Group Plans Drive to Aid Legal Center

A committee of Law School alumni has begun a drive for $1,250,000 for the construction of two buildings for the School's International Legal Studies program, according to Milton Katz '27, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, the director of the program.

Henry J. Friendly '23 is chairman of the committee, which is operating through alumni in 24 cities. The group is soliciting corporations, foundations, and others whose activities give them a special interest in international legal studies.

The committee must raise $500,000 by January, 1958 to match an equivalent Ford Foundation grant made in 1955. The group will attempt to raise at the same time the additional $750,000 required for the project.

A $1,000,000 wing on Langdell Hall will provide more classrooms, library facilities, and offices for the program, and a $500,000 dormitory will accomodate 70 students enrolled in the program.

The Langdell wing wil be located between the present north and west wings of the building, and the dormitory will be situated along Massachusetts Avenue in the area now occupied by Kendall House and the Chancery Club.

Overcrowding in Langdell and the Law School dormitories has made the construction necessary, according to the committee. Consolidated facilities for the International program would alleviate this crowding and increase the program's efficiency, the committee states.

One hundred graduate American and foreign students are now enrolled, and 200 second and third year Law students are participating in the program, which offers 22 courses and seminars. The International Legal Studies program is designed to train American students in the legal aspects of international transactions and relations, to train foreign students and to undertake research in the field.