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

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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

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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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At Publication's Council Meeting, student publication problems are solved, and policies adopted. Left to right, Charlie Hol- loman, Chairman, Cliff Benson, I. A. West, Carlton Fleming, Dick Douglas, and john Coleman. Office through which some law students were very successfully placed. Continued co-operation with this office is contemplated. It is hoped that a separate Law School placement service can be established next year. Sid Smith served as chairman of the Section on Law School Affairs. Members of the section were Silas Williams, Al Page, and Tom Poteat. Their responsibility of promoting professional activities among law students and the faculty was aptly discharged. In addition to coordinating affairs with students and the administration, two very outstanding speakers were brought to Duke University. These speakers were Frank Holman, President of the American Bar'Association, and Harrison Tweed, President of the American Law Institute. A moot court program for third-year students was fostered by the Section on Moot Courts of which Cliff St. Clair was chairman. He and the members of the section, Wally Osborne, Dave Hanlon, Iohn Herrick, E. C. Berg, and George Orr, sponsored Copperhead 11. Cojmmonwealth, which was well attended and which received PAGE 16 much publicity. In this moot court Art Eddy, Duncan Daugherty, Al Page, and Sid Smith argued the constitutionality of the City of Dur- ham Snake Handling Ordinance. Douglas B. Maggs, Professor of Law at Duke, Francis I. Paschal, Research Director of the N. C. Commis- sion for the Improvement of the Administration of Justice, and I. Beverly Lake, Professor of Law at Wake Forest College, were the justices. The Section on Social Affairs was composed of Bill Winders, chairman, lim Wolfe, lim Gregg, and Tom Lawton, members. Informal dances were held after every home football game and at other appropriate times. Except for the Hallo- ween Dance held at the Washington Duke Hotel. all dances were at the Shrine Club. The climax of a good year socially was the Spring Formal on April 25, in honor of Dean Harold Shepherd, at which he was presented with a going away gift from the Duke Bar Association. With the election of Bob Potter, President, Bob Stokes, Vice-President, and Bob Page, Treas- urer, as the new omcers of the D.B.A., we can undoubtedly look forward to another big year.