University of Notre Dame Law School - Reporter Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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In mitior sensu-The words, tiSir Thomas Holt struck his cook on the head with a cleaver, and cleaved his head, one part lying on the one shoulder and another part on the other? were held not to charge the crime of homicide, a defamation, because there was no allegation that the cook died. -Holt v. Astgrigg, 79 Eng. Rep. 161 UGOD. Visitors to the Law School, 1973- 74 included Professor Louis M. Brown from U.S.C.; J ohn Martzell, Esq. of New Orleans; Vernon J ordon, Urban League director; Senators Birch Bayh and George McGovern; Sargent Shriver and Arthur Goldberg; most of our past black graduates; Professor Victor Rosenblum of Northwestern; and J ustice William Rehnquist of the US. Supreme Court. This Page Sponsored by Edward E. Reith Frank Sullivan Associates, South Bend ttljfe insurance is our business 47

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Wu: of the ?m From the Deanls Desk, 1973-74 Arturo Estrada and Santiago Rios, both 75L, represented us at the annual meeting of LaRaza National Law Students Assln Sept. 1 and 2 in El Paso. September 16, 19731 . . . Torn McKenna and John Bruha, both 1741., and Gene Smary and Bill Britt, both l75L, have been appointed instructors in the Freshman Seminar program-our sec- ond year of participation in that new pro- gram September 16, 19731 . . .John Lynch, 175L, Phil Lauro, 75L, served on a committee to interview prospective faculty members and to advise the faculty and me on their impressions tOctober 5, 19731 . . . Santiago Rios, 175L, is president of our chapter of LaRaza National Law Students Ass,n. Arturo Estrada, 475L, is secretary- treasurer tOCtober 5, 19731 . . . Dennis Owens, 175L, has assumed duties as Di- rector of the Legislative Bureau this semes- ter, the first time a second year student has directed a clinical program Uanuary, 19741 . . . Congratulations to our client-counseling champs. A1 Munson and Willie Lipscomb, both 175 L, who represented Notre Dame in Chicago regionals last week-end tFebruaIy ,11, 19741 . . . Book report: The December Lawyer features student notes by John T1115 Evin 23m $11fo 5:111:01 gXutre 232mm, glrrhiana 453513 Davis, J ohn Kazankian, Thad Marciniak, fete Lardy, and Tal Young, all ,75L, tFeb- ruary 11, 19741 . . . Dennis Owens, 175L, has founded a J ournal of Legislation to re- place New Dimensions. Gail Gerebenics, 175 L, and Dave Fahey, l75L, will serve as Executive and Articles Editor respectively tMarch 7,19741. .. March 1 was a day of firsts for us, as we were hosts for the national finals in the ABA. client-counseling competition. Dean Link, Jerry Fritz, l76L and Pat Gibbs, l75L, conspired tirelessly to produce and present no less than 14 separate television programs that day; on several occasions we had three llnetworksl, operating simultaneously. It was a technological extravaganza. lMarch 7, 19741 . . . We now have student membership on the Admissions Committee-Arturo Estrada, 475L, tMarch 29, 19741 . . . These are election days in Hoynes. Chauncey Veatch, l75L, an affable Californian who has been president of his class for two years, is new S.B.A. president; John Davis, ,75L, Albuquerque, is editor-in-chief of The Law- yer; and Willie Lipscomb, Jr., 751., an erst- 'while political figure from Detroit, is exec- utive director of the Legal Aid and Defender Assln . . . Santiago Rios, 175L, is secretary, GE 90:! $01613 RV and Brien Nagle, l76L, treasurer; Tom McGill, 175L, is our A.B.A. delegate . . . Paul .Fortino is president, Bob Foster V-P and Al -Munson secretary-treasurer of the Class of 1975 . . . Lawyer editors include, all ,75L, Thad Marciniak, Harold Pope, Warren Casey, J ohn Kazanjian, Marcia Gaughan, and Tim Silbaugh. tMarch 7, 19741 . . . Congratulations to new officers of the Law Wives- Amy Veatch tpresJ, Merrilyn Pope lv-p1, Mary Snyder tsecly1, and Mary Verich ttreas.1. tMarch 29, 19741 . . . The second issue of the London Irish Times tfrom our campus on Bloomsbury Sq.1 reports on the election there and sends information on a current case on cruelty to animals tprawns1, by Jack Bulger, 75 L, The living-alone piece is by Kathy Ross, ,75L, who lives in a house in Chelsea where Thomas More once lived. tMarch 29, 19741 . . . Congratulations to Andrew Bird, son of Ann and Roger, ,75L. tMarch 29, 19741 . . . Book Report: Dennis Owens, 175L, llHigh Crimes and Misdemeanors: the Definitions of an Impeachable Offensefl in May .Sti dent Lawyer, reprinted from the March Scholastic and volume 1 of the ND. Journal of Legislation tMay 14, 19741 . . . M $1 3131762

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The expansion and renovation of the University of Notre Dameis Law School Building will be celebrated and the Kresge Law Library dedicated in campus ceremo- nies Friday. A concelebrated mass will be said at 4 pm. in the Kresge Law Library, followed with the blessing of the building by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Notre Dame president. After the blessing, an open house will be held and tours of the building will be conducted. A reception will follow at 7 pm. in the Law School student lounge and a dinner at 8 p.m.in the Kresge Law Library. Among those on the dinner program are Law School Dean Thomas L. Shaffer and Stanley S. Kresge, chairman of the board of the Kresge Foundation, Troy, Mich. The'$1.6 million renovation, which in- cluded modernization of the existing struc- ture and construction of an addition, has doubled the original buildingis usable space. The project was supported by a $750,000 gift from the Kresge Foundation, grants in excess of $200,000 from the federal govern- ment, and contributions from Notre Dame Law alumni. Special features of the remodeled build- ing includez-The Kresge Law Library. The expanded law library provides new stack areas allowing the school to enlarge its col- lection from 80,000 volumes, to 150,000, a task aided by an endowment from the John P. Murphy Foundation of Cleveland Ohio. The new library also provides additional work and office space for staff, group study rooms, facilities for microfilming, computer terminals and additional study space and casual reading areas. -The Civil Rights Reading Room. The room will house Father Hesburghis personal papers and records from his 15-year term on the United States Civil Rights Commission. Supplemented by the library,s existing col- lection on the topics, these resources repre- sent the core of the new Notre Dame Center on Civil Rights, a university program di- rected by Howard Glickstein. -A mock law office. This office provides students with a realistic setting in which to practice interviewing and counseling clients. Remote controlled closed circuit television cameras can be used to record or broadcast proceedings to any classroom in the school. -The student lounge. Designed by a Notre Dame architecture class, the lounge features a self-service vending area and a 0conversation pit? a central sunken lounge section. The current renovation is the fourth ex- pansion of facilities in the schools history. The Notre Dame Law School, which is the oldest Catholic law school in the United This page sponsored by: South Bend Agency MQNY MUTUAL OF NEW YORK States, held its first classes in 1869 in the Sorin Hall. During the recent construction, Administration Building. Prior to moving to it was housed temporarily in the Wenninger- the present building in 1930, the school had Kirsch Building. been located in Hoynes Hall and earlier in -S.B. Tribune