SCHOOL OF LAW / TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
VOL.
III,
NUMBER
SEPTEMBER
1971
Eleventh Hour Bill Passed
To Allow Student Practice
Senate Bill 66
Orders Court
To Write Rules
By ARLISS CHAMPLIN
Dictum Staff
On June 7, Gov. Preston Smith signed
into law Senate Bill 66, giving third-year
law students the opportunity to assist
licensed attorneys in the trial of cases
under rules still to be promulgated by
the Texas Supreme Court.
Except for scattered editorials in daily
newspapers across the state, the enactment went largely unnoticed; it was not
"front-page" news. However, the billsigning holds tremendous significance for
law students across the state, and particularly those at Texas Tech.
The new provision culminates more
than a year of hard work, sacrifice and
lobbying before the Texas Legislature
and bar association leadership of the
state. In the forefront of the effort stood
a number of Texas Tech law school
personnel, both students and professors.
Jeffrey Wentworth, recently-elected
president of the ABA's Law Student
Division ann immediate past president
of the Tech SBA, served as chairman of
the Texas Model Court Rule Committee
and supplied the effective leadership
necessary to earn legislative enactment
for the measure.
Tech Became Focal Point
Recent graduate Buford Cates served
as vice-chairman of the committee,
with local students Rick Graham and
Richard Crews serving as committee
members. Professor Murl A. Larkin
served as faculty advisor to the committee, with the aid of Professor George
N. Stevens, and with this core of leadership the Tech School of Law became the
focal point for planning and dissemination of educational information concerning the proposed rule.
Herring, Sponsor
Sen. Charles Herring introduced S.B.
66 and was the Senate sponsor. Rep.
Nelson Wolff was the House sponsor,
and was ably assisted by Rep. Bob Salter. The Texas Junior Bar, led by thenpresident Jim Greenwood III, endorsed
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LAV; STUDENT INTERN BIll
Gov. Preston Smith signs S.B. 66 which authorizes the writing of rules and regulations to permit law students in Texas to assist
licensed attorneys in the trial of cases under supervision. Looking on are, L-R, Sen. Charles Herring of Austin, author of the
bill, Jeffrey Wentworth of San Antonio, chairman of the Texas Model Court Rule Committee and immediate past president of
the Texas Tech Student Bar Association, James Greenwood III of Houston, president of the State Junior Bar of Texas, and
State Rep. Nelson Wolff of San Antonio, House sponsor of the bill. The bill became law September 1, 1971.
Dictum "Open Class~~
Dictum, the official law school newspaper and yearbook is promulgated entirely by free-lance law student reporters
in their spare moments. With no salaried
employees or permanent staff, the paper
goes to press by the agency of club reporters and volunteers who frequently
lack formal journalistic training.
Due to heavy academic demands and
the shortness of time during the semester, one month is allowed for completing
story assignments. Anyone interested in
helping out on the publication is invited
to drop by the Dictum office on the first
floor of the library.
Squyres, Wylie, & Marple
Top Law Class Averages
By LARRY GLAZNER
Dictum Staff
N ewal Squyres of Denver City heads
the senior class in standing based on
cumulative grade average. Squyres, who
was the number one student his first
year, maintained the top cumulative
average even though he was second on
the academic list for the 1970-71 year.
Beating out Squyres for the yearly average was Phillip Wylie from Floydada.
Marple Top Freshman
Mrs. Annette Marple, sporting impressive credentials, led the first-year
class in cumulative average. Mrs. Marple
graduated from the University of Rochester with an AB. in government and
economics and holds a masters degree
in labor management from the University of Illinois. She is the wife of
Hugo Marple of Lubbock.
Squyres graduated with a B.A. in
government from Texas Tech, and Wylie
has a B.A from Texas Christian University in accounting.
Followed Orientation Advice
When asked what study habits led to
their success, Mrs. Marple stated that she
adhered strictly to the advice given her
during orientation week. She wrote briefs
for every class, made weekly summaries
in every course, and attended class regularly. She did admit to utilizing several
commercial outlines in aiding her review
work at the end of the year, but stated
that she placed her greatest reliance on
concise and accurate class notes and
faithful class attendance.
Wylie said that he had no particular
formula or secret, only very hard work.
Squyres agreed that hard work was the
key.
Law Review Adds 21;
N ew Book In Works
Despite the annual "summer lull"
which hovers over the Texas Tech School
of Law during the summer months, the
1971-72 Law Review staff has been moving in "high gear" since early June and
is heading into the final stretch on still
another Fall edition.
