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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
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‘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
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