News Scrapbook 1981-1982

Int rfaith dialogue focuse on school prayer issue

"We're continuing to work on finding areas we can work together on," said Mishler when he was interviewed after the panel discussion. "The Israel trip is one area we've been able to work on together. The clergy dialogue series wasn't." The seminar ended with a closing prayer, composed by Sister Marleen Brasefield of the University of San Diego office of continuing education. She described the prayer as "a story about a person lookmg for God,0 Ballinger said the prayer was not an example of the possibility of writing a voluntary, meaningful, non-sectar- ian prayer, however. The prayer was voluntary and meaningful, but also sectarian because it reflected a Judeo-Christian point of view, he said. "It may have been non-denominational, but twas sec- tarian." Ballinger said. Sister Marleen said because the prayer did ,mention God. it could probably be called sectarian "Sectarian is not the right word, but yes, it was non- denominational," she said.

Mishler, a Methodist, said that liberal, mainline Protes- tants generally oppose the prayer amendment while many "conservative, evangelical fundamentalists" sup- port the measure. . He noted that the 13-m1Jlion-member Southern Baptist Convention reversed a longstanding policy of opposing a prayer amendment by endorsing it at the convention's national convention in New Orleans last month. Moss characterized the prayer amendment as "a terri- ble power play" by "the political right wing." He said that "history shows that when religion and state power come together, it's not good for either religion or the state." Mishler said no evangelicals took part in the dialogue, one m a series of interfaith clergy dialogues, because "it's hard to get evangelicals to take part in any kind of dia- logue" He said the San Diego Evangelical Association took part in the initial planning stages of the dialogue series, but later dropped out. The SEA and Ecumenical Confer- ence are cooperating on a clergy trip to Israel next Janu- ary, however, Mishler said.

brings Op, especially the idea that prayer should How out of your personal religious tradition and that the attempt to have a non-d nominational prayer would be very dirri- <·ult," Duncanson said in an mterview after the forum. "We have a difficult time agreeing bow to say the Lord s Prayer so how can we expect Jews and Christians and Buddhists to come up with a prayer form that's ac- ptable to everybody?" Ballinger, curriculum coordinator for the San Diego County Schools, said in a later interview that he rejects the theory that school prayer is a way of reversing what me evangelicals say is an increasing public school hos- t hty tor Jig1on ' I the schools as bemg very neutral I don·t see them as being hostile at all," he said. ' t teacher I know most adminIStrators are very active ID therr church - not all, but a majority." Ballinger 1d th great proliferation of private - mainly evangelical elementary and high schools is p rtly due to evangelical misconceptions about the public hoots' ho tility to religion

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Saturday. ,July ~. 1982

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DAILY TRANSCRIPT JUL 6 1982 .... USD Law School Prof. C. Hugh Friedman will speak July 16 in the second of the summer lecture series offered to members of "the legal community by the law school's alumni association. He will speak on "Assisting Clients in Choosing the Appropriate Business Entity" at noon in the SDG&E auditorium. Those attending the free lectures are asked to bring brown bag lun- ches; coffee will be provided. On Aug. 6 U.S. Atty. Peter K. Nunez will speak on "New Directions of Federal Law Enforcement." / . . . DAILY TRANSCRIPT JUL 1 5 1982 C. Hugh Friedman, University of S~n Diego School of Law professor• will speak at noon Friday at the SD~&E auditorium, 101 Ash St. His subJect will be "Assisting Clients in Choosmg the Appropriate Business Entity." His presentation will be one of several being offered this summer by the USD Law Alumni Assn Adm!ssion will be free, coffee will provided and those attending have been asked to bring brown bag lunches.

USO Offers Law Lectures U111vl•rs1ty of San Uiego professor of law C llugh Friedman and U.S. Attorney designate Peter K. Nunez will be featured speakers in the July 16 and Aug. 6 sessions of the USO Law ·Alumni Assodat111n summer lecture ~cries. .~·ril•chnan's .July Hi lecture will be 'litll'd "Assisting Clients . In Choosing the Appropriate Business Entity." "New Oimcnsions of ~·cderal Law Enforcement" will be the topic of Nunez's Aug. 6 lecture. The free series is held at noon in the aurlitorium of the San Oicgo Gus· and Electric Co., IOI Ash St. Participants arc risked to bring a brown bag lunch and coffee will be served. A graduate or Yale Un- iversity :ind Stanford Law School, Friedman has served as Slate deputy at- torney general. director of the London Institute on In- ternational and Com- parative Law, and as con- sultant to the American Bar Association. He is a judge pro tern of the San Diego Municipal Court. Nunez is currently Assis- tant U.S. Attorney for the Southern Oistrict of California. Agraduate of the USD law school and Duke l/niversily, he is also Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney and rrceived the U.S. Attorney General's Special Com- mendation Award in 1979. For additional information on the lecture series call 291-6480, ext. 4358.

