MOOT COURT AWARDS
HONORS AND AWARDS PROGRAM
David Hass ler
Master of Ceremonies
GREETINGS .
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Leadership Awards . • . . . • • • lolilliam Hoffmann
Vice President, S.B.A.----------Bill Campbell
Secretary, S.B.A.-----------------Mike Wilson
Treasurer, S.B.A.------------------Pat Pirtle
President, third year class--------Randy Hall
President, second year class--------Jim Moore
President, first year class-------Jim Gorsuch
ABA/LSD Representative to
Board of Governors-----------Karen Tandy
Chief Justice, Judicial Council-------Jon Ker
Law School Senator----------------Woody Glenn
Law School Senator-------------Larry Hysinger
Service Award . . . . • • . • • Nelson, McCleskey,
Harriger & Brazill
An award of $50 presented by the law firm of
Nelson, McCleskey, Harriger & Brazill, of Lubbock,
to the student who has contributed outstanding
service during the year to the Student Bar Association and the Law School.
PHI ALPHA DELTA MvARDS • •
• • • • . Jean Wallace
Outstanding Graduating Student
Outstanding Member
Scholarship Awards
. • . . . • .
Professor Hunt
Certificates in recognition of service with
distinction in the appellate advocacy program :
Chairman------- - ----- - Carter L. Ferguson
Vice Chairman----------Diana Dowd Ulrich
Secretary------- -------Stephen E . Ulrich
Treasurer--------- ------Mi~hael S . Young
Moot Court Teams Recognition •
Professor Hunt
Certificates presented to teams which represented the School of Law .
National Moot Court Competition
Polly Kinnibrugh
Barbara Hoffman
James Schutza
Jessup International Law Competition
Cecilia Hufstedler
Bonner Smith
Dean Greer
Gary Terrell
Mike Wilson
Junior State Bar Hock Trial Competition
Sam Boyd
Gene Hagood
Don, Dennis
Walter Huffman
Moot Court Team Competition Awards
Outstanding Professor
Outstanding Scholarship
Outstanding Active Member
PHI DELTA PHI AWARDS . . • . •
Moot Court Board
Professor Hunt
• • • Tim Blakeley
An award of law books presented by Foundation
Press to students who have made outstanding
contributions to the Moot Court Teams .
Barbara Hoffman
Polly Kinnibrugh
Cecilia Hufstedler
James Schutza
First Year Moot Court Competition
Runner up Awards . . . . . . . Professor Hunt
Awards of $25 to each member of the two
third place teams.
Awards of $50 to each member of the second place team.
Geary, Stahl, Koons, Rohde & Spencer Moot
Court Awards. • . . . .
Joseph W. Geary
An award of $100 to the student who presented the best oral argument in the
semi-final round.
An award of $200, and the inscription of
their names on a plaque maintained in
the center hallway of the School of Law,
presented to the winning team in the
first year Moot Court Competition.
TRIAL ADVOCACY
Three awards presented to students in Trial Advocacy who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the field of trial advocacy.
South Plains Trial Lawyers Association
Joyce Hill
Law Books and the inscription of their
names on a plaque permanently held in
the Law School.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Professor Edgar
Individual Plaques
'ililliam R. Moss Trial Advocacy Awards • • • •
\-1illiam R. Moss
of Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam
An award of $iOO each
GEARY, STAHL, KOONS, ROHDE & SPENCER MOOT COURT
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD . . .
Joseph W. Geary
A scholarship award of $300 awarded annually
to a student who has distinguished himself
and brought credit to the School of Law
through participation in intercollegiate moot
court competition.
ORDER OF BARRISTERS . • • • .
Frank E. Murchison
of Key, Carr, Evans & Fouts
Trophies presented by the law firm of Key,
Carr, Evans & Fouts to those students who ,
having exhibited excellence and attained
high honors through the art of appellate advocacy., were selected as national members of
the Order of Barristers, by the Board of
Governors of that organization; certificates
presented by Order of Barristers.
NATIONAL CLIENT COm-TSELING COMPETITION TEAM
Certificates presented in recognition of their
excellence in representing the School of Law .
Professor Bubany
Brown and Brown Award .
Phillip S. Brown
The inscription of their names on a plaque,
presented by the law firm of Brown and Brown ,
to be permanently displayed in the School of
Law.
Presented to:
Michael Davis
Richard C. Robins
RECOGNITION OF WINNERS OF LEGAL WRITING
CONTESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor Kramer
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition sponsored by
the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers.
First prize winner of the 1975 competition
and recipient of $250 for his paper, "Common
Law Copyright For Teachers."
LAH REVIEW AWARDS
Graduate Recognition Certificates . . . . . . • .
Professor Skillern
Editor-in-Chief-------------------Eileen Hall
Managing Editor---------------Byron A. Thomas
Fifth Circuit
Symposium Editor-----------David Hassler
Case Notes Editor--------------David Kithcart
Assistant Case Notes Editor-----Michael Petty
Comments Editor--------------Adair M. Buckner
Articles Editor------------Stephen L. Baskind
Topics Editor------------------David Greenhaw
Citations Editor----~------------Rolando Leon
Ci tations Edi tor------------lvilliam R. Taylor
Family Code Symposium
Supplement Editor------Stephen E. Ulrich
Business Manager----------------Larry ~fharton
Business Manager------------Michael R. Stoltz
Associate Editor-----------H. Michael Bartley
Associate Editor-----------------Fred N. Diem
Associate Editor-------------------Jim Duvall
Associate Editor------------------Nolan Greak
Associate Editor------William F. Keeling, Jr.
Associate Editor--------------Benton J. Poole
Associate Editor--------------Sue C. Schleier
Associate Editor-------------Julia K. Swisher
James Cook
State Bar of Texas, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law Writing Competition.
