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Monday, February 27, 1978
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Bombers ........................................... 2-0
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QUO Editorial
QUO Needs You!
QUO desperately needs you!
The staff of QUO, your newspaper, has dwindled through
graduation, other projects demanding more time, and the general
press of law school study and activities.
Writers, photographers, cartoonists-any and all help is, and
would be appreciated. At this point, second-year and first-year
students are needed to work on QUO in order to publish another
edition. For QUO to succeed and for Tech Law School to have a
student newspaper, we must work together.
While obviously none of us came to law school to publish a
newspaper, most of us on the QUO staffs, past and present, have
felt and continue to feel that it is important that Tech Law School,
like SMU and UT, continue to have a student newspaper. While it
is true that the available pool of talent at those other law schools is
much larger, Tech should not have to do without-if we'll work
together.
This is the final issue of QUO that P .A. will edit. I'll be more than
happy to assist in preparation for a final issue for this year from
initial planning to final layout, but I feel I can not and should not
continue to edit QUO since my stint at TILS is drawing to-a close.
Someone else now must "step into the breach".
What more can be said? The money is budgeted, and, I assume,
available.
QUO needs you to survive.
Don't let it die!
Moot Court. . .
(From Page One)
responsible for applicant's and that beat Tech in. the final
argument at the regIOnal level,
respondent's side only.
While Tech has never won a won the International competiRegional International Moot tion. At last year's event Tech
Court competition, teams have won the award for the best brief.
Practice rounds will be open
been second several times,
to
observers; team members
including last year. The
University of Kansas, the team have time information for any
interested observers.
IIRuHles Et Flills"
om
***
This thought was expressed
by Jeannine McHaney, Women's Athletic Director at Texas
Tech University as she spoke to
the Law Caucus of Texas Tech
Law School, Feb. 21.
Successful Rush
Phi Alpha Delta did it again.
P AD is boasting about 80 new
pledges for the spring initiation.
Rush week for PAD started
off with a speaker, Federal
District Judge Halbert O.
Woodward. Again, Prof. and
Mrs. Reed Quilliam gave PAD
rush a touch uf class by hosting
a cocktail party for prospective
pledges. Rush activities were
capped off with a party at the
KA Lodge where PADs and
guests consumed enormous
quantities of food and liquor,
square danced, and were
entertained by Scott Fryar's
impressions of well-known
faculty members.
P AD activities planned for
the future include parties, the
Drug Education Program, and
a PAD chili team to enter the
UTPB chili-cookoff. (Terlingua
or Bust!)
Speaking on the effects of
Title 9 of the federal Education
Amendments Act passed in
June, 1972, Ms. McHaney
pointed out that it is often
difficult to distinguish whether
athl~tic differences between
Phi Delta Phi
Cops 32
successful rush, capped off by
the fraternity's annual Casino
Party. The Delt pledges will be
Thirty-two pledges joined Phi
Delta Phi legal fraternity during
a successful spring fraternity
rush.
initiated Saturday, Feb. 25.
Election of new officers will be
held Wednesday, March 1.
This semester the fraternity
will sponsor the annual high
school speaker series, law school
speaker series, parties, and the
annual chess tournament.
Outgoing officers include
President Mac Stewart, Vicepresid:mt Phil Schoewe, Clerk
Ron Felty, Exchecquer Bob
Barbee, and Historian Paul
Latham.
New officer elections are
slated for Feb. 23.
De/tsSlate
Sa turda 'I Initiation
The Lindsay Senate of Delta
Theta Phi recently completed a
***
The Law Hawks (Captain:
Terry Rippy) and the Gutter
Swipes (Captain: Bill Montgomery) lead a strong contingent of law students into the 1M
Bowling Season which is just
now getting underway.
Five members of each team
will engage in a pin, ear, and
side-splitting match each week
in an all out effort to reach the
All-University Tournament on
April 29. Additionally, the
individuals with the top
averages in league play will roll
for honors in a day-long
tournament at Lubbock Bowl in
March. Last year, third-year
law student John Walsh finished
as number 16 in the University.
