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volunteert system and is room for improve- ment," Anderlini sai c · ·1 a prepared statement issued by the State Bar on Nov. 24. He claims that the Bar' discipline system works a:. well as that of any oth er agency or profession in the state that licenses and disci - plines its own members. Fe llmeth said the compe n- sated r eferee system is a improvement, but s ti doesn't face up to basic d cl ciencies. The current systc· includes 50 to 80 rctin t ju dges and attorneys. "ijeea,= o f the in ufi cient $150 per day compen- sation available unde r the current system and t he unavailability of r e tired judges, most of the cases are goin9. to compensated refe- rees, ' Fellmeth explained in his report. He also said judges arc not enthusiastic about serving because th ey are often unf a- miliar with administrative he arings and can m a ke more money - up to I0 times as much - as dispute resolution judges. En'the report F ellmeth s ug- gests that judges be hired a t a cost of $700,000 or about $7 per attorney in the sta te. There should b e six j udges, and a seventh could carry a ,/\...-I"-. pd

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, . ______ by Van de Kamp to review the attorney discipline sys- tem. He issuec. one report in June and another the first week of November. Fellmeth said, in his latest report, that the volunteers are "minima lly trained" law- yers who make decisions "in a fragmented and uncoordi- nated manner." Because of I f1is, investiga- tors remain .... J swamped with workload at three times the manageable level, and the complaint backlog, sa id Fellmelh, ha n' oved in 10 months. In addition, Fellmeth charged that the Office of Trial Counsel is "effectively without investigative resources and the discipline system is wholly incapable of ·handling a - complex serious case against a prac- ticing atomey." While the Board is now consenting· that there is room for improvem ent in th e discipline system, Ande r- lini still insists the California discipline system is top- notch. "While our present system is th e toughest system in the state a nd the most profes- sional of any attorney disci- p line in the n ation, there was

In efforts fo overhaul the State Bar discipline system the Board of Governors, fol- lowing a special meeting, has proposed that California replace volunteer referees with paid professional judge to hear discipline 1 cases. According to Presi- d ent Te rry Anderlini, Cali- fornia would be the firs t sta te in the nation to a dopt s uch chan ges - and so, he ha call ed them "ldt ..:,n ark" , pro posals. The board wil l formally c01,src; 1er e pr oposals a t its next scheduled Board of Governors meeting at 9 a.m., S a tu rday, Dec. 12 at the bar's San Francisco o ffices, 555 Franklin St. "Landmark" proposals or not there are som e who would argue that the Sta te Bar o f Cal ifornia h as been tooresistant and too slow in overhau ling the discipline system. "The current failure (of the system) ... is extreme," said State. Bar Discipline Monitor Robert Fellmeth in a progress report to Attor- ney Gen_fral_John Van de Kamp. Fellmeth, a professor from University of San D~go Center for Public

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,Jlllfrt 1 s P. c. B The unvier;tty ;j S;n Diego Com• munity °thoir present Handel's classic work, '"The Messiah Part I," d1recled by Father NIC• olas Reveles Solo sis include soprano Carrie Lamb, 8110 Dian Ward. tenor William Eichorn and ban1one W,I\lam Nolan. 8 p.m. Dec. 11, USO Founders Chapel. Mmission; general. $5; students. $3; children under 1~,SJ.)lllor- matoon 260-4600, ext. 4456. ,,Z'1b0 '" 1888 '!.!_SD _

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1scip ine system changes standing tradition o f main- consists of 445 vol unteers t ~i i~g t he a ttorney who hear cases on th e aver- d1Sc11 lme sys tem within the age of o ne each three to five judicial branch of govern- months, has been criticized ment,thebar willnominate for its "inconsistent and the California Supreme findings. "

Continued from page I one-half cas eload - together they s hould make ur an Execu tive Committee o the State Bar Court. ~nlike the bar, Fellmeth said ihe j udges should not be appoin ted by the Board of Go~~rnor,;, but by elected officials· or appoin t ees of elected o fficials. "In keepjng with our long-

Department with a,p inde- pendent, three-judgt! appel- late panel. its evaluation of how best to i mprove the system , received widespread s up- port for professionali zing the discipline ajud icatory process from bar staff and many volunteer judges. "This co n se n s u s cam e not b c a1:1~c o f outside pr essure b t from a general agree- men t that these changes w re necessa ry for improv- ing the system," the state- ment rea ds. Anderli ni said, "We (the Board) w ill be seeking The Board, during

a pproval the state legislature to increase the active m em ber dues for law- yers. Fe llme th a n ticipates that th is could mean a $30/ $ 100 per annum increase but I do n 't know if he'~ r ight." "I think m ost of us (those who practice law in Califor- nia ) agree that the p tice is worth paying in exchange for a system, we a atorneys, can be proud of and o n e in w hic h the r,ubli c wili h ave confidence." Cu rrently, active member dues in the S ta te Bar Associ- a tion are $275 per year Anderlini said . (J.7 from

