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{IT*— 1997-1998 Bulletin FORDHAM UNIVERSITY School Of Law Bulletin 1997-1998 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 3 Nondiscrimination, Affirmative Action Policies, and Services for Students with Disabilities SCHOOL OFLAW 5 Accreditations and Affiliations OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY 6 Law School Board of Visitors LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION 7 FACULTY 8 Endowed Professorships Full-time Faculty Adjunct Faculty OBJECTIVES AND COURSE OFSTUDIES 21 Day Division Evening Division Required Courses Writing Requirement Professional Responsibility Requirement ELECTIVE OFFERINGS 27 ELECTIVE OFFERINGS FOR VARIOUS CAREERS 50 SUGGESTED COURSES FOR REAL ESTATE LAW CAREERS 51 COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITHFORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OFBUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 51 THE CLINICAL PROGRAM 52 SUMMER SCHOOL 54 CENTER ONEUROPEAN COMMUNITYLAWAND INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST 55 HONOR PUBLICATIONS 56 Fordham Law Review Fordham Urban Law Journal Fordham International Law Journal Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Fordham Environmental Law Journal MOOTCOURTPROGRAM 58 THE LEO T. KISSAMMEMORIAL LIBRARY 59 EMPLOYMENTREPORTAND SURVEY 60 CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENTCENTER 61 ADMISSION TO THE LAWSCHOOL 63 Requirements Affirmative Action Deferred Admission Reapplication Three-Three Program Joint J.D./M.B.A. Program Advanced Standing Visiting Student Status Foreign Lawyers s. Admission to the Bar REGISTRATION 68 Entering Students Enrolled Students ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 68 Transfer from One Division to Another Discipline Attendance Tape Recorders Withdrawal/Readmittance Leave of Absence Requests for Transcripts Withholding Transcripts and Diplomas Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act EXAMINATIONS, GRADES, HONORS, ORDER OF THE COIF, I, AND PRIZES 71 FEES AND TUITION 76 Financial Assistance 77 STUDENTSERVICES 85 Student Organizations 87 GRADUATE PROGRAM 90 FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS 93 Stein Scholars Program 96 Stein Center for Ethics and Public Interest Law 100 The Moore Advocacy Center and the Moore Advocates Program 101 Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights 101 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 102 FORDHAM LAWALUMNIASSOCIATION 105 Continuing Legal Education 106 Fordham Law School Annual Fund 107 DEGREES CONFERRED, MAY 18, 1997 107 Law School Prizes 109 ACADEMIC CALENDAR HO FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BULLETIN • SERIES 26 • NUMBER 20 • OCTOBER, 1997 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Founded in 1841, Fordham Universityis a pri- Black Law Students Association vate institution, located in New York City, Catholic Law Students Association with an enrollment of some 13,000 students. Christian Law Students Association Fora century and a half, it has served Ameri- Crowley Labor Law Guild can society by offering instruction in the liber- Family Court Mediation Diversion Project al arts and sciences and selected profes- Federalist Society sional areas on both the undergraduate and Fordham Community Service Project graduate levels. It has three campuses, and Fordham Democratic Law Students it offers more than seventy academic pro- Association grams in its ten schools and colleges. The Fordham Follies (a musical review of life faculty numbers approximately 1,000, and at the Law School) ninety-six percentofthe 500 full-time faculty Fordham Housing Advocacy Project hold the Ph.D. orother terminal degree. The Fordham Law Women combined university libraries contain about Fordham Republican Law Students 1.5 million volumes, 11,000 periodicals, and Association eight special collections of scholarly, histori- Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship cal and scientific materials. Fordham offers Gay and Lesbian Law Association one of the nation's most comprehensive in- Irish Law Students Association ternship programs, and its students work Italo-American Law Students Association with more than 2,000 organizations in the Jewish Law Students Association areas of business, communications, educa- Latin American Law Students Association tion, government, health care, the arts, National Lawyers Guild politics, science, social work, and law. Older and Wiser Law Students (OWLS) More