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By Mark Hoffman
Increases in annual expenditures totaling
$1,012,010, have been recommended in a UNL Law
CaHcqc acadepaic report to make the college a center
of excellence and to insure quality education.
The recommendations, made in a 249-page report
by the UNL Law College Academic Planning
Committee, would more than double the current
operating budget of $601,383 in appropriated and
nonappropriated funds.
Some of the increases, according to the report,
would be used to raise Law College administrative,
faculty and staff salaries to an equitable level with
area law schools, increase the size of the faculty and
provide for programs designed to upgrade education
at the Law College.
The report is only a working draft, according to
John Gradwol.., UNL professor of law and committee
chairman. The final draft is expected to be completed
in June. Until then, the Law College has, and will
hold a series of public meetings for students, faculty
and administrators to discuss the report.
Some of those recommendations, according to
costs, include:
Hiring eight more professors at a cost of
$200,000 ($25,000 for each professor).
-Establishing a student loan fund from private
sources with a projected $200,000 to be availaibe for
law students.
Developing programs to teach law to students
outside the Law College. Four faculty members at a
cost of $100,000 would be needed for developing the
programs.
-Increasing the current 16 law faculty salaries by
$5,000 each for a total of $80,000.
-Providing $50,000 for a "catch up" fund of
library materials and $43,000 for additional library
staff.
The total package of recommendations would
come to $1,012,010. Of that amount, $774,510
would come under budget increases appropriated by
UNL and $237,500 would come from private sources.
Law students would share in the increases by
paying $333 a year more in tuition. Residents now
pay $640 in tuition and fees a year, and nonresidents
- Vpay $1,716. -
t The increases would come over a 5-year span. The
!cfcC000 for developing law programs for students
other than law students is not included in the budget
because it would involve other UN L departments and
students.
ff livaoarpj-iiT!s of $237,500 al55V5!fld.tar
xteiHteSver- V!Jyear period. The first year,?
$46,000 would be added, the second year, $41,000,
the third year, $40,000, the fourth year, $44,000 and
the fifth year, $66,500.
The major expenditure from these funds would be
$200,000 for a student loan program. Law College
Dean Henry Grether said a drive would be conducted
to raise that amount. The funding would be a
revolving fund because students borrowing money
would replace that money when their loans became
due.
The same dollar amount has been recommended to
increav: the size of the Law College faculty from 17
to 25 members. The Law College currently has 16
faculty members and the dean and assistant dean
teach half-time for a 17-member equivalent.
'The ratio of students to faculty has a significant
impact on the educational quality of a program," and
there has been a significant increase in law students to
teachers in the last 14 years, according to the report.
Since 1960 the student enrollment in the Law
College has Increased from 147 to 430 in 1973. At
the same time, the number of professors has increased
from 10 to 17. This has caused the ratio of students
to faculty to in-aease from 14.7 students to each
prof esse- in 1960 to 25.29 students to each professor
in 1973.
Among nine area law colleges in a 1972-73 report,
UNL was sixth, according to the lowest
student-faculty ratio. Colorado had the lowest with
17.96 students to each professor and Missouri
(Kansas City) had the highest with 36.0. UNL had a
24.61 ratio at that time.
Tha preliminary report also is recommended that
the current 16 UNL law professors' salaries be
Increased by $5,000 end the dean's salary be
increased by $3,000.
In comparison with eight other area schools, the
average salary being paid to a UNL Law College
professor ranks seventh.
The highest average salary including fringe benefits
was $29,619. The lowest salary was $21,210.80.
UN L's average law professor's salry is $22,668.96.
According to the report, UN L's average salary is
comparable on the assistant professor level, and is
"considerably below" at the associate and professor
level.
. 'This is a very detrimental recruiting fact since
new faculty members are very much concerned with
where they will be 5 to 10 years from the point of
initial hiring," the report noted.
There has been some concern in the Law College
about professors leaving. Four professors are going on
1-year leaves of absence, and only one said he
definitely would be back.
One professor, Harvey Perlrnan, reported his one
year salary at the University of Virginia will be about
$6,000 to $7,000 higher than it is at UNL. His salary
this year is $20,850. .
