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Four days of prior restraint

BY ZIBBY PILLOTE & ANTHONY RUIZ
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SPORTS EDITOR

THE PIONEER LOG

APRIL 19, 2013

A CALL FOR JOURNALISM AT LEWIS & CLARK

Portlands only law school might have a reputation for animal law, but when it comes to the First Amendment, it seems they could use some brushing up. On April 5, Chief Justice Roberts presided over Lewis & Clarks inaugural moot court competition. In what amounted to an unpublished print article and four days of prior restraint, several College officials insisted on having an article covering the moot court event be screened by Chief Justice Roberts office. When Ruiz questioned the legalities of such restrictions by Chief Justice Roberts office, a College official informed Ruiz that his tone will not be tolerated and that the Dean of Students Anna Gonzalez was informed of the situation. The Pioneer Log was not made aware by LC officials that an article involving Chief Justice Roberts would have to be pre-approved before Tuesday afternoon. After sending the article in on Tuesday for approval in an attempt to maintain cordial relations with the Law School, The Pioneer Log was well aware that the story would have no chance of being approved before its Wednesday evening deadline. Two emails were sent to the Law School expressing the urgency of this matter and the impending 5 p.m. deadline. The Law School did not send a copy of the article to the Supreme Court until 11:36 p.m. Wednesday evening over six hours past deadline. The Pioneer Log never received confirmation that the article had been received by the Law School, and did not receive any follow up communication until the Oregonian article went live on the night of Friday, April 12. In an email to The Pioneer Log, Dean of the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark Robert Klonoff apologized and said that he regrets what he called a misunderstanding. Klonoff later also apologized via an online comment to the Oregonian story published on the matter. On Friday, Kolonoff informed Oregonian reporter Betsy Hammond that the article was only sent to the Supreme Court as a heads-up, yet his email to Chief Justice Roberts office states, Attached is the college newspaper article about the Chief Justices visit. Please let me know if it meets with your approval. The same morning, Ruiz and Pillote received an email from Director of Public Relations Lise Harwin stating, there was a misunderstanding with the Supreme Court. They have just informed us that student newspaper articles do not need to be approved by their office and have apologized for any miscommunication. Harwin stated on Tuesday, Apr. 10, that the article had been sent to the Chief Justices office by the Law School, but emails indicate that this is incorrect. LCs Student Media Board bylaws assert that the student press at Lewis & Clark is free from

Chief Justice Roberts presides over inaugural moot court competition

BY ANTHONY RUIZ
SPORTS EDITOR

As It Should Have Been

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Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law inaugurated its first ever Environmental Moot Court Advocate of the Year Competition on April 5 in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel. With lines stretching from the Chapel to the Frank Manor House, hundreds of eager law students, graduates and other professionals packed the recently renovated venue which featured sitting Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts. Chief Justice Roberts is the highest ranking federal official to visit LC since President Gerald Ford came to Palatine Hill in 1975. Roberts, along with Judge Diarmuid OScannlain and Judge Anna Brown (80), presided over the inaugural competition. Three members of LCs environmental law team that finished second at a national competition at Pace University School of Law in New York last November participated in the inaugural event. Third-year law school students Andy Erickson, Maggie Hall and Meredith Price (07) each had 25 minutes to argue their case in front of the Supreme Court Justice, allowing for 1-minute rebuttals at the end. The students argued a fictional yet complex case surrounding the Clean Water Act and endured 32 practice rounds in preparing for the event. Today is an extraordinary day for the College . and even more for . students who get . to argue in . front of . the .

Chief Justice, said President Barry Glassner. Not many students in the world get to do that. Soon to be double alumna Price won the competition, receiving the highest of praise from the judges for her eye contact, poise and patience under tough questioning. During her time at LC, Price was vice president of the Student Academic Affairs Board, participated in a national debate tournament and was selected as the senior speaker in 2007. At the conclusion of the event, Chief Justice Roberts said that he enjoyed it very much and was generally impressed by the composure of the participants throughout. Judge OScannlain said that all three participants would be among the top echelon

of lawyers he dealt with on a daily basis and encouraged them to apply to work in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals the minute they pass the bar. In the afternoon prior to the competition, Chief Justice Roberts surprised three firstyear legal writing classrooms with a visit. The Chief Justice asked Dean of the Law School Robert Klonoff for names and pictures of students so that he could memorize their faces and cold call on them during class just as the professors would do. First-year law student Michael Cowgill was one of the students the Chief Justice called on during the surprise class visits. The Florida native admitted to being initially shocked when the Chief Justice called his name, but said that he felt prepared and that he will remember the moment for some time to come. Associate Professor of Law Aliza Kaplan said that the Chief Justice must have looked at her syllabus prior to class since he immediately began asking and fielding questions as if it were a normal day. We were shellshocked at first, said Kaplin, who had no prior knowledge that her classroom would be visited by the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. After judging the competition, Chief Justice Roberts made his way over to Stamm for a post-reception event. The Chief Justice bumped elbows with a buzzing room as participants were honored, drinks were served and the LC community reflected on the enormity of the events that had transpired.
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censorship and advance approval of content. That said, the Office of Public Affairs and Communication and the Law School both independently claimed that they were given explicit instructions from the Chief Justices office that the article would need to be approved.

Editors Note
While the covenant was broken temporarily between the College and The Pioneer Log, there is a learning opportunity. The administration and Dean Klonoff have already apologized for their involvement in this matter. What we can learn from this is that First

Amendment and freedom of the press issues are paramount in the minds of students, and that any form of censorship will create barriers between the administration and the students at large. Regardless of the orders from Chief Justice Roberts Office, the College should have refused to send in any independent student publication for prior approval. The College has admitted its error and we look forward to having an open relationship with the administration in the future. The award-winning studentrun Pioneer Log has been an institution on campus for over 60 years. During this time, faculty advisors have come and gone, sometimes leaving students in the dark to make important decisions without a form of professional guidance. This semester, there is

no dedicated faculty advisor to The Pioneer Log. More importantly, of the 14 sections being offered in the Rhetoric and Media Studies Department for Fall 2013, none are explicitly related to journalism. This means that there are no dedicated classes on journalistic law or writing practices at LC. Several editors and writers at The Pioneer Log have stressed the importance of an academic experience for writers and editors, and have expressed disappointment in the lack of academic support offered by the College. It is the position of The Pioneer Log that LC should invest in the journalistic education of its students in order to prevent future misunderstandings as well as demonstrate a continued support of free student press.