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AEQUITA'S

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· %e Yale University Press has recently published a book entitled Human Rights and World Public Order,.written by.Myres S. McDoug:l}, Harold D .. Lasswell, and Lung-Chu Chen. i-\s you know, Mcn()ugal andChen are both professors here at New York Law SChool. The authofs expreSsed their appreciation to Dean E·. Donald Shapiro and the New York LawSchool Law Review for their strong assistance and consistent support. · · Wi£h reference to. his most-reeent work, Professor McDougal.has' stated that the·. overall ()bjectfre is "eiilightennientl," thereby ''increasing people's understandirig-ofhu~· ·man tights." He mentioned that t.hen;_was "no dlvisio_~oflalx;ir" .iJ!tlJ,,e_~k'~ construe. tion. PrPfessor M;cDougal also revealed that this volume concentrates.on only one valµe' ...... the respe!!t vab,i~in their conceptUalization of a configiiratjve,. problem-solving ap~ proach: ' . ' _ ~ • · . :. · -; - . " , . ', ~-- . _ · ' - - · ; . ~ . Throughinterviewing Professor Chen, a true scholar!y iajrid wit'1· a feeling of ~ c0mpassio:q was revealed. He stated that-this volume took approximately seven to eight • to complete, and that ·it was a "collaborative work" aecomplishE!d through ·careful · '- discussion arH examination ofproblems, Professor Che!} rernarke<l, in relation"to the . purpose ottlie author$' work, that the ''basic task of scholars is te enlighten, write, aiid co~unicate to the larger audience.~' Thus, t~ere]Dust be a !h:eory ~fore th~re.canbe ' . . ' . - . action: _ · . ~ . , .· . - _ . .· : -~ .: , . - .., ,'J , . Through thia thousand-page. volilme, the authors have established a comprehensive theoretical friimework-for an tinderstandiiig.ofh0man nghts ahd its applieation_in specific _The Ne~ Yorkt.aw Sch~l Labor Law As- situations.· The authors suggest that '~he bi;Oad outlines of such. a dehberately ~licy-. oriented, contexttial, ahd multi-method approaCh may be inmcated in tJrms offour!!)ajor· - Sociation is- pleased t:o ailliounce its officers feat~s: the.'establishment of-tlie obServ-~tional standpoint, the dellinitation of thifocu.8 · - -forthe-\980'§l. school year: -. . .0f inquiry, the explicit :Postulation of ~ic publid oider· goals, and the perforrnanCi1!f. Pi:esident: Scott H. Gteenfieid · _. intell~ual tasks. "1·'i'be observational standpoint the autliors reveal.is ihatof "a Citiren of Vice Pi:esident: $atil FiSmrum · 'Jie largest earth-space oommumty wh~ identifils with the whole of human-kind.'~ The ,Secre~Chris Camara.no coniprehertsive set of ioaJ values th~y recomm~oo for "postulation, clatification, and Treasurer:.HoWard Schwartz_ . itnplemenfation those which today are eommonly characterized as the basic values of -- The Labor 4!w ASsocill.tion ould like to human dignity or of a free society. •G This is a brief eiposition oft~e framewotk ofinquiry · · • congra~~ ne~ officers and wiS~es · t~t 18 Rresented in Chapter One am expanded tii)onin Chapters Two_thrOugh Five of the them the best m then- endeavors. l volumj!'." CnaJ!ters Six thrOugn·Fifteen·illustrate "Trends in Decision-and Conditioning ,._ .. - _Factors-: ClaiDis Relating to Respect." Chapter Sixteen suggests Oirectfons for future