***
Cunning Legalists I, headed by
a group of good first-year
players; Scrotes II, headed by
PK; and the Crips, headed by
Mike Parsons.
***
Softball season is just around
the corner, and there will be a
scramble in the Campus
Community League again this
year.
The Cunning Legalists return
to action with ten out of eleven
of last year's team that lost only
to PE in the championship
finals. The last year's team had
only nine of the eleven that had
played the previous year and
lost also only to PE in the
championship finals. This year
they got smart and changed to
the undergraduate league, so
somebody else can lose to PE in
the finals. Rumor has it that PE
will be allowed to field a team
this spring. If that is true, they
will receive tough competition
from Moose, Law Hawks, and
perhaps some new squads not
yet formed.
***
In other athletic news, our
own Kyle Miller journeyed to
Las Vegas, February 15, to
watch the Ali-Spinks fight. Kyle
sat in a $200 seat which he
commented was not worth that
because he thought he was
getting a ticket for an " Ali
Stinks!" rally. It seems Kyle
has had it in for the former
champ since Ali made a
disparaging remark about
Grizzly Adams on a recent TV
talk show.
Anyway, Kyle did enjoy
himself, evidenced by the
remarks he made upon his
return to Lubbock. "Gee
whiz!" and "Swell!"
Thanks, Kyle . That's sports.
e osition Cha ges
Cone ude Rush
PAD Has
Bundgren, last year's Novice
Champ.
The Advanced Division will
use a round-robin format to
determine who is currently the
best chess player in the Law
School. Many observers feel
Paul Kubinski, third-year
student, is one of the bets to win
the championship, not only
because he won last · year's
tourney, but also because he is
the coordinator of this year's
tourney.
With a lineup that is strong at
The annual Phi Delta Phi every position, with good bench
Chess Tournament is ,now in strength, with high scorers like
progress, with 29 players Rick Russwurm and Jim Hort,
competing for trophies in two and with a new can of Cruex,
divisions.
the Bombers should again finish
The Novice Division, com- high in the Campus Community
posed of players who are seeking Basketball League.
glory but don't feel they can
Practically all of the law
compete with the "big boys", . school entries have a good shot
will play one game a week for at a play-off spot: Law I,
four weeks. Those with the best headed by Bill Fountain;
records will then play a double Moose, headed by Kevin Keith;
elimination contest to determine Cunning Legalists III, headed
who will de-throne Chuck by Woody Glenn and Jim Raup;
At eties.
By JAN MARTIN
Without a doubt the stereotypes in women's athletics have
beeN severe. Some might even
say they are "enough to make
women want to bend over
backwards putting ruffles on
their tennis dresses."
Fats
By MICK McKAMIE
How do YOU spell relief? If
you happen to be a member of
the Lady Lawyers basketball
squad, you spell it B-U-ZZ-E-R. The one that signals the
end of the game, that is. The
Lady jocks started out slow and
finished even slower as they
posted a season win of no wins
and 5 losses. Despite a
difference in points scored and
points allowed that reached the
3-figures (an achievement unmatched even by the beloved
Turkey teams), the ladies
managed to maintain a good
attitude and high spirits
throughout the grueling schedule.
"We really play well,"
commented one team member,
"but all the players on the other
teams make Renee Richards
look like Shirley Temple."
"We had hoped to enter the
Water Polo tournament this
spring," added another player,
"but the 1M office said they
couldn't hire enough lifeguards
to work our games." All in all,
the women had a good time, got
a lot of healthful exercise, and
requested that we not print their
names.
On the slate for this spring
will be several parties and
informal mixers, including the
First Amiual Backgammon
Tournament. The Delts also
plan to present the annual
award for the Most Outstanding
Delt and for the Highest Grade
Point Average at the Honors
and Awards Banquet, April 7.
Last fall, the Delts sponsored
"Old Calcutta", an all-school
golf tournament and interfraternity party. They also held
several intra-fraternity parties
and TGIFs.
males and females are sociologicalor psychological and
physiological.
At Tech, until the early
1970's, women athletes had to
pay for uniforms and travel
expenses. According to Ms.
