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School of Law has come far during its 100-year history
What a difference a century can make. From one room and 13 men in 1878 to Green Hall and a diverse enrollment of 527 in 1993, the KU School of Law has evolved.
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
In celebration of its centennial, the School of Law is having a banquet and programs tonight and an open house and receptions tomorrow.
Although law has been taught at KU since 1878, the Board of Regents did not formally recognize the law school until 1893.
Robert Jerry, dean of the school since 1989, said the biggest change in the past two decades has been the growing emphasis on practical skills education. Rather than just analyzing laws, students apply their knowledge in simulation programs and study areas such as client relations and negotiations.
In the 1960s, two programs of practical application were founded. The Kansas Defender Project, established in 1965, allows law students to get practical experience and course credit while offering legal assistance to inmates of state and federal prisons. The Douglas County Legal Aid Society, Inc., founded in 1969, also engages students' legal knowledge while providing low-income individuals with a legal resource.
In turn, the volume of documents in the law library has grown at a much more rapid pace than in earlier years.
Another significant change since the days of James "Uncle Jimmy" Green, the first law dean, is the growing number of societal issues in law and, consequently, in the classroom. Students now study laws about health, gender, discrimination and intellectual property.
"It is a reflection that our society is more complex than it was 25 years ago," Jerry said.
Students have changed as well.
Paul Wilson, a KU professor of law from 1957 to 1981 and founder of the Defender Project, said students today seem more casual in their relationships with professors.
"They were somewhat more uptight when I was a student," he said. "I think maybe now students are less committed to tradition."
One tradition Wilson said he was sorry to see go was the carrying of canes by senior law students.
The practice died out soon after World War II, Wilson said.
“It’s kind of silly, but I think it’s kind of nice,” he said. Canees are not the only tradition lost to the school.
Before Green Hall was built in 1977, the school was located in Lippincott Hall, formerly called Green Hall. Wilson said the students, most all of whom were male, would gather on the front steps and whistle and call to female students as they passed.
"Their conduct would be quite unacceptable now," Wilson said.
Women have come a long way in terms of law school enrollment. Although women were in the school from the start, their numbers did not grow significantly until the 1960s, Wilson said.
Last year, the school experienced its highest female enrollment ever, with 233 women, compared with 315 men. This year, 44 percent of the school's students are female, the highest proportion in its history.
Another change in the school is the cost of tuition, up from the $25 in 1878 to today's $1,200 or $3,400 for nonessidents. Admission requirements evolved too, from nothing — not even a high school diploma — to a bachelor's degree, competitive grade point averages and scores on the Law School Admission Test.
Juicers gets license,plans to reopen
By Tracl Carl
Kansan staffwrite
Juicers, a non-alcoholic club with nude female dancers, will reopen Wednesday with a new business license.
Pat McAllister, the club's owner,
purchased Juicers from Jeff Wallace
on Sept. 3. Juicers was Lawrence's
first juice bar with nude dancing.
In August, the City Commission passed an ordinance that regulated zoning, building and licensing requirements for sexually oriented businesses within the city limits. McAllister had until Sept. 8 to meet the new requirements.
McAllister voluntarily closed the club Sept. 8 after Lawrence police issued McAllister a citation for not having a valid adult-entertainment license.
Eric Moore, manager of Juicers,
said he and McAlister remodeled the
club to meet licensing requirements. Improvements include building a drink counter, installing handrails in the bathrooms and improving the stage's height and distance from patrons so they could not touch or interact with the dancers.
The ordinance also prohibits sexually oriented clubs like Juicers from operating within 1,000 feet of a business that sells liquor. Wehner Retail Liquor, 923 N. Second St., is across the street from the club, but it did not affect Juicers because it was operating before the ordinance was passed.
Moore, who also worked for Wallace under his formal ownership, said the club was nicer than it was before. Wallace was not interested in owning the club for a long time, he said.
"He was just in it to pretty much make money real fast," he said.
The club, which serves juice, coffee,
cappuccino, bottled water, soda and non-alcoholic daiquirr, will be open
from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. every night except Sunday.
Commissioner Doug Compton said he had mixed emotions about Juicers opening.
"I hope if they are allowed to open by the law, then they operate it by the law," he said.
He said the commission passed the ordinance to prevent more clubs similar to Juicers from opening.
Justin Walker, Olata junior, said Juicers was full almost every time he went there this summer.
There was not a barrier between the patrons and the dancers, he said, and dancers often made contact with customers.
Ben Berenson, Salina sophomore, said the club should be allowed to open since it met all the requirements, but he did not like the idea of nude dancing.
"It's degrading to both sexes," he said.
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