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NYLS's :paiticij)aUon' each' fall is s{>oluiQl'ed by the 'International 1'!lw Sdciety, , .rSEiv~hil 'bo0.1$ and articles miy be pf interest to the reader: Valentine Korab LL.M., which takes Part in determinin,g' the com'w~!tioti .of the New· Y~rk Law team. Once 'Ph.D~, and Batrlster, is a reader.i~Eng~h Law at University College,' London, and is selected, the team competes inthe.Eastern Re'gjohal Round in the Sprjng fora place in the ~d_ely ~gnWi9. as'an experf in the· comJ>etition law of the European Economic Com. finals in Waslilngton, D.C. . _ '. . · ·" .. .- . ·; . .. . ·· · · · iiiu:r:iity, A brief ~nd practi~·workh9ok for tho~ who desire·to be conversant with this · .The Jessup Participants will be seleeted. .. on the basis of qtiality: of the legal aspect of EEC law, either to facilitate one's direct involvement in this area or to enable :memoranda ·iliei subrillt:in ·earl~· October ~nd on.their "qrat,a.rgUmentS. The oi'al argU- --orie'to 'iieal with those who are direct1i' involve<fis-Y. Korcili: An Intrlxliu:tory Guide w. ments will be j dgeo 6y menibez:s ofthe-behc!J.aiid'bar, as well as by member8 of the M~t · EEC Go:mpetitWp. Law <!:.n4.Eractice (ESC Pllblishing. Ltd.,~ Oxford, Eng., 1978). An CQur:t Boa1:d or m,embers of former Jessup teams. . · · · . - . ' · . . . article of similar soope is Korab, JP,~etatiOn and ApplicatWri of Art. 86 of the Treaty of . The aigtiments:will be heard in mid-October,: and students who wish to compete next ·. , Rome: Abuse.of a Dominant Posjtilni with.in the-Com1nim M-d~!tet s3 Notre Drone Law FallshouldlieaI(lrttotl}~aIDU?~~mentofthes~~tlJe.ofonilarguments'oft:th~NJL'S'· 7~,~1978). ···.·: ·· .' .. ••... ·. · -._· : ,·.· .. :. .... ·- . ·- .· ·. bulletiJ) board$. rrhe SOciety urgl!s-the attendance of anyone who wishes to oti'serve the · 1I'wQ bookS that'should prove extremely titnely, in light of current-events, are: .MootCourtp~ss_';.,: · ·• ·: · · ~ · · . ·. . . · _. - - ... El-Hakim, TheMiddleEa8teniSt.atesandtheLawoftheS~a(SJracuSe0. Pres~, 1980), _ · The issue·@~~ in t!ris 'Years com~tition relates tQ tile deliril,ita~on of the --phiS volume address.es th~·leg:i-Lrigh~ of spyereig'nty anbj:l navigation in the-waterways oceanic bou!!(lary between two ¥fiean countries, arid tnb·applicationo.frelev~!}t princi- - surroundingtbeworld'soilproducers; - ;. :. . _ . · .. - · . .- ·. - . pies ofinternatio~ law ~;the p~blem. . .· . : - · · ·. K. R(?Osevelt; C0unth'c0up: T_he Struggle for.the Control of iran (McGraw~Hill, l980). · - - For an aP,priiiSal of a recent Jessup Com~tition, see·F._Kalshoven; 1978 Jessup · lntematUmiil "IJaw Moot e0urtCompetitiOn, 5BrooklynJ. of.Int'l L. 29 (1979).- · · - · On Qctober_7;--the S!>ciety 1;1ponsore<ran addie8s by Bm:nell Vicker8~ thefofmer senior legal advisor of the United Nations ~tariat and Barrister at Law of the Middle .. Temple lpn, LOndon. Yickers spoke on 'The Use and Abuse oflnterriatioDal Law,"· atler:.,whi~ tne:re'was a receptionopen tC? Society memberi. ~qncementS of\i~ming. speakers on current international legfil topies ~ appear in the NYLS C0unseliiT: .•. The editors of the ~ew :Yorki:.aw Schoo Journal oflnternatioiial arid Comparative Law ar¢ .preparing to publish V.olume .II°' -No" 1 in the neai: .future. The ;1:ourilal is tlle 'SOeiety's offitjal publicapon, ruid iS de'!ote<! to 'articles;_oo_fes,- apd reyi~ws.of current'·· literature in international::_law. Jssues in in tlfe future wjlJ. include a symposium on doing -. busi~ss in the Middle East; ab artid"'. on the ap.bcation of responsibility for transjurisdic- . . · ToJ!iCS for i:liScussion will ·iru;luqe con..: . tional pollution, with reference to"the Pemex oil spill in the GuliofMe:Xico; and a piece on tracts, · copyrjglit, reprixluction rights, ... direct foreign investmenUn the Third World, with particUiar emphasis ori Ghana. The ' rQyaities, releases, taxes, Iandlord/teJ)ant editors also plan a ~view o£Lthe recently published work by NYI:..S Professors Myres •.. relatio~, and estate 'problem$~ "Speakers McDougal and Lung-Chu Che!]., Human ·1fi.ghfj;-a'n4. World PUblic· Ordif: The. ~asi will include attorneys Tad CraWford, Ari Lunch will be served. For further informaPolicies of an Internati.ona~ Law of Human Dignity (1979). Excerpts from this work may Koppleman, and Gustave 'Harrow Artists ~ tion, call extension 819 or 829at the school, · be found in Hurn,a:n_RightsaruJ,_Worl4 Public Orrbfr: Hu111fLn Rig!its in Compr,_ehesive speruqngwiU:beWillBarnett,~DavidMiµle; ' or966-2053 .. · · , ·

