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Mayor Koch said . ~,~we- have yet to _" ~ Serge Levitsky, NYL$.professor of'in- man;was turned into a dishonest farce." find a cure for evil in tlte human soul," :'\ ternational law, has charged his resigna-, . · · · · · . .' · · · . · . · , · -as discussed the-corruption scandal · tion from the faculty was forced b)l Dean In· another - letter to Forger, .Prof: . currently plaguing the eiiy and decri~d Simon.: ·: · _ .

-Levitsky said 'that a faculty -member the perception that corruption is notProf. Levitsky said he was "summon- . stated to him both before and after the mal ancf;· perhaps, neeessary compo- -: ed'·' to-Dean Simon's office in October .review· that the "decision-of the school's . .:. "nent of- govern.merit. The 'Mayor's· andaskedto submithisresignation. Ifhe administration had been taken at least a remarks were delivered-as the twelfth -- did not .§Ubmif his 'resignation, Prof. year earlier .... In a candid 111!.d unofficial . annual Jeffords.lecture at New York.· Levitskysaid hewouldhave beenvwrit- evaluation ofthe situation, the same : Law School'on March 19. . . ten out of the pr<)fession.,,· . . highly.respected member of the faculty, .

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At the October.m~tmg, Prof~ Levit- stated that hl his interpretation of the adwhich indicated that only fifty-fomper-. . . sky .said, Prof·.. George-Dent, chairman minstration's attitute, I did not fit into .c<mt of.th:e-r~pondents thougnt the city of the. tenure committee, said !'The· the new.long range poljcy of the school could operate· witho.Jlt corrupticn; · tenure committee'has: completed ·its re- which.•will, be .based upon yOUng and · · · who will make .their · Koch said this ''cynicism; stems from Koch addl{esses-crowdin'Fr:oesselRoom · appointment review and- based upon the junior· ·professors, .: theheightened.level of .scrutiny to which tivities were.,discovered as a resultof:an - criteria 9fteaching, scholarship-arid con:. full contribution tocthe school in twenty _ public servarits are subJected. "In the. intercepted teiephorteCall. tribution.to.the law scfiool~ Jia§'recom-, y¢s. !"had ,no.fµttl're at NYLS, will· · . f)rivate sector~" the Mayoi:_ said,·" .. The Mayor then. outlined.the steps be mend¢ to deny re~ppoinfment~" never be given tcluife,'.and should pro. brlb.es,Jtici.Cbacks and payoffs ~,eoft~n has taken in the hope ~of counteracting - Prof. Levitsky, whose s(qdent,evalu~- ttably start lookhlg for- anotller .affilia·.-:-. called bilsiness eXj)enses .. In the·'public.:, corruption~ A:_f9inmission, h~ded by tions'for his thr~;y.e.ars-at NYJ:S:were .. ti~n.'-' . :· , , : · .. - "'~or~Jtte:~cli!Jies"~XQC~al§.Q , ~Crilqm]?ilt 1:!lliverSit~ ~D~. ~ic~ael -~ery:.~Iavo,H;b-1{~,'·call~~d- ~lt~e.;-.:': :' · · arn~~~t>~ref~_ld.-U1e~oti<zn . ~~~~-~ill'° t\.-k~t\it"'\ong-~o~~tn1P~'b~15~ -~L~~~~mted:by~®hc~'d~, al'iPQt!\~\lt~'tlt-:r:ev1e . .. . ._"ii~sti~ne~ . ,,. . • . . ~> . . . ~~Yi~ .

--~e many New -Y'orkers perceive it as GOvernor .Man_9. Ct!omo.. - to examme farce~/'·. · . _ , ._ _ · bifing youngeJ Jaeµlty meth6'°ers ~as• ¢vitable~. ~ . campaign Smancing laws. ·Koeh has · Jn a: letter to· Alexander D. Forger, - - "baseless~'', He adamaritly denied that · - The problem with· fighting corrup- directed .Kenneth .ConbOy, recently a~ . chaimlan ..of the board;.:.Qf truStees at th~ ~dnlinstraiion ·attempted to in~ tion, Ko~h said,' is finding where-:-it ex.: , whited commissioner the departmen~ 'NYLS, Prof. Levitsky said. •t only know . fluence· the. decision of 't~e tenlire. CGrr'~ _ i$_ts. According-to the Mayor, in.order of investigation, to conduct a review .of thatwhileupto,now,lhaveregardedthe mittee.wHich, he·said~·"went,about its · to detect corruption's breeding places,~ · the inspector general.system. Th~M"ayor ,. individuals involved in mr dismissal as - -job With great care. "He also rejected an inspector general system was . has .also ·'created· a· n~w j,ositi~n of ·merely devoid· of-a sense honor-and Prof. Levitsky;s a8se~_ign. that.the adesta,blishea i~ 1978,, p~acing :an inspec- au~to~ general·. to "con~uc~ internal ·deeency, · ~e stude11t -evaluati?ns ·made mm~.hadl)~etefmined the out- · , tor, general m each city aBency. As a. auaits of all mayoral agencies." The me reahze that the. enti,re · :,:r.e~eome of-the comIDittee as "nonsense.'_' result, 11,418 complaints .of violations .· contract bidding system has been chang- appointment revi~..;~given f e express Simon appoints the members of by city employees :were referred to pro- · ed s.o th.at .all proposals·· must· now role · , igned'l01t"in the rules approved . · ~ · . . . Continued on page 3 · , secutors between -1978 and i985, the ~undergo a· two-'Uer *evi~)V· before. co ,, · · Mayor said. · ' . ~ sideiation by :..tile ·Board Q.LEsiimate. · Koch was·fearful, however, that in ·K~h also_Ci~te9 ~:coiiiillittee on apthe.zeal to eradicate corruption,. a socie- p·ointments, headed by. constitutional ty reminiscent of that ii" 1984. may . · fuwrer.;Floy<LAbrams, The committee, . cmd China, women engaged. in· the ac• emerge. ''We don •f want a society . wJ}ich W1J1 be .."ari independent screening · By Kay Matkey and Joann~ Zervos . where .Yideo canieras are installed in , panel,'''·@lJ.. make reeortunendations to · , An Acting New:York Silprem~ Court cepted . profe_ssion of prostitution in ·every nook and craniiy.td spy on public·· the ·Mayor as to appoirihnenis to posi.:. - Justice~ c_alled 'prostitution the most order . to avoid the domination and einl'loyees and we don't. want phone 1fams which r_equire ihe a<!'Vice and con- · m_isunderstoq_d ·profession at. a r:eceni allegiance expected of them by the hus-· · band.or in a family situation. During the .. taping· to be an everyday event.'' Koch . sent of tli~-City~Councit: Accordirig J'NLS fo~~. · · · · · · '· noted'tliat Geoffrey: Lindenatt"C:r•s ac-. . . - . , .... ·. . .C.bntintted:(,}n page 5 . JudgeKnst~n Booth Glen said, "Pros- 18th century and ·early 19th century, . ,,. - _ - · " · · . ·. . . · - - 'litut!_on is not only the oldes(profession, Europe mafotained "a laissez-faire atit is:.ihe' most· misunderstood". at the titude foward· prostitution with no clear -MatclflS forum. sponsored by the Legal Continued on page 5 As§<?ciation for · Womeri, the NYLS chapter of the National Lawyer's Guild ., .-· . and.the Gay and Lesbian Society .

