All students eligible
Legal program offers advice at low cost
By Dave Banks
Oltha EnwraM
Legal Services, an on-campus pro
gram, offers affordable legal advice and
assistance, says Program Director
Charles Spinner
‘ Many students are financially
strapped.' he says. "We can give such
students the inexpensive legal aid they
need.”
All students paying incidental fees are
eligible for the wide range of non-litiga
tory services at either a very low cost or
no cost at all. Spinner says
Some of the services include land
lord/tenant disagreements, domestic
relations problems, and problems as
sociated with shoplifting and
tresspassing as well
"We engage in a lot of domestic rela
tions work," Spinner says "We have to
deal with divorce and property
settlement quite a bit."
Legal Services began in 1971 and
Spinner joined the program in 1977
"We have modified the program since
1977," he says "It did not have a great
deal of accountability before then, and
we now are reveiwable by the ASUO "
Spinner earned his law degree at the
Univeristy He does some trial work al
though he "tries to maintain a low trial
profile "
"My job is to educate and advise my
clients as to the realities of the future."
he says "I'm their mouthpiece, and I try
to take some of the pressure off of them "
Approximately 1,700 to 2.000 students
use the program annually
"Our services are there for everyone,
but not everyone uses them," Spinner
says "At any rate, one in ten students is
a substantial number "
The program receives about $30,000
annually from the IFC, and they estimate
that the services they otter provide over
$350 000 annually in legal services at the
current prevailing rates
Spinner explains that he and his staff,
which includes a half-time secretary and
two work-study people, have a heavy
personal injury work load
"I work on insurance claims, con
sumer complaints, and I do a lot of debt
counseling,” Spinner says
"I do a lot of expectation aligning," he
explains "I try to take the weight of the
problems off of the client's shoulders
This can be an incredible stress reducer
“What does not go
along with (student)
intellect is exper
ience. We try to fill in
experience."
Spinner says he also tries to eliminate
some surprises students may experience
with costs, results, and time factors
"The average intellect on campus is
far above the average intellect in the
community, but what does not go along
with this intellect is experience. " he says
"We try to fill in tor this inexperience "
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