Law Students, Undergrads Join

in Novel Program at CWRU

By Deena Mirow A group of Case Western Reserve University undergraduate and law students are working on projects which their supervisor hopes will reduce "specialized deafness.'

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"Too often we find that an individual in one.discipline doesn't know much about any other disciplines,” exprofessor of law. "This su-

pervised research program plained Ovid Lewis, CWRU which has law students working with undergraduates on social problems combines the law viewpoint with the social science viewpoint."

THE 32 undergraduates and 12 law students have divided into eight areas commitment of the criminal insane, abortion law, drug

reform, electronic data retrieval, delinquency, homosexual reform, consumer affairs and police education.

The program is fairly open-ended." Lewis explained. "The aim is to put

students more on their own so they can attack the problems using their resources and skills."

Questionnaires, field trips, interviews, surveys and library research all are being used by students.

STUDENTS working on delinquency have visited the Cleveland Boys School and attended juvenile court hearings. The group studying police education has a tended police training sessions and is developing a questionnaire to determine the public's attitude toward police. Those studying homosexual reform have visited a bar frequented by homosexuals. The consumer affairs group is researching automobile warranties and how individual consumers can obtain redress.

Each student will submit a paper on his research and conclusions at the end of the semester. Several of the groups plan to file briefs in their particular areas.

Lewis hopes the experimental program will be incorporated into the curriculum as a regular credit course. Most law students in the program now receive no credit.

"THIS GIVES law students a chance to interact with others, to learn how to marshall resources and to gain a feeling of social obligation," the law professor said.

Lewis noted that undergraduate response was so great that students had to be turned away from the

course.