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While the matter of selling the mm; Law School to pr~stigious Hastmgs School of the Law for a Southern California branch of the San Francisco facility wa3 bar "> association meeting, it will be at the next one, on March 10. There. advo.:ates and °'-opponents will have their s;iy and lhe 'association will make a decision. Monday, rt Assemblyman Larry Kapiloff, D-~an Diego, introduced a bill in the state ll'gislature asking for $2.S million for the purcha~e ~of the USIU facility, which is housed at C .~SO Cedar St. Opponents of the idea say the area already has enough law schoob - USIU, USD, and Western State - and them. Proponents say the future will open up many more jobs for lawyers, and San Diego needs a top school like Hastings. * • not brought up at yesterday's there is a serious employment problem for students graduating from

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION

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Sunday, February 16, 1975

Mustangs Snap USD Win Streak BY MICHAEL GRANT cal Poly (SLO) outscored State Domlntuez Hills, the University of San Diego, missed 50 shots last night 3HI over the last eight min- and finished with a 32 per- utes last night to bring the cent reading. The Mustangs Toreros' Alcala Park win- shot 45 percent, including a nlng streak to an abrupt 48 percent effort In the sec- Center Tom Flavin scored half and 'the Mustangs sank 15 points for Poly and guard 30 of 34 free throws to send Brian O'Flaherty had 14, in- the Toreros to their first lo$ eluding a 10-for-10 night at in 11 home games and their the free line. 12th overall The Toreros shot but 30 Center Neil Traub l?PJ>ed percent from the floor the the Toreros scoring with 18 first half but nonethele$ but couldn't have wedged whittled an 11-point deficit to the ball wit~ a shoehorn four by intermission. the last eight mmutes Jones Poly starters Gerald Jones finished with 17. halt, 80-62. ond half. Guard Gary Orgill scored 20 points 14 in the second

The University of San Diego baseball team will be busy the next seven days. The Toreros will play five games in that period, st~rt- ing with a game agamst southern California College at home tomorrow at 2:30. They will host U.S. Interna- tional University Thursday at the same time.

About Watergate, life As Politician B} HERBERT LOCKWOOD SAN Dli:GO DAil Y TRANSCRIPT Stolt Writ•r Wntcrgntc star Snm Ervin, former ~t·nntor from North Carolina, spent an hour y tenfoy fielding queAions from the press and he appeared to enjoy every minute of it. Tall, portly, \~h1te-haired, hke a Warr n G. Hardmg who had visited tne grit ,u1J gravy b01'1 once too often. Ervin nn wcrcd each question with a few thou and words or more. Each answer was well basted ,1 ith B1blJ(.'al -iuotat10n , anecdotes on rural Justice, and cogent comments on the American scene. ErvIn, 77, spent nearly 19 ears in the S nate nd 1s regarded as an authority on the US. Const1tuhon. Before entering the ~enate, he 5erved as a 5upcrior c •urt iud c then was apoomted to the North C urolina uprcme Court. Among hi comments: Judge : "lf judg u ed \~hat ver wisdom they had more, we wo111d h,ive ·1 lot less trouble, but too many of them Just sit there like !0plc who sc11t them to Wn h1ngton don't have much sense and should be run by the federal govern- ment." . Pre . coverage of politicians' pnv~t.:: :1 ves: ";\nybody whc takes public office hv s in a glc1ss house. The pre~s should find ot1t nnvthmg II can about diem." Banking· "Don't know much about b,wkmg, except, when you take out a loan 1t makes the year ccm a lot longt·r." Are Congrc~cmcn deservmg of respect?: "·ome arc, some aren't. Before J went to \Va hington I u ed to think they were all James J. Calhouns or lknry lays, but when I got there I fo~nd a lot of people in nign place, haven t any more sen. e th 111 we have." Grand jurk~· "1 he grand jury sys~cm has been perverted in this country. 'lhey were origmally set up lo tnnd betwern the people and irresponsible pr~secut.ns. Now they're changed from an 1mpart:al role to becoming assistant U.S. or d1stnct uttorncys." . _ Ervin spake last night bc1ore the student body o( the l!mvcrs1ty of San D1eg-:i. ak. Commentmg on the Watergate bre ·Ill crew and their associates, the former senator had this to say: "Not one of t~ese men ever ran for office IQl' had any pollt1cal experience. A practical p~litician knows that some things just don l go. If they (Continued on Page A) G t Question? Ervin Has Answer (Continued from Page 1A) h:id been politicians, there wouldn't have been any Watergate." Asked what he thought of tlie influic of new faces in the Congre s, Ervin said, "A lot of old-timer~ have had to ·tep down. Jt's funny; new Congressmen always ha~e the seniority system ru1d try to pull 1t ciown, but after th"y've been there for awhil~ they grow to love it." Television coverage of the Senate: ''The Senate's rather a dull place; it wouldn't be much of a ~how, but \',ith a camera on them l feel a few members might be inclined to ham it .up.' ' . Ervin first attracted national notice by charging the late Sen. .Joseph McCarthy of being guilty of '·disorderly co~duct by f I y b Io wing. '' Flybl011111g 1s North C;1rohnese for "smearing." He said the notorious , 'ixon tapes were not too important to his Senate m- vestigalion of the Committoe to Re-elect the President. "We never had any tapes, but the Senate committee did show !ht; matter in detail; this was later corroborated by the tapes.'' As for Nixon now, he said he thought JI "extremely unlikely" that he wou1d be appointed to, say, an ambassadorship. He added that he had not stopped oft at San Clemente for a chat on the way to San Diego. Asked his plan~ for the future, ~am •napped the eyelids of his deep-hlue eyes and said, "I might gwe a few more , p::echcs, then I'd hke to read all the books l\·c been meaning to read, not that act of fiction called lhe Congre~sional Hecord."

