News Scrapbook 1974-1975

0 US1U'faiks 'Of Selling Law Unit United States Internation- al University officials ye- sterd~y _confirmed they are negollatmg the possible sale of their Cal Western Law School ~ith Hastings College of Law m San Francisco. Officials and attorneys backing the sale as well as legislators informed of the talks said if an agreement is reached, it would result in renewed efforts to win legis- lative support and financing for a second Hastings cam- pus and provide San Diego with its first publicly sup- ported law school. Hastings, the oldest law school west of the Mississip- pi and one of the most presti- gious i~ the nation, 1s part of the Umversity of California but has a board of dll"ectors that operate 'ndependently of_the UC Board or egents. Still, any purchase by this state-supported institution would reqmre legi !alive ap- proval. Dr. Robert K. Castetter USIU law school dean said the negotiations invol;e the purchase of the law school building at 350 Cedar st., the 50,000-volume library and all the furnishings. FACULTY TO STAY "The negotiations include the understanding that the (USIU) faculty would re- mam," Castetter said. Dr. Robert S. Dunn, USIU vice president and acting dean of the business school said "there is a logical ratio'. nale for being willing to make such a change be- cause 1t will allow us t~ put those resources realized from such a sale into further strengthening of other unique USIU programs which are not readily avail- able elsewhere." . Castetter said no dollar figures have been discussed and the talks are still in the early stages - there has been an exchange of letters between the officials of the two schools HASTINGS SILENT Hastings officials have re- ma_ined silent on the subject. Neither Dean Marvin J. Anderson nor Associate Dean William Reager could be reached for comment and a school spokesman declined to confirm or deny the talks. The negotiations apparent- ly_ were intitiated by San Diego attorney Eugene Freela_nd, former Hastings alumm president and law partner of John Cranston USW's board of trustee~ chamnan. . Freeland, who has been _ mvolved m efforts to have a branch of Hastings in San Diego since 1969 yesterday Officials Confirm Negotiations With Hastings College

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A takcov r of the t:SIU law school eould not take place without a legis- lative act. Hastings, though affi11at d v.1th the Univer ·1ty of California, has its own board of directors and negoti- ates dir •cUy v.1th the Ll.>gislature and the governor's ofhc for its bUd" t l('ont, on Page B-4, Col. 3)

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son. Sale of USIU Cal Western law school discussed

USD has it elf been pn,- ducing a high number of successful practicing at- torneys and in the most recent bar examinations 83 per cent of all USD gradu- ates taking the exam for the first time passed - as opposed to a statewide av- erage of 61 per cent who take the test for the first tune. USD enrolls some 900 stu- dents.

Despite Dean Anderson's refusal to confirm or deny the negotiations, stones of a possible agreement. have circulated in legal circles here, reaching such Has- tings alumni as Municipal Court Judge Earl Gilliam, and it was openly talked about at last month's con- vention of the American Assn. of Law Schools in San Francisco. Cal Western has some 475 students enrolled·. According to Dean Cas- tetter, the question of whether the school will re- tain its name or take on the Hastings name has not yet been discussed with Ander-

erson outlining bones of an agreement. Castetter would remain dean of the Hastings branch here, according to the pre- liminary talks. Hastings is the second largest law school in the United States, with about 1,550 day students enrolled. Its board is chaired by the Chief Justice of the Cali- fornia Supreme Court as stipulated in the state con- stitution . Teachers mclude former Chief Justice Roger Tray- nor and this semester for- mer United States Supreme Court Justice Arthur Gold- berg. the bare

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to establish a branch here. The measure was approved in the Assembly but died in the Senate. Freeland, who ap- proached USIU with the question of whether it would be willing to sell the Cal Western school of law, said the bill died primarily be- cause It was introduced too late in last year's legisla- tive year. Brown's office in Sa- cramento said the assem- blyman has no knowledge of another bill to establi h a campus here. Castetter and Freeland both said letters have been exchanged with Dean And·

Cal Westem's two law reviews are well known. The state Supreme Court in the last three weeks has cited one in three different cases, according to Cas- tetter, and the California Western International Law Journal is third in paid sub- scriptions behind Harvard t:niversity's and one pub- lished by the University or Virginia. Students from the school have consistently won na- tional and internationlal moot court competitions. Previous attempts to lo- cate Hastings here drew op- position from cmversity of San Diego on the grounds that another school might oroduce a glut of attorneys.

