INDIANA LAW ANNOTATED
November 18 Vol.   1,  No.   12

LAW SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE 150TH BIRTHDAY
The Law School will celebrate its 150th birthday during the 1992-1993 academic year. A "Sesquicentennial Task Force" of faculty and students appointed by Dean Aman is currently considering a wide variety of programs to celebrate and commemorate this important event. The task force is especially soliciting student participation in the celebration. All students are encouraged to attend a meeting on Tuesday, November 19, at noon in Room 124 to discuss how the student body can help commemorate the sesquicentennial. If you are unable to attend but have ideas, questions, or comments about student participation, please direct them to the student members of the Task Force, Jamie Hetzel (1L) and Sarah Riordan (2L) . The other members of the Task Force are Pat Baude, Doug Boshkoff, Fred Gate, Steve Conrad, Mary Ellen O'Connell, and Harry Pratter.

PROFESSOR HOFF TO SPEAK ON WOMEN AND LEGAL SYSTEM
Professor Joan Hoff of the Indiana University History Department will discuss her recent book Law, Gender, and Injustice on Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m. in Room 122. The talk, sponsored by the Women's Law Caucus and Law Students for Choice, will address women and the legal system. Refreshments will be provided.

APPOINTMENTS CANDIDATE TO VISIT
Hugh Baxter, a Stanford Law School graduate who is currently clerking for retired Justice Brennan, will visit the law school as a candidate for appointment on November 25 and 26. Mr. Baxter obtained a Ph.D in philosophy at Yale before pursuing a law degree. He will speak at 12:15 on Monday in the faculty lounge on the 1917 Espionage Act. Students who would like to meet with Mr. Baxter should see the student members of the appointments committee, Debra Schroeder or John Yarger.

SCHOOL HOSTS MINORITY LAW DAY
The Law School hosted a very successful Minority Law Day program on Saturday, November 9th. The program, which is sponsored by the Admissions Office, offers information about law school to prospective students. Over 80 minority students attended the program. Dean Motley would like to thank Professor Kevin Brown, Minority Coordinator Karen Hodge, the members of BALSA, LLSA, AALS, and other student volunteers for all their help in pulling off this fine program.

STUDENTS COMPETE IN ADVOCACY, NEGOTIATIONS COMPETITIONS
The National Moot Court Team was in Chicago to participate in the regional round of the national competition. The team members are Jennifer Jordan, Cynthia King, Bruce Brightwell, Moira Squier, Richard Butler, and John Colvin. The Chicago Area teams will compete next weekend; Steve Hardin, Alan Irvin, Josetta Cullotta,
Matt Miller, Robert Squier, Courtney Tobin, Stacia Yoon, Charles Gering and Suzanna Buchko are team members.
The school also fielded two negotiations teams that competed this past weekend at Notre Dame. The team members are Scott Hanson, Jim Joven, Jennifer Newton, and Randy Lloyd.
Good luck and congratulations to all team members.

NEWS FROM THE FACULTY
Professor Hoffmann will be traveling to San Francisco this week to present a paper at the annual meeting of the American Criminology Society. The paper will be a progress report on the National Study of Juror Decision-Making in Capital Cases, a research project funded by the National Science Foundation which involves interviews with jurors who have served in capital cases. Professor Hoffmann is in charge of the project in Indiana. Jack Past is working as Professor Hoffmann's primary research assistant on the project, and Ron Harmeyer and Janet Parsanko (along with Jack) have been conducting the juror interviews.
Professor Hoffmann is also working on contributions to two books. He is writing a chapter on the Eighth Amendment for "After 200 Years: The Bill of Rights in Modern America," to be published by Indiana University Press. And he has agreed to write an essay on the juvenile death penalty for "Commentaries on the Law of Child, Parent, and State," which is being sponsored and edited by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

NEWS FROM LAW STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS:
 ...BLSA Plans for Next Semester
BLSA will hold its last general meeting of the semester Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 12:10 pm in Rm. 214. ALL students are still encouraged to become members, regardless of race, color, or ethnic identity. We want to thank all students and faculty who have been supportive of our efforts to bring attention to issues important to the African-American community.
Next semester, we plan to have the annual Barrister's Ball, the BLSA Symposium, and the Martin Luther King Day Celebration. BLSA will also send two teams to the Frederick Douglas Moot Court Competition. We also plan to organize a panel discussion of the University's celebration of Black History Month. If you are interested in planning these events with us, please attend the meeting tomorrow.
...ILA Hosts Thanksgiving Dinner
The International Law Association will host its annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 6:30 in the Faculty Lounge. All ILA members, foreign students, faculty, and staff are invited . Sign-up to bring a dish on the list posted on the ILA office door (by the mail boxes). Questions? Contact Scott Hanson (3L) or Robin Hammer (3L). 
...ILA Sponsors Study Abroad Forum
The International Law Association is sponsoring a study abroad forum, the purpose of which is to introduce students to the various opportunities to earn law school credit overseas. The event will
be held at Hooligan's Pub on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Students who have studied abroad while in law school will be available to discuss their experiences. Free food and a few cold ones.
...Meetings:
...Delta Theta Phi meeting:  Thursday, November 21, 1991, 7:00 P.M., Law School Room 120
 ...BLSA: Tuesday, 12:10, Rm. 214
 ...ELS: Thursday, noon, 120

