ERA – correspondence, memoranda, printed materials, 1973 - 1974

This addendum was given to the University of Virginia School of Law Library in December of 2016. It consists of 13 boxes (5.5 linear ft.) of professional files divided in 76 subseries:

Governor Fellows Program

In 1982 Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb, appointed A. E. Dick Howard as counselor to the Governor. One of his actions was to create the Governor’s Fellows Program, a program that invited college students and graduate students to apply to serve for a summer in the Governor’s Office. Each summer 20 or 25 Fellows were assigned to work with members of the Governor’s Cabinet or personal staff. Prof. Howard was in charge of the program from 1982 to 1994.

Governor’s Commission on Campaign Finance Reform, Government Accountability, and Ethics (Ethics Commission)

In 1992, Governor Douglas Wilder appointed A. E. Dick Howard to chair a commission on government ethics and integrity. The commission had the task of revising campaign finance, conflicts of interest, and standards of ethics in government

Project on Constitution and Democracy

These files complement previous documents of Professor Howard’s work in Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of the communism. The majority of these files were printed materials related to CEE and were added to the library collection or discarded in case of duplication. (Please see: Papers of Professor A. E. Dick Howard re Central and Eastern European new constitutions: MSS 2013 – 1a)

ERA – Task Force on the Effect of Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on the Law of Virginia

In 1973 the Virginia General Assembly created the Task Force on the Effect of Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment on the Law of Virginia to advise legislators on how ERA, if adopted, would affect Virginia law. The Task Force looked at labor and employment, property rights, family law, criminal law and military law. On January 30, 1974 the Task Force reported before a joint meeting of the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections in Richmond. The Virginia General Assembly did not ratify the proposed amendment. Professor Howard recalls: “Virginia was the only state in which ERA did not even reach the floor of the state legislature.”

Miller v. Ayres and Howell v. McAuliffe

Amicus briefs for Miller v. Ayres and Howell v. McAuliffe filed in behalf of the Council for Independent Colleges in Virginia.

Miscellaneous UVA Files

University of Virginia Committee on Virginia Status of University Students (1972) and Law School lists of reading materials for Prof. Howard’s classes.