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For nearly a month there will
be no lawyers at the student
legal services center. The
contract for the previous
lawyers, Doug German and
Bruce Hamilton, ran out at the
end of June, and ASUN
(Associated Students of the
University of Nebraska)
members have not yet chosen
their replacements.
According to Dave Hewlett,
ASUN vice-president, the
search committee for the new
lawyer must submit the name
of the chosen lawyer to the
Regents by July 11.
. In the 1974-75 school year
additional changes in, the
student legal services will be
made. Only one lawyer will be
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Doug German, former student legal aid attorney, works on problems
legal center. ,
The White House announced
on July 26 the President's
intention to nominate Chan
cellor James II. Zumberge of
the University of Nebraska
Lincoln to serve a six-year term
?. member cl the M-ticr.il
Science Board.
Chancellor Zumberge's up
coming nomination to the
governing board of the National
Science Foundation will be
subject to Senate confirmation.
Created by the National
Science Foundation Act of
1950. NSF currently operates
Vice President Gerald Ford
will examine the future of the
P.cpub!ican party with William
F. Buckley, Jr. on the national
public television program, "Fir
ing Line," Tuesday at 10:30
p.m. on the Nebraska ETV
Network.
Ford and Buckley will ex
amine both the immediate and
long range future of the Re
publican party on the program
which will repeat Wednesday
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hired instead of two, but this
lawyer will work on a full-time
basis, rather than on a
part-time basis as did German
and Hamilton.
German noted that he and
Hamilton made no attempt to
retain the post as student
lawyer. German had worked
with legal aid for two years,
and Hamilton for three years
before coming to the university,
he said.
"The type of problem that
came up here was the same
type that came up at legal aid,"
he said. Consequently, the two
felt the need to expand.
He added, "For the sake of
professional ' vth we want to
move on to uJferent types of
erse nominate
board
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with an annual appropriation of
$577 million, A major portion of
its activities are in support of
scientific research projects,
institutional improvements for
science, science education im
prcvciVtCnia ! giiMjuaLe Lu
dent support.
The National Science Board,
to which Chancellor Zumberge
will be nominated, is composed
of 21 members, all eminent
scientists, engineers or leaders
in public affairs. Nominees for
eight upcoming vacancies on
the Hoard were announced by
at 2 p.m. ,
Born in Omaha in 1913, Ford
has become one of the OOP's
most prominent spokesmen,
warning that the Republicans
must be elected in the fall in
order to prevent a "veto proof
Democratic congress.
Ford's immediate concerns
with the future of the GOP
focus on the 1974 congressional
election, but as the forerunner
for the Republican presidential
geurcmirm. ;
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legal cases.
In addition, German said, the
two lawyers opened up their
private practice last September,
and their practice "has been
growing to the point where
we're in a time crunch."
He noted that the type of
legal service provided by the
student center is a new concept
in legal services, that of group
legal aid. Many unions and
other organizations are now
using group legal aid, hiring a
lawyer to deal with problems of
a whole group.
The bar association has
resisted this type of legal
service to a degree, he said.
"They have been resisting it on
a very self-interest basis."
remaining during his last week at
the White House.
Dr, Zumberge is an inter
nationally known scholar in the
field of geology and glaciology.
He has been Chancellor of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
since 1972. The only other
Nebraskan who served as a
member of the National Science
Board was Dr. Clifford Hardia,
former Chancellor of the
University of Nebraska. Dr.
Hardin was a member of the
National Science Board from
19GC to 1972.
nresi
nomination, he is concerned
about 1976 as well.
Because of the 4ih of
Jtily holidays, Hie Summer
Nsrbiaskan will not be pb
Ibhcd July 9. PubUeation
wi;i resume July 16.
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The' student legal services "is!
not a threat to the bar yet," lie
said. This is largely because the
lawyers cannot take the cases
to court and because the bar
probably loses little business
when students take their
problems to the legal services
center. ,
"Some people' here may just
want a very simple question
answered and don't ever go
downtown," he said; "Because
of the cost and . time. We're
fulfilling an area of the market
the attorneys downtown prob
ably aren't even interested in."
