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FACULTY NOTES Professor Kabaker is teaching again after a s emes t er as the Smongeski professor; Pr 0 f e ss 0 r Ted Schneyer is the Smongeski Professor in the second semester. Returning to tea chi n g also is Professor Neil Komesar. During the spring semester, 1974-75, the f ol I.o wing Faculty members will be on leave: Profes- sors David Trubek, Richard Bil- der, Frank Tuerkheimer, Herman Go lds t ein, Walter Raushenbush and Joel Handler, who has a Gug- genheim Fellowship for this year. Professor Raushenbush is teaching at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Professors Bllder (at the University of Virginia) and Herman Goldstein are continuing leaves undertaken in the fall. Pro- fessor Frank Tuerkhelrner will re- main until summer on the staff of the Special "Watergate" Prosecutor in Washington; he is presenting the case against John Connally. Professor Sehneyer * * * The Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin, at its Jan- uary meeting, has directed its Ex- ecutive Committee to meet with the Deans of Marquette and the Uni- versity of Wisconsin Law Schools to discuss ways in which the Bar can be helpful to the clinical pro- grams at both law schools. Deans Boden and Bunn met with the Executive Committee in late J anu- ary. A lengthy discussion of the problem of training lawyers in practice skills took place. The Board of Directors plans to study the procedure used by Ontario to qualify lawyers for practice. After graduation from law school, neo- phyte lawyers in Ontario must spend another year receiving prac- tice skills training and "clerking" in lawyers' offices before they may hold themselves out to the public as qualified to practice law. * * * Professor Stuart Gullickson has been elected a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin. * * * The third edition of Professor Ray Brown's book on Personal Property has been completed by Professor Walter Raushenbush and willbe published during 1975. The Monday Club, which meets every other Tuesday, is deep into its second semester discussions. All members of the Faculty are eligi- ble to participate in its discussions, and many of them have. The Club has been studying the problems of technological assessment, which means the problem of estimating present and future costs of tech- nological development. The Club suggests readings, and on occa- sion invites experts from outside the Law School to lead its discussions. * * * * * * * * * Professor Kabaker Professor Komesar THE GARGOYLE IX
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Professor Kabaker is teachingagain after a s emes t e r as theSmongeski professor; Pr 0f es s 0 rTed Schneyer is the SmongeskiProfessor in the second semester.Returning to tea chi n g also isProfessor Neil Komesar.
During the spring semester,1974-75, the f o l I.o wing Facultymembers will be on leave: Profes-sors David Trubek, Richard Bil-der, Frank Tuerkheimer, HermanGo lds t ein, Walter Raushenbushand Joel Handler, who has a Gug-genheim Fellowship for this year.Professor Raushenbush is teachingat the University of New Mexico,Albuquerque. Professors Bllder (atthe University of Virginia) andHerman Goldstein are continuingleaves undertaken in the fall. Pro-fessor Frank Tuerkhelrner will re-main until summer on the staff ofthe Special "Watergate" Prosecutorin Washington; he is presentingthe case against John Connally.
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The Board of Governors of theState Bar of Wisconsin, at its Jan-uary meeting, has directed its Ex-ecutive Committee to meet with theDeans of Marquette and the Uni-versity of Wisconsin Law Schoolsto discuss ways in which the Barcan be helpful to the clinical pro-grams at both law schools. DeansBoden and Bunn met with theExecutive Committee in late J anu-ary. A lengthy discussion of theproblem of training lawyers inpractice skills took place. TheBoard of Directors plans to studythe procedure used by Ontario toqualify lawyers for practice. Aftergraduation from law school, neo-phyte lawyers in Ontario mustspend another year receiving prac-tice skills training and "clerking"in lawyers' offices before they mayhold themselves out to the publicas qualified to practice law.***
Professor Stuart Gullickson hasbeen elected a member of theBoard of Governors of the StateBar of Wisconsin.
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The third edition of ProfessorRay Brown's book on PersonalProperty has been completed byProfessor Walter Raushenbushand willbe published during 1975.
The Monday Club, which meetsevery other Tuesday, is deep intoits second semester discussions. Allmembers of the Faculty are eligi-ble to participate in its discussions,and many of them have. The Clubhas been studying the problems oftechnological assessment, wh i chmeans the problem of estimatingpresent and future costs of tech-nological development. The Clubsuggests readings, and on occa-sion invites experts from outsidethe Law School to lead itsdiscussions.
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SEARCH fOR A NEW DEAN
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Professor Brodie
Under the chairmanship ofAbner Brodie, the Search andScreen Committee is conducting itsdifficult job of seeking and evalu-ating applications for Dean to suc-ceed George Bunn, who has an-nounced his intention to resign bythe end of this academic year.Other members of the Committeeare: Dean Robert H. Bock, U.W.School of Business; Jack R.DeWitt, President-elect of the StateBar of Wisconsin; Professor JaneC. Hutchinson, Art History; Pro-fessors Peter Carstensen, ArlenChristenson, Marygold Melli, andDavid Trubek, all of the law facul-ty. James Drummond and LynnSylvester are the law student mem-bers of the Committee.
Professor Brodie reports thatthe Committee is working hard ata task made even more difficultby the fact that there are a largenumber of Law Schools which areor have recently been seekingDeans, including Yale, Boalt Hall(University of California-Berkeley)University of Pennsylvania,Georgetown, University of Califor-nia-Los Angeles, New York Uni-versity, and many other distin-
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Professor Willard Hurst is serv-ing as a member of the WisconsinHumanities Com mitt e e, whichperiodically makes all 0 cat ion sfrom the funds granted by the Na-tional Endowment for the Human-ities. On December 4, ProfessorHurst gave an introductory talkon a televised panel on "TheIndividual's Place in Society" onStation KTCA, Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Police Corruption, a monographby Professor Herman Goldsteinwas published by the Police Foun-dation in January, 1975.
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Rosa Beuscher
Law school alumni will be sad-dened to learn of the death of RosaM Beuscher on December 20,1974. The widow of ProfessorJacob Beuscher, Rosa was a vital,long-time member of the LawSchool community. She was aprominent, functioning artist, whospent the summer of 1974 in Ger-many, bringing home with her anumber of etchings and woodcuts.Her daughter, Gretchen, son, Billand mother survive her.
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guished Law Schools. Also con-tributing to the difficulty is thefact that many distinguished lawteachers who, in an earlier day,would look upon a Deanship asan opportunity to exercise schol-arly, intellectual and educationalleadership are today unwilling tobe deans because of the increasing-ly heavy burden of administrationand fund raising.
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Professor Zigurds Zile, one ofa small select group of Americanscholars in the field of Soviet Law,is a contributor to a recent volumeof essays entitled ContemporarySoviet Law, published in honor ofJohn N. Hazard, Columbia LawSchool professor of ComparativeLaw. Professor Zile's essay dis-cusses the Soviet struggle for theQuality of the Natural Environ-ment. It is subtitled An Inquiryinto the Limits of EnvironmentalLaw Under Central Planning inContemporary Soviet Law.
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There is one visiting professorat the Law School. He is ProfessorRobert Gordon, Associate Profes-sor at the Law School at the StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo.
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Professor Brodie has also beenappointed, along with a group ofpracticing lawyers, to a committeeestablished by the Supreme Courtof Wisconsin to study in depth therules and statutes governing ap-peals to the Supreme Court and allof the operating procedures usedin the decision-making process.
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