SCHOOL OF
CATALOG
1998-1999
BULLETIN OF
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
A Message from the Dean
Contents
AMessage from the Dean
Mission Statement
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Profile of the Law School.....
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'The University Community
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Curriculum
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Information for Applicants
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Student Affairs
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Finances
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Directory
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Staff ......
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Faculty
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Calendar
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Common Questions About the
Admission Process
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Campus Map
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Bulletin of Texas Tech Univetsity
(USPS 075-460)
Vol. LXXV NO.3 July 1998
Published quarterly by the Office of Official Publications
Periodical postage paid at Lubbock, Texas. PO!itmasler,
send address changes to Bulletin of Texas Tech University, Official Publications, Box 42026, Texas Tech Univer'
sity,Lubbock,TX79409-2026.
The Law School CllIa/og provides the procedures and
policies in effect al the time of printing. Although the
information is subjed to change, the published program
requirements for students who enter Texas Tech
University during the 1998-99 school year form a legal
contract between the students and the University.
While every attempt is made to ensure accuracy in its
reporting of programs, policies, fees, and other statements within this publication, the University reserves the
right 10 make changes at any time without notice.
All inquiries and correspondence concerning admission
should be addressed to:
Admissions Office
Law$chool
Texas Tech University
1802 Hartford
B,,,40004
Lubbock, TX 79409..()(l()4
(806)742-3791
FAX (806) 742-1629
e-mail XYDAW@ttacs.ttu.edu
Every law school has a unique character
determined by many factors, such as the
quality and diversity of its faculty, the size of
the school, the relationship of students and
faculty, and the attitude of the administration,
staff, and faculty toward students.
Texas Tech has a faculty of 26 full-time
professors as well as adjunct professors with
expertise in various areas of practice. The
faculty reflects a broad spectrum of legal
philosophy and a wide geographical background. Over two-thirds of the faculty have
authored books or book chapters, five faculty
are elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute, and one faculty member
serves by appointment of the Governor as a
Texas representative to the National Conference of Uniform Laws. Quality of teaching is
stressed, as evidenced by the positive comments of attorneys who have hired our graduates. Our curriculum is composed of courses
designed to provide a student with a strong
foundation in law appropriate to practice in
any jurisdiction. Students can also choose
elective courses which emphasize practice and
procedure in the state of Texas.
A special quality of the Law School-its
smaller size-provides an atmosphere of
informality and accessibility that is pOSSible
with a 23:1 student-faculty ratio. Smaller
classes a~low for more communication between faculty and students, and the faculty
"open-door" policy permits a student to visit
with instructors as needed beyond classroom
hours.
We are dedicated to encouraging students
to develop their potential, and this attitude is
reflected in the support provided by members
of the faculty and staff. We also like to think
that the Texas Tech Law School is uniquely
successful in nurturing student development.
Our renovated Law Library provides Texas
Tech Law students with unparalleled support.
Each student carrel, which is in reality a small
office, has a locked door, individually lockable
bookcases, and a computer terminal to be
shared by two students. We believe these are
the finest facilities of their kind available
today. Of course our students do not spend
time only in the library. Over the past ten
years students from the Texas Tech School of
Law have won National Championships in
mock trial, moot court, negotiating, and client
counseling competitions.
We hope this material will answer your
questions concerning the procedure for
applying for admission and also the process
used by the Admissions Office to review your
application. If after reading these materials
you have questions concerning the school or
the admission process, please call our Admissions Office.
We are pleased that you are interested in
seeking admission here.
W. Frank Newton
Dean
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Mission Statement
The Texas Tech University School of Law recognizes
the Rule of Law as the historical and theoretical
foundation of our legal system and, hence, out
society. Necessarily, therefore, the profession of law
serves society and plays a significant role in eradicating individual and systemic injustices. The
primary mission of the School of Law is to educate
and to train men and women for the practice of law
now and into the Twenty-First Century. Lawyers
serve in various capacities depending on context.
At times they are problem solvers, but on other
occasions they are planners. At all times, however,
they are leaders. The school of Law seeks to
educate and to train men and women for all of these
roles, whether as advocates, counselors, judges, or
law teachers, in accordance with the highest
traditions of professional responsibility. To that
end, the School of Law seeks to provide its students
with the intellectual and practical skills and resources to allow them to adjust to changing roles
and circumstances and to utilize change, whether in
substantive law, politics, economics, technology, or
the human condition, in a maIUler that enhances our
legal system and society.
There are two separate but interrelated components to this primary mission. First, the School of
Law endeavors to enable intellectually gifted men
and women to develop fully their theoretical and
practical knowledge of the law, and their capabilities for significant leadership roles in the legal
profession, in business and industry, in government
service, and in the larger human community.
Second, the School of Law seeks to develop in its
students a capacity for critical ethical and moral
judgment, and a lifelong commitment to action in
the service of others with a view toward improving
the administration of justice and the well being of
all persons in our society.
Throughout the process of implementing these
two components of its primary mission, the School
of Law endeavors to develop in the lives of its
students, its faculty, and its staff, an attitude of
opeIUless toward ideas, a scholarly spirit of genuine
intellectual inquiry, and a welcoming affirmation of
and support for the diversity of ethnic, cultural,
socioeconomic, religious, and political viewpoints
encountered in our academic community, our
nation, and throughout the world.
To accomplish this primary mission the School of
Law provides an outstanding faculty and places
heavy emphasis on excellence in teaching, so that
our students will be thoroughly trained in basic
legal doctrine, substantive law, effective legal
analysis, and those advocacy skills that are required
for the effective practice of law. Beyond endeavoring to provide mere technical proficiency in the law,
however, our faculty members actively seek to
impart to our students the conviction that our
nation needs the services of persons of the highest
intellectual and moral character in the legal profession, and the expectation that our graduates will be
the persons of that nature who will use their skills
for the improvement of society.
It is a secondary, but critically important, mission
of the School of Law to engage in productive,
effective scholarship both within our own academic
community and in the larger academic community
throughout our state and nation. The School of Law
is committed to the study of law as one intellectual
discipline among many in the University, and our
faculty seeks continuing involvement in scholarly
research, publication, and interdisciplinary work
throughout the entire range of intellectual pursuits.
Individual law faculty members engage in
teaching, research, and publication with faculty
members in other colleges and schools within the
University, including the School of Medicine, the
College of Education, the College of Business
Administration, the College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources, and the Graduate School at
Texas Tech University. The School of Law, in
cooperation with other colleges and schools of the
University, offers joint degree programs leading to
the degrees of Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master
of Business Administration, Doctor of Jurisprudence
and Master of Science in Agricultural Economics,
Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master of Public
Administration, and Doctor of Jurisprudence and
Master of Science in Taxation. In addition, law
faculty members regularly serve on doctoral dissertation committees with faculty members from other
colleges and schools in the University, and thus
contribute to the intellectual work and scholarship of
other academic disciplines while improving and
expanding their own knowledge.
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Profile of the Law School
The School of Law is involved in several international programs, including our ABA approved
summer law institute at the Universidad de
Guanajuato, Mexico, and our summer law institute
at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. In
addition, we will also be involved in a continuing
legal education program in Mexico with the
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. The faculty of
the School of Law is fully committed to active
participation in programs and possibilities available
in the intemationallegal community.
Finally, it is a part of the mission of the School of
Law to render public service. In a variety of ways
the School of Law makes its resources available to
courts, government agencies, public interest
entities, and other groups in the community on a
regular ongoing basis. Law faculty members are
involved in rendering legal assistance to the poor
and in providing pro bono representation in public
interest lawsuits. The School of Law participates in
and is a part of The Institute of Environmental and
Human Health (TIEHH), a joint venture of Texas
Tech University and Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center to assess toxic chemical impacts on
the environment and on humans. Participation in
the work of the institute enables law faculty members to render significant public service of regional,
national, and international importance in the areas
of environmental protection law and technology.
Law faculty members have organized and participated in institutes and seminars for the training of
municipal and county judges in the State of Texas,
and have authored and published materials for
those institutes and seminars. In addition, law
faculty members and administrators also hold
elective and appointive positions in the State Bar of
Texas, participate regularly in the work of the
American Bar Association, and hold membership in
and serve with the American Law Institute. In all of
these ways the School of Law implements its
commitment to public service and the use of
knowledge for the improvement of the administration of justice and the improvement of the human
condition. By its involvement in public service, the
School of Law also demonstrates for our students the
importance of this aspect of a lawyer's professional
functioning, and endeavors to impart to them an
appreciation of the lawyer's obligation to render
public service for the betterment of the community
throughout his or her professional life.
These missions of the School of Law are based upon
our conviction that legal education can be a significant
resource for the improvement of the lives of all
members of our society, and the concomitant belief
that our vocation of providing high quality legal
education to men and women who are committed to
public service and the betterment of our society is one
of the most worthy tasks in which legal scholaIS and
academic institutions can be engaged.
Lubbock
Lubbock is a major regional center for business and
industry, located in the heart of the vast Southern·Plains of
West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Lubbock's location
proVides easy access to the Southwest, the Rocky Moun-
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and 520 miles from Houston. Lubbock's climate is
semiarid and mild. It is the medical center for the entire
West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region. The population is over 196,0Cl0.
Resources
The smaller size of the law school provides an atmosphere of informality and accessibility with the 23:1
student-faculty ratio. The "open-door" policy allows
students to visit with faculty as needed beyond classroom
hours. In addition to classrooms and semmar rooms, the
Law School building has an expansive law library,
courtroom, computer laboratory, office of career services,
lounge area, snack area, locker room, student organization
offices, and faculty and administrative offices.
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In 1997, the entering class numbered 205 from an
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first year class consisted of 104 male and 101 female
students.
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Texas Tech School of Law has a faculty of 26 full-time
professors as well as adjunct professors with expertise in
various areas of practice. There are 6 administrators and
and
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Texas Tech historically ranks at or near the number one
position in the Texas Bar Examination results. Texas Tech's
pass rate on the July 1997 Texas Bar Exam was 91.9
percent.
Library and Computer Facilities
The Texas Tech Law Library provides students wide-
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offers. Six months after graduation, 90 percent of the class
of 1997 had accepted positions, with 97 percent of our
graduates practicing mTexas. Private practice comprises
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Courses
Our curriculum is composed of courses designed to
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elective courses that emphasize practice and procedure in
the state of Texas.
Joint Degree Programs
J.D.-Master of Business Administration
J.D.-Master of Public Administration
J.D.-Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied
Economics
J.D.-Master of Science in Accounting (Taxation)
Student Organizations
Asian-American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Board of Barristers
Christian Legal Society
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
International Law Society
Law Review
Legal Computer Society
Legal Research Board
Mexican American Law Students Association
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Student Academic Support Services
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Texas Tech University Law Partners
The Texas Bank Lawyer
Volunteer Law Students and Lawyers
Women in Law
Fraternities
Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi
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The Law School
The Law School at Texas Tech was established
largely through the efforts of attorney Alvin R.
Allison, a former member of the Texas Tech
University Board of Regents, who saw a need for a
state--supported law school in the West Texas area.
The Board appointed the Law School's first dean in
1966, and in 1%7 the first class of 72 entering
students enrolled. In the fall of 1997totaJ enrollment was 637.
The Law School was approved by the American
Bar Association in August 1970 and is fully accredited by the Supreme Court of Texas (1968) and by
.the Association of American Law Schools 1%9).
The objective of the faculty is to train men and
women for the practice of law anywhere in the
United States, whether as advocate, counselor,
judge, or law teacher, in accordance with the
highest traditions of professional responsibility. At
the same time, the use of law as a stepping-stone to
a career in government, politics, or business is
recognized. The curriculum and the instruction
methods are designed to develop in the students
their highest potential, whatever their reasons for
studying the law.
In addition to classrooms and seminar rooms,
the Law School building has an expansive Jaw
library, courtroom, computer laboratory, office of
career services, lounge area, snack area, locker
room, student organization offices, and faculty and
administrative offices.
The law library features a 13,000 square foot
underground addition and a number of student
carrels fitted for computer terminals.
The Law L1....ry
Law libraries figure prominently in legal
education, and the facilities of the Texas Tech Law
Library provide students wide-ranging access to
legal information resources both print and on-line.
The substantial addition to the Law Library gave
Texas Tech students access to computer equipment
and facilities unparalleled in the nation. Traditional study carrels were transformed into computer-based workstations, enabling students to
perfono computer-assisted legal research, word
processing, and a number of other functions
in an office-like setting.
The Law Library subscribes to both the LEXIS
and WFSTLAW computer-assisted legal research
databases, providing students access to legal
information far beyond the limits of the print
collection. These services feature access to primary
source materials, such as cases, statutes, and
administrative agency regulations and decisions.
The databases also include a significant amount of
secondary source material-such as legal periodical
articles, treatises, and newsletters-and citators and
index.......uch as Shepard's Citations, the Legal
Resource Index, the Index to Legal Periodioals, and
the Current Index to Legal Periodicals. Training in
the use of computer-assisted legal research systems
is an essential part of the first-year curriculum.
These superior computer facilities complement
the substantial collection of print materials available
in the Law Library. The collection contains over
2OO,1XXl bibliographic items, including bound
volumes, microforms, government documents, and
CD-ROMs. The collection includes the reported
cases of the Federal and state courts, the statutes of
Congress and all state legislatures, and the rules
and decisions of Federal and Texas state administrative agencies. The Law Library is also designated as
a selective U.S. Government Documents Depository
and collects a wide array of government documents
relating to the law. Easy access to the Regional
Documents Depository collection al the Texas Tech
University Library means that the substantial information resources published by the U.s. Government
Printing Office are readily available to law students.
The collection of the Law Library contains over
3,000 legal serial titles and a number of extensive
research aids such as digests, indices, and loose-leaf
services. The catalog of the library collection is kept
on-line, rather than in a card catalog, permitting
many different access points to the collection in
addition to the traditional means of author, title,
and subject. The staff of the Law Library can locate
resources in other library collections through the
use of a national network of libraries sharing
bibliographic information used for cataloging and
interlibrary loan.
The Law Library staff is comprised of knowledgeable and experienced librarians and paraprofessionals who understand the importance of
providing quality service to students and faculty.
The staff includes six members with professional
library education; the director and associate director
also have law degrees.
In addition to the computer facilities, the Law
Library physical plant includes a classroom used
both for bibliographic insbuction and for student
meetings, conference rooms for student study
groups, and a computer lab.
Law
School Computing
The Law School computer network is designed
to meet the specific needs of the students, faculty,
and staff of the Law School. The network consists
of nearly 300 computers. The students have access
to 220 computers located in student study carrels
and 12 computers located in the school computer
lab. These are augmented. to two six-station com·
puter labs dedicated to legal research (LEXIS and
WFSTLAW).
Two compute", equipped with high-speed CDROM drives are located in the main section of the
Law School Library. These computers allow
students to quickly search the school's collection of
compact disks (CDs) on a variety of subjects.
The network computers are configured to
provide each student with the tools needed to
complete course requirements and become familiar
with the standard software used in the legal profession. All networked computers are configured with
Windows 95, WordPerfect 7.0, e-mail access,
Internet browsers, and have direct access to LEXIS
and WESTLAW legal research sites. TechPAC (the
on-line library catalog system) and cOimection to
the campus main computer system are also available from any computer on the school network.
The low computer-to-student ratio assures that
each student can access the resources needed
without scheduling or time restriction problems.
This also allows freedom to the students in configuring their carrel computers to meet their individual needs.
The computer lab is equipped for full multi-media
viewing and production. These Pentium class
compute", are equipped with CD ROMs, sound
cards, and presentation software. Two of the
computers have View Cams for visual communications over the Internet. There is also a special
computer set up with a full-page scanner and
optical character recognition software, as well as a
read-write CD ROM for mastering individual CDs.
The capability to convert video tape to digitized
video files is also available, and a digital camera
may be checked out by students.
There are nvo high-speed, high-eapacity laser
printers located in the computer lab. These laser
printers can be accessed from any computer on the
network, providing reliable, high-<juality printing to
all students.
The Law School maintains its own Web site
(http://www.law.llu.edu).This site contains the
latest information on Law School classes, events,
etc. In addition to the primary Web site, a Web
server is maintained for exclusive use by the Law in
Cybe"'pace class. This gives Cyberclass students
freedom to experiment with the various Web-based
resources shaping the future of the legal community.
All classrooms are wired for network and lntemet
connections. Presently, there are two classrooms set
up for full muJti-media presentations, and the
school's courtroom is muJti-media capable. The
largest classroom is also set up as a distance learning center. All classrooms will eventually be fully
muJti-media capable.
The School of Law stays abreast of the technologies affecting the legal industry, thereby providing
students with the computing resources needed to
complete their course work and prepare them for
the teclrnologies of the legal profession.
Texas Tech Law School Faunelation
The Texas Tech Law School Foundation was
established in 1967 to assist in expanding Law
School programs and in funding activities not
supported by state funds. Since its creation, the
foundation has provided funds for scholarships,
travel expenses for student organizations and
student competitive teams, promotion of alumni
activities and bar relations, continuing legal education, placement activities for its graduates, and for
other purposes directly benefiting the school, its
students, and its alumni.
Financial support for the foundation has been
provided by alumni, law firms, corporations,
foundations, and individuals interested. in supporting the Law School.
The foundation conducts an annual giving
program through which alumni and friends of the
Law School may contribute to the schola",hip fund
or the general fund by becoming mernbe", of the
Dean's Inner-Circle.
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The Texas Tech Law School Association, which
consists of alumni and friends of the school, functions as an important auxiliary of the foundation.
District directors located throughout Texas (as well
as out-of-state) coordinate the activities of the
association in their individual areas. Texas Tech law
alumni have formed local chapters in every major
city in Texas.
also choose to practice as govenunent attorneys at
the local, state, or national level. Corporate positions
are the choice of some graduates and all branches of
the military employ attorneys in their Judge Advocate
General Corps.
The Office of Career Services is committed to an
equal opportunity program on behalf of the students.
OHice of Career Services
Legal Practice Skills
Honors and Awards
Law students have significant opportunities to
develop lawyering skills that play an important role
in the making of a competent practitioner and
advocate. Courses are offered covering skills such
as client interviewing and counseling, trial and
appellate advocacy, negotiation, mediation, and
arbitration. These courses are designed to bridge
the gap between the law studenfs theoretical
education and the practice of the law. They usually
have small enrollments, permitting participation by
all students and "hands"n" training. Use of
videotape equipment, along with the videotape
library, gives students an opportunity for seUanalysis and for learning from the techniques of
skilled practitioners.
Students may also participate in intraschool
competitions in moot court, mock trial, client
counseling, and negotiation. These competitions,
administered by the Board of Barristers, allow
students to polish their skills in simulated practice
settings.