Winner of the competition for the best published casenote and recipient of an award of
$200 for his casenote on Goldfarb v. Virginia
State Bar which was published in Volume 6 of
the Texas Tech Law Review.
Michael Petty
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Penn L. Award
Professor Skillern
An award of $50 for the best researched and
Environmental Law Essay Contest sponsored by the
Environmental Law Section of the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America.
Winner of the best essay and recipient of a
$100 award for his essay, "Cost Benefit Analysis in the Development of Water Resources."
Cecil Kuhne
summated law review article; awarded annually
by Myron Penn Laughlin, Esq., of St. Petersburg, Florida.
SCRIBES Award . • . . . • . . . Professor Skillern
A two-year honorary membership in SCRIBES,
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WRITERS ON LEGAL SUBJECTS, is presented upon the recommendation
of the Faculty Advisor to the Law Review
graduating senior who has demonstrated an
ability to do outstanding legal writing and
editing.
Law Review Service Award . . . . . . Jack Driskill
of McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson
An award of $100 presented by the laH' firm of
McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, of Lubbock, to the
Law Review student who has contributed outstanding service during the year.
ORDER OF THE COIF (1975 electees). • . Professor Edgar
President of the Texas Tech Chapter
Phillip S. Brown
Earnest C. Casstevens
Erwin D. Davenport
~~illiam B. Dal-lSOn
J ohn l~. Day ton
Daniel C. Garner
Richard L. Hanna
John R. Henderson
M. Charles Jennings
Charles E. King
David R. McClure
Calvin L. Raup
~ichael G. Sawaya
NATIONAL WHO'S WHO AWARD . • • • . • • • • Dean Amandes
Certificates are presented to students who have
been elected to Who's Hho Among Students in American Colleges and Universities in recognition of
outstanding merit and accomplishment.
Presented to:
Dean Amandes
Each year the 1>1 es t Publishing Company awards one
selected title of Corpus Juris Secundum to the
freshman, the junior or the senior law student
who, in the opinion of the faculty, has made the
most significant contribution toward overall legal scholarship. C.J.S. awards are not to be made
on the basis of top grades in the class or in any
particular course. They are made on the basis of
any criterion which recognizes scholarly accomplishment.
JUDGE MEADE F. GRIFFIN AWARD . . . . . Professor Schoen
An award of $200 from Judge Griffin's former
briefing attorneys presented annually to the graduating law student who, through his industry, perseverance, integrity, and character, has best
utilized the law school experience to improve and
prepare himself for distinguished service to the
profession and to mankind.
GEORGE W. AND SARAH H. DUPREE AWARD • . . . Joe H. Nagy
of Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam
Carter Ferguson
Eileen Hall
Polly Kinnibrugh
US LAl-l WEEK PM ARD • . . . . . . • • . ••
C.J.S. AHARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An award of $100 presented to the member of the
Dean Amandes
An award of one year's complimentary subscription
to US LAW WEEK presented by the Bureau of National
Affairs to the graduating student who has made the
most satisfactory scholastic progress in his final
year. The award is based on the largest increase
between grade point average in the fall of the
student's senior year as compared to his preceding
two years of study.
graduating class who, in the opinion of his colleagues, best exemplifies the ability desired in
one soon to join the legal profession. Academic
record, leadership, and contributions to the
School of Law and community are considered. The
recipient's name is added to a permanent plaque on
display in the School of Law.
The Following Awards Will be Presented at a Later Date
PUTTING HUBBY (OR HONEY) THROUGH DEGREES
Certificates awarding the honorary degree of
P.H~T. to those who, having provided for, supported, encouraged, and otherwise faithfully assisted
their spouses through the Texas Tech University
School of Law.
OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN TAXATION AHARD
An award of the three volume set of books, Federal
Tax Guide, by Prentice-Hall to the student who
achieved the best cumulative weighted grade in
Federal Income Tax and Estate and Gift Tax
courses. To be announced after all tax grades are
computed.
HIGHEST CUMULATIVE SCHOLASTIC AVERAGE M.JARD
A certificate evidencing that the recipient has
accumulated the highest scholastic average during
his entire law school attendance among the students in the graduating class.
MEMBERS OF THE MOOT COURT BOARD
Certificates in recognition of services as Members
of the Moot Court Board to:
Susan Lee Coleman
Robert G. Cross
Jim Darnell
Gary G. Grimmer
Jim Jacks
John Raymond Jacobs
Jon R. Ker
Polly A. Kinnibrugh
Kyle Lewis
Richard Schleier
Sue Schleier
Max R. Tarbox
William R. Taylor
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AWARDS
Leadership Awards
Jim Collins----Associate Justice, Judicial Council
Kathy McDowell-Associate Justice, Judicial Council
Jody Gi1les-------Vice President, third year class
Dave Seidler-------------------Board of Governors,
third year class rep.
Richard Bruse------------------Board of Governors,
third year class rep.
Jim Leeton-------Vice President, second year class
Pat Ouinn----------------------Board of Governors,
.
second year class rep.
Jim Schutza--------------------Board of Governors,
second year class rep.
Dianne Thompson---Vice.President, first year class
Curtis Boswell-----------------Board of Governors,
first year class rep.
Lea Brownfield-----------------Board of Governors,
first year class rep.
Committee Leadership Awards
Bill Campbell
Keaton Grubbs
Theresa Hebert
Pat Mosley
Barbara Prince
Randy Robason
Professor Hal M. Bateman
Professor William B. Bohling
Professor Charles P. Bubany
Professor James R. Eissinger
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Members of the Honors and Awards Committee 1975-76:
Professors Cummins, Weninger and Wicker, students
Barbara Hoffman, William Hoffmann and Karen Tandy.