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FORDHAM SCHOOL OF LAW Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/bulletinofinform1996ford FORDHAM UNIVERSITY School Of Law 1996-1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 OF STUDIES 19 Day Division Evening Division Required Courses Writing Requirement Professional Responsibility Requirement ELECTIVE OFFERINGS 24 ELECTIVE OFFERINGS FOR VARIOUS CAREERS 45 COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WITH FORDHAM GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 46 THE CLINICAL PROGRAM 47 SUMMER SCHOOL 49 CENTER ON EUROPEAN COMMUNITYLAWAND INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST 50 HONOR PUBLICATIONS 51 Fordham Law Review Fordham Urban Law Journal Fordham International Law Journal Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Fordham Environmental Law Journal MOOTCOURTPROGRAM 53 THE LEO T. KISSAMMEMORIAL LIBRARY 54 EMPLOYMENTREPORTAND SURVEY 55 CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENTCENTER 56 ADMISSION TO THE LAW SCHOOL 58 Requirements Affirmative Action Deferred Admission Reapplication Three-Three Program Joint J.D./M.B.A. Program Advanced Standing Visiting Student Status Foreign Lawyers Admission to the Bar REGISTRATION 63 Entering Students Enrolled Students ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 63 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, AND PRIZES 66 FEES AND TUITION 71 Financial Assistance 72 STUDENTSERVICES 79 Student Organizations 81 GRADUATE PROGRAM 84 FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS 86 Stein Scholars Program 89 Stein Center for Ethics and Public Interest Law 92 The Moore Advocacy Center and the Moore Advocates Program 93 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 94 FORDHAM LAWALUMNIASSOCIATION 96 Continuing Legal Education 98 Fordham Law School Annual Fund 100 DEGREES CONFERRED, MAY 19, 1996 100 Law School Prizes 102 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 104 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BULLETIN • SERIES 26 • NUMBER 19 • NOVEMBER, 1996 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Founded in 1841, Fordham University is apri- 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 For a century and a half, ithas 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 percent ofthe 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, and local laws, does notillegally 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 the basis ofsex, (ADA) for section504ofthe Rehabilitation Act 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 Section 504 and aTitle IXcompliance FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS officer is available to address any complaints AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 (FERPA) alleging discrimination on thebasis ofhandi- cap or sex. Dr. Georgina Arendacs may be STUDENTRECORDS: Consistent with the contacted in the Office of Legal Counsel, Family Educational Rights and PrivacyAct of AdministrationBuilding, Room223, 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 efforts inrecruitment, employment, and pro- motion of women and members of minority tsthuadnenatsspemcuisftiedbelisntotoiffieexdceopftitohness,earnigdhttsh.a"t groups. An office is established within the In addition, the University, at its discretion, University for consultation, training, and may provide thefollowing DirectoryInforma- orientation of the University community on tion: student's name, address, telephone affirmative action techniques and on 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 afterthe 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 student body. The It is also minutes away from the world's