CAREER SERVICES NEWS
»Interested in working with a federal agency or with a Congressman/Senator or House/Senate Committee? Professor Sarah Jane Hughes, who has had many years of experience with federal agencies, and Abby Kuzma, formerly on Senator Lugar's staff and the Senate Judiciary Staff will be the speak at a Brown Bag lunch Wednesday, November 20 at noon in Rm. 124.
»The career services office copier is here. It works with the same kind of card that students now use in the library copiers. »Reminder: The office is open on Saturdays from 10-2.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
... Exam Taking Workshops
To help prepare you for the final weeks of the semester and for your examinations, the Student Affairs office is sponsoring two workshops on preparing for and taking law school examinations. On Thursday, Nov. 21, at noon, Professor Gjerdingen will direct a session in the Moot Court Room. On Friday, November 22, the Peer Adviser Groups will also direct a workshop, again at noon in the Moot Court Room. 
...Food Drive Continues
Hey turkey! No, not you. It's your food we're after. The Thanksgiving Food Drive is now in progress. Please bring canned and dry foods, cleaning supplies, soap, shampoo, and other non-perishables to the collection box on the ground floor near the recycling bins. Your donations will be given to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank to be distributed to needy families. Thanks for your generosity.
...Outlining Help
PAD is sponsoring an outlining workshop for IL's on noon on Wednesday in the Moot Court Room. The workshop will be given by a panel of law journal members who will relate what an outline is, why it is helpful, and how to do one effectively. All first year's are encouraged to attend, and attendance is open to all. 
...Kiss-A-Pig
What the hell is that? Watch for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS OF NOTE
...William Sundstrom, professor of Economics at University of California—Santa Clara, will present "Last Hired, First Fired: Unemployment and Black Workers during the Great Depression," in the IMU Charter Room, Thursday, Nov. 21, 4 p.m.
....Martha M. McCarthy, professor of education and co-director of the Indiana Education Policy Center, will present a lecture on "Censorship in the Public Schools: Values in Conflict," on Thursday, Dec. 5, 4 p.m., in Whittenberger Auditorium. Professor McCarthy is the 1990-91 Tracy M. Sonneborn Award recipient; the award is given by the university for distinguished achievement as both a scholar and a teacher. Professor McCarthy is the author of 10 books and more than 150 chapters and articles on educations law, and was recently described as "our country's foremost analyst of legal issues in education."
... Public Forum, Multiculturalism in the Curriculum: There will be presentations by Shirley Boardman (Affirmative Action Office), Lillian Casillas, Darren Smith and Fred Rains (Graduate Students), Bill Shipton (Department of Residence Life), and Ron Smith (Folklore Institute and CIC Director). Monday, Nov. 18, noon-1. Ballantine 004. 
Submissions:
Information and articles for ILA should be submitted by Thursday for inclusion in Monday's edition. Submissions can be given to Ms. Dodie Bowman, third floor secretarial office, put in Professor Rebel's box in the faculty mailroom, second floor, or placed in the envelope on the bulletin board across from the Recorder's office. In addition, submissions can be sent through campus E-mail to LROBEL.

Calendar: Monday, Nov. 18
...Multiculturalism in the Curriculum, noon, Ballantine 004. Tuesday, Nov. 19 ...BLSA meeting, 12:10, Rm. 214 Wednesday, Nov. 20
...Career Panel, Working for Federal Agency, Congress, Rm. 124, noon.
...Outlining Workshop, Noon, Moot court Thursday, Nov. 21 ...ELS Meeting, noon, Rm. 120 ...Exam Taking Workshop, Noon, Moot Court
...William Sundstrom, "Last Hired, First Fired: Unemployment and Black Workers during the Great Depression," IMU Charter Room, 4 p.m.
... Professor Joan Hoff, Law. Gender, and Injustice, 7 p.m. in Room 122.
...ILA Study Abroad Forum, Hooligan's Pub.  4:30-7:00 p.m. ...Delta Theta Phi, 7 pm, Rm. 120 Friday, Nov. 22
...Exam Taking Workshop, Noon, Moot Court Sunday, Nov. 24 ...ILA Thanksgiving Dinner, 6:30, Faculty Lounge