and Appellate Advocacy sequence. He indicated that hisstudents commit for the full year. They begin the course withsome exercises designed to prepare them for a trial. Before thefirst semester is over the students, in teams of two, try a case withProfessor Tuerkheimer acting as judge. A transcript of that trial isprepared and made available for the students in the secondsemester. This enables the students to practice the importantappellate advocacy functions of mastering the record, extractingusefully and fairly from it, and writing a lengthy statement offacts based on it. It also teaches them the difference betweenerror and prejudicial error and the importance of making a recordto show prejudice. In the second semester, students write briefsand do oral arguments. Because of the existence of the record,the process is both more realistic and more educational.

We also commend this effort. We see that similar innova-tions could be applied in a number of curricular areas withoutnecessarily requiring a two-semester format. We also note againthat this course is understandably limited to 20 students and thatwholesale application to the law curriculum would be impossibledue to space and budget constraints.

Professor Carin Clauss reported to us methods she has employedas alternatives to issue-spotting exams. She indicated, and weagree, that such exams are not always a good method of evaluat-ing student learning. Professor Clauss has offered students a num-ber of alternatives, including a brief (one to three drafts), an oralargument, or a written response to a court ruling in the form of a

The old Reading Room in the Law Library

settlement agreement or a new policy. In addition to permittingthe incorporation of skills-training in a substantive course, it alsopermits the teaching of controversial subjects since students mustadopt the tole of advocates for both sides. Professor Clauss hasalso incorporated a variety of analytic techniques into instructionin complex litigation, including: statistics and economics, scien-tific techniques, and the use of historians and psychologists. Herstudents must prepare a trial plan for the use of expert testimony,locate the expert, and prepare him or her for trial,

Professor Clauss also serves as the faculty advisor for the LawSchool's Moot Court program. She noted that last year theSchool fielded teams in 10 national competitions, involving 55students. An additional 40 students competed in an intramuralcompetition. More students were involved as members of theMoot Court Board. All of these students learned about litigationand had an opportunity to enhance their writing skills.

We were pleased to learn that our Law School's teams had ahigh degree of success in Moot Court. In the ten national compe-titions seven of our teams won and four placed second. Weencourage the School to continue fostering this ptogram andcongratulate the students for their efforts.

On Monday morning Visitors joined students in most of thetwenty classes offered. While we hesitate to compliment or con-demn individual faculty members because we see such a limitedslice of instruction we will note that we were generally pleasedwith the quality of instruction and level of student performance.Some Visitors questioned whether the late arrival of some stu-dents detracted from the educational opportunity. Students are,after all, no more than three years away from being lawyers. Aslawyers they will have to learn that being late is not a matter ofdiscourtesy, rather it is a potential instance of malpractice. Whilewe would not resurrect Professor Herbert Page as a tole model for

our faculty, we do encourage the development of amore professional attitude in both the faculty and thestudent body.

Placement: In the market of today it is not surprisingthat students expressed concern over their perceivedability to find employment after graduation. In thelong run all efforts to enhance the School's reputationwill improve placement success. In the short run, how-ever, there may be some immediate changes andimprovements to help current students. We appreciatethe Dean's commitment to making these improve-ments. He reported to us his intention to reallocatesome job responsibilities that will increase the timethe Placement Director will have available for stu-dents and employers. We also commend the use of

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money generated by the on-campus interview fees to acquireresources to assist students. We understand, however, that in adeclining market, these funds will not be as abundant as theymight be and that some employers may not interview at ourSchool because of the fees.

We specifically suggest that efforts at teaching interviewskills be improved. Students need to know where to learn aboutemployers who will interview, what to say and how to conductthemselves. Some students appear to have too "laid-back" an atti-tude about potential employers.

We also recommend that methods be employed to force stu-dents into realistic career planning. One method that could beemployed is a required, short interview of first year students as acondition of interviewing during the second and third year.Another approach, albeit more costly, would be a 3-6 hourmandatory career planning course that would be taken by first-year students.

While no law school can guarantee a job for each graduate,nor can it force employers to consider its students, we can domore to prepare our students for the market they will soon face.

Scheduling: Students repeated their concerns that importantcourses were not regularly offered. The Curriculum study notedabove may prove that at least some of these concerns are false.But, to the extent that they are not and that they are curablewith some reallocation of talent and resources, we hope that stu-dents will be able to take the courses they need.

Training New Teachers: We encourage the School to contin-ue and increase its efforts to insure that all new teachers haveavailable and take advantage of opportunities to ensure basicteaching skills. This is particularly important where new faculty isrecruited to replace senior, experienced faculty. We are not awareof any particular problems in this area but feel that attention iswarranted in order to avoid such problems.

Students With Special Needs: Alan Post, the chairman oflast year's Visit, continues to meet with students, faculty and staffinvolved with providing educational services to students withspecial needs. We encourage all parties to make all reasonableaccommodations to the end that everyone in the law communityhas the best opportunity of education, instruction and service.

As mentioned above, Dean Bernstine secured the approval fromthe Board of Directors of the Alumni Association to reallocatethe duties of the Assistant Dean for Development and Place-ment. In so doing, the Alumni Association will gain a part-timeassistant, gain a number of hours for alumni work, and retain EdReisner's services for some of its activities. At the same time,Dean Reisner will have more time available for his duties in theOffice of Career Services. We think this is most important in themarket that has developed in the last 18 months. Dean Bernstineshould be credited with this innovative solution.

We also find that, as the necessity of private fund raising by

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the Dean increases, it becomes more difficult for him to conductthe other business of the School. While he does have an Associ-ate Dean to act in his behalf when he is out raising money for theSchool, that Associate Dean is himself only part-time. We con-clude that the Dean needs a "chief of staff' to assist him. Welearned from the Provost that Dean Bemstine has had discussionsconcerning the creation and funding of an additional AssociateDean position. We most heartily support this decision and recom-mend that the University administration do whatever it can toaccomplish this change.

Our meeting on Monday with Provost David Ward (whoappeared in place of Chancellor Shalala who was in Washington)was most instructive. We discussed the place of the Law Schoolin terms of the University's budget priorities. Many of us wereshocked to learn that our "public" University is now no morethan a "publicly assisted" University. We were told that only 28%of the University's budget now comes from state funds, another11% from student tuition. The remainder must be derived fromprogram revenues (like our on-campus interview fee), endow-ments and gifts, and federal grants and contracts. The Provostnoted that law and business have been treated better in recentbudgets than the rest of the University. The administration iscommitted to excellent professional schools as a complement to aworld-class research university.

It is obvious to us that money is tight all over the University.It is equally obvious that the Law School and the rest of the Uni-versity will have an increasing reliance on funds raised through

Submitted by: Frank L. Bixby, Chairman

The University of Wisconsin Law School has a reputation of"doing more with less" than most other law schools. In the shorttime we were on campus we saw evidence that great things areunderway there. We do not want to wonder, in future years, aboutwhat could have happened if only the School had the resourcesto exploit its talents and abilities.

While we find the School to be a healthy amalgam we com-mit ourselves to its improvement and invite all other alumni tojoin us in this crusade.

William RieserS. Kinnie Smith, Jr.Susan SteingassRandolph StoneC. Thomas SylkeMary TraverG. Lane WareLoretta WebsterPeter WeilArnold WeissRebecca YoungAndrew Zafis

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Joel HirschhornHarold JordanE. Ann KernsJohn Kramer, Jr.Edward LevineBruce LoringEd Manydeeds IIIRichard McNeilKenneth McNeilJ. Paul MorrowPeter PappasEdward PronleyMel Reddick

Adopted: 17 January 1992

we cannot proceed without an infusion of private funds. We seethis as a bad precedent for colleges and schools that do not haveour base of support but we express our willingness to do whateverwe can to remedy the problems the Law School faces because ofits building.

