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10-27-1986

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Vol. I. No. 11 LOYOLA LAWSCHOOL October 27, 1986

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY· LOS ANGELES. CALIFOR~IA

CALENDAR OF WEEKLY EVENTS

Scheduled Events for the Week or October ') '7- , ,

Da Event

1·10nday ABA RE!NSPECTION TEAM 'TIIRUOCTOBER 29th

Placem~nt-McGeorg~ School ofLaw Summer Program In Europe

Tuesday International Law Society-SummerPrograms

PAD-General lwleetingPlacement-OC~ LuncheonEvening SBA-Forum Address~ng

Both Sides of the California~uprerne Court Re-ElectiunIssue

Mr. Hobbs-Trial Advocacy

Wednesday Placement-OCI LuncheonDean Cooney-Budget MeetingAALSA, BALSA, La Raza-Outline

workshopLaw & Justice Film FestivalAALSA-General Meeting & Teriyaki

Pre-planning Sale MeetingJustice Arleigh Wcods-"Appel1ate

Advocacy: What Works from theJudge's Viewpoint"

Amnesty International-TrainingSession

PAD-The Great Debate, ProfessursJosephson & Kanner, "Shouldthe Legal System Do Away Withthe Adversary System"

Thursday Placement-OCI LuncheonMr. Hobbs-CTA InterviewsMs. Fisher-Sexual Harassment

Committee MeetingDean Cooney-L"lU Art Council'Mr. Hobbs-Trial AdvocacyDay & Evening SBA-Halloween

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Friday Placement-OCI LuncheonLaw & Justice Film Festival

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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

REMINDER: Don't forget to turn yourclock back one hour on Sunday, October 26.

ASSOCIATE DEAN IDES ONKABC EYEWITNESS NEWS!

In case you did not have an opportunity tosee Associate Dean Allan Ides on EyewitnessNews this past week, both debates regardingthe California Supreme Court can be viewedin the Campus Cuisine dining area on Tues-day, October 28 and Thursday, October 30.

Dean Ides first debated Bruce Herschensohnand then Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler;each debate was approximately 10 minuteslong.

DAY SBA NEWS

SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ENTERTAIN-N1ENT BUDGET!Buy your discount movie tickets to Mann,Pacific & General Cinema Theaters in theLLS bookstore. Only $3.25 as compared to$6.00 in Westwood!

roc N1EETING - There will be an intraor-ganizational meeting (IOC) on Tuesday, Oc-tober 28th in the SBA office to elect thechair and vice chair.

On Tuesday. October 21st, the Day SBAvoted to distribute a survey to find out ifstudents are in favor of banning smoking inthe cafeteria. Look for the survey to bedistributed soon.

SBA HALLOWEEN PARTY!

The Day and Evening SBAs are sponsoring aHalloween party Thursday, October 30 from7:00 - 11:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge.There will be sandwiches, beer, wine, music,dancing & prizes for best costumes! BETHERE! (Everyone's dying to see you!)

EVENING SBA NOTES

POLITICS & THE COURTCome hear both sides of the re-electionissue. Evening SBA is sponsoring a forumfeaturing local attorney John Hud speakingfor Independent Citizens' Committee toKeep Politics out of the Court and DeputyDistrict Attorney Ster ling Norris speakingfor Crime Victims for Court Reform. Theforum will be on Tuesday, October 28thfrom 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Student Lounge.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE SBABULLETIN!

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SECT 2 CHANGE IN SCHEDULE

During the week of October 27th:- Development of Legal Thought (Prof.Brosnan) will meet on Monday & Tuesday(10/27 - 10/28) from 11:10 - 12:40.- Civil Procedure (Prof. McDermott) will °

meet on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday(10/29 - 10/31) from 11:10 - 12:10.There will be no Civil Procedure review/tutorial that week, & Prof. McDermott willnot have office hours on Monday or Tues-day.

MESSAGES FROM P.A.D.

P.A.D. PRESENTS THE GREAT DEBATEProf. Kanner and Prof. Josephson meet atthe podium! When? Wednesday, October 29at 5:00 p.m, in the Student Lounge. Theirtopic - "Should the Legal System Do AwayWith the Adversary System?" Be there!

