monday, march 17, 1980
daily nebraskan
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lawyers review role m society
By Rose Fitzpatrick
Five minority lawyers discussed social change in their
profession Friday on a panel, 'The Role of the Minority
Lawyer in Society," sponsored by the UNL College of
Uw's Minority Affairs Committee.
The panelists were Leona Thurmann from Kansas City,
Gene Crump of Southeast Nebraska Legal Aid Society!
Virgil Huff from Mission, S.D., Terry Pichota, U.S.
District Attorney In Sioux Falls, S.D. and Olivia Cuerra
who works for Mutual of Omaha. The panel was moderat.
ed by College of Law Associate Dean Alan Frank.
fhurmann'i concept of "the lawyer as a social
engineer," became a point of scrutiny for the panel
discussion.
Look for societal solutions
She said lawyers are trained to think in terms of
solutions to problems, but they should bring solutions to
society as a whole and not just to certain segments of
society.
Crump said that as a black man and an attorney
his role was to be an effective advocate and to help other
minorities get into law.
Crump said being an attorney is like any other job, but
that his being an attorney should help other minority
members to realize that they also could be attorneys.
Huff said he agreed with being an advocate but stress
ed the importance of being a good attorney, no matter
what problems must be faced.
Me said that issues are the key for minority attorneys,
but said that different issues face different minorities.
Although Huff is in private practice, he deals with
Indian law. He said Indian issues are characterized by
government red tape.
Minorities must remember heritage
Guerra said her role as an attorney and a minority was
different from others on the panel because she works for
Elections o o o
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For the Hare System to indicate a majority vote,
Davidson said the cards have to be run through the
computer several times. The process is designed with a
built in run-off election, he said.
The cards are run through the computer several times
until a majority vote is indicated and to double -check the
results for accuracy, he said.
Davidson said a lot of people saw the first results when
they came through the computers that morning and
rumors might have started as to who won the presidential
spot. The final print-out results with number total for the
entire election was done early Friday evening, he said.
Rocky Yapp, director of the electoral commission,
would not say when he was aware of the first election re
sults because of the injunction. Yapp said he was notified
at 8 or 9 a jn. Thursday by the ASUN secretary that a
complaint ha4 been brought about the election asking
that the results be withheld.
Munson said he and Walkowiak come to terms of
cooperation and agreement. They now mutually believe,
he said, that their position is twofold. First, they hold
that the election should stand and the results be made
known. Secondly, it is vital to future student elections
that an inquiry be made into the electoral process. Walko
wiak plans to amend her suit before the court to drop the
request that the elections be declared null and void,
Munson said.
Earlier Munson had claimed that Waikowiak and
Grabowski's suit was conjured up by student groups to
gain more time for a cause already lost in student court.
"Students are the ones that lose," Wessels said.
The election was scheduled fpr last week so that the
new student regent could participate in last Saturday's
Regent's meeting, she said. This is also a crucial time in
the university budget process, she said, because the bud
get is before the legislature now and students are needed
in the lobbying process.
a large corporation.
She said that if minorities want to go to work on Wall
Street they should be encouraged but they should never
lose track of where they came from.
Taking a job with a big firm doesn't mean you can't
help your people, she said adding that she is involved with
community organizations.
Huff said a person born in 1980 is in the mainstream
and has to live with that. But that doesn't mean that
person should sell out his heritage.
Pichota said that anyone staying in an isolated Indian
community could not help his people
Frank asked panelists if working for the govern
ment caused conflict in pursuing a cause.
Governmental conflicts mixed
Huff said that an Indian lawyer in a tribal situation is
not in conflict because issues are oriented toward the
tribe. That makes it easier because you do what your
government wants and there isn't such a mixture of
opinions, he said.
Pichota said that a lawyer can't be a prosecutor and
a social engineer but when a lawyer represents govern
ment agencies, the lawyer is in an advantageous position
to promote change.
Huff said he worked as a prosecutor after graduating
from law school and it was an attempt by a small segment
of the non-Indian population to use him.
Positive efforts needed
Guerra said some law school graduates are hired by the
government first because of a strong affirmative action
program.
Also, she said that prestigious law firms take only the
top 10 in the class.
And, most minority graduates don't have the money
to start a practice.
Frank said there are not many minority students
enrolled in accredited law colleges across the nation.
He asked panelists if the law college could do more
to help minorities enroll .
Guerra said that positive efforts should be made early
and suggested reaching students at the high school rather
than the college level.
Pichota said the criteria for getting in preclude a lot of
Indian students from qualifying.
"How many points do you give a person with a sincere
effort to go to law school?" he asked.
Frank said the UNL College of Law does use a
subjective test that looks at the whole person and not just
test scores.
Workshop . . .
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a presentation the job interview at 1 pjn.
A Cheech and Chong film will end the day. Showings
are at 7 and 9 pjn. at the East Union Great Plains room.
The cost is $!.
Friday, the Chicano Graduate Students and the
Nebraska Department of Education are sponsoring a bilin
gual workshop.
Saturday will be an activity day beginning with an 8
ajn. fun run at Pioneer Park. Quevedo said all partici
pants will receive a T-shirt and can register to run one,
three, or six miles.
The Mexican -American Cultural Development Group
from Scottsbluff will give a dance workshop Saturday
from 11 ajn. to noon. The workshop will be in the
Nebraska Union, room to be posted.
The dancers will perform at 3 pjn. Saturday in the
Union Centennial room.
Quevedo said there are about 45 dancers in the group,
that has a repertoire including dances from all regions of
Mexico, from the ranch style dances of the northern states
to Indian -influenced dances of the southern states.
The dancers are sponsored in part by the Nebraska
Arts Council.
At 9 pjn. Saturday there will be a student and
community dance to the music of Reynaldo Cervantes Y
sus Caballeros. It will be at the Ranchito Qub on West 0
Street. Admission is $2.
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