The School of Law's active participation in
interscholastic competitions gives students the
opportunity to compete in a wide variety of state
and national competitions. Texas Tech boasts one of
the best records in the nation for outstanding
performance in regional and national competitions.
In 1996-97, Law School teams plaoed as follows:
National Trial Team-Regional Champions and
National Quarter Finalists; ATI.A Trial TeamRegional Champions and National Quarter Finalists; Tournament of Champions Trial TeamNational Finalists; John Marshall Moot Court
Team-National Finalists; State Moot Court TeamSemi-finalists; A.B.A. National Moot Court TeamNational Best Brief, National Quarter Finalists, and
Regional Champions; A.BA National Negotiations
Teams-Regional Champions and Regional Runner
Up; ational Champions.
• The Order of tire Coif
The Law School was elected to The Order of the
Coil (the only national legal honor society in the
United States) in 1974. Only one-third of the
nation's law schools have qualified for a chapter of
the honorary. Members are elected annually from
students ranking in the highest ten percent of the
graduating class whose character and activities in
legal education indicate their worthiness for
membership in the order.
• The Otder of Barristers
Students selected as members of the national
Order of Barristers have exhibited excellence and
attained high honors through the art of courtroom
advocacy.
• Awards
The Office of Career Service; at the Texas Tech
School of Law offers a wide range of services to
students and alumni of the Law School. The
Office of Career Services provides currently enrolled students with a forum for interviewing with
prospective employers from throughout Texas. Law
firms seek second-year students for summer
clerkship positions which lead to offers for associate
positions after graduation. This process, called
"On-Carnpus lnterviewing," is one of the services
offered by the Office of Career Service;. Other
interviewing opportunities are provided by the
following off-eampus recruitment programs: TexasIn-Washington, Sunbelt Minority, Public Interest,
Spring Minority, Texas Young Lawyers Association
Off-Campus Recruitment Program, and the Texas
on Tour program held in five Texas cities in 1997-98.
During the academic year, the Office of Career
Services conducts workshops which focus upon
resume writin& interviewing skills, and individualized job search strategies. Acareer information
series, presented by attorneys who practice in a
number of settings, introduces students to the many
ways in which a law degree may be used. The
resource library of the Office of Career Service;
contains law finn and corporate resumes, employer
directories, computer employer databases, and
other materials useful in a personalized job search.
As a member of the National Association of Law
Placement, the Law School is involved. with other
schools, bar associations, and firms in a national
forum for exchanging information on law placement and recruihnent.
Graduates of the Texas Tech Law School have a
variety of areas in which to practice law. TraditionaUy, a majority of our graduates have entered
private practice in Texas as associates of established
law firms or as solo practitioners. Graduates may
Internships
Students may take an internship for credit in
which they work under the supervision of a lawyer
or a judge. The internship course includes a
classroom component, and students meet together
with faculty members to discuss their work experiences in their internship placement.
ABA Book Award (Land Use)
ABA Book Award (Government)
1979-80 Board of Editors Award
Charles P. Bubany Outstanding Service to the Board of
Barristers Award (given by Foundation Press)
Nathan Burkan Memorial Prize
CAU Excellence for the Future Award (given by the Center
for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
Civil Rights Award (given by Lori Bailey '83, Dallas)
Clifford, Field, Krier, Manning, Creak & Stone Taxation
Awan! (Lubbock)
Corpus Juris Secundum Award (given by West Publishing
Company)
Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson Advocacy Award (Midland)
Ceo. W. and Sarah H. Dupree Award
J. Hadley Edgar Trial Excellence Award (given by Samuel
Boyd, '77, llillas)
Estate Planning Award (given by Maddox Law Firm, Hobbs,
N.M.)
Excellence in Service Award (given by Donna Courville, '94,
Lubbock, and Lee Ann Reno, '94, Amarillo)
Judge Meade F. Griffin Award (given by former briefing
attomeys)
Murray Hensley Award (given by Ted A. Liggett, '94,
L"bbock)
Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley (Midland) Oil and
Gas Award
Donald M. Hunt Outstanding Barrister Award (given by
Samuel Boyd '77, Dallas)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
Jackson & Walker Law Review Award (Dallas)
Jurisprudence Award for Superior Academic Achievement
Law Review Awards: Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins Outstanding
Editor Award (Amarillo); Munsch, Hardt, Kopf, Harr &
Dinan Outstanding Note/Comment Editor Award
(Dallas); Mullin, Hoard & Brown Outstanding Editor
Award (Amarillo); Cowles & Thompson Law Review
Outstanding Service Award (Dallas); Murray Hensley
Award (additional givers include Kenneth Netardus, Anna
Kingsley, and Alex Stelly Jr., as well as Ted A. Ligget)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Award
John E. Krahmer Award (given by Wallace·AI" Watkins, '86,
Dallas and Karl Wayne Vancil, 'frJ, San Angelo)
M. Penn L Law Review Award
McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson Board of Barristers Outstanding
Member Award (Lubbock)
McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson Law Review Award (Lubbock)
Mock Trial Scholarship Award
Moot Court Scholarship Award
William R. Moss Trial Advocacy Award (Lubbock)
Frank R. Murray Award (given by West Texas Bankruptcy Bar
Association)
The Order of Barristers (Carr, Fouts, Hunt & Wolfe, Lubbock)
Orgain, Bell & Tucker Award (Beaumont)
Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Book Award (given by
West Publishing Company)
Oulstanding Student in Tax Award (given by MaxweU
MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Company)
Scribes Award
Judge Ken G. Spencer Award
U.S. Law Week Award
Beckmann Dunlap Woody lJ1w Review Service Award (given
by Darren '85 and Maria Woody, EI Paso)
Endewed Professerships
• Tire Alvin R. Allison Professorship of Low
The Alvin R. Allison Professorship of Law was
endowed in April 1991. This endowed professorship is particularly gratifying since it honors the
"Father of the Law School." Professor Thomas E.
Baker is the first Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law.
• The Robert H. BeIln Professorship in Low
The Robert H. Bean Professorship was established in November 1987 with donations from local
attorneys and a settlement obtained from an anti·
trust suit against the manufacturers of corrugated
containers. The professorship's primary objective is
to provide excellence in teaching civil procedure
and advocacy. The first holder of the Robert H. Bean
Professorship was Professor J. Hadley Edgar, a
member of the faculty for nineteen years and Professor
Emeritus. Professor Marilyn Phelan currently holds
this professorship.
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• The CommerciJll ond 8Ilnking lJIw Professorships
The Texas Association of Bank Counsel ([ABC)
has contributed asubstantial amount toward the
endowment of the Commercial Law and Banking
Law Professorships. Two members of the Law
School faculty, Professor John Krahmer and former
professor Robert Wood were instrumental in the
creation ofTABC. The Bank Lawyer is published by
TABC, and Professor Krahmer is the faculty editor
and Director of the annual Texas Banking Law
Institute. Professor Krahmer has also been named
the Professor of Commercial Law.
• The J. Hadley Edgor Professorship of lJIw
This professorship honors Professor Emeritus J.
Hadley Edgar who retired in 1991 afler twenty
years of service on the faculty as a teacher of torts,
procedure, and trial advocacy. Professor Emeritus
Edgar, himself the first holder of the Robert H. B€an
Professorship, is a major contributor to Texas tort
law and procedure in Texas courts.
This endowed professorship was made possible
by generous contributions from former students
and friends within and without the state in response
to a major challenge grant provided by Richard C.
Hile of Austin and Martin W. Dies of Orange.
The first holder of the J. Hadley Edgar Professorship of Law is Professor Robert William Piatt, Jr.
• The Maddox Professorship of lJIw
The Maddox Professorship of Law is made
possible by a $200,000 endowment announced by
the J. F. Maddox Foundation of Hobbs, New
Mexico, in 1982. The endowment is named for the
late Jack Maddox, a 1929 Texas Tech graduate in
textile engineering. Professor Bruce Kramer is the
current Maddox Professor of Law.
• The George Hernwn Mahon Professorship in lJIw
In March 1981 an endowed professorship in law
honoring the late George H. Mahon lVas established
with a gift from Charles Bates Thornton and Flora
Laney Thornton.
The primary objectives of the professorship are
to provide excellence in teaching concepts of the
legal profession and to expand students' knowledge
in areas influenced by the law.
The first holder of the George Herman Mahon
Professorship in Law was Corwin W. Johnson, the
Baker and Botts Professor of Law at the University
of Texas Law School, who was a visiting professor
during 1984-85. The first member of the permanent
faculty to hold the Mahon Professorship is W. Reed
Quilliam, Jr., who was named in 1989. In 1995,
Charles Bubany was named as holder of the Mahon
Professorship.
• The George W. McCleskey Professorship in lJIw
In March 1998 an endowed Professorship in
Water Law was made possible by generous contributions from friends and family honoring the late
George W. McCleskey. A firm believer in supporting his community and the issues that affected it,
Mr. McCleskey was apioneer and expert in water
law as it applied to Texas and this region of the
state. He worked tirelessly on local, state, and
national water issues and served for 12 years on the
Texas Water Development Board. The
professorship's primary objective is to equip others
to carry on the tradition of excellence and furtherance of knowledge and law in the field of water law.
• The Charles 8. Thornton Professorship in lJIw
In November 1993 an endowed professorship in
law honoring the late Charles B. Thornton was
established with a gift from the estate of Charles B.
Thornton and his son, Charles B. Thornton, Jr.
A firm believer in civic and charitable work,
Thornton served as a director of many leading
corporations and devoted himself to public service.
Among his honors were the Horatio AJger Award in
1964, the National Industry Leader of B'Nai B'rith
in 1967, and Big Brother of the Year in 1975. On
October 9,1981, President Reagan conferred on him
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's
highest decoration for civilians. The citation for that
award concluded that "Tex Thornton has never
failed to give generously of his boundJess energy, his
unfailing courage, and his deep love of country."
The first holder of the Charles B. Thornton
Professorship of Law is Rodric B. Schoen.
Housing
Law students may select from a variety of oncampus or off-eampus housing. Residence hall and
apartment facilities primarily for graduate students
are available in Gordon Hall and Gaston Hall
Apartments. Inquiries and correspondence regarding
room reservations in the residence halls on campus
should be addressed to the Housing Office, Texas
Tech University, Box 4629, Lubbock, TX 79409
(806) 742-2661.
B€cause the campus is bounded on three sides by
residential areas, off-eampusliving quarters of all
types, including private dormitories, are converiiently
available. Ahousing guide may be obtained in person
from the University Student Association office.
AHI.malive Action
The faculty and administration of the Law
School recognize the need for increasing the number of minority group members in the legal profession. The school therefore encourages applications
from minority students.
The Association of American Law Schools
(AALS) and the Council on Legal Education
Opportunity (CLEO) sponsor programs designed to
increase the number of minority law students.
Those interested in information on these programs
should write to CLEO, IS00 MStreet, N. W., Suite
290, Washington, DC 20036.
The Mexican-American Legal Defense and
Education Fund (MALDEF) provides financial
assistance to Hispanic students applying to law
school. Applications may be obtained by writing to
MALDEF,634 South Spring Street, 11th Floor, Los
Angeles, CA 90014.
We recognize that disabilities include mobility,
sensory, health, psychological, and learning. We
will provide reasonable accommodations to these
disabilities but we cannot make accommodations
that are unduly burdensome or that fundamentally
alter the nature of the program. While our legal
obligation relates to disabilities of a substantial and
long-tenn nature, we also provide accommodations
when possible to temporary disabilities.
All floors are accessible by elevator and accessible rest rooms are distributed thiroughout the
building, including the library. Classrooms on the
second floor are accessible by elevator. The main
entrance to the building and the entrance to the
library are equipped with automatic openers.
Any disabled students needing special services or
accommodations should advise the law school after
acceptance.
State...ent on Noncliscrimination
It is the policy of Texas Tech University School of
Law not to discriminate on the basis of sex, age,
disability, race, color, religion, or national or ethnic
origin in its educational programs, admissions
policies, employment policies, financial aid, and
other school-administered programs. This policy is
enforced by federal law under Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Inquiries regarding compliance
with these statutes may be directed to Dr. Robert H.
Ewalt, Office of Student Affairs, 213 Administration
Building, telephone (806) 742-2131.
It is the policy and practice of the Law School to
comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and state and
local requirements regarding students and applicants with disabilities. Under these laws, a qualified individual with a disability shall not be denied
access to or participation in services, programs, and
activities of the Law School and the University
campus programming.
The Honorable Thomas M. Reavley, Senior Circuit Judge, US. Court of
Appeals for the FifthCircuil,served as thc MD. Anderson Distinguished Public Service Professor during lhe 1998 spring semester.
Judge Reavley taughlaseminar,visitedseveral othercJasses,and
presented a series of lectures to the student body on ethics and
advocacy. Students and facuJty also had many persmal opportunities
to talk and visit infonnallywith the judge during the semester.
The University Community Curriculum
r exas Tech University originally opened in the fall
of 1925 as Texas Technological College with four
schools-Liberal Arts, Home Economics, Agriculture, and Engineering. By action of the Texas State
Legislature, Texas Technological College became
Texas Tech University on September I, 1969. Today
the University has an enrollment of almost 25,OOJ
and consists of the iruitructional colleges-Agricultural Sciences and atural Resources, Architecture,
Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Human Sciences--the Law School
and the Graduate School. The Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center, a separate institution,
opened in 1m.
Many special facilities for interdisciplinary
research are available, such as the computer center,
the Southwest Collection (a regional depository for
historical information pertaining to West Texas and
the near Southwest), and the University Library's
expanding collection of material in the general areas
of the humanities.
Located near the Law School, the Student
Recreation Center and the Aquatic Center offer a
wide variety of indoor sports facilities in addition to
an Olympic-size indoor-outdoor swimming pool,
tennis courts, and ball fields.
Texas Tech University is located in Lubbock, a
city of over 196,lXXl population with a variety of
cultural and recreational opportunities and a dry
and invigorating climate.
The city maintains more than sixty public parks
for those interested in sailing, sailboarding, tennis,
softball, golf, and soccer. Cultural events include
performances by the Lubbock Symphony and Civic
Ballet, while dramatic groups from the city, the
Texas Tech theatre arts program, and occasional
Broadway traveling companies present a broad
selection of theatrical fare.
Texas Tech's campus of 1,839 acres is one of the
largest in the nation, and with its attractive landscaping and unique Spanish Renaissance red-tile
roofed buildings, is one of the most attractive.
Programs of Study
• DoctoroJJurisprudence
To be recommended for the J.D. degree by the
faculty, a student must successfully complete a
minimum of 90 semester hours, normally accomplished in six semesters or five semesters and two
summer sessions. Acumulative average of 2.0 is
required for graduation. Other academic requiJe..
ments for graduation and for maintaining good
standing are contained in the "Rules and Regulations of the School of Law," which is given to
students upon their initial registration and is
available upon request.
The grading scale is as follows: A=4.oo, 8+=3.50,
B=3.oo, C+=2.50, C=2.OO, 0+=1.50, D= 1.00, and F=O.O.
Average academic attrition rate for first-year
students over the past five years is approximately
9 percent.
The bar passage rate of graduates was 87.88
percent for the February 1997 Texas bar exam and
91.91 percent for the July 1997 Texas bar examranking second among the state's eight accredited
and one provisionally accredited law schools.
The Law School offers a full-time program only.
Part-time enrollment is not permitted. Classes are
offered only during the day. Astudent may not take
more than 17 or less than 13 hours in any semester
without special permission. Twelve hours is considered to be full time. There is no minimum course
load requirement for students during a summer
session; however, 8 hours is considered full time and
students may not be registered for more than 10 hours.
The).o. program provides a general background
in law, but the curriculum is broad enough that
students may, through their choice of electives,
emphasize a particular area of the law such as tax,
eslate planning, environmental, criminal, international, litigation, public, property, or business.
Normally students must complete six semesters in
residence as a full-time student to meet graduation
requirements. Astudent may graduate a semester
early-at the end of the fall semester of the third
year-by taking at least 12 hours over two summers
(the equivalent of the sixth semester of residency).
Regular attendance and preparation by students
are required. Students should be aware that the Law
School must certify to the various boards of state
bar examiners that each student has regularly
attended classes.
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Aprofessor may exclude a student from the
course or from the final examination in the course if
that student has accumulated an unreasonably large
number of absences or instances of unpreparedness.
The Law School faculty reserves the right to change
the schedule of classes, the program of instruction, the
requirements for degrees, and any other similar rules
or regulations. This right will not be exercised,
however, to impose substantial detriment upon
students enrolled at the time of the change.
• Doctor o!Jurisprudence-Master oj Business
Administration
The Law School and the Graduate School of Texas
Tech University offer a joint program leading to the
degrees of Doctor of Jurisprudence O.D.) and Master
of Business Administration (M.B.A.). The joint
degree allows a student to complete the requirements for both degrees in three or four years,
depending upon the extent of leveling in business
courses required. Astudent must apply to both the
Law School and the Graduate School and be accepted by both schools.
The program is designed principally for the
student with nonbusiness undergraduate training
who wishes to acquire a broad business knowledge
to complement legal training. For the student with
sufficient previous course work, the degree may be
secured by completing a total of 102 hours of law
and business courses. To satisfy the 90 hours of law
for the J.D. degree and the 36 hours of business for
the M.B.A. degree, 12 hours of approved law courses
are transferred as elective credit to the M.B.A. degree
and 12 hours of approved graduate business courses
are transferred as elective credit toward the 1.0.
degree. In some instances, a student may be allowed
to waive up to 12 hours at the M.B.A. level.
The first year of study consists entirely of law
courses. Ouring the second and third years, the
remaining required law courses are to be completed
together with selected law electives and an appropriate number of graduate business core courses.
An acceptable score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is required for the
M.BA portion of the program. The College of
Business Administration is willing to accept a
student from the Texas Tech University School of
Law into the J.D.-M.B.A. program if the student has
taken the Law School Admission Test (!.SAl). That
student will not be required to lake the Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT).
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• Doctor of]urisprudence-MJzster of Science in
Agricultural and Applied Eamomies
This joint degree program follows generally lhe
outline of the j.D.-M.B.A. and involves lhe cooperative
efforts of lhe Law School, lhe Graduate School, and lhe
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
To fulfill the 9O-hour requirement for the j.D. degree
and the 36-hour requirement for the M.s. degree, 12
hours of approved courses from the Graduate School
and the Law School are applied to the degree earned in
the other school. Thus, to complete the joint degree
program, the student will take 78 hours of law and 24
hours of graduate agricultural and applied economics.
Acomprehensive examination over the 18 hours of
core course material for the M.S. degree must be
passed as a requirement for the degree. The first year
of study in lhe combined degree program is devoted
exclusively to lhe study of law. After lhe first year,
courses in both the graduate division of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and lhe
Law School may be taken concurnently.
