Finding Aid for the Law School. Office of the Dean. Administrative Files.
1949-1982.
Finding aid prepared by University Archives staff, 2004 May; finding aid revised by University Archives staff, 2009 March;
Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 June; machine-readable finding aid created by Katharine A. Lawrie, 2013 June.
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Title: Law School. Office of the Dean. Administrative Files.
Identifier/Call Number: University Archives Record Series 527
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.2 linear ft.
(23 boxes)
Date: 1949-1982
Abstract: Record Series 527 contains the administrative files of the Office of the Dean including committee minutes, budget and personnel
files, memoranda, reports, and materials relating to specific programs and institutes.
Creator:
Law School. Office of the Dean. 1949-
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Law School. Office of the Dean. Administrative Files (University Archives Record Series 527). UCLA
Library Special Collections, University Archives.
Historical note
The UCLA School of Law was founded in 1949. In 1947 the California State Legislature appropriated money for the construction
of the law school building on the UCLA campus. The first class entered in 1949, but the building was not occupied until 1951.
In 1952, 44 students became the first graduates of the law school. In 1967 the new wing was completed, which housed 50 faculty
and 1000 students. The next major addition was the Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, which was completed in 1998. The School
of Law commemorated its 50th Anniversary on January 20, 2000.
Scope and Content
Record Series 527 contains the administrative files of the Office of the Dean. Files include committee documentation, correspondence,
budget and personnel files, memoranda, reports, and materials relating to specific programs and institutes.
This is an active record series; additional University records are expected to be added.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Box 1, Folder 1
John A. Bauman.
June 1979.
Box 1, Folders 2-4
Associate Dean Prager - correspondence.
1978-80.
Box 1, Folder 5
Associate Dean Prager 1980-81 chron.
1980-1981.
Box 1, Folders 6-8
Associate Dean Prager - correspondence.
1980-1982.
Box 2, Folder 1
Associate Dean McGovern chron. file.
1983-84.
Box 2, Folder 2
Associate Dean Varat 1982-83 chron.
1982-83.
Box 2, Folder 3
Associate Dean Varat.
1983.
Box 3, Folder 1
Faculty by laws.
1949-1982.
Box 3, Folder 2
Law School Administrative Organization.
1968-1980.
Box 3, Folder 4
UCLA Law Review.
1952-1981.
Box 3, Folder 5
Law school bulletin.
1965-1981.
Box 3, Folder 6
Law school procedures.
1967-1981.
Box 3, Folder 8
Outside courses committee.
1967-1970.
Box 3, Folder 9
Faculty student relations.
1968-1970.
Box 4, Folder 3
Personnel - aliens.
1968-1974.
Box 4, Folder 4
Records management.
1978-1980.
Box 4, Folder 5
Research - contracts and grants.
1968-1982.
Box 4, Folder 6
Space management.
1975-1981.
Box 4, Folder 7
Student information.
1972-1980.
Box 4, Folder 8
Summer school rotation.
1956-1964.
Box 4, Folders 9-12
Summer session.
1964-1967.
Box 5, Folders 1
Communications grant
1972-1980.
Box 5, Folder 2
Conversion to semester hours.
1977.
Box 5, Folder 3
Concurrent degree program.
1979-1981.
Box 5, Folders 4-7
Curriculum Committee.
1976-1980.
Box 5, Folder 8
Curriculum Revision Committee.
1978-1979.
Box 6, Folders 1
Ad Hoc Curriculum Revision Com.
1978-1979.
Box 6, Folders 2
1980 Conference on Law Curriculum.
1980.
Box 6, Folders 3
Graduate Education Committee.
1974-1978.
Box 6, Folders 4
Three Year Budget Projections.
1975-1979.
Box 6, Folders 5
Alumni Associations Awards.
1978-1982.
Box 7, Folders 1-16
Dean Warren correspondence.
1977 Jan-1977 Apr; 1979 Jan-1979 Sep; 1979 Nov-1980 Jan.
Box 8, Folders 1-15
Dean Warren correspondence.
1980 Feb-1981 Apr.
Box 9, Folders 1-15
Dean Warren correspondence.
1981 May-1982 Jun.
Box 10
1971-1972 tutorial.
1971-1972.
Box 10
Budget planning.
1965-1978.
Box 10
Building committee.
1980-1981.
Box 10
CLEO summer institute.
1977.
Box 10
Clinical faculty.
1970-1980.
Box 10
Clinical Professor series.
1973-1976.
Box 10
Clinical program.
1970-1983.
Box 10
Field supervisors - clinical program.
1970s.
Box 10
Law building committee notes.
