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ADMISSIONSCOMMITTEE*

The Student Admissions Committee functions as an aid to the admissions processby giving a thorough review to applicants with low LSAT or GPA scores. Its recom-mendations are given considerable weight by the Dean who makes the final deter-mination. Because of the diversity of its members, the Committee is often the forumfor healthy discussions. Every member assumes a great responsibility not only tothe applicants, but to the Law School and him/herself.

* Our apologies for those members of the admissions committee who do not appear in this photo. The originalpicture was lost in processing (our lawsuit is pending . . . )

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BALSA

Front, L to R: Lacy Johnson; Arnold Keith; Gwen Stephens; Hugh Campbell; Olga Carter; 2nd Row, L to R:Cesar Calton; Betty Cambridge; William Mesa; Barbara Emmanuel; Margie Johnson; Jackie Lamb; LindaSylvester; Kim Wilson; 3rd Row, L to R: Johnnie Story; Nancy Santiago; Queen Holland; Allen Rolle; PamMorgan; Helen Gregory; Annette Banks; Gail Davis; Adrienne Williams; Daphne McKenzie; Barbara Patton;Marguerite Grays; Audrey Cruise; Aubrey Holder; Julian Alfonso; Back Row, L to R: Patrick Brea; DaveBythewood; Kevin Mayo; Jerome Reide; Joan McP'arguhar,,; Axel Damoudt; Zachary Branche.

The Black American Law Student Association (BALSA) at Hofstra is the localchapter of a national organization based on the axiom "where there is unity, thereis strength." BALSA is dedicated to providing more competent Black lawyers toserve the needs of not only poor Black people, but also society at large. It is onlythrough this involvement, whether in a legal aid office, or a Wall Street firm,stimulated by a meaningful law school experience, that the Black lawyer will nolonger be such a figure of curiosity. Lawyering is a mainstream profession, and thesecond decade of BALSA's membership will increasingly need to be mindful ofthis, in order to more effectively serve either the oppressed, or the business relatedclient.

We here at Hofstra Law, in conjunction with the other BALSA chaptersthroughout the country, join together in an effort to also reverse the debilitating ef-fects of America's past racism, and recruit, encourage through out "buddy system"and increase the number of Black law students here, and in the rest of the country.This spring, Hofstra's BALSA chapter will host the Northeast Regional conventionof BALSA. The theme of the 3-day conference is "Crossroads: Progress or Oppres-sion?"

The responsibility to ourselves and our people is there; but the opportunity isalso. The future can be as bright as we make it.

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CONSCIENCE

Left to Right, Front Row: Sid Ruth en-berg, Meryl Cohen, Linda Ashley;Second Row: Bob Schaufeld, MikeShapiro, Corey Bearak—Editor inChief, Suzy Mandel, Daphne Gronich;Third Row: Lynn Botwinik, Ron Frier,Cindy Orbach; Back Row: Wayne Lan-desman, Bob Rediger, Eric Goldstein.Not Pictured: Alan Bochner, Bob Bogle,Rich Burke, Al Fischler, Roy Landy,Rosemary Mandello, Laurie March,Ken Mollins, Ted Sklar, Glen Wolther.

CONSCIENCE is proud of its reputation as a socially conscious publica-tion, featuring stories on: the rights of the handicapped, the risks of nuclearpower, electing a judge, the Weber case, Native Americans' rights, womenand the law, the tragic plight of the Cambodians, the "Hurricane" Carter—John Artis trials, New York State Police spot-checks, and court-orderedproperty reassessment.

The Class of 1981 has made significant contributions to CONSCIENCE. Un-der the editorship of Alan Fischler, CONSCIENCE won two A.B.A./L.S.D.awards: best "feature article on law in the community" and best "editorialcartoon on an internal law school affair".

This year, we have built upon the success of the previous year and havebrought CONSCIENCE into the forefront for encouraging greater student in-volvement at the law school. CONSCIENCE expects to more than duplicatelast year's awards.

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LAW FELLOWS

The Law Fellows program is designed to afford first-year students the oppor-tunity to discuss their course work and other related problems with highlyqualified third-year students who, acting as Fellows, conduct one hour sessionseach week for each course. The sessions are informal and attendance is voluntary.The Fellows, selected on the basis of outstanding academic achievement andfaculty recommendations, consult faculty in an effort to make the sessions mostworthwhile.

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LAW REVIEW

Left to Right, Front Row: Richard Talesnick, Janis Meyer, Scott Click, Martha Croog, Marc Grinker, KennethRandall, Andrew Nathan, Heather Melniker, Evan Torgan. Second Row: June Rubin, Ronald Milstein, Jill Levi,Ann Zybert, Elizabeth Tuttle, Alan Schabes, Saverio La Manna, Wendy Finkel. Third Row: Dennis Stewart,James Forster, Gerbardt Nielsen, Richard Sypher, Larry Gandido, Patrick Reilly, Jay Lang, Christopher Antone,Louis Benjamin, Michelle Sokol, Eric Rosenblum. Fourth Row: Paul Levenson, Linda Giannattasio, LarryHaber, Alan Schutzman, Sarah Callahan, David Bowman, Emily Levin, David Jampol, Leslie Simon, BrianKaplowitz, Ellen Begleiter, Kristin Turksel, Steven Nuzzi, Lisa Levine. Fifth Row: Neil Kenduck, SidneyRuthenberg, Deborah Sherman, Lois Weiss, Elizabeth Luckow, Ethan Finneran, Pamela van der Meulen,Michael Quiat, Stephen Kaufman, Edmund Emrich. Absent: Terry Weissman, Robert Mandel, RaymondMellon, Janet Millman, Philip Hadley, Gail Miers, Saul Morgenstern, Henry Rones, Nathan Schwed, LawrenceDownes, Mitchell Iden, Jeffrey Kaplan, Peter Koffler, Robert Schneps, Lori Manzer, Robin Rosenberg.

