University of Virginia Law School - Barrister Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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JohnBasilGantt..........................Chairman BernardG. Barrow.................ResearchDirector Robert L. Dolbeare ....... .......... Writing Director Iriving L. Faught................... Writing Director MEMBERS Peter A. Arnston, Roger L. Chaffe, Lawrence B. Chandler, Thomas P. Dugan, Steven A. Galef, Ronald S. Gasiorowski, Lewis H. Goldman, James C. Hanken, Samuel W. Hixon, Robert H. Hunt, Tristram T. Hyde, IV, James Jones, Peter A. Kalat, Philip H. Lilienthal, David W. Morthland, Michael C. Norton, Calvin W. Parker, Robert J. Perry, Alexander W. Sierck, David L. Smith.

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The Criminal Law Research Organization was formed at the Law School in 1960 under the sponsorship of the Phi Delta Phi legal haternity on the premise that justice under law is better administeredwhen the poor as well as the rich are afforded as complete a defense as possible. CLRO provides research assistance in the form of memo- randa and brie f s for attorneys representing defendants. It is believed that by providing this assistance, not only will persons without means be a c c ord e d equal oppor- tunitiesbut that such efforts will lead to a more efficient administration of criminal justice. The work of the Organization at present is concen- Kalat. Glriminal Eriafn QRegearth QBrganizaiinn First row: Hunt, Dugan, Dolbeare, Gantt, Faught, Perry. Second row: Hixon, Chaffe, Chandler, Hanken, Amtson, trated mainly in preparing legal memoranda for use by attorneys prosecuting appeals on behalf of indigent de- fendants. In addition, members have the opportunity of working with Mr. Ronold Sokol in connection with his Appellate Legal Aid department and its preparation of appeals taken to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Thus, while the student is aiding the attorney, he is also obtaining valuable e x p e r i e n c e in research and legal draftsmanship. In addition, the members have the satis- faction of having assisted in the preparation of an actual case, which is an experience not usually available in the Law School.

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3Hirginia legal ?Reawrth QEruup The Virginia Legal Research Group, now in its eighteenth year of service to practicing attorneys, has come to be re cognize d as one of the most beneficial activities available to students in the Law School. Con- sisting of over sixty student members, VLRG seeks to serve two main purposes: to provide assistance to legal practitioners throughout the United States and several f ore i g n countries by preparing upon request objective memoranda of law, and most importantly to help the student members of the Research Group bridge the gap between the formal study of law and its practical appli- cations by providing research and writing experience. In addition to writing memoranda for attorneys, the Group has recently undertaken the problem of drafting uniform law revisions. A ssistanc e is also pmvided to the Law Library in enabling it to answer queries from practitioners regarding recent decisions. First row, left to right: Beard, Penick, Kelsey, Piassick, Koff, Oppenheimer, Brown, D.S. Second row: Gantt, McClintock, Ward, Everbach, Thompson, Fordyce, Visco,Hardwick, Walters, Marcus. Third row:McCauley, Ritsch, Reed, Matthews, Bates, Smith, Williams, Membership in VLRG is conditioned upon the suc- cessful com pl etion of a tryout program designed to demonstrate skills inleg :11 research and writing . Although the tryout pro gram is open to all members of the Law School who have c ompl ete d between tw o and four semesters of in law school, only those tryouts whose work manifests ability sufficient to meet the Group's standard of excellance are accepted as members. Evidence of the Group's success is best demonstrated by the repeated requests of attorneys for whom work has Goldman, Pannell, Parsley. Fourth row: Haskins, Gold- berg, Brown, R. E., Miller, Kingdon, Staples, Von Till, Stanlake, F armer, Wood, Hoyt, Sykes, Moore, Tripp. Fifth row:Dolbeare,Guyton, Eckhardt, McKinney, Rachels, Davis, Morris. been done in the past and letters of praise and appre- ciation sent to it by many of the lawyers for whom memo- randa have been prepared. In addition, VLRG has served as the basis upon which other law schools have modele similiar org anizations. The ever increasing flow of requests for the service of the Virginia Legal Research Group insure that it wil continue to provide law school students with outstandmg practical research and writing experience.