Columbia Law School - Kent Commentaries Yearbook (New York, NY)

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' law ON JULY l l and l2, l947, one hundred twenty-five students representing forty-two law schools throughout the country gathered at the New York County Lawyers' Association to discuss and evaluate present-day legal educa- tion. The National Law Student Conference on Legal Education was the first major student effort in this field. The two-day meeting was the culmination of six months work. In its achievement Columbia students played a large part. The problems of legal education were examined in two ways. The first panel group of five panels on the agenda considered the academic and tech- nical problems of legal education through discussion of The Availability of Legal Education, Program Planning, Instruction in Practical Craft Tech- niques, Teaching Methods, and Placement. The second panel group examined community needs for specific types and fields of legal activity and the relation of the curricula and facilities of the law school to those needs. The needs of metropolitan and large urban centers, and of rural communities and small urban areas were scrutinized, and the special demands of inter-nation litigation, labor relations and public service were examined. These topics were discussed in three hour sessions and brought forth a varied exchange of ideas and experience. Many of the six sessions were attended by members of the profession whose interest and encouragement the Conference at all times enjoyed. The opening addresses were given by Lloyd K. Garrison, Esq., and Judge Jerome N. Frank. Columbia students took the initiative in organizing and executing the Conference plans. The idea, which originated in Professor Cheatham's Semi- nar on Legal Education, was developed by the Conference Committee, consist- ing of the four host schools, Columbia, Harvard, Pennsylvania, and Yale. These plans were carried out by the Resident Committee, consisting of Colum- bia students under the chairmanship of Harold W. Solomon. The Conference Report, in preparation at present, will be published by the Foundation Press in the Spring of l948. ., J , wg, lf Chairman Solomon, Vice Chairman Beatty. Seated: William M. Kunstler, Publicity Chairman, Anthony L. Mondello, Arrangements Committee, John C. Beatty Jr. Vice Chairman, Harold W. Solomon, Chairman, Donald W. Hoagland, Panel Chairman, Victor J. Stone, Panel Chairmarf, Sanford H. Kadish, Delegate. Standing: H. Brooks Beck, Jr., Arrangements Committee, Eugene L. Bondy, Jr., Delegate, Michael J. Kunstler, Ticket Chairman, Gerritt L. Ewing, Arrangements Committee, Lawrence J. Latto, Delegate. 81 ,T 'str . V -F f if V Sw J.. ':.' ?: M:1a : :W is is ii E '2f1s:fiy4Pa fs. ,Q 1.3 'af fu 12? Q..-z.gfff,f,, . . Wawffsgff l S?l-5222? W2 inseftgwa grissisam Q . . 4 V, L... Hg. Ed. l .

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THE Student Council is composed of the officers of the various classes and is headed by a chairman and secretary chosen from this group. The Council has regular weekly meetings at which matters of student interest are discussed and appropriate action taken if required. There are two standing committees ap- pointed 'by the chairman from the student body as a whole. The Curriculum Committee works throughout the semester and presents to the Council a report of its work with spe- cific recommendations as to improvements of curriculum and kindred subjects. The Place- ment Committee is charged with maintaining continuous contact with all phases of the placement problem and referring to the Council any suggestions for the assistance of the Law School graduate. Further special committees are appointed as necessary. The Council has felt that it should serve as something more than a clearinghouse for complaints, and has channeled a good share of its efforts into constructive planning for the future of the school. The intention 'has been to promote the interests of both present and future students. No subject n any way affecting these interests has been considered beyond the scope of the board. few! . l l 1947 l Seated: Jack B. Weinstein, Arthur I. Grayson, Chairman Lawrence R. Gould, Secretary Kathryn V. Crean, John K. Bangs, Edwin M. Zimmerman. Standing: Sterling Black, Morton Silberman, John A. Walsh, Martin L. Conrad. Not Pictured: John Stevenson, Edward Toner, Alexander Ormond, John Rochford, Frederick Wolkoff, George lndig, John D, Fitzgerald, Marion Reibstein. THE Legal Survey Group is an organization of second and third year students devoted to research in the field of civil rights. The Group works directly with organizations throughout the country concerned with civil liberties. As a result, the problems selected for study are not abstractly created but in- volve questions of immediate interest and importance, frequently entailing work in the preparation of briefs for litigation already pending in the courts. Such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Jewish Congress, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People frequently call on the Group for re- search and, during the summer of I947, it prepared reports requested by the President's Committee on Civil Rights. For work with the Group, its members are entitled to one essay credit for each two semesters of work, under the personal super- vision of Prof. Walter Gellhorn, its faculty adviser. Seated: William C. S. Remsen, Reuben R. Linowitz, Chairman Stephen Barker, Jerome Z. Lorber, Irving Schreiber, Donald Wilson. Standing: Howard J. Taubenfeld, Jack Greenberg, Arthur Brooks, Edith L. Bornn, Eugene King, Lucius Woods, David G. Sacks. 80

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