McHaney, "the University paid
Bulletin:
Honor Code
A third faculty meeting on the Honors
Code, February 22,
resulted in action on
the remaining Principles of Conduct. Principles Two through
F our were passed with
very little change. A
further change has
been proposed but
action was delayed.
Language was suggested to protect students
by providing that
testimony given in
connection with an
honor proceeding can
not be used in a
prosecution for failure
to report an observed
violation.
the entry fees and partial
gasoline costs." Presently,
about 8% of Tech's athletic
budget goes · to women's
programs.
With the passage of the act in
1972, university organizations,
not fraternities or sororities, lost
the privilege of limiting their
membership to a single sex.
N ow sports not classified as
contact sports must be open to
women, e.g. baseball.
Ms. McHaney concluded by
stating that although the woman
athlete's position is not yet good,
it is an improvement over the
status ' of women's athletics
several years ago.
Law Caucus sponsored Ms.
McHaney and will sponsor
another program on February
28, in which Terry Wright and
Anita Burgess will speak on the
JAG Corps in room 104 at
12:30.
Law Caucus meetings are
held each Tuesday in room 104
at 12:30. All law students are
invited to attend. Past activities
include a luncheon given for
Chief Justice Mary Lou
Robinson of the Amarillo Court
of Civil Appeals, and a slide
presentation on abortion which
is being loaned out to local
organizations.
Future activities include
weekly meetings and a
discussion by local women
attorneys on combining a family
life with the practice of law.
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o or Code xa
By KEN McALISTER
After a year of work by a
faculty committee, an Honor
Code for Tech's Law School
might come to govern student
conduct. The need for a code
seems to be a foregone
conclusion among the faculty.
But final action on the proposal
before the faculty may not settle
the question. Approval by Tech
President Cecil Mackey and the
Board of Regents may be
necessary unless law students
are to be left under the Code of
Student Affairs as well as the
Honor Code.
Several copies of the
committee's proposal have been
placed on display near the
announcements boards. Several
changes have akeady been
made.
Four hours of deliberation
and l].iscussion in two sessions
have resulted in the faculty
covering a page and a half of the
eleven-page draft. Much of the
time spent thus far has been
involved with resolving the
underlying principles of an
honor system. Most importantly, the faculty decided by a close
vote that the Honor Code, to be
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profession. But, Principle One
was amended to read:
THAT a law student should
always act with honor and
integrity in all matters
pertaining to legal education.
It was reasoned that broader
jurisdiction could come into
conflict with other processes,
such as the criminal justice
system. Such conflicts could
pose due process problems.
Interpretation of the proposed
code was changed by another
amendment to the draft. The
first sentence of Article I was
deleted. Now, the explanatory
comments following each Principle of Conduct are not
incorporated into the Principles.
However, further language in
the same paragraph makes clear
that the explanatory comments
are intended to be "illustrative
types of conduct that are clear
violations of the Code".
Proposed procedure has been
changed by faculty action. The
drafting committee recommended that the Honor Council
(composition: five elected students) would be a screening
board. It would have no
significant investigative powers
effective, must sanction a failure
to report a violation.
The drafting committee's
vi~w was that a mandatory
reporting provision was necessary to ensure that the Code
would be self-policing. Opposition to the provision centered on
two points. First, that such a
rule would make students look
over their shoulders and report
anything suspicious, just to
protect themselves. Secondly,
that such an interpretation of
the principles could, very likely,.
subject innocent students to the
Code's sanctions. The provision
apparently carried on the
strength of the similar provision
in the Code of Professional
Responsibility, the desire to
make the Code self-policing,
and the rationale that a
professional has a duty to
maintain the integrity of the
profession.
Jurisdiction of the proposed
code has also been decided. As
suggested by the drafting
committee, the Code would
cover all aspects of a law
student's life. They felt a law
student's conduct always reflected on the school and on the
Caucus Puts Together Slide Program
"Abortion: The Right To
Choose" is the title of the
25-minute slide show, script and
presentation, produced by the
Texas Tech Women's Law
Caucus.