Professor Ron Allen has resigned and has accepted
a position at the University of New York at Buffalo.
Grether said. . "...
Allen said his reasons for going included a
"significant financial difference" and "an increase in!
services available such as secretarial help" at the
University of New York.
The recommended salary increase for the UNL
Law College dean also would raise his salary from
near bottom compared with the area schools.
His salary of $37,521.56, including fringe benefits,
ranks seventh of nine schools. The highest salary is
$46,31 6 and the lowest is $31 ,350.
The report also recommends increasing funds for
library materials and increasing library staff.
in a study done. of 12 other law schools across the
nation having about the same size student body, the
size of the UN L library staff ranked 1 3th.
The UNL law library ranked 11th in total
collection of materials in 1971-72, eighth in book
budget for the same year and 11th in requested
budget for books in 1972-73.
Recommendations have been made to offer more
law classes c.id to expand clinical programming where
studu.its handle actual cases under tha supervision of
a lawyer. Law students have said the UNL Law
School was inadequate in these areas.
The college has a clinical program now In which
about 15 students handle cases for inmates at the
Nebraska State Penal Complex.
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Juvenile
problems
ride on
in Lincoln
By Tom Jensen
Juvenile delinquency appears to be
declining nationally, but in Lincoln, it's
still as much of a problem as ever,
according to statistics.
In a recently published government
report called "Juvenile Court
Statistics 1972," figures show that, for
the first time since 1961, juvenile
delinquency was on a downward trend
nationally in 1972.
numbered 33.6 per 1,000 UJ., child
population 10 through 17 years cf age
compared wiln 34.1 in 1971 . 1
Overall, more than 1.11 million
delinquency cases were brought before
juvenile courts in 1972 compared with
just more than 1.12 million In 1971.
The report states that since 1961,
delinquency cases have more than
doubled, and have risen every year since
1949, except for a slight decrease in 1961
and again in 1972.
Statistics from the Lincoln Police
Dept. show that during 1972, 3,505
juveniles were contacted concerning
delinquency cases as compared with
3,408 juvenile contacts in 1971. In 1973
that figure climbed to 3,987, the highest
: total ever.
Ten years ago the number cf juvenile
contacts was 2,164, and by 1SS8, juvenile
contacts seemed to peak with 3,005. The
number of contacts decreased each year
from 1969-71, but ' is climbing once
again.
William S. Janicke, chief probation
officer of the Lancaster County Juv. Me
Court, said in Lincoln some
juvenile-related cases have increased while
others have seemed to stabilize.
"We've had some increase in cases
relating to controlled substances, and
we've had an increase in runaways, which
wems to be a bia problem with kids,"
Janicke said.
He said there hasn't been a large
increase in car thefts because the newer
cars are harder to break Into.
"About the only time a car is stolen is
when someone leaves his keys in his car,"
Janicke said.
James Arnot, director of the Youth
Service System in Lincoln, said the
national decline in juvenile delinquency
could be due to the public being more
aware of the delinquency problem
utilizing alternatives to the juvenile
courts.
The Youth Service System works with
young people to provide a counseling
service and a place for youths to stay if
they don't have any other place to go.
"Maybe we've reduced the negative
labeling," he said. "We don't call a
delinquent a delinquent anymore. We say
he's a person with a problem.
"When someone gets a negative label,
he likes to play that role," he added.
Willis Gordon, head of the juvenile
division of the Lincoln Police Dept., said
one way to curb juvenile delinquency
would be to get the community more
involved in recreation and work programs
for youths.
"Youths are willing to work, but
sometimes they just can't find a job,"
Gordon said. "If we had some work
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money. Otherwise, they'll just get it
somewhere else."
Janicke and Arnot both said juvenile
delinquency could be decreased if the
family and community were more
involved with youth.
"I've' always felt juvenile delinquency
was closely tied with the family
situation," Janicke said. "If there are
problems at home, kids seem to violate
the law."
Arnot said there should be alternatives
for the juvenile courts and the police
department.
"Wc should think twice before sending
a juvenile to Kearney or Geneva (state
youth corrections centers)," he said.
"Not that those institutions don't do a
good job. I just think the communities
ought to be more responsible for
juveniles."
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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, apri! 17, 1974