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• · - · • · ILJ, said that the decisions taken by Pro- dham and Adelphi and Columbia Law · all the-facWty.comfuitt~, including the alongtotheboardoftruSt~. The board fessors.Simons, and van der Berg were 'School. During histenureat Adelphiand "tenure coinmittee. All the members -of makes the final determination: . . "inappropriate. We got caught in the · Fordham, he .served for ten· years . in the te~ure eomnti~ee. wit.JHheexcepti9n _ _ ProC Levi~~kY.also. said 'that one middle, I couldn't justify their decisions, various executiye capacities at Texasof.Prof; S~_,-serve ,as cijairper~ons of memberof the tw,~persoq_review team, But there's not much you can do.?" · . Gulf. He then returned to Europe as a otheti f~ty;:.,ronub.ittees. In' a memo - charged Witli observing his· classes to Dean Simon said that he did not visiting scholar at the University of .from J\Ssociate Dean Gerald KoingolCl assesshisteachingability,·cametohisoJ- . _mow, at this point, whether Soviet Law .. Leiden Faculty of Law in the to the full-time faciilty, dated sCpt. 23;· .,fice, and -said ·that the committee had 01 International Copyright Law will be Netp~rlands andat the Max-Planck In1985, Korngold said·"Deari Simon and I chosen to' disregard Ills positive reconi- . offered next year. · .' · stitute for Foreign and International Pawill , serve. as ~ex-officio (non-voting) mendations and evaluation. · · . . . . Dean: Korngold ·said that New York . tent, Copyright and Competition Law in members of all committees." Associate · - Mr. Forger resl)ondedto Prof. Levit- · Law Schoof will 'Continue to· have Munich, Germany. Prof. Levitsky servDean Komgold is.also.a voting member sky's -letter in Novefnber, saying he was . strong program in mteniation8I law next ed ~ senior vice president of the Chase _, of th~tenure committee. He served OJ! .''quite concern~, by the nature of'' his year. · , · .

Manhatt~ Bank, N;A. He represented the committee wlien it made its comments. "I am at·the moment in no - HesaidthatNYLSal>P9intedYirsinia\ th~b~killnegotiati~nsintheUSSR81!d menctation not to rene.wProf. LevitsJcy's . pgsition iO respartd. int~lligently to ~he Ramadan assistant professor of law for. Eastern E~ope. _ . ~ntract. Dean Korngold re,~used com- · matters ,you have addressed," Mr. two year~:~Prof. Ramadan, who is comPrpf. Levitsky has written six book,s nientastowhethertheschoolispursuing Forger continueCl, "but will, of course, •pleting het L.L.M. degree at Columbia- -·and more than 240 articles on legal, in- a policy of hiring younger faculty seek ·to understand better -the cir,.. Law School, will teach Interriational · .dustrial and commercial -topics· in ' members at the. expense' of older ones, .. cumstances th~t- y~m.. d~scribe. Y~ur ·.Business Tr~ctions next year .. · . , gene.ral an~_- ~C?vi~t copyrigh! law· in._ ~d he,referred all,qu~ons o~ ~e com~ statem~pts are disq_ui~tingand I .ce~nly In . November, tWenty:-two students c!uding Introduct1on .to Soviet Cof!yuuttee s recommendation not to- renew shall drrect n_iy atten!ion to them. . sigried a petition to ask for. a scheduling . right ,Law and Copyright, pefamatwn P.rof. Levitsky's cont!act to Dean .

