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Wednesday, April 6, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Open law market slowly tightens
Bv PEGGY SPENCER
Staff Renorter
A tight and highly competitive job market for law school graduates is a problem of increasing importance. Webster Golden, faculty chair of the School of Law, School of Law, said Commission, said recently.
Every year, there is an increase in the size of the law school population nationwide, making it tougher for the graduate to be placed in a law-related profession, he said.
However, the stintation at KU isn't bad as the Department of Labor predictions of a recession are in force.
"EACH YEAR ANY KU student can be placed, though the individual may have to make a more concerted effort to go out and learn." Rubber than leaves. "Golden said.
Golden said that small firms generally were more open-minded and concerned about the young lawyer than large firms were.
"Some of the best opportunities are in smaller firms." Golden said.
Immediate responsibilities, satisfying emotional experiences and the possibility of becoming a partner are some of the advantages of going with a small firm, Golden
FOR THE STUDENT WHO graduates in
the class of their class, finding a job
in the problem.
Many big firms and prestigious branches of government are reluctant to hire students who aren't in the top 25 per cent of their classes, be said.
masses, he said. Golden said that his committee was
trying to inform employers about the in-
suring ability and credentials of all KU graduat-
"Given KU's admission standards, all our students are capable people." Golden said.
However, it is still difficult for the medium-range student to be placed in a course.
In the May 1976 graduating class, 96 of 141
students, or 11 per cent, had found jobs by
THIRTY-FIVE STUDENTS still hadn't found a position by late summer.
According to a survey of May graduates at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, 106 of 197 students had found jobs by Feb. 1, 1977. Seven students were still looking for jobs and four either hadn't taken or missed the Kansas Bar exam.
One hundred and twenty-three of Washburn's graduates found jobs in the Plains states, Richard Boeckman, Washburn bachelor, and John Greenberg, member, 110 graduates are working in Kansas.
More than two-thirds of the KU class that responded are employed in Kansas and the Midwest.
Boeckman said that many Kansas firms held job interviews on the Washburn campus. Missouri and Oklahoma firms list opportunities regularly at Washburn, he said.
Golden said recruiters regularly interviewed at KU from time to time in Phoenix, Arizona. He served with D.C. DC.
"Once a firm interviews here, they keep coming back," he said.
coming soon. he said GOLDEN SAID THAT it was also important to keep the Kansas bar coming to KU to conduct interviews in areas of private interest.
He said that 57 per cent of the 1978 class had gone directly into private practice. Many other students went into judicial or government firms and government positions, he said.
After working in positions like these for a short time, lawyers usually move on to practice law.
A GRADUATE PLACED with a large
earn $16,000 and possibly more. Golden
Within four to eight years, a student placed with a large firm could be made a partner, earning a share of the revenue that he generates. Golden said.
WHEN A FIRM TAKES on a recent graduate, his salary usually is more than the graduate will bring in for the firm. The firm is losing money educating the new lawyer, expecting some future contribution, Golden said.
"It is an accepted wisdom that you never get wealth from the practice of law,"
"Money doesn't matter if you want to be a lawyer badly enough," Golden said. "If you want to be a lawyer well enough."
The average salary of employed KU graduates in the 1978 class was $14,000.
Forum to be on funds for women's athletics
KP&L breaks ground for Sunpower House
An open forum designed to alleviate misunderstandings about the Student Senate role in funding women's intercollegiate athletics will be at 8:15 tonight in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
"The forum will let the women's program know what we are discussing and will allow us to receive information on their program so that we can be better prepared, student body president, said yesterday.
Del Shanker, executive vice chancellor,
last week told a group of senators that the University's academic budget is $1 million to the women's program for the 1977 academic year because its budget exceeds the university's average.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held yesterday morning at the construction site for SumpPower House, the Kansas Power and Light (KP & L) Company's stored cooling and solar research and development project.
