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VOLUME LXVI NO. 4 University of South Carolina Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 135
Board
to rem4
By MICKEY TRIMARCHI
Gamecock Staff Writer
Fourteen students admitted to
troversial Sept. 2 decision of the I
remain in school, the Board deci
46 S However, the Board said that
dangers the accreditation of the L
the 14 students will be asked to 1
THE 14, three of which have de
probation until the end of the sen
faculty will decide whether they v
studies.
The trustees said that if the stud
they will be automatically adrn
Now established as the central
issue in the law school con
troversy, the ABA's certificate of
accreditation rests in a plaque in
Dean Robert W. Foster's office at
the Law Center.
Board's action draws
meeting of law panel
By BIILP,
Gamecock Slif Writer
A resolutiontoncering the decision by the Board of Trustees to allow
11 law stu'lento remain on probationary status was passed Sunda;
afternoon by lh Law School Steering Committee.
Specifics of 4' resolution were not released Sunday, but will b<
released , a y.= The -ommttee met for about an hour and a half ii
earuie .esau iayd before deciding on the matter.
EahrSunday11iw School D)ean Robert W. Foster discussed th4
possibility orf enkg ain American Bar Association (ABA) inspectiom
tmcou study the ho d's latest action with ABA legal educatior
Tlhe committee's%ponse by the Board's dlecision to allow 11 student:
Please See ABA, Page i1
Gamecock Staff I
allows s
the USC Law School after a con
loard of Trustees, will be allowed to
led Saturday.
it such time that their presence en
aw School or the entire University
eave.
cided not to enter school, will be on
ester, at which time the law school
ill be allowed to continue with their
?nts are forced to withdraw, however,
itted to next year's SummerPre
I(IIW I e ih Iftet
The USC Board of Trustees
decided Saturday the 14
students admitted to the Law
School will be allowed to
remain as long as their
presence does not endanger
K 1 the school's accreditation.
Board Chairman T. Eston
Marchant (below left) ad
dressed a press conference
after the meeting, and
revealed the Board's
decision. More photos, Page
Five.
3hoto by Gene Gaillard
tudents
aw School
Admission Trial Program (SPAT), or if the program is discontinued.
they will be tested to determine their eligibility for the 1976 freshman
law school class.
BOARD CHAIRMAN T. Eston Marchant said the Board's resolution
was guided by a report of the Law School's Academic Standing Com
mittee--a report endorsed by Law School Dean Robert W. Foster.
After a closed-door executive session, which lasted almost an hour.
Marchant released a five-page statement outlining the Board's action.
The resolution reads, in part:
"The Board of Trustees directs that the fourteen students, identified
by the Law School as being entitled to a measure of relief, be continued
as probationary students in the Law School for the current fall term. at
the end of which period the Law School itself will determine their fitness
to continue as law students.
Please See BOARD, Page 12
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