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pi! Fordham IBBi University |i Law School of j /- The 1993-94 academic year marks the 75th anniversary of the admission of women to Fordham University School Fordham Law of Law. Since 1921, some 4,000 women have graduated Celebrates from the Law School, and over the years these alumna 75 have distinguished themselves in many areas ofthe profes- sion. As part of a year-long celebration of Fordham Law YearsofWomen women, the School has scheduled the following series of special events and seminars: 1993 November Work and Family in Balance: New Directions in the 1990's December How to Avoid Bumping Into the Glass Ceiling 1994 January Women and the Bench Women in Government February Women in Law/Media Women and Pro Bono Women in Public Interest March Women of Color Own April Starting Your Firm Noreen E. McNamara Lecture, Dr. Carol Gilligan Date TBA Women and Health Care Issues Women Battered Older Women/Transition Women and the Entertainment Field May Grand Finale Dinner —New Hotel Pierre York City Pictured on the front cover of the 1993-94 Bulletin is the Law School's Edith Guldi Piatt Atrium, which displays bannerscelebrating the 75th anniversary ofthe admission of women to Fordham University School of Law. FORDHAM UNIVERSITY School Of Law Bulletin 1993-1994 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 3 Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policies 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 17 Day Division Evening Division Required Courses Writing Requirement Professional Responsibility Requirement ELECTIVE OFFERINGS 21 ELECTIVE OFFERINGS FOR VARIOUS CAREERS 37 THE CLINICAL PROGRAM 38 SUMMER SCHOOL 39 CENTER ONEUROPEAN COMMUNITYLAWAND INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST 40 HONOR PUBLICATIONS 41 Fordham Law Review Fordham Urban Law Journal Fordham International Law Journal Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Fordham Environmental Law Journal MOOTCOURTPROGRAM 43 THE LEO T KISSAMMEMORIAL LIBRARY 44 CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENTCENTER 45 ADMISSION TO THE LAW SCHOOL 47 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 52 Entering Students Enrolled Students ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 52 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, AND PRIZES 55 FEES AND TUITION 60 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 61 STUDENTSERVICES 67 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 68 GRADUATE PROGRAM 70 FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS 71 STEIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM 74 SPECIAL PROGRAMS 77 FORDHAM LAWALUMNIASSOCIATION 79 CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION 80 FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND 82 DEGREES CONFERRED, MAY22, 1992 82 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 84 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY BULLETIN • SERIES 26 • NUMBER 16 • NOVEMBER, 1993 FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Founded in 1841, Fordham Universityisa 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 For acentury and ahalf, ithas servedAmeri- Italo-American Law Students Association can societyby 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-sixpercentofthe 500full-time faculty Summation (Law School yearbook) hold thePh.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- one of the nation's most comprehensive in- ternship programs, and its students work baanlld,aba2s2k0e-tybaarlld,trsaqcuka.sAh,caonmdmutteennrisvacnouprtrso;- 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. Fordhamis amemberofthePatriot 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 UNIVERSITY POLICY listed below: NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY: Student Bar Association The Advocate (student newspaper) Fordham University reaffirms its policy of American Bar Association/Law Student nondiscrimination. The University is an academic institution that, in compliance with Division Amnesty International federal, state, andlocallaws, does not illegally Asian American Law Students discriminate on thebasis ofrace, color, creed, age, gender, national origin, marital or paren- Association 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 504of the 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 1972 pro- Fordham Republican Law Students vides that no person shall, on the basisofsex, Association be excluded from participation in, be denied 3 the benefits of, orotherwise be subject to dis- SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISA- crimination in any education program or ac- BILITIES: The policy of Fordham University tivity. A Section504 and aTitle IXcompliance is to treat students with disabilities in a non- officer is available to