More women entering law Range of practices, more opportunities spur increase, dean says ay names r~. vvtfUU Staff Reporter A record number of female stu dents have enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law this semester, the dean said. Dean Harvey Perlman said the number of female students jumped to 43 percent, or 74 of 170 students, for the class of 1993. The 6-percent increase in female students over 1988-89 does not re flect any special efforts or policy changes in the college, Perlman said. It reflects admission of the most competitive applicants, he said. Because women arc increasingly entering a wider variety of practices, their enrollment in law colleges also has risen, Perlman said. Until recently, however, historical prejudice and traditional job roles have shunned women from pursuing law degrees, he said. The prejudice came from various law practices and from law firms’ sensitivity to women representing their clients, he said. “It’s the same prejudice women confront in a wide variety of fields,” Perlman said. “Before the mid-’70s, there were few women going to law school, so there wasn’t any pressure on the (law) firms, on the faculty or anyone else to make positions available for women,” he said. Women also traditionally worked in practices dealing with divorce and family matters, but now arc evolving into a range of practices such as cor porate law, Perlman said. “The legal profession is far from perfect,” he said. “But in recent years significant parts of the profession have been open to women that were pre cluded from them before. “That process is gaining momen tum now that we have a significant number of women going through law school.” Today, between 35 and 40 percent of law graduates are women, he said. The college’s overall enrollment also is the largest in recent history, he said. Enrollment climbed to 170 because of the high number of qualified appli cants that chose to pursue law de grees, he said. About 300 applica tions are accepted each year, but usually only 150 go on to study at UNL. Perlman said no problems are expected in the first-year classes because of the 20 additional students, but as the class moves into its second year, the program will begin to “feel the pinch.’’ Because second- and third-year classes require faculty with skilled training and an “intense faculty-stu dent interaction,’’ he said, additional faculty will have to be hired from outside the university. No decisions have been made on how many will be needed, he said. iMril^IZ- —1 1 Perkins Loan checks to be distributed Sept. 24-26 rail semester distribution of Perkins Loan checks will be Sept. 24-26 in the Nebraska Union Ball room. Checks not picked up during those days will be canceled. The checks will be distributed from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. each day. Recipients must bring their stu dent IDs and all loan-related mate rials that were mailed to them. Borrowers under 19 must bring their promissory notes, which should be co-signcd by a parent or legal guardian. | Poetry recitation to launch reading series Thursday ui>l c-ngiisn proiessor Mepncn i Bchrcndt will read poetry at 7:30 | p.m. Thursday in the Heritage Room | of Bennett Marlin Public Library. Bchrcndt will be the first reader in the John H. Ames Reading Sc ries since last semester. Behrendt is the 1990 recipient of the Annis Chaikin Sorensen Award lor Distinguished leaching in the Humanities. He specializes in British romanticism and com parative literature. Hyde Lecture Series will begin i nursday at sneldon Three East Coast architects will start the Hyde Lecture Series for the fall semester by speaking about their professions Thursday. The architects will speak at 4 p.m. at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, and a reception will be held for them in the Link of Archi tecture Hall afterward. N. Scott Smith of Sasaki Asso ciates, Inc. in Watertown, Mass.; Ann Behaof Ann Beha Associates in Boston; and Robert L. Harper of Centerbrook Architects and Plan ners in Essex, Conn., will lecture. The Hyde lectures in the Col lege of Architecture at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln are free. : *2°° off Haircut & Blowdry Reg. from s 13.00 * With this coupon only " Not valid with other otters or promotions I f Offer Expires 10/19/90 $1000 Off j Perm, Haircut ) & Style Reg. from '43.00 With this coupon only S Not valid with otlvt oilers 01 promotions I I .onp Itair h\ consultation ■ | Offer Expires 10/19/90 Cultural program still needs more American participants uy buzanne Lipsey Staff Reporter__ A lack of U.S. student involvement plagues the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln English Conversation Program, said its coordinator. The program, which pairs U.S. and foreign exchange students, emphasizes learning about a different culture. Pal Johnson, program coordinator for the Office of International Educational Services, said 40 pairs of students have been pul to gether, but 17 foreign exchange students still arc waiting for matches with U.S students. Last year, about 60 pairs of students were matched through the program during the first semester, Johnson said. About 20 foreign stu dents never received a match. Johnson said that the drop in student in volvement from last year could be attributed to the earlincss of the semester. She said she would continue to match students throughout the semester. Growing international interest has increased the program’s popularity with U.S. students in recent years, but the office still has had a hard time reaching U.S. students, Johnson said. International students are told about the program by the IES office, she said, but the office has to rely on advertising and fliers on campus to attract U .S. students. The office also sends letters to fraternity and sorority presi dents, minority group presidents, language classes and residence hall student assistants. “Students are a little bit afraid of talking to somebody that they’re afraid they won’t under stand or won’t understand them,” Johnson said. * ‘Once thev overcome that fear, they love it.” Despite the name, participants aren’t lim ited to conversation, Johnson said, although the program docs provide a list of cross-cul tural topics for discussion. Students arc matched according to mutual interests if possible, Johnson said. That way, they can do something that they both enjoy, such as playing tennis or sightseeing in Lin coln, she said. 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