Prof. Levitsky sru_d t~at. Mr. Forger change for __ Prof.;- Levitskjr's ·class in . andPrivacy in Soviet Civil L~w.!fe curSunon. . · · .~ad taken no further ac!ion on the - Soviet Law -because of time · conflicts . rently serves as a faculty advtsor to the Prof. 'LevitslCy said 'that. "in. the matter. . with Prof: Rosenfeld's Constitutional . NYLS Journpl o/ International 'and absence 0£ evidence !o the contnµy, I : · ·'DeanSimons~dhe,disc~ssed~~em~t~ ;Lawn class and Prof. ~igler's Federal. , Comparative Law lind ~e co.ached ~' . have no reason to believe that I~wasied - ter of Prof. Levtts.ky s resignation W!-~h Courts and Federal System class. ·_ NYLS's JessuP, International Moot· wrorig inform.ation by someone pqvy to - Mr. ~orger, ~d t~at he tc>!d Mr: Forger . . , ·Pean Korngold refused ihe request, Court team this past academic yeo/. · . the committee proceedings."· . · · that ·~the action was taken m_accordance and. said that iii view of the extensive · F;ormer DeaQ Donald Shapiro asked Dean Simon told Prof. LeVitsky he· with the ~es of rank_aild tenure:" -. tinie spent on' sche<tuling, it-WoUldbe Prof. Levitsky to come to·N)'LS in the· was "relieved" . when .Prof. 'Levitsky · ·Two aut~ors; whose wor.kswere to ap- · "very rare event" for the adminstration spring of 1983.. Prof. ·Levitsky began handed hilfi"his _r~ignation._ He said. he pear Qi~ upcoming ''SQviet Law'' .issue· to ilnplein~ni.a si:heduling change.~ : · teaching' at ~LS in the fall of '83 when asked (or Prof. Levitsky's resignat~on · of: the I>:lYl.:S Joumal of lntematio~al Prof. LCVitsky received the:degrees of, Dean Simon~was Dean pro tempore: '. _ "ratherthan allo~ng itto go forward i!1. _ c;in~ ,Comparative _'Law, wi~hdrew ~eir licenciwn-droit ·and .docteur-eri'-drpit a forinal way. Had he not resigned,,it articles from the ISsue to protest Prof. · would have:--gone before the tenuted Levitsky's resignatiQ.n. Professors · · facUity for fofnial action. That would - William Simons'-and.6er van den Berg, have beeri J)arf'of' his formal record: I bOth of the; University of: Leiden, the. theuglit i would be better that that not . Nc;therlai\ds, withdFeW>their 'works lefter · occur. It seemed to me it would be to his learning of Prof. Uvitsky's resignation.

(Levitsky's) advantage that no formal · "In a_Ietter to, Michela Diliana; topics ·_don.be tak-CU by_tne tenurec:Hac\ilty. editor for lLJ, Simons saitt, ••tt is.my · ·He resigned on that basis. I did say-1 was . understa:nd.ing'that Profess<;>r S.L. Levit~ relieved. There· was an avoidance a sky has been unceremoniously removed · formal record.which.could be detrimen~ from his position as f~CQ]ty a,dVisor for . . tal tO' hiS professional future~"· your jo\irn~. It is _hard, if not impossi~ ~ Prof. LCviqky had no eomment on · ble, for nie to .perceive the logic behind DeailSimon'sreasonsl'oraskiDghimfor the decision to'remove Professor Levithis resignation:However, he did say that . sk,Y, and this fact Jeads me to- doubt the 0by a8king me,to resign to avoid being - scholarly sincerity; if not competence, of accused ·of professional iricomi;>eten.ce~ a la;w school and its admi!}istration that Shnon thereby cause4 tl\_e regwations to '~oaj.d engineer such a course of events~·' be bypassed: The" regwatioris ' specify·:.

Datiana .wrote to Simons asking him , that the whole matter be -referred to· the·' to 'reconsider. _In response, Simons tenurecl-'faculfy: ~d·that Iish{)uld li~ve '.wrote:_.-"You will, I liope, understand · been: notified in writing.;• _ , that as much as l regret the fact that the ' _ · Prof. l:.evits~y said "Dean Simon ~k-, : s~dents are \).eing·'niade the victhlls~, if Cd me to ·r~n ~O ~void the procedure: . not the SC?pegoats, this farcical and yet What is it t}iat] was being accused of?" tfagiC'little black comedy only reinfor~ · he askea: ~: , · · . my iriitial misgiviiigs' and. concerns ,and · The NY.LS Standards·and·Procedures ·1J?.akes if for me per_sonally and profesf<;>r. Tenure; . Promotion.· and - Review .. sionally impossible to participate as ·a 'stipWate that if the-recc>nuµendation of contributo_! to the Soviet law issue.•• the tenure committee is.negative, "the ', ·Prof. Levitsky said that he-never ask-' . chairperson ·.shall report , orally the . ed Prof~drs Siinons or den Berg to . . reeommendatioh' of 'the conimitfee, the . Withdraw their . articles. He said· that -'--reasons for it and the vote at a meeting of , when i>rot van den Bergwas hi the pro- -;_ the tenured facWty and. the :bean.''. - . , . cess of reconsidering whether to submit Prof. Levitsky ch8rges that there was: · his manuscript tQ the joum~. he con. nomeCtingofthetenurectfacultyandthe'. tacted Prof. LeVitsky for advice. Prof.

Dean· because he .was· ''forced to resign"·, - Levitsky said he told Prof. van der Berg; Bruce Co/fin addressing_theMedia Law'i'roject's Entertainmen(Career Conference. before the meeting. WaS fo have· titlcen~ .. ''Please cfo not put me in' the middle. If Seated: fi _:_ r] are Ha"is Miller, Suzanfl!! Baer and Co/fin's law partner, place. · . you feel you should keep it in~ by, all Jeff Jaco~on. · · If Ptof. Levitsky had not resign~. · means, do so. If you feel you want to th~ tenurecl fa~ty and the Qean would With~aw, withdraw. I do not wish to have voted. whetherAo reeommend the stand in t!J.~ way, on~ way or the other." _ . . _ . . . . .

