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must be rising rapidly, since it ap-pears that many of them comefrom rather long careers in teach-ing, social work, business, ormotherhood. But the largest num-bers are comparable in age tothose of a hundred years past.

Nor does the future foretellmuch change. The newly arrivedclass of 1980 has an average ageof 25.37 (a very slight increase) -and the medians and averagesare almost exactly the same forboth the entering men and the en-tering women.

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Vol. 9 No.2 Winter 1977Ruth B. Doyle, editor

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Who is the WisconsinLaw Student 2

A look at real students. . . . . .. 5Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5Endreson 6Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7Charne 9Lightner 10Boedecker : 11Mead 12Bromley 13

Faculty View 13Some Student Activities 16FUI)dDrive , 16PAD and Phi Delta Phi 17Law Review , 18Placement, 1977 19Comments by the Dean 20Advocate 21New in the Review 23

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Material for what follows is based upon thestatistical records of the University Registrar, andon two surveys conducted during 1977-78.

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Wisconsin Law Student in 1977 is24.7 years and the average is 26.Two of them are over 50 years,and two are under 21. The largestgroup -158 in number - is 23.There are 129 students who are 24years old, and 108 who are 25.

It is surprising that the averageand median ages have notchanged very much. The entranceinto the student body of a largegroup of women students createsthe illusion that the average age

five years ago. They may be lessconcerned than those of a decadeago.

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It will be a comfort to manyalumni, and a source of disap-pointment to others, to learn thatthe Typical Student of 1977-78 isnot very different from the Typi-cal Student of 1970-71, or for thatmatter, 1950-51. We are notaware of any composite pictures ofthose earlier times, but those whohave observed the various genera-tions see little change. A differentatmosphere prevailed during theperiod 1968-72,but most of the in-dividual students who lived andstudied during that period weremuch as they were before, andmuch as they have been since.

The differences are largelythose of degree. Students are moreconcerned with the world aroundthem than the students of twenty-

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Performance in law schoolreflects this quality. Althoughthere is among faculty and stu-dents some uncertainty about themeaning of grades and thedifficulty of objectively evaluatingstudent performance, given thewide varieties of academic de-

The Typical Student at the LawSchool is a resident of Wisconsin.In 1977-78, about 16% are non-residents. 18% of the enteringclass comes from other states. Theresidents come from almost everycounty in Wisconsin; the non-resi-dents from 45 different states.

The Typical Student could be awoman in 1977-78. Two hundredninety-nine in the student body of897 (which includes a few gradu-ate students from other depart-ments) are women; almost exactlyone-third. There are one hundredseventeen women in the 287 stu-dents recently enrolled, more than40%.

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married. At least, about 44%of therespondents to a questionnairedistributed on a voluntary basis

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The Typical Student receives noscholarship. In 1977-78, limitedfunds permitted grants to only179 students. The amounts ofscholarship seldom exceed $1,000.Most of the awards are foramounts between $500 and $1,000in 1977-78 - covering only asmall percentage of the educa-tional costs. During 1977-78,single residents of Wisconsin,unencumbered by family respon-sibilities need at least $3,700 peryear to attend law school. Non-residents need about $5,700 to livemodestly and go to law school.Law students will have borrowedalmost $700,000 during theacademic year, 1977-78.

enrolled. They are blacks, NativeAmerican Indians and Spanishsur-named people of Mexican andPuerto Rican descent. Almost allof them are residents of Wiscon-sin.

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The Typical Student is white.Although the Legal Education Op-portunities program is in every-one's judgement a success, thenumber of minority studentsenrolled remains small. The Pro-gram is now financed by the Ad-vanced Opportunity Grant pro-gram, a regular part of the Statebudget. About twenty students areadmitted into the program eachyear, and 55 are currently

mands, several indicators areclear: almost no student flunksout of law school, and the mediangrade point averages have beenconsistently higher than 83.00. In1976-77, the median average inthe first year was 83, and therange was from 70 to 89.57.In thesecond year class, the median was83.53,and the grades ranged from77.45 to 89.70; averages in thegraduating class ranged from78.50 to 90.83, and the medianwas 83.96.

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The Typical Student has an ex-cellent academic record on admis-sion. All lawyers are aware thatthe large number of applicationshas resulted in a student body ofsuperior academic quality. TheClass of 1980 has a median scoreon the Law SchoolAdmission Testof 640, and a median undergradu-ate grade point average of 3.45.Neither of these figures haschanged very much in the last fewyears. The result is an entireenrollment ofpotentially excellentlaw students and potentially ex-cellent lawyers.

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during the registration period aremarried. Others (although wedon't keep the figures) are for-merly married, and an unknownnumber have assumed the respon-sibilities and commitments ofmarriage without formalizing therelationships. In this, law studentsare like other young people.

The Typical Student - againaccording to our limited survey -is childless. Only 15% reportedthat they have children. There aresome families of four and fivechildren. One student is themother of four-year-old triplets. Asubstantial percentage of thefamilies have only one parent,which reflects a national pattern.

The Typical Student is not theson or daughter of a lawyer nor ofan alumnus.

work-study provide much of theresearch assistance required byProfessors. Other students workas clerks in law firms and ingovernment agencies.

the second year and 34.3%of thosein the third year. Governmentservice appears to be the goal ofabout 30.6% of the first year,29.8%of the second, and 26.4%ofthe third year.

It appears natural that a groupmade up of a high percentage ofstudents intending to stay inWisconsin, would also expresspreference for the smaller firms.Among those who intend to enterprivate practice, firms of from 2 to6 associates are preferred by32.8%of the first year students, by56.4% of the second year and awhopping 62.5%of those who areconfronting the job market in1978. Only a handful (2.4%,3.6%and 1.4%)would choose firms withmore than 40 lawyers.

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Participation in Law Review,moot court, and clinical programssuch as Legal Assistance to In-mates often makes outside workimpossible. The costs are paidwith higher debt.

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There is no typical career choiceamong the student enrolled in1977-78. Private practice is theexpressed career choice of 34.9%of the first year students, 35.8%of

The Typical Student intends toremain in Wisconsin.Accordingtoa recent student survey conductedby the Placement Office in whichalmost one half of the studentbody participated, 56.9% of thefirst year respondents, 67.8% ofthose in the second year and85.2% of the third year respon-dents intend to remain in thisstate.

The Typical Law Student haspart-time employment. TheFaculty strongly discouragesemployment during the first year.There is some feeling among themthat it is better if students do notwork at all during law school.

