University of Virginia Library

Law School Holds
Symposium On
Criminal Justice

By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

More than 25 judges, prosecutors
and associates of governmental
or independent organizations dealing
with criminal justice will participate
in a three-day program that
begins tomorrow in the University's
School of Law.

The law school is sponsoring the
symposium on "Mass-Production
Justice and the Constitutional
Ideal" in conjunction with the
150th anniversary celebration at
the University.

The symposium will feature
three main speeches related to the
theme as well as workshops on
"Police Guidelines," "Counsel to
the Misdemeanant," "Courts" and
"Correctional Problems."

"The purpose of the program is
to stimulate productive thinking
about the handling of misdemeanor
offenders and related problems of
municipal courts," said Charles
Whitebread, conference director
and assistant professor of law at the
University.

Mr. Whitebread stressed that the
conference should be of interest to
students outside of the law school.
He noted that the problem of
handling misdemeanor offenders is
as much a social problem as a legal
one.

Misdemeanors are crimes that
involve a penalty of less than one
year in prison. Petty larceny, sexual
offenses, self-administration of
drugs, consumption of alcoholic
beverages by minors and violation
of municipal ordinances are all
classified as misdemeanors.

In larger cities, courts that deal
with misdemeanant's often hear
hundreds of cases each day.

Main speakers at the symposium
will be Francis A. Allen, professor
of law and dean of the University
of Michigan School of Law;
Kenneth Pye, professor of law and
dean, of Duke University School of
Law and Arnold Enker, professor
of law at the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Pye, formerly director of
legal internship and assistant dean
of Georgetown University Law
Center, will discuss the problem of
"Mass-Production Justice and the
Constitutional Ideal" at 10:30
tomorrow morning in Newcomb
Hall ballroom.

Mr. Allen, a member of the
American Law Institute counsel
and of the ALI model penal code
project advisory committee, will
speak on the main constitutional
framework at 9:30 Friday morning
in the ballroom.

Mr. Enker, former assistant U.S.
attorney and chief appellate for the
Southern District of New York, will
discuss the future and the hopes for
the solution of problems of "Mass-Production
justice and the Constitutional
Ideal" at 9:30 Saturday
morning in Newcomb Hall.

Gerald Caplan, a member of the
General Counsel of Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration,
Department of Justice, will direct
the workshop of police guidelines
at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon in
Mural Hall. He will be assisted by
Craig Brown, professor of political
science at Williams College.

Judge Harold Greene, chief
judge of the Court of General
Sessions District of Columbia, will
conduct the workshop on courts at
2:30 Friday afternoon in Mural
Hall.

The correctional problems workshop
at 9:30 Saturday morning will
be directed by Vincent O'Leary,
faculty member at the School of
Criminal Justice, State University
of New York.

The three main speeches in the
Newcomb Hall ballroom are open
to the public.