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Show LAW INSTITUTE OPENS MAY 3 AT UNIVERSITY A May 3 institute on insanity and the law, for lawyers, psychiatrists, psy-chiatrists, psychologists, social workers and students in these fields, will climax the traditional Law Week observance on the University of Utah campus. One of the nation's outstanding authorities on insanity and the law will address the banquet concluding the day-long institute Dr. Daniel J. Dykstra, dean of the College of Law, announced Monday. Henry Weihofen, professor of j Jaw at the University of Newi Mexico, holder of the Isaac Ray j award from the American Psychiatric Psy-chiatric Assn., and author of several sev-eral works on the legal implications implica-tions of insanity, will be the banquet speaker. The Utah State Bar joins the College of Law in presenting the institute, in which Utah lawyers, doctors and educators will lead the discussions. May 3 has been designated annual Law Day on the campus. A morning session on "Insanity as a Defense in Criminal Proceedings," Pro-ceedings," beginning at 10 a.m., will feature three speakers Sanford H. Kadish, University of Utah professor of law, on "The Traditoinal Tests and Recent Developments"; De-velopments"; Dr. Francis "Raf-"erty, "Raf-"erty, assistant professor of psy chiatry at the U. and consulting psychiatrist at Utah State Prison, on "The Legal Tests from the Standpoint of the Psychiatrist"; and Brigham H. Roberts, "Salt Lake attorney and former Third Judical District attorney, on the "Legal Tests from the Standpoint Stand-point of the Public Prosecutor." The institute will be held in the University of Utah Union. Paul H. Ray, Salt Lake attorney, attor-ney, will address a luncheon of institute participanst on the topic of "Changing Trends in the Practice Prac-tice of the Law." Six speakers will address two afternoon sessions. The first afternoon session will take up "Commitment of the Mentally 111" at 1:30 p.m. The speakers will be Mrs. Brigitte M. Bodenheimer, Salt Lake attorney; attor-ney; Dr. C. Hardin Branch, head of the University of Utah Department De-partment of Psychiatry, and Dr. Henry H. Frost, head of the University's Uni-versity's Department of Sociology. Sociol-ogy. John F. Piercey, president of the Barristers Club in the College Col-lege of Law, will serve as toast-master toast-master of the banquet, which will be held at 7 in the Union ball room. General sessions of the institute insti-tute will be open to the public without charge. |