thursday, november G, 1375
daily nebraskan
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Law students watch Veal judges in real cases
By Terri WOlson
Is a manufacturer responsible for the
death of a man because of marketing the
defective motorcycle engine he had used?
Can the government legally prove that a
lawyer is guilty of perjury before a grand
jury?
Is a title insurance company adequately
regulated by state law to curb federal anti
trust laws, while competition allegedly
tries to monopolize the insurance market?
These three cases were discussed Tues
day when the College of Law for the first
time hosted a three-hour circuit court
session at the Law School Auditorium.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th
Circuit analyzed the specifics of these cases
before 385 law students.
College of Law Dean Henry Grether said
the session was "the best thing that has
happened at Law School," adding that it
may become an annual event.
Student Bar Association President Gene
Crump said in his three years of law school
the event stands out singularly in his mind
as being "the most beneficial thing ever
done by Law School administration."
Real judges
He said it is exciting because circuit
court judges are right below U.S. Supreme
Court judges in jurisdiction.
'They were real judges in real cases," he
said. "The outcomes of the cases were not
measured by the same things as they are in
law school moot courts, such as eye con
tact, but outcome depended on the attor
ney's actual presentation of the cases."
He said the judges read written briefs
describing both sides of the arguments be
fore the lawyers began their oral arguments.
'There is no preconceived winner in the
cases," Crump said, adding that the cases
still are being considered by judges.
According to senior law student Roger
Prokes, a circuit court session is a special
thing to see. He said it gave students first
hand experience to see a circuit court in
action.
Prokes said conducting "real life cases
brought law students closer to the real
world." He said procedural errors wit
nessed during the session helped "drive
home the difference between a well
prepared competent lawyer and an ill
prepared one who makes mistakes."
Presiding over the cases were Judges
Donald Ross and Donald Lay of Omaha
and Judge Floyd Gibson of Kansas City,
Mo.
Engine trouble
In the first case, Hughes vs. American
Jawa, LTD., Hughes' lawyer tried to indi
cate that there was not sufficient clearance
space between the piston and the cylinder
wall in the motorcycle's engine, causing the
wheels to lock.
According to Grether and some law stu
dents, the second case, United States vs.
Phillips, was by far the most exciting one.
Phillips, an Oklahoma attorney and state
senator, allegedly said he controlled the
area district attorney and said it would be
easy to conspire with organized crime to
establish prostitution, gambling and illegal
liquor sales in a Kansas City, Mo., night
club, Shangri-La.
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Phillips was hired by the nightclub to
represent them in another matter, and the
alleged conversation was taped by the
nightclub owner. While Phillips denied the
statements before a grand jury, the tape
was used as evidence to prove his guilt.
But since the tape was made without
Phillips's knowledge, the dispute was over
legality of its use as evidenced
In the third case, Lawyers Title Co. of
Missouri vs. St. Paul Title Insurance Co.,
Lawyers Title alleged that the insurance
company was tiying to drive Lawyers
Title out of business. Allegedly St. Paul's
was selling policies in St. Louis at rates
lower than policies sold in other parts of its
sales territory and at prices lower than its
costs.
School move to hurt agency
Foreign handicrafts shown
International Week continues today
with a bazaar and displays from more than
a dozen foreign countries.
Clothing, coins and more handicrafts
will be displayed and sold from 10 a.m.
to 4 pjn. through Friday in the Nebraska
Union Ballroom.
Countries represented include Mexico,
Pakistan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Nigeria,
Germany, the Netherlands and several
African nations.
Gupta Sookram, display and bazaar
coordinator, said that most of the dis
played items are the personal property of
UNL foreign students and others are pro
vided by Mission Village Manor of Freport,
New York.
International Week will conclude with a
talent show Saturday at 8 p.m. in the
Ballroom.
Sookram said dancing, singing and
various foreign rituals are included in the
talent show, open to the public.
Continued from p. 1
Dave Dierenseld, supervisor of the
students working at the county agency said
"the loss of students will be a loss to the
-agency. . . students have been an asset
here." He said students work on cases
which normally would not receive as
much attention.
Students gaining practicum experience
are not paid, but receive four hours class
credit for 16 hours of work per week,
Dierenseld said.
Besides gaining experience, students
have a much better chance for employment
because the agency has a better
opportunity to get to know the individual,
Dierenseld said.
"That's the way I became employed
here. I had my foot in the door," he said.
Four cases
Edward Tuchek of the Catholic Social
Service said four cases are assigned per
student ranging from adoption and foster
home cases to juvenile delinquency. When
the school is moved, student work will be
absorbed into the regular staff load, he
said, but salaries will not be raised.
Two students now are working at the
Lutheran Family Social Services Center.
The move of the UNL School will result in
"slight adjustments," at the center,
according to Steve Bryant, its director.
Students are incorporated into programs
previously established, he said, and reduce
the work load of full-time employes.
Students in social work also have worked
with the YMCA, the Lincoln Parks and
Recreation Dept. and other social agencies.
Married students living in Lincoln will
have to commute to classes in Omaha but
may appreciate the opportunity for
practicum in Lincoln, he said. Bryant said
many other students will either have to
move to Omaha or change their major.
Resolution adopted
The Lancaster County Public Welfare
Advisory 1 Council adopted a resolution
Oct. 21 asking NU President D. B. Varner
and the NU Board of Regents to secure
enough money to accredit the UNL school
and pay for the undergraduate program.
Schrekinger said Varner considered the
resolution but no changes are forseen. This
is the only action that can be taken by the
council, he said, since they only have
advisory capacity.
The school's national accredition is
threatened by the Council on Social Work
Education, a national organization in
charge of accrediting schools, in five areas.
These are:
-Overall lack of support of the school
by the university.
-Lack of adequate faculty resources.
-Lack of continuity in the school's
leadership because of "recent faculty
turnover."
-Lack of sufficient cohesiveness among
the faculty.
-Lack of. congruity between the
missions of the Lincoln and Omaha
campuses and the apparent inability of
the school to respond to both. -
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