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../ Thompson 1ei6sUSD to 16th win SAN DIEGO (AP) - Center Scott Thompson scored 18 points to lead the University of San Diego to a 69-66 w1i1 over Pepperdine in West Coast Athletic Conference basketball Saturday at the USD Sports Center. . Nils Madden added 14 points and Mark Manor 10 for the league-leading Toreros, who raised their record to 16-4 overall and 7-1 in conference. Eric White scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Pepperdine, which fell to 7-13 and 2-5. USD opened its biggest lead Ol the game, 48-36, with 16:52 to play on a three-point play by guar4 Paul Leonard. The Waves then outscored USD 30-19, with White scoring 13 of those points, and cut the deficit to one, 67-66. with 59 seconds re- maining on two free throws by Dexter Howard. But Leonard sank two free throws 10 seconds later to close the scoring. Pepperdine kept the Toreros from getting off another shot dur• ing the final 49 seconds, but th Waves missed three three-poin '/

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He is the son of R~ian-Polish immigrants and was born 10 Chicago where he grew up on the city's West Side and spoke only Yiddish until he was 5. He atte ed junior college in Chicago and served in the Army from 1943 through 1946. Staff~ aews service reports were used to compile tbi11 re rt. /.

He has written several books on law and is a recognized authority among conservatives on land use and the Constitution. Some critics, how- ever, contend he would promote property rights over civil liberties. Responding to those critics, Siegan

ve~1ty of Chicago legal thinking, he Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, said. He grad~ted.with a law degree Hawaii and Guam.

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Bruce Cozart Named Again ForVolunteerLawyer Of Yi~It Pays In Real Ways By HOYT SMITH SoDiOfoD.;JyTranscrip(Sulf'ffrller

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lady five months. ago," he s id. "Two weeks ago she brought a friend in to see me. Now I've got a case with a lot of money coming in. "l actually started my practice off these cases," said Cozart, who shortly after passing the bar was out looking for work, interviewing with civil litigation firms and ex- periencing the frustrations of many a rookie lawyer. That's when Ernie Oderica, former director of Volunteer Lawyers, took Cozart out to lunch. "He said 'this is bow you can do it,' and I believed him and it worked. "I said why not do this while I'm interviewing, meet some people and make some good connections? I was able to struggle by. I got money from some of the cases. I did my own typing, I did everything. As a matter of fact, when I started I was working out of my house." Eventually Cozart moved into an office with another lawyer, but was still answering his own phone. "It takes a lot of time," said Cozart of his volunteer work. "I probably put in about 275 to 300 hours last year, on approximately 20 cases. Some cases are very tiil)e-consuming. For instance, working with a deaf client. It took a lot of time and effort com- mwiicating. It's frustrating taking (Continued on Page 4A)

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If it seemed like deja vu for Bruce Cozart last Thursday night, standing at the podium before members and clients of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Pro- gTam, it was because the young El Cajon attorney had been there be- . For the second year m a row, Cozart was named "Lawyer of the Year" by Volunteer Lawyers for the hundreds of hours of free legal assistance he has donated to the · indigent as a public service. The 28-year-old USD School of L~w . gTaduate hasn't even been practic- .. ing for two years. He passed the bar and was admitted in June 1985. "A friend warned me about com· ing down here and accepting this award, because everybody in town is now going to call me for free legal help," said Cozart. Accor- ding to him, that would be a bless- 'ip.g, a cornucopia. "As far as get• -~ing nothing out of it,"_ said .~oza1: · o.f his vqluntary servtces, thats about as far from the truth as you can:·get." Aside from the personal gratification he receives, Cozart . . said he also gets an average of one or two referrals from every client ··hehelps. . "I did a divorce for a Mexican :fore.

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1888 • 7· ~ppraisers group to offer seri~s pf classes at USD A series of educa 10nal courses of- Institute) and RM (Residential Mem- fered through the American Institute ber) designations. Members and can- of Real Estate Appraisers will be didates subscribe to a code of ethics held at the University of San_,Diego in a_nd standards of professional prac- June. lice.

Courses at USD are scheduled to run June 7 to 27. There is a fee. Enrollment information and co~ ies of the 1987 Education Catalogue describing the course curriculum may be obtained by writing to the Appraisal Institute; Attn: Education Department, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-4088.

Courses in real estate appraisal principles, basic valuation proce- dures, residential valuation, stand- ards of professional practice, litiga- tion valuation and market analysis are among those offered. The institute, founded in 1932, awards the MAI (Member, Appraisal

El Cajon, CA (San Diego Co.) Dally Californian (Cir. D. 100,271)

FEB 1 1987

USD rides out the Waves --- 5 Torero'§ 1 fiang on to sink Pepperdine, 69-66

seconds to play. The senior has had trouble from the foul line all sea on, shooting Just 58 percent, but calmly sank both tosses Pepperdine tried to go for the last shot but Leonard pop( ed the ball free and the ball was tied up between the teams with two sec- onds left. The possession arrow was in the Waves' favor, giving the defending conference cham- pions a chance to stage the final shot. Leonard added 16 points for the Toreros, while forward Nils Mad- den added 14 and Manor chipped in 10. Davis countered with 17 for the Waves. USO is now 16·4 overall, 7-1 in the WCAC. Pepperdine, which has struggled on the road all season. lost for the ninth straight time away from Firestone Field- house. The Waves dropped to 7-13, 2-5 m the WCAC. The Toreros, off to their finest start since moving into Division I play in 1980, will travel to Malibu on Friday m a re-match with a Waves.

visitmg Waves close. The forward got the ball inside, producing 28 point and 13 reb,mnds. The fig- ures topped both teams. Pepperdine trailed 67-61 with 1:18 to play, but still had a chance to force an overtime m the game's final seconds. Head coach Jim Harrick called a timeout to set up a final play. Using a screen m front of the Waves' bench, guard Ed Allen attempted a three-point field goal. However, the shot went in and out of the basket, lifting the Toreros to their school-record 12th straight homccourt win, and sixth overall. Craig Davis started the late comeback with a three-point goal from the baseline to cut the lead to 67-64. Dexter Howard followed with a pair of foul shots after he stole the ball from Torero Mark Manor, then was fouled by the guard. That cut the USO lead down lo one. However, Torero point guard Paul Leonard connected on both ends of a one-and-one with 49

from staff and w,re reports The Umver 1ty of San Diego he ld of II furious Pcpperdme ral- ly m the final seconds, holding ba c the Waves 69-66 in West ., o st Athletic Conference b,1skethall action Saturday. USD'i, second con ecutive sell- ut of 2,800 saw the game at the chool'. Sport. Center. The v1cto , matched with ,on:zaga'.s 60 55 triumph over ,antc1 Clar . kept USO one-half tnm ' ahead f the Bulldogs in a uce that has boiled down to just wo team. Only the University of Portland. n 85-49 victor over the Un1vers1ty of San Francisco. has a .hance of catching the WCAC euders Ccnlcr Scott Thompson paced a balanced scoring attack for USO. lhe seven-foot senior scored 18 points to help build a 58-46 ad- v ntage with 16:52 remaining in the second half However, Enc White. the WCAC's second leading scorer at 18.8 pomts per game, kept the

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Pepperdine University guard Jim Harrick, left, tries to drive past University of San Diego guard Danny Means. USD hung on in the closing minutes to emerge with 66 win,