Provost Ward indicated that, after a period with little newconstruction on campus, he expects eight new buildings to beconstructed in the next few years. He suggests that our project isfairly small compared to these projects. We hope that we are nottoo small to be seen as a serious need.

Steven R. AllenLinda BalisleJames BarryThomas BauchBarbara BurbachIrving GainesJeffrey GershmanMartha GibbsDaniel GoelzerAaron GoodsteinLaurence Gram, Jr.David Hase

For almost a decade the Visitors have been following the tortuouspath of the much-needed building addition. While some of usmay have reservations about the faculty decision to remain onBascom Hill rather than go for a new facility in some other loca-tion, it is apparent to us that the current plan is the only onewith a reasonable chance of succeeding in the foreseeable future.

For that reason we are concerned with what we hope is onlya temporary delay. We hope that at its next meeting the StateBuilding Commission will release the planning funds that havebeen legislatively authorized and that the building addition andremodeling move forward.

During our meetings we had the opportunity to view the cur-rent facility's deficiencies first hand as well as in photographiccontrast with what we believe the building plan will accomplish.We saw features in other law schools that we hope to emulateand even improve upon. Most importantly we learned how thecurrent inadequacies limit our ability to deliver quality instruc-tion to our students, place us at a disadvantage in recruiting out-standing faculty, and restrict our ability to compete for researchgrants and contracts that are important to the overall fiscal wel-fare of the School.

The building plan, which will add about one-third to ouravailable space and significantly remodel and improve existingspace, is critical to our position in legal education. In light of ourconversations with the Provost, we are willingly to concede that

contracts and gifts. What may not have been obvious before thismeeting is the acceptance of the University of the need toreplace tax support with private support. This change emphasizesthe critical importance of professional fund raising on behalf ofthe Law School.

We also discussed with the Provost the proposal to add atleast a half-time Associate Dean. We learned that the Provostand the Dean have had an on-going series of discussion alongthese lines. The Provost repeated his concerns that there are nofunds currently available to allocate for this purpose, but alsoindicated that some help might be forthcoming after completionof the strategic re-evaluation. We believe that this is an impor-tant improvement for the Law School in light of our growingdependence on private fund raising. The Dean is doing an excel-lent job, particularly in fund raising, and should not be ham-strung by administrative details

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Associate Dean Gerald Thain instructs undergraduate students.

TIMOTHY R. VERHOFF

For the past two years, LawSchool Associate Dean Ger-ald Thain and seven otherlaw school professors havebeen teaching law to stu-dents who have never eventaken the LSATexam.

The class, Law in Action,is an innovative approachthat involves law professorsvolunteering to teach under-graduates. The three-creditcourse, run through theDepartment of Sociology, isoffered to about 65 studentseach year. The class consistsof seven two-week mod-ules. Topics include theimpact of tax policy onAmerican society, legal reg-ulation of commercialadvertising, legal responsesto employment discrimina-tion, controlling conductthrough criminal justice, therole of the jury in the adminis-tration of criminal law, consti-tutional structure and the separation ofpowers, and Watergate.

According to Thain, several membersof the law faculty had been discussingways to further undergraduate educationwhen Law School Professor FrankTuerkheimer came up with the idea."Frank thought up the idea and generatedour enthusiasm. We talked to others onthe law faculty to see if there was enough

interest. Then we got in touch with JackLadinsky," Thain noted.

Ladinsky, who has an appointment asa professor of law as well as a professorof sociology, took up the tasks of coordi-nator and liaison between the UW-LawSchool and the University.

"We originally talked about a variety ofoptions," Ladinsky said. "One option wasto offer a seminar for undergraduates incivil rights law. We wanted to get started

quickly, and there was no single facultymember who could commit to teachingthe course for a whole semester." Aftermuch debating, the group came up withthe current format.

Although both Thain and Ladinskyadmit that many of the students enrolledin the class are prospective law students,Thain insists that helping students get ajump on law school is not the fundamen-tal aim of the course. "There are people

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who are interested in getting a leg up andseeing what law school is like by takingthe course, but we try to emphasize fromthe beginning that the goal of the courseis to provide a basic understanding of lawin operation. It is designed like a coursesuch as Physics for Poets."

However, this class and most law class-es do have one thing in common: empha-sis on student participation. "There is aneffort to get the class involved. We try toget the students to raise their hands andparticipate. But if they don't, we have aseating chart, and we call on them," Thainsaid.

Whether the course is designed forprospective law students or not, the gen-eral response has been overwhelming.Many students described it as one of thebest they had taken at UW. "I've had kidscome into my office and ask if we aregoing to offer the class again. I've alreadyseen follow-up consequences of thecourse. Some of the students who take theclass during their junior year pick one ofthe course's themes as the topic of theirsenior thesis," Ladinsky reported.

But Law in Action has not been with-out problems. Some students cite the lackof depth in each topic as a concern. ButLadinsky says that the faculty is doing thebest they can. "We are aware of the stu-dent concerns and recommendations. Weare faced with the difficulty of making thatoperative. We could decrease the numberof topics and increase the amount of time,

but my guess is that even if we added aweek, the students would still recommendmore depth. We have a format that works.It reduces pressure on any single facultymember, and it exposes students to a vari-ety of topics."

Thain noted a second problem as well."You have to avoid getting overly techni-cal," he said. But he agreed that theinstructors usually try to get down to thebasics. "The emphasis is on policy issues.We try to explain how a process becomesinvolved in determining policy. For exam-ple, what is the difference between crimi-nal prosecution for false advertising orhaving disputes resolved by private litiga-tion as opposed to an administrativeprocess."

For many undergraduates, taking acourse taught by law professors can be, tosay the least, intimidating. But accordingto Ladinsky much of the student anxietyhas virtually disappeared since the firsttime the class was offered. "The grapevineeffect has taken some of that edge off.These kids know from other students thatthis course is not intimidating. It'senjoyable."

So, what do the students think of theirprofessors? "My general sense is that thestudents idolize the faculty," Ladinskysaid. "Even topics that are really deadly,like tax, are made alive. I think part of it isthat just being able to take a Law School-type course makes them feel so specialthat their attention is grabbed," he

continued.Law professors who have taught this

course, in addition to Thain andTuerkheimer, are Chuck Irish, LarryChurch, Herman Goldstein, Carin Clauss,Steve Herzberg and Arlen Christenson.

Law in Action will be offered at UWagain during the spring semester. Thecourse will run as it has before, with afew exceptions. Due to conflicts, some ofthe faculty will not return to the line-upagain this year. However, others will taketheir place and new topics will bearranged.

One thing Ladinsky would like to workon this year is cutting some of the redtape that has hindered the course in thepast. "It is my hope that we can solvesome of the administrative problems thatplagued us the first two offerings. Thereare dilemmas by virtue of the separationof professional schools like law from theundergraduate curriculum. The first timewe offered it, I ran into endless problemsjust listing it in the timetable," he said.

Law in Action is a rare course at UW. Itoffers undergrads a chance to tasteinstruction at the post graduate level. Andit allows professional school professors achance to enhance undergraduate educa-tion. And both Thain and Ladinsky areaiming to keep it thundering down theright track. "I consider this a wonderfulopportunity for the university to bring thiskind of teaching to undergraduates,"Ladinsky said. "It really works."

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TIMOTHY R.VERHOFFContrary to popularbelief, you do notneed to have a mas-ters degree in busi-ness in order to besuccessful in the busi-ness world. proofcomes in the form ofJames T. Barry, Jr. aMilwaukee nativewho blossomed intoone of that city's topreal estate brokers.After attending theUniversity of NotreDame and majoring infinance, he opted forlaw school instead ofpursuing a businessdegree.