Volume Nine of the Review includes articles by William Van Alstyne of Duke,Peter Murray and Andrew Kaufman of Harvard, Leo Gross of Tufts, and RosalynHiggins of Kent. Two symposia, to which noted scholars contributed, are also in-cluded in the Volume—The Future of Human Rights in the World Legal Order andThe Implications of Social Choice Theory for Legal Decision making. In addition,for the first time the Review published an extensive Student Project, and also es-tablished an annual lecture series.

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MOOT COURT BOARD

Left to Right, Front Row: Prof. Susan Seel, Elise Ginsberg, Prof. Richard Neumann. Second Row: Jill Levi,Karen Murphy, Deborah Kleinberg, Judith Morris, Lawrence Haber, Thomas Lawson, Holly Rodgers. ThirdRow: Lisa Levine, Peter Koffler, Steven Tomanelli, Brian Tanenbaum, Alison Morrell, Anthony Kaplan. Ab-sent: Prof. Robert Bohrer, Prof. David Kadane, Prof. Susan Kluewer, Randi Glasser.

First year students write briefs and present oral arguments in simulated appealsin the freshman Moot Court program. Administered by the Moot Court Board, thisprogram provides first year students with an opportunity to be creative advocatesin a realistic appellate setting. The Board is developing an intramural Moot Courtcompetition for upperclass students which will enable them to further developtheir appellate advocacy skills.

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STUDENT REPS

Student Reps., Front Row: Kenny Mollins, 3rd yr.; Sal Russo, Rep. At-Large; Sal Pontillo, 2ndyr. Second Row:Brian Tanenbaum, 3rd yr.; Jonathan Gorham, 1st yr.; Eddie Geller, 2nd yr.; George Silver, 1st yr. Absent:Ceasar Callan, 1st yr.

This year, in addition to the traditional tasks for funding clubs, representing stu-dents at faculty meetings, and making appointments to faculty committees, the Stu-dent Reps, will, for the first time, have

1. Run a New York Practice Course2. Run a Student Advisor Program for first year students3. Written a Student Constitution, and4. Prepared a Student Directory

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TRIAL ADVOCACY CLUB

From Left to Right, Top: Arthur Kravitz, Anna Arrange, Tom O'Connell, Scott Click, Stu, Steve Zissou, JeanShepard, Marie Salem, Tommy Mazzarisi, Dave Feldman. Bottom: Jim Rohrig, Ernie Morrero, Debi Sherman,Ben Rubinowitz—President, Myrka Gonzalez, Stu Schwartz. Missing: Jane Rubinowitz, Francine Tesoriere,Aaron Lebenger, Bob Rediger, Erin Benesch.

The goal of the Trial Advocacy Club is to promote and encourage students in-terested in trial advocacy. In addition to inviting practicing trial attorneys to speakat the law school on litigation techniques and strategies, the club sponsors a seriesof trial skills workshops designed to provide students with a non-competitive forumin which to practice and develop their trial skills.

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Since so much of the study of law depends upon the spoken word, a remem-brance of our faculty in pictures alone would be incomplete. Collected here aresome of the words we may remember as we look back on the years spent at HofstraLaw.

FIRST YEAR"I've got a problem with this case . . ."

—Aaron Twerski, Torts"How right you are . . ."

—Ronald Silverman, Property"Maybe yes, maybe no . . . "

or "Let's say you have a plaintiff in Kansas . . ."—David Diamond, Civ. Proc.

"You are the best class I've ever had."—Monroe Freeman, Contracts

"Why punish it? Because it's bad!"—Marina Angel, Criminal Law

"Three words .. . expectation, reliance, restitution . . ."—Malachy Mahon, Contracts

"When I was a lawyer in the Nicky Barnes case . . . "—Lawrence Kessler, Criminal Law

"Does anyone in this class play tennis?"—Alan Resnick, Contracts

"So what?"—Linda Champlin, Civ. Proc.

SECOND YEAR"I warn you. I'm a mean bastard."

—David Kadane, Bus. Org."So, what do you do? Sue the bastard!"

—Abraham Ordover, Evidence"All right. Let's get started . . . "

—Leon Friedman, Con. Law"The Code is not a model of lucidity."

—Daniel Posin, Individual Income Tax"You pays your money, and you takes your chance."

—Eric Scnmertz, Labor Law"Why?"—Linda Champlin, Con. Law

THIRD YEAR |"Professor Twerski would disagree, but . . ."

—Stuart Rabinowitz, Conflicts of Laws"Five days from now, you will try your first case."

—Abraham Ordover, Trial Techniques"It has to pass the red face test . . . "

—Patricia Adamski, Bus. Org."Either it is or it isn't."

—Malachy Mahon, Remediescompiled by Saul Morgenstern

" »54 —David Siegel, N.Y. Practice