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

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aha Ellihel $hnfn In 1904 a young Greek po ete 53 was tried and convicted for corrupting the morals of Charlottesville's youth. With Judge Armistead J. Dobie presiding in his first judicial role, what was the initiation ritual of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity also became the first annual i421 M. The purpose of the show has always been entertainment through satire. E351 seeks to place, for one night, a glass wall in the ivory tower of pro'fessordom, displaying to the world the quirks and foibles that amuse and confuse every student at one time or another during his Law School career. The plot of this year's production borrowed liberally from Faust, Damn Yankees and Goldfinger. A bill has been introduced in the Virginia Legislature to bar Yankee students from the Law School, and a legislative committee will soon arrive to investig ate conditions in Clark Hall. Upon hearing this news the faculty splits into Northern and Southern factions, with each group organizing its own elaborate plot to sway the investigatbrs. Admissions Director Em Spies sells his soul to the Devil, Dan Meador, in exchange for a secret weapon to aid the Northerners. The Devil produces Teddy Mearns, also known as Agent 008. But when the Yankees are on the verge of success, Devilish Dan, remembering his southern allegiance, decides to entice 008 into the Rebel camp. He sends his partner in evil, Fanny Galore, to seduce Meams. Naturally the voluptuous law librarian quickly persuades Teddy where his best int ere sts lie. 008 transfers his loyalty to the Rednecks, and the Southerners triump in the end. By their spontaneous laughter and applause the enthusiastic 1965 Libel Show audi e no e demonstrated its enjoyment of this yearly event devoted to delight and dedicated to the faculty which must suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous parody.

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Eatinnal Glnmpetiiinn gRidgarcl GE. Gimmes - Enhn 23 gEIupkins - Eeinmg g Cmnnia Lmrmt mnurt The Lile Moot Court Competition began in 1928 r; a contest between the various law school debating C hos. The competition was suspended during the war years and was renewed in 1948. The winning team is selected in the spring of the third year after successfully advancing through six rounds of argument. The two-year competition be gins during the first se m e ste r of the second year. This year seventy-four teams volunteered for the single elimination proceedings. Currently the semi-finalists are William F. Clinger, Jr. , and Bernard G. Barrow, Theodore Margolis and Daniel S. Brown, Hugh L. Patterson and Thomas T. Lawson, and James M. Shoemaker, Jr. and Dewey B. Morris. The winners of the Semi-Final Round will present their arguments to a panel of respected jurists on Law Day. During the fall, Richard G. C1 e m e ns, John D. Hopkins, and Dewey B. Morris Represented the Law School in the fifte enth annual National Moot Court 'Griangular meant EBahinl 3L Eiehama - mama C1311 $11n2maker, Ejr. - gHHartin E51. 15211111 Competition. As runnerup in the regional eliminations, the team was awarded a berth in the final rounds, held in New York. Although they lost in the second round of the finals, their performance earned wide acclaim as' one of the best arguments throughout the competition. This spring, Virginia will enter the team of David J. Heinsma, Martin H. Kahn, and James M. Shoemaker, Jr. in the Triangular Competition against Columbia and Pennsylvania. The Law School's edge in this round robin affair is evidenced by its record of three wins and a tie for the past four years. i Guiding the entire Moot Court program through its first year as a wholly administered student organization has been the duty of the Moot Court Board, chaired by Richard G. McCauley. J. Dennis Rash and Keigh A. Greiner have served as clerks and Assistant Professor Lawrence D. Gaugh an has counseled the Board in his capacity as Faculty Adviser.