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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY School Of Law Bulletin 1994-1995 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policies SCHOOL OFLAW Accreditations and Affiliations OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY Law School Board of Visitors LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Endowed Professorships Full-time Faculty Adjunct Faculty OBIECTIVES AND COURSE OF STUDIES Day Division Evening Division Required Courses Writing Requirement Professional Responsibility Requirement ELECTIVE OFFERINGS ELECTIVE OFFERINGS FOR VARIOUS CAREERS THE CLINICAL PROGRAM SUMMER SCHOOL CENTER ON EUROPEAN COMMUNITYLAWAND INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST HONOR PUBLICATIONS Fordham Law Review Fordham Urban Law Journal Fordham International Law Journal Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Fordham Environmental Law Journal MOOTCOURTPROGRAM THE LEO KISSAMMEMORIAL LIBRARY T. CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENTCENTER ADMISSION TO THE LAW SCHOOL 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 Entering Students Enrolled Students ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 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 FEES AND TUITION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE STUDENTSERVICES STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS GRADUATE PROGRAM FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS STEIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM STEIN CENTER FOR ETHICS AND PUBLIC INTERESTLAW SPECIAL PROGRAMS FORDHAM LAWALUMNIASSOCIATION CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND DEGREES CONFERRED, MAY21, 1994 ACADEMIC CALENDAR FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BULLETIN • SERIES 26 • NUMBER 17 • OCTOBER, 1994 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Founded in 1841, FordhamUniversity is a pri- Fordham Student Sponsored Fellowship vate institution, located in New York City, Gay and Lesbian Law Association with an enrollment of some 13,000 students. Irish Law Students Association Fora century and a half, ithas served Ameri- Italo-American Law Students Association can society by offering instruction in the liber- Jewish Law Students Association al arts and sciences and selected profes- Latin American Law Students Association sional areas on both the undergraduate and National Lawyers Guild graduate levels. It has three campuses, and Older and Wiser Law Students (OWLS) it offers more than seventy academic pro- Association grams in its ten schools and colleges. The Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity faculty numbers approximately 1,000, and Pro*Bono*Students ninety-six percent ofthe 500 full-time faculty Summation (Law School yearbook) hold the Ph.D. orother terminal degree. The Fordham law students may use the combined university libraries contain about Vincent T. Lombardi Athletic Facility located 1.5 million volumes, 11,000 periodicals, and at the University's Bronxcampus. The facility eight special collections of scholarly, histori- features exercise rooms; a swimming pool; cal and scientific materials. Fordham offers diving area; weight rooms, saunas, volley- otenrensohfitpheprnoagtrioanm'ss,maonsdt ciotsmpsrteuhdeenntssivweoirnk- baanlld, aba2s2k0e-tybaarlld,trsaqcuka.sAh,caonmdmutteennrisvacnouprrtso;- with more than 2,000 organizations in the vides transportation between the Law School areas of business, communications, educa- and the Rose Hill campus and departs every tion, government, health care, the arts, hour on the half hour. politics, science, social work, and law. Fordham is amemberofthe Patriot League, whose constituent members include Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy and whose goals are to integrate athletics into the total life of the college; to encourage academic, interschool competition; and to resist pressure to com- promise academic standards. More than 150 clubs and organizations serve the varied interests of students and, along with academic departments and administrative offices, sponsor numerous lec- tures and a variety of arts, athletic, and social events. Included in this number are organizations at the Law School which are listed below: UNIVERSITY POLICY Student Bar Association NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: The Advocate (student newspaper) American Bar Association/Law Student Fordham University reaffirms its policy of nondiscrimination. The University is an aca- Division Amnesty International demic institution that, in compliance with