- profeSs'or'sreapPQintmenftothe'l?<>.!lI'd· ''.pean·Simon,said."~tisµnfortunate' WANTEn;~Behind the walls','College . of trUstees. If a-majorify of~~ tenur~·· ~~~tanyone·wo~d.~.9in'stu_dent student iookfug· for correspo?dence 'faculty and the Dean qad-vc;>t¢d ~·yes" · J(!umal for extraqeou~ political reasons. · . . : . · · ·· . , ~ ,,_ : . . froµi: people th~t care. Brown harr, blue then 'Prof. UVitsky would 'have been A lot ~f good' work will.be wasted. It is . · ,_ -·. ' __ .. _ - . eyes, 160lbs-. 5',l l" and very lonely! reappointed. If, on the other hand,- the . ~ost Unfortunate arid ~ fm~ it-inexcuTo tl~e female night school student who·, Friendship intrests. All responses Dea:QJ1~ yoted against rea~ointm~t, . sable.". _ , ,, , ,. . . .. g~ve ine, a lift t~,14~h:st. ~he~ t~-;I ,--..yel~orped ~d answered. Write to: ~at-least tw°"thirds of the tenured faculty · · Thomas Tyler, managmg editor of sttll owe·you_money for that mght.. thony Prentiss, -79-A-36, Post Office would been needed to overiide the . ILJ, said that- Prof. Levitsky' remains 1:Plea8e leave a message.for Howard in the Box 149 Attica Correctional Facility At'.tie&n pass apositlvereeomniendation , facwty· advi~or to the journal for _this . Reporter office, ~-102 431~2117... tica, New York 1401_1

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The tenurecommittee's recommen- one-of the .most highly recognized prodation not to renew Prof. Levitsky's fessors of international law,~ called tenure-track contract does not, on the Prof. Levitsky "One of the most . • u _ 'KEN!fY FRIPDSON,-DIANNEPIN!f face of it, make any sense. The commit- distinguished scholars in the world in THE REPORTER is p~blished by and for the stud~n~. faculty, staff.and ~mii~ ofjheNetv York Law. tee's deliberations are kept secret. The the field of the Soviet law. His book on chool. committee decides by a closed ballot · the Soviet copyright law is a gem. InadTHE REPORTER invites-intere~ted p~ies to ~ubmit colUIIll)s, letters, articles, criticisms or suggestions _to: majority vote whether. or .not 'to recom- dition to his excellent understariding of The Managing Board, THE REPOKTER, s7 Worth S~t; Ro:im C-102, New York, N. y. 10003. .· mend'reappointment of a- non-tenured · law ""'"he . brings . to· pis work in comTelephone: (2'12) 431-_2 l l 7. THE REPORTER, which is published periodically dtiring the academic year, h'!5 third-year. faculty member to the parative law, a broad knowledge of the an opi!lion column entitled '"VIEWPOINT... Persons interested ill submitting a written opinion for this. column tenured faculty and.the Dean. There·is history and literature of many counshquld label it. '"VIEWPOINJ'" and submit it to THERJ;:POKTER. THE REPOKTER reserves.the right to edit all only a handful of. people-who know tries, as well as a rich experience in in· rial OC<:epJed f~ pilblil:ation.AlthoU~ THE REPoKIFR strives.for a policy o(..responsibleadvenising, we do what went on behind closed doors when ternational business and "legal ~ot vouch for the aCClll'llfY ofour advertisements. . the committee discussed whether to ter- practice". · . . minate Prof.- Levitsky's contract, . Here's what some of our fellow ~ Enti~ contents © THE'REPORTER; All rights of republic~tion reserved.

Members of the tenure committee and . students had to say about the professor selected members of the school ~ad-. on his Fall, i985 evaluation forms: ministration are privy to 'this informa- . ".I feel very fortunate to nave had the tion, The tenured faculty does not for- . opportunity to have studied and learned mally know the- reason for the" recom- from him." . mendation because Serge Levitsky · "Whoever is responsible for Pro- . ·....;.;;;.;........;;..~~;...._-,..;..._ _,_;;.....; --'~--....;_......._--resigned before the matter ~ent to the . fessor · Uvitsky's dismiss.a,! oares vecy . tenured faeulty, . little about the students and the quality Dean Simon asked Serge Levitsky to of this school." · .resign sever~1l;ctirnes over a two-week '"It would:surely bea'we'ak, disinte-" peiiod iii _9cto"ber. if the- professor rested and-stupid acf$inistration which ~~~;......----~~~~~~~~~..;,...~~~---.,,.._--....;.,....;:~;.;...;.~...,.;..j·, ·-:.resigned.,' he would.not have a negative let a pr9fessor like this go. How often committee. recommendation on his, 'can one say that he was taught by a record.· If he did not resign, he would gentleman and a gentle man." have faced the possibility of a negative· ''I . think whoever . decided to fire· vote=a vote DO! ~to renew his con- . Le:vi.tsky ought to be hanged and ·I tract=by the full tenured faculty. Dea11 . wouldn't mind .being the one to. tie the . Simon later :said he .asked Serge Levit- noose around his neck." sky to resign because he was concerned.· ·As for contributions· to the "law about the professor's professional school, Prof. Levitsky serves asa facul-, future. But there· may have been other . ty advisor-to ILJ and he helped coach· reasons.' Had Prof. Levitsky not resign- the moot court team; ed: the vote of the tenured faculty porThe Levitsky resignation raises.im. bably would have been very close, and portant questions about the school's the issue could have dividedthe entire policies ·and the resignation itself -. : faculty. _ · __ . ·~We're forced to ask why? Why did the Prof. Levitsky resigned even though . tenure committee vote 'to deny rehe never knew why the tenure commit- . appointment to a renowned scholar tee had voted not to renew his contract.. the tenure track? Why did the ad-· i.ii his letter to Mr. Forger; he wrote: ministration pressure Prof. Levitsky to' · "The New York Law School wants to resign rather than face the vote of the force me to renounce the very meaning tenured . faculty?. And why did they N~wYork . of my life by agreeing that ·1 do not force a man of.Prof. Levitsky's stature Audio Rev~ew Program know how to teach, niy scholarship is out of New York Law School at a time _Authoritative lectures at ~your fingertips. deficient, and that . .I have not con- when the administration has, at least Now you can take a complete~bai. tributed anything to the School. You publicly, said _that it" supports a strong review course that meets the need for P<>rtahility and convenience without have my resignation, as specified . international law program? Is there a . sacrificing quality. Multistate and New · aQo~e. But if-the resignation is to imply hidden agenda to ,undermine .the interYork preparation complete with practTue my acceptance of the truth of the ac- national law program and .concentrate question review and·analysis. No need to fight.traffic or rearrange your busy cusations contained in Mr. Dent's state- · more . heavily on required and semi-· schedule. Our expert faculty will teach ment in the Dean's office, I refuse to required courses? Is there a hidden you as often as·yoowant, wherever and comply, for they are not based.on the agenda to gi:ant tenure only to younger . whenever YO\.\ want.

