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LXIX, l\lo. 11 "7 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. March 5, 1379 r-S.C. bare | By R. L. Chesley n Gamacnck Staff Wrllar A five-member advisery committee of the S. C. Suprei Court has established both undergraduate and law sch< course requirements for students taking the S.C. b examination after July 1, 1984, according to USC L? School officials. The ruling, handed down Feb. 6, lists 27 credit hours required undergraduate courses and 61 credit hours required law courses. It is currently being studied 1 possible revisions, officials said. "These (courses) are not required to enter the USC L: School nor are they required for every major on campuf Ed Ewing, USC pre law adviser, said. "These are requir for any person who plans to practice law in South Caroli and plans to take the S. C. bar examination after July 1984," he said. "In essence, you can call these courses pi "I JJ 1 tja 1 tuuiacs, lie clUUCU. James Berry, director of admissions and registrar of t USC Law School, said the Supreme Court decision w affect law students three ways: ?Law students who graduate this spring may take t bar exam, b ut cannot practice in court on their own un they meet a required number of trial experiences. ?Law school graduates who take the S.C. bar exam aft Julv 1. 1981. must have mot law sohnnl rnnr requirements, as established by the Supreme Court, ai undergo trial experiences. i ?Students who take the bar exam after July 1, 191 must meet undergraduate course requirements, law sch( requirements and meet trial experience requirements. EWING SAID the ruling is not clear as to all t ramifications the additional course requirements will ha SSWBfcn ImmS^SE^P^^kMI Am M. gLM. AJ Computet By Gordon Hlrsch "ordered Gamecock Staff Writer (Iflhl by tl A $3.4 million International Business although Machines, IBM, computer will be removed in the ma from the USC Computer Services Division IBM n this month to make way for the delivery of a computei (9 r% millirtri r>nmnntnr from fho A m/lalil ">*? y&i.i/ iiauvai vv/ii jpu vvt uv?n u?v i uiivuun 101V1 SpUl^ Corporation of Sunnydale, Calif. report, s USC officials announced Friday evening review b they had "reached an agreement between fice. all parties involved" to buy the new computer system from Amdahl, according to The St* USC spokesman Chip Gray. Law Enf CONTRARY TO an article in The State pleted a Saturday, Gray said USC had not been- irregular ixam guide] on S.C. students attending out-of-state schools, wheth new requirements can also be used to meet rc graduation requirements and which specific course ne meet the new guidelines. A more immediate concern, Ewing said, is the eff ,ar the newly required courses will have on USC sti aw currently in the freshman and sophomore classes wl planning a legal career in South Carolina. of "For undergraduate students, 1 don't know how t of going to alter their choice of major or how long the for have to stay in school," Ewing said. "The only student can now meet the required core courses listed fc 3W Supreme Court are business administration majon : " said. ^ 'The only students that can meet the required core cou, re- - - - listed by the Supreme Court he business administration majors "These courses, in the cases of some majors, are go determine what their free-elective courses are going he and for those majors with options in social scienc< M humanity areas it's going to determine what course fulfill these areas," Ewing added. er Ewing said he was concerned that the ruling wi se pressure on future incoming freshmen to make a n/1 ? ? a ? i,w meoiaie career aecision. DURING THE past two years, more than 25 perci *4? entering freshmen at USC have not declared a n ^ according to Ewing. "The course requirements neces that a student select a major earlier and do a lot more he planning than most USC students are doing now," he s ve "All students, in essence, have to know what their i BBEBBijPPyigiW : B8roE^HB8l8?8?rj88F89Ptl||^9lS9?8ttiJI6-:; ^^6$ '' -' tdahl model to replac tuntruueri " to buy the computer from Am- process for the cor le State Budget and Control Board, month. the board did have final approval USC had been lea: tter. without state appro jportedly withdrew its bid on the months. A rental < * contract after USC's decision. An $75,000 a month was :esman declined to comment on the Gray said. aying the matter was still under When notified of y me a.u. Aiiorney uenerars oi- Lem Wiggins of / v"happy" with the ne Carolina, it makes m ite Auditor's Office and the State stepped up and did th orcement Division, SLED, com- REPKKSENTATH n investigation into apparent Amdahl were not p ities in a- competitive bidding between USC and tl lines altered-i er the js and know they are pre-law their freshman year. I haven't Jgular found many of them yet," Ewing said. f - According to Berrv. ;? oll TT UJ w v ' aft IIUI Cl ftl \j 1 uic present senior class in the law school would not have all of 0f the required pre-law courses if this (the ruling) was in ,dents effect for them." 10 are Berry said his chief concern, however, was the proposed 61 hours of required law courses. :his is "PRESENTLY, WHEN a student goes to law school, the y will frrst year is offered with only limited course :s that requirements," he said. Prior to the court's decision, the >y the required number of law courses (depending on the area of he specialization) could basically be finished during the first year of law school, according to Berry. ?? "This will mean that beyond the required courses of the now first year, a great number of required courses will alsol -coc have to be taken during the second and third year." Berrv r ^vvj said. are With two of the three years being used for required! , courses, a law student will have only one year for choosing free electives to specialize, he said. >ing to Berry said one of the reasons behind the Supreme Court's to be, decision is that medical schools have had a planned e and curriculum. This is not a good reason for changing the law s will curriculum, according to Berry. For instance, Berry said, if a pre-med student does not 11 put take biology, he will probably fail medical school, whereas n im- if a nre-law student does not takp arrniinHno it Hnncn'i mean he will fail in law school, Berry said. ent of THE REQUIRED undergraduate courses for law school lajor, wiH include accounting, history, public speaking and sitate economics. j carer There will be a hearing with the law school and the adaid visery committee in the near future to discuss the ruling najor and possible revisions, according to Ewing. ID**'_ ? iom s> sy continues nputer sale this past board Friday, but will be notified by mail of USC's choice. sing the IBM machine USC is not planning to take any action val for the past four against Jack Cooper of the Computer :harge of more than Services Division, Gray said. naid with USC funds; (vvmut a fantmnt iuvi km. g 14 VV/IIVI UVl ?? 11 N 1 II1V1 IV/ WUJ a computer for USC in June before bidding the school's decision, on the contract had been completed. He then Amdahl said he was accepted a trip sponsored by IBM to ws. "Being from South Europe, Asia and Hawaii. e proud to see the state The SC. Attorney General's office would e right thing," he said. not comment on the results of a SLEl) in ^KS from IBM and vestigation into the trip, saying only thnt it resent at the meeting was being reviewed. A report on the inhe budget and control vestigation should be released this month