The staff took a drastic numerical increase in mid-June when the names of
21 first-year students were added to the
roster as staff candidates.
Selected for Law Review candidacy on
the basis of superior academic performances during their first year of law
school were Steve Anderton, Kip Boyd,
Hardy Burke, Arliss Champlin, Karl
Clifford, Don Collier, Elgin Conner, Tom
Duren, Ralph L. Edwards, Thad Floyd,
Steve Hines, Charles Hurd, Vince Imbordino, Chris Inabnett, Lowell Lasley, Mrs.
Annette Marple, Lonnie Obeidin, Dan
Peck, John Sears, Burgess Wade and
Cody Wales.
78 or Better Decided
Law Review invitations were extended
to the 21 candidates on the basis of a
78 or better overall average. All candidates have been working throughout the
summer on individual case notes which
will be considered for publication in the
volume to be distrubuted mid-way
through the fall semester.
In addition to the 21 new candidates
on the staff, faculty adviser Frank F.
Skillern is a new face in the Law Review
program, replacing veteran adviser Martin A. Frey. Professor Frey was presented
with an honorary plaque at a social
gathering held during the Spring semester. Professor Skillern, the new adviser,
comes to Tech from the faculty of Ohio
Northern Law School. He received an
AB. degree from the university of Chi(Continued on page 4)
Law School Dean
Named Yearbook
Man-of-the-Year
Named as the Man-of-the- Year for
1971, Dean Richard B. Amandes will
be lauded for his meritorious administrative accomplishments--appearing on
the "Tyme" magazine cover page of the
forthcoming La V entanna. This magazine
format-styled
publication
recognizes
Dean Amandes specifically for his devoted service to the community, the Bar
and the school.
Among his thirteen years of law administration, five have been at Texas
Tech School of Law.
Under his guidance the $3 million
facility housing the law school became a
reality, Tech students swept the top five
places on the June 1970 Bar Exam, and
Texas Tech University School of Law
has become a household word throughout Texas' legal community.
The Amandes story will receive full
front page coverage in the La Ventanna
magazine section which resembles its
counterpart, the familiar nationally distributed Time magazine.
According to Co-Editor Dave Ammons, the selection of Dean Amandes for
Man-of-the-Year "came as no surprise to
anyone."
DICTUM-SEPTEMBER 1971
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SEcAI
CO»1»1ents
"Goals of Student Bar"
Apologies go out to three members of the May 1971 graduating class whose names
were inadvertantly left out of the April 1971 edition of the DICTUM because of a
printing error. Our apologies again go to--Ben Thomas Edwards, Michael Miller, and
Dan McNery.
Our thanks to Mrs. Burbrige who called our attention to this error (at least we
know that we have one reader).
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About 175 students, wives, professors, and special guests attended the Annual
Awards and Honors Banquet sponsored by the Texas Tech Law School last May 14 at
the Koko Palace. Among those receiving awards at the annual event: Phi Alpha Delta
Outstanding Law Professor Award-W. Reed Quilliam Jr., for classroom teaching excellence. George H. and Sarah Dupree Award-Claude W. Harland, as best exemplifying the qualities of one soon to enter the law profession. Nelson, McCleskey, Harringer
& Brazill Award-Tom Edwards, for distinguished service as chairman of the Honor
Code committee. McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson Award-Jeffery Wentworth, for distinguished service to the SBA as its president. Richard Haynes SBA Service Award-For
distinguished service, to Bob Baker, as Editor-in-Chief of the DICTUM; to Steve Scott,
as chairman of the Honors and Awards committee; and to Gerald Smith, as chairman of
the Election committee. National Order of Barristers--(national honorary society}-Jess H. Hall, Jr., Tom Baynham Jr., John Rapier, and Don Williams for Forensic and
moot court achievement. Geary, Brice, Barron, and Stahl First Year Moot Court
Award-Joe Crawford and Gary Barnard, for taking top honors in the first year moot
court competition program. Forum--(Honorary Scholastic organization}--Jack Driskill, Jess Hall Jr., Bob Burnett, John Michael Sanders, and Ernest R. Reeves, for scholastic achievement in law School. Best Average--Jack Driskill, for the highest academic average over a three year period. PAD Awards For Outstanding Members--J effrey
Wentworth and Bruce Magness, for outstanding service to the law school and the fraternity. Special Honoree of the Dinner-Mrs. Ann Burbridge, registrar, for her important role in the efficient operation of the law school. Law Review Awards--Jack
Driskill, Duane Neill, Bob Burnett, Tom Womble, Reggie Reeves, Bruce Magness, and
Marvin Marshall, for their contributions as members of the Board of Editors. SBA
President's Appreciation Certificates--Past president Jeffrey Wentworth awarded some
50 certificates of appreciation to members of the Student Bar Association in recognition
of outstanding service to that organization. Delta Theta Phi--presented honors to the
departing professors in recognition of their work as law professors at Texas Tech.