An acceptable LSAT score will be sufficient for
admission to lhe Graduate School for lhe M.S. portion
of lhe program.
• Doctor oflurisprudenee-MJzster ofPublic
Administration
Astudent may complete the requirements for a J.D.
and a Master of Public Administration (M.PA.) degree
in approximately four years if the student is enrolled in
the Center for Public Service and the Law School for
the combined degree program. Each school accepts 12
hours of credit for approved course work completed in
the other school to fulfill the requirements for its
degree, thereby reducing the total number of hours
required for bolh degrees. Thus, 78 hours of law and
33 hours of graduate cou",," in lhe M.P.A. program
must be completed. Included in lhe 33 hours for lhe
M.P.A. portion is an internship assignment in a
government office (6 hours credit) togelher wilh
courses selected from one of the seven specific fields of
concentration. The first year of study consists entirely
of law courses. The student may elect to take the
required year of resident study atlhe Center for Public
Service in the second or third year of the program. The
remaining period of study may involve bolh schools.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) must be
taken and the score reported to the Graduate School as
part of the admission procedure to the M.P.A. portion
of the program.
The joint degree program is of particular benefit to
law students who have career interests in administrative positions at all levels of government and in public
agencies and institutions.
• Doctor of lurisprudenee-MJzsler ofScience in
Accounting (Taxation)
The Law School and the Graduate School of Texas
Tech University offer ajoint program leading to the
degrees of Doctor of jurisprudence O.D.) and Master
of Science in Accounting-Taxation (M.s.). The joint
degree allows a student to complete the requirements
for both degrees in three or four years, depending
upon the extent of leveling in business courses
required. Astudent must apply to both the Law
School and lhe Graduate School and be accepted by
bolh schools.
Up to 51 hours of leveling may be required; 18
hours of core courses; and from 3 to 15 hours of
graduate electives plus a capstone course requirement
of 3 hours. The student must obtain a grade of Bor
better and must have a GPA greater than 3.0 in order
to graduate.
• The AppliCilliDn Procedure for loint Programs
Applications for admission to joint degree programs should be made to bolh the Law School and the
Graduate School of Texas Tech University. Applications to the Graduate School can be obtained by
writing directly to that school. Applicants must meet
the regular admission requirements of each school and
must be accepted by each to be eligible for the program. If a student is undecided about whether to
pursue one of the joint programs, application to the
Graduate School can be delayed until the beginning of
the third semester in law school.
• Summer Law Institute in Guanajuato, Mexico
The Law School, in cooperation with Southwestern
University and the University of New Mexico Law
Schools, offers a summer institute in Guanajuato,
Mexico. The program features an intnxiuction to
Mexican law and international law subjects related to
Latin America. All courses are taught in English by
American and Mexican law professors. The Institute
has been approved by lhe Accreditation Committee of
the ABA Section on Legal Education.
The Institute is organized in cooperation wilh lhe
Universidad de Guanajuato Farultad de Derecho, one of
Mexico's leading law centers. This cooperative effort
results in a thorough introduction of non-Mexican
students to Mexico's legal and cultural systems.
Coune.
Scheduling of courses in any semester depends
upon lhe decisions of lhe faculty and the dean.
Courses commonly offered are described below.
First year courses are required. In addition to the
advanced required courses listed, there is an advanced legal research and writing requirement that
students may meet during their second or third year
by completing a paper involving scholarly or
problem-solving legal research.
• First Year Courses
OVIL PROCEDURE 5005.
4 hIs.
A general survey using federal court procedure as a model,
including jurisdiction of courts, pleading, disposition without
trial, ;oinder of claims and parties, effects of judgments, and
appellate review.
CONSTJ1UI10NAL LAW 5001.
4 hIS.
A study of the federal judiciary's doctrine and practice of
judicial review, judicial power, and jurisdiction of the courts,
the power of Congress to regulate commerce, the power of the
states to regulate commerce, and the protection of private
righlS, privileges, and immunities under the Constitution
which includes the substantive rights of freedom of enterprise, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and
freedom from discrimination.
CONTRACTS 5002.
4 hrs.
A study of the enforceability of promises, the creation of
contractual obligations, performance and breach, the impact of
the contract on the legal relationships of nonparties, and the
examination of contract doctrine in three settings: personal
servicc, sales of goods, and construction contracts.
CRlMJNAL LAW 5310.
3 hIs.
Inquiry into the source; and goals of the criminal law, limitations
on the State's power to define criminal liability, general
principles otlliobility MK! defenses, oruI the chmcteristks of
f"'ticuJar crime>
DISPUTE RESOLlTfIOI 5008.
2 hrs.
Insbuction in dispute resolution processes other than litigation.
Includes description of a variety of processes, including
counseling, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, with an
emphasis on the lawyer's role in those processes.
LEGAL PRACTICE I 5006.
2 hrs.
An introduction to the legal system covering case briefmg, case
synthesis, and statutory analysis, as well as principles and
practice of legal writing, client interviewing, and legal
bibliographyandrescarch.
LEGAL PRAmCE II 5007.
2hIS.
Instruction in legal method, including case and statutory
analysis, through ob)ective and persuasive legal writing and
oral argument. Instruction in the sources and use of materials
for legal research, including computer-assisted research, and
in legal citation. Written assignments includc \etters,
memoranda, and briefs.
PRQPERTI 5003.
4 hrs.
An introduction to the law of personal property and real
property, including estates and other interests in land, real
property marketing and conveyancing, and landlord and
tenant problems.
TORTS 5004.
,1m;.
Standards and principles governing legal liability for intentional and unintentional invasions of interests of personality
and property.
• Adoonced Required Courses'
BUStNESS EI<I1TIES 603i
'Ius.
A study of business organizations including partnership,
limited partnership, and other unincorporated business forms,
and business corporations; the factors affucting the selection of
the form of a business enterprise; the nature of corporate
entities; the promotion. organization, activi~, financing,
management, and dissolution of business corporations.
COMMERCIAL LAW 6020.
4 hrs.
A study of the financing and distribution of goods from
manufacturer to ultimate consumer, with special cmphasis given
to the financing of sales transactions (Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code) and to the processes for payment of salesgenerated obligations (Articles 3, 4, and 5of the Uniform
Commercial Codc).
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6339.
3 hIS.
Survey of procedures applicable in the criminal justice system
from arrest through post-conviction remedies.
EVIDENCE 6016.
4 Ius.
An examination of the problems of proof, including study of
the admission and exclusion of information on the basis of
relevancy, economy, policy and protection of the individual or
the state, the examination of witnesses, substitutes for
evidence, and procedural considerations.
INCOME TAXATION 6034.
4 Ius.
A basic understanding of federal income taxation relating to
individuals, trusts, partnerships and corporations, and the use
of complex statutes and regulations.
'Sludentsmust take 16 hours of these oouf$I.'$during their second year.
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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 6057.
3hI'S.
The role of the legal system and the lawyer in American society,
with special emphasis on professional responsibilities that a
lawyer has as private practitioner, corporate attorney, criminal
prosecutor, government agency lawyer, judge, and legislator.
Close attention is given to both the Code of Professional
Responsibility and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
research. Technical areas of legislative history, state and federal
administrative law, publications of the federal goverrunent,
and nonlegal research sources will be presented.
WILLS AND TRUSTS 6015.
This course will encourage critical thinking about history
4hrs.
Asrudy of the transfer of property by descent, wills, testamentary substitutes, and trusts including a study of construction
problems.
• Advanced Elective Courses
ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS 6215.
2hrs.
Astudy of accounting and accounting concepts, particularly as
dealt with in statutory law, judicial decisions, and administrative law. Designed to provide a background for advanced
study in corporate finance and taxation.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 6005.
3 hrs.
Examines the role of the administrative process in our society,
formal and informal, and emphasizes the powers and
procedures common to all administrative agencies and the
relationships among the legislative, judicial, and executive
branches in the development of public policy,
ADVANCED COMMERCIAL LAW 6030.
2 hrs.
Astudy of Article 2of the Uniform Commercial Code which
covers the law of sales. Included are the re<juirements for
formation of a sales contract, problems in enforcement, and
determination of remedies for breach of contract
ADVANCED CRlMINAL LAW 6045.
2or 3 hrs.
An advanced critical study dealing with selected issues
substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, and the administration of criminal justice. The course format (e.g., seminar),
topics to be included, and credit (two or three semester hours),
will be determined and announced in advance of registration
by the instructor.
ADVANCED DISPUTE RESOLUTION 6060.
2or 3hrs.
Advanced dispute resolution course. Focus on negotiation,
mediation, and arbitration as methods of dispute resolution, in
simulated exercises and in writing assigrunents
ADVANCED INCOME TAXATION 6323.
3hrs.
Astudy of taxation principles applicable to formation,
management, reorganization, and dissolution of business
entities with particular emphasis upon the corporationshareholder relationship in both closely held and publicly
owned corporations
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH 6078.
20r3 hrs.
This course builds on the principles and techniques of legal
AMERICAN LEGAL AND CONSlITUTIONAL
HISTORY 6079.
2 or 3hrs.
using both primary sources analytical essays on important
topics in American legal and constitutional history. Emphasis
will be on the founding and the Civil War and its aftermath,
and such themes as laissez-faire, capitalism, cold war, and
civil liberties, etc.
APPELLATE ADVOCACY 6101.
1 hr.
Research and writing of briefs and participation in competitive
rounds of oral arguments in appellate cases, designed to
develop writing and advocacy skills, and to increase the
student's understanding of the relationship between precedent
and policy in the resolution of legal controversies.
BANKING LAW 6017.
20r3hrs.
Asurvey of the history, structure, and regulatory scheme of the
American banking system, with emphasis on regulation of
bank activities, traditional and nontraditional bank holding
companies and bank failure.
BOARD OF BARRISTERS 7105.
1 hr.
BUSINESS TORTS 6051
2or 3hrs.
An examination of interferences with intangible business and
e(Qnomic interests, including misrepresentation of
competitor's products (trade libel), interference with contractual relations, false and misleading advertising, appropriation
of trade values, copyright and trademark infringement.
CONFLICT OF LAWS 6022.
2or 3hrs.
The law relating to transactions or occurrences when some or
all of the operative facts arise in more than one state; jurisdiction of court's enforcement of foreign judgments and decrees;
choice of conflicting law in situations involving torts, contracts,
property, marriage, divorce, and procedural problems.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SEMINAR 6233.
Astudy of selected problems in constitutional law
2hrs.
CONSTITUTIONAL TORTS ron.
2or 3 hrs.
Astudy of public officials' and entities' tort liability for
unconstitutional conduct, including the remedies' sources,
various defenses, pertinent procedural issues, and current
legislative proposals.
CONSUMER LAW 6026.
2or 3hrs.
Aconsideration of the law relating to merchant-ronsumer
transactions, with special emphasis on the place and operation of
consumer credit in our society, existing and proposed legislation
affecting consumers, and judicial and extrajudicial self-help
methods available to aggrieved merchants and consumers
CONTEMPORARY LEGAL
DEVELOPMENTS 6021.
2or 3hrs.
Topics, which are to be announced, will emphasize CUTTCnt
issues and problems in law. May be repeated for credit. Topics
taught recently or scheduled to be taught include: advanced
bankruptcy, intemational commercial arbitration, nonprofit
organization, patent law, pension and medical planning. public
land law, and transactional practice.
COPYRIGHT LAW 6063.
2or 3hrs.
Adetailed analysis of the Copyright Act of 1976 and amending
statutes. Issuesincludedarecopyrightability,fairuse,
educational exemption, public performance rights, ownership
renewal and transfer, and infringement.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 6056.
2 or 3 hrs.
An advanced study of corporate regulation under the Securities
Exchange Act. Examines the role of the corporation in society;
the role of officers, directors, and shareholders within the
corporation; the role of the securities market; abuse of the
securities market through insider trading, short-swing profits,
and chuming; and the duties of directors in mergers, acquisitions, proxy fights, and tender offers.
CREDITORS/RIGHTS 6001.
20r3hrs.
Creditors' remedies and debtors' rights under state and federal
law, including exempt property, remedies of unsecured
creditors to collect debts, and the law of fraudulent conveyances. Astudy of issues common to both consumer and
business bankruptcies under the Federal Bankruptcy Code
CRIMINAL PRACTICE SKILLS 6070.
2or 3hrs.
This course is analogous to Pretrial Litigation. Role-playing on
simulated cases covering interviewing. counseling, criminal
defendant, fact investigation, and witness interviewing, etc.
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT 6065.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of the constitutional, statutory, and regulatory
standards for eliminating and prohibiting discrimination on the
basis of the individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national
origin in hiring, discharging, classifying, or promoting
employees, or changing their conditions of employment. It
covers the procedures necessary for filing an action for
discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and how it operates, the standards set out by the major
cases; and EEOC regulations for determining discrimination
and what obligations employers (public and private), labor
unions, and employment agencies are under including the
requirement for affirmative action programs.
EMPLOYMENT LAW 6071.
2or 3hrs.
Course focuses on laws governing the employer-employee
relationship, with respect to personnel issues that arise in
nonunion settings.
ENTERTAINMENT LAW 6053.
2or 3hrs.
Adiscussion of the copyright aspects of entertainment law. The
course involves an in-depth analysis of the Copyright Act as it
affects creation, development, and marketing of copyright
material.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES 6067.
2or 3 hI'S.
Examines enforcement of envirorunental statutory programs by
criminal or administrative sanctions or private citizen lawsuits.
Differences-substantively and procedurally-between civil
and criminal enforcement, personal liability of corporate
officers, and new "knowing endangennent" crimes as well as
constitutional issues of mandatory reporting.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 6023.
2or 3hrs.
The respective roles of the federal and state governments in
handling such problems as air and water pollution, agricultural
pollution, use of public lands, and land-usc planning. Federal
and state regulatory means to safeguard the environment will
be considered in detail
ESTATE AND GIFT TAXATION 6019.
2or 3 hrs.
An estate planning course that examines the impact of federal
transfer taxes (gift tax, estate tax, and generation-skipping
transfer tax) on various types of dispositions of property during
life and at death, the administrative and judicial process in
resolving federal estate and gift tax controversies, and the social
and economic implications of taxation of distributions of
wealth,
ESTATE PLANNING 6227.
2hrs.
Techniques of planning and implementing dispositive
arrangements, including both inter vivos and testamentary
dispositions; factors influencing the choice of one technique
over another, including the income and estate and gift tax
consequences of a particular course of action.
FAMILY LAW 6024.
2or 3 hrs.
Legal problems related to the establishment, dissolution, and
reorganization of family relationships, including marriage,
divorce, parental responsibility, alimony and child support,
adoption, and injuries to family relations,
FEDERAL CRIMINAL LAW 6069.
2or 3 hrs.
Astudy of the special features of federal enforcement and the
federal-state relationship in the criminal law area.
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fEDERAL JURlSmCTlON 6033.
14 hrs.
Astudy of lhejurisdiction of the federal courts and of the
procedural rules related 10 jurisdictional matters, including the
law applied by the federal courts, federal question and
diversity jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction.. jurisdictional
amoUllt, appellate jurisdiction, and conflicts between the state
and national judicial systems.
FIRST AMENDMENT 6068.
2 or 3 hrs.
Study of the principal lines of historical, philosophical, and
doctrinal first amendment development and the primary first
amendment case law of the Supreme Court.
GENDER DISCRIMINATION 6074.
2or 3 hrs.
This course addresses the many and various ways in which
gender issues and the law inle~ and interact. Topics range
from reproductive rights 10 sexual harassment.
HEALTH CARE LAW 6066.
2 or 3 hrs.
Provides an overview of aspects of health law including access,
financing. quality of care, human reproduction. and death and
dying issues. Relationships between patient, family, provider,
regulators, and other interested lhird parties. Impact of public
poIky.oo h'dmology on th<se rebnonsrups.
INSURANCE LAW 6009.
2 or 3 hrs.
The law applicable to the fonnation, construction, and
enforcement of contracts for life, casualty, and property
insurance; government regulation of the insurance industry.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 6075.
lor 2hrs.
Students may take an internship for credit in which they work
under the supervision of a lawyer or a judge. The internship
course includes a classroom component and students meet
together with faculty members to discuss their work experiences in their internship placement.
INTERVIEWING, COUNSELING,
AND NEGOTIATION 6064.
2 or 3 hrs.
Study theory and function of client interviewing and counseling; demonstration of approaches and techniques; student role
playing with discussion and critiques.
INTRODUcnON TO BANKRUPTCY 6ffTL
2or 3 Ius.
Introduction to federal bankruptcy law, including consumer
and business bankruptcies.
JEWISH LAW 6283.
2 hrs.
A study of biblical jurisprudence, rabbinic exegesis, and
comparative law spanning approximately 4lXX) years.
JURISPRUDENCE 6208.
2 hrs.
An introduction to legal philosophy. The major jurisprudential
issues, Ihe definition of law, the concept of justice, and Ihe
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relation of law and morality will be considered. From time to
lime, as announced in advance of registration by the instructor,
major emphasis will be given to a particular topic or group of
topics in this course, e.g., law as an instrument of social policy,
law and theology as related to problems of moral accountability, or the ethics of various types of law practice.
LAW OmCE MANAGEMENT 6243.
2 Ius.
An applicatory study of basic principles of being in business,
location and organization of a law finn. office and law practice
management functions and systems, technology and support
services, and perfonning legal work efficiently and effectively.
LAW REVIEW 7002.
JUVENILE JUSTICE 6080.
2or 3 I'll'$.
Topics covered will include the purposes of the juvenile justice
system, jurisdiction and the process of the juvenile court,
differences between the juvenile and adult justice process, and
the relevant constitutional issues.
LABOR LAW 6042.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of slate and federal laws governing Ihe employerunion relationship, organizational rights, the establishment of
the coUective bargaining relationship, and the legality of
various types of concerted activity.
LAND-USE PLANNING 6025.
2or 3 Ius.
Astudy of both private and public means of controlling the use
of land. Emphasis will be placed on the areas of planning and
zoning, including the emerging problem of exclusionary Ianduse controls. Further topics that will be discussed include
subdivision controls, restrictive deed covenants, eminent
domain proceedings, and urban renewal.
LAW AND LANGUAGE POLICY 6059.
2 I'll'$.
An examination of the rationale for permitting or restricting
communications in language other than English.
LAW AND THE ELDERLY 6061.
3 hrs.
Surveys various areas of the law that are particularly applicable
to those over 65, with an emphasis on health care issues.
LAW AND LITERATURE 6081.
2or 3hrs.
Focus on reading. writing, and speaking the professional
language of the law. Speaking as counselor, advocate,
legislator, and judge. Comparison with other forms of literary
and intellectual activity Oiterature and philosophy).
LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 6272.
2 Ius.
Astudy of various practical and theoretical aspects of law and
psychiatry in the context of the insanity defense, rights of the
mentally ill, civil commitment proceedings, involuntary
behavior modification programs, and related topics.
LAW OF OTIZENSHlp, NATURALIZATION,
AND IMMIGRATION 6031.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of the Constitution, federal statutes, regulations, case
law, and administrative decisions relating to citizenship, aliens,
and admission into and deportation from the United States.
OIL AND GAS LAW 6011.
2or 3 Ius.
Astudy of the law of oil and gas with emphasis upon the
interests that may be created in oil and gas, the rights of the
landowner, provisions in the oil and gas lease, the rights of
assignees, and legislation dealing with production and
conservation.
lor21us.
LEGAL MALPRACflCE 6058.
2 or 3 I'll'$.
Designed to communicate that lawyers can significantly reduce
the likelihood of being sued by simply satisfying the "reasonable expectations" of clients and of nonclients.
MARITAL PROPERTY 6008.
2or 3 hI'S.
Property rights of husband and wife under the Texas community property system, including coverage of the law relating to
homestead.
MASS MEDIA LAW 6051.
20r31us.
Constitutional and legal issues pertaining to print and
electronic media, including defamation. privacy, prior
restraints, access to infonnation, and government regulation
of the electronic media.
MEDICAL MALPRAcnCE 6054..
2 or 3 I'll'$.
Astudy of the civil liabilities of physicians and other health
care providers for professional negligence, with attention to
standard of care, analysis of hospital and medical records,
pretrial and trial tactics, examination of the medical witness,
and settlement negotiation.
MUSEUM AND ART LAW 6050.
2 or 3 hrs.
Comprehensive study of the law and legal problems,
including tax considerations, relating to museums. Includes
copyright law, art law, historical preservation, wildlife
regulation, and laws relating to cultural properties.
NATIONAL SECURITY LAW 6077.
2or 3 Ius.
This cowse will address the allocation of foreign affairs powers
between the state and national governments and the allocation
of those powers among the three branches of the national
government. War Powers Act and the President's authority to
pro;ect US. armed forc:es overseas without Congressional
approval will be emphasized.
NATIVE AMERJCAN LAW 6lM.
2or 3 Ius.
Asurvey of Native American law with emphasis upon the
treaty, statutory, and jurisprudential relationships of federal,
state, and tribal legal systems.
NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP 62rJ.
2 hrs.
Development of negotiating skills used in settling litigation
and negotiating transactions; use of negotiation skills,
strategies, and techniques through simulation exercises.
OIL AND GAS PROBLEMS 6274.
2 hrs.
An advanced course dealing with particular areas of oil and
gas. The course will have a varying content which will be
announced. Areas of study may include federal taxation of oil
and gas transactions; detailed study of pooling. unitization,
and regulation of oil and gas; and drafting problems associated
with oil and gas conveyancing and operations.
PRETRIAL LmGATION 6076.
2or 3 hrs.
This course concerns civil pretrial litigation according to
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Assigrunents will include
drafting of pretrial documents, taking depositions, and
arguing motions.
PRIVACY IN AMERICAN LAW 6083.
2or 3 Ius.
This course will focus on the protection afforded by law to
different privacy interests that people possess: information,
personality, identity, reputation. Protection for reproductive,
familial, and other forms of personal autonomy.
PRODUCTS UABILITY 6276.
2hI'$.
Acomprehensive study of the civil action for hann resulting
from defective and dangerous products, including the
historical development of this theory of liability and its
component parts, the problems concerning vertical and
horizontal privity, defectiveness, proof. available defenses,
damages, and remedies.
PUBLIC EDUCATION LAW 6032
20r31us.
Acomprehensive study of the impact of law upon public
education in America, emphasizing the diverse relationships
existing between students, teachers, administrators, governing bodies, legislature, and the public, and how these
relationships are affected by law expressed in regulations,
statutes, judicial decisions, state constitutions, and the United
States Constitution.
PUBUC INTERNATIONAL LAW 6lJ.Ul.
2 or 3 hIS.
An introductory course in intemationallegal studies, with
attention given to recognizing, analyzing, and solving
international law problems in the areas of international military
intervention, socia-political rights, economic development and
well-being, and environmental protection. Special emphasis is
focused on the sources of international law and the manner in
which it is changing to meet the demands of the future.
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Information for Applicants
RACE ANO RAOSM 6073.
2or3hrs.
This COUISe addn5ses the many arv:I various ways in which
race and the law intersect and interact. Topics range from
affirmative action to inlerracial adoption.
TEXAS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6010.
2 OJ 3 hrs.
The law regulating the Texas criminal process from arrest
through post-eonviction review with an emphasis on its
unique characteristics.
REAL PROPERlY flNANCE
AND TRANSACTIONS 6004.
TEXAS LAND TInES 6250.
2 hrs.
Contracts for sale of land; forms of deeds; descriptions;
warranty and other covenants of title; escrows; recording
statutes; practice in drafting; acquisition of title to land
through adverse possession.
24 his.
Astudy of residential and commercial real estate transactions.
Topics of discussion will include: negotiating the purchase and
sale contract, methods of title assurance; the secondary mortgage
market; land acquisition and developmenlloans; various
mortgage instruments and alternatives such as adjustable rate
mortgages, wrap around mortgages, leasehold mortgages,
purchase money mortgages, sale and lease backs, and contracts
for deed; tax considerations in real estate transactions; shopping
centers; condominiums; and cooperatives.
REMEDIES 6007.
2or3lus.
Forms of legal and equitable relief a court is equipped 10 grant
by way of redress to those who have been or may be injured,
including alternative choices and the tactical advantages of
each.
RESEARCH 7001.
lor2hrs.
SECURITIES REGUlATION 6028.
2 or 3 hrs.
Astudy of federal and state regulation of the public distnbulion of securities. Covers initial public offerings, the corporate
decision 10 "go public," the sale of registered and unregistered
securities, resales of serurities, disclosure required ina
prospectus and offering curricular, civil and criminal liability,
and enforcement of statute's anti-fraud provision under the
Federal and Texas Securities Act.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 7004.
lor3hrs.
SPORTS LAW 6055.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of the law as it affects professional and amateur sports.
It probes the relationships among the leagues, the individual
dubs, the playm' unions, and the athletes. Topics covered are
players' contracts, arbitration, remedies, antitrust issues, labor
exemptions, discipline of players and dubs, collective
bargaining, liability for injuries, amateur athletics, and NCAA
problems.
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 6036.
2 or 3 hrs.
Astudyof the law relating to the creation of local government
units, their legislative, fiscal, proprietary, and administrative
powers and functions, tort and contract liability. The relationship between state and local government and inter-govemmental conflicts will be discussed. Special emphasis is place:! on
Texas law.
TEXAS PRETRIAL PROCEDURE 6037.
2or 3 hrs.
A study of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to subject
matter jurisdiction within the state system, jurisdiction of
persons and property, pleadings, venue, parties, effects of prior
adjudications, attacks on final judgments, discovery, and
disposition without trial.
TEXAS TRIAL AND APPELLATE
PROCEDURE 6014.
2 or 3 hrs.
As1udy of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to trial and
appellate procedure conreming the jury, presentation of the
case, motions for instructed verdict, the court's charge, the
verdict. trial before the court,. post-trial motions and procedures, final and appealable judgments, appellate jurisdiction,
perfection of appeal, the courts of appeals, the Supreme Court
of Texas, and original proceedings in appeUate courts.
TRANSAcnONAL PRACTICE 6084.
2or 3 hrs.
Course provides opportunity to plan, negotiate, and draft legal
documents in the context of business, commercial, and
employment transactions. Fundamental concepts underlying
contractual agreements will be emphasized.
TRIAL ADVOCACY 6228.
2 hI'S.
A practical course involving demonstrations and student
practice in aU aspects of the trial of civil and criminal cases
which provide significant opportunities for jury persuasion,
instructor analysis and commentary respecting student
perfonnance and evaluation of trial tactics.
WATER LAW fiJ1J.
2or3hrs.
A study of private law systems for aUocating waler among
users, the public law systems of allocation,. groundwater
management,. development of new water supplies, intmtate
disputes, and water pollution.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION 6230.
2 Ius.
Astudy of the origin and substance of workers' compensation
law and procedures before administrative tribunals and courts.
Special emphasis on Texas statutes and procedure.
This material has been prepared to acquaint you
with the application procedures and admission
process for the Texas Tech Univen;ity School of Law.
Before preparing your app~cation, please read
this material carefuUy, and if you have unanswered
questions, contact our Admissions Office
(806) 742-3985.
Prelegal Education
The Law School does not prescribe a specific
prelegal curriculum for its applicants. The wide
range of lawyers' tasks and the difference in
offerings from college to college preclude such an
approach. However, there are certain goals that
prelaw students shouJd keep in mind when planning their coOege programs. They shouJd strive to
acquire the ability to read, write, and speak the
English language weU, to gain a critical unden;tanding of human values and institutions-politicaJ,
economic, and social, and to develop in themselves
the power to think creatively. The Official Guide to
U.S. lAw Schools: Prelaw Handbook published by the
Law School Admission Council and Law School
Admission Services contains a good discussion of
the undergraduate background studenls should
seek to acquire before entering law school. Acopy
of this handbook may be ordered from Law Services, P. O. Box 2400, Newtown, PA 18940.0977.
Application Procedure
The following materials must be received by the
Texas Tech Law School Admissions Office before an
application file will be reviewed.
1. ACOMPLETED APPLICATION FORM.
Send to:
Admissions Office
School of Law
Texas Tech Univen;ity
Box 400ll
Lubbock, Texas 79409-lXXl4
2. LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST SCORE.
The LSAT/LSDAS Infomlotion Book contains a
registration form for the tSAT and can be obtained
from Law Services, Box 2400, Newtown, PA 18940(En, or from most college counseling and placement offices. Arrangements should be made to take
the test in June, October, or December of the year
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before the faU semester the applicant wishes to be
admitted. However, February tesls will be accepted.
3. LAW SCHOOL DATA ASSEMBLY SERVICE
REPORT (LSDAS REPORT). This service may be
ordered using the subscription form contained in
the LSAT/LSDAS Information Book. This can be
obtained from any high school or four-year college
in the applicant's area. After registering for this
service, the applicant should request each college or
university at which credit was earned toward the
undergraduate degree to send transcripts to Law
School Admission Service (LSAS). LSAS analyzes
the undergraduate grade record and sends the
analysis to the Law School. LSDAS policies allow
renewal for up to two years following the end of
the original subscription year. LSDAS reports will
be updated to include first-year lalV school matriculation. Cost of renewal is $54 and should be paid to
LSDAS. For additionaJ information, contact Law
Services, Box 2002, 661 Penn Station, Newtown, PA
18940-0998, (215) 968-1001 (8:30 a.mAl:OO p.m. EST).
4. APPLICATION FEE. Anonrefundableapplication fee of $50 must be enclosed with your application. Checks should be made payable to Texas
Tech University.
5. RESIDENCY OATH. All applicants must
complete the Residency Oath and return it with
their application.
6. PERSONAL STATEMENT AND REsUME.
7. APPLICANTS FILE CARD AND REPLY
CARDS. Please complete these four carns and
return them with your application. Be sure that
your address is written or typed on the cards before
returning them. No postage is required.
The following materials may be sent to support
your application but are not required.
1. Transcripls of graduate study. Graduate
grades are not included in the LSDAS analysis.
Graduate transcripls should be sent directly to the
Admissions Office.
2. Letters of recommendation. These are not
required, but if letters are submitted, they should be
sent by individuals who are in a position to com-
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ment upon an applicanYs potential for studying law
based on personal knowledge. The Admissions
Committee asks that applicants send no more than
three recommendation letters. They arc not influenced by the number of letters but by the quality of
the letters.
When to Apply
Application may be made after the applicant has
earned 90 hours of undergraduate credit but all
work toward the baccalaureate degree must be
completed before enrolling in the School of Law.
Candidates should not delay filing an application in
order to include later grades. An updated transcript
may be submitted to LSDAS at any time and the
cumulative grade-point average will be recomputed
to reflect the additional grades.
For consideration for fall, applicants are advised
to complete application by February. Four to six
weeks are normally required for processing the
LSAT score and the LSDAS grade analysis.
Applicants should be alert to the system of
acknowledgments used by the Texas Tech School of
Law and by the Law School Admission Servi"" to
inform them of receipt of application materials.
LSAS sends an acknowledgment to the applicant
upon receipt of the applicant's college transcripts.
Since the LSDAS reports cannot be completed and
sent to the law school until all transcripts requested
have been received and evaluated, inquiries should
be made to LSAS (215/968-1001) if acknowledgments are not received within a reasonable time.
The admissions staff of the Law School acknowledges receipt of the application and again informs
the applicant when the application is completed
with an LSDAS report.
Applications are considered for the current year
fall enrollment only.
Application Procedure for Foreign
Students
In addition to completing the application for
admission, each applicant must also register for and
take the Law School Admissions Test. The Texas
Tech School of Law must receive official copies of
the applicant's transcript(s) from the undergraduate
school. Each transcript must have a notation on it
showing that adegree was awarded. Upon receipt
of the transcript, we will send acopy of it to an
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official of our university who will determine
whether the degree received from the foreign
university is the equivalent of an undergraduate
degree from an accredited university in the U.s. As
soon as this determination is made, the applicant
will be notified. An official Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL) score report showing
proficiency in English must also be submitted prior
to admission. The applicant must score at least 550
on the TOEFL.
AdMissions Process
Texas Tech Law School operates an early action
admissions policy. Applications meeting the early
action admissions criteria and received after the
September 1starting date are reviewed when
complete and acceptance decisions are made within
3 weeks. Other application decisions are deferred
until after February 2. During February, March, and
April the committee reviews these files and makes
acceptance decisions. Applicants are notified as
these decisions are made by the committee.
When the committee believes sufficient acceptances have been received to complete the entering
class, those applicants not selected will be notified.
Asmall group of applicants may be asked if they
wish to be placed on awaiting list if openings occur.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as
possible to insure their files are complete and ready
for consideration by the committee early in the
decision-making process.
Applicants applying after February 2will be
considered for admission but should understand
that their chances of selection are somewhat
diminished. Late files will be fully considered after
the regular applicant pool is reviewed.
While considerable weight is placed on the
applicant's LSAT score and grade-point average, in
making its admissions decisions, the committee
looks beyond the quantitative data to such factors
as background, experience, extracurricular activities
and interests, and evidence of leadership qualities.
• Deposit
Each accepted applicant is required to pay a $200
deposit to hold a place in the entering class. This
acceptance deposit will be refunded to the applicant
upon matriculation at the Law School. One-hall of
the deposit is refundable upon timely written notice of
achange in plans. Such notice is due May 1 for fall
admission. Applicants who fail to submit the $200
acceptance deposit by the date specified in the
acceptance letter will forfeit their place in the
entering class.
Application Evaluation
The Law School Admission Test score and the
cumulative grade-point average are equaUy important in determining admission. However, the
Admissions Committee also considers several other
factors when evaluating the LSAT score, the GPA,
and the qualitative elements bearing on admissions
decisions.
• Undergraduate Grades
While the cumulative GPA is used to categorize
the application on review, the progression (or
regression) of grades over the fOUf years is considered in weighing the GPA. Thus, the student whose
junior and senior leveJ performance evidences high
quality may compete favorably with other applicants. Also, the difficulty of the undergraduate
academic program is noted.
whether some element such as illness reduced his or
her ability to perform up to potential on the test and
whether the score is reasonably comparable to past
performances on other standardized tests. The
second test score is averaged with the first score. It
should be noted that while it is common for the
applicant to improve the !.SAT score on retake, a
lesser score on the second test is not rare. Consequently, there is some risk in the retake.
• Work and Military Experience
Employment or military assignments, particularly those experiences evidencing maturity or
providing a background which could be helpful to a
lawyer, are considered in the application review.
• Writing Sample
The LSAT writing sample is considered by the
Admissions Committee.
• Graduate Work
Graduate transcripts submitted with the
application are reviewed and, depending upon the
quality of the work, may enhance the application. It
is recognized that applicants may have several
reasons for deciding to attend graduate school prior
to applying for law school. li by taking a graduate
degree the applicant is attempting to show that a
mediocre undergraduate record is not truly representative of his or her academic ability, it is essential
that the graduate record demonstrate outstanding
performance. Graduate work is only one of the
factors considered in evaluating an application.
Consequently, attending graduate school for the
sole purpose of securing entrance to law school is
not recommended. In any event, if graduate work
is being contemplated, the applicant should pursue
a graduate course of study which will enhance
other career opportunities as well as his or her law
school application.
• Other Fadors
In addition, the Admissions Committee will
consider the following factors: the socioeconomic
background of the applicant, including the percentage by which the applicant's family is above or below
any recognized measure of poverty, the appli-eant's
household income, and the applicant's parents'
level of education; whether the applicant would be
the first generation of the applicant's family to
attend or graduate from an institution; whether the
applicant has bilingual proficiency; the applicant's
responsibilities while previously attending school,
including whether the applicant has been employed,
whether the applicant has helped to raise children,
or similar factors; the applicant's region of residence;
whether the applicant is a resident of a rural or urban
area or a resident of acentral city or suburban area
in the state; the applicant's performance on the
LSAT in comparison with that of other students from
similar socioeconomic backgrounds; the applicant's
involvement in community activities; the applicant's
extracurricular activities; the applicant's admission
to a comparable accredited out-of-state institution;
and any other consideration the School of Law
deems necessary to accomplish its stated mission.
• Repeat LSAT Scores
The LSAT may be retaken. In deciding whether
to retake the LSAT, the applicant should consider
• New Information
Any time an applicant provides the law school
with new information regarding questions 11-15 on
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the application, the application review process will
be withdrawn and the file will go through the
review process again.
• Interviews
Many applicants request interviews because they
wish to discuss or explain academic records or
background experiences. Because of the large
number of applicants and time limitations, interviews must be limited. Interviews are encouraged
for that group of applicants who depend upon the
"other factors" listed above for admission. Applicants are encouraged to supplement their applications with new or revised material as needed at any
time before the admissions decision. Staff in the
Admissions Office are pleased to answer questions
regarding the application process and to address
any special problems encountered by individual
applicants. Information can also be secured from
prelaw advisors on undergraduate campuses or
members of the law faculty of Texas Tech during
their visits to the campuses of Texas colleges and
universities.