However, the realities are thatmost students need the extra in-come, and that many find law-rel-ated employment an importantpart of legal education.

We have little informationabout the number of first year stu-dents who are employedfor pay in1977-78. The survey came tooearly. In other years, by the begin-ning of the second semester, ap-proximately 25% of the enteringclass has been employed. About68%of the registering continuingstudents reported that they haveemployment.

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There is no typical legalspecialty preferred among the stu-dents in 1977-78, as they lookahead. Of the first year students,25%prefer a general practice, asdid 28.6%of those in the secondyear and 35.8%of those about tograduate. Trial practice is listed asthe preference of 21.2%in the firstyear, 24.3% in the second year,and 31.3%of the third year stu-dents. Other preferred specialties,including family law, tax, labor,environmental law and equalrights claim the interest of the re-maining students.

An account of the whereabouts of the membersof the Class of 1977 can be found on page 19.

Some of the employment isthrough the Work-Studyprogram,in which the federal governmentpays 80%of the cost.This programis limited to those who have highfinancial need. Students through

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The Typical Student described on page 2 may lead one toconclude that the Law School is a completely bland, unin-teresting place, populated by a totally homogeneous group of24-year-olds. 'Tain't so.' There is a vast variety among the880 students in the Law School.The Admissions Committeeuses as one of its selection criteria the diversity of back-ground. On page 11 of the new Law School bulletin, it says,"If an applicant will provide a background of work ex-perience, life experience, college activity, political activity,etc., which will add an additional and unusual perspective tothe law school student body, this will work in his or herfavor." What follows are some random examples of thediversity in the student body.

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Robert Gale

Robert Gale, MD. is a secondyear student. At the time he en-tered college,he was torn betweenstudying law and studyingmedicine. Medicinewon that earlyskirmish; law may have won thewar. He went from the Universityof Arizona to NorthwesternUniversity Medical School, earn-ing his M.D.degree in 1960.From1961 to 1966, he completed resi-dencies in Psychiatry andNeurology at the University ofWisconsin Hospitals. He has beena clinical instructor, and a clinicalassistant professor from 1967 tothe present.

His years of experience as a psy-chiatric practitioner have aided,

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not hindered, his interest in theLaw. From 1968 until 1975, Dr.Gale served as director of theDane County Mental HealthCenter. He directed a staff of75-80 people, which included 4-8psychiatrists. He developed thefirst drug program and the firstcrisis intervention program in thisarea. Both of these had respon-sibilities to the Law as well as tothe medical care of patients. Muchof his time was spent consultingwith staff members in the Divi-sion of Corrections and providingexpert testimony in drug-relatedand other forensic cases. His in-terest in the Law was neverallowed to wane.

After a short time in privatepractice, Dr. Gale decided to applyfor admission to the Law School.His wife, also a psychiatrist, par-ticipated in and supported thedecision. During his year and ahalf in Law School, he has con-tinued to work part-time. He andhis wife (also working part-time)share an office - she's therewhen he is not.

As does any other law student,Dr. Gale recalls the Law SchoolAdmission Test. He surprisedhimself by not being nervous thenight before. He went out to din-ner and a movie, then slept well.

The first year of Law School,hehas concluded, was a joy - about90+ on a scale of 100.Although hewas unable to preserve hisanonymity after the first fewweeks, he nevertheless found theatmosphere friendly. Some profes-sors called on his professional ex-pertise from time to time. On mat-ters of Law, he considers himselfjust another law student. Hisacademic record is good.

As a student and a formerteacher, he has a new and freshlook at teachers. Some are trueteachers. Others are negative in-fluences - those who attempt tomotivate students by destroyingtheir self-esteem. In his observa-tion there are few of the latter onthe U.W.Law School faculty.

He is delighted to find that thepolicies behind the law are as im-portant a part of the study as arethe statutes and decisions them-selves. Law School, to him, is notjust a technical study, but a broad

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Douglas E ndre son

Douglas Endreson looks like aNavajo Indian - which he is.Nevertheless, he has never beento Arizona; he hails from Maine.Orphaned at an early age, he hasmade his home with his grand-mother - a Iady now in her 80's.

As an undergraduate, he at-tended Colby College in Water-ville, Maine, where hockey is themajor sport, and he was given sub-stantial financial assistance to at-tend. His athletic commitmentswere such that he never gave theacademic aspects of college a realchance.

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LawSchoolto Mr. Endreson hasbeen a marvelous experience. Headmits that he has learned moreacademically during the last twoyears than in all 23of his previousyears. His academic record

His life has taken many turns.He went to high school at theUniversity School of Milwaukeewhere he was a hockey player.During part of that time he livedwith the family of the UW-Mhockey coach, Tony Fritz. It is toMr. Fritz that Mr. Endreson givescredit for teaching him thateducation is important. Althoughhis academic record in high schoolwas dismal, Mr. Fritz found him acollege where he could go on ahockey scholarship, putting him"on the track which led me here,"Mr. Endreson recalls.

During his first year in LawSchool,he played hockey with theMadison Blues, a semi-profes-sional team. He gave it up in thesecond year, when the law beganto absorb almost all his interestand attention. He has taught ten-nis during several recent sum-mers at camps and resorts inMaine. During the winter he playstennis and squash, both more law-yer-like sports than hockey. Hehas, however, participated in aLaw School-Medical Schoolhockey team, which won a class"B" title last year.

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Douglas Endreson

What next? He doesn't know.Like many students fifteen ormore years his junior, he is ap-proaching his new career withopen eyes and an inquiring mind.He knows that it will be a com-bination of law and medicine. Itcould be concerned with criminaljustice, with health care deliverysystems, with ethical questions,human experimentation, withpersonal injuries, and malprac-tice. The possibilities are almostendless. He enjoys teaching, andthat might be the arena fromwhich he approaches his manyand varied interests.

Dr. Gale has enjoyed getting ac-quainted with his fellow stu-dents - and is pleased with themixes of backgrounds and in-terests he has found among them.

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educational experience. He hasconcluded (tentatively) that it isharder to pass courses in MedicalSchool than in Law School, butmuch harder to be a goodLawStu-dent than to be a goodmedical stu-dent.

His double career has helped,not hindered, his life.He has moretime now than he used to have, tospend with his family, which con-sists of five children, aged from 5to 15. The whole family is in-terested in sports and music. Thedoctor himself has been a profes-sional clarinet, saxophone, pianoplayer and song writer. He playssoftball and basketball on regularteams. His children have sup-ported his new career develop-ment, which makes the adjust-ments much more pleasant forhim.