lead- faculty is composed of60 full-time professors ing legal and financial centers. New York's and over 160 adjunct professors. The adjunct Central Park lies two blocks to the east. This faculty is drawn from leading jurists, practic- fortunate location affords Fordham law stu- ing attorneys, and government officials. dents an opportunity forpersonal 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: The Universityis amemberofthe 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 the Joint Degree can be 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 of American 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 at Athens and are met. (See Admission to the Bar, infra at a contributing institution to the American page 62.) Academy in Rome. Admission standards at Fordham Law The University has achapter in the Society School are among the most competitive in the of the Sigma Xi, a national honorary scien- United States, and each year approximately tific research organization, established to 5000applications arereceivedforthe450seats recognize and foster the scientific spirit in available in the fall entering class. This high- American colleges and to provideboth stimu- ly selective process is reflected in the student lus and acknowledgement for independent body which is comprised of individuals scientific research. Italso has a chapterofPhi representing a wide range of interests, skills, Beta Kappa, the National Honor Society for abilities, and accomplishments. (The gradu- Liberal Arts Colleges, and a chapterof Alpha 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 has benefited from the yearclasses are sectioned so that each student has one class in a major subject with an services of hundreds of members of the enrollment of about thirty-five. Other first dSoecvioetteymofuJcehsuso,fathreeilrigeinoeusrgovrdteorhofigmheernewdhuo- year classes vary in size but range from approximately 50 to 100 students. Legal writing cation. Throughout its expansion in the is taught in groups of about 18 students. metropolitan area, the hallmarks ofthis 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 for religious values. Chartered in lN4h bv the Center for the Performing Arts, whose con- New York State l egislature, 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 JOSEPH A. O'HARE, S.J., Ph.D. eardcwhiinbra.lmdellmetutrray r. President of the University richard nash BRViOAceBREBPrRAeTsRiAdCeAnEtRLfRLoUrEBANBcaABd,LeAmPiChcK.,ADf.fDaiPrSs. jJoOsSeEpPhH aA..o.nO'oHvAaRkE,,s.Sj..J. (ex officio) SHIRLEY O'HERRON Treasurer CHARLES OSGOOD BRIAN J. BYRNE, Ph.D. EUGENE C. RAINIS Vice President for Administration DENNIS G. RUPPEL BRUNO M. SANTONOCITO, M.A. CHRISTINA SEIX Vice President for Development and ROBERT SHAPIRO University Relations PAUL A. SODEN GEORGE McMAHON, J. S.J.* Ph.D. SHEILA D. STAINBACK University Chaplain JOHN TOFFOLON, E. JR. JEFFREY L. GRAY, M.S.A. PAUL A. VETERI Reii 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 JANE BEASLEY WELCH MARGARET T. BALL, J.D PAUL G. WILLIAMSON University Secretary WILL WRIGHT J. TRUSTEES EMERITI SCHOOL OF LAW ROBERT BENDHEIM BOARD OF VISITORS FREDERICK L. BISSINGER JOHN W. DONOHUE, ROBERT A. BECKER GEORGE DOTY S.J. SETH D. BLUMENFELD E. VHIONNC.EMNATLT.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 J. P. JOHN COOK, FRANK IOPPOLO ALBERTJ. COSTEJRL.LO DOUGLAS.S A. KAHN J. MAURICE J. CUNNIFFE HON. PAUL J. KELLY, JR. JOSEPH FEENEY, LAWRENCE McGAULEY J. S.J. P. WILLIAM FLYNN DENIS McINERNEY, Chairman WILLIAM J. FRANK HON. THOMAS MESKILL P. KENNETH J. GAVIN, S.J. S. LESLIE MISROCK HERBERT A. GRANATH HON. FRANCIS T. MURPHY PAUL B. GUENTHER, Vice Chairman HON. MARILYN HALL PATEL SUZANNE DENBO JAFFE JULIAN PERLMAN S. THOMAS F. KANE HON. JAMES H. SHAW, JR. JSOHHANROJ.NKIWR.BYL,IJNRD.SAY EIRRENNEESTA.STSEULMLPIEVLAN ROBERT LONG HON. JAMES WATSON F. L. EARLE L. MARKEY, S.J. HON. MALCOLM WILSON 'Recipient of Bene Merenti citation and gold medal award for 20 years of service at Fordham University. "As of August 7, 1996. 