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

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glmnnt Qluuri guard Kahn Heinsma Bauer Gaughan McCauley Morris Rash Greiner James M. Shoemaker - Dewy B. Morris Daniel S. Brown - Theodore Margolis a . W In Th mas T. Lawson - Hugh Patterson William F. Clinger, Jr. - Bernard G. Barrow

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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.

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Eghginia ?Rughg glincdhall Qlluh With a thump a pear-shaped ball sails down an over- sized football field and another game is underway. For the next eighty minutes, for the uninitiated, mayhem runs rampant. Thirty players run at each other, tackle, fall, get up and repeat the process. They form huddles and the ball is thrown into the group. When it pops out again a made scramble ensues. It seems everyone wants the ball but as soon as they get it and get tackled, they drop it. The language is even strange. Scrum right. Coming in now. Kick for touch. Heel, now the heel. This so are ely organized game of keepaway is called rugby football. Spawned at a Law School cocktail party four years ago, by two law students who had enjoyed the spell of rugby in undergraduate days, the Virginia Rugby Foot- ball Club now boasts over sixty members. With success and the concurrent interest it aroused, undergraduates and other graduate students became entranced with this English version of football. Played without the usual football equipment and not diminished in pace by set plays, rugby is one of the roughest games. A spirit of camaraderie springs from the roughness and the English tradition brings sportsmanship of a curious nature to Americans. Not only is the will to K h t THIRD YEAR Jeremiah R. Leary Michael Kitay John Walters SECOND YEAR: Chandler Lee Van Orman Philip w. Watson A. Zachary Smith MEMBERSHIP 118 win and respect for the winner a Vital part of the game, but a spectator might be astonished to see opposing players helping each other up from the turf. The players feel a brotherhood; they feel an urge to perpetuate the traditions of the game. The game has been characterized as a game for hooligans played by gentlemen. There is an active bond with the Opposing team which is cemented after the confrontation with glass after glass from the keg; for a celebration after the game is also part of the tradition. The Law School members of the Virginia Rugby Foot- ball Club are presently in the minority. The club has be- come an institution at the Univelsity. It is a power in east-coast rugby and is a full member of the Eastern Rugby Union. It draws the older teams, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and Notre Dame to Charlottesville for engage- ments, including the Commonwealth Cup games in the Spring. The team also travels a great deal, with trips to New York and Philadelphia quite common. Originating at th- Law School, and fast becoming a tradition at the Uni versity, rugby has given Virginia 3 winning team in a i athletic endeavor - no small accomplishment. First row: A. Allen, C Vanorman, D. Davis M. Kitay. Second row H. Franklin, I. Leary G. McDowell, 2. Smith D. Rohrer. FIRST YEAR: Humes S. Franklin Gerald E. McDove