News Scrapbook 1982-1984

SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE

JUN

1981 Artifacts

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Melepcc: The Tree of Lifc-fahibit at Univer- sity of San Diego Founders Ga ll ery features ceramic, fmm the Mex ican town of Mctepec, cen- tering on the "arboles de la vida" (tree of life) motif in Mexican an. Pieces on display, from mu- seum and private collections, represent the entire life of the town, including utilitarian and ritual ceramics. Thru June 10. Weekdays no n-5, Wed. Lil 9. Un iversity of San Diego, Alcala Park. 29 1-6480.

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CENTER: Mediation Continued from First Page three more without mediation. Boss said that once the community is ful ly aware oI the service, 1t could handle up to one mediation a day. The program is funded for one Y,ear through part of a $125 000 grant to the San Diego Law Center from the Wei~gart Foundation, a private organization that funds legal research. After the first year, the center must generate community or government.al money to con- . Ideally, its backers hope the concept. of keepmg community problems out of the courts will spread to other communities, and the process has begun already. Hallstrom and the l'...aw Center have been awarded a $70,000 grant from the county to set up another community-based mediation center this summer, al- though its location has not yet been chosen. tinue.

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'Neighborly' Disputes Steered Away From Court Golden Hi ll enter • urn Combat

JUN 1

1983

SENIOR SCHOOL/ The Unive:sity or an Diego is registering senior c1tize~s for its summer University of the Third Age. The five-week program includes both lecture and physical fitness dasses for people over 54 years ol~ . Possible topic~ mclude politics, depression , med.1cal care, patient s ~igh$~• tax planning, and law enforcement. The cost is · Call 293-4585 to register.

RANCHO BERNARDO · JOURNAL JUN B 1983 Estate planning seminar slated

"Estate Planning for the 1980s" is the title of a seminar scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon JW1e 13 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Topics to be discussed include death tax plann- ing, living tru s t s, statutory · wills, estate planning for the single in- dividual, analysis of in-

surance needs, and methods of charitable giving. The seminar is free. It will be hosted by the Ran- cho Bernardo Inn and sponsored by the Univer- sity of San Diego. Make reservations by calling Shirley Taylor or Gilbert Brown, University of San Diego, 293-4523.

Director Richard Boss, left, and case coordrnator Matt Liedle in front of their offices in Golden Hill

died In the old days, when the village elders, the church or the famtly could b counted on to work out such difference . But now the first reaction 1s to sue, and the result has been an overburdened Judicial system. "I don't think the courts any longer respond well to the types of complaints the Gold n Hill center hand) s," said Juvenile Court Judge Robert O'Neill, who serves on the centers adv sory board "Other than small claims court, nobody wants to be bothered." And Hall trom added, "Even if you go to small claims court and wm, you still h ve to try to collect, which may not be easy." The Golden H1l center doe not have 'he I word. Thepart1c1pants t I have the option of takmg their case to court But supporters of the <'enter hope that In most mstances court will be avo•ded. • It seems to me a settlement mor ace tab) J i e tf th p a b convmc d to ma\ e p e o· 1 srucL "Sunply having a Ju ge d c1de who 1s nght or wrong isn't omg to solve an ongo ng problem Usually 1t isn't a matter of one person being right or wrong anyway, so you decide who is righter or wronger You solve the law uit but the problem still ex- ists" The challenge facing the cen- ter's staff 1s to sell people on the idea of making peace, not war. "The first reaction is often, 'Why the hcl should P It's a pain rn the butt to sit down with someone I don't hke,' "Liedle said. 'One guy slammed the door in my face three times, but I finally got our brochure to him," he said That man never did agree to meet facc-to-f c 1th his (oe, but L1edle was ab!E: to settle the dispute by

wnting down the points of differ- ence and taking the list back and forth between both parties. Liedle, 27. has a background in community organizing work as a former staff member of the San Diego Organizing project. If nothing else, he said, the mediation center can succeed m opening up commu- nication between people in conflict. But in some instances there is no chance for mediation "There's such a big chip on some shoulders that they just won't lis- ten," he said. "There are some 'You might define these disputes as minor, but · h y are till aggravating: people who want conflict m their lives." The other challenge facmg the center 1s to convince people that it is not Just a local branch of the Municipal Court where someone Will pass Judgment Center Director Richard Boss, 39, 1s the former director of a San Jose proJect for diverting young adults m trouble to community programs rather than the muuicipal courts. Neither he nor Liedle are lawyers (although Liedle is in law school at the Western State College of Law), and Boss wants the center per- ceived as a community pro ram, not a legal program. "We've intentionally kept away from heavy legal link," he said. "The drift 1s to keep lawyers out of this"