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Tech Law School's distinguished visiting professor for the second summer term was
Ross R. Runkel, from Willamette University. Professor Runkel, who taught labor law,
is a member of the Order of the Coif.
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The new Student Bar Constitution turned out not to be the "cure-all" that was
hoped. Almost immediately after its ratification new problems cropped up which the
old and new constitutions had not expressly provided for. While the new constitution
provides that a party may not hold more than one SBA elective office it did not expressly prohibit running for more than one SBA elective office. Although other problems were corrected by constitutional amendments this problem still remains. One interested first year law student tested this point in the spring SBA elections, and although
he did not win any of the offices he contended for, and mooted the question, the possibility of a procedural snag remains open. Many hot debates did occur during the
spring meetings of the SBA Board of Governors, with several proposed amendments
being offered to correct this problem, but the committee got "hung up" on how to procedurally interpret the new constitution and its provisions for amending.
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The Texas Tech Law School may be new but it already has some old headaches.
This $3 million facility has a very annoying problem that, because of the Lubbock climate, rarely occurs, but in fact does at least offer prima facie evidence of the fact that
Lubbock is not totally devoid of moisture. The roof leaks when it rains.
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According to the SBA Constitution, fall elections are to be held no sooner than
one week and no later than three weeks after the beginning of the fall semester. Fall
positions to be filled are class offices, including president, vice-president, and SBA class
representative. Under the new constitution the number of representatives will be based
on enrollment, and it the entering first year class reaches the expected figure of 182
it will be the first class to have two representatives on the SBA Board of Governors.
At present no special elections for spring filled offices and subsequent vacancies are
expected to be necessary.
Model Court
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the measure and played a significant role
in its passage. The bill received final approval only minutes before adjournment
of the Legislature on May 31.
The new law empowers third-year law
students to assist in the trial of cases,
with the consent of the presiding judge.
As yet, the specific regulations relating to
student practice are unformulated, but
the act provides for several minimum
requirements.
First, the student may file instruments
and motions and may handle other
routine matters before any court or
administrative body in the state. Second,
the student, if accompanied by a licensed
attorney, may appear for purposes of
trial and argument of motions. Third,
the student, if accompanied by licensed
counsel, may appear in or conduct any
contested hearing or trial before any
court or administrative board.
The benefits to be derived from such
practice are obvious. The student will
gain valuable experience in honing his
skills to a finer edge. The profession
and the public will benefit in having aid
available in causes for which little or no
fee is paid. Better representation for the
indigent client is seen as one of the most
prominent potentials of the new practice.
Finally, and most important, the quality
of justice will be enhanced for a larger
segment of the community.
Advertising Policy
The DICTUM has decided to include
advertising in its copy and therefore the
following rates and policies have been
established as guidelines for those wishing to place advertising in the paper.
The DICTUM will not solicit advertising but will accept such if it reasonably relates to the law school and the
legal profession.
All tendered advertising must be ready
for press as the DICTUM is a volunteer
organization and has no staff artist nor
advertising department.
Rates are $3.00 per column inch; if
there is a photograph, so that the copy is
not completely camera-ready for press,
there will be an additional charge of
$5.00.
Advertising is to be paid for in advance, as the DICTUM does not have
facilities nor personnel to provide for
billing procedures and related tasks.
The DICTUM publishes three times a
year with 1,000 copies per issue. The
paper is circulated to the students and
faculty at Texas Tech Law School,
University Administration officials, and
has a substantial circulation among the
Texas legal profession.
All proposed advertising should be
sent to the:
DICTUM, Advertising
Texas Tech Law School
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas, 79409
By RICHIE CREWS
Student Bar President
To the Members of The Student Bar
Association;
Those of you have been members of
the S.B.A. in the past are probably familiar with the functions and programs
that are provided by the Student Bar.