'School prayer i~ only a partial olution to what we ee as the need. of the tudents'

Balling r said that d · pate the voluntary nature of 11, m pr ct1c ch1ldr n would r I coc•rced into taking part. "Governm nt should neither encourage nor d1 courage r hg1ous activity of any kind," said Ballinger, chairman of th S n D1 go chapt r or Am ncans United for Separa- tion of Church and u,t Balling r

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JUl. 1 2 1982.

SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL

~EML AR: Assisting Clients in Choos- ing th c Appropriate Business Entity DATE July 16 TIME: Noon LOCATJO : SDG&E Auditorium FEE: 1 one SP01'."'S_OR: USD Law Alumni Assoc1at1on CONTACT: 291-6480, ext. 4358

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SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL SEMINAR: Making Advocacy for the Small Consumer Pay: Specials, Generals, Punitives, and Attorney's Fees through the Use of Class Actio_n. Products Liability, Warranty and Mis- leading Advertising DATE: June 25 TIME: oon LOCATION: San Diego Gas and Elec- tnc Co. auditorium FEE: one . SPONSOR: USD Law Alumni Association CO 'TACT: 291-6480, ext. 4358 •

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THE SAN DIEGO UNION 1982 College Of Advocacy nrollment Ends Frida~ Enrollment en Friday for attorneys wanting to par- ticipate in the San Diego Inn of Court's ninth annual College of Advocacy. The hve- ion program begins Sept. 21 at the Univer- 1ty of San Diego Law School and concludes with clinical worksho held Sept. 25 at the County Courthouse. Superior Court Judge David M. Gill. president of the Inn of Court, said enrollment IS limited to 108 students tb!S year. The program is open to all attorneys, but is d gned primarily for attorney· with less than five years expmence, he said ''The heart of th pro r m I th clinical workshops in th courthow e. wh re tuden get an opportumty to par• t1c1pate m the important segments of trials from jury election to cl ing argum n ,' Gill id. "C1t1zens who re<-ently comp! led their jury rvice are enh t d to rve Jurors and workshop leaders are en- couraged to give con tructive crlllctsm for the benefits or the tud nts. •·we are not ther~ to tell th m they are polished mas- ter of trial advocacy but to re pond con tructively to th 1r Inter t tn mproving th ir advocacy kills We've II made many of th m mi takes they will make from lack of experience or xnmple, omchrnes to the detri- m nt of our clients,'' Gill id He id th fa ulty will con 1st or some of the leadmg trt I advocat from the San D1 go County Bar A ia- Uon nd expenen d trial court judges. They will partici- pate 1n th d monstratlon nd function as workshop I de "The Inn tand as a tribul to Judge Louis M. Welsh, who imll t~d th program In 1974," Gill d ''It repre- ents a d1 tmc-1 public rv1 n hich th San Diego legal community, nd, md ed. th ntlre community can I k JU llf1ahl prld "Our progr m conhnu to rv a mod 1for s1m1- I r programs tbrou bout th coun ry AUG 3

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SEMINAR: Computer Resources for Special Educaton DATE: Aug. 5 TIME: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. LOCATION: USD De Sales Hall. Rooms 203. 209 FEE: $50 SPONSOR: USD Department of Con- 11nu111g_ Education and School of Education CONTACT: 293-4585 SEMINAR: Advanced Basic (Com- puter) Programming DATE: Aug. 5 or 6 TIME: 9 a.m. 10 6 p.m. LOCATION USD De Sales Hall, Rooms 203. 209 FEE: $50 SPONSOR: USD Department ofCon- tmumg_ Education and School of Education CONTACT: 293-4585 SEMINAR: New Dimensions of Federal Law Enforcement DATE: Aug. 6 TIME: Noon LOCATION: SDG&E Auditorium FEE: None SPONSOR: USD Law Alumni Association CONTACT: 291-6480 •

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