Brooklyn Law School - Chancellor Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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BrOOlilyn Law Review EDITORIAL BOARD LEONARD GARMENT . . . MURRAY ABRAMS . . . SAMUEL HOFFMAN ....... .... HAROLD A. MERIAM, JR. Sam Bernsen Walter Boyles Leon Brickman Gerard F. Charig Gerald L. Dellasala Norman Dreyfuss Eugene Gold cgfze 49.48 .efzanceffor . . . . Editor-212-Chief . . . . . . . . . Arrofiafe Editor N ofef and Deririom Editor . . . . . Book Review Editof Beverly D. Lourd Carl Moskowitz Henry E. Otto, Jr. Benjamin C. Roberts lsidore Siegel john Selawsky Richard H. Weiss

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before the students various speakers who are connected with the legal profes- sion in some capacity. They have succeeded, to some degree, in calling to the attention of the students some of the practical problems which they will meet in the practice of the law. This phase of the Council's activity has served to encourage the formation of various clubs which will devote their attention to specific phases of the law. Presently functioning are a Criminal Law and a Labor Law Club. During the next year, we hope the student body will form other clubs with similar objectives. The organization of an employment unit for the purpose of contacting members of the alumni and also large organizations which employ people with legal training has been initiated by the Council. There is still much work to be done on this matter, but we feel that if it is successfully continued, it will be of assistanceto our present students. The record enrollment in all law schools throughout the country underscores the need for an employment unit. On the social side, we had our first Spring Dance at the Hotel Vanderbilt which gave our long suffering spouses and friends an opportunity to meet the students they had heard so much about. We hope that all these activities will be continued and that other 'suggestions of merit will be developed in the future. The effective work of tl3ouncil could not have been accomplished with- out an integrated membership which worked together as a unit, and for the most part, enthusiastically helped to make our various activities successful. We extend our thanks to the individual students who supported our efforts thereby indicating their interest through active participation. Without the support and interest of the student body, the Student Council would have little significance in the affairs of the school. It is to be hoped that in the coming years, the students will continue to give the Council their active support, and in return the Council will give that kind of program which will be vital to the students. page Flff-j'f!71E'6 cgfze 1948 Gfianceffof

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HE Brooklyn Law Review resumed publication in February, 1947 after a five year war-suspension period. Under the aegis of faculty advisor Prof. Milton G. Gershenson and student editor I. Leo Glasser, the Review at once recaptured the spirit which had already won a place for it in the field of legal publications. Leading articles by judge Harold Kennedy and by former Professor Jay Leo Rothschild on various aspects of Federal and State procedure highlighted the first issue, supplemented by skillful analyses of recent New York decisions by student members of the Editorial Board. Succeeding issues have maintained this high standard of quality both in content and composition. ln theshort period since publication was resumed, reprints of leading articles have appeared in the American Bar Association journal, in the Insurance Bul- letin, and in the Commerce Clearing House publications. The function of the Review is a dual one: It is a source of legal education for the professional and student reader, and it serves as a training ground for the student editors and staff members, where the priceless techniques of legal research, analysis, and writing are developed under conditions which most closely approximate professional work. Student candidates are required to achieve an honors average as a prerequisite to their appointment. It is hoped that the near future WMEHK broader base to the Law Review with more ex- tensive opportunities for student participation, perhaps via the organization of an intramural law review organized by the various classes. The current issue of the Review contains leading articles dealing with the New York Civil Practice Act Revision of 1946, with the attempt to remedy un- fair competition in the Federal jurisdiction 5 a discussion of overlapping tort and contract problems, and the continuation of a scholarly thesis by West Vir- ginia University's Professor Albert S. Abel on Trade and Traffic Regulation Before Gibbons 11. Ogden. Student articles and case reports and a group of interesting Book Reviews supplement the leading contributions. Continued interest and support by the student body and alumni is a sine gunz non of Law Review development. Readers of the Review should require little urging in this direction. Prqe Fzfzg ,aa 7948 Gftcmceffol