Reapplication
An applicant whose file was completed and who
wishes to reapply for admission the following year
need only secure a new application form and Oath
of Residency. Submit them to the Admissions Office
with the $50 application fee after September 15
prior to the year admission is sought. Materials
from the previous file will be transferred to the new
file. Unless more than three years have elapsed
since the last application, there is no need
to reconstruct the materials in the file.
Uan applicant withdraws after being accepted
and wishes to reapply for a subsequent year, only a
new application form and $50 application fee need
be filed to complete reapplication. The new application will be reviewed in comparison with other
applications of that admission year. On review, the
prior withdrawal acts neither as a detriment nor as
an assistance to acceptance.
entering class. In addition, the candidate for
transfer must provide (1) an official transcript from
each law school attended showing grades for all
law courses attempted and (2) a letler to the Texas
Tech School of Law from the dean of each law
school attended concerning the present academic
status and rank in class. (If the school or schools no
longer rank their students, we must also be advised
in which percentile of the first year class the
applicant stands.) The transcript and dean's letter
must be provided after all first year grades have
been received. The applicant must have completed
at least one year (approximately 28-30 hours) of law
study and be in good standing at an accredited law
school to be considered for transfer. Transfer
students must complete a minimum of four semesters in residence to be eligible for a degree from
Texas Tech.
Because most applicants are attending the spring
semesters in their respective schools and grades are
not available until June, most transfer decisions are
made in mid-summer. Factors such as availability
of space, the number of first year courses needed,
and the grade record are considered in making
these decisions. Transfer applications are usually
not approved unless the applicant is in the top
quarter of the class. Credit is transferred for
courses in which the grade received is equal to the
grade average required for graduation from the law
school at which the course was taken.
Visiting Students
Students who are in good standing at another
law school may be considered for admission on a
visiting basis. An application for admission must
be completed, an official copy of the law school
transcript must be submitted, and a letter must be
furnished from the dean of the law school the
student is currently attending stating that the
student is in good standing and that credit for
courses taken at Texas Tech will be accepted for
transfer.
Good Character
Adlllission as a Transfer Student
An applicant for admission as a transfer student
must submit a completed application form and all
supporting materials required of an applicant for an
The Law School may deny admission to any
applicant who, in the judgment of the faculty, may
appear to be unfit in character to engage in the
study or practice of law.
Student AHairs
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Declaratlan af Intention te Study Law
The State Board of Law Examiners of Texas has
established the foUowing requirement:
. .. f!Very person intending to apply for admission 10 the Bar
examination in this State shall file with the Board a Declaration of
Intention to Study Law. The filing deadline for such Dedaratiorcs
shall be as follows: Fall entrants, December I; Spring entrants,
May 1; Summer entrants, September 15; ... Sudl Declaration shall be
made in duplicate on forms prescribed by the Board and shall show
such fitClS as 10 the history, experience, and educational qualificationsof thededarant as the Board may require ..
All students filing the Intent to Study Law form
must furnish a complete set of fingerprints. Fingerprint cards are attached to the declaration form.
Students should take these cards to University
Police Services for processing.
The forms may be obtained from the Board of
Law Examiners, Box 13486, Capitol Station, Austin,
TX 78711, or in pelSOn from the Law School and
should be filed after classes start by the deadlines
shown above.
The fee requined for filing the Declaration of
Intention to Study Law form is $125.
Students who expect to practice in other states
should investigate possible similar requirements in
such states.
You will be required to submit, along with
your lntention to Study Law declaration, a copy
of your law school application. Please make a
copy of the application and keep it to submit with
your declaration.
Orientation and Counseling
The Law School is firmly committed to the
"open door" policy in faculty-student relations.
From the first academic contact during orientation
until graduation, the faculty is available for consultation with respect to the course of study, problems
of general scholarship, and other matters relating to
the studenfs progress in school. With a low
student-faculty ratio, each student has abundant
opportunities for extensive personal contact with
the faculty.
Profile of the 1997 Entering Class
From an applicant pool of 1,165 there were 205
students admitted as members of the entering class
in 1997. Of these, 101 were women. Minority
students comprised 12 percent of the class.
For the fall entering students the average LSAT
score was at approximately the 68th percentile, and
the average GPA was 3.38 on a 4.0 scale.
Professional Enrich..ent
Legal educators agree that student development
is greatly aided by professional experiences outside
the classroom and by frequent and varied contacts
with those actively practicing law. Advanced
students may become adjunct members of the
l.ubbock County Bar Association. All students are
encouraged to attend meetings of the association
and various continuing legal education programs in
which the Law School takes an active part. The
Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Texas
sits in the courtroom of the Law School once each
semester. The United States Tax Court holds
sessions here each year. In addition, various state
agencies have held hearings in the schooL Students
are welcome to obselVc these proceedings and also
to visit any of the courts in Lubbock-federal, state,
county, and municipal.
Board af Barristers
The Board of Barristers is a student organization
responsible for promoting and administering
numerous programs designed to develop a wide
range of lawyering skills---murtroom advocacy,
brief writing, client interviewing and counseling,
and negotiation. Among the board's responsibilities
are administering interschool and interscholastic
moot court, mock trial negotiations, and client
counseling competitions; presenting skills clinics
and workshops; preparing and administering the
fIrSt year advocacy seminars; presenting mock trial
demonstrations to various school groups; judging
high school mock trial competitions; and providing
support for the trial advocacy classes. Members of
the board are selected from advanced students who
have demonstrated competence in advocacy,
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counseling, and related activities and who are
interested in assisting other students in improving
their skills.
The Board of Barristers Association includes
members of all former boards of the Texas Tech Law
School. Through the association, the present board
keeps former members informed of the status of
interschool competition teams and interschool oral
advocacy activities.
In addition, the board assists in selecting members of the interschool teams that compete across
the country.
Several prestigious Texas firms have contributed
generously to the support of the competitions and
teams:
Tom Hall '82 (pI. Worth)-Spring Moot Court
Jackson & Walker (Dallas)-Fall Moot Court
Jose, Henry, Brantley & Keltner (pI. Worth)-Fall
Mock Trial
Brian Loncar 'frl (Dallas)-Negotiation
Mehaffy & Weber (Beaumont)-First Year Mock
Trial
Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi & Galatzan (£1 Paso)First Year Moot Court
Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond
(El Paso)-Spring Mock Trial
Aslan-A..erlcan Law Students
Association
The Asian-American Law Students Association
(AALSA) promotes the professional needs and goals
of Asian-American law students. The organization
serves as asupport group and instills in the AsianAmerican law student a greater awareness of the
needs in the Asian community. AALSA is open to
all law students.
Black Law Students Assaciation
The Black Law Students Association (BLSA)open to all law school students-attempts to focus
on the many aspects of being an African American
law student. The organization tries to recruit
African Americans and help them adjust to law
school and life in West Texas.
By being a viable working organization on
campus, BLSA hopes to expand and enhance the
student body's knowledge of African Americans.
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Christian Legal Saclety
The Christian Legal Society (CLS) promotes
spiritual growth and fellowship among Christian
law students and provides a Christian foundation
for the practice of law. Activities to further these
objectives include Bible studies, faculty led seminars, meetings with prominent Christian lawyers
and judges, and social events. Any student who
desires to contribute to the goals of CLS is eligible
for membe"hip.
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
The Criminal Trial Lawyeffi Association (CTLA)
promotes the interests of students who intend to
practice in the field of criminal law. Its purposes
include the encouragement of professional growth
of students to develop the prosecution and defense
skills of the membership, to assist members in
joining other state and national associationc; devoted. to criminal defense and prosecution, and to
provide the opportunity to network with professionals in the practice of criminal prosecution and
defense at both the federal and state levels.
The society works to reorder priorities within the
legal system to place a premium on individual
liberty and the rule of law. The society strives to
encourage serious consideration of constitutional
issues and the legal order by promoting scholarly
debate. Organization activities stress the pervasive
influence of constitutional issues and their effect on
everyday events. It is not the viewpoint that is
emphasized, but the concept of free and open debate
between different ~ves concerning important
issues. Only by realizing the importance of the
Constitution and the ideals it represents can citizens
guanmtee the Constitution's continued success as the
foundation of our republican govenunent.
Fraternities
The Law School has active chapte" of three
professional legal fraternities-Delta Theta Phi, Phi
Alpha Delta, and Phi Delta Phi. Activities of the
fraternities consist of professional development,
school and community related services, and various
social functions.
International Law Society
Environmental Law Society
This organization provides infonnational programs in the areas of environmental and natural
resource law, and to afford opportunities for students
to regularly meet and discuss issues in these areas. An
environmental law job seminar is held annually to
inform students of opportunities to practice in the
area. National and state meetings may be attended by
members to increase their knowledge of environrnental law and meet students in Environmental Law
Societies from Texas and around the United States. All
students at Texas Tech are eligible for membeffihip.
FederaUst Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
Studies consists of legal practitioners and law
students interested in the current state of the legal
order. It is founded on the principles that the state
exists to preserve freedom, that the separation of
governmental powers is central to our Constitution,
and that it is emphatically the province and duty of
the judiciary to say what the law is, not what it
should be. The society seeks both to promote an
awareness of these principles and to further their
application through its activities.
The International Law Society (ILS) provides
information to law students in practical areas of
intemationallaw and transactions and promotes
awareness in the Law School community of this
increasingly important area of practice. In recent
years, Texas has seen adramatic increase in international transactions thereby creating new opportunities for Texas attorneys. u.s concentrates on the
areas of law and practice common in Texas that are
international in scope. Such areas include banking,
real estate, taxation, trade and investment with
Mexico and Latin America, ou and gas, exportimport, intellectual property, high-tech industry,
and arbitration and litigation. Through guest
speakers, an ILS library, and various informational
sources, fLS assists students in identifying potential
areas of international legal practice. fLS has also
proposed school participation in Jessup international Moot Court and course work in international
business transactions.
Law Review
The lmo Review is a professional legal journal
managed and edited by second- and thind-year law
students. The lmo Review publishes both student-
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written notes and comments on various areas of the
law and articles by professors, judges, and practicing attorneys. Membership in the Law Review is a
recognition of superior academic achievement and a
unique educational opportunity.
The top-ranked first-year students are invited to
join the LJw Review. In addition, two write-on
competitions allow all students an opportunity to
be selected to the Law Review. An elected editorial
board governs the organization's operations. The
presiding third-year editorial board elects the
editorial board for the following year from among
the second-year members.
The principal responsibility of Law Review
members is to produce two publishable articles on a
current legal problem. Their work is done under
the supervision of the student editorial board, with
the assistance of a faculty sponsor. The editorial
board members supervise the second-year work
and select and edit the professional articles.
MALSA participates in the following activities:
Mexican American Speaker Series, employment
forum, recruitment trips, accepted students phone
banking week, fooming an alumni directory,
elementary school mentoring program, and various
social events.
Legal Co..,uter Society
law students. Target audiences are professionals
returning to school for a legal education, students
who are also parents, and older students in general.
The group's goal is to support students who have
experienced more in life than four years of college
and who consequently have broader interests than
traditional students.
The group attempts to meet the special social
needs of older students, provide enhanced job
search opportunities, and deal with problems of
child care, divorce, single parenting, finandal
obligations, and housing.
The Legal Computer Society (LCS) was established to operate and maintain the Lawline computer bulletin board system, to promote the awareness and use of computers in the legal profession,
and to educate members in how the emergence of
computers in society affects the law.
Legal Research Board
The Legal Research Board (LRB) is a student
organization that offers practicing attorneys services
similar to those of a briefing staff. The board
methodically researches requested legal topics and
then compiles the information in a memorandum of
law. Board membership includes only select second
and third year students proficient in research and
writing. This service is a valuable research tool for
the practitioner, but is also an educational experience to the legal training of Texas Tech law students.
Mulcan A..erican Law Students
Association
The Mexican American Law Students Association (MALSA) is a new organization that was
formed to better serve the needs and goals of
Mexican American law students at Texas Tech.
MALSA objectives include recruiting and retaining
Mexican Americans, student support, job placement, and involvement in community projects.
Minority Law Students Association
The Minority Law Students Association (MLSA)
encourages minority students to pursue a legal
career and promotes the interests of minority
students already enrolled. MLSA schedules speakers who represent minority interests, cooperates
with community organizations on projects relating
to minority groups, works with the Admissions
Committee to encourage minority student applications to Law School, and provides social events for
its members.
Olllega Lalllbda Phi
Omega Lambda Phi is an organization of older
Student Acadelllic Support Services
Student Academic Support Services (SASS) is a
student organization focusing on helping first year
students adjust to law school. SASS sponsors "how
to" programs on topics such as taking exams,
handling stress, class preparation, summer jobs, and
class scheduling. Both professors and students
speak at the "how to" programs (held during the
fall and spring) and offer their tips and advice on
how to succeed in law school.
SASS also sponsors a mentor program that
matches first year students with second and third
year students. The program provides "first years"
with friends who can guide them through the
challenging first year of law school.
Texas Aggie Bar Assoclatlan
The Texas Aggie Bar Association was founded in
1996 on two principles: to aid the administration in
recruiting graduates of Texas A&M University to
the Texas Tech School of Law and to bring together
former students of Texas A&M who are currently
enrolled at Texas Tech School of Law for the purposes of assistance and fellowship.
We also carry out the traditions of Texas A&M
University by joining with the local alumni organization to help bring events such as Aggie Muster to
Lubbock. The organization is active in various
community services, and all students are encouraged. to participate.
The Texas Bank Lawyer
The Texas Bank Lawyer (TIlL) is an organization
comprised of students with an interest in conunerciallaw and banking. The organization works with
the Texas Association of Bank Counsel to publish
their newsletter, The Texas Bank Lawyer.
Through TIlL's weekly meetings, the student is
exposed to discussions of current cases and developments in banking law. Students also contribute
written materials for publication in the monthly
newsletter and provide a service to bank attorneys
statewide by reading recent court cases and preparing concise overviews of the opinions.
Texas Tech Student Bar Association
The Texas Tech Student Bar Association (SBA)
was organized to promote the objectives of the legal
profession and the law student's transition into the
profession. Its membership encompasses the entire
student body and its elected. officers act as the law
school student government. AU students are
eligible to participate in SBA activities and to attend
the regular meetings of officers. Officers are
selected. by school-wide election at various points
throughout the academic year and serve as the
voice of the SBA in all official matters.
The SBA engages in a variety of activities
designed to enhance the educational and social
experience of law students. The association sponsors speakers who discuss issues important to the
law student and listen and act upon the concerns of
law students and administration. It serves as a vital
link of communication between administration,
faculty, and the student body. It provides a variety
of services, including a nonprofit bookstore and
funding of student organizations. Dues-paying
members also receive special privileges such as the
ability to cash personal checks and sell textbooks in
the SBA bookstore and discounts to various law
school functions. AU students are encouraged to
participate and have a direct voice in their experience at Texas Tech School of Law.
Texas Tech University Law 'artners
All persons involved in the lives of law students
are encouraged to join ITU Law Partners. The
organization offers a variety of social and service
activities for the "partners" and gives the students a
chance to break away from the books. TIU Law
Partners work not only to provide support for their
students, but also to support the entire student
population and provide general assistance to the
Law School. Most importantly, the organization
provides its members with the opportunity to meet
other people with similar concerns such as housing,
child care, and employment needs, as well as
learning how to deal with the pressures of living
with a law student.
Volunteer Law Students Association
VlSA works in conjunction with West Texas
Legal Services to provide legal assistance to indigent members of the Lubbock community. Students participate in trimonthly pro bono clinics
where they are provided. with the unique opportunity to interview clients and examine pending legal
disputes. Students may also work under the
supervision of volunteer attorneys in the preparation of cases for trial or settlement.
Although students receive no academic credit
or monetary compensation, the program maintains
wide student support and involvement.
WOlllen In Law
Women in Law (WIL) encourages women to
participate fully in the legal profession. Its speaker
series is designed to benefit all students, and
membership is open to both men and women.
Women in Law serves as the forum for discussing issues affecting women in Law School and in
their law careers. Members may attend seminars at
the state and local levels.
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Fees
To enable students to estimate expenses at the
time of entering the Law School, the following
information is offered.
Each applicant accepted for admission must
forward a $200 acceptance deposit. Tuition for first
year students who are residents of Texas is $160 per
semester hour. Students who are not residents of
Texas must pay tuition of $329 per semester hour.
Al! students will have additional expenses of
approximately $600 in fees and $350-$400 for books
and supplies in the fall semester. These additional
fees and expenses will be slightly less in the spring.
All entering students must pay at least one-half of
their fall tuition and fees in June in order to hold
their place in class. This payment will be approximately $1,600 for Texas residents and $2,900 for
nonresidents.
Tuition and fees for long term semesters may be
paid using one of the following options:
Option 1: Payment of total amount due;
Option 2: Payment of one-half of the amount due
initially and one-fourth by the fourth week of the
semester and one-fourth by the eighth week.
Tuition for summer terms must be paid in full.
Students who move to Texas after reaching the
age of 18 are considered to be nonresidents unless
they have resided in the state for other than educational purposes for a period of 12 months irrunediately preceding enrollment. Questions of residency
status frequently arise concerning members of the
Armed Forces assigned to duty in Texas and persons
who have been Texas residents but have moved out
of Texas for employment. Applicants in these and
other circumstances involving questionable residency status should seek clarification of their status
from the Law School.
Information on programs and costs for student
health services, student insurance, recreational
sports, and student parking is made available at
orientation.
For more detailed information regarding residency, fees, veterans' exemptions from fees, refund
policies, and loans, please see the current Undergraduate Catalog of the University.
Financial Assistance
Scholarships, loans, and a number of part time
positions are available at the Law School and the
University. The Law School recommends that
students devote their entire time to the study of law.
Students who are engaged in outside employment
may be asked to withdraw from the school if the
amount of time spent in outside employment is
deemed excessive or appears to interfere with fulltime study of law. Outside employment cannot
exceed 20 hours per week. All accepted international students will have to provide documentation
showing financial responsibility. Before an 1·20 can
be approved, accepted international students will
have to show they will have access to $16,000. An
approved 1-20 is required before an international
student can obtain a student visa. Financial aid is
available only to those students that are citizens or
permanent residents.
• Financial Aid Transcripts
Federal regulations require that any student who
has attended a college or university other than Texas
Tech submit a financial aid transcript from each of
the previously attended schools. This is a requirement regardless of how many hours were earned or
whether financial aid was received.
• Review Process
Once the application has been received, the
information will be reviewed to see if additional
documents are needed to complete the aid file. If
additional documentation is required, a letter will be
sent to the student's permanent address on file with
the Law School Registrar.
• Application and Eligibility
Students applying for grants or loans must
complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) for 1999-2000. The application will be
based on 1998 income tax forms and current asset
information. Students should follow the written
instructions carefully as to which questions to
answer (no student will answer every question). The
college code number for Texas Tech is 003644. List
the college name as Texas Tech University West
Broadway and University, Lubbock, Texas. The
application must be complete. Please complete ALL
applicable sections of the FAFSA application.