Going to lawschool was an unex-pected twist in Barry'slife. His interest wassparked after some ofhis friends applied fora practice booklet forthe law schoolentrance exam. "Iread through it andliked the kinds of questions they asked. Ithought, 'What the heck, if they are takingit, I will too.' I got a really good score onthe test, so the University gave me a fel-lowship to be a housefellow," Barryrecalled.

JAMES T. BARRY JR. ('59)

After a few months of law school,Barry realized that the legal professionwas not for him. "Law school confirmedthat I did not want to practice law. Yet, Ifound law school a fascinating mentalarena," he said. Barry continued his legal

education, graduatingin 1959.

Barry, whose fatherwas a real estate bro-ker, decided that realestate was the careerfor him. "I was li-censed as a real estatebroker between myjunior and senior yearsof college. The wholetime I was in lawschool, I had realestate lingering in mymind," Barry noted.

Following in hisfather's footsteps,Barry entered the realestate profession. Hestarted with his father,who had an interestingemployee relationshipwith The First Wiscon-sin National Bank. Inaddition to being anemployee, the elderBarry could do hisown real estate dealsas James T. Barry,Company provided heshared commissionswith the bank. ButBarry, the son, acted

as an independent contractor broker.Barry's first deal, the selling of Crest-

wood Bakery, involved knowledge heacquired directly in Law School. Heremembered details that he learned from

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Professor Ray Brown's tax course, andsearched his notes and textbook to findthe information that related to the deal."Sure enough, I came to the particular sec-tion of the Internal Revenue Code andfound the tax loophole I was looking for,"he said. "If I had not had that course,there was no way on earth that I wouldhave recalled the loophole that enabledme to sell the bakery as an investmentproperty."

In 1963 Barry's father retired from thebank. So, the younger Barry created theJames T. Barry Co., Inc., a commercial,industrial, investment real estate firm.

Although Barry did not want tobecome a conventional lawyer, he doesnot regret getting a law degree instead ofa masters degree in business. Instead,Barry insists that he uses his legal trainingdaily. "There is no way that an M.B.A.could have done for my mind what thelaw degree has done. I use my legal train-ing every day, but it is more the thinkingprocess than the specifics. I do use thespecifics, too, in terms of any legal con-tract I enter into," he said.

As the chief executive officer of hiscompany, Barry insists that the mark of asuccessful real estate broker is someonewho is willing to become personallyinvolved in deals and transactions. "Youhave to get into the trenches. I do both[act as C.E.O. and act as a broker]," hesaid. Barry also contends that excellence

as a broker comes from honing severalqualities on a regular basis, such as mar-ket knowledge, memory skills, and under-standing how one situation affects anoth-er. "You have to be able to understandrelationships such as if 'X' occurs, whatkind of roll-off situations will occur."

Barry noted the greatest change in thereal estate business over the years is that ithas become more legalistic. "It is a veryrare transaction that occurs without eitherlawyers having involvement or withoutlegal implications," he said. Barry alsomentioned that there have been anincreased number of real estate brokersentering the profession with a mastersdegree in business. "When I started in thebusiness, people were coming in with, atthe very most, a college degree. Over theyears, the percentage of people cominginto the business with an M.B.A. hasincreased significantly. The number ofpeople coming into the business with lawdegrees has also increased, but not assignificantly."

Barry contends that his interest in realestate is stoked because it is an everchanging field. "The surprises make thebusiness fascinating. It keeps me alert," hesaid. However, one problem Barry finds inreal estate is that people who know littleabout it, try to get involved in the deals.Barry contends lawyers occasionally takecontrol of a transaction when they shouldnot get involved. "They make some busi-

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ness or economic decision in which theymay not be knowledgeable. When theydo that, they are really hurting theirclient," Barry lamented. Moreover, Barrydoes not like it when an owner orprospect wants to work a deal in a specialway. In reality, it only wastes their timeand ours," Barry said.

Although he loves the real estate busi-ness, Barry said there is room forimprovement, particularly in the area ofland use controls. Barry would like tofocus on environmental concerns andoptimizing land use in clustered areassuch as downtown Milwaukee. "I wouldrevamp the protection of the environmentand the way people live."

Outside of the business world, Barryhas engaged himself in both family lifeand community events. Barry belongs toseveral Milwaukee social and athleticclubs. He is a Rotarian and sits on theadvisory committee to the Chicago TitleCompany. "I'm also on the advisory boardto the College of Arts and Letters at theUniversity of Notre Dame," he said. Barryhas four children and enjoys sailing, ten-nis, golf, and traveling.

After a lifetime of putting together awhole lot of real estate transactions whereboth buyers and sellers came out as win-ners, Barry can't imagine doing anythingelse. "I plan to stay in real estate until theday I die," he said.

TIMOTHY R.VERHOFF

Most people just swearwhen they are fed upwith federal politics. NotEric Dahlstrom. After fin-ishing law school, hedecided he'd had enoughwith this nation. And hedecided to work withpeople from a differentnation.

In fact, the 1976 LawSchool graduate just fin-ished his term as DeputyAttorney General for thatnation: the NavajoNation.

Dahlstrom's careerambitions hit early in hiscollege career. Whilestudying political scienceat Beloit College, heinterned at the office ofIndian Education inWashington, D.C. It wasthere he realized hisdesire to attend lawschool. Moreover, he recognized hisyearning to work with Native Americans.

"It appealed to me largely because ofthe political environment in 1970. TheUnited States had just invaded Cambodia.It was the pinnacle of the antiwar move-ment. Working with Indians appealed tome because Native American politics wasnot interrelated with any of that," he said.

After law school, Dahlstrom snatched

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up his first job with the DNA-People'sLegal Services, the largest Indian legal ser-vices program in the United States. Theorganization, originally referred to by itsNavajo name, Dinebeiina Nahiilna Be Aga-ditahe, meaning "attorneys who contributeto the economic revitalization of the Peo-ple", provides free civil legal services toresidents of the over 10 million acre Nava-jo and Hopi reservations.

It was through Wisconsin Attorney

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General Jim Doylethat Dahlstromfound out aboutthe opportunity atDNA. "Jim was justback from workingwith DNA. He wasrepresenting someMenominee Indi-ans in a criminalcase, and he wassupervising clinicalwork at the LawSchool. I did someresearch for himon the criminalcase, and he toldme about DNA,"he said.

So, Dahlstromand his wife,Margo Joan,packed theirbelongings, movedto Window Rock,Ariz., and he gothis first taste oftribal courts. Navajo

tribal courts, although distinct in their owncustoms, resemble Anglo courts. TheNavajo court system now consists of sixjudicial districts. And each district courthas general civil jurisdiction and limitedcriminal jurisdiction. The system also has athree justice supreme court that hearsappeals from lower court decisions andfrom certain final administrative orders.The Navajo Supreme Court abolished trialde novo at appellate level and hears only

issues of law raised in lower court.However, the tribal courts do have

some unorthodox practices as well. Forexample, judges and advocates are notrequired to be law school graduates. Theydo have to be a member of the NavajoBar Association and can do so by attend-ing law school or working as an appren-tice to a certified bar member for twoyears.

"Every tribe has their own rules onwhat it takes to practice in their courts,"Dahlstrom noted. "Navajo is the mostdeveloped. There are over 200 membersof the Navajo bar. I took the first Navajobar in 1976. Prior to that it was a moreinformal process. It is kind of like the oldtraining system that was used in the statejurisdiction. Navajos have fewer lawschool graduate judges than a lot of othertribes. Some tribes use only law schoolgrads. But it varies. Some of the Pueblosuse a religious leader as a decisionmaker," Dahlstrom said.

In addition to unique bar admissionrequirements, the Navajos also use Peace-maker Courts. These courts, established ateach judicial district, "use traditional lead-ers of the community to act as mediatorsof disputes rather than using an adversaryprocess," Dahlstrom mentioned.