For those of you who are new members,
I would like to explain some of the
workings of the organization and plans
for this year.
Every person who attends Texas Tech
Law School is a member of the student
bar. Dues for the year are $10.00. These
dues entitle you, as a member, to many
benefits during the year. My primary
objective as president will be to work
with the students, faculty, and the administration to give each member the
maximum return on his investment.
During the summer, plans have been
made to provide the student body with
programs which will give us a practical
look at the practice of law. Speakers
have been scheduled to cover subjects
we will all be faced with in the near
future. Judge Gene Blair and Judge
Robert Baber will discuss the rules of
practice in the Municipal Court in
Lubbock. Since the Model Court Rule
will be in operation, this should give
each of us wider opportunities for some
practical knowledge. Lubbock County
Legal Secretaries will provide a speaker
who will demonstrate methods of bookkeeping in a law office, as well as what to
look for in a secretary. Speakers will
also cover topics of Bar membership,
Criminal Law (George Gilkerson and
Tom Purdom), and fee schedules.
The S.B.A. will again sponsor publication of Dictum (the law school newspaper) and the Placement Brochure. It
is hoped that both of these publications
will gain even further acceptance in the
legal community.
This year places before each of us an
opportunity to advance ourselves and
our school. The Student Bar can play a
vital role in this undertaking if we will
only let it. To get your money's worth
out of the S.B.A. you have to put your
money's worth into it. Placement is
perhaps the most vital role of the S.B.A.
The challenge to take advantage of the
opportunities which are offered faces
every member.
CLEO Adds New Depth
To Legal Opportunities
By DENNIS BURROWS
Dictum Staff
F our years after its founding in 1968,
the Council on Legal Education Opportunity established an institute at Texas
Tech School of Law the past summer.
Quilliam Is
Outstanding
Professor
By MILTON WALKER
Dictum Staff
Professor Reed Quilliam was named
the recipient of the first annual Outstanding Professor Award at the law
school Awards and Honors Banquet in
May. Determined by vote of all seniors
and second-year accelerators, the award
is sponsored by Rayburn Chapter of Phi
Al pha Delta.
Quilliam joined the law school faculty
in January, 1969, bringing with him a
rich background in the legal profession.
The son of a Beaumont attorney, he
received B.A. (1949), B.B.A. (1951) and
J.D. (1953) degrees from The University
of Texas. Following a two-year stint as a
Navy lieutenant (junior grade) and one
year on the Texas Tech business school
faculty, Quilliam practiced law in Lubbock for twelve years. During eight of
those years (1961-68) he also represented
Lubbock County in the Texas House of
Representatives.
Hypotheticals Invigorate Course
In 1968 Quilliam spent a year at
Harvard Law School as a graduate fellow, earning his LL.M. degree. His legal
essay (master's thesis) was selected for
inclusion in the Honors Collection of the
Harvard Law School Library.
Professor Quilliam's courses at the law
school deal primarily with real property
and taxation, and currently include
Marital Property, Estate Planning, Estate
and Gift Taxation, and Income Taxation.
He has also taught Legislation and Land
Use Planning. Students who have taken
Estate and Gift Taxation from Professor
Quilliam have become quite familiar
with Genevieve Kent and her family,
conceived and utilized by Quilliam to
illustrate problems in this area. It seems
to the student that every conceivable
gift and estate tax statute and regulation
has been violated or compiled with in the
course of the Kent family's activities, but
the use of a soon-familiar group of people
in hypothetical situations greatly simplifies and invigorates a course which might
otherwise be complex and dull.
In its bylaws CLEO outlines its general
purpose as follows:
" . . . . To expand and enhance the
opportunities to study and practice law
for members of disadvantaged groups-chiefly Negroes, American Indians, and
Ibiro-Americans--and thus help to
remedy the present imbalance of these
disadvantaged groups in the legal profession in the United States."
CLEO and participating schools recognize that the existing standard used to
determine a prospective student's potential in a legal education-LSAT scores-'is biased against Americans with cultural backgrounds differing from the
norm for which the test was designed.
Review Last 6 Weeks
Those applications which meet the
Council's standards are sent to various
participating schools for further review of
the educational qualifications of the students. The program itself then is the
final test. It consists of 6 weeks of actual
classroom experiences, and tests covering
the material studied.