N1EETING SCHEDULEDPhi Alpha Delta is having a general meetingfor members and officers Tuesday, October28 at noon in room 2. Refreshments will beserved.

FALL INITIATIONA big thank you to everyone who partici-pated in the fall initiation at U.S. DistrictCourt on Sunday, October 19. Specialthanks go to Sharon Foster and TracyTaylor f'or making everything possible.

Don't miss out on the fun and friendships.Join Phi Alpha Delta today!

LOYOLA REPORTER DEADLINEIS ApPROACHING

Note: The Deadline for Vol. 10, No.4 ofthe Loyola Reporter is Friday, November14. Submissions must be typed, double-spaced to receive priority treatment.DON'T DELAY.

The next edition of the Reporter will bepublished Monday, November 3. We urgeeveryone to pick it up and read it front toback. Help contribute to out growing staff.Leave us a message at (213) 736-l115 ordrop a letter in Internal Mail Box 73.

The Reporter is looking for typists that °

know the XYWRITE wordprocessing soft-ware available in the computer researchcenter. We are willing to offer compen-sation for your typing skills if you are ableto type 50 or more words per minute. TheReporter will be typesetting their own sub-missions in future editions in order to cutthe cost of publication. Contributors areurged to become familiar with XYWRITE.Sign up in the library today for personalinstruction. We need everyone's help.

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ALUMNI DINNER TICKETSAVAILABLE

Tickets are now on sale for the annualAlumni Dinner to be held on Thursday, No-vember 6, 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton GrandeHotel. Each year the Association gives aDistinguished Service Award and the 1986recipient is Emeritus Professor Lloyd Tevis,'50. Tickets are $55 and can be purchasedfrom Rebecca Weeks in the Alumni Office,Rains Building Room 109, ext. 1045.

Each year, there are limited seats availableto students at no charge due to thegenerosity of local law firms. Studentswishing to attend should such seats becomeavailable may stop by the Alumni Officeand sign up. If more students sign up thanseats available, the selection will be done bylottery.

JUSTICE ARLEJGH WOODS TOVISIT LLS

Justice Arleigh Woods of the CaliforniaCourt of Appeals will be on campus October29 at 3:30 to talk to the four appellate ad-vocacy classes in the Moot Court Room. Shewill be speaking on "Appellate Advocacy:What 'Works' from the Judge's Viewpoint".Look for flyers to be posted with furtherinformation," •

CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETYNEWS

There will be a Christian Legal Societymeeting Wednesday, October 29, from 12:00to 1:00 in the Campus Ministry office.

The Christian Legal Society invites allstudents/staff members to attend Biblestudy Thursday evenings from 5:00 p.m. to6:00 p.m. in the Campus Ministry office.

LIBEL & SLANDER

Thespians, Directors & Showmen, lend usyour time! Start getting ready for a great"Libel and Slander" show next spring. L&Swill be a big event this year and we needhelp with the planning & execution of theshow. If you are interested in being adirector and working with the SBA "Libeland Slander" committee, please submit yourname and phone number in the envelopeoutside the SBA office by November 17.We'll get in touch with you to discuss yourqualifications and ideas. Gratefully - Mr.Libel and Ms. Slander.

OUTLINE WORKSHOP

AALSA, BALSA & La Raza will sponsor anoutline workshop on Wednesday, October 29from 3:00 - 3:30 in room 1.

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AALSA MEETING

.AALSA will have a general meeting and aTeriyaki Sale planning session on Wednes-day, October 29 in room 1 from 3:30 - 4:30(following the outline workshop).

LAW &. JUSTICE FILMFESTIVAL

The Friday evening showing of Inherit TheWind has been cancelled due to Halloween.Look for further details for future movies.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONALLETTERWRITING MEETING

All students, faculty and staff are welcometo attend a letterwriring meeting on Wednes-day, October 29th from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. inroom 6 of the Burns Building, third floor.Please attend this meeting it you missed thelast training session. For more informationcall Geoff Chin at (213) 208-0915 or leave amessage in student mailbox #549.