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The p = r will use federally approved formulas to detennine aminimum dollar amount that the
student will be expected to amtribute toward the cost
of education (referred to as budget) based on the
financial figures provided by the student. The
expected contribution ~ called the Family Contribution (FC).
The budget is the estimated average cost for a9montti period beginning in August and ending in
May. The budget for ttie 1998-99 award year was:
Tuition and fees
Room and board
Books and supplies
Transportation
Miscellaneous
Total budget
Resident
$6,520
4,934
816
1,514
Nonresident
$11,590
4,934
816
1,514
2m
2m
$16,008
$21,078
Eligibility for need-based aid is the difference
between the budget and Fe. For example:
Budget
Fe
eed
$16,008
don't qualify for asubsidized FSL or who qualify for
less than the annual maximum limit on aFSL. You
are responsible for all interest that accrues on an
unsubsidized FSL.
The academic year limit on asubsidized FSL is
$8,5(X), and the academic year limit on an
unsubsidized FSL ~ $1O,1XXl. The repayment period
for the loans is 10 years. Interest rates vary but
cannot exceed 8.25% adjusted each july 1. The
interest rate is based on the final auction of the 91day Treasury Bill held prior to june 1plus 3.1%.
2. Law Access Loan (LAL) or Law Student Loan
(15L). The application limit is $15,1XXl. These loans
may be applied for through one of two companiesLawAccess or LawLoans. The conditions and rates
of interest are identical between the hvo companies.
The interest rate is variable and adjusted quarterly
based on the bond equivalent of the 91-day Treasury
Bill plus 3.25%. Students wishing to apply for either
of these loan programs should first apply for Federal
Stafford Loans. Once astudent decides that he or she
wants to apply for a LAL or 15L, loan applications
will be required in addition to the FSL application.
UOO
$14,808
Astudent may not receive financial aid in excess
of the total budget. Financial aid includes grants, all
scholarships (on or off campus donors), college
work-study, and all loans.
• Loon Application
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) ~ a general application that determines
eligibility for all types of aid. It is OT the actual
loan application that will be submitted to alender.
Each student has the option as to what type of loans
he or she will apply to receive. Eligibility for loans is
contingent on other financial aid received and
eligible need, based on federal formulas. The loan
types are as follows:
I. Stafford (formerly the GSL). There are two types
of Federal Stafford Loans (FSL) that you may be
eligible for-subsidized and unsubsidized. Both
have a variable interest rate. The subsidized FSL is
based on need. II you qualify, the government pays
the lender the interest due on it while you are in
school and during your grace period and deferment
periods. The unsubsidized FSL is for students who
• Lender Options
Both types of Federal Stafford Loans may be
obtained through any participating bank, savings
and loan, or credit union. [f astudent is unable to
locate alender, the student should contact the
Financial Aid Office for assistance. The same lender
should be used for all loans throughout the
student's education. [f multiple lenders are used,
the student likely will have multiple repayments
upon graduation.
• Tuition Payments and Check Disbursement
After a studen(s file has been completed and
reviewed by Financial Aid, an award nofice will be
sent to the student listing all financial aid awarded
as of the date of the notice. The student will review
the notice completely, accept the financial aid
desired, sign the notice, and return it to Financial
Aid. Astudent who has aexepted a grant or scholarship and returned the award notice to Financial Aid
prior to the tuition payment date in August wiII
have the award applied to their tuition bill. Loans
listed on the award notice wiD not automatically be
applied to the tuition bill. Because loan checks must
be endorsed by the student, Financial Aid cannot
negotiate the funds for the student. Loan checks
cannot be disbursed any earlier than 10 calendar
days prior to the first day of classes. This disbursement date would be the fiJ>t day of regular classes
for all law students (not the orientation week)
Note: All first-year law students accepted for
fall enrollment will have their first tuition
payment (approximately $1,600) due in June
before the fall term. The Financial Aid Office is
unable to assist witfl this payment.
Before receiving the initial loan check on any
program, astudent must attend a federally required
loan counseling session. The studen(s rights and
responsibilities and loan conditions are discussed.
Asession for the flrst-year law students is usually
held during the week of orientation in August.
All loans are disbursed in aminimum of two
disbursements (fall and spring). This federal
requirement is designed to assist students in budgeting their funds more efficiently.
All aid must be applied to astudent's outstanding tuition and fee balance before any refund can be
disbursed to the student.
The foUowing is areview of what is required
before a loan check can be released to a student:
1. The student must have attended loan counseling.
2. An award notice must be completed and returned
to the Financial Aid Office.
3. The student must be enrolled at least half-time
(6 hours).
4. Financial Aid must have received the student's
loan check.
• SummerAid
Any student w~hing to apply for summer
financial aid must complete aSummer Supplement
application. These applications are available in the
spring. Aseparate budget is calculated based on
which terms the student is attending. Astudent who
w~hes to apply for loan funds must complete a
separate loan application. The amounts will vary
b~. ~n the balance of the academic year loan
eligJbility that was not borrowed during the previous 9 month award period.
• Scholarships far Entering Students
.The School of Law has more than eighty scholarships avatlable for each entering class. Some
scholarships are designed to promote academic
excellence; others have been established to encourage student body diversity and to assist those in
financial need. In awarding scholarships, the School
of Law evaluates the student using the same factors
as those considered in evaluating the application.
These scholarships range in value from $11XXl to a
full scholarship covering tuition and fees and
providing a book allowance.
Scholarship application forms are included with
this catalog. In the case of entering students,
completed forms should be returned with the
admission application by February 3.
• Scholarships far Adoonced Students
Additional scholarships are available for
students in their second or third year and these
scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic
performance and financial need. Applications from
advanced students should be returned to the Law
School by May 15.
• Endowed Fellowships
John F. "Buddy" Maner Chancellor's Barrister
Fellowship (given by Wayne Reaud '74,
Beaumont)
• Endowed Scholarships
Alvin R. Allison Scholarship
Durwood H. Bradley Scholarship (given by Mrs.
Durwood H. Bradley, Lubbock)
Kenneth H. Bums Scholarship
Robert Guy Carter Scholarship (given by Carter,
Jones, Magee, Rudberg & Mayes, Dallas)
R. Guy Carter Scholarship (given by R. Guy and
Phyllis Carter)
Christian Lega1 Society Leader's Scholarship (given
by Kevin '% and Ginger '95 Nelson, Amarillo)
William e. Clark Scholarship (given by Mrs. j. e.
Clark and David G. Clark, Lubbock)
Coleman-Hall Presidential Scholarship (given by
Tom G. Hall '82 of Ft. Worth)
Brad Crawford Memorial Scholarship (given by
friends and family)
Crenshaw Memorial Scholarship (given by the
Crenshaw family)
Faculty Opportunity Scholarship
FiJ>t Graduating Class Scholarship
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Tom and Lisa Hall Scholal1ihip (given by Tom '82
and Lisa Hall, Ft. Worth)
Dr. Arthur G. Hansen Scholal1ihip (given by Dr.
Hansen and W. Stephen Rodgers '79 of Bryan)
Richard W. Hemingway Scholarship (given by
former students and friends)
Junell Family Presidential Scholarship (given by
Frank Junell, San Angelo, and sons Robert '77 of
San Angelo and Dan '85 of Austin)
John E. Krahmer Scholal1ihip (given by the Texas
Association of Bank Counsel)
Judge Pat Boone Memorial Scholal1ihip
George H. Mahon Fellowships (given by the Litton
Foundation)
Owen W. McWhorter Scholal1ihip
Owen W. McWhorter Tuition Scholal1ihip (given by
Lubbock Area Foundation)
Joe H. Nagy Scholarship (given by the Nagy family)
G. Hobert and Aileen Hackney Nelson Scholal1ihip
(given by the Nelson family)
Harold and Marilyn Phelan Presidential Scholal1ihip
(Lubbock)
W. R. Quilliam Scholal1ihip (given by W. Reed
Quilliam, Jr.)
W. Reed Quilliam Jr. Presidential Scholarships (given
by Phil '71 and Ruth Adams and other friends of
Prof. Quilliam)
Runge-Howard Scholal1ihip (given by Barbara K.
Runge '74 and Rusty Howard, Houston)
Travis Shelton Scholarship (given by Texas
attorneys)
W. F Shiver Scholarship (given by Judge David E.
and Larisa Shiver Keltner '86, Ft. Worth)
Edward R. and Jo Anne M. Smith Schola!1ihip
(Lubbock)
John H. Splawn, Jr. Memorial Presidential Scholarship (given by John '74 and Carolyn Simpson,
Lubbock)
Curt F Steib, Jr. Memorial Scholal1ihip (given by the
Steib family and friends)
Texas Bank Lawyer Editor Fellowship (given by
Lubbock National Bank)
Texas Tech Law School Freedom Scholarships (given
by Martin B. Leewright '85)
Texas Tech University Presidential Scholal1ihip
(given by the Law School Foundation trustees)
W. D. WIlson Memorial Scholal1ihip (given by the
WIlson family)
• Named S<holarships
Abilene Chnstian Univel1iity Presidential
Scholal1ihip
Angelo State University Presidential Scholarship
Austin College Presidential Scholarship
Fulbright & Jawol1iki U1W Review Scholarship
(Houston)
Hardin Simmons University Presidential
Scholal1ihip
Lamar Univel1iity Presidential Scholal1ihip (given by
Susan A. '84 and Jimmy D. '83 Hulett, Jr., Roger
'95 and Sharon M<£abe, and Mitchell A. Toups
'83, Beaumont)
Lubbock Christian University Presidential
Scholal1ihip
Maclean & Boulware Scholarship (Cleburne)
McMurray University Presidential Scholarship
Midwestern State University Presidential
Scholarship
Prairie View A&M University Presidential
Scholal1ihip
Scott, Hulse, Mal1ihall, FeuiUe, Finger & Thurmond
lmo Review Scholal1ihips (EI Paso)
Stephen F Austin State Univel1iity Presidential
Scholan;hip
Strasburger & Price lmo Review Scholarship (Dallas)
Texas A&:M University Presidential Scholarship
Texas Tech Law School Foundation lAw Review
Scholarship
Texas Wesleyan University Presidential Scholarship
Thompson & Knight U1W Review Scholarship (Dallas)
University of Texas at El Paso Presidential
Scholal1ihip
University of Texas-Pan American Presidential
Scholal1ihip
West Texas State Univel1iity Presidential Scholal1ihip
• Other Schola!1ihips
Judge E. H. & Hortense Boedeker Scholal1ihip (given
by the Lubbock Woman's Study Club
Foundation)
Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam Scholarship (Lubbock)
El Paso Bar Auxiliary Scholarship
Gardere & Wynne Scholarship (Dallas)
Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins Scholal1ihip (Amarillo)
Lawrence F. Green Memorial Scholal1ihip (given by
John F. Maner, Lubbock)
Richard Keen Scholal1ihip (given by Richard Keen
'77 Odessa)
Texas Tech Law School A1unmi Association
Scholal1ihip
Texas Tech Law Partners Scholarship
John E. Thomason Memorial Scholarship (given by
William L. '73 and Martha Thomason, Colorado
Springs)
• Loans
The Office of Student Financial Aid of the
University administers numerous student loan
funds to help students in paying their college-related
expenses, including loan funds available solely to
law students. To receive full consideration for all
programs, astudent shouJd begin the financial aid
process as soon as possible after January 1. Applications for financial aid are available in person at the
Law School or by writing to the Director of Student
Financial Aid, Texas Tech University, Box 4179,
Lubbock, TX 79409.
The Law School also has several loan hmds
which provide short-term or emergency financial aid
to law students. The following loan funds are
available:
Alvin R. and Aletha Faye Allison Loan Fund
Judge Dan Blair Loan Fund
Josie Bubany Memorial Loan Fund
Hunt, Raschke, Robinson, and Weinstein Loan Fund
Judge Marvin Jones Loan Fund
Judge E. E. Jordan Loan Fund
Victor H. Lindsey Memorial Fund
Drew Simpson Memorial Fund
Texas Tech lAw Review Scholarship and Loan Fund
E. Wayne Thode Memorial Loan Fund
LrwRmitwBoard, 1997-98 {from left), Marcie Frecman.Joseph Love,James~Mietd'e Kwon.lan Davis, Katherft Brich
t'1
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Boarel of RegeRts
•EDWARD
OffimsE. WHITACRE jR, Chair
BERNARD A. HARRIS jR., Vice Chair
JAMES L. CROWSCN, Assistant Secretary
MARCIE jOHNSION, Executive Director
• Members
Term Expires january 31, 1999
DR. BERNARD A. HARRIS JR.
. . Houston
DR. CARL. E NOE...
.
Dallas
EDWARD E WHITACREjR.
SanAntooio
Term Expires January 31, 2001
J. ROBERT BROWN
.
El Paso
JAMES E SCWELL
.
Dallas
ALAN B. WHITE
Lubbock
Term Expires january 31, 2003
JOHN W. JONES
.
Brady
DR. NANCY E. JONES
Abilene
j. MICHAEL WEiSS....
.
L.ubbock
PrIReipal AdMIRistrative OHloe..
OHioe of the ChaRoellar
CHANCE11DR JOHN I MOi'ffi'ORD, ProIessor of Law, 1996.
BA, Texas (Austin), 1965; JD, 19611.
DEPUIY CHANCE11DR JAMES LCROII'SCN, 1996.
BA, Oklahoma, 1900; L.L.B, Soutmn MetOOdisl, 1963.
VICE CHANCEllDR lOR CULlURAL DIVERS!1Y CAIHY
ALLEN,I997.
B.BA, Stephen F. Austin State, 1961; M.Ed., 1969.
VICE CHANCELLOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL PAT
CAMPBELL, 1961.
BS., Texas Tech, 19611;j.D., 1971.
VICE CHANCELLOR lOR INSIllUllONALADVANCEMENT
RONDA j. JOHNSCN, 1997.
BS., Texas (Austin), 1966; MBA, Houston BapiN, 1!1l1J
EXECUTIVE ASSISfANT TO T.HE CHANCE11DR BEN LOCK,
1996.
B.BA, Texas (Austin), 19B1; M.BA, 1984.
VICE CHANCE11DR lOR FACIlITIfO, PL.ANNING, AND
CONSffiUCllON DOUGLAS MANN, 1997.
B.LA., Kamas State, 1965.
VICE CHANCELLOR lOR ADMlNISfRATION AND
FINANCE JOHN OPPERMAN, 1996.
B.A., Texas Tech, 1977; M.P.A., Texas (Austin), 1982; PhD.,
1994.
VICE CHANCELLOR lOR GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
MIKE SANDERS, 1971.
BA, Abilero Christian, 1966; J.D., Texas Tech, 197Il.
VICE CHANCEllDR lOR SPEOAL PROjEClS WlllJAM G.
WEHNER, 1m.
BA, O~ahoma State, 1963.
OHloe of the PresideRt
PRESIDENT DONALD R. HARAGAN, Pro"",r 01
Atm'"Phene Science and Gro<ieI1ces, 1969.
BS, Texas, 1959; MS., Texas A&M, 1%0; PhD., Texas, 1969.
PROVOOI JOHN MBURNS, Prof""" oIl1io1ogical Scieoo5,
1969.
BS, New Mexia> Stale, 1963; MS., 1966; PhD, Inrliana,
1969.
IN1tRIM VICE PRESIDENT IQR ENROLLMENT MANAGE·
MENT JAMES BRINK, A=iale ProIessor 01 History, 1976.
BA, Kansas, 1967; MA, Washington, 1970; PhD., 1974.
VICE PRESIDENT IQR I'ISCALAFFAIRS JIM C. BRUNjI1i,
1991.
B.A., Texas A&M, 1969; MSlal., 1m.
ACTING VICE PRESIDENT lOR OPERATIONS HIRUM E.
(GENE) WI1iT, 1982
BS., Texas Tech, 1962; MS, 19611.
VICE PRI1iIDENT lOR SlUDENT AFFAIRS ROBERT It
EWALT, A=iale Prof""" 01 Edueatioo, 1973.
BS., Oregon Stale, 1956; MA, Illinois, 1961; PhD., 1967.
VICE PRESIDENT lOR RESEARCH AND GRADUATE
SIUDIlS AND DEAN OF T.HE GRADUATE SCHOOL
DAVID j. SCHMID!.Y, ProIessor of Biologieal Scier<es, 1996.
BS., Texas Tech, 1966; MS., 19611; PhD. Illinois, 1971.
Trustees of the lexas leoh Law School
FouRdatloR
BARBARA RUNGE, President
JOHN CREWS, Executive Vice President
Dean W. FRANK NEWTON, Secretary·Treasurer
teEO. II'. DUPREE, FoUJKiing President (18'X).1973)
toR. CLIFFORD BjONES(lllll(,.lm)
tALYIN R. ALLISON, President (19117·19B7)
IlERSHELL BARNI1i, JR.
KEMFROOI
TOM G. HALL
JOHN lllUFFAKER
ROGERA. KEY
BRIAN LDNCAR
LAURANOE
BURNEIT ROBERTS
ROBERT SCOGIN
JOHN SIMPSCN
jO BEN WlITITENBURG
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Administntive Sb1f. (&om left, ssted) N. Klinkenberg.J. Padgett,
L"""(""""'g)LK.mp,' ...... C""""'""O.\I\Jli,un,
Libmy SWf: (&un left. sealed) I<. Jennings. B. MlConnick,
MA_I""""'g)&_CM_
UbrarySt1ff: (from left, seated) W. Brooks,S. Coffman;
{standingl O. Esquibel,A.Chrislopher
Administrative Staft
Library Staft
DAN DEAN, B.S., M.A.O.M., Computer Support
Technician
RICK FAULKENBERRY, Print Shop Operator
REBECCA GARCIA, B.B.A., Career Services Secretary
DONNA JONES, Law Review Secretary
LINDA KAMP, B.A., Registrar
NINA KUNKENBERG, B.A., Executive Ass~tant to
the Dean
LYNDA LEVELS, Faculty Secretary
CHERI LIVERMORE, B.5., Admissions Clerk
JEAN PADGW, Administrative Ass~tant
SANDY McDONALD, Manager, Financial and
Administrative Services
LORI PEA.5E, Administration Secretary-Receptionist
FRANK RAMOS, B.A., Administration Secretary-
SHARON BLACKBURN, B.A., M.5.L.S., M.A.,
Assistant Law Librarian
WANDA BROOKS, Library Assistant
VIRGINIA ANN CHRISTOPHER, Library Ass~tant
SHERRY COFFMAN, Library Assistant
OUVlA ESQUIBEL, Administrative Ass~tant
ROSALEE HARDWICK, A.A., Library Unit Supervisor
KATHY JENNINGS, Library Ass~tant
BARBARA MCCORMICK, Library Ass~tant
CAROUE R. MULLAN, B.A., M.5.L.S., Associate
Librarian
JANmA PASCHAL, B.A., M.5.L.S., Automation
Coordinator
SHARON SCOTT, B.A., M.L.S., Law Librarian and
Head of Technical Services
MARY ANN VALENClANO, Library Ass~tant
Receptionist
GLORIA SMITH, Faculty Secretary
NORMA TANNER, B.5., Faculty Secretary
DO AWILLIAMS, Admissions Ass~tant
LEO AWYATT, Faculty Secretary
Faculty
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BENSON
W. FBANK NEWTON
Dean and Professor of Law, 1985.