and Dave Erickson both went to the bench with foul trouble early In the second half and USD gradually gained momentum. Forward Alan Jones' three-point play gave the Toreros a 41-40 lead, their first since the game's opei:i- lng minutes. The Toreros proceeded to build a 56-49 lead at 7: 50 before going cold as stone floor. They did not get anoth- er field goal until the 1 : 45 mark and by then the visi- tors were up 69-60. USD, which Friday night lost a 74-67 decision at Cal

The Toreros won the re- bounding battle, 48-37, but committed 24 turnovers, in- cluding four in a row that got the Mustangs out of a nine- point hole and set up their winning surge.

Kearny Mesa Sentin And The North Shores Sentinel

Volume49No. 15

Wednesday,Feb. 19, 1975

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2724 Garnet Ave Pac,f,c Beach. Caltforn,a 92109

Phone 274- 3210

Two University of San Diego students give this young man some free legal counseling which, ordinarily, he could not afford. At the same time people are receiving legal help, low

students ore gaining practical experience in their chosen profession.

Legal advice forpeop e who can't afford lawyers by Beverly Bitzko

requirements: their case must serve as a learning tool for a student. 1t cannot be fee-generating and the applicants must demonstrate an inability to pay for legal help. The beach area clinic is staffed by seven attorneys. Pacihc Cabrillo law students also participate The law students interview the applicant and research his case under the supervision of an attorney Legal problems are solved either through conciliation methods or by referring the applicant to small claims court. The man's case. as are 80 per cent of the cases handled by the legal aid clinics, was settled out of court. The Linda Vista woman was referred to small claims court Kleinops used conciliation to reach an agreement in the man·s case. "I requested that the nephew sign a release directing the bank to mail the

pink slip to the client,·• Kleinops said. The Linda Vista woman was refunded her cleaning deposit because the landlord could not prove she had inflicted any damages or failed to clean the apartment. The students also explain laws and procedures as part of a preventative law program. "We try to explain such things as consumer rights and civil rights to our visitors. We feel that if a businessman knows about his contract liabilities before he enters into it, many legal (See LEGAL, 2A)

ALinda Vista woman wanted help in recovenng a $150 apartment cleaning deposit. A63-year-old beach area man wanted to change the joint ownership on his car to prevent his nephew from selling it. They needed legal advice, but could not afford to pay $45 an hour while they were getting it. • The University of San Diego·s legal clinic in Linda Vista and the Beach • Area Legal Clinic in Mission Beach • helped them out. "There are many people who simply would not receive the counseling and atd that they need If 1t were not for these clinics. ' aid law student Percy Kleinops The legal clinics also serve as learning laboratories for la\\ students. The univer ily's clmic: 1s set up to tram future lawvers. ppl1cants ·must meet these

''The welfare worker~ present a picture of the family situation. We might provide legal recourse if we feel it will improve the situation," said In conjunction with its neighborhood youth services, the legal clinic will open a youth clinic this year. Such cases as school expulsion, child custody, curfew violations and narcotic and traffic violations will be handled. The Beach Area Legal Clinic handles mostly marital disputes, consumer fraud complaints and tenant-landlord Harris.

problems will be prevented," said

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university's legal aid clinic. Both legal clinics will draw up simple Cases handled by law students have included bankruptcy. damage suits, divorces and consumer fraud. People mvolved in criminal cases also may seek advice at the clinics. The students receive class credit for their work. They are supervised by four Bowden. Charles Lynch and Michael law professors: Jones, Thomas include a family service and a youth Under the family services program, a professor and law students provide legal assistance on divorces, child support, welfare and child custody legal assistance may be r uested b a welfare worker. clinic. cases. The wills and contracts. Harris. Other university legal programs

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The attorneys at the beach clinic are

Barry Dwyer,

Robert Archibald, Reedhead , Roy Stephens. They internship credit. Area Free Clinic. Cabrillo

Thomas Gade, Jose Otero, William

John Pacific receive

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The clinic is sponsored by the Beach

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