CONTINUID FllOM PAGE 11·1 There are no bills cur- rently before the Legisla• turc authorizing a transac- tion and a check of virtually every legt lator' office ac- tive ln drawing educational bills hawed non aware of any being plann d However the budget for Hast n · which about to be Introduced, rontains building appropriatwns which could be used to ac• quire the t:Sll' law school, acccording to a source at Cal We t m Last year A semblyman Willie Brown, D-San Fran- cisco, who is a Hastings graduate, introduced a bill

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USIU CO, . F S I 0 r a e (Continued from B-1) to establish a HastinJ branch here have been o posed by the San Die; County Bar Associatio area attorneys and the U versity of San Diego L School because of a fear t the city - which already I more law students than has lawyers - would overproducing lawyers if , other law school was adc to USIU, USD and Wesu State University College Law. MEASURE DIES Those fears resulted in death of a legislative m sure sponsored by forn San Diego Assemblyman Richard Barnes in I which would have brougt Hastings campus to : Diego. A 1973 state st said another law set could not be justified in San Diego area. Another attempt to mO\ branch Hastings campm San Diego was carried J year by Assemblyman Wi Brown, D-San Francisco that move died in the Se~~ to permit Hastings to pur- 1 chase USIU's Cal Western Law School. However, two members of San Diego's legislative dele- gation expressed reserva- tions about a Hastings takeo- ver. Sen. John Stull, R-Leuca- dia, said he would want strong evidence that there is a need for the school here,

' ~otiating Sch ol has about 1,550 students and enjoys the benefits of a pres- .igious faculty. Under a constitution devel- 1ped by its founder, state iupreme Court Justice Ser- ·anus C. Hastings, the rtate's chief justice sits as ~hairman of the board of directors. The Hastings fac- ulty includes former state Chief Justice Roger Trainer, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, Russell Niles, former dean at New York University, and attorneys Lawrence El- dridge and Rollin Perkins.

'Pl'actical' Law Training Offered VS/J'S Clinic For New Attorneys (Conti.med from Page 1-A) week on casework - investigations, court appearances, client interviews with cases from the Neighborhood Legal Clinics. On the fifth day, all students are brought back to school and are given practical in- struction in interviewing, negotiation, criminal and civil advocacy, plus in- struction in legal practice: how to run a law office, ethical problems, and fee collection." L'SC Prof. Louis Brown has given the clinic a television videotape machine. Sitting m a classroom, students may watch other students in another room which varies as a law office, a courtroom, or a negotiating board room. This room has a stationary TV camera, plus a hand-held one operated by a student cameraman Therefore, the entire mock session is on tape that can be rerun for criticism of techniques and proper procedures. ''This program started about three years ago with the establishment of a free legal clinic in Linda Vista. Now we have two more," Prof. Lynch said. "Students, accompanied by supervising attorneys, mlerview applicants. Some questions are settled on the spot, others are researched, while some go to court." Terry Kopanski, who went through the program last year, said "I had 31 separate cases, of which four ended up in court." "I had a two-day jury trial in El Cajon Municipal Court," Arlene Prater said. "It was a battery case, and I won! The videotape instruction was a big help. I made my presentation before the camera, then watched and listened to myself and corrected my mistakes." Win or lose, the neophytes are not permitted to collect fees. Gregg Veach went through the program last year. "It helps a lot; then, there are non- legal things that you pick up: how to talk to a potential witness or to a welfare wo1ker. A tot of useful information gets crammed in. The law student who doesn't take this course is missing a lot." . Confined to indigents, the program mcludes landlord and tenant disputes, "fender-benders," criminal nonsupport, consumer contract cases, and a host of misdemeanor cases. criminal and civil. Prof. Jones said "Compared with medical training, we are away behind the times," then he quoted Chief Justice Warren Burger: "Law schools fail to in- culcate sufficiently the necessity of high standards of professional ethics, manners and etiquette and fail to provide adequate and systematic programs by which studer:ts may focus on the elementary skills of advocacy."