Students at UN-L pay $.25
out of student fees to fund the
legal center, he said, "and for
that they get a semestvr of Sree
legal service."
He explained that even
though the lawyers cannot
actually represent -students in
court, 85-95 per cent of all cases
in law can be solved out of
court. He said that' the lawyers
write letters to landlords or
make phone calls, usually
resulting in a settlement. .
The two main types of cases
that come up before the legal
center, he said, are landlords
refusing to return deposit
money, or students getting
picked up for drinking while
intoxicated (DWI).
In the future, he said, more
should be done at the center ia
the way of preventive - law.
ASUN members will produce a
booklet on dealing with land
lords, so that the student can
learn the angles and avoid a
legal hassle in the first place. In
addition, he said, there is a
fairly fixed pattern or. where
students get picked up for
, DWI. More should be done, he
said, to make students aware of
ways to avoid this.
Students are usually picked
up for DWI on Cornhusker
Highway and by Little Bo's, he
said. ' ,
Besides doing more pre
ventive legal work, he said, the
legal office in the student union
should '-be placed in a nioie
private place.
"It would be best of alt," he
said, "if the attorneys were
allowed to go to court with the
student."
One problem, with having
free services, he said, are that
some merely want to bring
action for a phiciple. There is
for example, someone with a '71
Corvair who is fighting about a
$1.00 parking ticket, he said.
"Frankjy, I don't have much
time for.thi kind of problem.
There are so many greater
problems in the world without
worrying about that type of
thing," he said.
He added, "I want to laud the
group of students who put this
Senate officers lay
nwiindwork for fa.
This summer, ASUN officers
are working to "lay the
foundation for the future work
of the fall," according to Dave
Hewlett, ASUN vice-president,
Hewlett noted that student
governments face special prob
lem's in accomplishing anything.
"One of the problems," he said,
"is the tcmporariness of the
people who are in it.-
center together. I think they
did a superb job of setting it up,
it was very professionally
done."
In regard to University law...
problems on the whole, German ,
noted that the law college may
go downhill in 1974-75. Many of
the law professors at UN-L left
at the end of kst year,
, "Previously," he said, "the
law college had four or five
very good law professors who
stayed because they like
Lincoln or because they didn't
want to move their families.
The State of Nebraska has
abused this fact, so-this year
the state will probably suffer.
"We do not have the law
college we could have if we
were willing to pay adequate
salaries."
The fault for not changing
these salaries, he said, lies
partly on the students, because
they should have been more
active in making .this situation
known. University .officials and
the State Legislature also must
share the responsibility for
this, he said.
"Much responsibility for this
has to be put on the back of the
Nebraska Bar. They don't
participate at all, at least not ,
openly, in the law college."
German advised students to
avoid legal problems in the first
place if possible.
Don't deal with landlords
under pressure," he said.
"Don't just hit town and accept
the first place you see because
yo is need a place to stay . Take .
the tirne to look."
lie noted that six-month or
longer leases cause problems
because students are so mobile."
In addition, students should "go
through the contract with the .
landlord paragraph by para
graph and have him explain
what it means to him. And the
. contract isn't sacred, you can
change things in it you don't
like, and ''if the landlord won't
accept your changes find
another one," be.sa'id.
In addition, he naid, Lincoln
police now have a very
aggressive Alcohol Saftty
Action Program (ASAP). "So if
you're out on the street after
10.00, even if you only have a
missing light they'll puil you
over," he said. "So if you've
been drinking you're one hell of
a target for b. bg picked up."
I!e ;uided that hi-; e!H!ikn did
not mean he 'approved of the
aggressive program, but was
merely given as a warning to
studenU who may fall into this
type of leg si trouble.
German said that in the
future he and Hamilton will
peud full tie . in their law ,
j.TiH'ttce and in the 1 gal clinic
they've set
"What we want to do is to
pick out some certain areas to
work on 2r.d to establish
long-term goals. I realise things
have to change, but we also
need pretty set sorts df thing s.
We need to cross the tim
boundaries."
Problems in ASUN also
include limitations set by
resources and people willing to
work.
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