Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Dave DeWeese verifies the facts of a case As part of the Business Assistance Program, Ken Kaye discusses problems with an East Palo Alto businessman. Pat Cutler and Bobbi Miracle find the law a seamy web of paperwork. Jeff Jennings interviews a client while Ann Castro looks on.

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In the past year the Legal Aid Society has greatly expanded the scope of its activities to provide a broad spectrum of services to the community and an interesting selection of opportunities for students. Programs initiated this year include: CD the Santa Clara County Defender-Prosecutor program, financed for two years by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the County of Santa Clara, in which students work with senior staff attorneys in the District Attorney and Public Defender offices who have been relieved of their normal duties to enable them to supervise and guide the students, QD the San Mateo County Juvenile program in which one group of students interviews juveniles being held at the Hillcrest detention center, obtains their version of the facts and names of possible witnesses, reviews available police and probation reports, and prepares a file for the attorney outlining the facts, the law, and suggested strategies, and in which another group is making an intensive study of disposition alternatives and results, Q31 a Ghetto Criminal Law project involving study and recommendations for reform in criminal law administration, particularly the possibility of neighborhood courts, minority area police autonomy, increased use of release on own recognizance, and non-detentional juvenile sentencing, Q41 the Business Assistance Committee, providing non-legal advice and counseling to small businessmen, particularly minority businessmen, and research and other assistance for their attorneys on matters which constitute f'practicinglaw , CSD the Housing Committee which does research on various aspects of housing law and finance, especially federally subsidized programs, and works with several community organizations in housing law and projects, and C61 the Law Reform group which provides research on test cases, major litigation, and statutory and regulatory proposals for the law reform divisions of the two county legal aid organizations. Existing programs were continued, except for the bail bond frelease on own recognizancej program which was taken over by VISTA, and improved where possible. These inclued: flj general civil offices in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, and San Jose, in which students work on bankruptcy, welfare, debtor-creditor, landlord-tenant, domestic relations, and miscellaneous civil cases, usually following the cases from start to Hnish, drafting pleadings, negotiating settlements, etc. under the supervision of an attorney, C25 the San Mateo Assistant Defender program in which students assist court-appointed attorneys in adult criminal cases in several courts in San Mateo County, doing investigation, research, and drafting motions and other documents, C35 the Criminal Appeals program in which students answer letters and do legal research for inmates of state and federal prisons throughout the United States, f4j the Community Education and Community Relations Project involved in Black and Mexican-American problems both at Stanford, as either students or employees, and in the community, and CSD the Student Practice Statute Committee which continued its campaign for a statutory change to allow students to represent indigents in court and in negotiations under the supervision of an attorney, and has been so successful that the statute should be enacted within a year. The Legal Aid Society has encouraged and supported other student activities and projects not formally within the organization, including a LSCCRC-CLRA study of the possible use of para-legal personnel in poverty law offices and student support of the United Farm Workers' grape boycott. The wide variety of interesting, educational, meaningful opportunities has attracted an increasing number of students, about one-fourth of the law students participated actively in one or more of the programs. The high levels of dedication and competance have earned the respect and admiration of the community and the Stanford Legal Aid Society has become known in many parts of the nation as a leader in its field, bringing prestige to the members and to the school. The functioning of each of the programs depends primarily on the dedicated leadership of the program chairmen: Clyde Christofferson, Santa Clara County Defender-Prosecutor and Ghetto Criminal Law, Perry Popovich, j Juvenile, Ken Kaye, Business Assistance, J an Pauw, Housing, Bob Stern and Steve Sussman, East Palo Alto, Rand Shulman, Redwood City, Dick Crockett, Santa Clara County Civil offices, Roger La Brucherie and Dave DeWeese, San Mateo Assistant Defenders, George Russill, Criminal Appeals, Leroy Bobbitt and Luis Nogales, Community Education and Community Relations, and Dick Williams, Student Practice Statute. There are more than one hundred others who gave their time and talent, and only lack of space requires that, as too often happens, those who did the real work remain anonymous. The president was J an Pauw.

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LAW REVIEW BOARD OF EDITORS. FIRST ROW: V. Birch CBus. Mgr.J, B. Hoffman, J. Atwood, F. Paff, V. Williams, J. Owens, B. Bartels, J. Klevens, R. Odom, J. Huhs, J. Judson. ROW 2: R. Wirtz, O. Childs, M. Wheeler, J. Hoak, B. Moulton, D. Bradshaw, M. Harbers, J. Roberton, D. Matschallat, J. Selna. ROW 3: L. Aufmuth, D. Johnson, L. Calof, J. Adams, T. Todd, R. Yeamans, D. MacMeekin, S. Walters. ROW 4: M. Burack, R. Barliant, R. Kirst, J. Black, N. Tooby, J. Pandell. LAW REVIEW Twenty-one years ago the Stanford Law Review was founded with a dual goal: Hto publish a journal of worth to lawyers and to provide an educational experience of value to students. In the ensuing years the Review has developed to rank as one of the outstanding legal journals in the country. The goals of the editors of Volume 1 have been met, but the challenge to meet them in the future persists. To these ends the Review continues to work daily. The range of topics in Volume 21 attests to the diverse interests of its contributors. Chief Justice Marshall's Friend of the Constitution letters, recently discovered by Professor Gunther and -reprinted in the Review, provide the basis for further historical review of the McCulloch v. Malyland controversy as well as for additional debate upon the proper decision making role of Supreme Court Justices. In contrast, current legislative policies are discussed in Professor Baxter's article on compensation for the sonic boom damage caused by supersonic flight and in Professor Posneris article on the deregulation of natural monopoly markets. The student work in Volume 21 covers an equally broad range of subjects including an economic analysis of nuisance law, public-teacher strikes in California, jury deliberations in capital punishment cases in California, and American investment in Eastern Europe. The educational experience afforded by the Review to its members encompasses more than just writing. Its student editors, besides Writing the notes and comments that fll approximately half the Review 's pages, bear responsibility for the substantive and formal accuracy of everything published in the Review. Every piece written by a student or submitted by an author is citechecked: its ideas are challenged, the authority for each statement of fact is investigated, every paragraph is edited for clarity and form. During this process the student has a chance to match wits with recognized authorities as well as with other students, in many areas of the law., This match results not only in the improvement of the Review, but also in increased student understanding of various areas of the law and different modes of thinking. Writing, however, is the major focus of Review membership. Immediately upon becoming a member of the Board of Editors, a new reviewer begins the process of selecting a topic on which to write. His ideas and research are subjected to as much intense critical analysis as his reviser, his editors, and his citechecker can bring to bear. Through a process of continual and mutual criticism and evaluation, Review members greatly improve their writing and analytical abilities. Students are encouraged to engage in field and empirical research in the preparation of their written work. The income of the Justin Miller Fund, established by Judge Miller for use by the Review in such research, made possible research for a study of the effectiveness of Califomia child-abuse laws and a study of the small-claims-courts system throughout California. The Fund will undoubtedly facilitate similar projects in the future. Although the Review operates independently of faculty supervision, faculty members are often consulted about problems within their particular areas of expertise. In addition, many comments and notes result from faculty suggestions for topics. The Review has greatly benefited from this generous assistance from the faculty.