ATTENTION LOYOLASTUDENTS:

Announcing an open competition for Loy-ola's trial advocacy team. The competitionfor Loyola's mock trial teanr' wi ll take placeon November 21. All participants mustcomplete Trial Advocacy by Fan '86. Com-petition is open to all who meet this re-quirement. The problem will be distributedon October 31. Pick up a copy from Prof.Natali's secretary in Faculty Support, thirdfloor Burns Building. The members of theteam will compete in the spring '87 regionalcompetitions at Santa Clara Law School. Inaddition, the top two competitors qualifyfor the Bryne competition as Best Advocateat Loyola.

COUNSELING PROGRAMMESSAGE

Theon-campus counseling program is avail-able to day and evening students; either in-dividually or with partner or spouse. Ses-sions are confidential and free of charge.To arrange an appointment, please call Step-hanie Tainsky at 736-1122.

INFORMATION CENTERHOURS

The Information/Reception Center, on the2nd floor of the Burns Building (Room 226)has new hours. They are:

Monday 'through Thursday8:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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Friday9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For any assistance; call extension 10~ or1001. Please remember that all outgoingmail, including your request fot.Dvernightair service and courier service, drust be sub-mitted to the mailroom by 3:45 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, and by 3:00 p.m. on Fri-days.

BAR APPLICATIONS ARE IN

The Registrar's Office announces thatapplications for the Winter California BarExam are now in and can be picked up inthat office.

CAREER PLANNING &PLACEMENT NEWS

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: On Monday,October 27, Robert Taylor, Asst. Dean, In-ternational Studies at McGeorge School ofL~~ wilr~ost an information session onsummer programs in London, Edenburgh,Salzburg an~udapest. Location: Class-room 4, from :00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Broc-hures are avail le in the Placement Office.

\The 1987 Summer 'Legal Emolovment Guidefor federal agencies is now available forreview in the Career Planning .& Piac~m.;ntCenter. The Iisting also outlines summerpositions in the federal legislature and judi-ciary, as well as federally-funded organiza-tions, including Legal Services Corporation.

Deadlines vary widely. from early Octoberto April, 1987.', Some agencies will considerstudents completing their first full year.Students may wish to order their own per-sonal copy. as the, listing may not beremoved from the Center.

SUMNfER CLERKSHIP PROGRAM: TheDepartment of Law, State of Georgia is ac-cepting resumes from 2nd year students fortheir Summer 1987 Clerkship Program.Detailed inf orma tion is a vaila ble in thePlacement Office.

PUBLIC INTEREST: The Public InterestLaw Internship (PILI) program is recruitingfor Summer 1987 interns in Chicago.Detailed information is available in thePlacement Office.

CIVIL LIBERTIES FELLOWSHIP: TheACLU of Illinois is accepting applicationsfor the Kennedy/Coleman Fellowship inCivil Liberties. The Fellow is selected fromminority third-year students or recent grad-ua tes and will serve for 3. 2 year period.Further inf orma tion is a va ila ble in

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LA W; 6LERKS WANTED: Sch artz, Stein-~ sapif, Dohrmann & S1mmers has immediateopenings far. law clenks to work 10+,hours/week; s ry ~9 - $12 / hour.Requirements: c letion of Civil Pr oce-

.._ dure, enrollment i or completion of Evi-',-:-oence, and labor 1 w eferred. Contact

Michael Feinberg/or Mic el Four at 487-:i;i7:..-"". 5-700.

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE

The Financial Aid Office hours are 10:30a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesdays, 10:30a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,

.r closed on Fridays. Evening students may''''';'''schedule an appointment for hours other

than those noted (736-1140).

CHANGE OF ADDRESS - Students arereminded to notify the Financial Aid Officeimmediately of change of address. Thisrecord must be kept up-to-date when loanapplications are pending. Please note: Alender will cancel a loan application if anycorrespondence sent to a student is returned"undeliverable".

WORK STUDY POSITIONS AVAIL ABLE:The Department of Fa-ir Housing andEmployment has two' work study positionsavailable. Western Center on Law andPoverty also has two work study postionsavailable. Inquire at the Financial Aid or.f'ice for .:"ur~her details.