During last week's Student Senate budget hearings, many Senate members said that intercollegiate athletics should no longer be funded by the student activity fee.
“AS SOLAR heating becomes more and more popular, you’ll be able to purchase much of the system in a kit,” he said. “Right now, however, you have to go to several different places to get all of the parts you need.”
The collectors, fitted on the roof of SunPower House, will help supplement a two ton heat-pump heating system. An additional 126 square feet of solar collectors will provide domestic water heating assistance. KP & L officials said.
DURING WINTER, the same water tank will be used to store solar heat energy collected by 546 square feet of solar collectors.
The student activity fee now provides $54,000 to women's intercollegiate athletics, which is approximately one-third of the program's budget.
Actual construction on the house,
estimated to cost KP & I. more than $70,000,
should be under way by the end of April,
the builder of Sunpower House, said.
Griffin said he foresees few problems in construction of the house. However, he said he expected some problems in obtaining all necessary equipment to build the heating and cooling system.
Rv RI7TH RENIEN
Complete drawings for the house's construction were scheduled to be turned over to Griffin today by Robert Gould, architect for Design Build Architects of Lawrence and an assistant professor of architecture and urban design at KU.
Griffin, who has helped construct two other solar houses around Lawrence, is
The architectural plans call for the house to have 2,110 square feet of space and to use both solar energy and design to take advantage of the energy conservation opportunities.
The senators said it was the responsibility of the University and the state of Kansas,
The University budgeted $120,000 for women's athletics for 1977-78.
KP & L officials say Sunpower House is the first research facility to be built in the country. It provides comprehensive study of house materials, construction phases, the use of stored cooling for summer load control and the energy savings from solar installation.
"SUNPOWER HOUSE will be the first time a house has been constructed with all of the components: the air conditioning, the orientation of the lot, the right trees and the landscaping," she said in one package. "L. R. Nicholson, senior vice president for KP & L, said yesterday."
Staff Reporter
Leben; Mike Harper, StudEx chairman; members of the women's athletics advisory board; and senators will be among those attending the forum.
One special feature of Sunpower House will be a coolant storage system. Plans call for the coolant to be produced during nighttime hours in a 2,000-gallon water tank in the house's basement for use during daytime hours, Nicholson said.
"A major part of the reason for the Sunpower House project is testing the feasibility of the average homeowner being able to build such a system if he wants." he
attempting to purchase locally most of the materials he needs.
not the students, to fund intercollegiate athletics.
KP & L officials say they are interested in the development of the Sumpower House for several reasons. First, they say they hope to electrically eventually help curb the energy shortage.
SECOND, THE project offers potential for reducing the impact of air conditioning during KP & L's peak electrical demand period in the summer.
Nicholson said, "We know that such a house can be built feasibly. What we don't know is whether or not such a house can be made to construct from a cost standpoint."
TEST METERING also will record the time of usage of major appliances to determine the feasibility of that type of metering of residential consumption.
When the research is completed, KP & L will sell the 3-bedroom house and publish the study's results, which will be available to the public, Nicholson said.
To determine the cost-effectiveness of such a project, KP A & L will install an extensive test metering system in the house. The system will measure the BTUs required by the home for kilowatthours of electricity used by all the house's major energy-consuming devices.
Occupancy in the house, by a family selected by KP & L, is scheduled for July 15, although Griffin said he expected the completion date to run a little late.
According to Nicholson, research at Sunpower House will last about two years to allow the company to analyze the results of studies for two winters and two summers.
About $2,100 in property reportedly was taken from the residence of Thomas Mitchell, Lawrence senior, at 1316 Iowa Street between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday.
Student loses articles in theft
The items taken included a color television set, a stereo receiver, turntable and speakers, a camera and several lenses and a turquoise necklace and ring.
The front door possibly was prized open with a screwdriver to gain entry. Lawrence pointed at it.
Dennis Mercer, 646 Ohio St., discovered Thomas' residence to let Thomas live.
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