• · · truth. They are, in fact; an insultto my . faculty members? _ · "Jµly 1986 pr~paration will consist of lectures from the liv·e NY cours_e given entire profession.al life.''

We call upon the administ~ation to in Boston during May and June of 1986. · . Tn,e school's Standards -and Pro.: address our legitimate concerns at a cedures for· Tenure; -Promotion and public forum~ · . Kno~i~dge you Reappointment stipulate ~hatthe tenure And we, at· the Reporter, would like withyou~ 1-800-3t3-9188 committee bas~s its r~commendation to go on the record as the first student . for renewal-of contract upon the criteria organization to urge Serge Levitsky to of teaching, scholarship and contribu- . w_ithdraw his resignation. · ~ tion to the law school. , A reasonable The students at this school deserve ~ person, judging Prof. U:vitsky'scareer quality teachers~ BARREVIEW "'· and his brief fenure at New York Law . Serge Levitsky deserves to know the a:...;.._ _ __,, _,,.._ _,. School, would have to conelude that, truth.

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Continuedf~m page 1 . ·: . . , By Joanne Zenos demarcations between · good and bad 'prostitutes are inaccurate and -, pretexThe N. Y .L.S. Moot Court Associ~- . contestant for the third week. Each con- women, Glen added. · .tual. "Street prostitutes are not forced . ~ tion hosts an intramural competition testant argued both the petitioner's ~and "Restrictive prostitution legislation. into the profession by villanous pimps; each semester. competitions offer - respondent's position· before .Moot 'manifests and reflects social and political instead, women choose the profession to students a unique · opportunity to . test· ·"Court alumni .. The quarterfinal. and - needs for -·control'' said Glen. "Anti- :escape unhappy living situations: sexual their advocacy skills before students, semi-final rounds, heard the fourth and prostitution legislation," she continued; abuse s . battering and, forcible ejection · professors, practicing- attorneys and fifth weeks.were argued before' "assaults civil liberties.cbut-ironically from _the home are the common - judges. The brief· writing enables N._Y.L.S. faculty and Moot Court Ex- mirrors- the gender discrimination that scenarios" ,_she said. In what Glen term-_ students to experience collaborating . ecutive Board members. Final permeates a particular society -during ed "the last bastion of entrepen-' :::with fellow students in writing, organiz- arguments, held in the Froessel Library, periods of significant economic expan- eurialism," wonien choose to work for ing and presenting a submittable piece - were heard by Hon. Judge- Ellsworth siorr." · ~ .. themselves. Many street prostitutes, _ of written work. ·· · Van Graafieland'from the Second Cir- · . Glen said that during the Crimean Carmen said, are single women who · This spring's John Marshall.Harlan cut Court of Appeals, Hon. Judge - War in the late 19th century, heavy legal must support their children. Welfare isMoot Court fact pattern was written by Keenan of the Southern District of New and moral sanctions were brought· inadequate as are virtually all jobs-open Luis Caso. The issues addressed were· York, MT. Richard Murphy, District against prostitution, Ostensibly passed to them; consequently, Carmeilbelieves,' criminal constitutional. Speciflcal- Att~meyofRichmondCountyandMr. for V.D. prevention, the _Contagious street prostitution becomes the. most ly,. whether: young adults, ages 18-29,. · Jeffrey Fogel, Director of the New Disease Act-and the Mortal Sin Act of lucrative alternative. . · form a cognizable group for jury selec- JerseyA.C.L.U. . .

188J were actually attempts to curb . . "Probably-the most pernicious myth . tion purposes, Where cognizabilityex· The finalists were Diane.Loewe and. · social class unrest by stigmatizing and surrounding-street, prostitution is that it · - ists~ the jury rolls are monitored to in- Michael Morris for the petitioner and punishing prostitutes, Glen averred. creates an ·escalated crime rate: sure that the cognizable group· 'is Helen Miller and Moira Umemori for New York had not enacted legislation Although crime is an ever-present factor represented jn proportion toits popula- · the respondent. The best brief award criminalizing prostitution ·until 1967. · in the life of a street' prostituteethe protion within the community. The second .was given to to John Koester and However, according to Glen, inanticipastitute is seldom the perpetrator-she-is question concerned whether strip sear- Herbert Lazar. Best appellate advocate tion of the-Democratic-National.Con"usually the victim.", Carmen said. ches of an arrestees placed in a holding award went to Moira Umemori. ventiofi held here in 1969 and the civil · "Tricks", - she said, are the greatest: cell is constitutional under the Fourth· The following members of the 1986 protest, which might result, New York danger to prostitutes, .since prostitutesAmendment, · Moot Court Executive Board have. been passed , the · Ohrenstein--McCall have virtually no legal recourse. Carmen The competition was organized- by a~arded the Order of the Barrister: Luis Bill~(Penal Law Section 240.37)_which recailed the astonishment.of one trick ar-_ ' .

