Oregon daily emerald., May 14, 1973, Page 4, Image 4

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Law problems? Try
ASUO legal service !
By JOYCE BOLES
Of the Emerald
I Are you thinking about a divorce? Or are you
worried that you might be getting ripped off by your
landlord? Are you getting threats from a creditor
who sold you a worthless car, or a stereo, or a life
membership in something you can’t use? Are you
thinking of becoming a non-profit corporation?
If you’re a student at the University, you can
avail yourself of free legal services, compliments of
your incidental fees. The ASUO contracts with a
Springfield law firm for group legal services for
students Students get legal counsel from the
lawyer’s office on the third floor of the EMU, and
the service which costs about ten cents a month per
student is taken from the incidental fees.
I Attorneys Bob Ackerman and Tom Hanlon, of
Babcock & Ackerman in Springfield, see as many as
14 or 15 students a day by appointment in their office
at 318 EMU. The two attorneys saw 1,462 students in
1972, working about 30 hours a week between the
two of them.
The firm was originally retained by the Abuu
two years ago to represent the student body in a
lobbying capacity. The firm’s function was
redesigned during the summer of 1971. Beginning in
September, 1971, the firm began representing in
dividual students. At that time only two other
universities had similar programs—usually called
group legal service, much like group nealth plans.
The program costs the ASUO $18,000 a year.
ASUO provides the attorneys with office space
and equipment, but the firm pays all other expenses
out of the $18,000. There are two part-time
secretaries, and the firm is willing and eager to
train secretaries to be legal assistants or
paraprofessionals in law.
Ackerman believes his office serves 80 per cent
of the students’ legal needs. The office is unable to
handle matters involving litigation, criminal cases
tax matters and estate planning, cases against the
ASUO, incorporations for private profit, and certain
other things.
But this leaves a wide range of services the firm
can and does provide: advice and consultation,
referrals, negotiations with adverse parties, legal
research, leases, contracts, settlements, releases,
notarial acts, incorporations, and no-fault divorces.
The firm has also been known to take test cases
involving constitutional law; for example, an un
constitutional denial of food stamps to an eligible
party is something Ackerman is willing to fight.
Ackerman believes he is “equalizing the
rights” of his clients. “I think in terms of a student
service,” he says. He believes programs like this
one will be the rule rather than the exception on
campuses in the future. He has answered inquiries
from 30 to 40 other universities about the program.
Ackerman also refers cases of consumer fraud
to Oregon Student Public Interest Group (OSPIRG)
for investigation. He is close-mouthed about recent
cases, but he believes he is in a position to detect
which local merchants are ripping off students
systematically, and when he does become
suspicious he says he makes waves about it.
Ackerman does not believe in “empire
building,’’ and does not foresee any expansion of the
program in the near future. He does believe the
office can become more efficient. To that end, he
would like to transfer research functions to law
students, for example. Some law students assist the
firm now, but their participation can be expanded.
Ackerman says the service also needs more
secretarial help and more office space. Two tiny
cubicles aren’t big enough to handle the vdlume of
people who use them.
Ackerman keeps his office out of ASUO politics,
but he does represent students when conflicts arise
with the administration and faculty. He stresses
that anything students tell him is privileged, but
consultations with advisors and administrators are
not.
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