Thumbs up/Thumbs down
By Daily Bruin Staff
Feb. 9, 1998 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 10, 1998
Thumbs up/Thumbs down
THUMBS
Free legal aid from Berkeley
Thumbs up to UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall for establishing a free
International Human Rights Law Clinic. With the assistance of law
students, volunteer attorneys and clinical personnel, the facility
will provide free legal services and investigations on human rights
abuse charges for both international and national clients.
Working closely with human rights organizations and activists,
approximately 20 students each year will represent individual
refugees seeking political asylum from the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Students at the clinic will address
political issues such as the labor rights of migrant workers and
the deportation of Dominican citizens into Haiti.
This clinic is great not only for the clients who are seeking
justice, but for the young law students who will gain experience
representing real clients while still in school.
Celebrating music
Thumbs up to Maestro Jon Robertson and the UCLA Philharmonic
Orchestra for commemorating legendary African American musicians
and composers at their Sunday concert at Shoenberg Hall.
Robertson, an accomplished pianist and conductor who has
traveled the world directing orchestras throughout Europe and
China, conducted the work. Robertson currently serves as the chair
of the department of music at UCLA, the program included George
Walker’s Lyric for Strings, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue,
Gerald Wilson’s Debut: 5/21/72, and an arrangement of Duke
Ellington’s work. Gerald Wilson, a distinguished and beloved member
of the UCLA faculty, was honored after his piece was performed.
Both he and the work received a standing ovation from the packed
audience.
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