•Visitors Verdict •Civil Rights and Patent Law Speakers After Thanksgiving •Miscellaneous Morsel •At the Frat •Res Gestae Sports Staff Pix •At the Flicks •Quadsville Quote

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University of Michigan Law SchoolUniversity of Michigan Law School Scholarship RepositoryRes Gestae Law School History and Publications1962Vol. 13, No. 11, November 16, 1962University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestaePart of the Legal Education CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School ScholarshipRepository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Res Gestae by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School ScholarshipRepository. For more information, please contact mlaw.repository@umich.edu.Recommended CitationUniversity of Michigan Law School, "Vol. 13, No. 11, November 16, 1962" (1962). Res Gestae. Paper 943.http://repository.law.umich.edu/res_gestae/943LAW LIBRARY NOV20 1962 UNIV. OF fviiCH. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY. THE LAWYERS CLUB OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MI CHIGAN LAW. SCHOOL VOl. 13 November 16, 1962 No. 11 VISITORS VERDICT. As reported in last week's Res Gestae, last week­end a Committee of Visitors for the Law School, composed of some forty distinguished alumni from all over the nation, met to observe and to evaluate the Law School program. Reports tvill be made to the faculty, president and Law Club. Curiously enough, the members of the Committee fe�t ,that the greatest deficiency of the modern law school gradu�te was his ina­bility to use the English language. It was noted that this deficiency included both v.;·ritten and oral articulation; however, it �as recog­nized that this skill is one which should be acquired before a stu­dent reaches law school and, consequently, that it should not be the primary goal of the law school to develop this ability. lkverthe­less, suggestions that more emphasis be placed on legal �iting and on oral exposition in the curriculum were prevalent. · · The visitors voiced their approval of the Law School's philosophy that the student should be·taught to think rather than that he should be required to learn the minute detail of the law. The sentiment was expressed that the law school should endeavor to familiarize the stu· dent with aspects of actual practice through such devices as a more extensive Legal Aid program, familiarization with legal documents, informal meetings between students, practitioners and judges. It was also urged that the student be made more aware of realms other than the typical private practice, notably the areas of public law, gov­ernment practice, corporate and financial institution ·work .. The only formal resolution to emerge from the Committee was its endorsement of the admissions policy maintaining Michigan as a "na­tional" law school. The Committee strongly recommended that the best applicants be admitted to the law school regardless of any considera­tions of the geographical distribution of the student body. In the area of �mployment placement there were suggestions that the placement facilities be expanded in order that men in the lower portion of a graduating class might be assured of employment of their highest preference immediately upon graduation, The feeling behind this sentiment was that these men would be leaders in their class in other law schools. Various members of the Committee expressed an opinion that com­parative law should become an evermore important part of the curric-1llum. Nearly every member of the Committee could cite an instance when his own personal practice had required a knowledge of foreign jurisprudence. This year marked the first use of a visiting alumni committee and the valuable observations rendered by the visitors plus their individual enthusiasm seems to insure its continuation. Some of the visitors were so enthusiastic that they suggested the Visitor's Com­mittee be made a bi-annual, instead of an annual, affair. CIVIL RIGHTS AND PATENT LAW SPEAKERS AFTER THANKSGIVING. The Lawyers Cl1 b is indeed fortunate to have iwo speakers appearing the week after Thanksgiving. Mr. Arthur B. Caldwell. of the Trial Staff of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, will be here on Tuesday, November 27. While Mr. Caldwell will not speak directly about the recent problems in Mississippi, he has indicated he will answer questions on that topic. His topic for the evening will relate to the Operating Procedures of the Civil Rights Division. He has spoken at other law schools, including Northwestern and Ohio State. He is making a special trip from Washington for the address, so plan to make a special trip to the lounge at 6:30. 'i'he secc-nd speaker is Mr:, Jaces Stepi.1en.'wn, :1 �·H.chigan pe.::.ent attcL\,:;y, Ih::: w·ill be here i:-1 the lounge at 6:30 on Thu.:cc.Jay, �i:o·,-cml·.er� 2.9 speaking on "Opportunities for Lawyers in Patent Law." He hA.s the inside story and is willing to comment on it, Be prepared with your qu�stions; Mr. Stephenson is prepared to answer them. IJ..A.i-1 J;I.UB SOCIAU,9TES, Lawyers should plan on the following dates� Tuesday. Dec. 4: Exchange Dinner, Couzens Hall Saturday .s.. Dec. 8: Annual Christmas Dance Sunday. Dec. 16: Annual Christmas Musicale (Formal afternoon program of Christmas season music and buffet supper) T4.esday. Dec. 1§_: Annual Christmas Dinner for Club Residcm�s The social chairman also has classes and would appreciate any offers of services for the above events. Tom Palme�, NO 8-7932 MISCELLANEOUS MORSEL Suggested ChristmQS gift: The Supr�me Court: Palladium of _Freedom (208 pages, $4.95), by Prof, Alpheus T. Mason of Princeton. Prof. Kauper says that the author "probes incisively and �vi th keen insight into the nature of the 'political system without model.'" 'fhe book will be published Nov. 23 by the U. of M. Press • • • • £[;_.;_ THE FRAT: f.hig,: Frolic on Sunday 4:30 - 7:00. $2. 50, $4.00 and $5. 00 for members, guests and non-members respectively. RES GE�TAE S�ORTS STAFF PIX: Alabama over Georgia Tech Missouri over Oklahoma Army over Pittsburgh Mississippi over Tennessee Washington over UCLA Amherst over Williams Minnesota over Purdue Northwestern over Mich. Iowa over Michigan Princeton over Yale Columbia over Penn. Dartmouth over Cornell /1-T THE FLICKS: Cam-ep� - "Boccaccio '7011 Hichigan - "Gigot" Stag - "West Side Story" Cinema Guild - "Citizen Kane" Sat., "Alice in Wonderland" �--- QUADSVILLE QUOTES by Meyer Sniffen In hominem dicendum est igitur, quum oratio argumentationem non habet. - Cicero Attorneys and rogues are vermtn not easily rooted out of a rich soil. - Walpole / 

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