News Scrapbook 1972-1973

Law chool D nE p e::ts S cialized Legal Services and more arbitrated ow o un er- probably be a~ailable td the learned from the. medical pro- stand the problems of th~ poor, public in the not too distant fu- fes~1on that there 1s no point op- no~ Just the law of the rich, he ture, Dean nalil T. weckstein posmg such a move, Weckstem said. . of the Ur!ive It f San Diego said. The poor person m the future School of La bell ves. Also, he said, the legal pro- probably will have the same ~c- But the attprney of tomorrow fession was beco~ing increas- cess to attorneys as the r1ceh will be mor of a soc1al scien- mgly aware of social pressures man befo~e he buys hous , tist and J~ s a lawyer fight- and responding to them. . gets marr~ed, or goes mto any ing bat\Jc m courtrooms, When free legal .services small b?smess venture, Weck- Weckste1 aid In an interview. ,were first suggested m S0!71C stem said. To meet this change the USD areas, the more conservative This could be d tllr h law school has launch~ a five-I groups opposed it Rut the lead- group insurance ~chemes to year plan to broaden the scope ers _of the American Bar A so- provide legal serv1t1 as well of the attorne • c1at1on pomted lo what hap- as government-pro ed 1 I One rPsult 15 that it might pened to the doctors when they help, he said. take I s time - maybe only opposed ;\ 1 edicare a nd th e at- Such a program two year~ - to tram the lawyer tornpys_ decided to ~ork wi th be introduced 1f the of tomorr w ins1ead of the th e Jegis;~tors to mttoduce 1 .he to uphold its posture present t e vears, Weckstein beSl po~sible fi ee legal aid, cratic republic said. - Weckstein said. . justice as the right Law schools will dc-empha- dividual regardless o rges are far too s,ze lihgatmn in court and con- h ·d nt, he said. This is centrate more on counseling, means,_ e sai · • . e verhead costs arc r.;llonal thmkin" problem solv- He said the Sup:eme Court 1s pre eth I n b• l on of he constantly ~tressmg the need h: m la kstem f equal t_reatmenl under the 1 ·} ur elf law of all c1hzens. '-----'--~---ur..:an .... c_:_,e..:.!...~ ;:;:;:::;..:-::_ Ulat pre enl REAL PROBLEMS set- law students will practice has tlements will take the place of not been made yet. It will be court actions to an increasing made during their professional The San Diego Union S • 1. ,_,, 1 oc1a 12.,.,_. ega services, s1m- edicine will 1 - - extent, he said. career. The schools need to h d ts h t d iJar to so~ialtzed The legal profession has s ow stu en

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The law of the future must relate more to social sciences and the real problems of life, he said. This means that para- professionals - highly skilled law clerks - will play an in- creasing part in a Jaw office, with the attorney more free to exercise the law in relation to other problems of living. tomorrow could not just look at an alco- holic as an infringement of a section of the penal code. He would have to consider the problem in relation to other so- cial factors if he was going to do any good, Weckstem said. HAPPENS NOW An attorney of

D p c. profes o:: Dr. Cha les W. Thomas, who has been called "father of black p ychology." Thomas' lecture v.ill be on the role of the black student and 1s open to the public. A public art show featurj works of bldck artists and students will be held from noou until 5 p.m Thur day and Friday in the French

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dents, will undergo evolution- " ry changes between now and academ c year 1977-78 to meet the challenge, spaw;1ed in the turbulent 1960's, said Weck- stein. There has been a greater reliance on the Jaw 1~cently by more classes of people who never before thought of seeking counsel, said the 40- ,1-e-r- o arriv . t.

will be taught to be more so- cially conscious than lawyers have been in the past, Weck- stein explained. To begin broadening the outlook of students, the law school is offering a course in Paris this year from July 2 to Aug. 10 in international and comparative law. The law school also plans to take part in the university's program in Guadalajara, :\Iexlco, the dean said. There will be an emphasis on noninformational training, Weckstein said. This is for two reasons, Weckstein said. First, there is a owing feeling among law profes rs around the na- tion that it is impossible to cover the field of law in three years, the traditional length of Jaw hool. Se a. many law faculty memoers believe that most of the laws future lawyers will work 1t 11ill be made after they adua . Thus, USD Jaw students will be trained in counseling, inter m , problem analy d: olving, accord- ing to k ein. He e pbasized that USD will receive a solid educati · the basic legal concep ta all fields of law and.. will equipped to re- search properly. There will be less class- room work and more individ- ual ed ,n truction, the dean a d. Shiden will work in law clinics, with real people with real problems, and also in simulated ituations, the aid Weckstein could not put a price tag on th cost of the five-year plan, but said the law chool's current budg 1o1, about $1 million. The extra cost of tlfe pro- gram will be borne by feder- al, philanthropic and state

grants, tuition, which should carry a major share of the cost, the de;tn explained. Following is a summary of the JO-point program: - The current enrollment of 876 will be increased to 1,000 by 1977 without dimin- ishing admissions standards. - The faculty of 25 full- time professors will be in- creased by 14 to reduce the faculty-student ratio from 40: l to 25:1. - The library's 57,000 vol- umes will be doubled and housed in a larger building already on the campus. - To deal with current so- cial and legal problems, course work will become more specialized and new courses will be created. - Joint programs will be set up to include insights and findings from other dis- ciplines. Law students will study the humanities and stu- dents from other schools at USD will take certain law and

Blac Week on at USD

USO law school begins series on law-humanities The University of San ..,_Diego School of Law has Gi begun a special series of 14 weekly lectures on Law and ti the Humanities, continuing through April 26. a,, The free classes meet I,' 12:30 p.m. in Room 2A on the school's main floor U every Thursday, except for March 21 and 28. i Speakers, from the _, humanities field, will dis- S cuss the relationships of t their disciplines, espe- : c1ally where law is con- cerned. They come from USD and other Southern California campuses, including University of California at San Diego, Cal State University, San Diego and San Diego City College.