Chris Burgess. Students were given two Caso, - Richard Mackiewicz, Edward prohibits loitering Joi the. purpose · of rested for killing a prostit~te: ·•' Im~gine, . weeks to conduct research and write a Margo, Caro·l Morokoff; Phyl pr9stitution. .. . . . ~ . going to jail for ~illing a whore," he .brief arguing either-position. Two Newbeck, MichaeJ Rubin, and MicliealAf present, Manhattan District At- -said. . · . ,. preliminary_ roun~ were ~et for each Shor. · tomey Robert Morgenthau is lobbying -_ ·Carmen also descri~ed~die poliee lists· .the York Legislature to require, for . of prostitutes which. are· "synchronized the first tiine;maridatoryimprisoiunent so that no.one prosfitutei~ an:ested more for;_§econd and subsequent prosti(ution ~-Often than.,another." ·carmen: under-: offenses. (ln.tro. to S~ · 5327 A. 4476 .' scored this fact by telllilg her own e'.t(i9.84)): · · perience of arrest iri,a vi('.e squad .sw~p Iri)eaction to the AIDS scare,· 1egis- · }Vbile in a coffee shop eating with pro~_ Cg_ntinued from page 1 _ lators- are turning prostitutes ~ into stittltes.. She- was inlprisoned for more ' s~goats by attemp!ing · to~test tliem · than fotty;.eigfit hour~ anCl su)?jected to · K~. ·t~A~Qttld (!lld }h,e. s,trapglebold: · for-the disease, Glen said. '.'.In reality," ·~ tJ:iree strip searches- routinely atlnim- . . which count)' politi~ ·leaders seem to . she:CQntinued, ''the most currenHederaI Jstered in a corridor. When she was final.:. , hQld.over the appointment process. , " · . ·studies indicate that less than five per · ly arraigned, the charges were dismissed Tlie Mayor also' proposes" to create a . cent'i>f all sexually transmitted disease-s . and she was released. . , ... city lobbymg commission to re\'.!e\\'. such from 'women to men are linked to pros· . carmen. a ls_o described bow one night activity and has asked the corporation titutes;'.' · · · while sitting on the.bus with a·few pro-· colinsel 'to reViewthe fihan-cial-disclosure -· ·1·.Ar.1s;ss9 city-wide'arr~ts pros-.stitutes she noticed one woman cheWing- laws. . . titfiifon related· offenses at a cost of and blowing b_µbbles. Carmen asked the' Koch was awarded· an . ,. hongrary $2pQ(} per arrest and" processing~ the woin~ for a pi~e Of gum. The W.Qman degree the lecture, which attended . prospe_ct of all those zeroes. is chewing and the other women on the bus .

by Deans James Simon and Gerald Kor:sraggering." Glen s'aid. Millions _of tax started tQ. laugh. The woman stuck out ngold, and Alexander Forger,, chairman dollars which could be put toward social ,her tongue and Carmen was shocked to: of tge New York Law School Board ofservices are spent on an ineffectual - see that ii was a condom. The women'ex~ · Trustees, among others. · ' revoJving door policy, she added. · _ "plained to her that even though tricks do · · Arlene C~eri, a staff'worker with · n,ot like it, the women~C!Ve devised a way Judson Memorial· Church, runs the to use c,ondoms in order to-protect Working Women Project which offers themselves from disease, wlien performfree medical and gyneco_logfoal Sel;"Vices , "ing 'oral services. , for prostitutes. Since 1975; the.project - "The lesson to be' learned/' Carmen haS qperated renovated, bus- wh,ere said "~ that prostitu~es are only rarely prostitutes can gather, socialize and find _ arrested for committing a criminal act. respite froin'the. streeL ·· They are alniost always arrested because ·- *·' Carmen pointed out that many of the· of who. they are, where they happen to ·reasons assert~ for regulation of.street . be, anc;l what they do for a living."

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By J)ianne Pine : . heres and the 'people. The 'Rain. Parade with psychedelic ·~vertones on 'songs . will 'pla~ .the band along U2 and. the Springstein ·~ways sang about its .. is overtJy·.psychedelic and are more. 'like Don't-FeelBad and Mystic Green: Alarm--(the.Long Ryders are currently ' . . people, John Cougar Mellencalnp re- . closely tied to the 60~s revival :Which There is a more "Pop" approach;and opening for, The Alarm on their US· -·discov~ed hiS small town, E~Ois call- - received so muc);l press and'gaveus the Depending l.On. You -sounds like tour).

-:: ' . ,' . . .r -ingitandthatm~majorerecordcom-: ~urrent hit makers The.B.aiigl~s.:As a -something" from the class!c · · TheLongRydeT.S"lyricssetthem~part · panies'&re scrabbling to sign it. What is · live 6and the Rain Parade is-known for ·singer/songwriter vein of the mid 70's; from their· -'Irish & Welsh counter ...

-it? America! Mu8ically, America has ·puttingauCliencesmtoaswayingtrance: If youremember America (the group- . i>&rtslas the~ Long Hyders shig about "« been re-Oiscoverea both as· a subject . Their first two independently released Horse Wit!t N-0 Name) then' you will looking for heros and the lost American and.more im1>9rtantly, as a source for albums featured layer upon. layer of hear some similarities inFertile Cresent- Dream. In the· spirit ·of American . yooog bands who are singing about shinimering psychedelic guitars 'win- and S.adBJ!eS,Kiil. · _, . .