Funded in part by ABA/LSD
and the Law School Foundation, the presentation was
directed, co-ordinated and
technically supervised by '77
Law grad Brenda Morris.
Not a pro-abortion presentation, the thrust of the project is
in the title-"The Right to
Choose". The purpose of the
project is to combat hysteria and
ignorance in the area, according
to Caucus Chair Linda Groves.
"We need to keep the right to
choose legal. Abortion will
always exist and if made illegal
might well go back into back
alleys and criminal procedures."
Groves commented.
Accurate information on the
status of the law and an accurate
description of medical procedures used in the first trimester
are stressed in the presentation.
Included in the production are
slides from the Department of
Public Welfare (now the
Department of Human Resources) of abused, battered, and
unwanted children. Slides on
deaths from criminal abortion
from the National Abortions
Rights Action League are also
included to illustrate other
aspects of criminal abortion.
The other side of the coin, the
planned-for, wanted child, is
illustrated as well. Doug Hill,
December '77 Tech Law grad,
and Vic Shea, second-year
student, portray proud papas in
the family situation.
The presentation includes
slides of an abortion performed
during the first trimester,
following informed written
consent to the procedure and to
the filming.
The production, accompanied
by a Caucus member, is
available for showing to local
civic groups. Caucus members,
who researched and wrote the
script, will accompany the
package to provide up to date
information on changes in the
law.
QUO Staff al
Grade Distribution
Speculation about the differences between the first and
second year sections on the
subject of grades and teaching
Course
Torts
Torts
Contracts
Contracts
Civil Procedure
Civil Procedure
Criminal
Law
Criminal
Law
Wills &
Trusts
Wills &
Trusts
Evidence
Evidence
Income Tax
Criminal
Procedure
results in elective courses. The
following information is from
the Registrar's records, but was
put together by QUO staff, not
the Administration.
methods is a popular topic of
discussion.
Additionally, looking at a
professor's "track record" may
provide ideas on future grade
Professor
Lee
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Krahmer {A~
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Range
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86-55
90-60
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10
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20
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or responsibilities. Rather, the
Council would review reports of
violations and pass them on to
the Honor Court if they
appeared to be supported by the
facts recited in the written
allegation. To define a body
responsible for making formal
charges and to remove from the
Honor Court any function
dealing with investigations, the
Honor Council was given more
authority. As amended, the
Council has the responsibility of
investigating all allegations and
either dismissing them or
presenting formal charges. The
investigation must be conducted
without a subpoena power
which is reposed in the Honor
Court alone.
For those who have not read
the proposed Code, there are
three other Principles of
Conduct.
Principle Two-That a law
student should perform all
work in academic matters
honestly.
Principle Three-That a
law student should not take
unfair advantage in academic
matters of another student,
faculty member, staff mem-
ber, or the Law School.
Principle F our-That the
property of the Law School,
Law Library, and University
should be protected and
preserved at all times.
These principles have not been
the subject of extensive
discussion and might yet be
changed.
To realize the impact of the
Honor Code, you must look at
the sanctions it proposes.
EXPULSION. SUSPENSION. WITHDRAW OF
DEGREE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED. ADDITIONAL
WORK, UP TO 15 HOURS.
CENSURE. REPRIMAND.
These are to be imposed by
the Honor Court. They are
serious solutions; but, dishonesty is a serious matter. The legal
profession needs public respect.
Such respect can only be earned.
It seems fitting that a legal
education include the beginning
of a realization that a lawyer
must act honorably.
The Honor Code proposal
wilr be the subject of further
faculty discussion. Meetings on
the Code are open to the
students. If you have something
to say, now is the time.
Tech To Host
ournament
Gary Blanscet, second-year
student from Amarillo, and
Angela Adams, first-year student from Brownfield, will
represent Texas Tech Law
School as the Client Counseling
team when the law school hosts
one of ] 2 regional competitions
of the 1978 American Bar
Association National Client
Counseling Competition on
March 4.
Teams representing law
schools from the University of
Arkansas (Fayetteville and
Little Rock), Loyola and Tulane
Universities in New Orleans,
Baylor, St. Mary's, South Texas
College of Law and The
University of Texas will
compete for a berth at the
national competitIon; slated for
New York on April 1.