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Christine Jones

At last, Sandra Davis's LawSchool experience is coming to anend. When she started out as astudent in September, 1975, theend seemed to be a lifetime away.Being a lawyer will never be asdifficult for her as being a law stu-dent has been.

She is not the only mother ofyoung children in the Law School.Others have families of 4 or 5-including small babies. One is themother of 4-year-old triplets.Other students - both male andfemale - attend law school dur-ing the week and go home to Mil-waukee, Green Bay, Minneapolis,or elsewhere on weekends.

Each of these students is uni-que; none fits any traditional slot.

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Sandra Davis

Ms. Jones was appointed duringher second year as an instructorin the Legal Writing Program, andin 1977-78, she is acting as anassistant to the Hastie Fellow,who this year is Ms. WinnieTaylor. In this capacity, which sheundertook along with her regularclasses, she counsels individualstudents - mostly members ofthe Legal Education OpportunitiesProgram - on their academicproblems. She also arrangesreview sessions in first yearcourses which provide studentswith an opportunity to ask ques-tions and discuss the content ofcourses with each other, theHastie Fellow and the professors.During this past summer she washired as a Teaching Assistant inthe summer program conductedby the Councilon Legal EducationOpportunity at Notre Dame LawSchool and sponsored by theAmerican Bar Association, theAssociation of American LawSchools, the National Bar Associ-ation and the Law School Admis-sions Council. CLEO provides anintroduction to Law Schoolfor stu-dents of disadvantaged back-grounds.

She likes teaching, but she in-tends to seek other opportunitiesfirst. She is going through the in-terview procedure this year, seek-ing a job which will give her someexperience in litigation.

Ms. Jones feels very close to herfamily, and some day - in the faroff future - she plans to establisha partnership with her sister, a re-cent graduate of the Law SchoolatNotre Dame, who is currentlyemployed in the Civil Rights Divi-sion of the U.s. Department ofJustice.

Ms. Christine Jones came to theUniversity of Wisconsin as a par-ticipant in the Legal EducationOpportunities Program.

Ms. Jones attended EasternHigh School in Washington. Highschool was a disappointment toher. The height of the political ac-tivism in the high schools of thedistrict faded away about the timeshe arrived. Activism had alsofaded by the time she got toHoward University, where sheearned a B.A. degree cum laude in1975. Nevertheless, she enjoyedher college experience.

Christine Jones

All during college, she workedpart-time as a librarian's assis-tant at the National UrbanLeague's Research Department,which has its headquarters inWashington. It was the ResearchDepartment's responsibility to aidthe national organization bygathering information andstatistical data. She could nothave found a more educationaljob.

Born and raised in Washington,D.C.,her arrival at the Law Schoolmarked her first entrance into apredominantly white community.She has participated fully.

Law Schoolhas been a busy andactive time for her. She has servedon the Admissions and Cur-riculum committees, was electedAcademic Vice-President of theStudent Bar Council and as vice-president and treasurer of theBlack Law Students Association.She served as a moderator of theNational Conference on Womenand the Law which was held at theLaw School in March, 1977.

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For example, Sandra Davis'shusband is a minister, and she isalso the mother of three school-age children. During her last yearin college, she decided that shewanted to be a lawyer. Herseemingly endless struggle to geta Bachelor's degree did not dis-courage her from seeking thelong, extra three years needed tofulfill her ambition.

She started from Vermont,where her parents still live. Afterher sophomore year in college inNew Hampshire, she married andmoved to New Haven, where sheattended Connecticut State Col-lege, while her husband wasenrolled at Yale Divinity School.She worked during the day and at-tended night school part-time.During their stay at their firstparish in North Dakota, she at-tended Minot Community College,25 miles away, setting out eachmorning at 6:30 a.m. She earnedsome credits at the CommunityCollege at Muskegon, Michiganbefore coming to Platteville. Fromtime to time during these yearsshe took time out for her babiesand community activities. Afterthey moved to Platteville, she wasable to complete the requirementsfor a degree in relative comfortand ease. She is the first memberof her family to start college, butduring her long undergraduatecareer, her two younger sistersstarted and finished.

Then she applied to the LawSchool. She was placed on thewaiting list. As the summerwaned, she stopped thinkingabout law school- set the wholesubject aside.

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The call came late on the Satur-day of Labor Day weekend. Shehad a day to decide whether to ac-cept the challenge. The answerwas really never in doubt. ByTuesday she had rented a room ina graduate dormitory andregistered for classes.

She had many opportunities towonder, during that first year,whether she had made the rightchoice. She went home on Fridaynights to be mother and minister'swife. She returned to Madison onSunday evenings to be an over-worked student, having had littlerest and reflective time during theweekends. Because she has al-ways been a mother who wasdeeply committed to her familylife, she found the pull and tugs ofher back-breaking schedule verydifficult.

But there was a long vacation atholiday time to refresh her, andthe school year passed swiftly.

In her second year, her classeswere all on three days a week; shecommuted 150miles each of thosedays. This was another very ex-

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hausting experience during one ofthe worst winters in Wisconsinhistory. But she survived. A mem-ber of the Class of 1978, she nowcomes to Madison on Monday andreturns home on Thursday. This isa less difficult schedule - by nowthe whole family is used to theirmother the law student, and shehas developed more efficient useof her time and energy.

What comes next for Mrs.Davis?

She is beginning to think aboutit. She wants to use her legaleducation to provide useful profes-sional service in a small com-munity. How that will be ar-ranged, she does not yet know.

But she'll do it. She feels anobligation to contribute her newskills and services. She under-stands what a community needs.Also, many members of her hus-band's congregation have givenher great encouragement andhelp. She owes them, and otherslike them, a large debt, which shewill repay in community service.She also, as she said recently, in-tends to earn enough to "payoffthe loans while we are raising thekids" in a worthwhile professionshe enjoys.

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There may have been clowns inthe LawSchoolbefore. There havebeen actors; Don Ameche is onewho comes to mind. But no onenow around recalls a clown beforethe arrival of David Charne, whoexpects to graduate in August,1977.

He was a clown before he cameto Law School. He started per-forming in his Shorewood(Wisconsin) high school dramaclub, where he began to developmime routines. As an undergradu-ate at the UW-Madison, he ma-jored in theater. During the sum-mers, he taught little childrendrama at camp.

The circus is a fascinating sepa-rate world. It is a caste society; theanimal trainers, flyers andacrobats are on the top. Clownsare a separate group of perfor-mers.

