News Scrapbook 1972-1973

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"We've got the cost (of legal counsel) down to within everyone·s reach without hurtmg the quality of services. ''I think legal SCfVIC(' can be m;ide cheaper. and 1 s go- ing to have to be. Organizing research centers with solid / community aid programs is a good way of doing it. "There fsn 't any major le- gal aid center in this area, not one that can offer both counsel .and provide re- search." Last year USD initiated an intern program through its budding young neighborhood clinical aid program. The school operates three such storefront clinics - one each in Linda Vista. National City and Southeast San Diego. But Weckstem wants to see such service · expanded - both to the benefit of the school and community simul- taneously USO also places interns with the district attorney's office localli, and plans for / this coming year include ex. panding lhP neighborhood clinic operatrnn to E condido and sending students to work along ide eason d in- vestigators 1n the U.S. attor- , ney'.s office and with the state Attorney General staff. Weckstein, whose boyi h face belies his 40 years, said / classes also will undergo a face lifting to meet new de- mands of the future. "A legal education has tra- / ditionally been a rich man's no-fault divorce laws. That's / over now. to briBg

Law dean at USD would like to see school offer civic help By MONTY !'\ORRIS

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many people flocking lo law schools in record numbers? Robert Castetter, dean of the law school at United States International Univt-r- sity, offers some insight. "When you're talking ab,,Llt a glut of lawyers i real ,y only applies to popular mt-1- ropolitan areas like San Diego and San Francisco or the West Coast, or ma:•be Washington and New York m the East. "If somebody is willing to move to other places, they can easily find jobs. We get inquiries here all the time from places like Riverside, San Bernardino, El Centro . . places like that. "There are even a lot o! jobs available in the Los An- geles area - probably be- cause not as many people want to work there. "But the trouble is, of course, so many studen are spoiled and want stay around here and hold out for a Job opportunity." USIU, like USD, proces~es about 10 applications for ~v- ery opening, Castetter said. Total student enrollment now is a little more than 50. Cas- tetter said 170 new ·tude11ts have been admitted for tl,e fall from a selection of about 1,500 applications. "We shouldn't confuse that figure, however," Castetter warned. "Many of the students send out five or six appli• cations, and decide to go somewhere else like Hast- ings, Stanford or USC." USD's Weckstein said ad- mission to law school is gen- erally based on an applicant's grade record as an under- graduate, plus the score 011 a standard law aptitude test. Other factors, such as work expcne are u he said. and motivation, only t= rare cases, Both Weckstein and Castet- ter agree that law schools may begm to feel the reper- cussions of the crowae job market within l'IH, o hrce

~VENING TRIBUNE Education Writer Donald T. Weckstein. nPw dean of the University of ~&n Diego law school. has some radical views about where the lega I profession is headed. Or should be. And he figures the b(St place to start making changes is in the classroom For example, Weckstein would like to See the USD law school become the nucleus of a large com nity legal servi<:es center working with various agencies and individuals, par- ticularly in the area of group health care programs and as- sisting minority groups and the poor. - Change the third and fi• nal year of law school into a c:• e • program for studer.ts who would spend full-time working in a specialty area to receive solid practical ex- perience. -Swing the emphasis of some classes - and create new ones - to gear studerts for future work in the areas of community legal aid. "We have to start pre- parmg students for future needs in legal counseling m- stead of relying on traditio11 " Weck tein said in an inter- v;ew. "I'd like to see us be- come a major service to 1he community. ''We're starting now, but to reach the level needed it will take us three to five years." The former University of Connecticut law professor, who took over his new job Aug. 15, said he envisions us- ing the school's research fa. cilities to set up such a cen- ter, with students and faculty tackling many of the proj- ects. The legal profession is go- ing to have to make it ~elf more available to the general commun1tv, Weckstein said. ''A lot of people really need legal counsel • even m mat- ters like elling or buying a house - ba they can't a ford it.