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ATTORNEY INTERNS r-1 a.-. l-a, ,'~;..l.'11~~ . Law Students Argue in Court While n dt ·c1I school graduate u ·ua\ly has at lea I two years of rnlernship und ·r hi b It before ht begins practice, th nverage embryo atlorm•y is hurled gr,, sy-grcen into practice with little ur uo pm tic.al trmn111g The cour s ,utd the local bar hold p nod11,; tr111n1ng scs ion for new at- televi ion then the subJects can see themse lves on reruns and adJust their mistakes. As part of the course, students then

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go into a real court themselves and arg11~ (and win) cases stemming from three USD clinics for mdigents m Lmda Vista, National City and Southeast San Diego. Law students ma) , under a 1972 bar ruling, plead ca · s rn regular court if accomparr.cd b y altorney-mstructors. Thc, e students , howc\·er, must carry the h,g 1e t recommendation and mu t have complC'led at least six quarters in school. Cl,nical directors at the school are Prof. Rodney R. Jones and Prof. Charles A Ly,1ch. Junes handles the criminal law side; Lynch the civil. •·our clinical semester program lasts for a half year and is \'·orlh 12 credits." Jones said, "!'itudcnl s work four days a (!'lease Tu.'11 le Page .!A)

torn ys, to cn~ble them ,tt lea. t to find the courthouse. But this mstru .lion only lasts for on· d.iy In :in 11ltcmpt to give practical in- tru 110n to its student , the University ut San Diego's Law s-; hool has cst.,blishcd a di111c .it \\lm;h tudcnts can learn pnd,cul intc1 icw111g, 111terrogalion, aud c1v1I ..nm111al advocacy. l ' ing a \'ldco tnpc tclcv1s1011 camera, a n1oc.k law othcc and real hfc s1tuahons, uu tr •~tors 1ro h a \lide ~an ty o[ th rcmamder of lb c!.l. dor,cd-c1rcwt

. Yesterday Brown, a H said he took the 'proposal to tmgs graduate, said he "' Cranston and USIU officials unaware of the negotiatic Freeland said past effo~ but would support and glac (Continued 00 B-4 Col 3) carry any future legislati · ' ·

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Son Diego, Tuesday, Jcin. l"', 1975 , USD picks Burns for

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dean post Dr. James M. Burns has been named acting dean of University of San Diego's School of Business Adminis- tration. He replaces Dr. Clement J. Nouri, who resigned last month to return to teaching. Burns joined USD this year after a four-year teaching stint at the Univer- sity of Southern California and a year at Harvard Business School . He is currently a consul- tant to the U.S. Department or the Interior, State De- partment and the . aval Ordnance Laboratory Burns receiv bo bachelors and mast grees from San Die o University and a tor- ate in business administra- tion from Harvard.

Jack-Boyce given USD official's post 1:\ Jack D. Boyce of Lomas

president of North County Cable Television Company. Prior to his coming to San Diego, Boyce worked for the Singer Corporation for 15 years. His last post was as assistant to the president and director of planning Boyce is married and the father of sev.en children. He is the treasurer of the Western Lieutenancy of the Sepulchre. Amember of the school board of St. James Academy, Solana Beach, he also belongs to the Santa Fe Boyce will assume his new position on Feb. 3. and administration. of the Holy Country Club.

Santa Fe has been named vice-president for business af_fairs at University of San Boyce, 48, is 'a native of Philadelphia. He received a B.E. in engineering from the Christian Brothers Manhattan College. He has ,s also studied real estate at i American Management j Boyce has been vice- president of operations and administration at Lomas Santa Fe, Inc., and af- "~ Ciliated companies. He is ' \ ,& UCSD ·and attended the O Schoo 1' s programs. \-1 For the past 5-1/ 2 years, Diego .

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