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daily nebraskan
thursday, january 19, 1978
Prisoner legal service project ends at law college
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Bv Diane Johns
While UNL students were celebrating
during semester break, a four-year-old
brainchild of the UNL College of Law died.
The Nebraska Prisoners' Legal Services
Project, one of the college's practical ex
perience clinics, ended because of minimal
instructional value and lack of funds, ac
cording to John Strong, law college dean.
The project, intended to give senior law
students practical experience in handling
legal problems of inmates, was funded
originally by a Law Enforcement Assis
tance Administration (LEAA) grant.
However, the grant ran out several years
ago, Strong said, and the college had dif
ficulty replacing funds. Since then, the pro
ject has operated on little or no budget of
its own, he said.
"But our experience was typical of
schools all over the nation," he said.
Strong said the college's faculty
members and staff were looking for educa
tional benefits that just were not, there.
"The students received more counseling
experience than legal experience," he said.
Although the range of clinical offerings
may have diminished, Strong said, he does
not think the college was hurt by the pro
ject's loss.
"We're still very committed to the
desirability of clinical experience for law
students," he said. "More students proba
bly will be admitted to the civil program."
Susan Jacobs, the Prisoners' Legal Ser
vices interim director, said the project pro
vided aid to the prisoners in handling di
vorces, bankruptcies, custody suits and in
ternal matters at the prison.
"It is important to know that most of
the students' time was spent on domestic
rather than internal matters," she said.
"It's very difficult to keep a marriage to
gether when someone's incarcerated."
Jacobs said one of the suits filed alleged
that the prison did not follow procedures
stipulated in a Nebraska statute governing
prisoner discipline.
'The suit alleges there have been nu
merous incidents involving discipline since
1975, but I doubt the case will go to court
for awhile," she said.
Jacobs said she will handle any suits left
since the closing of the program.
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The nroiect was a "phenomenal learn
ing experience" for senior students, Jacobs
said.
Senior law tudent Richard Birch, 25,
said it was valuable to his education to
draw up petitions and take legal steps he
expects to encounter after graduation.
Birch said, "theories learned in school
are more abstract. The reward comes with
working on a more personal plane."
Birch said he is worried about the effect
the project's death will have on the
prisoners.
Stung said he expects that the $30,000-a-year
project will be replaced by a clinic
which will allow students to work with the
public defender's office on misdemeanor
cases.
Union to advertise less
The Nebraska Union advertising cam
paign has run into a wall, according to a
Union spokesman.
Gary Gilger, a union program adviser,
said although this year's campaign budget
has been reduced from last year's $40,000
to less than $8,000, the campaign is large
ly ineffective.
Gilger said he is uncertain whether the
campaign should involve more advertising
or whether the problem lies in what is
offered.
This semester's union advertising will be
in the Daily Nebraskan. The past campaign
has included advertising on radio, football
programs, mailers, coupons in freshman
packets and union banners.
The cost of last semester's campaign has
not been tallied yet, Gilger said, but he
estimated it was less than $8,000. Last
year's $40,000 campaign, done in conjunc
tion with an advertising agency, was termi
nated in spring 1977.
Advertising run in the Daily Nebraskan
then was turned over to the UNL adver
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tember to determine what type of adver
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was given a $2,000 budget to work with.
Although the advertising class will not
work on this semester's campaign, almost
the same programs will be used, according
to Suzanne Brown, assistant to the vice
chancellor of student affairs. Brown was
union assistant director of programs.
Brown said she thought competition
from other businesses was a problem.
"The Union is holding its own, but it's
difficult to increase clientele," she said.
Don Glover, UNL assistant professor of
advertising, said he thought part of the
union advertising problem was compe
tition from other businesses close to cam
pus that offer alcoholic beverages.
"Given the present state of facilities,
there is not much of an opportunity for
the campaign to be greatly effective,"
Glover said.
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