6 LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION JOHN D. FEERICK, B.S., LL.B., Fordham Financial Aid (continued) Dean and Professor ofLaiv CAROLYN PERRAUD, B.S., Fordham MICHAEL M. MARTIN, B.A., J.D., University Assistant Director of Iowa; B.Litt., Oxford JOHN KELLY, B.S., St. Francis College Associate Dean and Professor ofLaw Assistant Director Admissions Finance & Administration WINLeLwIAYoMrkJ.UMnOivOeRrsEi,tyB.A., Fordham; LL.B., JUUDnIivTeHrsiLt.yM;.MO.'A.S,ULULnIiVveArNs,ityB.oAf.,OkLalwarheonmcae Dean ofAdmissions Assistant Dean KEVIN S. DOWNEY, B.A., J.D. LISA N. GURLEY, B.A., Fordham; M.A., Assistant Dean ofAdmissions University of Toronto JOHN CHALMERS Assistant Director Assistant Director NANCY A. CLERMONT, B.A., Fordham RUTH MOHAMED Coordinator ofAiministrative Services Coordinator Graduate Studies Dean and ProfessorofLaw Alumni Affairs/External Relations ESTELLE FABIAN fohn D. Feerick ROBERT J. REILLY, A.B., J.D., Fordham Director, Administration Assistant Dean Information Systems LIZA PALMER, A.B., Fordham; J.D., JENNIFER ATHERLEY Georgetown Director Assistant Director JASON BENEDICT Career Planning and Placement Manager, Technical Services 12** KATHLEEN BRADY, B.A., Fordham PAUL WOOMER, B.A., Rider College Assistant Dean Manager of Technical Education and Resources HILARY MANTIS, B.A., Brown; J.D, Boston LIZETTE VELAZQUEZ, B.S., Fordham College Officer Manager Director MARJORIE A. MARTIN, B.A., University of CHRISTINA M. MEINCKE, B.A., Molloy Colorado; J.D., Fordham College; M.S.Ed., Fordham Assistant Manager, Computer Lab and Classroom / Associate Director Public Interest Resource Center EMILY MARCUS, B.A., Binghamton University; THOMAS SCHOENHERR, B.A., Binghamton M.S.Ed., Hunter College J. 4 / University Associate Dean and ProfessorofLaw Assistant Director Director Michael M. Martin Clinical Education SUSAN ADELSBERG, B.A., SUNY (Geneseo) JAMES A. COHEN, B.A., Long Island Assistant Director University; J.D., Syracuse Publications DDiOreNctNorAanWaEALsEsoNcSiaKtYe,ProBf.eAs.s,orFoofrLdahwam ROTBenEnReTsseCeO;OPM.EAR.,, BE.aAs.t,TUenninveesrsseietyStoafte KClEiRniIcaGlOanUdLDEx,teBr.nSs.h,ipUnAdimoinniCsotlrlaetgoer; J.D, DirUencitvoerrsity; J.D., Fordham American University Registrar's Office ADidrjeucntcotrPorfoEfxestseorrnsohfiLpaPwrograms and KENNETH POKROWSKI, B.A., M.A., Montclair ANN M. MOYNIHAN, B.A., City University State University of New York; J.D., New York University RCe.giLstIrNarCOLN BROWN, B.A., Colgate; M.A., CoordinatoroftheCenterforFamilyandChildAdvocacy FREDERICNEUSTADT,B.A.,NewYorkUniversity; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh J.D., Fordham University ALsOsoRcEiaTtTeARegOi.stRraIrCHARDSON Coordinator ofLawyering Skills Program Assistant Registrar Continuing Legal Education KRISTA CAMPBELL, B.A., Fordham Student Affairs Assistant Director NITZA MILAGROS ESCALERA, B.A., HOfEfLicEeNofHEAcRaMdAemNi,cBP.rAo.,grFaomrsdham ALsesMMi.soPtyaAnn.te,DCeNoaelnlwegYe;orMk.SU.ni,veSrysriatcyu;sJe.DU.n,ivCeorlsuitmyb;ia DSiCreOcTtoTr LILLY DIANA SANABRIA, B.A., Herbert Lehman College (CUNY); J.D., City University of Program Coordinator New York Faculty Secretarial Services Assistatrt Director MARILYN ALEXANDER Office of the Dean Director MARILYN FORCE PAT NOCA, B.A., Fordham Assistant to the Dean Coordinator SARINA McGOUGH, B.A., Holy Cross Financial Aid Executive Secretary JAMES A. McGOUGH, B.A., Holy Cross; Office of the Associate Dean Fordham J.D., SUSAN