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LAW Continued (rom Page 3 Hoes. let's |ust say that getting my work, done is mv highest priority Vet despite the intense work load, both Sullivan and Quin lan note that lavs si hool pro sides a supportive environ ment "It's <i tight-knit community.;" Quinlan said "Compared to other law schools, t; of () stu dents are more on the coopera live side "It's a good group of people. Sullivan said "Lvervone is in the same building, all in the same ho.it, struggling against a common problem You lend to form friendships a lot faster People get along prettv well here." furthermore, the Paper (.'/use image of a relentless law prolessor humiliating his stu dents seems fairlv obsolete Quinlan and Sullivan are on thusiastii about the law s< hool faculty "The terrorize students kind of teat hmg is out of style, Quinlan said 'Humiliating stu dents has gone out the win dow "The faculty is goixf They're very supportive." Sullivan said " The professors are here because they want to be and it shows Most professors are into w hat they 're doing " According to their professors, Sullivan and Quinlan are fortu nate in this respect Law Profes sors Nancy Short/ and Jim Mooney remember a different kind ol teaching style from their days in law school They both experienced heavy use ol the Sot ratu method, a teaching technique in which professors call on students and arduously question them about the as signed readings It is an aspts I of law si hooi that lias stria k fear in the heart of many a lavs student " it was very intimidating for mil." Sfiurt/ said "We had as signed seats and 1 had to sit in the first row 1 haled it it was very formal Some professors would spend the whole i lass period on you You would have to Stand and recite it 's so tnui h different now Mooney relates similar expo riencos Wo had a few professors who questioned students very aggressively and pushed the students very hard," Mooney said "It did Intimidate some students Still. Mooney is quit k to note that not all his professors were without mercy "Even twenty years ago some teai hers were quite gentle and some were quite demanding." Mooney said Shurl/., who teaches upper division tax law courses, does licit consider the Socratic meth od an appropriate teaching style for her classes Mooney, who teaches lirst-year students, continues to use it "I think (die Sot rate meth od) is useful for two reasons, Mooney said "first, it provides added incentive to read the as signed material. And second, it helps the students think about the material bolh the night in fore and during class, rather than passively writing down what 1 think atxiut the materi al " Mooney first asks a student to explain to the class the facts of a particular case "Succinct and correct state ments of facts are very impor tant for lawyers. ' Mooney said "I ask what arguments various parties made and which the coming soon1' ><-TSKg;-^ O«noe3f«te 1992 watch tor more infonn.itioii Starting Feb. 8th SKI EQUIPMENT 20% Off •Rossignoi *KS •Olln 'Elan •Salomon • Marker •Nordica ALL SKI CLOTHING 30% Off • North Face • CB • Roffe •Columbia Ski Accessories 20% Off PERSON'S mu* • Albany • convalljs • cuocne X 199 W. 8th, Eugono 484-7344 tt ‘Law school takes commitment. It requires some ingenious planning. You have to know where to cut comers. ’ Tom Sullivan, / j.v stuJont (hurt accepted or did not at r ept Then ! ask the student what '.tie thinks about the ml ing. whether it was legally .sound, and d the court should have done something ditferen! with the ease I he law school is-comprised of pen cut females and t> 1 pert ent males, at t (inilng to University School of l aw \d missions Officer Marilyn Hr elfin h I’he average age of incoming students is j. 7 I lie Ulus! t om moil I v held h.u lie lor s degrees are political si i ence. historv. hnglish ami et o noitiii s llurleerc percent ol the students are minorities and about 70 pen flit ot the stu dents lire Oregon residents Most graduates of (lie law school go into small firms or gov eminent work Sullivan is undecided where he will work .liter graduation He may slav in the Kugene area or return to Louisiana I II work in whatever area (ol law) I tan Sullivan said I II just do what I (all to get exponent e Kvcntuelly lie hopes lo work in public interest law Quinlan has a job lined up as a |udi( nil i ierk in hiigerm Students may face credit checks WASHINGTON tAP) — Some educators and lawmakers four that studont* will bu dim loti tho col logo educations thuy need ' to got good [tills under a measure that, ironically. It dosignod m help some 2 million jobless Americans The law that extended unemployment benefit* for an extra I I weeks Inst November Included a provision requiring stu denls over it to undergo credit chocks when applying for federally guaranteed student loans Sludonls would pay S for the crodit ctiec.ks. designed to wood mil imrrowers who are likely to default on the loans. The provision drew little attention when the S2.7 billion jobless lull was passed, hut it's now being attacked by-those who say it will prevent thousands of low-Income students from going to college or trade schools. •‘The greatest irony is that many unemployed workers who are helped by one part of the law will now he denied the education and training they need to gel a job," said Stephen j Blair. president of the Career College Association. Supporters hope the provision will prevent some costly loan defaults, fiul critics ladlove the credit reports will block students from qualifying lor loans because most have low In come-. with |MMir or inadequate credit histories The While House Office of Managuntunt and Budget esti mates tin- government t an save fietwoon SIS million and S25 million liirougii the credit checks and another requirement tli.it older students with poor credit histories have co signers on fedemlty guaranteed student loans Hut David Carle, an aide to Illinois Sen Paul Simon, said I he Congressional Budget Office has estimated tho savings to tie negligible. "To believe that we cun save money to provide unemploy ment uinqieruuition by denying people the chance to go to college is the most shortsighted policy I am imagine," Simon told members of tho Senate this week Simon und Hop. William lord, D-Mich . are leading effort* to rescind tho provision boforu the fiduaition Department fi nalize* rules Inter ibis summer to start the credit chocks Simon plans to offer a hill to repeal the measure when the Si-nalc- begins defiale nest week on reauthorizing tho Higher luiuc.alton Act. He In-lieves a more useful tool in dealing with student loan default* is another provision that authorizes guaranty agen 11os or the liducallon De|»arlimmt Ui garnish up to 10 percent of a student's wages il lie or site default* on a loan In citing the need for llie credit reports, tho Bush adminis tration said the cost of student loan defaults has grown from 5151 million in 10H1 to an estimated $2.7 billion last year f m m ft; J TREATING Y( )l!R SPl-C'lAI. 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