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_ :_ - rie~searchforalegalpositio~ beitfull-orpart-~e,fovolvesa~rtaina~nount~f degiadatiQn and · so~~c As a woman; if you fluctuate ~tw~n feeling like an. _ _ . . _ __.:_ _ _ . - outsider ina male;do•ted profession and quota requirement, never you n~t--'. ' (~ . __., · alone, not every mm or employer recruits wo~erp;oiely on t}ie b8sis of societal. . . by_-JOyce ~e~sn_er . • _ . .. -s pressure to·J!mpl0Y, mo~.WoIJlen._ No~theless, there still remains a stale feeling of the old · ·' · • · ._ boys' club spirit perv~ legal esf.ablismnerits. , _- u ~ _ _ · . · Etl:YNote:Theperils whichplaQueiJ1G,uline ~ere po~iti;~l: 'fJU~, .HereWitft. we pes~t' '!'he ~interviewmg process itself-is probably the most difficiilt and least rewarding t!ie wntinuing saga of a truely,pitiableperwn,: the law stU!f,erit in search of employment. as~ of he job hunt, -All iJ.iteme\y~ -subjected to a diaioiu~ thai·is inevi~bly - ' ' - - ~ - - -_. " . - ' . • - .' -- - - ; frequented by un~mfo~ble-pauses: and sigirl:ficantlapses of brilliant things to say. The •, - Nancy Tallon woke up profoundly depressed that morning. If she was not mistaken: interview".r can also appear as nervqtis- and uncertain as "to' wJ}at {0 say as tlie iii-_ (and she ,,C~~cked her calendar=-the one ~rom'lheStudent Bar Associat~on-j!lSt to make terviewee. Unfortun&tefy, thiS only adds to-the te~ness oftlie sit_µation._ · . '. _sure) it \yas'her 23rd birthday'.'"B_ig deal";sh~ ~aid alou,d t.o ~erselfas she h\ITried to tu,rn . f\"~tting that_oot_h_sides ~ at~mpting to present positive ~s; sometimes~one - on t_he oven .to~ take th; chill llut ?f the draft¥ apartment. "Happy.birthday~ me, I am cap walk away feelirig a cerfain amoµnt of success as achieved. A certain amount of now 23, lind m pne Y,ear mo~ I will be 24. Who_ cares! I be.t I'll be the.best example of a success, however, does not make anyone feel any more certain about anythlng. _ _ _ 23-yeariJld fail~ you ·ever met in your life,_Ferdie. "_Ferdie, a grotesquely fat and ugly . If a woman ~ any.qualniS abOut facing a career iii a profession predommately _ middle-aged parrot; who h~d·plopj>~d himself on the table, sl!ently and wholeheartedlJ oceupied by men, intervie~g at finns only ~inforces the reality ,0f the situation. Sexism agreed with her: To "f eFdie_ (who se~retly believed; de~p within his brightly plumed has many faces, and may appear when least expected. A woman associate at a reputable breast, t]iat his true detitiny in life was to be lustin~ aft~r some young, acrobatic bird of 'law firm once said.that having the name of a women;s grpup on your resume Jru1.Y.be to paradise-on a Iu!'ifi t:c>pica} i~land) she was crazy. I';J'ot only crazy, but an idiot as ~~11. Y()llr detriment. Some of the interviewing partne!'