Dahlstrom's position within DNA, how-ever, left him little chance to practice inthe tribal courts. "We were allowed topractice, but as a matter of policy, theattorneys who were not Indian did nothandle Indian versus Indian cases. Isupervised, trained and assisted the tribalcourt advocates," he recalled.

In Dec., 1979, Dahlstrom left DNA tostart up Four Rivers Indian Legal Servicesin Sacaton, Ariz. "There were four reserva-tions in Arizona that did not have accessto any legal services. I was given a grantto start the same sort of program (asDNA), so I did." Dahlstrom claims thatFour Rivers was the same type of opera-tion, with a few exceptions. "We hadoffices on two reservations and servedmembers of four reservations. We alsorepresented tribes as clients, which theDNA does not do. And Four Rivers wasfounded in part by the tribal govern-ments."

After eight years with Four Rivers,Dahlstrom left to take the position ofdeputy attorney general for the Navajo

Nation. While working for the NavajoNation, Dahlstrom landed his biggest case,one involving former chairman of theNavajo tribe, Peter MacDonald. "Justbefore I arrived in Window Rock, the tribepurchased the largest ranch in Arizona for$31 million. Then it came out that therehad been a flip on the deal, and it hadbeen purchased for $7 million less, onehour before that. And the guy who did theflip was an old buddy of Peter MacDon-ald. The results were Senate hearings forPeter MacDonald, and disclosure that hewas involved in the deal and a cover-up,"said Dahlstrom.

According to the Chicago Tribune,MacDonald maintained a lavish lifestylewhile many of the 125,000 Navajos he waselected to lead lived in abject poverty.MacDonald was eventually convicted ofbribery and sentenced to six years inprison.

Although Dahlstrom was not the onlynonIndian working for the Navajo Depart-ment of Justice, he admits that he occa-sionally felt he was an outsider. "I don'tthink that I was poorly treated, but I wasexcluded by the language alone. Much ofthe business of the Nation is conducted inNavajo, and I don't speak Navajo. It's notunlike working in any other cultural envi-ronment where you are a minority. Youare not always able to fit in all the time. Ioften thought of myself as a visitor."

Dahlstrom also said he has seen anincrease in the number of Native Ameri-cans becoming involved in the legal fieldover the past 15 years. "There are a lotmore Navajo lawyers now than when Istarted, But the biggest thing I've seen isthe growth and development of the tribalcourt system. There has been a realincrease in the level of sophistication andthe amount of independence within thegovernment for the court system. There'san appreciation for an independent judi-cial system."

Dahlstrom also explained that althoughsome Native Americans are bitter becausethey have been forced to accept the Anglocourt system over their traditional ways,the Navajos have integrated some aspectsof the Anglo courts with their own cus-toms. "There is a desire to maintain theold values," he said. "But Navajo society isno more monolithic than any other soci-ety. Overall, there is a general desire to

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develop the government and economy ina way that is Navajo. And that means mix-ing. From what I understand, Navajoshave always been willing to take fromtheir neighbors what they thought wasuseful. Shepherding and silversmithing arethe two best examples."

Recently, Dahlstrom left the office ofdeputy attorney general and went into pri-vate practice. But it was not a hard deci-sion to make. Under Navajo law, thedeputy and attorney general are politicalappointees. And they serve a set term inoffice like other elected officials. "Eversince I went to the Navajo Nation, I knewmy last day would be Jan. 15, 1991," hesaid.

Now, he is opening a Phoenix officefor the firm of Rothstein, Bennett,Donatelli, Hughes, & Dahlstrom. "Theyare from Santa Fe, a pretty well-knowncriminal defense, civil rights litigation firm.I'm going to specialize in Indian affairsand natural resources. And I still representthe Navajo tribe in a couple of cases."

How does opening this office compareto starting up Four Rivers Indian LegalServices? "It's a lot easier. I'm opening anoffice in downtown Phoenix, and every-thing is there. When I opened the office inSacaton, the first thing I had to do wasfind someplace to live. It wasn't that easy;it took a while. Then I had to rent anoffice. And I ended up doing the electricalwork for the office and a lot of the workon the building. For example, I had tobuild the shelves for the library. I didn'thave a pool of legal secretaries to choosefrom either. I had to hire staff and thentrain them. It was very interesting, butvery challenging," he said.

When he is not scurrying about, open-ing a new office, Dahlstrom enjoys spend-ing time with his wife and their son Mar-cus. "He's five, and I try to give him asmuch time as I can. He is my biggestinterest. Right now, I'm teaching him howto ride a bike and all those fun things," heremarked.

As for the future, Dahlstrom plans tosee where private practice takes him."And if I can't find a way to representpeople and cases I feel right about, I'llprobably give up private practice andwork for some type of public interestgroup," he said. "I'm just looking forwardto a new adventure."

THE WAR ON CRIME:

CARMEN STANFIELD

On February 11, 1992, Prof. Frank]. Rem-ington delivered the University of WisconsinRoundtable luncheon address. Roundtableis a series bringing speakers of generalinterest to University faculty and academicstaff in all disciplines and departments. Hisremarks were condensed for the Gargoyleby Carmen Stanfield, a Hastie Fellow at thethe Law School this year.

Associate Dean Gerald T. Thain, coordi-nating director of the Roundtable seriesintroduced Prof. Remington as follows:

"Prof. Remington is truly a legend at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. Hereceived both his BA and JD degrees fromthe University and joined the Law Schoolfaculty in 1949. His 43 years of service are arecord for this institution, surpassing eventhe venerable Prof. Herbie Page. However,it is the quality, not the quantity, of his ser-vice that is most notable.

"Frank served in the US Army Air Forceduring World War II and received the Dis-tinguished Flying Cross. After joining theLaw faculty, he quickly became one of thenation's leading authorities on the adminis-tration of criminal justice. He has served onmany panels and commissions for state andfederal governments, bar associations, etc.He also has an impressive list of publica-tions including law review articles, bookchapters and reviews, and reports of gov-

ernmental commissions-typical "creden-tials" for a distinguished law professor.

"Frank also has a history of involvementwith the real world that indicates why Iconsider him the embodiment of "The Wis-consin Idea"-the concept that the bordersof the University extend to the borders ofthe state and beyond. Frank was the mov-ing force behind one the the earliest pro-grams of clinical education in law school-Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons(LAIP), which provides our law studentswith "hands-on" experience under thedirection of knowledgeable faculty and staffattorneys dealing with the problems ofincarcerated individuals. He has been amajor force in the area of sports and sportslaw within the University and beyond. Heserved for many years as a member of theUniversity's Athletic Board and as UW-Madi-son's representative to the Big Ten. He hasalso worked with the NCAA, serving aschair of its "Infractions Committee" whenSouthern Methodist's football program wastemporarily suspended. While showing will-ingness to deal firmly with institutions thatviolate the rules of intercollegiate athletics,he has also shown great concern for stu-dent-athletes who may be exploited bythose who prey on them. He co-founded,along with Ed Garvey ('69), a sports lawinstitute to help provide proper guidance tocollege athletes considering professionalcareers.

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"I must also note that Frank has been aleader at the School and the University inhelping to insure a more diverse law facultyand student body. The strength and successof his efforts in this area have won himawards from the LEO students at the LawSchool.