1978-1981.
Box 11
Summer session.
ca. 1950 - 1963.
Box 12
Faculty committees - inactive.
1961-1980.
Box 12
Health problems program.
1969-1973.
Box 12
Operating costs - law school.
1968-1982.
Box 12
Visiting scholars and lecturers.
1950s-1960s.
Box 13
Academic personnel - salaries, appointments, and promotions.
1953-1981.
Box 13
Admissions task force report.
1978-1979.
General note
Also known as "The Karst Report."
Box 13
Advisory committee.
1972-1981.
Box 13
Affirmative Action academic.
1976-1981.
Box 13
Appalachia Quarter Away program.
1973-1975.
Box 13
Discrimination against women committee.
1973.
Box 14
1964-1965 academic personnel general budget.
1964-1965.
Box 14
Academic personnel rosters.
1949-1963.
Box 14
Appointments committee - clinical tenure.
1974-1975.
Box 14
Budget planning.
1979-1982.
Box 14
Budget records.
1963-1964.
Box 14
Curriculum committee.
1973, 1981.
Box 25
Acting professor.
1971 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence regarding the appraisal and retention of non-tenured faculty.
Box 25
Bakke case file.
1976 Oct - 1977 Mar.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
File for UCLA committee on the Bakke case, chaired by Melville Nimmer. Includes correspondence and admissions data.
General note
Originally labeled "Historical file (1)"
Box 25
Building planning documents.
1976 - 1981.
Extent:
4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drafts, charts, and correspondence regarding the planning of the new law buidling, in particular, the planning of library
space.
Box 25
Carswell protest.
1970 - 1973 [bulk 1970].
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to and from Dean Murray Schwartz in opposition to the appointment of Judge Harrold Carswell to the United States
Supreme Court.
Box 26
Judicial evaluation.
1977 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes corresondence, notes, drafts of rules for the evaluation of Superior and Municipal Court judges for Los Angeles County.
Box 26
Library - Lexis file.
1977 - 1984.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda concerning the Law Library's subscription to the Lexis information service (originally
from Mead Data Central) and the eventual termination of the contract.
Box 26
Library building plans.
1981 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, floor plans, meeting minutes, charts and a draft of a project planning guide for a building expansion.
Box 26
Library meeting minutes.
1977 - 1982.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, agenda, and notes from librarians, catalogers, and circulation staff meetings.
Box 26
Perez decision.
1978 Jul - 1979 Jan.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Case file for People of the State of California v. Carlos Perez regarding the rights of law students in a clinical teaching
environment. Includes correspondence and court documents (amicus curae).
Box 26
Scholarship Committee.
1972-1977.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and notes from committee.
Box 27
Ad Hoc Curriculum Revision Committee.
1978 - 1986.
Scope and Contents note
Includes memoranda, reports, and correspondence from the Ad Hoc Currciulum Committee.
Box 27
Admissions Committee.
1980 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and a proposal from UCLA Law School Admissions Coalition (student group).
Much of the file regards diversity issues.
Box 27
Admissions Task Force.
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and recommendations from the Task Force.
Box 27
Admissions.
1977 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, flyers, and reports regarding the School of Law's admissions policy. Much of the file
includes documents related to policies intended to increase student diversity.
Box 27
Affirmative Action plan.
1973 - 1978.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and affirmative action proposal.
Box 27
Aix Marseilles Program.
1981 - 1983.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and notes. Arthur Rosett was heavily involved in program.
Box 27
American Bar Association accreditation report - April 21-24, 1974.
1974 - 1976.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, itinerary, and accreditation report.
Box 27
Asian admissions.
1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and flyer for protest.
Box 27
Black Law Journal.
1977 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, editorial board election results, budget, 1979 survey of UCLA black law alumni, and proposal to American
Bar Association for official endorsement.
Box 27
Building - Clinical addition.
1978 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, draft of project planning guide, and survey of needs.
Box 27
Building - Dodd Hall.
1969 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and space proposal.
Box 27
Building.
1967 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda concerning upkeep, space concerns, and alterations to Law Building.
Box 27
Clerkship Committee.
1971 - 1984.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding clerkships.
Box 27
Committee on Research.
1963.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence regarding suggestions for improving law research at UCLA.
Box 27
Committee rosters.
1966 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes rosters for various faculty committees.
Box 27
Communications Law.
1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, schedules, and brochure for 1981 Communications Law Symposium.
Box 27
Comparative Labor Law.
1978 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence regarding journal titled Comparative Labor Law.
Box 27
Corrections program.
1971 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, notes, and report on corrections law program.
Box 27
Correspondence.
