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Drop and add, which
begins Tuesday through
Sept. 7 from 8 a.m. to 1 1
a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
in the Ballroom, will also
be easier, Pfeifer said. This
This year, students will
have access to one of four
computer terminals and
will be able to see whether
the courses they want are
still open. If a course is
closed, the computer will
list alternate courses that
are open.
Pfeifer said students
should consult open
course course lists first
to simplify the drop and
add process.
Michael Stein, a grad
uate student from Lin
coln, said the new system
is faster. "It's about time
we have a good system,"
he said.
But, not all feedback
on the computerized sys
tem was positive. Vivian
Carriker, a graduate ag
ronomy student from Clay
Center, said she could not
see a difference in this
year's registration from
the past.
"It's just as confusing
as ever," she said.
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Law seminar explored
federal court practices
By Christopher Gcicn
More than 125 practicing attorney attended the
Third Annual Federal Practice Seminar Friday at
the College of Law on East Campus.
The seminar was designed to help the practicing
lawyer in Federal Court become "more familiar wit h
practices and procedures," said Thomas Theiken
an assistant U.S. attorney in Omaha and a seminar
program committee member.
The seminar, at the Welpton Courthouse, was
sponsored by the Federal Practice Committee of t he
U.S. District Court of Nebraska and was called "Win
ning Your Case Before and After Trial."
Among the featured speakers was Chief Judge
Warren Urbom of the U.S. District Cour t in Nebraska,
U.S. District Judge C. Aden Beam of Omaha, U.S.
Magistrate David Piester of Lincoln and Senior U.S.
District Judge Robert Van Pelt of Omaha.
'The whole seminar has to do wit h finding ways to
streamline litigation so that every case moves with
the least loss of effort to a conclusion that is fair and
just " Urbom of Lincoln, said. "We try to look at every
stage of a case, and what the judges and lawyers can
do to get it satisfactorily resolved."
This year's seminar dealt with pre-trial motions
and conferences, as well as post-trial procedures
that are common in Nebraska, Thalken said.
"Lawyers here can keep up with the current
trends," he said.
Because of the increases in litigation facing U.S.
courts, there is a need to try out new ideas and
reforms to reduce the workload and time involved,
Urbom said.
The discussion at Friday's seminar should have a
three-fold effect on the legal system, he said.
Some of the ideas discussed are only suggestions
that may be used by individual lawyers. Some are
legally imposed by judges in local courts in Nebras
ka's district, while a few have been incorporated
into courtrooms nationwide by Congress, Urbom
said.
"Reforms go on all the time. There's a lot of exper
imentation going on now," he said, adding that at no
time should legal safeguards be removed in order to
expediate the system.
"We don't want a reduction in quality, only in the
time necessary to try cases," he said. "We always
worry that somebody will be stepped on. All the
procedures we have are designed to protect every
one, big or small."
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