The general topic for the
competition is "Family Law:
Unmarrieds Living Together."
The competition format gives
each team 30 minute's to
interview a person acting as the
client and 15 minutes to
propose a plan of action or
solution and explain it to
competition judges.
NLGHears
Candidate For
State Senate
Jesse George, State Senate
candidate, recently addressed
the National Lawyers' Guild
chapter at Tech.
George discussed his own
support of the Equal Rights
Amendment. He further compared the views of opponents for
the seat on ERA, child-care
centers, and other issues.
Hoping to involve more
students in the Guild and its
various activities, the N.L.G. is
planning a series of speakers for
Fall, 1978.
For the past two years, Tech
teams have advanced to national
competition. The winning team
of Risher Smith and Robert
Rendall competed in national
competition in New Orleans
last year. The team of Mike
Davis and Rick Robins finished
up third nationally the previous
year.
Bill Hicks, first-year student.
from Nederland, has been
named alternate team member.
Prof. Charles P. B uban y is
faculty sponsor of the team and
coordinator of the regional
competition.
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State Bar Slates
Weekly Digest to
Tech Law Library
The State Bar of Texas will
begin furnishing the Texas Tech
Law School with free copies of
Texas Lawyers' Weekly Digest
for students.
The copies of the weekly
publication will be available on
the second floor library reading
room, as are the copies of the
Texas Bar Journal.
The publication, a service of
the State Bar, digests recent
Texas appellate court decisions
and important federal opinions.
Additionally, the Digest publicizes deadlines for continuing
legal education seminars and
selected Texas Attorney General's opinions.
QUO Staff
EDITOR ... P .A. Moseley
SPOR TS .. Mick McKamie
WRITERS .. .. Bob Black,
Jim Hunnicutt, Jan
Martin, Ken McAlister
CARTOONS ........ Pam·
McAlister, A. Nonymous
l'Finding Yourself In the 3rd Year ll
The Third-Year Syndrome Examined
The Syndrome Doesn't
Fail to Hit Fems Too
QUO Editorial
17heRight
to Choose"
Either-Or?
Neither- Nor?
Make up your own mind!
"The Right to Choose"-seems to be fundamental, doesn't it?
Think again.
A highly vocal, locally visible group would deny the right to
choose to at least half of the population of Lubbock and its
surrounding area.
What choice is sought to be restricted ?
Not the mundane-what to wear, where to shop, what party to
attend-but the infinitely more serious choice affirmed to women in
the United States by the Supreme Court of the United States-that
right of a woman to choose, whether or not to bear a child, under a
physician's gu id apee during the first trimester of pregnancy
unimp'" -rod b) ~tate intervention .
In 1973. in Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court struck down Texas'
antiquated abortion statutes. Further the Court has, within the last
two years, reaffirmed its stance in Danforth v. P lanned Parenthood
that the first trimester decision is that of the woman and her
p:lysician, that parental permission or spousal permission is not
necessarily required. So, too, it would seem that a "review board",
as proposed by local supporters of the Right to Life Movement
currently picketing the Planned Family Clinic of Lubbock, would
constitute an unwarranted infringement by the State, expressly
contra to Roe v. Wade when dealing with the first trimester of
pregnancy.
(The specious argument has been made that a City ordinance,
such as one mandating a "review board" is not State infringement.
Such an argument warrants no discussion. )
T he challengers at this point seem to feel that a narrowly-drawn,
specifically-aimed guidance council proposal would not violate the
letter or the spirit of Roe v. Wade. Notwithstanding this position,
the Supreme Court has spoken, the Congress has not acted to
circumvent the holding (other than economically ), and the woman 's
right to choose still exists for the moment~
No matter what one's feeling on the issue are-and as Voltaire
we would defend to the death the right to hold one's own views on
I the issue-no matter how emotional one can become-the right to
choose during the first trimester of pregnancy is still the law. PAM
By JIM HUNNICUTI
and PAT MOSELEY
Now is the time for third-year
law students to come to grips
with reality. Said reality is that
the world we've been working
for is upon us.