Ringling Brothers is now ownedby the Mattel Company, whichbought the interests of the Rin-gling family after a family powerstruggle and many years of litiga-tion. The number of animals usedin the circus is increasing. At pre-sent, there are more animals thanpeople in Ringling Brothers.

At CircusWorld,Mr. Charne didthree shows a day; each showlasted 15 or 20 minutes. Theenergy used in a 15 minute showis very high. Good clowns, saysMr. Charne, are highly creativeprofessionals.

Mr. Charne says that Europeancircuses are smaller, have aslower pace, and are morepolished than American circuses,and he is sometimes tempted totry to be a clown in Europe.

Mr. Charne, the Clown, is amime; he makes balloon animals;he is a juggler and a magician. Heis employed by restaurants, as aone-man wandering show, andhas been a member of a number ofcompanies.

Mr. Charne, the lawyer, workspart-time for Howard Eisenberg,the State Public Defender. Duringthe summer of 1977, he workedevenings and weekends for KingRichard's Chicago Faire while heworked days for a Milwaukee lawfirm.

Mr. Charne the law student,clown and performer has createdand directed two student showspresented at the Law SchoolSpring Program. He master-minded The Gong Show whichwas presented to Friday classes onthe Homecoming weekend.

While he has been in LawSchool,his life is shared by his twocareers. At the end of his firstyear, the summer of 1976, he wasemployedby the Royal Plaza Hotelat Lake Buena Vista, Florida asmanager and artistic director of atheatrical group of 8, which pre-sented vaudeville, musicals andchildren's theater. At the end ofthe summer, he joined RinglingBrothers, Barnum and Bailey Cir-cus World. He returned to LawSchool in the spring semester ofthe 1976-77 school year.

There are no performer'sunions in the circus. About 50%ofthe circus performers come fromcircus families. Many of the per-formers learn their trades insmaller circuses. The Universityof Florida has an excellent circusschoolwhich awards B.A.degrees.

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David CharnePHOTO COURTESY BADGER HERALD

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8arbara Lightner

Barbara Lightner is one ofwhatappears to be a rapidly growinggroup of law students made up ofolder women, from non-traditionalbackgrounds. She is a graduate ofSmith Collegein 1960 and earnedan M.A.at the University of Idahoin 1965. At one point in her life,she worked for a publishing com-pany in the development of read-ing materials for inner-cityschools. To advance herself in thepublishing field, she undertook toearn a Ph.D. in English, andfinished all but the dissertationwhen she decided to make a basicchange in her life.

She moved to the country andbecame a dairy farmer. With afriend, who had been a student ofHorticulture, she undertook to es-tablish a farm. They rented landfrom a farmer about to retire, andover a number of months, ac-quired a herd of 50 Jersey cows.The retiring neighbor taughtthem to milk the cows and feedthem properly. Loans from friendshelped them to buy a tractor aswell as pay for the cows.

They raised successful crops ofhay and corn on 94 tillable acreswith no hired help.

After two years, she admitted toherself that 1) she was not suitedto the isolation of the farm, com-bined with its unrelenting dailychores, and 2) that she was fed upwith the tremendous physicaleffort required.

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So she sold out to her partner,and applied to the LawSchool.Sheis a second year student. Thecause of women is her principalinterest. Her part-time employ-ment through the Work-StudyProgram has been as co-ordinatorof the Women's Law StudentAssociation. The Association'sefforts have been directed towardthe establishment of a day-carecenter for the children ofLaw stu-dents, fund raising by selling T-shirts and conducting benefits forvarious causes of concern towomen, and a special informa-tional program on law placementfor women. The Association en-dorsed Moria Krueger whowas re-cently elected county judge in theelection in which Judge ArchieSimonson was recalled. For enter-ing students it conducts rapgroups for the exchange of infor-mation and complaints.

Women law students are auto-matically made members of theAssociation on enrollment. About65 of the 299 are actively involvedin its activities. They gather forpot-luck dinners or brown bagsuppers, for social contacts andbusiness meetings. A male lawstudent runs the child care roomon these occasions.

She reports that women aresometimes surprised to discoverhow many of them share similarviews.

In Ms. Lightner's opinion, legaleducation has not dealt very wellwith women's concerns. Coursesstill continue to develop lawyersonly for the traditional, male-dominated society. There is littleevidence that the basic and neces-sary changes in the legal systemare not being sought or developed.Superficial changes, such as theuse of he/she in lectures andpapers, are not enough.

She has made no plans for herfuture. She has time, she feels, toseek her fortune. She feels thatLaw School does not train lawyersvery well. Nor does it educate itsstudents very well in the sociologi-cal, historical and philosophicalunderpinnings of our legal system.As the system expands rapidlyinto all phases of Western culture,legal education appears to begrowing more narrow, in her view.

Ms. Lightner is a poet.Wherever her new career leadsher, she will make room in her lifefor women's literature. During thesummer of 1977, she worked aswhat she calls a "facilitator" ofworkshops for women in journalwriting and poetry. Theseworkshops are one way in whichshe hopes to stimulate creativewriting by women in celebrationof women. The workshops wereset up in women's bookstores (ARoom of One's Own in Madisonand Sistermoon Bookstore in Mil-waukee), and each met two hoursdaily for a period of one week.

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In addition, she "facilitated" athree-day workshop at the MaidenRock Learning Institute on theMother Bond, which was ap-proached from two points - asdaughters and as mothers. About15 people attended - aged 23 to54.There were an actress, a film-maker, an apprentice psy-chotherapist, a student, and anAFDC mother among them. Sheestablished the ground rules forthe discussions and kept the dis-cussions moving, and had to makesure that all whowished were ableto participate. In her opinion, itwas an enriching experience forall who attended. Although theyhad not met before - with a cou-ple of exceptions - they hope togather again soon.

Her career will be a varied one.

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Katrina Boedecker

Many of the women students inthe Law School are seeking tobecomelawyers in the true profes-sional sense. They take advantageof the developingopportunities forwomen lawyers, are competentstudents, handle their respon-sibilities for family, school andwork. They probably support - toa person - the Equal RightsAmendment, and wind up on thewomen's side of all of the otherpressing "women's" issues of ourtime.

Some are more active in thewomen's movement than others.Katrine Boedecker is among theactive ones.

Ms.Boedecker plans a career inimplementing and enforcing thelaws relating to equal oppor-tunities for women. She came toLaw School with that career inmind, and has not changed her in-tentions, although Law Schoolhasnarrowed her focus somewhat.She will represent women in whatshe foresees will be a long-timestruggle to be sure that individualwomen are granted the rights andequal treatment in employment towhich they are now entitled bylaw.