"Frank will be retiring, technically speak-ing, at the end of this academic year, butwe are delighted that he will continue toteach with us on a half-time basis, for whatwe hope will be many years to come."Speaking on the topic of "The 'War onCrime'-Can We Afford it?", Professor Rem-ington stated that both nationally and inWisconsin, prison overcrowding is a majorconcern. Wisconsin has 7,000 people inprison today and a population of 20,000 ispredicted by the end of the current decade.To meet these increases, we will have tobuild 13 new 1,000-person prisons beforethe 20th century. It will cost the state $1 bil-lion to build these new prisons and anadditional $1 billion each year to operatethem. [More recent projections made afterthis talk was given significantly reduce theprojected prison population. These newprojections reflect primarily a liberalizedparole grant practice for the nonviolentoffender and demonstrates that prison pop-ulation can be controlled. Intensive sanc-tions continue to be useful, particularly forthe non-violent property offender withoutvocational skills or who have a drug abuse

Professor Frank Remington at the Roundtable luncheon

problem and who will need help while onprobation or parole to become a function-ing member of the law-abidingcornmunity.]

"MilwaukeeCounty is currently build-ing a $160million jail. It has had to sellthe Milwaukee Public Museum, and possi-bly will have to sell the zoo, to pay thecost of locking people up.

"The New York Times reported that ittakes $2,000 to teach one illiterate personto read and write and $50,000 to send aperson to prison.

"We have the opportunity to look atthe experiences of other states before wemake our final decision to allocate this

enormous amount offunds to the buildingof new prisons,"explained ProfessorRemington.

A state sena-tor from Michigan whomet with the Wiscon-sin panel describedhimself as a "law andorder, fiscal conserva-tive" who lead thefight in Michigan tobuild more prisons. Hetold the panel that heenvies Wisconsin'sopportunity to thinkbefore making a hugemistake as happenedin Michigan.Afterspending more than $1billion on prisons,Michigan's prisonswere more overcrowd-ed than when the pro-ject began. In Detroit,they have guards in anew prison they can-not afford to open, inorder to keep vandalsout. Persons in Michi-gan, whose generalassistance was elimi-

nated, are told that if theyget hungry enough tocommit a crime, they can

go to jail and get 3 meals a day and aplace to sleep.

In Illinois, the head of corrections saidthat Illinois prisons are full and they donot have the money to open the newestprison.

Not everyone agrees that sending moreand more people to jail and prison is abad idea. U.S.Attorney General Barr justannounced that his office will help statesdefend putting two prisoners in a celldesigned to hold one. This will savemoney in the short run but the long rangecost of treating people in an inhumaneway are likely to be great.

Wisconsin does have an alternative.We can decide to no longer send nonvio-lent property offenders to prison. Sixtypercent of the women at TaycheedahPrison are there for nonviolent propertyoffenses such as writing bad checks.These repeat offenses are usually associat-ed with alcohol or drug abuse. The maleprison population runs about 30%fornonviolent -property offenses.

At a recent Rotary Club meeting, Pro-fessor Remington gave the followingexample: "In Dane County, a young manbroke into a building causing $1,400worth of property damage and taking $30in quarters. He lived with a woman andtheir three children. He worked and sup-ported the children. He had recently start-ed using cocaine. Convicted of theft, hegot a two-year prison sentence. The aver-age citizen believes this conduct is intoler-able and that the offender deserves to bepunished. But the costs involved in carry-ing out this sentence are much greaterthan most people realize. Included are$25,000 to implement the sentence, over$10,000 for AFDCfor the three children,medical and food stamp costs, all totallingabout $55,000.

"The message that we send the thief isthat if you steal we will spend $50,000onyou. This cost equals the total state taxespaid by all of those attending the Rotarymeeting," said Remington. Reaction to thisis usually first anger and then interest inknowing what alternatives exist.

The Intensive Sanctions Program is onesuch alternative. Without this Program thejudge must choose between prison andprobation. In an Intensive Sanctions Pro-gram there are other alternatives such as a3-month intensive boot camp in a highlydisciplinary regime, weekends in jail,house arrest, or residential confinement atnight only. The least restrictive option isassignment to a small, intensive probationcaseload.

We spend approximately $25,000ayear to imprison a person plus AFDCandmedical costs. As an alternative we canhave a qualified probation officer with a

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10-person caseload and a budget of$10,000to purchase needed services foreach person under supervision, servicessuch as education, vocational training ordrug treatment. A year in this kind ofintensive program costs over $8,000lessthan the cost of a year in prison. It per-mits the person to remain in the commu-nity, work, or do community service tomake restitution to the victim, and takecare of dependent children who do nothave to go on AFDC.

Looking back to the Dane Countyexample, the prisoner with a 2-year prisonsentence will not be treated for cocaineabuse. Drug treatment in prison requiresgetting in line and waiting for services thatare usually backed up more than twoyears. This man will return to the streetsafter 2 years with no job and no betterability to cope with the drug problem than

he had when he started his prison term.The costs will escalate because, without ajob, the man's familywill have to remainon AFDC.

When the public hears these facts, theydo not favor sentences such as electroni-cally monitored house arrest because theydon't want prisoners sitting at homewatching television all day. They wantthem out working, doing community ser-vice, supporting their family, paying thevictims back and taking care of their drugproblems.

Sending more and more people toprison is believed to be politically popu-lar. But once the public gets the facts,especially the costs of imprisoning thenon-violent property offender, sendingmore and more people to prison is recog-nized by the public as both costly andineffective.

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Governor Castle of Delaware has beena leader in reducing Delaware's prisoncosts by keeping the nonviolent propertyoffender out of prison. He says, "I used toargue that we have to be 'tough.' I nowunderstand that we have to be 'tough andsmart.'''

Both Governor Thompson and theLegislature in Wisconsin support theIntensive Sanctions Program. It will gointo effect July 1, 1992.Before we spend$1 billion to construct more prisons andsacrifice our museums, our zoos, andshort change our schools, we need tothink carefully about whether that is whatwe want to do. Like the Governor ofDelaware, we have a right to be "tough"on violent offenders but we ought to be"smart" in the way we deal with the non-violent property offender.

Professor Gordon Baldwin wasnamed to the State Election Boardafter nomination by Chief Justice Hef-fernan. He was elected Chair of theBoard at its August meeting.

Dean Dan Bernstine presided atboth the opening and closing cere-monies of the International CustomsAcademy, held in Taipei in May andAugust. The Law School's East AsianLegal Studies Center co-sponsored bythe Academy with the Ministry ofFinance of the Republic of China.Professor CHUCK IRISH, Director ofthe Center, was also present, andgave lectures on "An Introduction toInternational Trade-Economic Theo-ries and Current Issues." Last fallBernstine presented a series of read-ings for children celebrating theAfrican-American holiday of Quanza.Bernstine has been selected to chairthe Association of American LawSchool's Executive Committee.

Associate Clinical Professor RalphCagle recently commenced a one-year term as President of the DaneCounty Bar Association. He was elect-ed to head the 1300 member organi-zation in June 1990 and has servedfor the past year as President-Elect.Cagle's article, "The Legal Ethics ofElder Law Practice: Five Key Issues,"appeared in the August issue of theWisconsin Lawyer.

Professor R. Alta Charo made twopresentations in October at the U.W.Medical School's new bioethics lec-ture series, on "Fetal Fascination:Fetal Protection Policies In and Out ofthe Workplace" and "Mommies Dear-est: Redefining Motherhood in theModern Family." She gave the open-ing address at the Wisconsin PublicHealth Association's annual meetingon "Ethical Issues In Public Health."In November she spoke at an invita-tional meeting sponsored by the NIH

in Washington, D.C., on "Effects ofthe Human Genome Project onWomen's Rights & Reproductive Deci-sionmaking," and returned to D.C. inDecember to speak on the politics ofthe French abortion pill at an interna-tional meeting, sponsored by theAmerican Society of Law & Medicine,on antiprogestin drugs.

Professor Arlen Christenson wasin the Republic of Korea in October,lecturing on Land Use Regulation andEnvironmental Advocacy at the Chon-nam and Chosun Universities inKwang ju, and at Seoul National Uni-versity. While in Seoul, he also spokeon Land Use at the Korea ResearchInstitute for Human Settlements andspoke on the subject of AmericanLabor Arbitration at the Korea LaborInstitute. His visit was initiated by theLaw School's East Asian Legal StudiesCenter and sponsored by the Interna-tional Cultural Society of Korea.