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DONALD T. WECKSTEIN Weckstein said it IS just the beginning. "I think you'll see more of these types of cour~es in the future , and a lot more law studen1s will be heading m that direction." A lot more students re apparently heading for law school, too, whatever the odds against finding a job af- ter graduation . Weckstein said that despite a reported glut of young law- }ers in the U.S. job market, USD is expecting a record to- tal enrollment this fall of 850 students in its law school. About one-fourth of that num- ber will be entering fresh- men. To pick the 225 new stu- dents this year, Weckstfin and adnussions officers had to wade through more, than 2 000 applications. That's roughly one opening for every 10 persons applying - bad odds on which to bank a ca- reer. And if there are more law- yers than jobs. w are so

Five additional tru tees have rere'ltly been appointed to the board of the Umvcrs1tI ·an 1J1 go it was announced y chairman Bishop Leo T. 1aher. Th new arc

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Four days of practice remain /Wayne Howard greet a 33 lct- cfore 1he University of San trnnen at the s1art of fall prac• · · · · r lice and his a1hletes are ex- iego l,)egms Its fir,- t season o pe<'lrd to be in the middle of ars1ty lnter-collcg1ate Rotball the fight for California Col- In 11 years and head ch lcgiafe Atliletic Association \ndy Vinci f1a pickPd a to gh honors this .season. ut to crack in the 'forero's in Vinci will be u ,ing an off. :ii appearance. lfnse qu.1rterb3'k<: y tor • The 45-man USO squad jQur- er lJ. . of Amona s uct It neys northward Saturrlav night Ht'nr,v Smtay, a. 6-2, 202-pomid- . ·· ·a er who can throw well but to face a veteran LC River I n cd k w'th th, option m th~t will boast a big edge e wor . 1 c . n both weight and ~--perience play. _Offense will _1ie stressed m Indications from the H1verslde pracllce t wrek. campus re that the Iligh- anders are favored by a 13-15 point margin.

"For one thing, you know much of our livelihood has disappeared in the past couple of years with the ad- vent of no-fault insurance and no-fault divorce laws. Thats ended a lot of litigation. '·We're going to see a ma- jor shift in the law profession m the next few years - a ·ort of new social conscience developing I think the med • cal profession is alreaqy ahead of u.~ m that respect " New clas es are being de- veloped to study community aid programs, and more em phasis i.s now placed on crim- inal law and problems deal- ing with minority groups and the poor. USD already lists a cour~e on poverty law dealing spec1f1cally with land-lord. tenant rights, welfare and consumer protection, dis- crimination in housing and employment.

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The Toreros will lack depth in most areas and must avoid njuries b t have ind, ted a 1illingness to hit in pre-season work. In a two and one-half our scrimmage last. week against an 85-man Fullerton C6lllge team, lJSD managed wo touchdowns and more than held its own. It appears the Saµ Diegans will have to come up with an even stronger effort against Riverside. ew head coach

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exhibits will o nd at local ga.lle cu ng a one-man sho t e sculpture of Mvrna 'ob le, at the Founders Gallery ·at versity of San Diego anJ a t\\o-man show of the p~mt ., 65 of Vic Herman and the srulpture of Luis Ortiz Mo- nasterio at Thackel'ay rt Gallery. lrs ;',!obile, whose exhibi w1 open with a reception ht, received ner master rts degree from San

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Nearness to home and small classes attracted the seven La Jollans who will enter the 1972 freshmen class at the University of San Diego. Sharon Beckwith, graduate of La Jolla High School, is the daughter of Mrs. Fred B · and the late Mr. Beckwith. Sharon was clau pres! t fall of her senior year'and cJass treasurer of her so omore year. K. C. IUes, son of Mrs. Ed. rues, is also a graduate of La Jolla High. He handled the publicity for school events and was the LA Jolla Light/ Journal reporter for the La Jolla High column. A four-year letterman on the swim team, K. C. also found time to be a member of the Key <:lub and be a free-lance photographer. Samuel F. Kahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Kahn, is a 1972 gradwfte of La Jolla Country Day. Sam finds that tutoring un- derprlvlreged children is gi:atifying and helps him develop his own self-awareness. Another La Jolla High graduate IS Katherine Anne Kampmann. Th1! daughter of Mrs. Anthony Kampmann and

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