She hopes to start her careerworking for the government in thelabor field. Ultimately, she wantsto settle in Wisconsin in privatepractice. She feels that her prac-tice can not be limited entirely torepresentation of aggrievedwomen, since she must earn a liv-ing in her career.

Ms. Boedecker served as one ofthe two co-ordinators of the Con-ference on Women and the Lawwhich was held in Madison inMarch, 1977. This great respon-sibility for a huge, comprehensiveand thoroughly successful con-ference gave her invaluable ex-perience and a broad acquain-tance with the women's move-ment all over the United States.

She is a native of Glen Ellyn, Il-linois, and attended college atMichigan State in East Lansing.Her father died when she wasvery young, and her mother hasrecently retired from her careeras a high school teacher. Neitherof her brothers is a lawyer.

She may be part of a new wave.None of her female college friendshas married, she reports. All seemhappy in a variety of absorbingcareers they have chosen.

Katrina Boedecker and Barbara Lightner

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reflects this in its upward trend.His part-time employment hasbeen in legal research for the Ex-tension Law Department, and forthe Indian Law Center. At pre-sent, he is assisting ProfessorStephen Herzberg in the researchfor a scholarly article on theMenomonie tribe - the "most in-teresting work" he has done. Hereceives Law School credit forassisting Professor Martha Fine-man (Law School) in a course en-titled "Introduction to LegalStudies" offered to undergradu-ates in the Integrated LiberalStudies program. He attends Pro-fessor Fineman's lectures whichdeal with such subjects as legalanalysis, the differences betweenpunishment and treatment, andquestions such as how the rightsof the powerless can be enforced.He leads weekly discussiongroups, and will grade six papersfrom each of his students.

It has opened his eyes to thefascinations of teaching, whichhas joined his list of possiblecareers. He acknowledges that hislist is long and varied, and that hisopportunities are great. He wantsto practice law for the benefit ofthe Indians - perhaps in Wash-ington, perhaps in Pine Tree LegalServices in Maine. Other kinds ofpractice interest him, too; he willprobably try several careersbefore choosing for life. All heasks now is that the pay be suffi-cient and the place congenial sothat his grandmother, if shewishes, can move wherever hegoes.

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THE ALUMINUMBULLETORHOWTERRYMEADBECAME

SBCPRESIDENT

It is unusual for a first year stu-dent to be elected president of theStudent Bar Council after a cam-paign in which he remainedanonymous. But it is well-knownaround the Law School that TerryMead is an unusual person.

He became president of the SBCin March, 1977, after a confusingcampaign in which he used thename and sign "AluminumBullet." Denied a place on theSBAballot because the drawing ofthe Aluminum Bullet was judgedto be an invalid signature by theStudent Bar Council, the Bulletbecame a write-in candidate,receiving 197 votes, compared to193 and 78 votes gathered by histwo opponents. After the election,then-President Mark Bradley an-nounced that all the write-in voteswhich the Bullet received were in-valid. A run-off election becamethe compromise solution of theensuing controversy.

After he won the run-off elec-tion over the runner-up, EricFarnsworth, by a vote of 284 to217, he, as had been agreed aheadof time, revealed himself.

Terry Mead comes from GreenBay. After three semesters on theMadison campus, he returned toearn his undergraduate degree atthe University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, which he preferred tothe larger University. He is mar-ried, and the father of a son who isnow five months old. His wife is anurse, working part-time, andthey share the necessary baby-sit-ting chores.

Terry Mead

Despite his stand against pom-posity' humorlessness and the"elitist" image of the students inthe Law School, Mr. Mead takeshis duties as President veryseriously.

Student government in all kindsof educational institutions suffersby the temporary nature of incum-bency. Because many law stu-dents have heavy responsibilitiesoutside the law school (familiesand part-time employment), fewof them are able to devote the timerequired to make student govern-ment work. Those who have par-ticular political interests oftenfind themselves participating inthe broader community andstatewide campaigns.

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He will join a firm in Lancasterafter he graduates in December,1977. When he first entered lawschool, he discovered few of hisclassmates whowere interested insmall town living. As the finaldays approach, more and morecome to consider the kind of lifehe plans for himself. He is nolonger a "Lone Ranger."

One of his law school memoriesis a bit of graffiti in the men'swashroom near the studentlounge:

"Why are we in Law School?""Because Med school is too

ickey."Mark Bromley

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Mark Bromley

He comes from a dairy farm,where he worked full-time duringhis first two years of college atWhitewater. He married when hewas a sophomore in college; hiswife had just graduated from highschool. During his junior andsenior years as an undergraduate,he worked full-time on the nightshift in a Madison foundry. Hiswifewent to college,too, and sinceher graduation has worked to helpsupport the family. They have twochildren, one recently arrived.Despite the strains of his life, hisundergraduate academic recordwas such that he was awarded acoveted Detling Fellowship duringhis first year of law school.

Mark Bromley's roots are deep. in Wisconsin soil. He is a countryboy, a small town man; just as hehas always wanted to be.

THE FACULTY VIEWMr. Bromley did not work at all

during his first year of LawSchool. Since then he has hadpart-time employment in theWisconsin Department of JusticeDivision of Consumer Protection.Most recently, he has helped withthe research connected with thelaw suit against General Motors,which allegedly put Chevroletmotors into Oldsmobile cars. Hisstrenuous earlier years took theirtoll, he believes. He was always toobusy, a little tense, and to himself,at least, seemed irritable. Hisnatural physical strength made itpossible.

Compared with his forerunnerof the 1960s, the UW law studentof today is far less passionate andstrident about causes - butalmost equally likely to care aboutcauses outside personal success.

Compared with his predecessorof the' 50s, he - or she - is morewilling to back causes; is likely tobe better prepared for law study;and is far more likely to be com-mitted from his first semester tolaw as a career.

Hal Christensen, Law-J

Those impressions emergedfrom talks with half a dozen lawprofessors who began their UWcareers in the 1950s. They werequick to acknowledge that greatchanges had befallen the lawschool- and equally quick to addthat many things remained thesame.

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Some Student Activities

Reisner

rising cost of legal education andthe tightening of state and federalassistance have placed many stu-dents in jeopardy of not being ableto finish law school despite thefact that students now in schoolare, as a group, the brightest andmost promising in the long historyof this School.

Your contributions are fully taxdeductible. Use the form includedwith the Fund Drive brochuremailed to you, or drop a check inthe mail to the Wisconsin LawAlumni Association, UW LawSchool, Madison, WI 53706. Helpus help others.