than 150 clubs and organizations Association serve the varied interests of students and, Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity along with academic departments and ad- Pro*Bono*Students America ministrative offices, sponsor numerous lec- Summation (Law School yearbook) tures and a variety of arts, athletic, and Unemployment Action Center social events. Included in this number are Fordham law students may use the organizations at the Law School which are Vincent T. Lombardi Athletic Facility located listed below: at the University's Bronxcampus. The facility Student Bar Association features exercise rooms; a swimming pool; The Advocate (student newspaper) diving area; weight rooms, saunas, volley- American Bar Association/Law Student ball, basketball, squash, and tennis courts; Division and a 220-yard track. A commuter van pro- Amnesty International vides transportation between the Law School Asian American Law Students Association and the Rose Hill campus and departs every Battered Women's Advocacy Project hour on the half hour. 3 UNIVERSITY POLICY with disabilities in becoming as independent NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: as possible. Services are provided to students Fordham University reaffirms its policy of with note taking, transcription, mobility, nondiscrimination. The University is an aca- hearing, and visual impairments, as well as demic institution that, in compliance with those with learning disabilities. Services federal, state, andlocallaws, does not illegally include: library assistance, registration as- discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, creed, sistance, proctoringofexams, andcommunity age, gender, national origin, marital orparen- referrals. For students with visual impair- tal status, sexual orientation, alienage or ments, a Kurzweil Reading machine is locat- citizenship status, veteran status, or disability ed in the Lowenstein Library at the Lincoln Section 504 ofthe Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Center campus. There is available in the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of library a VERTPLUS speech synthesizer, handicap. No otherwise qualified person which has access to WESTLAW, and a braille shall be excluded from participation in, be printer. Students are responsible for arrang- denied the benefits of, or otherwise be sub- ing for certain services, such as attendant jected to discrimination in any programs or care, mobility training, transportation, and activities of the University solely on the special sources of financial aid. basis of physical or mental disability. Title IX Students seeking an accommodation pur- of the Education Amendments of 1972 pro- suant to the Americans with Disabilities Act vides that no person shall, on thebasis ofsex, (ADA) forsection504ofthe RehabilitationAct be excluded from participation in, be denied of 1993 should contact the Law School's As- the benefits of, orotherwise be subject to dis- sistant Director of Student Services. crimination in any education program or ac- tivity. A Section504 and aTitle IX compliance FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS officer is available to address any complaints AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (FERPA) alleging discrimination onthebasis ofhandi- cap or sex. Dr. Georgina Arendacs may be STUDENTRECORDS: Consistentwith the contacted in the Office of Legal Counsel, Family Educational Rights and PrivacyActof AdministrationBuilding, Room 223, Rose Hill 1974, Fordham University has enacted policies Campus, telephone number 718-817-3112. that protect the privacy of students. In brief, Fordham University does not knowingly the statute provides: "That educational insti- support or patronize any organization that tutions and agencies must provide students engages in illegal discrimination. This may access to certain official records directly relat- include a ban on purchase of goods and ed to the students, and an opportunity for a services, or the use of facilities of such hearing to challenge such records on the organizations. grounds that they are inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise inappropriate; that institutions AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY: The must obtain the written consent of the stu- University has developed an affirmative dent before releasing personally identifiable action program providing for additional data about students from records to other emfoftoritosninofrewcorumietmnenatn,demmeplmobyemresnto,f