Romantics •. Loo/cing For Lew'is and · you. guessed ·- America. The Rain ding through slow melodic tunes with · Wliether· it's easy to listen acoustic. Clark (the single) expresses the deSfreto Parade, the 'Long R'ydersana Green on lyrical references . to. ICaleidoscopic .et . flayored mood. music, or psychedelic , find idols - ancf ideals. in comtempary Red all come from the Los A1lgele860's - fects. CrashirjgDream is Rain-Parade-'s swirls, the Rain Parade offers both in . America: ·~Looking.: .. " _is a'rav_e..up ...:._ scene and have been heavenly influenc- Island record debut. This time around · . abundance.

- loudbrasn and proud_..: made for jum~ ' ed by America's musical roots. The . they sound less like ,the Beatles circa The Long Ryders, on the_other hand, ing up and singing along. WDIA Long-Ryders and Green on Red take Rubber Sol,!l/Revolver and more. like rock out hard. Founder and principal . celebrates American radio in'the south· America even furthur by-singing about theRainParade. TheLPisapleasureto songwriter Sid Griffm once·described -:-it"has a.slower semi~funk""feel.·Lights the ~erican dream, ~earching _ for listen . to', creating dteam-li~e iml!ges -the Long Ryders'sound · as Creedence _ of Downtown and Mason~Dixon Line, ..-;.,.....,..:...,.....;.:~~~~~;......;.__;_.:....;.

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- it paints.a grim image of being down· _ & out. HONEST MAN is a slow sad ·ballad, a farmer's story perhaps and-'. ·Ballad of Guy Fawkesis an overview of. ,politics~ pr~sing guerillas and panning · sociali$m, set·to a slightly bluesey piano ... - · Dan Stuart's overly naive view of life · .crops up on side two's.' :Time. Ain'r. · Nothing, which alternates between being a song of hoi)e, and being young.

The characters are losers and survivors - in almost all of Green on Red's lyrics.. ~ The choiCes of coping or''tuining to ·drugs- make. several appearances. Thus attitude is commendable. While at 25 · ' when most rock-n-rollers are still getting · . their teen-:age kicks, Green on Red has attempted to deal with life in Anierica ·head-on.· Musically, Green on Red borrows , - from Dylan, Neil Young and there is :-. even a W,illie Nelson cover (Funny How : Time Slips Away). Anyone who enjoys acoustic gi.rlµU"s, - and. heart-s~ching . lyrics will keep this.LP on their tum. table.

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the tune He ' . . . . . ·took offi: With his' stylized Winding proBJ Joanne ~~os · tronl~ spa~' of "Cryptical Envelop- · the Ea,st Coast Dead. Tour.. Spring gression leids while the rest of the .ban<l. and spedal to tile Re1t9rter' ment". and '.'The New Potato shows, usrially general admission, ~lear furiously." Peiformed ·their own· riffs .. Mr. Rbbert Epstein «-: .

-. Caboose", intotlie w~~ern type ballads . the auditoriums of }l~r ~eats ,SO the : aroilnd:his music. RYthmn guitarist Bob "In an article aboU.t 'Grateful.Dead' of Marty Robins' ·~EI Paso"; their own Dead-H~ds.can dance, stimtt, space and,.· Weir Sa_rtg the next time "Willy and the published by !hef()lklore society in 1908, "MexaCali Blues", and proin.9tmg, the· celebrate Without 'the: aggravatiol! ~of . Hand Jive,.'. a~ traditional" blues tune .. the motif of a. widespread ·group of ·New Riders With Garcia on peClaI steel, · arena peQple checltjng.tickets or tcyitig to; Garcia followed With the Hunter/Garcia folktales is deScribed that recounts.. a _....iiitowhat I see a heavy understanding co~e . theQJ. to seats. ·~· authorized blues tune ."Candyniati'; from the Dead' traveler who comes on people refusirrg.(o· and expression of the themes and music· taping section behind the soundboard · album.American Beauty. The Spectrum,' buryadl!ad11J.(lnwhohaf!rejusedtopay of Bob Dylan. · · . · · : · · · allows~therDeadHeadSthefree?o~·to. $01d·outat 16,000~ seemed like a.small : : hiS debts. The traveleF:pizys for a decent The deafhs·of Ron ''Pig Pen" McKer- . . set up their, elaborate· recording equip.: college auditorium as the music encomburiaftliui goes. on his way; later. liefinds · niri and later.Keith Godcha~ respective-· ment Without fear of it.being confiscitoo · paSsed th~.space. · , · · · · a horse or a dog .which mirac:Ulously, ly"organist·and'pianist, had key impact _by.theauthoritieso.rtramplectonbytheir . The -band played '"Cas~ady" a. helps him,~i'jorm some task tha{eams ·· on -the"band's style and strive-for in- unconfmeable counterparts. . , Weir/BarlowclassicaboutNeaICassady · him a fortune or wins·him a prin~. At dividual freecJom. . The '86 tour began Withthree shows in Kerouacs -friend in "On The Road.... ·, the tale's. end the animal benefactor · · The Dead, it seems, tread r~pectfully Hlim.den; Virginia, the tracUtionaI star~ This version exemplified the iiilprovisa- · turns out (Q-be the ghost of the 'corpse · O~ its influences in-order t9 capture the ·tjng poll!t,.of the to1Jl'.. Fro~ there· the. tional abilities ofthis band rui they jam-, 'tbat the traveler had befriended- and the lilghest degree of individtiality ·in its.· tour took_ Dead Heads to the Phildelphia .med on chords which seper~tety would· . new found. fortune the gift of· ~he peculiar potpourri ' of musical ex- Spectrum for three shows, Cumberland . seem incomprehensible, yet, together · Grateful Dead ••• My qu(istion, is: How perience. '{hey have achieved a gentle County, Maine .for. two shows, Pio- · captured the speed, spirit and dust of the · many. other ro<;k groups·or folly singe_lJ: balance .of:~complete simultaneous or:.· vidence, R.I. fotthree shows and finally · lieatnik road travellers Garcia followed. use tttles that have.such deep. cultural chestration of notes while maintairting Hartford Conn. for three shows. The with "West L.A. Fade-away." The roots?" William Safire, "Of 'The' I -the personality and: structure of the tow: will go d~wn in"Dead.chronicle~~ as 'lyrics•see~ed mu.mbled and· inaudible.