address any complaints discriminatory manner for all educational allegingdiscriminationon thebasis ofhandi- purposes including admissions, programs, cap or sex. Dr. Georgina Calia may be con- activities, andcourses. TheOfficeofDisabled tacted in the Office of Legal Counsel, Services was established toensureimplemen- AdministrationBuilding, Room223, Rose Hill tation of this policy, and to assist students Campus, telephone number 718-817-3112. with disabilities inbecoming as independent as possible. Services are provided to students with note taking, transcription, mobility, Fordham University does not knowingly hearing, and visual impairments, as well as support or patronize any organization that those with learning disabilities. Services engages in illegal discrimination. This may include: library assistance, registration as- include a ban on purchase of goods and sistance, proctoringofexams, andcommunity services, or the use of facilities of such referrals. For students with visual impair- organizations. ments, a Kurzweil Reading machine is located in the Lowenstein Library at the Lincoln AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY: The Center campus. There is available in the law library a VERTPLUS speech synthesizer, University has developed an affirmative which has access to WESTLAW, and a braille action program providing for additional efforts inrecruitment, employment, and pro- printer. Students are responsible for arrang- motion of women and members of minority ing for certain services, such as attendant groups. An office is established within the care, mobility training, transportation, and special sources of financial aid. University for consultation, training, and orientation of the University community on Students should make their needs known affirmative action techniques and on methods to their professors orto theOfficeofthe Dean of ensuring nondiscrimination, equal access, of Student Services, which will act as an in- and fair treatment of individuals. The office termediarywhen necessary. The Deanof Stu- also monitors and reports regularly on the dent Services is located on the Rose Hill University's progress in complying with anti- campus, McGinley Center Room 224, tele- discrimination and affirmative action laws. phone number (718) 817-4351. SCHOOL OF LAW Fordham Law School, founded in 1905, offers Ballet and the New York City Opera; Avery the Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree to approxi- Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philhar- mately 1,500 students in its day and evening monic; and the Metropolitan Opera House. divisions. Over 170 American and foreign col- It is also minutes away from the world's lead- legesarerepresentedinthestudentbody. The ing legal and financial centers. New York's faculty is composed of approximately fifty Central Park lies two blocks to the east. This full-time professors and over 150 adjunct fortunate location affords Fordham law stu- professors. The adjunct faculty is drawn from dents anopportunityforpersonal and profes- leading jurists, practicing attorneys, and sional growth which is rare in Americanlegal government officials. education. The Law School also offers the Master of ACCREDITATIONS AND Laws (LL.M.) degree in two areas: Banking, AFFILIATIONS Corporate & Finance Law and International Bthuesijnoeisnst &DocTtroardeofLaLwa.w/IMnaasdtdeirtioonf,Buitsiofnfeesrss acTcrheeditLaatwionSschaonodl safhfairleisatiionnsthoef fFoolrlodwhianmg Administration degree in conjunction with University: TheUniversityis amemberofthe American Council on Education, the Associ- the Fordham University Graduate School of ation of American Colleges, the Association Business Administration. of Catholic Colleges and Universities, the The course of study for the degree of Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universi- Doctor of Law (J.D.) covers three academic ties, the Association of Urban Universities, years in the day division and four academic the Council of Higher Educational Institu- years in the evening division. The Master of tions in New York City, and the Association Laws degrees and theJoint Degreecanbe ob- of Universities and Colleges of the State of tained either on a full or part-time basis. New York. It is an accredited member of the Fordham Law School is a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Association ofAmerican Law Schools and is Secondary Schools and is on the list of approved by the American Bar Association. registered Colleges and Universities of the Its degree is recognized in every jurisdiction Board of Regents of the State of New York. of the United States, and its graduates are It is a cooperating institution of the Ameri- eligible to sit for all state bar examinations can School ofClassical Studies atAthens and provided residency and filing requirements