Professor Bill Clune addressed theLeadership Group of the NationalAssociation of State Boards of Educa-tion in Atlanta in August on the topicof systemic educational policy. Heorganized and participated in a Wis-consin Legislative Policy Seminar ofthe LaFollette Institute of PublicAffairs on the topic of EducationalIndicators and Student Assessments.In November he will present a paper,"New Judicial Roles in School FinanceLitigation: A Comparative InstitutionalAnalysis of Courts and EducationalReform," to a symposium on schoolfinance litigation of the ConnecticutLaw Review.

At a recent meeting of the Boardof Regents of the American College ofTrust & Estate Counsel, Rodney N.Houghton, President of the College,announced that Professor Howard S.Erlanger has been elected a Fellowof the College. The College is an

international association of about2500 leading estate planning lawyersand academicians in the U.S. andCanada. It actively pursues improve-ment of the tax and judicial systemsin these areas of the law and providesprograms of continuing legal educa-tion for Fellows.

Professor Marc Galanter delivereda paper in October at the Conferenceon Memory & Morals: Sephardim andthe Quincentenary at the University ofMiami, entitled "Righting OldWrongs." He also visited the Univer-sity of Iowa to participate in a Confer-ence on Religion & Law in Indepen-dent India, and contributed a paperto a conference on Affirmative Actionin the New South Africa. He attendedthe Robert B. McKay Memorial Con-ference on the Justice Mission ofAmerican Law Schools at ClevelandState University College of Law andgave the plenary talk on "Doing Jus-tice in an Unjust World." In Novem-ber he spoke at the PresidentialForum of the Maryland Bar Associa-tion in Baltimore on "Beyond the Liti-gation Panic," and gave a related talkon "The Legal Epidemic" to a sixthgrade problem-solving class at VanHise Middle School in Madison.

Galanter presided over the Confer-ence on Jews & the Law in the UnitedStates, organized by the Institute forLegal Studies, in Madison in Novem-ber. He also presented a paper to thefaculty seminar at Osgoode Hall LawSchool, Toronto, and gave the firstMorris Gross Lecture at the Universityof Toronto Law School on "The LargeLaw Firm in Transition."

In August, Professor HermanGoldstein testified before the Mayor'sBlue Ribbon Committee reviewingMilwaukee police operations in theaftermath of the Dahmer case. At therequest of the California Attorney

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General's office, he presented a semi-nar on new developments in policingfor senior management of the LosAngeles Police Department. In Augusthe also presented a workshop at theConference for Police Executives onReducing Racial and Ethnic Tensions,organized by the Police ExecutiveResearch Forum and the NationalOrganization of Black Law Enforce-ment Executives, and sponsored bythe Carnegie Corporation and theFord Foundation, in Washington, D.C.

Professor Chuck Irish deliveredtwo papers to academic and profes-sional audiences in Seoul, Korea, inthe spring, 1991; "Tax Reform in aGlobal Environment" and "AnAmerican Perspective onInternational Trade and GATT." (Thelatter was co-authored with SusanKatcher, Assistant Director of theCenter.) In August, he taught a short-course entitled "Tax Reform Issues inNewly Industrialized and DevelopingCountries" for the ROC's InternationalTaxation Academy, and he presenteda paper on an international confer-ence held in Taipei on the tax treat-ment of non-profit organizations.Susan Katcher attended the confer-ence in Taipei as editor of the confer-ence papers. After the conference shetravelled to Japan to meet with lawschool representatives in Nagoya,Kobe, Koyoto, Tokyo and Kanazawa

Professor John Kidwell has beenreappointed to the Wisconsin StateBoard of Bar Examiners for a two-year term.

Professor Stewart Macaulay par-ticipated in a Mini-Workshop on"Theory & Practice: Finding Bridgesfor the Classroom" at the AALSMeet-ing in San Antonio. The workshopbrochure stated: "(sjeveral law teach-ers will both describe and demon-strate how they have used a variety of

particular teaching techniques tobring reality to the traditional class-room and how those techniques areused to explore a wide range ofissues." He spoke on "First YearCourses & Integrated Curricula: TheUse of a Social Science Perspective inthe First Year Course." His specificexample comes as no surprise: he

Professor Donald W. large, lewis & QarkNorthwestern School of law, presents thesecond Ralph M. Hoyt lecture in Febru-ary. Commentator RandaU Kadlec, Chica-go Title Insurance Co., looks on.

described and advocated Contracts:Law in Action, the "Wisconsin" Con-tracts Materials.

Professor Margo Melli was aninvited participant in a conference onFamily Law & the Best Interest of theChild, cosponsored by Ripon and theABA Section on Family Law. In Mayshe delivered a paper on "TowardRestructuring of Custody Decision-making at Divorce: An Alternative tothe Best Interest of the Child" at theVIIth World Conference on FamilyLaw, held in Opatija, Yugoslavia. Pro-fessor MELLIhas been elected a Vice-President of the International Societyon Family Law.

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Professor Richard Monette wasappointed legislative counsel for anomnibus Indian housing and educa-tion bill being developed by theAmerican Indian Resources Instituteunder the direction of U.S. SenatorDaniel Inouye and the Senate Com-mittee on Indian Affairs. His firstmeeting of the committee was inDenver in September. Monette'smagazine essay and article titled"Seeds of Revival" and "A Contribu-tion of Democracy" appeared in theJuly/August issue of Canada's Legionmagazine.

Professor Gerald Thain deliveredan address in the Public LectureSeries on Ethical Issues in the Profes-sions, sponsored by the University ofWisconsin-Marathon and UniversityOutreach at Wausau, Wisconsin inNovember. His topic was "Advertising& Solicitation in the Legal Profession- Ethical Issues & ConstitutionalRamifications." In December, Profes-sor Thain was appointed to the ABAUniform Commercial Code Committeeand the Subcommittee on CommercialPaper and Secured Transactions.

Professor CliffThompson is theRaymond Rice Distinguished VisitingProfessor at the University of KansasLaw School during the SpringSemester. The offer included "a lovelyresidence three blocks from the LawSchool, and first-class Kansashospitality. "

Professor Thompson also is cur-rently Chair of the National AdvisoryCommittee for Law for FulbrightAwards, administered by the Councilfor the International Exchange ofScholars in Washington, D.C. Locally,he is one of the founding members ofthe Mendota Incremental Club, whichaims at bringing more retired facultyand staff into contact with theUniversity.

This past summer, Professor FrankTuerkheimer was appointed underthe Federal Criminal Justice Act torepresent one of three FCI Oxfordinmates charged with first degreemurder. The case was assigned toJudge Shabaz in Federal DistrictCourt. Prior to trial, Tuerkheimerannounced to students in his classesthat he would be appearing at thetrial as defense counsel and met withinterested students in advance of thetrial to familiarize them with some ofthe details in the case. Approximately20 students attended this pre-trial ori-entation and a comparable numbercame to the trial during its four-dayduration. Tuerkheimer met with stu-dents after the trial to answer ques-tions and engage in various postmortems. The jury found all defen-dants guilty of second degree murder.Several students followed the casefrom its inception through to the ver-dict, giving them a rare opportunity toobserve an entire trial and to discussit with one of the trial lawyers. Whilethis may not be exactly what Langdellimagined when he developed thecase method of instruction, it certainlyfits the concept of law in action, socentral to the Wisconsin approach toteaching.

