Samford University - Entre Nous Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Trial and Error ithin our gates was housed one of the top law schools in the United States. The Cumberland Law School did not originate here, but was born in 1847 at the newly founded Cumberland University in Lebanon, Ten- nessee. On October 1, 1847, the first class of seven students met in the offices of the school's only instructonjudge Robert Carruthers. Carruthers in- stituted what may have been the first mock trial program in a law school. In the 1950's Cumberland University closed its doors but found a new home for its law school. The Trustees of Cumberland reached an agreement with Howard College in Bir- mingham and in 1961, the Cumberland Law School began classes in the library of the newly named Samford University. By 1964, the school had moved to Memory Leake Robinson Hall where it is still housed. There were many reasons for the recognition that the Cumberland School of Law received. Per- haps the most prominent of these reasons was the mock trial program. This trial program is a yearly ttiumherland, students are ahle to Aparricipate in monk trial programs. Here the prosecution and defense are represented. First row: Neil Ainsworth. I sh Kell Lisa Er 'in Second row' K' v 5 ll Y, W . . 3' Godfrey. Prof. Donald E. Corley. Dean Parham H Williams. fx ivfel ,ea ' 'bg fx QQ, event that is sponsored by the American Bar Asso- ciation and the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 1984, the Cumberland School of Law won the national competition for the second time in its history. At that time, Cumberland was only one of three schools to have won the competition twice. What does the mock trial program provide for a future lawyer? james Haley, retired Circuit Court judge, stated in the january 1985 Birmingham magazine article, If you want good trial lawyers, you've got to give them practice. At Cumberland, they get all the practice they want. We prove all the time that if you want to be a good lawyer, this is a good place to be. In addition to the excellent mock trial program, the School of Law also boasted one of the most outstanding Student Bar Associations in the coun- try. The Association was comparable to the Student Government Association in the other disciplines of the University. The Student Bar Association re- ceived numerous awards from the American Bar Association. -Rffffff Pf f0'1 e,,,,i 35' a

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llllllllllllwlllllll ' l l Takin .. 1 . Drug Seriously he Department of Pharmacy was orga- nized on january 31, 1927. It operated as an integral part of the university. Within the school, an active, countinuing education program was growing. The school was expanding the scope of its education op- portunities for pharmacists. The expansion in- cluded a seminar program held on campus with three seminars scheduled per semester. The first of these was held on October 13. In attendance were approximately 100 practicing pharmacists from throughout the state of Alabama. Atten- dance to later seminars increased at a pleasing rate to the Pharmacy School administration. Aside from the home based seminars, the school was investigating the possibility of cor- respondance courses under the direction of Lori Acunias. One exciting development in this area was a pilot project in connection with the Hospital Corporation of America. This pro- gram provided continuing educational pro- grams for all HCA pharmacists in 400 hospitals throughout the world. It involved the develop- ments of computer-assisted instructional units using a hand-held computer system known as Study-Pak. If successful, the school reserved the right to market this system all over the United States. As far as future plans for the department were concerned, the Pharmacy School was planning to take a group of pharmacists to the Samford Centre in London for a study in inter- national pharmacy. - Rtzrfnf Pm mn - ! - he Pharmacy Lab provides fariliries ir I students to learn and conduct experiments.

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