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Hastings law school seeks to take over USIU's Cal Western

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A takeover of the USIU law school could not take place wHhout a leg1s- lat1v · act. Hasting , though affiliat d with the Umvrr. ity or California, has its own board of directors and negoti- ate directly with the Legislature and the governor's ofhce for its budgd (Cont. on Page B-4, Col. 3)

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,, fnday, Jan. 10, 1975 Sale of USIU Cal Western law school discussed erson outlining the bare bones of an agreement. son. Cal Western•s two

USD has it elf been prv- ducing a high number of successful practicing al• 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 time. USD enrolls some 900 stu- dents.

Despite Dean Anderson•s refusal to confirm or deny the negotiations, stories 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• teller, the question of whether the school will re- tain its name or take on the Hastings name has not yet been discussed with Ander-

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 leg1sla• tive year. in Sa- cramento said the assem- blyman has no knowledge of another bill to establi ha campus here. Castetter and Freeland both said letters have been exchanged with Dean And- Brown·s office

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· scrlpllons behind Harvard University•s and one pub· lished by the University of 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 University of San Diego on the grounds that another school might oroduce a glut of attorneys.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11-1 There are no bills cur• rently before th Legisla- ture uthor\zmg a transac• tlon and a ch k or virtually every legl lator' office ac- tive ln awing ducatlonal bills howed none aware of any being plann d However the b get for Hastings, which about to be Introduced. contains building appropriations which could be used to ac- quire the US1U law school, acccordlng to a source at Cal Western Last year A. semblyman Willie Brown, D-San Fran- cisco. who 1s a Hastings graduate. introduced a bill

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 include former Chief Justice Roger Tray- nor and this semester for• mer United States Supreme Court Justice Arthur Gold· berg.

Saturday, January 11, 1975 USIU Confirms Negotiating For Sale Of Its Law Sch ol (Continued from B-1) and even then it would have has about 1.550 students and to establish a Hastings lo be weighed against other enjoys the benefits of a pres- branch here have been op- budget demands and re- tigious faculty. posed by the San Diego quests. Under a constitution devel- County Bar Association "But the idea of a replace- oped by its founder stale area attorneys and the Uni'. ment (Hastings for USIU) Supreme Court Justi~e Ser- versity of San Diego Law d~s have some mL.rit," he ranus C. Hastings, the School because of a fear that said. state•s chief justice sits as the city - which already has Assemblyman Larry Kapi- chairman of the board of more law students than it !off. D-San Diego, said such_ directors. The Hastings fac- has lawyers - would be an exchange might be better ulty includes former stale overproducing lawyers if an- than opening a fourth law Chief Justice Roger Trainer. other law school was added school but that he, too, would former U.S. Supreme Court to USIU, USD and Western want ~tatistical support. Justice Arthur Goldberg. State University College of K~p1loff. an attor~ey. said Russell Niles, former dean Law. the idea of a pubhcly sup- at New York University and MEASURE DIES ported law school which attorneys Lawrence' El· Those fears resulted in the• might provide increased op- dridge and Rollin Perkins. death of a legislative mea- portunities for those who sure sponsored by former cannot now afford law school San Diego Assemblyman E. does deserve attention. Richard Barnes in 1972 ANOTHER OPINION which would have brought a Dr. Donald T. Weckstein.

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'Practical' Law Training Offered USD'S Clinic For New Attorneys (Conti,1Ued from Page l•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 5Chool and are given practical in• struction in interviewing, negotiation, criminal and ci\/il advocacy, plus in- struction in legal practice: how to run a law office, ethical problems, and fee collection." USC Prof. Louis Brown has given the clinic a television videotape machine. Sitting in a classroom, students mav 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 stud~nt 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 Lmda Vista. Now we have two more.'' Prof. Lynch said. "Students. accompanied by supervising attorneys. interview 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 worker. A lot of useful information gets crammed in. The law student who doesn•t take this course is missing a lot." Confined to indigents, the program includes landlord and tenant disputes, "fender-benders:• criminal nonsupport. con.umer contract cases, and a host of misdemeanor cases, criminal and ci\·il. Prof. Jones said "Compared with medical training. we arc! 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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u· ually has at lc,1. l two years of mtern~ilip und ·r hi. belt before he begins practice, the ii\ cragc embryo .tltorn y is hurled gras~')'-grccn into pn1c.:licc with little or no prnct 1 'ul It ainmg 'Ihe courts ,111d the \oc.tl bar hold periodic trammg scs. ions for new at- torn y , to enable th m at lea l to find the courthnu. e. But this in tru t1on only l, sts fllr one day. In an utlcmpt to g1\e practical in- •tn1~t 100 to 11:; students. the UniverMIY ot S,m Diego's L:111 s~hool has cst.1blished 11 cli111 at wluc.:h students can learn pracl1rnl intcrvicwmg. interrogation. and t\ il-crnmnal advocacy. l'w1g ,1 video tape tclcvi. 10n camera. 1 mock law o!ficc and real life situation.. m tru tor run lh,Jl h a wide ncty of ca , hil lh rem •ind of the c!.J... \,J.lch ... cioscd-c1rcuiL

mbtakcs. As part of the course. students then go into a real court themselves and argue (, nd win) cases ~lemming from three USD clinics for indigents in Linda \'ist:i, National City and Southeast San Diego. uiw students may, under a 1972 bar ruling, plead ca~cs m regular court if accomparr.cd b y altorney-mstructors. These studenL~. however, must carry the h,ghcsl recommendations and must have completed ut \cast six quarters in school. Clinical directors at the school are Prof. Rodney R. Jones and Prof. Charles A Ly,1ch. ,Jones handles the cnmmal law side; Lynch the civil. "Our clinical semester program lasts for a ha 1 f.year and is v·orth 12 credits," Jones said. "Students work four days a (Please Turn io Page 2A)

Hastings campus to San dean of the USD school of Diego. A 1973 state study law. said that school might said another Jaw school still look unfavorably upon a could not be justified in the Hastings takeover because San Diego area. of the possible expansion of Another attempt to move a the ~50-student body now at- branch Hastings campus to tendmg the USIU school. San Diego was carried last Hastings. founded in 1878, year by Assemblyman Willie ..__ - - - - - -

Brown. D-San Francisco, but that move died in the Senate. _Yesterday Brown, a Has- tmgs graduate, said he was unaware of the negotiations but would support and gladly ' carry any future legislation · to permit Hastings to pur- 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.

Son Diego, Tuesdoy, Jan. 1-4, 1975

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USO picks Burns lor 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 of the Interior. State De- partment and the l\'aval Ordnance Laboratorv Burns received both his bachelors and mast . de• grees from an Di o te University and clottor• ate in business administra- tion from Harvard.

Jack Boyce given USD official's post t\ 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 and administration. Boyce is married and the father of sev;en children.

Santa Fe has been named vice-president for business affairs at {!niversity of San Boyce. 48, is 'a native of Philadelph ia. He received a B.E. in engineering from the Chr istia n Brothers Manhattan College. He has also studied real estate at Diego.

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·and attended He is the treasurer of the American Management Western Lieutenancy of the 0 Schoo I • s train in g Knights of the Holy \.1 programs. Sepulchre. Amember of the For the past 5 • 1/ 2 years, school board of St. James j Boyce has been vice- Academy, Solana Beach, he president of operations and also belongs to the Santa Fe administration at Lomas Country Club. Santa Fe, Inc., and af- Boyce will assume his filiated companies. He is new position on Feb. 3. the