Sing", N.Y.T. feb. 198fi. - , ~ pieces they perfonn.. the Boxrof Rain.tour, The band.played The tune sounds a little -like Stevie · An.attempt haS always been.IIUJde to Instr:umentally,.tlie'Deadhavemoved the song·in :V~giriia, Maine and Hart-. Wonder's '!Supersitition", liowever, it • characterize the Grateful Dead the ·-away from the _alembic system of wall- ford. Ith~ b~n thh'.feenyears since b~ appeared a little simple, phild fot the - . forerunner of ··the pyschedelic . scene,. to-wall sound into a more controlled use player Phil Lesh sang and the b~d·per~: Dead~ Weir sang his polkatempoed ren- . misconceived as the San Fransisco. . of synth_esii.edsound. . formed this truly beautiful Dead song. . .dition of the Western tunes "Mama Sound. True. But this.is only one phase · What. has not changed is the interThe first Philly show begari With the . Tried" and "Big River.'' the band ! of .the_. band's musical· aecomplishment . minable travelling nature· of this· band. band's powerful ~angei.nent of the rounded out the set with a bouncy rendi- . and life story. The Dead. evolved from Their music travels to cities and towns·. song ''Gimme S~me LoviJ!", ori&;ihally ·tion · of ."Might As Well",~ a traditional motown and blues tunes like . to coast (I guess. like their fmgers performed by the Spencer Davi.s Group. ·Hunter/Garcia tune about a Canadian "Dan~~ Str~",- ''Hew~ a and. um{· move across - their ·Brent .Mydland, keyboardist, played train ride. ThetunebroughttH~crowdto Friend of Mine". and thdr own "Viola instruments). ' ,;, . ·long cliff-hanger like cl!,ords on organ · its feet, in good clean dancing fun.

Lee Blues",.. into ~e psyclieaelic clec- . ,.. The first signs of Spring foreshadows while· the bass of ~h and drums of · Like Maestro Leonard Bernstein, · · . Garcia nodded the introductory beats to ...Shakeoown Street" to begin the second~ set. A:pp~opriatelyfor this Pahil Sunday - ,~,how,~wei:rmig thm bibllcai-version of ~ .·the song "Sari1son and Delilah" by the · . Reverend Gar}r Davis. The version was .. one of the best in recent years· because of its smooth,, slow, tempo. Atthis time there was also a noticeable flow of power from the rythmn and drum seetion. Gar::_ cia sang ''He's Gone'' from the' 'Eiirope ··72 Album". Weir followed with _."Spoonful" the WillieDixon biues tune.

Garcia displayed his own groo'Vy versic;m of blues music With. long, ' 'rounded, enuciated siren like.tones.

As the rest of the band ·.went· back".'' stage; Hart and Kreutzman took center - sound Withtheir Drum Jam. H;irt played With synthesized drum and Nubian drum sounds. When.Garcia and Weii came on .! ·stage they engaged themselves · in a Manrann Kaufman, Assistant to Dean · · The Reporter,sParty. chinese:;,high pitched. stacatto Space of Students Joan .Fishman~ left NYLS at Katie O'too/es March 20, · Jam, which led into a stifled version of · Friday April I 1, after five years of sei- .

"The Other One" With. the rest of the If you misfed it ... ; ... . ~ . vice, to join W-R Family Associates, a · barid. · "The Other One" is from the The winners of the prizes were: : .. private _investment ~rm.' · .

Grand prize: Luis C:abezas . · • , bead album ''Anthem Of the Sun.'' · During' h'er. tenure · at NYLS, Ms. Second prizes: Jeff Friedman, I/ya Frenkel,-Nick DeMarco It was tinre now for .another. Garcfa Kaufman. shewed 'sensitivity towards Third prizes: Maureen Caffrey, Christopher MCclaury, Chary ballad; the question was which one. .The students and under~cling" .of their ' Fernandez, Carol Morokoff,Joseph Madsen and Diana Adriotis. choice was ·"comes A Time" from the concerns . Pick up your prizes at C-102 from Bunji, Garcia albUm "Reflections". the perfor. ma.nee was .. flawless~ Garcia's voice, .. although sometimes inc;:onsistent, 44, was· distinct, soulful and piercing. Weit ··ended ihe set With the Young Rascals ·tune "GOod Lovin". The Calypso-like ~ BREAKFAST •·. LUNCH·• DINNER -~. . arrangement of the tune got the whole ..:Kindly ta,ke one of oU.. Outg~iilg O~er Menus. ... house swinging. · that are placed ~und the Dilling Area. .

The Dead came out and encored With . .. . . . the standard new tune "Day Job", a .,:.FOR PROMPT DEUVERY CALL: · lamentable reminder to . the weekend 925-7188 Dead Heads, that.Monday.at the office· awaited · them·, j\s the 'song says STEAKS CHOPS SEAFOOD .

0 · "whether you like that job or not you got LAW SCHOOLSFUDEN/'S l~ OFF . to keep it ori ice while you're lining up· 6am-JJ am,2pm-Jl pm . 'your loog:shot which is to say, hey, hey, hey keep your day job till yoilr night job .

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