Asian American Law Students federal, state, and local laws, does notillegally discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, creed, Association Battered Women's Advocacy Project age, gender, national origin, marital or paren- Black Law Students Association tal status, sexual orientation, alienage or Catholic Law Students Association citizenship status, veteran status, or disability. Christian Law Students Association Section 504 ofthe Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Crowley Labor Law Guild prohibits discrimination on the basis of Fordham Community Service Project handicap. No otherwise qualified person Fordham Democratic Law Students shall be excluded from participation in, be Association denied the benefits of, or otherwise be sub- Federalist Society jected to discrimination in any programs or Fordham Follies (a musical review of life activities of the University solely on the at the Law School) basis of physical or mental disability. Title IX Fordham Law Women of the Education Amendments of 1L'72 pro Fordham Republican Law Students vides that no person shall, on the basis of sex Association be excluded from participation in, be denied 3 the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to dis- SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISA- crimination in any education program or ac- BILITIES: The policy of Fordham University tivity. A Section 504and aTitle IXcompliance is to treat students with disabilities in a non- officer is available to address any complaints discriminatory manner for all educational alleging discrimination on thebasis ofhandi- purposes including admissions, programs, cap or sex. Dr. Georgina Calia may be con- activities, and courses. TheOfficeofDisabled tacted in the Office of Legal Counsel, Services was established to ensure implemen- Administration Building, Room 223, Rose Hill tation of this policy, and to assist students Campus, telephone number 718-817-3112. with disabilities in becoming as independent Fordham University does not knowingly as possible. Services are provided to students with note taking, transcription, mobility, support or patronize any organization that engages in illegal discrimination. This may hearing, and visual impairments, as well as include a ban on purchase of goods and those with learning disabilities. Services include: library assistance, registration as- services, or the use of facilities of such sistance, proctoringofexams, and community organizations. referrals. For students with visual impair- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY: The ments, a Kurzweil Reading machine is locat- University has developed an affirmative ed in the Lowenstein Library at the Lincoln action program providing for additional Center campus. There is available in the law efforts in recruitment, employment, and pro- library a VERTPLUS speech synthesizer, motion of women and members of minority which has access to WESTLAW, and a braille groups. An office is established within the printer. Students are responsible for arrang- University for consultation, training, and ing for certain services, such as attendant orientation of the University community on care, mobility training, transportation, and affirmative action techniques and on methods special sources of financial aid. of ensuring nondiscrimination, equal access, and fair treatment of individuals. The office Students with disabilities who are seeking also monitors and reports regularly on the accommodations and otherassistance should University's progress in complying with anti- make their needs known to the Associate discrimination and affirmative action laws. Registrar. 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 foreigncol- monic; and the Metropolitan Opera House. legesare represented in thestudentbody The It is also minutes away from the world's lead- faculty iscomposed of57full-time professors ing legal and financial centers. New York's and over 150 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 University is a memberofthe 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 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 55.) Academy in Rome. Admission standards at Fordham Law The University has a chapter in the Society School are among the mostcompetitive in the of the Sigma Xi, a national honorary scien- United States, and each year approximately tific research organization, established to 5000applicationsarereceivedforthe450seats 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 scientific research. It also has achapterofPhi representing a wide range ofinterests, skills, Beta