33% Tuition Increase Due This Fall For those of you who haven't yet had the opportunity to see the new 1972-73 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL catalogue (complete with 1952 photographs), tuition is going up. Starting in the 1973 fall term, full time day students will be paying $800.00 a semester, an increase of $200. and evening students $600. (up ($150. ). In addition application fees have doubled. Dean Rafalko said that no notice had been given to the students because the raise wasn't official yet and wouldn't be until the Board of Trustees met on October 23, 1972. The dean said he had had "to stick his neck out and print the new rates in the catalogue before they became official because it had been necessary to send them off to the incoming first year class. Judge Froessel attributed the increases to the ever-rising costs of running a law institution. He expects, though, that by the time
the tuition increase takes effect, the faculty will be increased by at least two new professors. Still, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL attracts those who can't afford other higher-priced institutions and the proposed increases won't upset that situation according to Judge Froessel who said, "Compared to other law schools in the metropolitan area, NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL still has the lowest tuition and fees. At NYU Law School the tuition is $1,300 per semester. At Fordham, it's $1,200. At. St. John's it is $75.00 per credit, which averages to $1050 per semester. At Brooklyn Law School tuition is $750 per semester for the day session, and is expected to go up September, 1973. However, the new, higher tuition rates will effect only the incoming class. Students already in the school will pay the old rate until they graduate.
Dean Rafalko
VOLUME IV, NUMBER 2
N. Y. Practice
Will The Real Prof Stand Up By JIM PAGANO
Tony Bergamo and Lorin Duckman
SBA Publishes Newspaper; 'Z, An Alternate Paper' By CARMEN COGNETTA, JR. 'Z', an "alternative newspaper" sponsored by the SBA, commenced publication on October 16. According to Tony Bergamo, Publications Commitee Chairman, the basic reason for the existence of Z is to provide information to the students that normally would not appear in EQUITAS. It will also be a vehicle for SBA to use to express its stand on different issues. The idea for Z stemmed from a proposal that an SBA newsletter be started. Based on this proposal, Tony Bergamo, a third-year class representative was appointed to head the Publication Committee. After considering the proposal Bergamo decided to expand it into a newsJudge Charles W. Froessel paper. The publication policy of Z is has resigned as chairman of the New York Law School Board of that anyone (student or fa'c:ulty) Trustees. He had been chairman can submit an article, however, for fifteen years. He will be (1) it must be typed on a stencil eighty years old next month. provided by the SBA Committee; An article announcing the re(2) articles cannot contain obsignation appeared in the New scenities; and (3) all articles York Law Journal of OctoberZ5. must be signed. No announcement of this most Bergamo hopes to publish priimportant event in the life of the mary notices, general inforschool had been made to the stumation, where to obtain free community services, such as dents prior to the appearance of the article. They were left to legal aid, abortions, etc. Berdiscover it in the same way gamo stressed that Z will be they have been left to discover more of "an information oriented other important events: by publication." He went on to say and through outside that Z was "not in any way in chance competition with EQUITAS. We sources. 路 The judge's resignation was are an alternate newspaper." announced along with a number Bergamo continued, "The SBA felt of other changes in the board. that EQUIT AS covers news such First, Judge Froessel, himas last year's graduates, alumni self, who was originally apnews, an interview with Judge pointed to the board in 1955 Froessel. These stories must was elected honorary chairman. be covered by EQUIT AS because of its role as a public relations NEW CHAIRMAN vehicle to the alumni. Z will
New York Practice I & II is described in this year's catalogue as follows: "Procedure in the civil courts of the State of New York. Jurisdiction of the courts; parties to an action ... pleadings and bills of particulars. Motion practice; limitation of actions; provisional remedies; pretrial practice ... enforcement 'of judgements; particular actions and- special proceed-路 ing." This course is taken in the final year of law school and is considered to be one of the most important, if not the most important, that a student will take. Professor Vincent LoLordo was scheduled to teach this course, but after three weeks he was taken ill and notified Dean Rafalko that he would be unable to teach for a week or
so. Relying on this, the Dean asked Professor Nathaniel Fenster stock to teach the course to the day session. Upon checking with Professor Fensterstock, it was learned that his services in this regard would only be necessary for two weeks as Prof. LoLordo was expected back the week of October 9th. When questioned as to why he was asked to fill in, Prof. Fensterstock related that under the circumstances and considering that in his 35 years of litigation in which he handled over three thousand cases in New York, his experience alone would qualify him to handle the job. This was October 6, and he also believed that Professor LoLordo would be in that Monday. Apparently, as of that time, no provisions had as yet been made for the evening students to make up the six hours of class that they had missed.
On October 9, I spoke with Dean Walter Rafalko who advised me at that time that Professor LoLordo had been admitted that morning to Englewood Hospital. The nature of his illness was described as pleurisy. No, the Dean explained, he is faced with different set of facts. In the fir.st instance, Professor LoLordo's illness was not diagnosed as serious and he was expected to return in a week, two weeks at most. In the present situation, Professor LoLordo is hospitalized and it is uncertain as 路 to the length of his stay there, and the length of his period of recovery once he has been released from the hospital.
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SCHWARTZ FILLS IN In the present situation, the Dean has called upon another faculty member to fill in for the remainder of Professor Lo-
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Judge Froessel Resigns Post
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John V. Thorton,
vice- pre-
sident of Consolidated Edison His service on the board, sevenwws elected to succeed Judge teen years, is the second longest Froessel. in the school's history. Only E. Donald Shapiro, vice- Mr. Goldstein has served for a chairman of the Board of Editors longer period of time. of the NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL and a general partner in Andresen & Company, ------------was elected vice-president of the board. David Finkelstein, chairman of the board of Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co., was elected secretary-treasurer. Hunter L. Dela tour, a past president of the New York State Bar Association, was elected a "Second year students will trustee emeritus. not have an elective next Re-elected as board president term," explained Dean Rawas Sylvester C. Smith, Jr., a falko, "because when Trial past president of the American Techniques was mad a reBar Association and former quired course for first year general counsel to the Prudential students, the administration 路 Insurance Company of America. had to find another time slot: for Family Law." The course was pushed to the spring term The board also announced that of second year thus leaving the lobby of the Law School no room in the 13 hour schewill be renamed for Judge dule for an elective. Froessel, who sat on the Court of Appeals from 1950 to 1962 . ..._ _.
No Electives For 2nd Year
ProfessorLoLordo Lordo's absence -- this man is Professor Louis E. Schwartz, Professor Schwartz will combine the day and the evening sessions at a time which is mutually agreeable to both the students and himself. If this cannot be worked out, the Dean acting as an arbitrator will be .forced to make the decision. Certain questions came to mind immediately concerning Continued on oage8