Duke University School of Law - Prolocutor Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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L r About-, left to right: Robert Rcnbert Wilson, I, Francis Paschal, Carl A. Hyldburg, Wallace H. McCown. Below, first row, left to right: Nancy St. Clair, I-lollie Simmons, Frances Edwards, Myrtle Burns, Sybil Pope, Helen Kendall, Edna I-lerrington. Seroml row: Betty Worth, Marianna Long, Marlea Benedetti, Catherine Everingharn, Lina Williamson, Katherine Day, Alice Collins, Mary Louise Lewis, Madeline Copeland. which the inter-related social and economic, as Well as legal, factors are discussed by Writers of competence in these respective fields. The circu- lation of this Well-known publication extends to lawyers, law libraries, general university libraries, industrial and financial concerns, and government agencies. Some university courses have been built around individual issues. . The lam-:ml of Legal Ezfucazion, the only jour- nal of its kind in the country, is edited at this Law School as the official organ of the Asso- ciation of American Law Schools. Professor Brainerd Currie, as Editor-in-Chief, and Profes- sor Robert Kramer, both of this Law School, head an impressive staff which includes such uotables as David F. Cavers of Harvard, Albert I. Harno of Illinois, and Elliot E. Cheatham of Columbia. The journal provides a clearinghouse for ideas and professional studies in the constantly expanding field of legal education. Dr. I. Francis Paschal has offices in the Law Building, but his job is that of Director of the PAGE I4 North Carolina Commission for the Improve- ment of the Administration of Iustice .... Dr. Robert R. Wilson teaches International Law, but his primary duties are with the Duke Depart- ment of Political Science .... Mr. Carl I-Iyldburg and Mr. Wallace McCoWn assist in the Clinic .... The wheels Within the wheels who help keep the Law School running smoothly are, of course, the ofiice girls. They help the professors, furnish students with reams of mimeographed materials, and brighten everyone's day with their friend- liness. The Duke Law School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is on the approved list of the American Bar Associa- tion. Its qualities have drawn students from more than thirty-five states and 138 institutions of higher learning, and its graduates have been admitted to the bar in forty states and the Terri- tory of Hawaii. It is generally recognized that the Law School of Duke University is one of the very best in the United States.

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Alvozfe: The Law .Library offers unexcelletl facilities for research and classroom work. Below: The Legal Aid Clinic Class views a slide projection of an actual brief, in preparing to handle a practical legal problem. a Law School. Law and Contemporary Prob- lems is absolutely unique in the field of legal publications. This School was over fifteen years ahead of the American Bar Association in setting up its Bar Association for law students. The present administration, through appro- priate faculty committees, has proved that the pioneer spirit of the Law School is not merely a thing of the past. As of this year, the student body is benefiting from a revamping of the cur- riculum and teaching methods. Work in the public law field has been considerably expanded. Legal Research and Writing fa course required of all studentsj has been given renewed emphasis, and seminar work with the accent on planning and drafting of legal instruments has been added in the third year. On the eve of its transition from Trinity to Duke, the School of Law had four thousand books in its library. Five years later it had eleven thousand. Today, the Law Library contains over eighty-two thousand volumes and is the largest law school collection in the South. The Library receives every current legal periodical of general interest printed in the English language. Duke's internationally famous Legal Aid Clinic is a boon to those law students desiring a legal internship before stepping into private practice and to the poor in need of legal guid- ance. It is in effect an active law office offering the student funder supervisionj experience in interviewing actual clients, investigation of facts, preparing cases for adjustment or for trial in court, writing legal documents, briefing, and other tasks familiar to the practicing attorney. Approximately four hundred persons a year apply for the services of the Clinic. Only those applicants who are unable to pay counsel fees and cases where there is no opportunity for a contingent fee are accepted. Dr. Iohn S. Brad- Way has directed the Clinic since its founding. Absolutely unique in the field of legal publi- cations is the Law School's quarterly, Law am! Contemporary Problemr, which is edited by Pro- fessors Brainerd Currie, Robert Kramer, and Iohn Pemberton. It presents in each issue a sympo- sium on a problem of current importance, in PAGE 1 3

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L '1 lil Duke Bar Associajon Board of Governors meets to discuss the accomplishments of the year. Left to right: Cliff St. Clair, Sid Smith, Charlie Speth, Clifi' Benson, President, Oren McClean, and lack deliruif. Not pictured: Bill Winders. - The Defendants Organize . . . HE Duke Bar Association was organized in 1931 as a student model of the American Bar Association. Its objects are' to foster legal science, to maintain the honor and dignity of the legal profession among law students, to cultivate professional ethics and social intercourse among its members, and to promote the welfare of the Law School of Duke University. Members of the Association are students in good standing at the Duke Law School and members of tl1e faculty fin an honorary capacityj. Other honorary members may be elected by a majority vote of those present at any meeting of the Association. The D.B.A. story for the school year of 1948- 1949 really 'started with the election of Arbor Gray as Secretary in January of 1948. Arbor served until last Ianuary when he was succeeded by lack de Kruif who will act as Secretary until next year. In May of 1948, Patil Belmont was elected President, Cliff Benson, Vice-President, and Oren McClain, Treasurer. Patil Belmont resigned and Cliff Benson took over to lead the D.B.A. through the most successful year since its founding. Most of the Work done in the D.B.A. is car- ried on by six committees or sections, chairmen of which are appointed by the president. The Section on Publications, headed by Charlie Holloman, is the general supervisory agency in charge of law student publications. During the school year 1948-1949, there were two student publications: The Bar Rag, which is the Weekly newspaper, and the Prolocutor, which is the yearbook. appearing this year for the first time. I. A. West edited the Bar Rag with Dick Doug- las as his assistant. Iohn Coleman edited the Proloczztor. The Section on Grievances and Professional Conduct administers the Duke Law School Honor System. This section, as required by the D.B.A. Constitution, consisted of the mem- bers of the Board of Governors of the Association which consisted of the Association ofhcers and section chairman Sid Smith. Charlie Speth was chairman of the Section on Alumni Affairs and Placement. This section worked closely with the University Appointments PAGE IS