Law School Retains Student Clerkship Program
The KU Law School faculty decided last week to retain the State Trial Clerkship program, but in modified form.
The clerkship program enables the student to observe what actually goes on in the courts and other legal institutions.
The student has the opportunity to acquaint himself with the operations of municipal and county courts, probate courts, the Sheriff and city police operations, the Register of Deeds, and the office of the Clerk of District Court.
THE STATE TRIAL Clerkship program began at KU in 1963. It was made possible by a $20,000 foundation grant from the National Council on Legal Clinics. (This grant was the first foundation grant in the history of KU's Law School.)
During the 1963-64 school year, approximately $11,000 went toward expenses incurred by the 25 students in the program. This year about $9,000 was used to finance another 25 students in the program.
Money from the foundation grant was planned to last only until the end of this year.
The program has proven its worth and is felt to be quite beneficial by law students, professors, and judges involved in the program. Most of this money was used to defray the student's expenses incurred during the program.
NEXT YEAR, students in this program will have to pay the majority of their expenses. The program will be set up so the student does not have to travel as great a distance to participate in the clerkship. Traveling expenses will thus be cut down.
If the National Council on Legal Clinics agree, the little remaining money left from the original grant will be used to help the students in their expenses for as long as it lasts.
Students in the program spend seven to eight weeks during their third year of law school, as clerk to a State District Judge. They work under his supervision and assist in matters of research, drafting of orders, and other duties associated with the office of Clerk to the District Judge.
The judge does not formally instruct the student but rather informally advises and explains to the student the various aspects of the court and how it works.
Missionary Needs Book Contributions
The department of English at KU has received a request from Barber-Scotia College, a Negro missionary institution in Concord, N.C., for copies of literary works. The request said:
"We hate to ask you to do this but it is the only way that we know to get these great books which we must have to raise our students up to the level that they must reach in order to continue their college training and to eventually come to the place where they can get a college degree that will mean what it stands for."
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THE STUDENT IS expected to do an average of 10 to 12 hours of research a week for his judge. He is also required to keep a notebook in which he records his observations and experiences.
During his clerkship he is also required to submit weekly reports summarizing his experiences and raising questions resulting from problems which he has encountered.
At the end of the program he is expected to make a complete report on his observations with a stress on methods used in dealing with certain types of legal cases.
bined with further research form the basis of a term paper done for this course.
UPON COMPLETION of the clerkship program the student enters a Judicial Administration Seminar. This course deals specifically with problems of judicial administration. The clerkship experiences of the student com-
The State Trial Judge Clerk-
ates . . . at the same time it helps to improve their understanding of the American legal system."
ships, according to Law School Dean James K. Logan, "helps to eliminate the deficiency in courtroom training among law gradu-
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