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THE 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 Soth ecrotinuc, Sehoo of 1_u%v