From the stark, raving terror
of the first hour of Contracts to
the last lethargic grasp of
Professional Responsibility, the
widely-noted phenomena begin
to occur among the more or less
unusual subspecies known as
third-year law students; collectively this is referred to as "The
Third -Year Syndrome".
Analogous to the syndrome
are the attitudes shared by high
school seniors, college seniors,
and convicts awaiting word
from the Texas Board of
Pardons and Paroles, after
serving 10 years of as-year
sentence. For anyone who has
been asleep since January 9, we
offer these symptoms of the
syndrome so that you can be
aware of the syndrome's
presence in others and/or
yourself.
Some of the symptoms of
Third Year Syndrome are:
A constant and fatuous grin
accompanied by glazed eyes
resulting from an 18 grand job
offer from a biggy Dallas firm;
Intense self-satisfaction that
vanishes when you hear that the
Class Dolt has been offered 18
big ones over half the Law
Review;
Immense depression and fear
that you'll never get an 18 grand
offer from a biggy Dallas firm or
anyone else;
Finding yourself looking at
the Job Board three times a day;
A general lack of class
attendance or preparation;
An inability to care about
class attendance or preparation;
A marked rise in the use of the
phrase "62 will do! "
A terminal case of participation in trivia championships;
Calling in reservations for a
chair in the Commons;
Taking umbrage at first-year
people sitting at The Third Year
Table;
Asking Bellefleur and/or
Todd to take your father's
Mastercharge;
Worrying about whether to
buy an XR7, a Vette, or a
Porsche;
Worrying that the P.O.S.
you're driving won't make it till
you get an XR7, Vette or
Porsche;
Finding yourself getting
married, divorced, or having a
baby, or any combination
thereof;
Having an attention span of I
minute 43 seconds ... on a good
day;
Abandoning your faded jeans
and scuffed boots for . a 3-piece
suit and pseudo-Gucci slip-ons;
Realizing that within 6
months you won 't have to drive
15 miles for a six pack;
Coming to realize that the
three-year sentence to Elba
(AKA Lubbock) is coming to an
end;
Breaking out in a cold sweat
whenever someone says The
Bar, even while standing
upstairs in Santa Fe Station;
and
Realizing with some dismay
that you won't be seeing much
of the good friends you've made,
and with some relief that there
are a few people you won't be
seeing at all.
Mock Trial Team Stumbles at Meet
Close (again), but no cigar!
For the second year in a row a
Tech Mock Trial team reached
the semifinals of the regional
competition only to be defeated
by the eventual champion.
The team from the University
of Houston-Bates College of
Law defeated the Tech team of
Jim Collins, Jim Gorsuch and
David Hamilton; earlier the
same Houston team eliminated
Shelley Cashion, Robert Ly-
brand, and Jim Raup in the
quarterfinal round. Teams from
Houston and Baylor (defeated
by Houston in the final round)
will represent this region in the
national competition in Houston, March 1-3.
The competition is based on a
problem argued at the trial court
level. An intramural tournament is held each fall semester.
This spring, for the first time,
an intramural competition will
be held for first and second year
students only. This tournament,
based on a federal criminal
problem, is designed to enable
Tech to send two experienced
teams to next year's regional
competition slated for January
in New Orleans.
Students who are interested
should contact Ron Felty or
other members of Board of
Barristers. The Tech teams are
coached by Don Hunt.
ABA/LSD Corner
By RANDY MEANS
The ABA/LSD may not have
been at the top of the news
during the past couple of
months, but that doesn 't mean
nothing is happening. Susan
Stedman, who holds the position
of Secretary-Treasurer on the
national level, has continued to
serve Texas Tech and the
Division through her hard work.
While her primary responsibility
has been to control the budget of
the organization, Susan has also
worked with the Round Table
Conferences held by each of the
13 circuits of the ABA/ LSD
during the fall semester. T he
purpose of these conferences,
held annually, is to allow the
student leaders from each law
school in the circuit to meet and
share ideas and problems that
each is experiencing with their
own organizations. As the third
h ighest official within the
ABA/LSD and the leader of
many of the workshops during
the fall conferences, Susan has
done her best to spread the
name of the Tech Law School on
the national level.