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Fellmeth suggests that paid judges will have the training necessarytorender consistent decisions, netting a d isci pline sys tem tha t doesn 't have suc h a large backlog and p rosec ut es special m eeting, not only d ecided to support the proposa l of pay- ing the j u dges, but a lso to _!.eplace the present Review -, thoroughly. -4 Governors, The State Bar Board of at its

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a 20 6 average, had two fouls in as many minutes m the fir t half and played I than even minutes m the econd h"lf before drawing his fourth personal, throwing a tantrum and ex- iling for all but a on -rrunute cameo late in the game. He failed to ·core USO' 6-8 Keith Colvm - a fresh- man who entered th game with bet- ter numbers /11.3 points and 5.7 re- bounds) at this stage of h1S career than Scott Thompson had as a fresh- man quickly scored five points as USO sprinted to a 10-4 lead. But he spramed his right ankle chasing a long rebound just 6tz mm- See Toreros on Page E-3 /

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somPone h d u · by the t roat all night W cou ldn't even f ure out what delen e they wer run ng, they w nt back and forth b t ecn the man-to-man and wne o we " Actually, neither t am played the gam it had plann d b cause the t.Jrtmg centers on both 1d played fewer than 10 mmutc The Loggers· 6-foot-9 Jay Brewer th ' leading P~et Sound S<'or r with

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USO (2-3) played most of the first half without a pivot after Jim Pelton suffer d a bloodied nose during his Pelton returned in the second half, however, and paced what charge the Torcros were able to make, along with point guard Danny Me..ris and wing forward Marty Munn. first minute of action.

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Sound·s Scott Reid halved the deficit with a three-pointer and the Loggers then forced usn into consecutive turn vers against the press. Means hit two free throws to in-· crease the margin to 64--61, but Reid stripped Munn of a rebound at the other end and hit a short banker to At that point, USO started going to the foul line on each possession. Mike

Pugel Sound is 2-4, but the loss was the second straight narrow defeat to a Division I university. Boise State - USD's next opponent Saturday in Idaho - defeated the Loggers, 64-60, Munn paced USO with 18 points. Means had 13 and Haupt had nine points and seven rebounds. Fresh- men John Sayers and Randy Thomp-- son and Pelton all had eight. Forward Jack Forney paced Puget Sound with 23 points and eight re- Saturday.

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Do n by two at intermission, the make it 64-63. Toreros exchanged baskets with the Loggers for the first 11 minutes of

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the second half before a three-point Haupt hit two, Means three out of '" i~ts so; · ~~;d;' of the~:.;,60;~;f US'i)"='"~ ~::.~~· 00 :~: ;~·~~:~'/ L--~--~~- ________ Munn shot and two free throws by four and Pelton two to swell the

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Handel's "The Messiah," part one, will be presented by the USO Commun ity Choir Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. in Founders Chapel. Director will be Father Nicolas Reveles. Cost is $5 general, $3 students, $2 chlldren. For more, call 260-4600 ext. 4456 or 260-4682.

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yond War, a peace group, said that, unlike the battles for free speech waged by '60s students against in- flexible university administrations, the Social Issues Committee has the blessing of USD's powers that be. "Four years ago," he said, ''Sister Furay (USO vice president and pro- vost) and I were sitting around talk- ing about peace issues and wondered what we could do on campus. For some time, she'd had the idea to form this committee, so she decided to ask the deans to solicit volun- teers. "So we're some real radical group." he said with a sudden laugh. "We don't even have to buck the ad- ministration." Anderson, who travels often to Central and South America studying economic development in struggling nations, defined the committee's purpose as findi ng ways to get stu- dents more interested in the world "so they will take a stance, get in- volved" The Social Issues Committee is ;:::::::: { ::,::·

' What we're trying to do ts keep the fla ,ne of '60s social activism alive. , ,

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Committee. That is a bureaucratic term for a group of liberal-minded profe · o bent on attacking student apathy. Graying now, and perhaps less trident, the activists are well aware that this 1s not Berkeley or Ann

Arbor. Theirs is a conservative cam- pus in a conservative city. "Maybe there's a need to educate not only USO but also S.D.," said Briscoe, laughing. Briscoe, who three years ago helped start the local chapter of Be-