Hallstrom, who developed the program with a board of court, social service and community lea ers, said the center hopes to com!: the heavy reliance on lawyers resolving disputes. Hallstrom, 41, has a background as a lawyer and communi y org nizer going back to the 1960s, wh"n she was a civll rights worker in the south. Now, she and her husband, USD Law School Dean SJ eldon Krantz, are both committed t' de velopmg alternatives to Jitigati n in solving community problems. "I firmly believe that law_ ers must be more co11scious of the ct that many times their skills shoqd not be used," she said. "Even t e (U.S.) Attorney General, Will am French Smith, urged lawyers to discourage litigation when he sp e a few weeks ago at the USC Law School" Boss, however, fears there may be some backlash from local law - yers concerned that the mediation center I mvailing their turf. Other lawyers Will" clcome the group. "Lawyers will love it," O'Neill said. "These kinds of disputes are a pam in the tail for lawyers." He said they aren't lucrative enough for lawyers to want to bother with. Myrna Pascual Pena, a lawyer with offices in Golden Hill who has sent a letter to other lawyers in the area urging them to cooperate and refer cases to the center, acknowl- edged that "some attorneys are :itigal!on-happy, but I think the reaction from most will be.a sigh of relief. They don't want to get mvolved with petty disputes." In I s first month of operation, the center li cncd to 26' inquiries, med • d hree dJ pules and settled Please se CE 'TER, P g

Tlfv'IES-ADVOCATE JUN 2 1983

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POWAY NEWS-CHIEFTAIN JUlt 2 1983 Estate planning seminar slated

surance needs, and methods of charitable giving. The seminar is free. It will be hosted by the Ran- cho Bernardo Inn and sponsored by the Univer- sity· of San Diego. Make reservations by calling Shirley Taylor or Gilbert Brown, University of San Diego, 293-4523.

"Estate Planning for the 1980s" is the title of a seminar scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon JW1e 13 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Topics to be discussed include death tax plann- ing , livi ng trusts , st at utory wills, estate planning for the single in- dividual, analysis of in-

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PENASOUITOS NEWS J!Ji 8 l98J,

Estate planning seminar slated

''Estate Planning for the 1980s" is the title of a seminar scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon JW1e 13 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Topics to be discussed include death tax plann• i ng, livi ng trusts, stat utory wills, esta te planning for the single in- dividual, analysis of in-

surance needs, and methods of charitable giving. The seminar is free . It will be hosted by the Ran- cho Bernardo Inn and sponsored by the Univer- sity of San Diego. Make reservations by calling Shirley Taylor or Gilbert Brown, University of San Diego, 293-4523.

tlm it's appropriate to go fa er, cheaper, converuent, and in many case . to sett! d1s- p tes In the community through a system th t encourages compro• m and practical resul ." Th t the way they were han - t but It I m successful

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..Arbo! de \a Vida: T he Ceramics of M,•tep, ," an exhibit of works h M ex ican Tree-of-L, fe f I t e , ne will remain on VlCW ' h' Junµ IO Founders Gallery, rlroug ..... , · "D. 291,6480.

LOS ANGELES TI MES

JUN I

198l

16 Part VI/Friday, June 3, 1983 J wfiali ~!l,!9 Continued from Eighth Page FOUNDERS' GALLERY (Umvers1ty of San Diego, Alcala Park). The ceramics of Metepec, an evolutionary study of the Me,acan tree of hfe, wtll be on display through June 15. Gallery houl'8 are noon to 5 p.m. weekdays, except Wednesday, when 1t 1s open until 9 .m.

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LA JOLLA LIGHT JUN 2 198J

Law school graduate

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Vargas named director of law institute La Jollan Jorge A . Var gas, internati onal have included

Robe r t S. Lawrence received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law d ur ing graduation ceremonit>s Sunday. Lawrence will be joining the law fir m of S ltzer, Caplan Wilkin~ & McMahon A native San Diegan, he is married to the former Laurie Black nd i the son of M. L r ry La wre n ce, chairma n of the board, Hotel de! Coronado

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serve on the USD facul - ty as professor of law. Vargas has served as director of the Interna- tional Relations Area at t h e Center fo r Economic and Social Studies of the Third World , where he was also head of the Law of the Sea Departmen t from 1978 to 1982. His positions also

deputy director of the Office of International Fisheries Affairs, Mexico City; legal ad viser to the chai rman, Intergovern- mental Oceanographic Commission , UNES.- CO; and member of the Mexican delegation to the Third United Na- tions Conference on the Law of the Sea.

He is currently coor- dinating a model pro- gram f or trainin g human resources in t he utilization of marine resources, an OAS- UNESCO program to be launched in Mexico this month and later to be offered in Africa and Asia.

of eight books and numero us articles on in- ternational law, diplo- macy, sci ence and technology, and marine a f fair s. He holds degrees from the Na- ti on al Au t onomous University of Mexico and from Yale School of Law, and was an Adlai E. Stevenson Fellow with the U.N. Institute.

authorit y on the Jaw of the sea, has been named director of the Mexico- U.S . Law Institute, University of San Diego School of Law. effective August l. Sheldon Krantz, law school dean, in making the announcement, said that Vargas also will

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