*****
During December, when
most of us were losing our minds
in the midst of finals, Rusty
Thornton was also furthering
our school's reputation. T he
Police Function Committee of
the ABA Criminal Justice
Division held its final series of
meetings in Washington, D.C.
Preparation is already beginning for Law Day USA which
will take place on May Ist.
Designed to increase public
awareness of the law and
current issues, various activities
are planned to inform the
layman of the role of law and
lawyers in today 's society.
Congress recognized the
relationship of such public
involvement to a strong judicial
system when they established
Law Day by joint resolution in
1961. You can expect to hear
more about these activities in
the coming weeks as our own
Law Day Committee organizes
its programs.
If you want to participate, get
in touch with me as soon as
**** *
Terry Hudson was appointed possible. We must get the
in November to serve on the program finalized before we all
Committee on Sentencing and feel the pressure of finals .
** * **
Treatment of Offenders, also a
Those of you who haven't
part of the ABA Criminal
Justice Division. Terry will joined the Division yet, can still
travel to New York in March to do so. Payment of the full
participate in the final stages of five-dollar registration now will
the drafting of a Uniform entitle you to full benefits and
Corrections Act. Designed to your membership fee for next
standardize the operations of year will be reduced to
federal prisons, it is hoped that compensate for what you have
the act will be a start in already missed.
Special Note : I should be
upgrading the prison system .
One important aspect of the act receiving back issues of the
is the placement of supervisory "Student Lawyer" in the mail
control of prisons in the hands of soon for those of you who failed
the judiciary, providing for to receive your own copies. If
court enforcement of prison anyone has any trouble with
your subscription be sure to
standards_
contact me so I can clear it up.
*****
As the single student member,
Rusty worked with eleven
attorneys from various states on
a proposal to eliminate tort
immunity for government agents.
The committee finally approved the proposal which will
now be presented to the full
ABA for consideration. In other
action, the committee voted to
seek further funding to study
possible alternatives to the
exclusionary rule. There was a
general consensus that the rule
has not worked well, but the
difficulty in finding a fea sible
alternative was beyond the
current re source s of th e
committee.
It's Time to Make A Resume
Name: Quick Draw McGraw
Current Address: J. Pat O'Malley's
Lubbock, Texas
PermanE'nt Address: Nearest Watering Hole
Personal Data: (Censored)
Born: Yes
Physical Data: 4'2" 75 lbs.
No communicable social
diseases so long as the
penicillin holds out.
Educational Background:
Thomas E. Lee Green Elementary School
6th Grade R estroom Monitor
George Lincoln Smith Jr. High School
Member of Most Suspendeds
Washington & Lee High School
Member DA-CJ Team, National
C~mpion ships, Three Years
Folsom-Unger College, Kentucky
B.S. in Aboriginal Anatomy
Yoakum, Oklahoma University
J.D. in Juvenile D elinquency
Employment Experience: None (l was weaned
and sent to school.)
Personal Interests:
3 Squares a Day
$30,000 a Year
References:
Any Sporting Lady in Downtown Chicago
Moot Court
Team Heads
For Houston
Tech's International Moot
Court Team has completed their
briefwriting and are beginning
oral practices. Preparations will
intensify as the March 10
competition date nears.
The competition at University
of Houston-Bates College of
Law will send Tech against
Arizona State, the University of
Houston, The University of
Texas, and South Texas College ·
of Law teams. The regional
champ will be determined on the
basis of total points gained in
four rounds.
The Tech team, all secondyear students, includes Kathy
Billingsley, Mike Greene, Bill
Helwig, Jon Kerr, and Kelly
U tsinger, all selected in
November. The ora lists were
named following a second tryout
this month. Kelly Utsinger will
argue both sides while Jon Kerr
and Kathy Billingsley will be
Please Note: This sample resume is presented in jest. Serious forms
and resume samples are available from Ms. Carolyn Cloud, 3rd
Floor Office.
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