.s~ inay ~pproach the subject '."with Ferdie held lfer"resppnsible_for his low stajion in life {ruffling his tail feathers in an Avenµe interest~ attemj)ting to, draw Q.Ut exactly how' radical your tendencie; really are: Others - B apartment simply cramped his. style). ·~e could-not understlmd her. As far as ·he was simpli'avoid the~topic. Of~ur8e, there are firms that will sincerely be interested in s(lch concerned a,nyone -who would go through tliree years oflaw ~ch~ol, subhiiman pay and activity, :irid one must'be on gtiarQ to discern the distinction. Jftne former attitude treatmenfat a small.law fiqii, almost no sex-(as far as he could teli, and Ferdie was quite apP._ears, it is probably t'he ()ffirm to avoid, no matte_r how high its prestige. , · _ observant),' and~the almost certiiin prmmect of no job uj}on graduation, ~as a masochist ' · - An interview can orily.inmcate so much;about a firm or emP-loyer. It is extreme!~ who deserved everything-sh,e got. . -· , - -- -. · ' imPQrtant for·an in~rnewee to find'out as'~ucli as J)(!SSible abouttlie general attitude of a Every mor_ning it was t~e _same schpiel: ''f erdie,ifl can't find a_job_when I graduate fifin on various issues"'--If you have partieu}ar beliefs, working in a 'plaee that has a we don't eat, and, believe me, you'll $h~ down to jtµ5t a tilil feather." 'Or "We'll be , _ , - contrary outlook can.be disastrous. The.attitudes and vhlue&of finh should be a8sfrong- ~15,000 in debt Ferdie; try meditating on your perch over that o~e~ ''.And today; (he closed '~~a ppority in determining one's c~oi~ financial and reputable concerns. - his beady eyes because he ])rn~w. what wai; coming word for wonI) "i have· anothe~ . -' intervi~w. So what! They sit me in-the waiting room for 15 minutes, Jan me in, ask me why they should hire me, ·and then say '.thank yim,' shake my hruld aqd ask my if I ~ow how to find my way out. I could go through the motions in my sle'ep. My fa~orite part is wh~n'tJ-iey. ask me how come not in the tqp qfmy class:·Am I supposed to say th~t i°bave.bfuin damage or tllat I felt sorry for. my other classmai_es so I let them get ahead of me?-,,. ' _"What should I wear?''(As if there a p{g~clioice_; she bnly had suit:) '!To-we:ir a ..._....__.~................~ ........................,--by [,inda Stanch----..,..._;_--'.__ ...................- ......__, bow or not t wear a bow, that is the question. Is it the black pump> or broWJ1 straps or Q. Does the _Law School have_ an affirfnativ~ adion policy or program presently in 'beige stockings- or.mauve? Sho~ld I'cap-ya-briefcase and pocket book-my nocketbook effect wbich iS in writing? ...,., _ _ _' · , __ doesn't,match my briefcase. I can'_t fina my slip!"' Ferd~e, by this point in the w~ek, was - A.No.·· -~ disgusted. HeiJl:rd seen the whole scenairio at least t~ee times before. He could also not - Q. Has the' f~cwty passed; art~( resolutiOn~ ~w}jich -are in \vnting with respect to. understancr what' she expected • .;4'svelt~, :elegant,_ and sophi~ticated de~fend~r of justice affirinative action? - ~ - : - ' she was. not. ·1t WqS a mira_cle if she co_uld 'get hel' frizzy re_d hair to cover the tips of her -~·A.No. rather ungainly e~rs. ~ _ _ . . Q. Are there any aspects of the affitmative action policy of New Yori{ Law School A--s far as he:was concerned, she.could take her briefcase (whi:Ch he.loved to nest in) • . • . ? . which ate mwntmg ..•. her tw_eed b!azer (which he'd love to take other libf:)rties ori), and her complaints about.not . . A. The~ are no written documents relating to affirmative action policies on the part finding a job,·and become.a telephone operator.<>All he cared a.bout was peanuts.-Ifshe · oftheschool. ' -- .cotild get a better~de ofpeanu~s a$ala\Vyer,·fine·. lfnot, then any type woufd do. ".' _-..:, ' With that statem~!}t !