They Serve While Training-
Lawyers Work, Study
By Maury Breecher KU's School of Law trains tomorrow's lawyers.
It does this through the time old methods of classroom lectures, study, and tests as well as by providing opportunities for the student to gain experience at various legal actions.
The Law School has many programs and courses which provide this on-the-job training.
TWO OF THESE are the Student Probation Officer Program, which has proved its value during the 10 years it has been in operation, and the new Prison Counseling Program which began this semester. These programs, besides fulfilling the school's requirements, also serve the community and society at large.
Presently there are 10 third year law students serving as student juvenile probation officers in Douglas County. They were appointed this semester, while taking the Juvenile Problems course, by Douglas County Probate Judge Charles C. Rankin. They act as actual probation officers while investigating, evaluating, and counseling cases involving juvenile offenders.
THE JUVENILE PROBLEMS course is designed to be a seminar, according to Law School Professor Dan Hopson Jr., who teaches the course. Because of limitations imposed by the juvenile court, only 10 students can take part in the seminar and be appointed student probation officers. The bulk of their time is spent in their field work with the juveniles.
Hopson said, "The key defect in the organization of the course is centered on the fact that the probation officers are working with the juveniles at the same time that they were attempting to learn the background material." The structure of the program will be changed in the spring semester. Hopson added.
Douglas County's Chief Probation Officer is David Mitchell, a Lawrence graduate student in
Sociology. It is he who assigns the juvenile offender's case to the student probation officer and arranges for his first meeting.
This meeting, the initial contact, is one of the important functions of the student probation officer. During this meeting and throughout the subsequent investigation of the case, the student probation officer will get to know the offender personally, gain his confidence, and help him to solve his problems.
THIS INITIAL INVESTIGATION by the student officer has been described by many of the officers as the most time-consuming and tedious job.
The student officer later carries his investigation to the offender's family. He will try to determine what sort of family life the offender has had and whether or not the offender enjoyed parental guidance.
The student will continue his
investigation with visits to the offender's school. School officials may provide him with test scores and grades of the offender. These, together with the observations from the teachers will provide a picture of the juvenile's potential and attributes.
This aspect of the investigation is felt to be very helpful to the student officer in deciding on the recommendation he has to make regarding the juvenile to the Court. Probate Judge Charles C. Rankin said, "Senior Law students have proven themselves to be capable probation officers; consequently the children of Douglas County have benefited."
Tomorrow: The Probation Officer's Greatest Challenge!
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The annual International Festival will be the evening of Mar. 26 in Hoch Auditorium.
Clark Coan, international student adviser, said the foreign students had not yet organized their committee.
The festival usually is held the same weekend of the Kansas Relays but was moved ahead this year to avoid conflict with Centennial events.
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