Kappa, the National Honor Society for abilities, and accomplishments. (The gradu- Liberal Arts Colleges, and a chapterofAlpha 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 scholars and a part-time specialized faculty. First Fordham University was established under 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 SocietyofJesus, a religious orderofmen who year classes vary in size but range from ap- devote much of their energy to higher edu- proximately 50 to 100 students. Legal writing cation. Throughout its expansion in the is taught in groups of about 18 students. metropolitan area, the hallmarks of this 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 1S46 by 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 JOHN KIRBY, JR. SHAROJ.N W. LINDSAY JOSEPH A. O'HARE, S.J., Ph.D. EARLE MARKEY President of the University JOHN L.McCOLLUMS.J. JAMES N. LOUGHRAN, S.J. maryJm.. Mcdonald Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs archibald murray r. m BFiAnaRnBciAalRAVicEeLPLreEsNideBnLtAaCnKd,TrDe.aPsSur.er JCOHSAERPLHESA.OOS'GHAOROED, S.J. (ex officio) BRIAN J. BYRNE, Ph.D. PAUL C. SAUNDERS Vice President for Administration CHRISTINA SEIX BRUNO M. SANTONOCITO, M.A. ROBERT SHAPIRO Vice President for Development and SHEILA STAINBACK University Relations DeROY C. THOMAS JOHN W. HEALEY, S.T.D. PAUL VETERI Vice President for Planning and Development WILLIAM D. WALSH GEORGE J. McMAHON, S.J.* Ph.D. DENZEL WASHINGTON Rei>. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J., President University Chaplain JANE BEASLEY WELCH JOHN J. SHEA, S.J., Ph.D. PAUL G. WILLIAMSON Vice President for Student Affairs WILL WRIGHT J. TRUSTEES EMERITI LAW SCHOOL ROBERT BENDHEIM BOARD OF VISITORS FREDERICK L. BISSINGER JOHN W. DONOHUE, ROBERT A. BECKER GEORGE DOTY S.J. SETH D. BLUMENFELD JOHN A. ME.ULCAHY LROABWERRETNCECOH.RCCOOROAKNE WILLIAM HUGHES MULLIGAN J. VINCENT T. O'KEEFE, S.J. GSTEEOVREGNE G.DDU'KAEMATO FORTUNE POPE B. R. GERALDINE FERRARO MALCOLM WILSON ROBERT B. FISKE FRANK IOPPOLO BOARD OF TRUSTEES S. DOUGLAS KAHN A. MAUREEN SCANNELL BATEMAN HON. PAUL KELLY, JR. J. JOHN BUTLER LOUIS LEFKOWITZ J. J. ROBERT E. CAMPBELL, Chairman LAWRENCE P. McGAULEY WINSTON CHURCHILL DENIS McINERNEY, Chairman MARY HIGJG.INS CLARK THOMAS MESKILL JOHN COOK, JR. S. LESLIE MISROCK JOHN JR.. COSTANTINO FRANCIS T. MURPHY BRIAN E. DALEY, S.J. MARILYN HALL PATEL JOSEPH J. FEENEY, S.J. JULIAN S. PERLMAN PIERCE FLYNN JAMES H. SHAW, JR. KENNETJ.H GAVIN MICHAEL K. STANTON HERBERT AJ.. GRANATH LOUIS STEIN PAUL GUENTHER ERNEST STEMPEL B. KENNETH HICKMAN IRENE A. SULLIVAN JS.UZANNE DENBO JAFFE JAMES L. WATSON THOMAS KANE MALCOLM WILSON F. •Recipient of Bene Merenti citation and gold medal award for20 years of service at Fordham University. "AsofJune 30, 1994. 6 LAW SCHOOL ADMLNISTRATION JOHN D. FEERICK, B.S., LL.B., Fordham SUSAN SANTANGELO Dean and Professor of Laiv Administrative Assistant GEORGENE M. VAIRO, B.A., Sweet Briar KRISTA SWENSEN, B.A., Fordham College; M.Ed., Virginia; J.D., Fordham Assistant Director, Continuing Legal Education Associate Dean and Mantling Professor of Law JOHN CHALMERS WILLIAM MOORE* B.A., Fordham; Assistant Director ofAdmissions LL.B., NeJ.w York University PAUL WOOMER, B.S., Rider College Dean ofAdmissions Manager of Technical Education and Resources ROBERT J. REILLY, A.B., J.D., Fordham JASON BENEDICT Assistant Dean Manager of Technical Services ANDREW A. RIVERA, B.S., CUNY (John RUTH MOHAMED Jay College); M.A., St. Joseph's Seminary; Coordinator, Admissions J.D., Fordham LORETTA O. RICHARDSON Dean and ProfessorJohn D. Feerick Assistant Dean Assistant Registrar KATHLEEN BRADY, B.A., Fordham MARILYN FORCE Assistant Dean, Career Planning Assistant Budget Administrator and Placement ROBERT H. COOPER, JR., B.A., University NITZA M. ESCALERA, B.A., LeMoyne of Tennessee; M.A., East Tennessee CMo.lPl.eAg.e,; NM.eSw.,YoSrykraUcnuisveerUsniitvye;rsJi.tDy; State University; J.D., Fordham University Director of Publications Columbia University DONNA WELENSKY Assistant Dean of Students Clinical and Externship Administrator KEVIN S. DOWNEY, B.A., J.D. HELEN HERMAN, B.A., Fordham Assistant Dean and Director ofAdmissions Director, Faculty Programs JAMES A. McGOUGH, B.A., Holy Cross; ESTELLE FABIAN Fordham J.D., Associate Director, Graduate Program Director of Financial Aid JENNIFER BERGE, B.A., Fordham AssPorcoifaetsesorDeofanLaawnd—MGaenonrgienngeM. Vairo JUUDnIivT.H; LM..MA..,O'UnSiUvL.LIofVAONk,laBh.Ao.m,aLawrence Assistant Director, Public Interest Resource Center Assistant Dean for Administration PATRICIA MASLINOFF, B.S., SUNY ALICEFPoHrIdLhLIaPmS, B.A., Hamilton