Thursday, Sept. 26, 1985
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School of Law adds clinical program
By Jill White Of the Kansan staff
A student and faculty consensus asking for an increase in practical experience for law students resulted in an addition to the KU School of Law's clinical program this fall, a law professor said last week.
David Gottlieb, professor of law, said a self-study last year in preparation for the regular reaccreditation with the American Bar Association of Law Schools. He needed a need for another clinical class.
"We were looking at what we could do better," he said. "Both faculty and student responses indicated a need for more practical experience."
Faculty members said student writing should be broadened and students wanted more clinical programs, the study found.
The new class, Kansas Appellate Practice Clinic, LAW 961, was designed to meet both needs, Gottlieb said.
For the class, students write appeal briefs for indigent defenders and argue the case in court under the
Zinn, a 1982 KU law graduate, joined the law staff this fall as program developer and supervising attorney for the class. Having worked as a research attorney for the Kansas Court of Appeals, he said his work focused on the presentation of work presented in court prompted him to accept the KU position.
supervision of an attorney, Steven Zinn. Indigent defenders are people who cannot afford to hire an attorney but are legally allowed to have one.
"I was disappointed with the quality of briefs that I saw while working for the appeals courts and saw an excellent opportunity to teach students the importance of writing a good quality brief," he said. "It's important seeming to set up a clinical program to help improve students' work."
Like the three other clinical classes, the services of students in the appellate practice clinic augment the efforts of assigned counsel and members of the local bar. Also, students gain important insights into the practice of law, and perform significant community services
In the Criminal Justice Clinic,
LAW 929, students are assigned to the United States Attorney's Office in Topeka, to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in Lawrence, or to the Johnson County District Attorney's Office in Olathe. Students assist prosecutors in virtually all phases of the criminal process, including criminal trials.
Participants in the Paul E. Wilson Defender Project, LAW 933, counsel with and perform legal services for indigent inmates of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth and the Kansas State Penitentiary and Kansas Correctional Institution at Lansing.
The Legal Aid Clinic, LAW 968,
utilizes the services of students in the
School of Law's law office, which is
operated for the benefit of indigent
clients by the Douglas County Legal
Aid Society. The program also
maintains an office at the Haskell
Indian Junior College.
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Zinn said his students, who must have completed two years of law school, worked on misdemeanor cases from the Douglas County District Court and Leavenworth County District Court, and on felony
cases from the State Appellate Defender Office in Topeka.
"It gives them a taste of the real world — what it's like to work with clients and courts," Zinn said. "They get a sense of professional responsibility to represent clients properly that will carry over into their careers at attorneys."
Zinn has to co-sign all briefs and legal documents, be familiar with all aspects of the cases and appear in person at the hearings. But students do all the work, he said.
Donna Hasher, Lawrence law student, said she valued the practical experience of applying-class knowledge to actual cases.
Students interview their client and the attorney who originally defended him and research legal aspects of the case. They also write the appeal brief, file it with the courts and argue the case before the appellate court.
"It's nice to have someone take you through it and show you the ropes," she said. "If we incorrectly applied the things that we learned in law school, we could really hurt the client's cause of action."
Adjustments made in Wolf Creek rates
WICHTA — The Kansas Corporation Commission yesterday made adjustments in its rate decisions for the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant, giving a little more money to Kansas Gas & Electric Co. and a little less to Kansas City Power & Light Co.
United Press International
The KC made the main decisions on Wolf Creek rates two weeks ago on a tentative basis. In an administrative meeting after infil drilling they agreed that commissioners' adjusted their budget findings.
The commission is to meet at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow for a final decision after reviewing a draft of
the formal order. The deadline for the final order is Sept. 30.
The panel decided Kansas Gas & Electric Co., Wichita — which owns 47 percent of the $3.05 billion plant — is to receive a 36.7 percent rate increase, totaling $166.6 million phased in over three years. That is a slight increase over the $166.91 percent that had been allowed tentatively.
Kansas City Power & Light Co., another 47 percent owner, is to receive a one-time 14.4 percent increase totaling $25.1 million. That is slightly less than the 15 percent, $27.2 million increase that had been tentatively allowed.
KGE had requested a $371 million - 101 percent — increase, while KCPL sought a $90.5
million — 52 percent — increase.
Commissioners also decided to make the increase for Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc., a 6 percent owner, be a one-time hike rather than a phase in.
Earlier decisions granted KEPCo a $20.5 million increase, representing a 30.5 percent increase in its wholesale rate to its 25 member rural electric cooperatives. KEPCo had requested a $27 million, 40 percent increase.
The commission staff said it was still too soon to accurately determine what the average rate increase for residential customers would be.
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