EDWARD REISNER, FUNDDIRECTOR

The 1977-78 Law School FundDrive is under way. This year'stheme is, "Old Friends, NewChallenges," and features thepublication of the first UW LawAlumni Directory since 1953. TheDirectory contains class lists forevery UW Law School class, ageographical breakdown, and analphabetic listing including ad-dresses. This book can bepurchased for $7.50, or will besent free to everyone contributing$100 or more.

The necessity of successful fundraising from our alumni cannot beoverstated. Financial assistanceto our student body, the primaryuse of the Alumni Fund, becomesmore important each year. The

The Black American Law Stu-dents (BALSA)have posted infor-mational items on the Bakke case,and some employment oppor-tunities.

The Women Law Students postnotices relating to the next Con-ference on Women in the Law tobe held in Atlanta. There are an-nouncements of social events anda sign-up sheet for women'sbasketball, as well as a clippingabout battered women.

1977-78Fund Drive Underway

The fraternity boards have pro-motional material- clippingsabout famous alumni, announce-ments ofmeetings and social occa-sions. Phi Alpha Delta announcesa weekly gathering at the ChurchKey Bar -local lawyers andjudges invited.

There are cars, furniture, booksand tickets for sale, apartmentsfor rent, offers to buy manythings, such as 2 hockey ticketsfor $45. Bloodis solicited.

On an early November day in1977, the following items wereposted:

An advertisement for thePaper Chase to be shown inRoom 225;

A message for single parentsurging support of a cooperativeplan for child care on Sundayafternoons;

A petition to be signed forreinstatement of certain clinicalprograms;

A request for volunteers atCommunity Law Office (a pro-ject conducted entirely by lawstudents);

A petition for SAVE THEWHALE.

One way to get a handle on theactivities in the Law School is totake an occasional look at thebulletin boards near the lockersection outside the student lounge.Organizations have spaceassigned.

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Dinners with prominent profes-sional speakers are heldperiodically. Every Thursdayafternoon, PAD gathers at theChurch Key tavern; alumni, localmembers of the bench and barhave standing invitations.

The Law School picnic in thefall is sponsored jointly; the fra-ternities provide the manpower;the Student Bar Association pro-vides the food.

Phi Alpha Delta is the benefici-ary of a trust established by itsalumni at the time the fraternityhouse was sold many years ago.

Alumni will be glad to knowthat both of the LawSchoolfrater-nities are alive and seem to behealthy. Both have grown in thelast few years. Of course, old-timers must be prepared forchanges. For instance, member-ship requirements in bothorganizations have been reducedto two: 1) applicant must be anenrolled student in the LawSchool, and 2) applicant may notbe a member of another legal fra-ternity. Rushing is low key andopen to all law students. There isno blackball and no screening ofapplicants. There is no hell week,no hazing, no secrecy. Initiationceremonies are open to guests.

And then there are the women,who make up about 40% of themembership in each group. In PhiAlpha Delta, four of the six of-ficers are women. Phi Delta Phihas a woman Magister, MargaretGarms.

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Activities vary. Phi Delta Phiseems to be the more social of thetwo groups. There are several par-ties each semester, and oneluncheon each month. PDP spon-sors much of the intra-law schoolsports program, including theRaushenbush Classic Golf tourna-ment every fall. Law School com-petition in tennis, squash, and ra-quetball are also projects of PDP.All sporting events are open toparticipation by all interested lawstudents.

Phi Alpha Delta appears to bemore formally organized, provid-ing programs of interest to all lawstudents, plus some specialbenefits for its members. PADpublishes a student and staffdirectory each year, a major con-tribution to the smooth running ofthe Law School.

This year, PAD members haveundertaken police ride-alongs andbus trips to the state prison andCentral State Hospital at Waupun.

The national publications ofboth groups indicate that both arevigorous and growing. Theirfamous members - many of themhonorary - are prominentlyfeatured. Recently, PAD describedits annual U. S. Supreme CourtDay, in which members were ad-mitted to practice, and the mem-ber justices were invited to lunch.

Professor Walter Raushenbushserved as Province President forPhi Delta Phi from 1964 until1974,a position which took him allover the Midwest visiting chap-ters. He has noted the ebbs andflows of fraternity memberships.The 1960's and early 1970's wereleari years. Often, as is now thecase with Phi Delta Phi, the mem-bership is made up largely of thirdyear students. Graduation day canreduce membership to a skeletoncrew.

A loyalmember of Phi Delta Phifor more than 25 years, ProfessorRaushenbush points to one proofof its superiority. ProfessorGeorge Young, now Faculty ad-visor to PAD, got his training as amember of Fiddle de Fee.

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MEADfrom page 12

The Student Bar Council iselected by the student body-seven from each class, plus thepresident and two vice-presidents.The Council is an active group. Itis often an embattled group.Muchof its attention is turned towardincreasing student participationin the governance of the LawSchool. There are student mem-bers on most faculty committees.In some, such as Admissions andFinancial Aid, they participate inthe formulation of policy, but notin the application of policy in par-ticular cases.

Low Review

HQrdy Perennial

The Student Bar Associationprovides financial support to anumber of student activities, andmuch of the Council's time isdevoted to financial decisions. Itsincome comes largely from theBook Mart.

All textbooks and other publica-tions needed by Law Students aresold in the building in a book storeoperated by the Student Bar Asso-ciation. They are not soldelsewhere. It is in connection withthe book store that the transitorynature of the student body posesthe most difficult problems, forthe Book Store is managed andoperated by students. It is difficultto maintain continuity, and cons-tant problems develop with turn-over - records are often notcarefully kept, and many urgentproblems never get solved.

This year, the President takespride in the fact that the studenthelp is experienced - one of themis a Certified Public Accountant.There are efforts being made tosimplify the bookkeeping andclarify the records. For the firsttime, the Book Store has a Boardof Directors composed of the SBATreasurer and three class repre-sentatives. Procedures are beingestablished which can be followedyear by year.

The Wisconsin Law Reviewwasestablished in 1920. Along withmany law reviews throughoutthe country, it continues to playadominant role in the publishing ofscholarly works in law. Reviewshave enormous power over thefutures of young faculty memberswho are seeking tenure, which re-quires publication of scholarlyworks.

In its early days, the LawReview was edited by Facultymembers and was used primarilyto publish their own works.

