Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, September 29, 1972 Page: 4 of 4
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£*• 4, SOUTH TEXAS LAW SCHOOL,
r 29,1972
Law students attend
Saa Francisco meeting
By DELWIN "DEL" FULLEN
Law students from law schools
across the United States met in
San Francisco for the Annual
Meeting of the Law Student Di-
visión of the American Bar As-
sociation's 95th Annual Meet-
ing. Among the activities that
were presented for the law stu-
dents was a series of workshops
and programs designed to con-
centrate on specifics areas in
which the ABA's Law Student Di-
vision can be of benefit to the
Student Bar Associations and stu-
dent bodies. Two panels were held
during the course of the meet-
ing. The Prison Reform Panel
included California Deputy At-
torney General Nelson Kempsky,
author of the Attorney General's
Report on Prison Reform; Wal-
ter Karabian, Chairman of the
California Assembly Select Com-
mittee of Prison Reform and Re-
habilitation; Joseph Sprangler,
the Administrative Officer of the
California Adult Authority; and
Tracy Keenan Wynn, author of
the film, The Glass House. TWs
Emmy-winning film highlighted
the paneL The other panel on How
To Communicate With Clout
brought together acknowledged
experts in the field of legal com-
munication to discuss their per-
son experiences and beliefs. The
panel included attorneys Melvüi
Belli, Michael Cardoza, Henry
Rothblatt, and Paul A. Wolkin.
A reception was also held at the
Belli Building for all law stu-
dents.
Many floating workshops were
held during the 5 day meeting.
The Nigh Law Students Work-
shop focused on the services a-
vailable to the night law student
from the ABA and also touched
upon lack of scholarships for
night students and hiring prob-
lems. Tim Ayers, Editor of the
Student Lawyer discussed the
current Law Student Division
publications and the direction
they wiU take in the future. Tom
Coleman, Chairman of the Gay
Law Students Association con-
ducted a workshop on Sex Law
Reform, Gay Rights, and Related
Topics with guest speaker Pro-
fessor Walter Barnett, a visiting
professor at Hastings College of
Law and an expert in the area of
sex law.
The highlights of the convention
were three keynote addresses
made by Robert Meserve, Presi-
dent of the American Bar Assoc-
iation, Marvin Lewis, President
of the American Trail Lawyers
Association, and Houston At-
torney Percy Foreman.
By TOM LIPSCOMB
The Houston AEROS will play
the Los Angeles SHARKS on Sun-
day, Oct 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Sam Houston Coliseum. Both
teams are members of the new
major league of the World Hockey
Association, West Division.
The price of tickets is as fol-
lows: $3 per person with a 10%
discount for a group of 25 per-
sons or more.
AU persons interested in at-
tending game should mail a
check to Tom Lipcomb, 1919 W.
Main St, #17, Houston, 77006 in
the amount of $2.70 per person,
or deliver the check to Tom per-
sonally. All checks must indicate
the person's name, telephone
nnmber and address. Make
checks payable to the Houston
AEROS.
In the event that checks have
not been submitted for at least
25 tickets on or before Oct 6,
this venture wiU be cancelled
for lack of interest and aU checks
promptly returned.
For general information on ice
hockey, please see the Phi Alpha
Delta bulletin board in the First
Floor Student Lounge.
5$ - XEROX
The student body wishes to thank
Mrs. Francis Thompson for re
ducing the Xerox machine cost
to 59 a copy - If only wooden
nickels worked.
Another picture of Del Fullen !
Why a Law Journal?
By JERRY WEINSTEIN
Editor, South Texas Law Journal
We on the South Texas Law
Journal are constantly stopped
on the way to class or in the cof-
fee shop and posed the above
question in some form or fash-
ion. A truthful answer, under our
present system, would have tobe,
"very little good." This answer
does not relate merely to South
Texas's Law Journal, but to Law
Reviews all over the United
States. This fact was never more
apparent than at a recent meeting
of the National Conference of Law
Reviews that this writer had the
privilege of attending. In the brief
space foUowing, we will glance at
the reasons why our present sys-
tem of Law Reviews is of little
use and whether it is worth cor-
recting.
The manual of the South Texas
Taw Journal provides the fol-
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only a recognition of excellence
and an invitation to the member
to increase his acumen in the stu-
dy of the law, but also, it offers
the student an opportunity to as-
sist in the shaping of the law."
Well then, you say, I can see
right away that the uses of a law
review are; recognition of aca-
demic excellence, increase of
acumen in study of the law, and
assistance in the shaping of the
law. My answer to you is that I
wish that were the case. The
limited uses ef the average law
review today as seen by this writ-
er are:
(1) Used by judges who have al-
ready decided how they wish to
rule and are in desperate need of
someone to agree with them.
(2) Used by practitioners and
students who by use of reviews
challenge the legal world that they
know more about this legal triyia
than anyone else, and
(3) Used by Mr. Leonard Duffy
in Real Property.
After a quick analysis of the
above, one must ask himself:
(1) Couldn't the judge find any
good law?
(2) Why is it that I can't un-
derstand the topic, much less the
article that these guys wrote?
(3) Does Mr. Duffy have stock
in the Baylor Law Review?
The answers to these ques-
tions, not readily forthcoming,
we ask what should be the uses or
purposes of a law review, what
can we do to correct the present
system, or why should we ven bo-
ther?
The mundane uses of the aver-
age law review are boundless.
First, it could be used to review
common questions of law that
have not undergone dynamic
changes, but that would permit
a practitioner to have a quick
case analysis for or against his
position to aid in trial prepera-
tion. Second, it could be used in
the shaping of the law, if the
courts were prepared to admit
an affirmative duty to act against
unworthy stare decisis, thus ov-
erruling court made laW that is
obviously against public policy
or is based upon some legal fic-
tion which has no place in to-
days jurisprudence. Third, tfflid
in the accumulation of state law
on given legal issues that are
condensed in a computer, later
to be programed out at the prac-
titioner's touch. These represent
only a few of the more realistic
uses; the list going on ad infin-
itum.
Finding an answer to what we
can do as students to correct the
present system is most difficult
The answer lies in the practi-
tioners. Once the practicing at-
torneys are ready to admit that
there may be some areas of the
general law with which they are
not West Publication's gift to T.J.
2nd and impart these areas that
need clarification to the law re-
views, then the reviews can com-
mence to research the pertinent
areas of law which will at least
benefit one practitioner.
Finally, why should you, as a
student care one way or the oth-
er?-The most appealing argument
lies in the fact that most of us af-
ter a few years of practice wiU
become either too busy or too
lazy to properly research our
cases and it would be exceeding-
ly pleasant to have the research
at our finger tips. This is the
fiffect of Law Reviews when they
have properly ascertained an
area of the law that requires
clarification. At present it is a
hit and miss proposition with one
editor trying to outguess another
on the important areas. If the
practitioner and the courts would
merely make their needs known,
j the reviews would be glad for the
chance to assist them in their
researches.
If suffices to say that Law Re-
views are not totally without pur-
pose or their staffs would not
drive themselves to the brink
of academic suicide in getting
them to publication. However,
this writer merely asserts a
more efficient use of an old est-
ablished product.
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