Professor Alan]. Weisbard deliv-ered a paper entitled "Brain Dead inNew Jersey: Expertise, Politics & Reli-gion in the Work of a PublicBioethics Commission," at the FourthInternational Congress on Ethics in

Medicine, held in Jerusalem last Octo-ber. (Alan reports that his visit toIsrael coincided with those of Secre-tary of State James Baker and SovietMinister Boris Pankin, "enabling"Weisbard to participate in the "motherof all traffic jams.") Weisbard also par-ticipated in a national invitational con-ference on Access to Treatment withHuman Growth Hormone: Medical,Ethical and Social Issues where hedelivered the conference summary.

During October, Professor BillWhitford was a presenter and smallgroup discussion leader at the AALSBankruptcy Workshop in Washington,D.C., and spoke at the plenary ses-sion on "Emerging Bankruptcy Issuesin the 90's: Finance Theory." In thefall he was a distinguished visitor atthe faculty of law, University of HongKong and gave two faculty colloquia,"Consumer Protection Law in the U.S.over the Past 25 Years," and "Methods& Politics of Empirical LegalResearch." He was a guest speaker inseveral classes. In October Whitfordand Professor Lynn Lopucki present-ed the draft of their latest article "Cor-porate Governance in the BankruptcyReorganization of Large, PubliclyHeld Companies" to the corporategovernance discussion group at thelaw school and to the finance work-shop at the school of business. In Jan-uary, Whitford presented a later draftof the paper to the faculty collo-quium at the University of Indiana,Bloomington.

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The Legal Assistance Programattorneys have been busy contributingto the development of Wisconsin lawon several fronts. In November, KateKruse Livermore was part of apanel discussion speaking to theappellate division of the State PublicDefender Conference about sentencemodification motions. MicheleLavigne spoke to the trial division ofthe conference on the developmentof Wisconsin's Rape Shield Law. Alsoin November, Dave Cook presentedoral argument before the WisconsinSupreme Court in the case of Piper v.Popp. The issue in the case, whichLAIP took on at the Supreme Court'srequest, is whether indigent inmatesever have a right to appointed coun-sel in civil cases. In December,Lavigne testified before the Wisconsinlegislature on the impact of a deathpenalty bill which is pending beforethe legislature.

The Board of Directors of the Cen-ter for Public Representation togetherwith Louise G. Trubek, ExecutiveDirector, have decided that the Centerhas grown so large and complex thata full-time Executive Director isrequired. Trubek will continue exclu-sively as the Clinical Director at theCenter in charge of the Law Schoolclinical program at the Center. Thesearch for a new executive directorwill begin in early January with thehire planned for late spring.

arren W. Lehman'slarge and generousheart finally failedon the evening ofSaturday, November

16, 1991. His death silences a pro-found and moving voice for his cir-cle of family, friends and col-leagues. Warren was born inChicago on July 18, 1930. Hereceived his A.B. from the Universi-ty of Chicago in 1950, and later wasa graduate student in the Universi-ty's history department. He wasalso Humban Relations Office forthe Chicago Commission on HumanRelations, Research Director for theBoy Scouts of America, HousingSpecialist for the Chicago UrbanLeague, and writer and editor forU.S. Industries of Santa BarbaraCalifornia, before returning to theUniversity of Chicago Law School. Hereceived his J.D. in 1964 and was theBigelow Teaching Fellow from 1964to 1965.

He became Assistant Professor andAssociate Dean at Washington UniversityLaw School in St. Louis before coming tothe University of Wisconsin Law School in1968. He was Associate Dean here from1977 to 1981, retired as Professor in July1990, and was appointed Emeritus Profes-sor soon after. Both as Associate Deanand teacher, he was especially interestedin the tutelage of foreigh law students,and he and his family invited them intotheir home as guests throughout the yearand on holidays.

PROFESSOR WARREN W. LEHMAN

His areas of interest were criminal lawtrademark, and especially jurisprudence. 'As his career developed, he becameincreasingly interested in the relationshipof the law to psychology and psychiatryand to wider issues in philosophy. At thesame time, his concern with personalexperience and the way it illuminatedlegal issues deepened, and more impor-tantly, he expanded his exploration of asense of intuitive moral responsibility. Hewas the author of more than fifty books,papers, and articles. His honors includedhis appointment as Scholar in Residenceat t11eLewis Law Center of Washington &Lee University and as Resident at the

Rockefeller Study Center in Bella-gio, Italy. He twice held the Smon-geski Research Professorship at theUniversity of Wisconsin LawSchool, and was listed in Who'sWho in America. Upon his retire-ment, he continued his teaching injurisprudence, and devoted himselfto the development of a new publi-cation, of which he was the editorThe Madison Journal, A Review 0/Spirit, Culture and Law. During hisresidence in Chicago in the 1950'sand early 1960'S, and again duringhis residence in the Marquetteneighborhood in Madison in thelate 1960's and 1970's, he wasactive in local community organiza-tions and politics. He was a recov-ering alcoholic who spent the last14 years of his life as a belovedparticipant in the recovering com-munity. He was also a talented

painter and photographer who exhibitedhis work and actively participated in thelocal photographic community. He will beremembered by his students, colleaguesand friends as a source of ideas, spiritualstrength and leadership; and by his familyas a loving and supportive husband,brother, father, uncle and grandfather.

Memorial Resolution Committee:Prof. Ted FinmanProf. Leonard Kaplan, ChairProf. John KidwellProf. Alan WeisbardDr. George Talbot

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Roger C. Minahan ('34) has joined theMilwaukee-based Quarles & Brady, ofcounsel. Mr. Minahan also holds an S.J.D.from U\V in 1935.

GeraldH. Van Hoof

Gerard H. Van Hoof ('39) is among agrowing group of UW Law alumni whohave added the title "business person" tothat of "lawyer." A recent article from theAppleton (WI) Post-Cresent indicates thatMr. Van Hoof owns and runs several com-panies, with operations in Wisconsin, Cali-fornia, Illinois and Canada, and employsmore than 650 workers.

Jack R. DeWitt ('42) has won the 1992Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished ServiceAward from the Wisconsin Bar Founda-tion. The award was presented during themidwinter meeting of the State Bar of Wis-consin. The award recognizes dedicationto the Bar and the Foundation. DeWittserved as a member of the Bar's Board ofGovernors, its President, and President ofthe Foundation during his varied career.While serving as an Instructor and Assis-tant Professor at our Law School in thelate 1940's, DeWitt directed an earlier ver-sion of the General Practice Course.

Herbert H. Fisher ('52), a solo practi-tioner from Chicago, has been appointedchair of the Cooperative Committee of theReal Estate, Probate and Trust Section ofthe American Bar Association.

Allan P. Hubbard ('57) recentlyretired after 27 years of service in Wiscon-sin State government. Mr. Hubbardworked for the Dept. of Justice and theDept. of Revenue. He was Chief LegalCounsel at Revenue prior to his retire-ment.

Charles E. Burroughs ('62) has joinedthe Milwaukee office of Hinshaw & Cul-bertson and will expand that firm's corpo-rate health care practice. He has over 22years experience in representing healthcare institutions in financial and construc-tion law matters.

Ellen M. Kozak ('69) has published anew book entitled "From Pen to Print: TheSecrets of Getting Published Successfully,"which talks about the practical business ofgetting into print. Along with several otherbooks, Ms. Kozak has written over 250published articles. She practices law inMilwaukee.

Edward D. Pribble ('69) recentlybecame a member of the National Media-tion Board's roster of arbitrators. He worksprimarily in the Midwest as a neutral arbi-trator in private and public labor andemployment law.

Richard Howe ('72) reports that he isthe Deputy Assistant General Counsel forPipeline Rates in the Federal Energy Regu-latory Commission.

Paul W. Turley ('73), a Deputy DistrictAttorney in Los Angeles County, recentlyserved as co-counsel in the prosecution ofCharles Keating. Keating was convicted on17 counts of securities fraud. Mr. Turleypreviously served as Los Angeles RegionalDirector for the Federal Trade Commis-sion. He is married to Barbara E.Arnold ('76).