SANTANGELO Director Assistant Dean for Student Affairs KATHLEEN KEENAN, B.A., Fordham Administrative Assistant Nitza M. Escalera Associate Director 7 FACULTY ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS Professor Frank I. Michaelman of Harvard Law School. The occupant of the Bacon- Kilkenny Chairforthe 1996-97academic year THE ALPIN ]. CAMERON CHAIR OF EAW is ProfessorWilliam M. Landesofthe Univer- The Alpin Cameron Chair of Law was sity of Chicago School of Law. J. founded by the late Alpin W. Cameron of Philadelphia to honor the memory of his father, a member of the Fordham College THE ARTHUR A. McGIVNEY Class of 1872. The Chairwas instituted at the CHAIR OF LAW Law School on February 1, 1957. Prior incum- The ArthurA. McGivneyChairofLaw was bents were the late Professors George W. established under the will of Arthur A. Bacon, ThomasJ. Snee, Leonard F. Manning McGivney, a member of the faculty of the and Associate Dean and ProfessorJoseph R. School of Law from 1926 until his death in CaJmoesrepohnMP.rofPeesrsiolrlo CisroPrwolfeeyssTorheJopsreepshenMt.ocPceruiplalon.t of the Chair M19a5r8t.inTFhoegelfmirasnt. incumbent is Professor THE AGNES AND IGNATIUS M. WILKINSON CHAIR OF LAW THE SIDNEY C. NORRIS CHAIR OF LAW TO PUBLIC SERVICE The Agnes and Ignatius M. Wilkinson Chair of Law was created by the will of The Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law to Dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson. The Chair was Public Service was established through the idnesdtiictauttieodn oofnthNeoFvoermdbhearm U1n8i,ver1s9i6t1y Satchotohle gFeonuenrdoastiityonofinthmeeNmoorrmyanofaSniddRnoesyitCa.WNionrsrtiosn, of Law building at Lincoln Center. The the Foundation's late President and a 1927 first incumbent was former Dean William graduate ofthe Law School. It is the first en- Hughes Mulligan. The second incumbent dowed chair to public service in the history was Professor John D. Calamari, and the of American Legal Education. The dedicator Wilkinson Professor present occupant of the Chair is Professor of this chair to public service and its first Constantine N. Katsoris Constantine N. Katsoris. incumbent is Professor Thomas M. Quinn. THE BACON/KILKENNY CHAIR OF LAW THE LEONARD F MANNING DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP The Bacon-Kilkenny Chair of Law for a OF LAW Distinguished Visiting Professor was instituted on August 25, 1980 in conjunction with The Leonard F. Manning Distinguished the Law School's seventy-fifth anniversary Professorship of Law was established in celebration. The Chair is named in honor of memory of Cameron Professor Leonard F. two distinguished former members of the Manning who was a member of the faculty Law School faculty, the late GeorgeW. Bacon ofthe SchoolofLaw from 1948 until his death and the late Victor E. Kilkenny. The Chair is in 1983. ProfessorRobertM. Byrnwasthefirst awarded bi-annually to an outstanding legal occupant of the Professorship and served as scholarwho remains in residence at the Law Manning Professor until his retirement in McMGairvtnienyFPorgoeflemsasnor School for one academic year. Prior incum- 1994. The present occupant of the Chair is bents were Professor Douglas A. Kahnofthe Professor Georgene M. Vairo. UniversityofMichigan SchoolofLaw, Profes- sor Eugene Gressman of the University of North Carolina School ofLaw, ProfessorJ.K. Barry Nicholas of Brasenose College, Oxford, Dean Walter E. Oberer of the University of Utah College of Law, Professor Whitmore Grayofthe UniversityofMichigan School of Law, Professor Eric E. Bergsten, Chief of the International Trade Law Branch, ofthe Office of Legal Affairs, of the United Nations, and Norris Professor Thomas M. Quinn Manning Professor Georgene M. Vairo 8