University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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lt- I 5 sl . ,D ,rw -'1- JA ' A' Aki' 1 vs. ' D SOCIETY FIRST ROW: W. Herman, J. Leavitt, W. Keller, J. Birge, J. Provine, M. Newbold, 1. Walker. SECOND ROW: R. Wi11iarns,W. Hawgood, D. Mullane, I. Nolan, L. I-Iettinger, E. Hood, H. Cummins. A, ' Jim Magee, Chancellor HF f An honorary which emphasizes diversity and scholarship, and takes itself with whimsical levity, Barristers has been doing good turns since 1904. Sometime in the 20's the group originated its annual Crease Ball. There is a scholarship awarded each year to a deserving student, and the University enjoys the Barristers' services as ushers atCentennialCe1ebrations. Occasionally the Society decides to publish an issue of the RAW REVIEW, always oversubscribed. The twenty-five members of the Barristers gather bi-weekly, if it can be arranged, in order to further their varigated designs. Each spring ten juniors are initiated and these tap fifteen classmates the following fall. Once service is paid its due, Barristers unabashedly promotes conviviality, though it always maintains a decorum befitting a body so venerable. Lord Chancellor James Magee Master of the Rolls Richard Keller Chancellor of the Exchequer Michael Newbold Bailiff George Coggins l Q l m - 11.4 - 1?--' FIRST ROW: J. Boerner, G. Coggins, R. Olson, F. Dickerson, R. Saeed. SECOND ROW: C. Patterson, P. Goodspeed, I. Luttrell, J. Ervin, T. Washing. BARRISTER

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Law Review Candidate Hard at Work. ln 1902 the MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW first appeared, in response to what the editors, at that time faculty members, felt was the need of a law journal to be conducted under the auspices of the Department of Law of the University of Michigan. It was intended that the journal be practical without usurping the functions of the text book or the digest, and scholarly Law Review Editor I-lard at WO,-k, without becoming so academic in its character as to be out of touch with the needs and aims of the lawyer oftoday. It will not be local in its charac- ter or be confined to the discussion of law-school problems. These goals represented a successful formula, so much so that the REVIEW, still presenting the four departments into which the first edition divided itself, has become an indispensable adjunct to law libraries and practice in all states and in many foreign countries. This year the REVIEW is composed of twenty-eight senior editors. The forty juniors with the highest grades based on first-year courses are candidatesg those who demonstrate a high degree of analytical and writing ability will become editors next year. The REVIEW not only serves the profession but also provides invaluable training in legal research, analysis, and writing. ll , . Il i I FIRST ROW: J. Boemer, A. Galbraith, D. Cain, F. Dickerson, P. Goodspeed, R. Sneed, W. Kerr, I. Magee, I. Ervin. SECOND ROW: B. Kuklin, E. Hendon, H. Cummins, T. Washing, G. Coggins, C. Patterson, H. Toppel, R. Olson. THIRD ROW: J. Schmidt, R. Lotts, M. Devine, I. Phillips, W. Keller, J. Lurtrell, I. Westin, R. Gilbert. 33

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ORDER OF THE COIF The most ancient of all honor societies, the Order of the Coif, originally a forensic institution dating back to the thirteenth century in England, evolved out a tight-knit group of distinguished jurists who would select new members from the ranks of the apprentices, who had to prove their superior ability by pleading a real action in old Norman French. If these aprentices passed the test, they were initiated by a cere- mony not unlike the coronation of royalty, they were awarded the coif, a tight-fitting cap, which was worn constantly, even in royal presence. Judges were taken only from the Order. Today, the Order of the Coif is a national law school honor society, founded for the purposes of encouraging legal scholarship and advancingthe ethical standards of the legal profession. Its members are selected by the faculty from the upper ten per cent of the August, December and May graduating classes, based upon the grade averages at the end of the fifth semester. The election and initiation ceremonies are held during the spring of each year. The Order began honoring another type of excellence: legal writing. The Triennial Coif Award is 31,000 for writing which evidences creative talent of the highest order. The 1964 recipient was Professor Brainerd Currie of Duke University, author of Selected Assays on the Conflict Q Laws. Sidney A. Bruckley, Douglas M. Cain, George C. Coggins, john C. Cook, David W. Croysdale, Robert M. Cumming, Michael C. Devine, Peter L. Eppinga, Robert E. Epstein, I. Allen Galbraith, Stephen A. George, Paul Grofiskey, John M. I-lammer, jerry D. Hamer, Frederick K. Hoops, james E. Howie, Dennis S. Kayes, W. Richard Keller, Daniel J. Kolb, Richard L. Lotts, james A. Magee, Iolm H. Martin, james P. Parker, James G. Phillipp, Thomas R. Rcinsma, Fred E. Schlegel, Stephen C. Small, Edward R. Stein, Harold S. Toppel. Maxims of Equityj. Not to mention Viet Nam. Top Row Lords Chancellor, Advocate, Bailiff, Admiralty, Domesday-Clarendon. Bottom Row Lords Archbishop Executioner fPresiding officerj, Exchequer, Magistrate. Absent- Lords Court Baron Sheriff Keeper. EQUITY SOCIETY The Equity Society was born in 13th century England, It began as a secret fraternal orgamza tion, structurally modelled on the English guild system, and has continued as such until this aca demic year. The Society originally drew its membership from the ranks of apprentice lawyers, but with the advent of formal legal training the Society splintered into semi-autonomous units each unit drawing unto itself the truly equitable men from the legal academic milieu. ln 1898 abarnstorming advocat from France, M. Nonin Terc Oursit visited Ann Arbor and found amongthe student body the requisite 12 members totally dedicated to equity Q12 men are necessary for the establishment of an Equity Society cell in conformance with the 12 The members of the Society cannot reveal their identities, but with this publication they wish to admit their existence as an entity A spokesman for the group comments that thls relaxation of the secrecy mandate was compelled by a decreasing interest in and awareness of equity 1n the United States today as illustrated by the merger of equity and law in the courts and the criminal deletion of the Equity course from the law schoo1's curricula