1970 - 1980.
Box 27
Counseling services.
1978 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and schedule for academic counseling services provided by the School of Law.
Box 27
Discrimination Committee.
1972 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda.
Box 27
Diversity groups admissions letters.
1981 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence from diversity groups and position paper by School of Law.
Box 27
Environmental Law Society.
1974 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and proposals from society.
Box 27
Estate Planning Institute.
1979 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and programs for annual program conducted by UCLA and California Continuing Education of the Bar.
Box 27
Externship Committee.
1980 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correpsondence and memoranda.
Box 27
Faculty By-Laws.
1970 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes ammended By-Laws and correspondence regarding By Laws.
Box 27
Faculty meeting minutes.
1980 - 1981.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes roll sheets, notes, minutes, and supporting documents.
Box 27
Faculty review.
1963.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence regarding the review of faculty.
Box 27
Faculty-Student Relations Committee.
1965 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and 1968 School of Law honor code.
Box 27
Graduate degrees.
1967 - 1994 [Bulk 1967 - 1968].
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda regarding degree programs offered by School of Law.
Box 27
Graduate program - LLM and MCL.
1979 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda regarding Master of Comparative Law program.
Box 27
Graduate Studies Committee.
1969 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes memoranda and correspondence.
Box 27
History of School (at 30 years).
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes history of School of Law.
Box 27
La Raza - Journal.
1970 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and staff rosters.
Box 27
Speech to Foundation trustees - Bill Warren.
1982.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of speech given by William Warren on January 29, 1982.
Box 28
Honor code.
1965 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, report, and various revisions of the School of Law's Honor Code.
Box 28
Hugo Black Lecture Series.
1977 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and proposal for lecture series.
Box 28
Joint degree programs - Economics / MBA.
1978 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and publicity.
Box 28
Kitchen Cabinet.
1980 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and topics for discussion.
Box 28
Law School committeee annual reports.
1971 - 1979.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports and memoranda.
Box 28
Legal research and writing.
1966 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda regarding education in legal research and writing. Also includes proposal for changes
to program in legal writing.
Box 28
Library Committee.
1958 - 1978.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda.
Box 28
Minority orientation program.
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and memoranda concerning funding for a minority orientation program.
Box 28
Murphy Amendment.
1969.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and schedule for Dean Murray Schwartz's testimony before United States Senate in opposition
to the Murphy Amendment, which Schwartz believed would hurt Legal Services Program.
Box 28
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition.
1976 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, publicity, and press release regarding competition sponsored by the American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers.
Box 28
Pacific Basin Law Journal.
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and proposal for Pacific Basin Law Journal.
Box 28
Scholarships.
1975 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and notes regarding the establishment and funding of various UCLA School of Law scholarship funds.
Box 29
Standards Committee.
1979 - 1984.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports from the committee.
Box 29
Student groups.
1969 - 1982.
Extent:
4 folders
Scope and Contents note
Comprised of folders for American Indian Law Students Association, Asian American Law Students Association, Correspondence,
and La Raza. Includes correspondence, budget proposals, and proposals for programs and events.
Box 29
Task Force on Grading.
1973.
Scope and Contents note
Includes memoranda, standards, and recommendations.
Box 29
Tutorial Committee.
1969 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence to and from committee.
Box 29
UCLA-Alaska Law Review.
1967 - 1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, space request, and staff rosters for UCLA-Alaska Law Review.
Box 30
Admissions investigation.
1974.
Scope and Contents note
Includes memoranda, case file, findings of investigation, and report. Investigation dealt with alleged irregularities in admissions
practices in the early 70s.
General note
RESTRICTED. Permission to view file must be granted by School of Law, Office of the Dean.
Box 30
File on Assistant Dean Fred Slaughter.
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes memoranda and correspondence regarding the potential termination of Slaughter.
General note
RESTRICTED. Permission to view this file must be granted by Office of the Dean.
Box 30
Student Affairs.
1973 - 1982.
Extent:
2 folders
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Regards appeals made by students concerning grades or law school policy.
General note
RESTRICTED. Permission to view these files must be granted by Office of the Dean.
Box 30
UCLA Journal of International Law / International Law Society.
1979 - 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and staff rosters.
Box 30
UCLA Law.
1977 - 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, galley proofs, and submissions to early issues of UCLA Law, a publication directed toward alumni
and other parties interested in the School of Law.
Box 30
Visiting scholars.
1980 - 1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and information sheets for visiting scholars.
Box 30
William A. Rutter Award.
1979-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, notes, and a speech given by Dean William Warren at 1982 award ceremony.
