University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Law School collaborated in two areas during " 1975 to sponsor a new degree program and an insti- 1 tute on the delivery of legal services to the economi- cally disadvantaged in the Southwest. New requirements for Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master of Public Affairs degrees made it possi- ble for students to obtain both degrees at the end of four years instead of five. According to specifica- tions of the joint program, students spend their first year in law school and then study in both fields for the remaining three years. Students also spend one I summer working for a government agency. The legal services institute was held to acquaint conference participants with the new Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Grants from the federally funded LSC provide aid to locally-based offices which fur- nish legal services in civil cases to indigents. The conference was co-sponsored by the state bar asso- ciations of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and marked the first meeting held since the corporation was formed in summer 1975. The Conference on Women in Public Life was co- sponsored by the LBJ School and the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. More than 1,000 women attended the Novemeber 11-12 seminar, which was held in observance of International Women ' s Year, and con- ference participants from around the world com- pared various life styles. Speakers included Anne Armstrong, former presi- dential adviser to Richard Nixon, Erma Bombeck, humor columnist, Liz Carpenter, former press sec- retary to Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Governor Ella Grasso of Connecticutt, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas and Jill Ruckelshaus, presiding offi- cer of the President ' s Committee on International Women ' s Year. Surprise speaker Vice-President Nel- son Rockefeller addressed the audience briefly while accompanied by chants from demonstrators protesting his appearance at the conference. Femi- nist women also protested the fact that such issues as day care, population control and lesbianism were excluded as discussion topics. In November, William B. Cannon, dean of the LBJ School, resigned his post to become the University of Chicago ' s vice-president for business and finance effective January 1, 1976. Dr. Kenneth W. Tolo, as- sociate dean of the school, was appointed acting dean. Dr. Tolo holds PhD and MA degrees in math- ematics from the University of Nebraska and an MA in public affairs from the University of Minnesota. A consultative committee composed of students and faculty was formed to recommend names of pro- spective dean candidates to President Lorene Rog- ers. LBJ School 235