University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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CIVIL RIGHTS RESEARCH COUNCIL Robert Harris, Faculty Advisor Joe McMahon, Chairman The Michigan Law Students Civil Rights Research Council,formed in 1964 as a law school organization, is composed of students willing to provide research assistance for private and governmental attorneys who are engaged in civil rights and racial discrimination cases. The Council acts solely as a clearinghouse between students and attorneys, with the studentworking directly with the particular attorney. The students are assisted by an editorial board consisting of law review candidates. The Council is an autonomous local affiliate ofthe national Law Students Civil Rights Research Council which is headquartered in New York, and is financed by the Stern and Field Foundations. The Michigan Council is headed by chairman Joe McMahon and vice-chairman Joe Boerner. The regular faculty advisor is Professor Robert Harris, who will be absent Spring semester, during which time Professor Jerold Israel will assume his position. The basic objectives of the Council are three-fold: lj To work for the elimination of racial discriminationg 23 To provide attorneyswith student research abilityg 31 To provide students an opportunity to research actual civil rights problems. In addition to working on research projects,the Council assisted the Lawyers' Club in promoting a talk given at the Law School in November by Assistant Attorney-General John Doar ofthe Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. The Council was represented at the January Conference on Law and Indigency held in Washington, D.,C. Through its national affiliation, the Council is able to participate in two summer intern programs for interested Michigan law students, one working with attorneys in the South, and the other working for attorneys in New York City. Membership is open to any law student who has a concern for, and an interest in, civil rights, and is willing to do actual research work. fleft to right, SEATED: R. Saudek, I. McMahon, G. Gai-wood. STANDING: E. Bau.mga.rt, K. Beattie, E. Levy, E. Hendon, I. Monson, R. Glotta, D. Miller L. Berkowitz, I. Boerner. 56

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TH E LAW Hobart R. Coffey ......... Director Beverley J. Pooley . . . Assistant to the y Director Fred Smith .... Assistant Director and Chief Reference Librarian Lois Brumbaugh . .Acting Chief Catalog Librarian Gordon Fretwell .... Chief Circulation Librarian Michael Keresztesi ...... Chief Order Librarian Lilly M. Roberts . . .Chief Bibliographer Hobart R. Coffey, Director Since 1931, when it left Haven Hall for Thomas Cook's newly erected Legal Research Building, the library has grown from 95,458 volumes to 334,374 volumes. In the process, Director Hobart Coffey has built the library into one of the finest legal research collections in the world. The library budget totalled SB111,000 this year, more than half of which went for continuations, including the 6,380 serial titles in the catalogue. Presently, the library is absorbed in completing its collection of primary legal sources of every nation and has recently been adding Japanese and African materials in particular. The collection of Inter- national Organlzation documents, financed by Ford funds, is one of the most extensive in existence. This year a substantially complete collection of government publications dealing with the Internal Revenue Laws was purchased from Mr. Carleton Fox. Other collections include various editions of Blackstone and a good selection of lncunabula. At the present rate of acquisition, some 8,000 bound volumes per year, including bound periodicals and purchased collections, no immediate shortage of shelf space is anticipated. The staff is now composed en- tirely of professional librarians who are assisted by part-time student help. One welcome improvement planned is better lighting for the reading room. The facilities for visiting and resident scholars, including ample carrel and office space, microfilm equipment, and inter-library loans are some of the best in the country. Moreover, the library serves members of the bar and judges in addition to the students themselves. fleft to rightl FIRST ROW: 1. Saborio, W. Brock, G. Dobson, G. Berghund, R. McSweeny, G. Fretwell, T. Heath. SECOND ROW: 1. Kouba, K. Ooster- house, R. Bibart, C. Thornton, W. Schroeder, M. Coffield, J. Neuenschwander, J. Provine. 55

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