But for more than 50 years, ithas been staffed, edited and man-aged by students, with a facultyadvisor. Traditionally, all posi-tions on the Law Reviewwere oc-cupied by second year studentswho were in the top 10%of thefirst year class. It has always beenconsidered the most valuable prizefor scholarship; making LawReview has been the same asmaking one's fortune. The bestjobs, the best salaries, thebrightest futures were reserved bythe legal profession for law reviewstaff.

In recent years, things havechanged somewhat. As has alwaysbeen true, the top ten percent ofthe first year class is invited tojoin, but there have been twodevelopments: 1) some of the topstudents decline the invitations.Sometimes they have part-timejobs which they consider are im-portant to their ultimate careers.Sometimes they prefer other lawschool activities such as the MootCourt competitions, have otherresearch opportunities, or havefamily or other responsibilitieswhich prevent their participation;2) membership on the Review isno longer reserved to the top 10%.Each summer an open writingcompetition is held, open to all stu-dents entering the second year.The editors select an additionalgroup from the competition.

Usually, 28 students are invitedto join from the top 10% of theclass. About 15 additional mem-bers are selected from those whohave entered the competition. Allof these participate in the secondyear program, which consists of acase note in the first semester anda more general comment in thesecond semester.

Sixteen editors are chosen fromthe second year group by electionin the spring.

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Placement 1977Ed Reisner

With the count continuing, itappears that the 282 graduates ofthe Class of 1977continue to enjoyrelatively successful prospects foremployment. There were 44 newlawyers in the December group,221 in May, and 17 in August.With the status of 25 of thesegraduates unknown, more than95% of these most recent gradu-ates are currently employed.Dur-ing their last contact with theplacement office, the remaining5% responded that they had notsecured employment. While thisfigure may remain accurate today,a much smaller number is pres-ently making use of the Place-ment office. This would seem toindicate that some of those repre-sented in this percentage have, infact, secured positions. Othershave taken extended vacations orfor other reasons have not begunseeking employment. Seven of ourgraduates reported that theywould concentrate on bar examsin other states before attemptingto locate jobs.

While we believe that our grad-uates enhance the quality of thepracticing bar in Wisconsin, it isimportant for a University lawschool with a national reputationto place its graduates throughoutthe United States. This year fewerof our new lawyers stayed inWisconsin (69%) than in recentyears. The greatest number wholeft Wisconsin went to Illinois andWashington, D.C. Other states

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where members of the Class of1977 located included: Minnesota,Michigan,Washington, NewYork,Ohio, California, Kentucky,Missouri, Oregon, Florida,Arizona, Alaska, Georgia,Mississippi, South Dakota, Mary-land and Idaho. Such a wide dis-persal is likely to be of assistanceto graduates in future classes.

While the number of studentsentering private practice remainsapproximately the same (45%),last year's class saw twice asmany persons going into legal aidand public defender positions(14%). A survey conducted lastspring indicated that an evenlarger number of senior law stu-dents (21%)preferred this type ofpractice. The large increase in thenumber of persons going into thelegal aid offices can be explainedby a substantial increase in thefunding for such programsthrough the National Legal Serv-ices Corporation. About 8%of theclass went into prosecutors' of-fices, 9% into other governmentservice, 6% into judicial clerk-ships, 4%into corporate and busi-ness practice, and 6% into avariety of law related jobs such asteaching, research, accounting,politics and military law. Four per-cent opened their own law offices.One person graduated from lawschool and entered medical schooland one person began bUildin~homes.

Ninety-nine members of theClass of 1977 are female. It isperhaps an indication of the grow-ing acceptance of the role of thewoman lawyer in the legal profes-sion that this record number ofwomen graduates encountered noparticular difficulties in place-ment. More problems appear con-nected to issues of marital statusthan sex.

Traditionally, a placement of-fice looks at the fall interviewingseason as an indicator of the possi-ble success in placing the class. Inthe fall of 1976, approximately 82employers visited our campus.This was an increase over the pre-vious year. While the interviewsand offers made as a result of theinterviews during the fall accountfor only a small portion of the totalplacement of the class, the num-ber of on-campus interviews doesseem a fair predictor of the totalnumber of lawyers needed in theprofession. We can happily reportthat the number of interviewersvisiting during this fall has risenby more than 20%over last year.Combined with this indicator isthe fact that more federal moneyis expected to go into legal aid pro-grams during the new federalbudget period.

In addition to assisting graduat-ing law students, the placementoffice has an active program ofmatching experienced grads withopenings. While it is not possibleto say with any accuracy how suc-cessful this program has been,there is a constant turn-over inthe names of alumni on file.

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Su.mmina UpComments

I am pleased that the Editor ofthe Gargoyle decidedto devotethisissue to our students. Althoughimpressionistic, my view is thatwe currently have an unusuallyfine group of students in the LawSchool.Lawyers who comehere tointerview job applicants agree.

A number of items seemednoteworthy as I reviewed the con-tents of this issue of the Gargoyleand of this fall's admissions re-port.

In the first place, the averageand median ages indicate that thestudent body is composedof quitea mature group of individuals. Forexample, the average age of theentering class this fall was 25.37and the median fell somewherebetween 23 and 24.Almost half ofthe class was in the 21 to 23 agegroup and one-fourth in the 23 to26 age group. The remainingfourth of the class ranged in agefrom 27 to 50. A good number ofthese obviously had establishedcareers prior to coming to lawschool. Fifty-three of the enteringstudents had Masters degrees, tenhad Ph.D. degrees, one had anM.D. degree, and 19 others haddone some graduate work but hadnot received graduate degrees.Although only 18 percent of the

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class was officially registered asnon-residents, these came from 22different states plus Puerto Ricoand China. A total of 86 under-graduate colleges are representedin the first year class. Thereclearly is diversity of backgroundand experience in this group ofpeople. Although I have not madethe analysis, I believe the age andbackground characteristics of theclasses which entered in fall 1975and fall 1976would be similar.

Another characteristic of thepresent student body which nolonger evokes surprise is the per-centage of women in the group -slightly over 40 percent of theclass which entered this fall andone-third of the student body as awhole. Tome this has been a veryencouraging trend, for there isbound to be a waste of humanresources when any segment ofthe population systematically isexcluded or excludes itself from aprofession.

Another characteristic whichsurprises no one these days is theoverall academic quality of thestudent body. The current groupof almost 900 students wasselected from about 6,000total ap-plicants. This applicant group inturn was a highly self-selectiveone, for persons with marginalcollege records and Law SchoolAdmission Test scores no longerbother to apply. It very likely istrue that the best students todayare no better than the best stu-dents of 25 years ago, but theoverall academic quality clearly isvastly different. Although thereare some who have expressed con-cern about the "elitist" quality ofthe student body. I am satisfiedthat it bodes well for the future ofthe legal profession.