a contributing institution to the American are met. (See Admission to the Bar, infra at Academy in Rome. page 50.) The University has a chapter in the Society Admission standards at Fordham Law of the Sigma Xi, a national honorary scien- School are among the mostcompetitive in the tific research organization, established to United States, and each year approximately recognize and foster the scientific spirit in 5000applications arereceived forthe450seats Americancolleges and to provideboth stimu- available in the fall entering class. This high- lus and acknowledgement for independent ly selective process is reflected in the student scientific research. It alsohas achapterofPhi body which is comprised of individuals Beta Kappa, the National Honor Society for representing a wide range of interests, skills, Liberal Arts Colleges, and a chapterofAlpha abilities, and accomplishments. Sigma Nu, the National Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Instruction atFordhamLaw Schoolis given by a full-time faculty of distinguished scho- TRADITIONS AND HERITAGE lars and a part-time specialized faculty. First Fordham University was established under yearclasses are sectioned so thateach student Catholic auspices and has benefited from the has one class in a major subject with an services of hundreds of members of the enrollment of about thirty-five. Other first Society ofJesus, a religiousorderofmen 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 ofthis great The Law School is located in the heart of university have been its Jesuit tradition of New York City. It is next door to Lincoln rigorous intellectual inquiry and its concerns Center for the Performing Arts, whose con- for religious values. Chartered in 1846 by the stituent institutions include the New York New York State Legislature, Fordham is gov- State Theatre, featuring the New York City erned by an independent board of trustees. 5 AND OFFICERS TRUSTEES OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION HERBERT A. GRANATH PAUL GUENTHER JOSEPH A. O'HARE, S.J., Ph.D. KENBN.ETH HICKMAN PGrEesRidAeRntDofREthEeDYUn,ivSe.rJ.s,i*tyPh.D. JTS.HUZOAMNANSE DKEANNBEO JAFFE Vice President for Academic Affairs JOHN LFY.ONS BARBARA ELLEN BLACK, DPS. E. JOHN MARION L. Financial Vice President and Treasurer JOHN McCOLLUM BRIAN J. BYRNE, Ph.D. DENISJ.McINERNEY Vice President for Administration DONALD MOORE, BRUNO M. SANTONOCITO, M.A. ARCHIBALJ.D MURRSA.JY. R. Vice President for Development and JOSEPH A. O'HARE, S.J. (ex officio) University Relations CHARLES OSGOOD JOHN W. HEALEY, S.T.D. JOSEPH PARKES, P. S.J. Vice President for Planning and Development JOEL PICKET GEORGE J. McMAHON, S.J.,* Ph.D. DENNII.S G. RUPPEL Rei>. Joseph A. O'Hare, S.J., President Vice President for Lincoln Center PAUL C. SAUNDERS JOHN J. SHEA, S.J., Ph.D. CHRISTINA SEIX Vice President for Student Affairs ROBERT SHAPIRO DONNA M. CARROLL, Ed.D DeROY C. THOMAS Secretary of the University WILLIAM D. WALSH EUGENE O'BRIEN, M.S. JANE BEASLEY WELCH J. S.J., University Chaplain LAW SCHOOL TRUSTEES EMERITI BOARD OF VISITORS ROBERT BENDHEIM ROBERT A. BECKER RICHARD BENNETT SETH D. BLUMENFELD FREDERICKJ. L. BISSINGER LAWRENCE H. COOKE JGOEHONRGWE. DODNOOTHYUE, S.J. RGOEBOERRGTEJ.G.CODR'CAMOARTAON E. JOHN A. MULCAHY STEVEN B. DUKE WILLIAM HUGHES MULLIGAN GERALDINE FERRARO VMFIOANRLCTCEUONNLTEMTR..WOIP'LOKPESEEOFNE, S.J. RFDOROBAUENGRKLTASB.S.IFAO.IPSKPKEOALHON HON. PAUL KELLY, JR. J. BOARD OF TRUSTEES** LOUIS J. LEFKOWITZ LAWRENCE McGAULEY P. ROBERT E. CAMPBELL, Chairman DENIS McINERNEY, Chairman CLAIRE FLOM, Vice Chairman THOMAS MESKILL EUGENE C. RAINIS, Secretan/ FRANCIS T. MURPHY WINSTON CHURCHILL MARILYN HALL PATEL MARY HIGJG.INS CLARK JULIAN S. PERLMAN JOHN J. COOK, JR. JAMES H. SHAW, JR. JOHN R. COSTANTINO MICHAEL K. STANTON BRIAN E. DALEY, S.J. LOUIS STEIN PIERCE FLYNN IRENE A. SULLIVAN J. WILLIAM P. FRANK JAMES L. WATSON KENNETH GAVIN MALCOLM WILSON J. 'Recipient of Bene Merenti citation and gold medal award for 20 years of service at Fordham University. *Asof August 24, 1992. 6 LAW SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION JOHN D. FEERICK, B.S., LL.B., Fordham SUSAN SANTANGELO Dean and Professor of Law Administrative Assistant GEORGENE M. VAIRO, B.A., Sweet Briar JOHN CHALMERS College; M.Ed., Virginia; J.D., Fordham Associate Dean and Professor of Law Assistant Director ofAdmissions WILLIAM MOORE,* B.A., Fordham; PAUL WOOMER, B.S., Rider College LL.B., NeJ.w York University Manager of Technical Education and Resources Assistant Dean for Admissions JASON BENEDICT ROBERT M. HANLON, JR.