>Y Dean Margaret Beam, during an examination l/efore trial · last March in Irene LeversoiJ, D.Ed. v. New York Ix:tw School,· the suspicion was · confirnied that th-e school has never: oommi_tted- itself to a genuine affirmatiVe action program. THesuit, -which-was filed in fedentl court last Fall, charged the school wit}J racial dis<irimination in its retention policies after the diSmissal oi Ms. Leverson for.acfillemic PERSONAL:/CLASSIFIED ADS defici~hcy. ~· _ _ That lack of commit~ent to a written P,01icy' comes' as rio-surprise: in the post~Bakke era. Many schoolS have hidden oohind the 'Bakke -decision, inc!:>rrectly: intepreting the 'Suitable tor buying or selling ~~ books, locating or advertising available ai>artments _ Supreme;Cow:t holding as illegitiihlzirig any written affirnfative actlonP<>licy by a school. , or sublets, personal notes, etc. - , In fact,' the al:5Solute neeessity of~ written~ive acti~n policy recently reiterated by the American Bar. Association; the_ traditiorial arm of the legal -profession, when it 5 lines or leSs of 39 characters . {letters and spaces)· passed a ~solution ~uiring law schools -to have written af!irmative action policies for . , accreditation. . ' - . <' . $3.00 Alumni - $2.00 Students During discovery'iri the-Leverson suit the;sch~l's_attorneys cantinually attempted to · thwart any valid iiiqliiry into the schoors affirmative_action policies. bean Beam an,dJohn each ~ditlonlli line or portion Tliornton, Chal:nruin of the Board ofTrustees;'both stated surprisingly that they-could $.75Alumnl . c·· s.so stud8nts , -not recall any discussions of the ··school's atn:rmative actfon· p<>licies. Prof~ssor James·_ Brook; 'one of Ms. Leve:rson's instructots; -stated "I do not remember her at all;""'e~e!l ' though Ms. Leverson had gone over her exa!Jl wit~ Professor Brook _after both semesters, · ' : Year of Graduation Name l had ~cipated in class, and had iµiked him questions after class. __ , - Nevertheless, the suit, which was withdra\vn byMs. Leverson.this summer, ·aoes . ap~ to have-had some effect on the scliool's'I>.Qllcies towan:l minorities._This Spring;·-, ;Address _ Zip Code when the ACademic ·statU.s Committee met to reviewthe ."extenuating circumstances" of those students~on probation, the student hllow~p to remain was a black woman )Vith a' situatiQn similar to that' of Ms. Leverson. The prior year, when .Ms. Leverson was filsmissed, the only sJudenis allowed to remain were white males. • ·• Previo ly;, minority-students in th~·vrb.an ~gaj Sturues rrlgram of City Colleg~ -· nave had difficu.J~ies, being admitted tO the Iii~ school. This year,' only four whlte inale UL~ stude,~ were initially rejected frOm.arumssion, b~(they were firi:,Jly-admitted ~r ,-. ·muChfobbyingbytheULSprogriµn. .. . . - - •.· -_. - - - · ..:M~kechecks payable to EquttaS and mall to - ' In prior years, th"e-re was no tutoring program for those students who _were on _ .' ,.,,.. probation 'after the' firSt ·semester. Last year all studeIJ.ts on.probation were given the AEQUITAS' opp0rtunjty to be tutored, at th~1'nstig;itionof l"';lvei:a]. students on Law Re View. - · N~ York.Law School New York Law School obyiou8ly wants to!!orrectthe bad public~e4!.do~ if.fostered 57 Worth Street ~ with the Leverson suit. In fa'ct:thereJi'as.been :somediscussion thatthe .actfol)S state<J above suggest an apparent attempt by the scho0H0,~bai_C:rrexerse discrlrnil¥ltion saj.U ..... ' Whatever the scliool'!forotivatiori;' the NYLSichapter of the· N,~tjo:nalLawyers Guild will con~nue its partiCipation in the coalition,of s_tucfents at the s~bool pedfoated.tp fQJZcjng,a i~- ' O"' ~;, comprehensive affirmative action policy at New York Law School. · ' (Ediwr's Not.e: the views.expressed in this ,c.ol-urn'n"are those of the G-uild;--an<tare not ~:=~~~~~~".-."!'~~~~~~~"!'.'-~-...-""."!",,"":""'__.,..;.,.!"!· -~-, ... :. ~'""-i!'!'-""·-~!"!!!""~....-."!".....-""'-~ - u.ecessarily.thoseofAEQULTAS.) - . ' ' • , · ·. ' ; ' ,

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