David W. Marquez ('73) recentlybecame General Counsel of the AlyeskaPipeline Service Co. in Anchorage, Alaska.Alyeska operates the 800 mile long Trans-Alaska Pipeline that transports 25% ofAmerica's domestic oil from Alaska'sNorth Slope to Valdez.

W. Robert LoU: ('74) has been electedpresident of the Kentucky Association of

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Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Lotz prac-tices in Covington, KY, and is a past presi-dent of the Mental Health Association ofNorthern Kentucky.

Robert]. Smith ('74), of the Madison,WI office of Wickwire Gavin, P.c., hasbeen appointed to the Construction Dis-pute Resolution Panel of the Center forPublic Resources, headquartered in NewYork. The panel consists of 41 attorneyswith extenside construction experience .deemed qualified to serve as neutrals insignificant construction alternative disputeresolution proceedings.

M. Nicol Padway ('75) has been re-elected as Chairman of the City of Milwau-kee Fire & Police Commission.

Steve Willborn ('76) is a visiting pro-fessor at the University of Michigan LawSchool. Prof. Willborn has been on theUniversity of Nebraska College of Law fac-ulty since 1979 and is currently co-author-ing a textbook on employment law.

Juliet P. Kostritsky ('80) has beenpromoted to full professor at Case West-ern Reserve University Law School inCleveland, OH. Prof. Kostritsky teachescontracts, property, commercial paper andjurisprudence.

Laurie Levin ('81) has been appointedto chair the ABA Committee on Law andMedicine. She is Assistant General Counselof the Harvard Community Health Planand a member of the National HealthLawyers Association.

Junaid H. Chida ('83) recently becamea partner at Dewey Ballantine, New York,where he has practiced since graduation.Mr. Chida concentrates his practice in theareas of leveraged lease and projectfinance.

Virginia S. Schubert ('85) has beenelected a principal in Gray, Plant, Mooty,Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN. Shepractices employee benefits, tax and cor-porate law.

David Gordon ('86) has been appoint-ed Assistant Regional Counsel for theChicago office of the US Small BusinessAdministration. Previously associated with

Dean Bernstine meets with alumni at the Los Angeles Capital Campaign Dinner. Alumni are(from left): William Sherno.ff('62), Peter Weil ('74) and Victor Temkin ('60).

IN MEMORIAMThe Law School offers its condo-lences to the family and friends ofthese departed alumni:

Barbara Britt, '73Sara A. Epstine, '85Mary P. Field, '87Frank W. Kuehl, '23Harold McCoy, '27Don A. Olson, '42

Lisa D. Pick ('91) has joined theDetroit office of Miller, Canfield, Paddockand Stone. She will work in the BusinessServices Department.

was a supervising attorney in the LegalAssistance to Inmates clinical program.

Christoper D. Anderson ('91) hasjoined the Minneapolis firm of MaslonEdelman Borman & Brand where he willpractice corporate commercial law. Mr.Anderson is a member of the Bois ForteBand of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

Michael D. Martz ('91) has joined theColumbus, OH office of Vorys, Sater, Sey-mour and Pease.

LisaD. Pick

Gardner, Carton & Douglas specializing ininternational law, Mr. Gordon has servedas a consultant to the ABA on legislationfor Eastern European governments, Healso serves on the Executive Committee ofthe Business & Professional Association ofthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Gregg C. Hagopian ('87) has devel-oped a Spanish-English version of of Wis-consin's Standard Residential Offer to Pur-chase for the Milwaukee Young LawyersAssociation.

James Voegeli ('87) has received theTrademark Attorney-Advisor of the YearAward (1991) from the American Intellec-tual Property Law Association. Mr. Voegeliwith the Patent and Trademark Office ofthe US Dept. of Commerce.

Michael G. May ('90) has joinedMarshfield Clinic's development staff. Hewill serve as legal counsel - plannedgifts.

Florence Y. Searles ('90) has openedher own general practice law office inUnion Center, Wisconsin, the first lawoffice in its history. Ms. Searles also servesas the village's mayor.

Ken Driggs (LL.M. '91) is serving asAssistant Capital Collateral Representativein Florida where his clients are death sen-tenced inmates. Mr. Driggs handles post-conviction matters in state and federalcourts. Florida has 320 death-row inmatesand has executed 28 since 1977. Whileworking on his masters degree, Mr. Driggs

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At an alumni gathering in Houston in Jan-uary one of our graduates told me thatshe always enjoyed reading my notebecause she could find out what theweather had been like "up north." While,all of you who moved to escape the Wis-consin winters will be disappointed tolearn that this has been (so far) the winterthat wasn't! We have had more rain thansnow and very little of that bone-chillingcold that always seemed to hit during reg-istration week as we trudged back andforth across campus. But then, with theadvent of touch-tone registration, there isno trudging. Maybe I've come up with analternate explanation for the warmweather.

As we press ahead into another presi-dential campaign, perhaps some of youwill remember Sen, Al Gore of Kentucky,one of the Democratic hopefuls of 1988.Sen. Gore was a guest on a WisconsinPublic Radio call-in show recently andmentioned that his mother had once been

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a law student "in Wisconsin." With a50-50 chance that it was at UW, I hot-footed it to the Library and a copy ofWho's Who. Learning that Mrs. Gore'smaiden name was Pauline LaFon, I wentback into the microfiche record cards and,low and behold, there she was: a summerstudent here for three courses in 1935!Does anyone remember her? Can anyoneexplain why she traveled up from Vander-bilt almost 60 years ago?

We are about to report our 1991 place-ment statistics to the National Associationfor Law Placement. Knowing the level ofanxiety among students and recent gradu-ates, and having read all the horror storiesabout the state of the market, it was withsome trepidation that I began assemblingthe necessary statistics. But, while they areworse than we would like and lower thanrecent classes, over 93% of the class isplaced and in law-related jobs. You cannever be satisfied so long as there is oneunplaced graduate and the current market

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does require some procedural changes.With the Dean's encouragement I soonbegin traveling out to employers, employ-ers that regularly hire our graduates,employers that we would like to hire ourgraduates, and employers that studentswould like to work for. The purpose ofthese visits will be to promote the schooland to explain the processes available toassist employers with their recruitingneeds.

Two other developements should bementioned with respect to placementefforts. The State Bar of Wisconsin, partic-ularly the Mentor Council, should be con-gratulated for its assistance. The MentorCouncil has arranged a series of panel dis-cussions at each of Wisconsin's two lawschools where students can learn aboutvarious types of career opportunities frompracticing lawyers. They also offer stu-dents a one-to-one menta ring arrange-ment with a practicing lawyer and a "tag-along" program so that the student canobserve what happens on a typical day.

We have also stepped-up our servicesfor students interested in public interestcareers. Using funds generated by our on-campus interview fees, we have hired aone-third time student assistant to providepublic interest information. As the privatemarket has become tighter, the number ofgraduates turning to public interest oppor-tunities has increased and the availabilityof additional staff time is most welcomed.

As 1 write, the first of the "new design"Gargoyles is about to be mailed. Conse-quently I cannot report whether anyonehas successfully identified that issue'smystery picture. For this issue I have cho-sen one that should be easy. I picked itbecause one of the people in the picturerecently sat next to me at a local middleschool program that we both had childrenin. Members of the Class of 1977, who arethese young men and women and whatwas the occassion for the ties and dresses?

The Gargoyle invites alumni to send news ofinterest such as a change of status within afirm, a change of association, or selection to aposition of leadership in the community or ina professional organization.

We also ask that you notify us of addresschanges and that you allow us to help youwith your hiring needs.

Please fill out the appropriate cards and returnthem to:

WLAAUW Law School975 Bascom MallMadison, WI 53706

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