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blacks are really involved in the judi- 'pencer, another USD law school student, does plan to stay here upon graduation in May. She was a summer assOCJate at Luce, Forward and has accepted an offer from that "When I worked at Luce, Forward last summer, I was surprised at how few black professionals there are in San Diego, compared to other cit1 I've lived in, such as Chicago," said Spencer, who 1s mamed to Chargers running ack Tim Spencer. "But I enjoyed working for the firm, and I love this city. I intend to finn c1al process." Gilda

"ThlS city has had some negative P.R. in the last couple of years, with the Sagon Penn case and the Market the convention center cause of recruiting more blacks to Darryl Exum, who expects to graduate from USD's law school in May, said he has ''no intention" of "This is not a city that offers the kinds of opportunities I am looking for as a lawyer," he said. "I grew up in Washington, DC., and I'll probably go back there or to Chicago. I've got- ten a couple of offers here, but I'd rather go to a city where I feel Street and issue. It certain work in this city." hasn't helped the staying in San Diego.

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more blacks applying." She said the firm has no black attorneys. Mary Ann Salaber, director of ca- reer planning and placement at USD's law SCbMl, said USD joined forces last year with Cal Western Law School to create the minonty career development program, which solicits the cooperation of San "We have gotten the cooperation of the big firms here, which IS encour- agm ," said Salaber, "but there is till a long way to go before San Diego becomes a city that blacks seek out to practice law in. of minority applicants.

firm as any aother applicant. Unfor- tunately, we do not get very many blacks to apply," said Jamie Horns- by, the rccrwting administrator for Jennings, Engstrand & Henrickson, th city' fifth-largest finn. Hornsby said that, wlule Jennings, Engstrand & Henrickson only has one black lawyer on a staff of 55 attorneys, "we Linda Woolcott, hiring partn r for Higg , Fletcher & Mack, said the third-largest firm "absolutely does not d1Scrimlnate. We receive very few black applicants. We re- crwt nationally and it really IS a city' showing an interest."

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Rand Trapp, a taff lawyer with tat Attorn y G neral' office and m mber of th Earl B. Gtlllam th t, making efforts to recnut ttorn ys, but it I difficult qualified applicants who n Di go for a gov- rnm ntal gency when th y can get t a flnn in an th r city like , which has a bigger bl c population, at a much higher •Blacks hav a olutely the same bl k ftndm nt tow rk in hired An el pay I r l Uon, di g . 'Gov mmental agenc1 here are, in f

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I ter Sally Furay, USD's provost, loves a good mystery. Her youthful fa clnation with the Nancy Drew books has given way to more soph' ticated works by Robert Ludlum and Helen Macinnes which offer "a b I of an intellectual challenge." '