B.A., Baylor Universily, 1965; J.D., 1967;
LL.M., New York University, 1969; LL.M.,
Columbia University, 1978. Admitted to
~:~~~~~~p~ebl~~' International Law, Conflict
of Laws, Commercial Law, Legal Practice)
S%b~o;a~~~a~S;:; ~~~M~
withO:ha:
and Browder law firm of Midland, Texas,
;~e~i~ffi:i~~i:,c~~i~ ~e~~j~r ~irk,
concession mterest in Ecuador. Dean Newton
leftprivatepracticetoenlerthe/udge
Advocate. Ceneral's Corps of the Uruted Stat~
Navy. Imtially he served as defense counsel m
generalandspeeialcourtmartials..Healso
served as special proscct1tor for ma)or felony
cases. After an assignment to the international
~~;o~,~e~~~u~f~~~~=~~e:~aff
P~id=~?sk~~~~~~~f~~~~.Of
the
Dean Newton retumed 10 Texas to join the
facu!tyat the Baylor School of Law.. In
Dean Conlx,ly practiced law in Buf.falo,
~~wscYh:Lf~:l::r~h~ ~~If~~~aa~~~:rom
~h~t~~. t~~Uyd!~le~~~t:ll~e;:~a~:p~~f:l
as the Staff Judge Advocale in Vietnam and in
Berlin, Germany. Before retiring as a Colonel,
he served as Deputy Judge Advocate for
EU[f..~n Conboy acce ted a position as
Associate Dean at the ~niversity of MissouriColumbia School of Law where he served in
both an administrative capacity and as a
teacher. Thereafter, he moved 10theUniversi.ty of Alab.ama School of Law and continued
hls academiC ca~r. In 1982 he accepted the
~osition of ASSOCiate Dean at the Texas Tech
Si~c~:~ft ;:.e:;t~~;~h:h:n~~a:~~t
at the U.S. Mihtary Academy at West Pomt as
university professor.
KAY PAnON FLETCNER
Assistant Dean, 1987.
B.S., Baylor, 1971; J.D., Texas Tech University, 1980. Admilted to practice in Texas.
(fea~~iS~~~De~!~:yMA;~:~:~:~red
fh~j&:t~~f~~S~o H~v~i:ot~~:~~~u~~~e ~r
f:~:l~ ~:~ti~~~N: iK:il~~tin~ih:~:and
of Texas as Chair of the Standing Committee
addlhonto.teaching,h~wasanadvl.sorona
~~~~~~ih:st~: :~~~ib~ ~:tters.
Supreme Court of Texas as ChaiT of the Texas
Equal Access to Justice Foundation. He also
serves as Trustee of the Texas Center for Legal
Ethics and Professionalism and isactiveasa
member of the American Law Institule.
JOSEPN B. CONBOY
Associate Dean, 1982.
B.S., Canisius College, 1954; J.D.,
Georgetown University Law Center, 1956;
~~~~~~,~;~~~~~~i~::g~~np~~~ii~~~~ ~:w
York and Texas.
(Teaches-Trial Advocacy, Sports Law)
trial work. She, left p~vate practice to accept a
position asCivl1 DiviSIOn Chief prosecutor m
the Lubbock County Distnct Attomey's Office.
Dean Fletcher left her position a.s a government prosecutor to accept a poslti~n as
corporate c~unsel for a large pubhcly held
food franchise co'lxlTation. Her work.there as
in-house counsel mvolved issuesrelahngto
finance, employment law, and procurement
contracting. Dean Aetcheralsoworkedasa
coordinator for outside counsel serving the
corporation.
Dean Fletcher has served on numerous
committees for the Lubbock County Bar
Association, as well as the State Bar of Texas
and the American Bar Association She is
~~a~:~n c;tr~~t~fo~ft~ni~~~f~~~hOOI of
i:~s\~~~~r~~~tna:i~~~~~~1e t::~1~~~s
and other law schools. Shealsoservesashaison
for the Texas Tech Law School Alumni Association. Dean Fletcher is currently activeasa
member of the National Association of Law
Placement.
DAISY NURST FLOYD
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, 1991
B.A., Emory University, 1977; M.A., 1977; J.D.,
University of Georgia, 1980. Admitted to
r;:::~~:~C~:~l~~:e~~~~~:idence,
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Legal Research,
Writing, and Ana!ysis)
serv~~ g;~~l~~ft~~~ ~h;~;~[;~re she
~ft~a:h:~~fu~ ~?rt~~~~~~lre~,I&~f;a~tii~
~~~~~t;t:; ~;=:~~~n~~Ft:~i;:~~ig:~~on
law firm, she taught al the Univ.ersity of ~eorgia
School of Law wnere she was Director of Legal
~esepa~re:~ ~~~~~s been actively involved in
Jud~cial
educatIOn smce 1986, both in Texas and
natIOnally. While ~ Geo~ia, she developed new
materials for teachmg wnting to trial judges;
those materials havebeen used throughoul the
country. She is curn::ntly a faculty member of. the
~~r;e~,A~~~~~n~~ ~f~[~a:m~~~:~e Tnal
Academy of JudlciafEduc.ation. Professor Fl2d
~;~:;~~1:Th:~;X::i~~~f~I~~~~iJes
and the Texas.Center fo~theJudiciaryona
~~~~tKc~: ~6;~ ~rt~rgolf~~ C:~~~;J~ddes
Bench ~anual and a member of the Judicial fEER
Comnuttee of. the Texas Center for the Judiciary.
Her.research mterests include the proper role of
the ludge and the advocate in modern litigation.
DANIEL N. BENSON
Professor of Law, 1973.
B.A., University of Texas, 1958jJ.D., 1961;
M.A., Texas Tech University, 1974. Admilled
to praclice in the Dislrict of Columbia and
Texas.
(Teaches-Evidence, Texas Trial and Appellate
Anationally rec0S!1ized expert on the
~~e:~~~,;:~~e~i~;Js~~d' I~r~t~~re~~~o
major casebook on the law of f~eral courts.
As a member of the American Law Institute,
Professor Casto participates in the institute's
projects including the Restatements oflhe l.Jlfll.
He also IS heard on C-SPAN and National
Public Radio.
In 1994 Professor Casto was thedistin·
Procedure, Texas Pre-trial Procedure, Criminal
Law, Federal Criminal Law)
Prior 10 teaching. Professor Benson served
asa law)'crand officer in the Judge Advocate
~I~b~~av~~~~ 6~~~~:~~~I~C~~~;h~rd~~
~x~~~~~~ ~~~~lJ~fe~m~o~ea~n~:ft~s m
Iradilionallegal assista~ce.
Thereafl~r,
~~~\~~IID~f~~~~f 11~~~a~:~~Y;a7~h
in Law.
he was
the
J. WESLEY COCNBAN
Professor of Law and Director of the Law
Library, 1991.
B.A., Austin College, 1976; J.D., University of
Houston,1978;M.L.L.,Universityof
Washington, 1980. Admitted to practice in
Texas.
Department of J~stice in Washington, D.c.,
be~~~ ~~ ~~~~~lto~rtbr~~a~~;:dl~~~tes
ProfessorBensonengag~inprivale
practice in T~xas before turnmg to law school
teaching. Hlsprobonoserviceasafaculty
member has included work on behalf of
plaintiffs in class action litigation invo~ving city
and county governments and school dIstricts
He is also active in interd!sciplinary activities
relating to law and medicme and ethical Issues
which arise in connection with medical
trealmentofpatients.
Professor Benson is co-aulhorofa threevolume trea.tise for practilioners entitled Teras
Lilwyer'sGwde. lnaddition,heisaco-authorof
the national casebook, Hall's Criminal Lilw, and
has also published numerous law review
artlclesona wide range ofethicaJ, cnminaL
and procedural malters.
CNARLES P. BUBANY
George Hennan Mahon Professor of Law,
1971.
B.A., Saint Ambrose University, 1962; J.D.,
Washington University, 1965. Admitted to
r;:~~~~:~F~~siio"{~·w, Criminal Law,
Criminal Procer:1urei Coaches-ABA National
Client Counseling Team)
(feag~t~:t';~;:n L~~e~e~:~~:~~ce)
~~~~~~ ~~~~ Yh~f~~~y~f~~~~i:?:~
Prior to that, he was a hbrarian at the law
schools of ~he I.!niversity of Washington and
lAIyola Umverslty-New Orleans, He is active
WILLIAM R. CASTO
Professor of Law, 1983.
B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
1970; J.D., 1973; J.S.D., Columbia University,
1983. Admitted 10 practice in Tennessee.
(Teaches-Federal Jurisdiction, Contracts,
Business Torts, National Security Law)
Profe:ssorCastohasexle~si.veexperiencein
~:e$~~~~rf.~: ;~W:~j~j~~n~~~ ~~~~~Zd
g~~r~sa~~~W:~~~e~~~~r t~d~;i ;o~~~in
addition, a substantial amount of his practice
wasd~votedtocomprehensivelegal planning
for maJOr energy proJecIs.
ra~~~l~\~~d !r~~~~~~e~ :~id~~~~pand
Efb:~i~~, fu~h~~ili~~~~~r:~;:~~~~fo~~w
Librar.ies, and the Lubbock Area Library
ASSOCiation. Professor Cochran has advised
~de~~:;af:i~~St:~~~~~f~~~~o~ i~~~ty
speaks to library and information professional
~~f~i~~~fd~~el~;~~t~I~{ hCaOt:~~J ~~d
site evaluation leamsfor the American Bar
Association and the Association of American
Law Sch?Ols, collecbng and evaluating
informallOn relating 10 the accreditation of law
schools. In additIOn, Professor Cochran has
~~~~~t~:~~; ~)1~!r~~.mplications
of
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CUMMINS
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DAVID C. CUMMINS
~~~rof~t~tt~~~~e~~~h~l~~~~
10 practice in
(Teaches-Professional Responsibility, Law
Office Management, Income Taxation, Marital
Pro~~1:s~:~~::::i;f~cticed law asan
Se~:liJfi:~r'~~~~~~i~I::XI~:e:yin
a
General of the Siale of Washington, a municipal
judge, and a Staff Ju.dge Advocate in thc U.S.
Army Reserve. He IS currently counsel for and
serves on Ihe board of directors of several Texas
~~br~:~~~ ~d~~~;~n:'~Suiti~o~~~OSI:~: Bar of
Texas grievance commitlee thai disciplines
lawyers for their misconduct. He ~as been
~~~~:;f o~r~b::k ~~~~P;~j:t ~~al,
and
South Plains Friends of the Humanities,
Texa,s Deparlment of Human Services Regional
~I:Ya~~~:;~I~r~~f~s:orl;ua~~c:fr~~
National Association of Social ~orkers, Women
in Communications, Inc., National Association
C~t~~t~~bb:~:r;~~;~~~~~~eol~~~~s:~~.
lAMES R. EISSINGER
Professor of Law, 1972.
B.A., Wartburg College, 1960; J.D., University
of North Dakota, 1964. Admitted to practice
in North Dakota and Texas.
(Teaches-Labor Law, Constitutional Law,
Discrimination in Employment, Constitutional Torts, Workers Compensation)
Professor James Eissingerentered service in
the U.S. Air Force as a member of the Judge
Advocate General's Corps. He served as
counsel in court martial proceedings as well as
~~s~~d~~bf~~e~~:8a~sa~i~~~~n~~~~~~y
FORTNEY
the
of
Dakota, Professor Eissinger carne dirertly to the
Texas TC1:h School of Law faculty.
Professor Eissinger haswrilten and
Professor of Law, 1970.
B.5., University of Idaho, 1957; J.D., Univer·
sity of Washington, 1960; n.M., New York
¥:::se:~/~::~;n~~~.itled
FLOYD
EISSINGER
General mNorth Dakota, a position that
entailed substantial work in administrative law.
~~b:~tY;~~~ ~ ~~~~f ~~t~~l~~~~
Committee for the Law School where he is
responsible for an admissions process ~hat
provides the maxunum amount of indIvidual
review possible. This procedure is neressary
becluseoftheextensivestudentscholars~p
program administered throughhiscomrrullee.
TIMOTHY W. FLOYD
SUSAN SUR FORTNEY
D. MURRAY HEHSLEY
Professor of Law, 1992.
B.A., Trinity University, 1974; J.D., Antioch
School of Law, 1977; LL.M., Columbia
Adjunct Professor of Law, 1983.
B.B.A., Texas Tech University, 1979; J.D.,
Texas Tech University School of Law, 1982.
Admitted topraclice in Texas.
~~~~t;:ilt~~~~~:i~: ::~~:::'2; l·S.D., 1997.
(Teaches-Texas Civil Pre-Trial Procedure,
Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure,
Pro~~~;~:ofr:°~h;~~~;P~~~w)
~;ti~~:yfu~O~hi;rJ~~t7~ C:;: Ca~~~i~1 the
~~~l~u;d~:ro;~)fce~~~~;:.~a:~ ;~~mey
continumg legal.education.semmars on topics
related to civil trial and civllappellate practice.
More recently, Professor Hensley has
with the Division of CorporatIOn Finance and
the Division of Enforcement at the U.S
~e%~~r~~of~~10~;~~i:::'private
BeforecomingtoTexas~ech,Professor
Floyd served as a.law clerk m the U.S. Court of
~Pt~a~:~~::nilg~v~~:~f~~i~~ counsel
practiced with the law firm of Sutherl~d,
Asbill, & Brennan, and was Assistant DIrector
and Director of the Univers!ty of Georgia
School of Law Legal Aid Chnic, His primary
;li~~i~t~f~~~;~~~l~~~l~~rec~~~~ti~ t~f
law. Professor Floyd also has a spe(lal interest
~ ~h;~~~f~~~i~:i~~(rfx:~J:~/E~;ii~;~e
Procedure.
Cou~ro:ffi~:~~~v~~: o;~~~~t~:~it-
tee, the State Bar of Texas Professionalism
Commillee, and the Board of Directors of the
T:;~tty~~~I;r~~cilieC::~ 07t~~~~~t:~e
Minority Law Students Association, and the
Christian.LegaISociety. Professor Floyd works
cl~ly' WIth the Volunteer ~w Students and is
actlvemtheprobonolegalclmic.
Lubbocka~d~sbeenactivelyengagedin
general civlltrlal ,:"ork f?r. more than a decade.
Heisa board-certlfied cIvil trial lawyer.
Professor of Law, 1989.
B.A., Emory University, 1971; M.A., 1977;
(feaches-CriminaPLaw, Legal Ethics,
various lawyering skills courses)
Professor Hensleyisa partner of
McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, L.L.P. of
Fortney practiced1aw in both the public and
{~Dp'r~~i~:e~i2e~fr ~;:rg~aT~::~:
Admilled
(Advises-Trial and Appellate Advocacy teams)
practice, handlmg se<unties and corporate
matters. Wit.h that background, she developed
anexperti~mbusin~~ndinsurance
~:I~r~~~~ti~~odiJ;t~~~~li o~fi~~~~fa~~fl~~
cases. While in practice, Professor Fortney
developed her love of teaching, first as an
instructor in the business schools at the
University of Texas at Arlington and Dallas,
and later as an adjunct professor at the
University of Texas School of Law. She
currentlylectu~andpublishesintheareasof
professional liabIlity and ethics
ProfessorHensleyfrequentlys~aksat
~:I~::tc~~r~t~~~:.n:le ~~e:~~i~Ke
Legal, Tax, and Accounting Committee of the
National Council of Fanner Cooperatives and
~sbeenafrequentspeakeratrecentCoopera­
hve seminars
Professor Hensleyservesasa simulated
skills teacher and works with both moot court
and mock trial advocacy teams at the Texas
TC1:h Law School. His students have won state,
regional, and national championships.
DONALD M. HUNT
Adjunct Professor of Law, 1974.
~~;e~~~~7te~~~~~~;t.y'l~:it;~~~
practice in Texas.
(Teaches-Appellate Advocacy; AdvisesTrial and Appellat~ Advocacy teams)
Ca:F~~:k~~ll~of£~:TL.~~ at~d~:~n
engaged in the private practice of law for more
than three decades. During these years of
practice, he has concentrated indvil trial work,
~~7:;~ ~~~ai~z~~n-c~;t\lfi%P~a~ivil
Appell~te Law by the Texas Board of Legal
Speciahzalion
Professor Hunt has served aseditor-in-chief
of the Texas Appellate Practice Manual (State Bar
1974) and asa member of the board of editors
S:a~~X~~f,~lttt::~~~c:l~a= (;~~v~~tith:
Appellate Praclice Section of the Slate Bar of
Texas, having served as its chairman in 1991-92.
~leingreatdemandasaspeakerat
conhnuins.legaleducation programs for judges
and practlcmg allorneys, Professor Hunt
teaches a course in Appellate Advocacy and
also serves as advisor to moot court and mock
trial teams. Students working with C~ch
Hunt have won a number. of state, regIOnal,
and nationalchamplOnshlps.
IOHN E. KRAHMER
Professofof Law and Foundation Professor
of Commercial Law, 1971.
~tM~~i;~:;~ ~~l~;:[~,9~~~~:DAl~~;ed
to practice in Iowa.
(Teaches-Contracts, Commercial Law,
Consumer Law)
Prof~sor John Krahmer has taught at.the
University of South Carolina, the University of
Texas, and Texas Tech University, The author
of numerous books and articles in his primary
teaching fields of contracis, commerCIal law,
and consumer law, Professor Krahmer is also
the faculty editor of the monthly Texas Bank
~t:dit~~:~\h~~;~~~T~ s~~e~h::b~
~~~~o~:ti~ ~~d~f;~st:~~~at~~~toi~
;~~~i~e~;li~~~l~edm~t~h~'u~~f~~~:~~~:~
a tool for legal research. He has been recognized for his work by ~ing named Foundation
Professor of CommeTClal Law through the
Texas Tech Law School Foundation and by his
seledion as the "Outstanding Law Professor"
¥~~~~I&h::~Pr~r~~rs~~:~ra~~::~
received various university awards for his
research and teaching activities.