I am not quite sure what conclu-sions to draw from the careerpreferences of our students, asfound in a survey conducted byour Placement Office and re-ported in this issue of theGargoyle. About 35% statedgeneral practice as a preference,and that figure does not seem tochange a great deal throughoutthe students' stay in law school. Itis true that a long-standing place-ment pattern at this LawSchoolisfor 35 to 50 percent of the gra-duating class to enter privatepractice and for the second largestgroup to enter some form ofgovernment service. Thus, thepattern seems to be quite stable. Itis encouraging to note that themajority interested in generalpractice appear to favor thesmaller firm, first, because ittends to equalize the competitionbetween the small and large firmsand secondly, because it may tendto shift lawyers to areas whichmay be in greater need of legalservices than others.

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL Vol. 16, Nov. 6 Thursday, November 17, 1977

SBecuts lunds to groups

The library construction to begin soon will add study space forfaculty and students. Construction is scheduled for completion byAugust. 1978.

\2~T~~r~n~~c~e~hirF<?urt?a~~~ ~oorfor the Library addition will Ievels, The new section will bebegin M~>nday,November 21. supported on columns, leavingExcavatien for support beams an open walkway underneath,and rerouting of utility lines on the second floor level.will begin on the south and Besides space for readingeast faces of the Law Library areas and stacks, the addition

Budgets totaling $7,842 forlaw school organizations wereapproved by the Student BarCouncil (SBC), which trimmedthe budget requests for fundingby more than $7,000.While the final budget total

exceeds the $7,378 in estimatedavailable funds, FinanceCommittee Chairperson LynnGustafson told the council thatadditional revenue from theBookmart probably could beused to make up the difference.Bookmart profits and locker

rental fees provide funds forthe organizations.The biggest debate during

the four and one-half hour SBCbudget meeting arose over arequest for $3,200 for the LegalEducational OpportunitiesProgram (LEO).Several council members

argued that the amount woulduse up almost half of the

funding but almost half of allfunds available to other lawstudent organizations.Christine Jones said that if

SBC is committed to LEO, "Itshould put its money where itsmouth is."The council voted down the

$3,200 figure, 15 to 6. A motionto approve $1,038 also failed,Chuck Chvala argued

against that proposal, sayinghe did not think SBC fundingwould actually increaseminority enrollment. Hesuggested a "nominal"amount of $100."We can indicate our support

without throwing money awayfrom the rest of the budget,"he said.The council finally approved

$830 for LEO on a 15 to 6 vote.Stephen Lythcott said that

that figure, which is about 10percent of the SBC budget,"barely sends a message to

Finance Committee hadtrimmed the request to $126,but several council memberswanted it cut even further.Chvala suggested approving

$100, saying that "is enough fora small organization." RobinDorman then moved to cut therequest to $75.John Evans suggested that

cutting the request would be to"let our personal biases outand running wild."Leonard Kachinsky of the

organization then spoke infavor of the $75, saying he wasafraid if that motion wasdefeated, "We'll get nothing."The motion passed.The council adopted the

Finance Committee's cuts onmost requests, but restored $51to the Black Law StudentsAssociation and $100 to theWomens Law StudentAssociation.The SBC budget was the

Help Needy Students

Keep TrQ.ck of Studentsof YesteryeQIrr~!

The Law School Fund

Its publication schedules wereirregular. It stopped publication in1970. Other student papers suchas Maggie's Farm appeared for anissue or two during the early 70's.There has been no student news-paper for several years.

The new Advocate has made apropitious start. Five issues havealready appeared. It is a standardtabloid newspaper in 4 or 8 pages.Its creators include an ex-re-porter, a former editor of a collegedaily, and a couple of JournalismSchoolgraduates. The staff has notitles; Donald Hermanson appearsto be in charge. The staff includessome third year, some second yearand some first year students,which bodes well for the future ofthe paper. Three of the presentstaff worked during the summerto prepare for its arrival.

The Student Bar Council, theWisconsin Student Associationand a number of contributorshave provided the necessary fi-nancial support to the Advocate toinsure its publication for the en-tire academic year. It is dis-tributed free and carries no adver-tising.

and 60's will remember the Advo-cate in its several incarnations.First it was a small mimeographedsheet, then it assumed variousprinted forms - tabloid size andoffset print.

1ke AdvocateofReturnAfter many years of non-

publication, the Advocatereturned to the LawSchoolin Sep-tember. Its appearance openedVolume 16 of the Advocatepublication. Alumni of the 50's

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COMMENTSfrom page 20

Finally, it is evident frommaterial in this issue of theGargoyle that law school hasbecome quite expensive. Over two-thirds of the second and third yearstudents hold part-time jobs andeven one-fourth of the first yearstudents work part-time. We esti-mate that our students will bor-row close to $700,000 during thecurrent academic year. Clearly,anything we can do through ourAlumni Association to help themost needy students is importantin maintaining equality of educa-tional opportunity foracademically well-qualified per-sons of all economic levels.

Orrin L. HelstadDean

Jhese are -Ljpico1 s"t.utknts ...

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view

An Overview of Public Interest Law Activity in the Communica-tions Field.

Associate Professor Theodore Schneyer of the Wisconsin Law Schoolfaculty.

A systematic study of the field of public interest involvement in theregulation of broadcasting.

The Appropriate Scope of Bargaining in the Public Sector: TheContinuing Controversy and the Wisconsin Experience.Associate Professor June Weisberger.Centers upon the public sector collectivebargaining law.

Allocating the Burden of Environmental Uncertainty: The NRCInterprets NEPA's Substantive Mandate. Professor David Trubek.A research note analyzing the recent decisionof the Nuclear RegulatoryCommissionrespecting NewYork's Indian Point 2 nuclear power plant.

Student Comments

Protecting the Private Sector at Win Employee Who "Blows theWhistle": A Cause of Action Based Upon Determinants of PublicPolicy.

Constitutional Law - First Amendment - The Role of the CivilCourt in Church Disputes.

Federal Preemption - The Consumer Product Safety Act of 1976and Its Effect on Wisconsin Law.

Testing the Constitutionality of Medical Malpractice Litigation:The Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Act of 1975.

Terry Revisited: Critical Update on Recent Stop And-FriskDevelopments.

THE REPORT OF THEANNUAL VISIT TO THE LAW SCHOOL

BY THEWLAA BOARD OF DfRECTORSWILL BE CARRIED IN FULL.

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