* B.A., Manager of Technical Services Fordham RUTH MOHAMED J.D., Assistant Dean Coordinator, Admissions ROBERT J. REILLY, A.B., J.D., Fordham MARTA HRYCYN Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Assistant to the Dean ANDREW A. RIVERA, B.S., CUNY (John LORETTA O. RICHARDSON Jay College); M.A., St. Joseph's Seminary; Coordinator ofStudent Information and Records Fordham J.D., — MARILYN FORCE Assistant Dean Registrar Assistant Budget Administrator KATHLEEN BRADY, B.A., Fordham TRACEY A. GIBBONS, B.A., Marymount Assistant Dean and Director, Career Planning University of Virginia and Placement Administrative Assistant KEDVirIeNctoSr.oDfOAdWmNisEsYi,onsB.A., J.D ROBERT H. COOPER, JR., B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., East Tennessee JAMES A. McGOUGH, B.A., Holy Cross; State University; J.D., Fordham University Fordham J.D., Director of Publications Associate Dean and ProfessorofLaw Director of Financial Aid DONNA WELENSKY GeorgeneM. Vairo JUDITH L. M. O'SULLIVAN, B.A., Lawrence Clinical and Externship Administrator Univ.; M.A., Univ. of Oklahoma Director of Finance and Administration Center on European Community Law and RONNE G. KAPLAN, B.S., Lesley College; International Antitrust and The Corporate M.S., Hunter; J.D., New York University Law Institute Director, Continuing Legal Education HELEN HERMAN, B.A., Fordham PATRICIA MASLINOFF, B.S., SUNY Assistant Director (Albany); J.D., Chicago Director, Information Systems and Planning Graduate Program MARILYN ALEXANDER ESTELLE FABIAN Director of Faculty Secretarial Services Associate Director THOMAS SCHOENHERR, JENNIFER BERGE B.A., J. Assistant DeanforAdmissions Binghamton University Assistant Director, Public Interest Resource William ]. Moore Director, Public Interest Resource Center Center KENNETH POKROWSKI, B.A., M.A., Montclair State College Associate Registrar HILLARY MANTIS, B.A., Brown; J.D, Boston College Associate Director, CareerPlanningandPlacement CHRISTINA M. MEINCKE, B.A., Molloy College Assistant Director, Career Planning and Placement MARJORIE A. MARTIN, B.A., University Assistant Dean for Student Affairs of Colorado; J.D., Fordham Assistant Dean - Registrar Robert j. Redly Administrator Andrew A. Rivera Directorqj Admissions Kevin S. Downey "Recipient of Bene Mcrenti citation and gold medal award for 20 years ot service at Hirdham UniversiU 7 FACULTY ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS THE ARTHUR A. McGIVNEY CHAIR OF LAW The ArthurA. McGivney ChairofLaw was THE ALPIN CAMERON CHAIR OF LAW J. established under the will of Arthur A. The Alpin J. Cameron Chair of Law was McGivney, a member of the faculty of the founded by the late Alpin W. Cameron of School of Law from 1926 until his death in Philadelphia to honor the memory of his 1958. The first incumbent is Professor father, a member of the Fordham College Martin Fogelman. Classof 1872. The Chairwas instituted at the Law School on February 1, 1957. Prior incum- THE SIDNEY C. NORRIS CHAIR OF LAW bents were the late Professors George W. The Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law was Bacon, ThomasJ. Snee, Leonard F. Manning established through the generosity of the and Associate Dean and ProfessorJoseph R. Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation in Cameron Professor Crowley. The present occupant of the Chair memory of Sidney C. Norris, the Founda- Joseph M. Perillo is Professor Joseph M. Perillo. tion's late President and a 1927 graduate of the Law School. ThefirstincumbentisProfes- sor Thomas M. Quinn. 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 Wilkinson Professor present occupant of the Chair is Professor ConstantineN. Katsoris Constantine N. Katsoris. THE BACON/KILKENNY CHAIR OF LAW The Bacon-Kilkenny Chair of Law for a Distinguished Visiting Professor was instituted on August25, 1980 in conjunction with the Law School's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration. The Chair is named in honor of two distinguished former members of the Law School faculty, thelate GeorgeW. Bacon and the late Victor E. Kilkenny. The Chair is awarded bi-annually to an outstanding legal scholarwho remains in residence at the Law School for one academic year. Prior incum- NTohrormiassPrMo.fesQsuorinn bents were Professor Douglas A. Kahn ofthe UniversityofMichigan SchoolofLaw, Profes- THE LEONARD F MANNING sor Eugene Gressman of the University of DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP OF LAW North Carolina School ofLaw, ProfessorJ.K. Barry Nicholas ofBrasenose College, Oxford, The Leonard F. Manning Distinguished Dean Walter E. Oberer of the University of Professorship of Law was established in Utah College of Law, Professor Whitmore memory of Cameron Professor Leonard F. Gray ofthe UniversityofMichigan School of Manning who was a member of the faculty Law, and ProfessorEric E. Bergsten, Chiefof ofthe School ofLaw from 1948 until his death the International Trade Law Branch, of the in 1983. Professor Robert M. Byrn is the first Office of Legal Affairs, ofthe United Nations. occupant of the Professorship. Robert M. By, 8