BRUCE M. KRAMER
Maddox Professor of Law, 1974.
A.B., University of California at Los
:tflfi:~is~916:~1..DAd~~~fe~~~Mp~~~~:e~iIY
California and Texas.
(Teaches-Property, Oil and Gas Law, LandUse Planning, State and Local Government
Law, Public Lands Law, Entertainment Law)
Professor Kramer was named Maddox
Professor of Law in 1992. He has been a
(~~:M;~~~~~~a~dnCI~~vth~ianiver_
sltyofTexas,and the University of Florida.
Professor Kramer is the co-author ofa
four-volume treatise entitled The L1woj
Pooling and Unitization and a casebook entitled
Cases on Oil and Gas L1w. Heservedasa
member of the Council of the Oil, Gas and
Mineral Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
He is currently a lrustee of the Rocky
Mountam Mineral Law Foundation and the
Eastern Mineral Law Foundation and a
member of the Advisory Board of the
Municipal Legal Studies Center of the
Southwestern ~al Foundation. Professor
~~~cl~r:1 h~~~~~b~~:d 2c~~~e~~~w
severallegaltreahses,
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DELLAS W. LEE
Professor of Law, 1974.
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1959;
LL.M., University of Illinois, 1%2; S.}.D.,
University of Michigan, 1969. Admitted to
practice in British Columbia.
(Teaches-Torts, Commtrcilll LIlW, Creditors'
Rights, Jewish Lllw)
Professor Dellas Lce has spent most of his
life in legal t;ducation. Ho~everafter.law
~~~~ep~~~~l~~~r:~~~~faf~:e.lce,
DEAH G. PAWLDWIC
SIgned into law by four different governors.
Chancellor Montford serv~ as a member of
Professor of Law, 1989.
B.A., Creighton University, 1970; M.A., 1972;
~i~~a~r ~~C~i:~r :~!~l~o~~gmsa:jor
torl~~~rrs~~~'~~~r!b~: :~~'umerous
~~:~ ~f~:~~ial{~~1f:\:~r,i~~~~II~~t
~~~~ft~~u~~lsobe:1 ~~~~~~e;:;~is:f the
University ~f Illinois, the University of Alberta,
West Virgirua Uruversity, the Uruversity of
Denver, and the University of Wyoming.
Professor Lee is an active member of the
American Bar Association. He also serves as a
Private Judge ~nd is an honorary member of
Pri~ate ~djudlc.ahon Center Inc. (Duke
Umverslty affihate).
Professor of Law and Chancellor, 1996.
B.A., University of Texas, 1965; J.D., 1968.
Admilled to practice in Texas.
(Guest Lecturer)
Chancellor Montford is the chief administralive officer of both Texas Te<:h University
and Texas Te<:h University Health Sciences
Center, as well as a classroom teacher. After 14
years in the Texas Senate, he was appointed as
Texas Te<:h's first chancellor in August 19%.
Chancellor Montford has been recognized
asastatewideleadermTexasconstitulional
~~i~:~~'j~s~:~ f~~~~~1~~~~~ta~orm of
{:?e~~~;::A~~~~~d~~~f::;:~e~~w~8~~ki~;'
Law, Contracts, Creditors' Rights, Remedies)
Committee, tne Workers' Compensation
Legislative Oversight Commillee, the Southwest Energy Council, and the Western States
Water Council
~~~~~~ .~Uob~rS~~ ~~ ~d 6~ate
law
served as Dist.rIctAlIorney for Lubbock County
from 1979unhI1982.
ALiSOH G. MYHRA
Associate Professor of Law, 1991.
B.A., B.S. Ed., 1982; University of North
Dakota, 1982; J.D., 1985; Ll.M., Harvard
University,1991. Admilled to practice in
Minnesola and North Dakola.
(Teaches-Civil Procedure, Criminal Law,
IDHH Y. MOHIFDRD
Robert H. Bean Professor of Law and
Professor of Museum Science, 1974.
B.A., Texas Tech University, 19?9; M.B.A.,
1967; Ph.D., 1971; J.D., Umverslty of Texas,
1972. Admitted to practice in Texas.
Certified Public Accountant.
DunnghistenureintheSenate~Chancellor
~ontford passed 520 mea.sures which were
Professor Lee has enjoyed a teaching career that
field remains comrnerdallaw, but he also has
specializedinterestsandteache.scoursesin
MARILYH PHELAH
~~~d,~~:~;~~:c~i~fih~~~~~or
Finance Committee and the Senate State Affairs
Commillee and was a member of the Senate
commillees on Education and Natural
Resources. During the 73rd Legislature,
Chancellor Montford also was elected president
pro-tempore of the Senate.
Crip~~~~~~~~ ~~~s:;~S6~ricl:~l t~~h1
~=;~i: ~~~~ ~f~~~~r:~~~~r o~r~euating
from law school. When she finished her
f~~~~iK~b~~S~~P~~, Uilk~ti~nc7~ ~~e law
Minneapolis. Professor Myhra was active in the
commercial law area.
retu~Ot~rao~ ~:f.l~f~~~:l;:~i~
to
residence at Harvard University,shee~gagooin
significant First Amendment research, m
addition 10 completing her formal course work
for an advanced law degree.
Professor Pawlowic was awarded a
teaching fellowship al Creight~n University,
wh~re he taught introductory hterature courses
(Teaches-Federal Income Taxation, Account·
ing for Lawyers, Museum Law, Advanced
Income Taxation, Nonprofit Organizations)
ProfZ:~rs~~~~ ~:~~I~~ede~~h~~~te~S~f
the Coif. She has served as General Counscl
for Texa.s Tech University and Texas Tech
Umverslty Health Sciences Center and as
Associate Dean of the Graduate School and of
the Law School. She is the author of several
textbooks, including Nonprofit Enterprises-Law
~~l~ p~htsnl~;a~~s:;S~~1: cle~1~:~he
and Tara/lOn, Representmg !,!onprofit Enterprises,
Museums and the Law, and IS co-author of West's
Federal Tara/ion. Professor Phelan isa member
Nebraska, and in 1981 he became an associate
with the Omaha office of Kutak Roek, where he
practiced commercial law. Prof~r Pawlowic
was elected a partner of the firm m1985 and
chair of the banking department in 1986. His
of the American Law Instilute and is a Texas
Commissioner to the Commission on Uniform
State Laws. She is a member of the American
InstiluteofCertified Public Accountanls and is
Unit~StatesDiSlrictCourtfortheDistrictof
b~~~~~P~.l:~t:a~~ ~~h~~~~~gp~~rilY
thestruclurmg of public and private fmancing.
His expertise covered multi-bank and bank
insurance company credit and liquidity
facilities, as well as recent developments
includ~ginterestrateswaps,assel
securitllation,and other derivative types of
;:n~~c~t;~ib::boilif~~i;f~~dal and
domestic.
Since joining our,faculty, Professor
Pawlowic's research mterests have continued to
~~~t~~.te~eO~~i;sb:t~fi~a;~~r for
continumg.legaleducationprogramsandasa
faculty aavlsor to the students who produce the
TexasllankLawyer.
board-certified~taxlawbytheTexas~rdof
LegalSpecializahon. Professor Phelan IS also
Professor of Museum Science.
WILL E. RICE
Professor of Law, 1989.
B.A., University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa,
1970; M.A., Umvmity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 1972; Ph.D., 1975; J.D., UniversityofTexas, 1982.
(Teaches-Torts, Insurance Law, Medical
MalC;;~~~~i~ga:h~f~~~;~i~~~f~r Rice
was a resident sc~olar at the AmerIcan Bar
Foundation where he researched various
subst~ntiveand procedural legal issues. In
addihon, he has taught law and law-related
courses at Duke University, the University of
Texas.at Austin, the l!niversit of North
h
~~~~~fl ~~:~: ~~. a~~:e:sor;~~~s
published many empirically. based articles in
the follow1!l8 areas of law: msurance, labor,
~~~t~?~i~l~~~~~n~o;~~~~:li~: ~~~~~ral
Courts and the RegulatiOn of the Insurance
Industry: An EmpIrical and Historical Analysis
of Court's ~effectual Attempts to Harmonize
~~ad~~~~ ~il~rfu~' ~~~~~~.~e~~~~t1~11993" m the Ciltholrc Law RevIew (1994) and
2~~~~le~i~~;r;~~~~A~Ec~~~~:~Anaal~sis
of
State Supreme Courts' Brea~h-of-eontract, BadFalth, Covenant-of-Good-Falth and ExcessJudgme~tDecisions, 1900-1991" in the Ciltholic
Law RevIew (1992). R~ently, h~ received the
president's Excellence mTeachmg Award
ELIZABETH K. SCHNEIDER
Assistant Professor of Law and AssOt'iate
Law Library Director, 1992.
~~'.,lli~~~~rs~es~(~~n~~~~~~i~~6~;J.t.,
William Mitchefl College, 1973. Admilled to
r;:::1~~A~~~~::~t~~gal
Research, Law and
the Elderly, Legal Practice)
Sch:f~f~~~~~rc~t~~J:;~a;~rector
of the Maricopa County Law Library in
Phoenix. She also served as Professor of Law
and Librarian at Hamline University School of
Law in St. Paul and as Assistant Director at the
University of ~kron Schoo~ of Law. IJ: addition,
~~aled~~t~~~fl~ ~a~~eo~~~r ~~sCtOt~t~Uing
positions she has had extensive experience in
law hbraryconstruction and renovation.
Besides teaching legal research to law students,
she has frequently taught classes for pu?lic
~~f~:C":'~~~~8:~~~ aa~~~~~~~~u~~~~agnes.
Association of Law Libraries and the Southwestern Association ~f Law Libraries, receiving
the SWALL Outstandmg Member Award in
1993.
RDDRIC B. SCHOEH
Charles B. Thornton Professor of Law, 1971.
~~~e~~;e~i~e~ ~~I~~~~~'9~~6~d~itted
10 practice in New Mexico and Texas.
(Teaches-Cons/itutional Law, Mass Media
Law, Public Education Law, Torts)
Professor Rod Schoen ac~epted a position
asbnefing attorney to Circuit Court Judge
Ohver Seth of the United States Court of
tJ~~~~f~~:I:~~~e;~~~i\~r~; ~:tdl~~~g
he taught f~r four years attte School of Law of
Indiana Umversity ~t Indianapolis. Thereafter
~~~e:~:~~h~~o~~S~~dl:1e~~T~~~ses
as
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He has
also been active in the work for the State Bar of
Texas and has served as statewide officer and
national board member of the American Civil
LiberliesUnion.
Professor Schoen has researched and
writteninthearea.ofConstilution~lrights,and
hIS law review arhcles have been CIted by both
the United States Supreme Court and the Texas
Sup~m~ Court. He is a popular lecturer at
contmumg legal .education progr~ms and has
served m an advIsory capaClly wIthin the state
~~~~~~~~~~~I;rly~h~~rsa~ii;t~Jowjhal
teaching.
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ZANGLEIN
BRIAN D. SHANNON
and natural resources law. ProfessorSkillern
ROBERT A. WENINGER
lAYNE ELIZABETH ZANGLEIH
Professor of Law, 1988.
B.S., Angelo Stale University, 1979iJ.D"
University of Texas, 1982. Admitted to
~asco~tributcdcha~erstovarioustreatises
Professor of Law, 1974.
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1955; LL.B.,
1960; LL.M., University of Chica~o, 1964.
AdmiUed to practice in California and
Wisconsin.
(Teaches-Evidence, Civil Procedure, Trial
Advocacy)
Irnrnediately after graduating from law
school, Professor Weninger began general
practice. Fouryea~lat~rheenteredagraduate
Professor of law, 1990.
B.M.E., Berklee College of Music, 1975; J.D.,
~ea::1~~I:~~~·jstrative
Law, Contracts,
Dispute Resolution, Law Ilnd Psychiatry,
Property, Products Liability; Coaches-ABA
National Negotiation Team)
c1ass~~~~fe:~s~~~~t:PI~ I:swa~~rney_
Advisor with the Office of the General Counsel
10 the Secretary of the Air Force at thePenlagon
(1983-86) and m the Public Law section of the
W~~.u~~dd~~o;~~erof:~~t~~a:~~ has
taught summer courses at the Univers.ily of
North Carolina School of Law, the Uruversity of
Texas School of Law, and the University of
Colorado School of Law
Professor ShalUlOn has served on the
boards of diredors of Advocacy, Inc., the Texas
~l~~~~:U~he~~~~il~e~lt~:~~e~~n;~uncil
Retardation (!enters, and the Lubbock Regional
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center.
He and Professor Dan Benson coauthored the
~k, Texas Criminal Procedure and the Offender
wIth Mental Illness
FRAHK F. SKILLERN
Professor of Law, 1971.
~~~~~~~;e~i~e~~;r~~~6~:' ~i~~!,·S~iver.
sity of MIchigan, 1969. Admilled 10 practice
in Colorado and Texas.
~:~=:;r:~e~t:;1~:'1n~~~%~~~ral
Law)
uni~~~:Fsor:~k~~:f~1~;ea~~:g~~~t~e~m
Texas Ttl:~ Law Schoo!' He has been a vlSitlllg
professor at the universities of Texas, Tulsa, and
Arkansas law schools and has written several
articles and pap<'rson land use, environmental,
~1~~!J~~n!~/s; ~dth;~~~~~da=ng
Legal Research. HIs books include Environmental
Protection-the Legal Framework; Texas Waler UlW
(2 v?l.s.); and Regulation o!Waler and Sewer
Uti/lires. ProfessorSkillernremainsactivein
the 1$B $e(lion of Environmental and Natural
Resources Law which he chaired in 1983-84, He
also served as editor of the ABA Natural
Resources and Environmental Law Section's
publication, Natural Resources lAwyer. ,In
addItion, he serves as the local alumm
representative for the University of Chicago.
RACHEL A. VAN CLEAVE
Assistant Professor of Law, 1995
B.A., Stanford University, 1986;
J.D., University of California, Hastings
College of Law, 1989;
J.S.M.,SlanfordLawSchool,l994.
Admitted to practice in California.
(Teaches-Property, Wills and Trusts,
Criminal Law, Comparative Criminal
Procedure)
After law school, Professor Van Cleave
clerked for Judge Sam D. Johnson of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in
Austin, Texas. For two yeaTS; t,hereafter she
taught legal research and wntmg and trusts
ancfestates at Santa Clara University School of
law, From 1992 to 1994 shewasa Teaching
Fellow at Stanford law School where she
taught legal research and wri~ing while
pursuingllerj.S.M. Beforejomingthefaculty
at Texasltl:h, Professor Van Cleave was a
~~:%c~:J:l:~t:~~~i~~~:%~~t~~~,
~J~ldl:~s~h~~~~i~Jb~~:r~s~~:~'1tili~
areas of state conslituhonal law, habeas corpus,
and domestic violen«:. She spent th~ surnrn~r
~~~:~la~f a1~~b~~~rSc~~~lts
crimmal justice
fo~;i:edtat~~~v~I~~;dI7a~fd~~:~oH~~hen
~~~~~~ u~;t~~~a~~:l~~d~r th~t~9~~e
Region of the United States headquartered in
Seattle. Profe.ssor Werunger served asa trial
attorney for fIve years, with his workconcentrating on the National Labor Relations Act
~:d~r:r[kf~~d:saPre ar~~I~t:'di:~~,the
where he served as t~ attorney for two years
~~:l ~fcG~!t 6lif~~~ ~%:TI~i~e~~
mSa~Diego.
~w:~~f::~i~~;~~:rTh~StI~~t~~i~~~[Y
;~i~~~~~aH~ f~~~~I~e;;a~fd
SOCIOlogical ~ata asa basi~forcntlcalanalysis
of the oper,ahon of th,e Umted States lega~
~~~~~~ti~~~rl~~i~~I~~~S~~~h?&~~:alJIAw
Review, the UCLA lAw Revrew, and the Southern
Californi.a ~w Review. Professor Weninger has
been a vIsitmg professor at Temple University
School of law,
~~~~~ ~~~~~~Z t~fp~:;;i:eoi~ ~e'::~::k:
Florida,andTexas.
(Teaches-Business Entities, Securities
Regulation, Pension Planning, Employment
Law, Negotiations Workshop, Lefeal Practice)
Zm~:~reJ~~n~~~~e~a~~~X:k~ldman,
Elias & Engelhard, a New York law firm that
~=~= it~:fi:{E~J:ie~~~~~~~'a~~e
~tn~~~~~~~g~;~f~ti~~:k~ f~~i~~­
~e~z:~ th~o~~~~~ef~d~~~~~~h~
fund,negotlated real estate and business
=c~~;r~~ ~b~i§~~:~ counsel to the
Professor Zanglein served as consultant to
the New York Center for Employee Ownership
~e~b:~ ~rfhein~t~~~;~~kr F~~~~~ as a
Pension Investments. She is a member of the
AB~ $e(tion on Labor and Employment law
and IS co-chair of the subcommlllec on
Admin.istrativeand legislative for the
CommIttee on Employee Benefits. She is a
frequent speaker at nahonal conferences on
pension ISSUes.
Professor Zmglein has authored a book on
pension fund investments and has published
numerous articles on corporate governance,
proxy voting, and employecbenefits.
Emeritus Faculty
HAL M. BATEMAN, Professor of Law, Emeritus,
1972·1990.
J. HADLEY EDGAR, Robert H. Bean Professor of
Law, Emeritus, 1971-1991.
U. V. JONES, Professor of Law, Emeritus, 1966-1980.
MURL A LARKIN, Maddox Professor of Law,
Emeritus, 1968-1989.
ANNETTE WILSON MARPLE, Associate Professor
of Law, Emeritus, 1973-1992.
RICHARD WAYNE MAXWELL, Associate Professor
of Law, Emeritus, 1975-1991.
WILLIAM REED QUILLIAM, JR., George Herman
Mahon Professor of Law, Emeritus, 1966·1995.
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August 19-21
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August 28
September 7
September 16
October 12
November 25·29
December 4
December 7
December 8·18
De<:ember 19
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Classes begin
Last day to add aclass
Labor Day-University holiday
Last day to drop a course and receive a full refund
Last day to drop a course and receive an automatic W
Thanksgiving holiday
Last day of class
Reading Day
Final examinations
Hooding Ceremony and University Commencement
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January 13
January 18
January 20
February 3
March 1
March 15-19
AprilS
April 30
May3
May 4-14
May IS
Classes begin
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-University holiday
Last day to add a class
Last day to drop acourse and receive a full refund
Last day to drop acourse and receive an automatic W
Spring Break
Day of no classes
Last day of class
Reading Day
Final examinations
Hooding Ceremony and University Commencement
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