LAW SCHOOL NEWS Assistant Dean James K. Miller Assistant Dean Ellen Brantley
/1 SCHOOL OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, FAYETTEVILLE Dean David Epstein has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute, has accepted an appointment as one of nine members of the Editorial Advisory Board of West Publishing Company, and has been appointed as one of nine members of the American Association of Law Schools Committee on Accreditation. He also served on an American Bar Association Inspection Team that inspected Wake Forest University School of Law. Newly elected officers of the Arkansas Law Review are: Leo "Buck" Farrow, Editor-in-Ohief; Ann Faford, Managing Editor; Randall Lamb, Comments Editor; Jacki Morgan, Casenote Editor; Randy Sandifer, Citations Editor; Bob Topping, Business Manager; Beverly Stites and Mike Smith, Articles Editors; and Jim Goldie, Research Editor. Law Librarian George Skinner, Associate Librarian Maurice Pope, and Reference Librarian David Cowan recently attended the Southwest Association of Law Librarians meeting in Houston. Dean David Epstein and Professor Steve Nickles have signed a contract with West Publishing Company as coauthors of a hornbook on Creditors Rights.
Second year students Marian Wagner and Vicki Elder were winners of the Spring Moot Court Competition. JUdges for the competition were Judge J. Smith Henley, Attorney General Steve Clark, and Dean David Epstein. Ms. Wagner and Ms. Elder then participated in regional competition in Denver, Colorado where they reached the semifinals. Professor Steve Pepper, moot court faculty advisor, also attended the Denver regionals. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees has approved Steve Nickles' promotion to full professor. Professor Nickles also has received his J.S.D. from Columbia University. Professor Phillip Norvell and Visiting Professor Frank Skillern were speakers at the National Resources Law Institute held in Hot Springs. Professor Mort Gitelman has signed a contract with West Publishing Company for a new edition of his Land Use casebook. Dean David Epstein was one of six speakers at the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute in Atlanta on February 21-23, spoke in Dallas on March 26 on Bankruptcy to the Southwestern Legal Foundation Symposium on Developments in Banking law, was keynote speaker at the Washburn Law Journal Banquet on April 8 and deli-
vered the Foulson, Sierfkin Lecture at Washburn on April 9. Second-year student Mark Robens has been elected Governor, 10th Circuit, Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. Professor Tom Robinson has spoken to estate planning groups in Fort Smith, Tulsa, and Joplin. The UA client counseling tearn, composed of third-year students John Arens and David Vanderzwaag, placed second in a field of twelve tearns that competed in the Southwest Client Competition held in Waco, Texas. Governor Bill Clinton spoke at the law school in March. Ms. Sarah Weddington, a member of President Carter's senior White House staff, spoke at the law school April 2. At age 25, Ms. Weddington successfUlly argued Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court. A Red Cross blood drive at the law school netted a 1DO-pint donation from law school students, faCUlty, and staff. Student Bar Association officers George Vaught and Mary Ann Gunn coordinated the drive. Dr. Hoyt Gardner, President of the American Medical Association, spoke to law students on April 2. His topic was "The AMA Today and Tomorrow with a View of Malpractice".
SCHOOL OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK ALUMNI DAY OF VISITATION On Thursday, April 10, alumni of the UALR School of Law were on campus to visit classes, talk with faculty and students, tour the law school, and participate in other activities. The morning was devoted to class visitation; in the afternoon the alumni heard a report from the Dean, faCUlty presentations on the law school curriculum, continuing legal education, the Law Journal, and placement. Later in the day, alumni 158/Arkansas Lawyer/July 1980
were special guests at the finals of the Moot Court Competition. Judges for the competition were Chief Justice John Fogleman of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Judge Richard Arnold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Dean Roger Cramton of Cornell Law School. Following the Moot Court, a reception was held at the Arkansas Bar Center. The day of visitation concluded with the Spring 1980
Altheimer lecture, which is described below. ALTHEIMER LECTURE Dean Roger Cramton of the Cornell Law School delivered the Spring 1980 Altheimer lecture on Thursday evening, April 10. His topic was Lawyer Competency and Legal Education. Dean Cramton was chairman of the Task Force on LawyerCompetency of the American Bar Association Section