Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Law Forum Board. First Row: M. Hawk CVice-Presidentj, R. I-Iarray fPresidentj, C. Houser. Second Row: S. Sperry, R. Heesernan, K. Cologne, T. McBirnie, I, Dennin. Not Shown: D. Barr, A. Bernstein aspects of this controversy debated the topic and then fielded questions from the audience. The Forum used a series of small discussion sessions to continue its annual legal ethics pro- gram. Intended to acquaint Stanford lawyers with the responsibilities of their profession, this series included information on the state bar's procedures for disbarring attorneys and a dis- cussion of typical ethical problems confronting the beginning lawyer. Some attention was given this year to the problems of student military obligations and legal opportunities within the various services. A panel discussion on Selective Service require- ments and procedures was followed by a visit to the Law School by Chief Iudge Quinn of the U.S. Military Court of Appeals. In other programs throughout the year the Forum hosted such diverse speakers as Mr. R. Crawford Morris, Cleveland attorney, speaking on the educational tasks a lawyer must under- take to acquaint clients with their duties and liabilities in rapidly changing areas of the lawg Iudge George Brunn of Berkeley discussing con- sumer protectiong William Clark, Cabinet Secre- tary to Governor Ronald Reagan, and Senator George Deukmajian CR-Long Beachj, analyz- ing the current political scene in Sacramentog and Associate Iustice Stanley Mosk of the Cal- ifornia Supreme Court looking at the role of the judiciary in contemporary law enforcement. Throughout the year the Law Forum pre- sented series and individual programs with speakers who had first-hand knowledge of cur- rent issues in the hope of enriching the educa- tional experience of the Stanford law student. The 1965-66 Oxford Debate featured Roderick Hills and Arthur Connolly, Ir. discussing group legal services. Professor Friedenthal served as moderator.

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Law Forum Guest-in-Residence Thomas Hughes, Director of Intelligence for the Department of State, presents his address The Storage and Retrieval of Intelligence. The Attorney General of Alabama, Richmond Flowers, swers questions about his defeat for the governorship by Mrs. Lurleen Wallace. LAW FORUM As a voluntary student organization, the Law Forum seeks to expose Stanford students to sub- jects of interest and importance to the well- informed aspiring attorney. Through the use of such formats as debates, lectures, panel discus- sions, and a guest-in-residence the Forum brings to the Law School leaders of law and government to present insights into current issues and topics. The Forum opened its l966-67 presentations with a two-part debate on the conclusiveness of the findings of the Warren Commission inquiry into the assassination of President john F. Ken- nedy. In these programs which preceeded the national controversy on this subject later in the year, Mr. Mark Lane, New York attorney and author of the best-selling book, Rushl to judg- ment, attacked the Commission findings while Mr. Wesley j. Liebeler, an attorney on the Com- mission staff, defended the report. Continuing its guest-in-residence series, the Forum was host in November to Mr. Thomas Hughes, Director of Intelligence for the Depart- ment of State. During his three-day visit, Mr. Hughes, an attorney turned foreign affairs spe- cialist, analyzed the role of intelligence in the formation of American foreign policy. In addi- tion to a major address, he participated in several seminars devoted to aspects of foreign policy. Beginning a new series this year, The Lawyer and Social Responsibilityf, the Forum pre- sented Mr. Frank Donner and Professor john Kaplan, who debated the use of Congressional subpoena power to obtain information from uni- versities concerning the activities of their stu- dents. In another in this series Mr. james Lorenz, Director of the California Rural Legal Assis- tance Program, discussed the formation and function of Office of Economic Opportunity proj- ects in this state. The Honorable Richmond Flowers, Attorney General of Alabama, high- lighted this fall program with his discussion of the problems of the enforcement of Federal civil-rights legislation in the South. During the Spring semester the Forum fea- tured its annual Oxford Debate- this year de- voted to a discussion of governmental regula- tion of birth control and abortions. Beer and chips were served while a distinguished panel of legal and governmental leaders representing all

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LSCRR LSCRRC. Seated: E. Wright, I. Rosenberg, E. Steinman CChairmanj, L. An- derson. Standing: D. Brooks, P. Nicholson, I. Wilcox, E. Valentine, R. Kuhns, R. Fastov, L. Myers. The Law Students Civil Rights Research Council CLSCRRCJ is an independent, student-directed civil rights legal organization. Founded in l963 by law students who had worked throughout the country as legal assistants to attorneys participating in the civil rights movement, the Council serves a three-fold purpose: Qlj To bring social change within the law, C2j To develop a sense of responsibility for so- cial problems in law studentsg and CBJ To provide students with practical expe- rience in legal Work while still in law school. As one of over 40 law school branches affiliated with the Council, the Stan- ford Law School LSCRRC chapter during the past academic year provided its 20 members with legal research projects requested by the national office or by local attorneys. Most of these dealt with the constitutional questions involved in civil liberties and civil rights litigationg much of this student work was later used in court briefs and legislative materials. One of these research projects was a brief deal- ing with the constitutionality of the State of lVlississippi's refusal to permit out-of- state attorneys either to practice law or to participate in any legal affairs in the state. Again this year, the heart of the Stanford LSCRRC chapter's activities will cen- ter upon the Summer Internship Program. The chapter plans to place Stanford law students as legal interns in the North and the South, both to help solve the need for legal services in these areas and to acquire personal practical legal expe- rience. During its three years of operation, the Stanford chapter has sent more than 25 students into internship programs as legal clerks and assistants. Last summer, seven Stanford law students worked upon civil rights and the problems of the urban poor in such diverse projects as a community organization in a Chicago slum and an Office of Economic Opportunity COEOD sponsored program in a Zuni Indian reservation. The LSCRRC Summer Internship Program incorporates the goals of the organi- zation into its own aims by providing qualified technical legal assistance to over- burdened civil rights, civil liberties, and poverty attorneys. Furthermore, it exposed law students to the social and racial wrongs of society. By that exposure, it hopes to inspire continuing personal and professional commitment to a broader concep- tion of law in solution of these problems-eradication of discrimination and poverty. Over the past three summers, Stanford law students and hundreds of others throughout the country have occupied a myriad of roles. These positions in the South have included work as clerks to local attorneys and legal assistants to civil rights workers in the field. In the North, student legal work has been performed as clerks for cooperating attorneys of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Congress On Racial Equality, and other civil rights organi- zations. Other Northern positions have included clerking for the legal departments of those national civil rights organizations, and working as legal assistants to com- munity organization projects in Northern ghettos, Indian reservation projects, and OEO programs. This summer, Stanford Law students and other LSCRRC in- terns will inaugurate a new project under the Vista Associates Program. As Vista volunteers in OEO Neighborhood Legal Service Centers, the LSCRRC-placed stu- dents will use their skills to help organize and educate community groups by hold- ing workshops on consumer education, landlord-tenant problems, and constitutional protections, rather than involving themselves in research, writing, or litigation for individual clients. In other chapter activities, members attended a conference on The Practicing Lawyer and the Problems of the Poor in October in San Francisco. Sponsored by the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild, the conference attracted speakers from throughout the country. These experts on legal problems affecting the poor spoke on such topics as family law, welfare rights law, social agency serv- ices, wage attachments and exemptions, landlord-tenant problems, fair employ- ment practices, and social security procedures.