mainndorpirtoy- stthuadnenatsspemcuisftiedbelinstotoiffieexdceopftitohness,earnigdhttsh.a"t groups. An office is established within the In addition, theUniversity, at its discretion, University for consultation, training, and may provide thefollowingDirectoryInforma- orientation of the University community on tion: student's name, address, telephone affirmative actiontechniques andon methods number, date and place of birth, major field of ensuring nondiscrimination, equal access, of study, dates of attendance, degrees and and fair treatment of individuals. The office awards received, the most recent previous also monitors and reports regularly on the educational institution or agency attended by University's progress in complying with anti- the student, participation in officially recog- discrimination and affirmative action laws. nized activities and sports, the weight and SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISA- heightofmembersofathleticteams, andother BILITIES: The policy of Fordham University such similar information. A student who is to treat students with disabilities in a non- wishes the University to withhold Directory discriminatory manner for all educational Information from disclosure must notify the purposes including admissions, programs, University Registrar in writing within ten activities, andcourses. TheOfficeofDisabled days after the first day ofclass each semester. Services was established toensure implemen- For a detailed copy of the policy and proce- tation of this policy, and to assist students dures, please contact the Registrar's Office. 4 SCHOOL OF LAW Fordham Law School, founded in 1905, offers State Theatre, featuring the New York City the Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree to approxi- Ballet and the New York City Opera; Avery mately 1,500 students in its day and evening Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philhar- divisions. Over 170 American and foreign col- monic; and the Metropolitan Opera House. leges arerepresented in the studentbody. The It is also minutes away from the world's lead- faculty iscomposed of60full-time professors ing legal and financial centers. New York's andover 160adjunct professors. The adjunct Central Park lies two blocks to the east. This faculty is drawnfrom leadingjurists, practic- fortunate location affords Fordham law stu- ing attorneys, and government officials. dents an opportunityforpersonal and professional growth which is rare in American legal The Law School also offers the Master of education. Laws (LL.M.) degree in two areas: Banking, Corporate & Finance Law and International ACCREDITATIONS AND Business & Trade Law. In addition, it offers AFFILIATIONS the joint Doctor of Law/Master of Business The Law School shares in the following Administration degree in conjunction with accreditations and affiliations of Fordham the Fordham University Graduate School of University: TheUniversityisamemberofthe Business Administration. American Council on Education, the Associ- The course of study for the degree of ation of American Colleges, the Association Doctor of Law (J.D.) covers three academic of Catholic Colleges and Universities, the years in the day division and four academic Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universi- years in the evening division. The Master of ties, the Association of Urban Universities, Laws degrees and theJoint Degreecanbe ob- the Council of Higher Educational Institu- tained either on a full or part-time basis. tions in New York City, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of the State of Fordham Law School is a member of the New York. It is an accredited member of the Association ofAmerican Law Schools and is Middle States Association of Colleges and approved by the American Bar Association. Secondary Schools and is on the list of Its degree is recognized in every jurisdiction registered Colleges and Universities of the of the United States, and its graduates are Board of Regents of the State of New York. eligible to sit for all state bar examinations It is a cooperating institution of the Ameri- provided residency and filing requirements can School ofClassical Studies atAthens and are met. (See Admission to the Bar, infra at a contributing institution to the American page 67.) Academy in Rome. Admission standards at Fordham Law The University has a chapter in the Society School are among the mostcompetitive inthe of the Sigma Xi, a national honorary scien- United States, and each year approximately tific research organization, established to 4200applications arereceivedforthe450seats recognize and foster the scientific spirit in available in the fall entering class. This high- Americancolleges and to provideboth stimu- ly selective process is reflected in the student lus and acknowledgement for independent body which is comprised of individuals scientificresearch. Italso has achapterofPhi representing a wide range ofinterests, skills, Beta Kappa, the National Honor Society for abilities, and accomplishments. (The gradu- Liberal Arts Colleges, and achapterofAlpha ation rate, based on the most recent graduat- Sigma Nu, the National Honor Society of ing class, is 97%.) Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Instruction at Fordham Law School is given TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE by a full-time faculty of distinguished scho- Fordham University was established under lars and a part-time specialized faculty. First Catholic auspices and hasbenefited from the yearclasses are sectioned so thateach student has one class in a major subject with an services of hundreds of members of the enrollment of about thirty-five. Other first dSeocvioetteymofuJcehsuso,fathreeilrigeinoeusrgoyrdteorhofigmheernewdhuo- year classes vary in size but range from approximately 50to 100 students. Legal writing cation. Throughout its expansion in the is taught in groups of about 18 students. metropolitan area, the hallmarksofthis great university have been its Jesuit tradition of The Law School is located in the heart of rigorous intellectual inquiry and its concerns New York City. It is next door to Lincoln forreligious values. Chartered in 1846 bv the Center for the Performing Arts, whose con- New York State Legislature, Fordham is gov- stituent institutions include the New York erned by an independent board of trustees. 5 AND OFFICERS TRUSTEES OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION mary m. Mcdonald edwin mellett JOSEPH A. O'HARE, S.J., Ph.D. archibra.ld murray r. President of the University richard o. nash ROBERT CARRUBBA, Ph.D. joseph a. novak, s.j. BViRceIAPrNesJi.deBnYtRfNorE,AcaPdhe.mDi.c Affairs JSOHISRELPEHYA.O'OH'EHRARREO,NS.J. (ex officio) Vice President for Administration CHARLES OSGOOD BRUNO M. SANTONOCITO, M.A. EUGENE C. RAINIS Vice President for Development and DENNIS G. RUPPEL University Relations CHRISTINA SEIX DONALD D. CIPULLO, B.B.A. ROBERT SHAPIRO Vice President for Finance and Treasurer PAUL A. SODEN GEORGE J. McMAHON, S.J.,* Ph.D. SHEILA D. STAINBACK University Chaplain JOHN E. TOFFOLON, JR. JEFFREY L. GRAY, M.S.A. PAUL A. VETERI Rev. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J., President Vice President for Student Affairs WILLIAM D. WALSH PETER A. STACE, Ph.D. DENZEL WASHINGTON Vice President for Enrollment PAUL G. WILLIAMSON MARGARET T. BALL, J.D WILL J. WRIGHT University Secretary TRUSTEES EMERITI SCHOOL OF LAW ROBERT BENDHEIM BOARD OF VISITORS FREDERICK BISSINGER JOHN W. DOLN.OHUE, ROBERT A. BECKER GEORGE DOTY S.J. SETH D. BLUMENFELD VHIONNC.EMNTALET..COO'LKMEEWFEI,LSS.OJ.N PHIOENR.RELAA.WRCEHANRCPEIEH. COOKE HON. ROBERT CORCORAN J. BOARD OF TRUSTEES** GEORGE G. D'AMATO STEVEN DUKE B. MAUREEN SCANNELL BATEMAN, HON. GERALDINE FERRARO Secretary ROBERT B. FISKE JOHN BUTLER WILLIAM FRANK J. P. ROBERT E. CAMPBELL, Chairman JAMES F. GILL WINSTON CHURCHILL EDMUND HENNELLY P. JOHN COJO. K, FRANK IOPPOLO JR. S. ALBERTJ. COSTELLO DOUGLAS A. KAHN J. MAURICE CUNNIFFE HON. PAUL KELLY, JR. J. J. JOSEPH FEENEY, LAWRENCE McGAULEY J. S.J. P. WILLIAM FLYNN DENIS McINERNEY, Chairman WILLIAM J. FRANK HON. THOMAS MESKILL P. KHEERNBNEERTTHAJ.. GGARVAINN,ATS.HJ. SH.OLNE.SLFIREAMNICISSROT.CKMURPHY PAUL B. GUENTHER, Vice Chairman HON. MARILYN HALL PATEL THOMAS F. KANE HON. JAMES H. SHAW, JR. JOHN KIRBY, JR. ERNEST STEMPEL SHAROJ.N W. LINDSAY IRENE A. SULLIVAN ROBERT F. LONG HON. JAMES L. WATSON EARLE MARKEY, HON. MALCOLM WILSON L. S.J. 'Recipient of Bene Merenti citation and gold medal award for 20 years of service at Fordham University. **As of August 1997. 