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Volume 24, Number 1
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
May, 1980
LARGEST GRADUATING CLASS GETS DIPLOMAS MAY 10
CHIEF JUDGE GRIMES. SECOND DISTRICT COURT
OF APPEAL, WILL BE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Commencement exercises will begin at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10, in the law
school courtyard for the largest class ever to graduate from Stetson College of
Law. University President Pope Duncan will confer the degree of Juris Doctor upon
111 seniors who have already qualified for their diplomas, and recognize 10
more seniors who will be eligible for diplomas at the close of the summer session
in July. Preceding the formal exercises there will be a reception in the Great Hall
he has won the respect of his colleagues, and those who appeal to his
judgment, for his integrity and judicial
acumen.
Neither the pressures of private practice, nor the demands made upon him
as a member of one of the busiest
courts in Florida, has deterred Judge
Grimes from participating in civic affairs. Among other offices, he has been
president of the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, director of the Bartow Memorial Hospital, a district governor of Rotary International and a
chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Polk Junior College.
Judge Grimes is presently chairman
of the Conference of District Court of
Appeal Judges and a member of the
Florida Council on Criminal Justice.
STEPHEN H. GRIMES
for the graduating seniors, their families and guests.
The Honorable Stephen H. Grimes,
Chief Judge of the Second District
Court of Appeal, will deliver the commencement address and receive an
appropriate award from the University
in recognition of his record of public
service.
The distinguished judge, who went
directly from a successful law practice
to a seat on the Appellate Court, gave
early indications of the conspicuous
talent characterizing his tenure as a
jurist. He received a B.S.B.A. with honors from the University of Florida in
1950, and an LL.B., again with honors,
from the same university. In law school
he was editor of the law review and
became a member of Blue Key.
Out of law school. Judge Grimes
began the practice of law with the firm
of Holland, Bevis, McRae and Smith
(now Holland and Knight), Bartow,
becoming a partner in that firm only
two years later. Appointed to the Second District Court of Appeal in 1973,
Applications For Autumn
Semester Running High
Applications for admission to the
fall semester, which will begin on August 18, are running approximately
10% in excess of those received for
admission to last fall's entering class,
according to Mrs. Dorothy Heinlein,
Director of Admissions. This is a somewhat surprising revelation, in that over
the past two or three years applications for admission to law schools have,
nationwide, been slowly decreasing
from the peak years of the mid-
seventies. Mrs. Heinlein also observes
that, as of April' 18, 40% of the approved applicants are from out of state.
Registration day for new students
for the fall semester is August 15. A
somewhat greater number of students
than the 94 who comprised last fall's
freshman class are expected to register.
Mrs. Heinlein predicts an entering
class of 35 for the summer session,
which begins Tuesday, May 20.
Florida Bar To Publish
Book By Stetson Seniors
J. Craig Shaw, legal editor of continuing legal education publications of
the Florida Bar, has announced that a
book, Florida Non-Profit Organizations
Law, written entirely by Stetson College
of Law students under the direction of
Professor Howard L. Oleck, will be
published by the CLE committee early
this fall. The book has already received final approval by a steering
committee comprised of James Ault,
Tampa,- Richard Belz, Gainesville; Noel
Nation, Miami; Paul Prosperi, Palm
Beach; and Bonnie Roddenberry,
Miami.
The book, which evolved from a
project undertaken in the course entitled Corporations, will be the first
written entirely by law students to be
placed among the long list of CLE publications. Following a foreword by
Professor Oleck, it is divided as follows:
Introduction: "A Summary of Florida
Statutes on Non-Profit Organizations"
—David R. Bundrick; Chapter 1: "Unincorporated Associations" — Frank
Goddard; Chapter II: "Purposes and
Powers"—Barry B. Byrd; Chapter III:
"Organization and Incorporation"—
David Bundrick; Chapter IV: "Members,
Officers and Directors"—Glenn Storch;
Chapter V: "Florida Taxation of Non-
Profit Organizations"—Gail A. Adams;
Chapter VI: "Foreign Non-Profit Organizations" — Justin C. Johnson;
Chapter VII: "Property and Assets"—
Richard A. Shore; Chapter VIII:
"Amendments and Consolidations"—
Walter H. Berg, Jr.; Chapter IX: "Dissolution and Annulment" — Emmeline
Acton.
Barry Byrd graduated last February.
All of the other authors receive their
diplomas this spring.
