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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