6 LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION JOHN D. FEERICK, B.S., LL.B., Fordham Financial Aid Dean and Professor ofLaw JAMES A. McGOUGH, B.A., Holy Cross; MICHAEL M. MARTIN, B.A., J.D., University J.D., Fordham of Iowa; B.Litt., Oxford Director Associate Dean and Professor ofLaw KATHLEEN KEENAN, B.A., Fordham Associate Director WAdImLiLsIsiAoMns MOORE, B.A., Fordham; LL.B., CAROLYN PERRAUD, B.S., Fordham New YorkJ.University Assistant Director Dean ofAdmissions Finance & Administration KEVIN S. DOWNEY, B.A., J.D. JUDITH L.M. O'SULLIVAN, B.A., Lawrence Assistant Dean ofAdmissions University; M.A., University of Oklahoma JOHN CHALMERS Assistant Dean Assistant Director LISA N. GURLEY, B.A., Fordham; M.A., RUTH MOHAMED University of Toronto Coordinator Assistant Director DeJaonhnanDd. PFreoefreiscskorofLaw Alumni Affairs/External Relations Graduate Studies ROBERT J. REILLY, A.B., J.D., Fordham ESTELLE FABIAN Assistant Dean Director, Administration BERNADETTE DORMER, B.S., Fordham Information Systems & Planning Assistant Director JENNIFER ATHERLEY Career Planning and Placement Director MICHAELSCHIUMO, A.B., Cornell;J.D, Virginia JASON BENEDICT Assistant Dean Assistant Director, Network Services HILLARY MANTIS, B.A., Brown; J.D, Boston PAUL WOOMER, B.A., Rider College College Manager, User Support Services Director LIZETTE VELAZQUEZ, B.S., Fordham CHRISTINA M. MEINCKE, B.A., Molloy Manager, Student Support Services College; M.S.Ed., Fordham RAPHAEL WONG, B.A., UCLA Associate Director M.A., New York University EMILY MARCUS, B.A., Binghamton University; Assistant Manager, User Support Services M.S.Ed., Hunter College AssMoiccihaateelDMe.anMaanrdtiPnrofessorofLaw ACslsiinsitcaanltEDdiureccattoiron TPuHUbnlOiiMvceArIsnSitetJry.esStCRHeOsEouNrHcEeRCRen,teBr.A., Binghamton JAMES A. COHEN, B.A., Long Island Director University; J.D., Syracuse SUSAN ZANKEL, B.A., SUNY (Geneseo) Director ana Associate Professor ofLaw Assistant Director DONNA WELENSKY, B.A., Fordham Clinical and Externship Administrator Publications LEAH HILL, B.A., Brooklyn College; J.D, ROBERT COOPER, B.A., University of Rutgers University Tennessee; M.A., East Tennessee State Assistant Clinical Professor ofLaw University; J.D., Fordham LYNN KELLY, B.A., Mount Holyoke; J.D., Director New York University Assistant Clinical Professor ofLaw Registrar's Office KERI GOULD, B.S., Union College; J.D, KENNETH POKROWSKI, B.A., M.A., Montclair American University State University Director ofExternship Programs Registrar ANN M. MOYNIHAN, B.A., City University C. LINCOLN BROWN, B.A., Colgate; M.A., of New York; J.D., New York University Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Director, Child and Family Advocacy Center Associate Registrar FREDERICNEUSTADT,B.A.,NewYorkUniversity; LORETTA O. RICHARDSON J.D., Fordham University Assistant Registrar Coordinator ofLawyering Skills Program Student Affairs Communications NITZA MILAGROS ESCALERA, B.A., MINNE HONG, B.A., Columbia University LeMoyne College; M.S., Syracuse University; Director M.P.A., New York University; J.D., Columbia Assistant Dean Office of Academic Programs DIANA SANABRIA, B.A., Herbert Lehman HELEN HERMAN, B.A., Fordham College (CUNY); J.D, City University of Director New York SCOTT LILLY Assistant Director Program Coordinator Office of the Dean Faculty Secretarial Services MARILYN FORCE PAT NOCA, B.A., Fordham Assistant to the Dean Director AssNiisttzaantM.DeEasncafloerraStudent Affairs JCaOliHfNornTiOaPCPoIlNleGg,e Bo.fF.AAr.t,s and Crafts OSfUfSicAeNofStAhNeTAAssNoGciEaLteODean Coordinator Assistant to the Associate Dean 7 FACULTY ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS THE ALPIN CAMERON CHAIR OF LAW J. The Alpin Cameron Chair of Law was J. founded by the late Alpin W. Cameron of Philadelphia to honor the memory of his father, a member of the Fordham College Class of 1872. The Chair was instituted at the Law School on February 1, 1957. Prior incum- bents were the late Professors George W. Bacon, Thomas Snee, Leonard Manning J. F. and Associate Dean and Professor Joseph R. Crowley. The present occupant of the Chair is Professor Joseph M. Perillo. Cameron Professor Joseph M. Perillo THE AGNES AND IGNATIUS M. WILKINSON CHAIR OF LAW The Agnes and Ignatius M. Wilkinson Chair of Law was created by the will of Dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson. The Chair was instituted on November 18, 1961 at the dedication of the Fordham University School of Law building at Lincoln Center. The first incumbent was former Dean William Hughes Mulligan. The second incumbent was Professor John D. Calamari, and the present occupant of the Chair is Professor Constantine N. Katsoris. Wilkinson Professor Constantine N. Katsoris THE ARTHUR A. McGIVNEY CHAIR OF LAW The Arthur A. McGivney Chair of Law was established under the will of Arthur A. McGivney, a member of the faculty of the School of Law from 1926 until his death in 1958. The first incumbent is Professor Martin Fogelman. McGivney Professor Martin Fogelman 8