College; J.D., (Albany); J.D., University of Chicago Assistant Director ofAlumni Relations Director, Information Systems and Planning LISA N. GURLEY, B.A., Fordham; MARILYN ALEXANDER M.A. University of Toronto Director of Faculty Secretarial Services Administrative Assistant THOMAS SCHOENHERR, J. B.A., LAUREN ERRICHIELLO, B.A., Fordham Binghamton University Administrative Assistant Director, Public Interest Resource Center CAROLYN PERRAUD KENNETH POKROWSKI, B.A., M.A., Assistant to the Director of Financial Aid Montclair State University Registrar Dean ofAdmissions HILLARY MANTIS, B.A., Brown; J.D, William Moore Boston College f. Acting Director, Career Planning and Placement CHRISTINA M. MEINCKE, B.A., Molloy College Associate Director, Career Planning and Placement MARJORIE A. MARTIN, B.A., University of Colorado; J.D., Fordham Assistant to Director of Financial Aid SHAWN PASTOR, B.A. Temple Help Desk Manager Assistant Dean ofAdmissions- Kevin S. Downey Assistant Dean ofStudents Nttza M. Escalera y 'Recipient of Bene Merenti citation and gold medal award for 20 years of service at Fordham University. 7 FACULTY ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS Theoccupantofthe Bacon-Kilkenny Chairfor the 1994-95 academic year is Professor Frank I. Michelman of Harvard Law School. THE ALPIN CAMERON CHAIR OF EAW J. The Alpin Cameron Chair of Law was founded byJ.the late Alpin W. Cameron of THE ARTHUR A. McGIVNEY Philadelphia to honor the memory of his CHAIR OF LAW father, a member of the Fordham College The ArthurA. McGivney ChairofLaw was Class of 1872. The Chairwas instituted at the established under the will of Arthur A. Law School on February 1, 1957. Priorincum- McGivney, a member of the faculty of the bents were the late Professors George W. School of Law from 1926 until his death in Bacon, ThomasJ. Snee, Leonard F. Manning 1958. The first incumbent is Professor and Associate Dean and ProfessorJoseph R. Martin Fogelman. Crowley. The present occupant of the Chair is Professor Joseph M. Perillo. THE SIDNEY C. NORRIS CHAIR OF LAW TO PUBLIC SERVICE THE AGNES AND IGNATIUS M. The Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law to WILKINSON CHAIR OF LAW Public Service was established through the The Agnes and Ignatius M. Wilkinson generosityofthe Norman and Rosita Winston Chair of Law was created by the will of Foundation in memory of Sidney C. Norris, Dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson. The Chair was the Foundation's late President and a 1927 instituted on November 18, 1961 at the graduate ofthe Law School. It is the first en- dedication of the Fordham University School dowed chair to public service in the history of Law building at Lincoln Center. The of American Legal Education. The dedicator first incumbent was former Dean William of this chair to public service and its first Hughes Mulligan. The second incumbent incumbent is Professor Thomas M. Quinn. was Professor John D. Calamari, and the Wilkinson Professor present occupant of the Chair is Professor Constantine N. Katsoris Constantine N. Katsoris. THE LEONARD F. MANNING DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP OF LAW THE BACON/KILKENNY CHAIR OF LAW The Leonard F. Manning Distinguished The Bacon-Kilkenny Chair of Law for a Professorship of Law was established in Distinguished Visiting Professor was insti- memory of Cameron Professor Leonard F. tuted on August 25, 1980 in conjunction with Manning who was a member of the faculty the Law School's seventy-fifth anniversary ofthe SchoolofLaw from 1948until his death celebration. The Chair is named in honor of in 1983. ProfessorRobertM. Byrn wasthefirst two distinguished former members of the occupant of the Professorship and served as Law School faculty, the late GeorgeW. Bacon Manning Professor until his retirement in and the late Victor E. Kilkenny. The Chair is 1994. The present occupant of the Chair is awarded bi-annually to an outstanding legal Associate Dean and Professor Georgene M. scholarwho remains in residence at the Law Vairo. McMGairvtnienyFoPrgoeflemsasnor School for one academic year. Prior incum- bents were Professor Douglas A. Kahn ofthe University ofMichigan SchoolofLaw, Profes- sor Eugene Gressman of the University of North Carolina School ofLaw, ProfessorJ.K. Barry Nicholas ofBrasenose College, Oxford, t ^ Dean Walter E. Oberer of the University of '2* I Utah College of Law, Professor Whitmore Gray ofthe University ofMichigan School of 4 V Law, and ProfessorEric E. Bergsten, Chiefof the International Trade Law Branch, of the Office ofLegal Affairs, ofthe United Nations. Norris Professor Thomas M. Quinn 8