If a student successfully completes the
summer program either the law school
conducting the program or one of the
other schools working in a consortium
with that school, certifies that the student
is qualified to study law. These certifying
schools also agree to accept those students unable to find openings in other
law schools or who prefer to remain in
one of the consortium schools.
Working in a consortium with Tech
this summer were the University of New
Mexico and the University of Houston.
Of the 1971 graduates of the program
Tech has admitted 4 students, with others
being accepted as far away as Hastings in
California, George Washington in Washington D.C., and Notre Dame in Indiana.
Reese Program Director
Tech's institute director, Dr. Tom
Reese, believes this program will not only
help bring members into the profession
who can more effectively relate to the
problems faced by minority groups in
our society, but will set new and more
believable goals for others with different
cultural backgrounds to follow.
Tech enrolled 38 students in the
program this summer, which was one of
the largest CLEO institutes conducted
within the system. And through the
efforts of the program director, four
visiting law professors, a Tech English
professor, and two second-year students
who served as teaching assistants, the
program was a success. All 33 students
who completed the program have been
accepted into law schools to face the
same rigorous standards set for other
entering students with the potential to
become successful members of the legal
profession.
DICTUM-SEPTEMBER 1971
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eAII You Wanted To Know About Law Schoole
But Were Afraid To Ask
By KERRY ARMSTRONG
About a year ago there appeared in
the halls of Texas Tech Law School a
character who , for a month or more,
was seen to be wandering about with a
rather blank and glazed look.
This person had withstood the trials
and hardships of undergraduate academics--the fraternities, parties, dances,
ballgames; oh , yes! studying too. And
he had braved the "big war", over there
with nary a scratch . But now he was
scared. That person was me!
I wandered about the school listening
MeB Revalllps
Old Progralll
By JOHN RAPIER
President, Moot Court Board
The recently formed Moot Court
Board, with the assistance of new faculty
member Robert L. Jay, will assume primary responsibility for fielding a Texas
Tech Law School team for competition
this school year.
In addition, the M .C.B. will organize
and conduct the freshmen moot court
competition for the spring. This program
is to be totally revamped, emphasizing a
"fair but tough" program. Details, however, will not be finalized until after
Christmas.
Prior to the organization of the M.C.B.,
moot court competitions were primarily
individual collateral efforts connected
with the course in appellate advocacy.
In order to build a program capable of
producing a team of experienced students each semester, the M .C.B. will use
methods of oral coaching, video tape
exercises, and team research .
National -regional moot court competition for the fall will be hosted by
Texas Southern University in Houston.
This competition is sponsored by the
Young Lawyers Committee of New
York City and always involves a hypothetical case before the United States
Supreme Court. The two finalists at the
regional competition advance to the
national competition in New York. The
case for review this year is Harold
Packs v. Brigadier General Arnold
M. Scott, and concerns Packs' general
court martial for the premeditated
murder of 22 South Vietnamese civilians
based on Packs' failure to disobey an
illegal order.
State moot court competition is sponsored by the Texas Junior Bar and
conducted in conjunction with the Texas
Bar Convention in mid-summer. The
next competition will be held in Houston.
In June Tech's . state moot court team,
consisting of John E. Rapier, Jeff
Baynham, and Don E. Williams, traveled
to Dallas for the state competition,
arguing an appeal to the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals of one Jack Keller
from a conviction of possession of marijuana.
to other students ask each other "Where
is your carrel?" At first, I thought that
they were referring to a girl; later I
found that they were talking about a
study carrel, but I still didn't know what
it was. So I made a thorough search of
Black's Law Dictionary, the encyclopedia
and a few other sources, but found
nothing. At last a friend of mine asked
me to go with him to his carrel to get a
book. So, thinking that I would now find
out what this mysterious thing was that
would surely qualify me for Law Review,
we went into the library toward the wall,
and there it was! At last I knew what a
carrel was: A hole in the wall! A small,
partially-enclosed, cubicle for private
study, located along the sides of the
library walls.
Which now brings me to the purpose
of this article (granted, in a roundabout
way): to offer a few terms and techniques
to the entering student concerning the
study of law at Texas Tech.
Places to Study
The carrels and the library in general
are good places for quiet individual
study, as is the Forum, the large room
in the center of the building (provided
one can find room, for there are often
a number of law students there quietly
contemplating the higher planes of law in
a prone position with their eyes closed).
For group-type study, the library has
a number of discussion rooms designed
to accomodate four to six people. These
are located on each floor and are open
to any law student on a first-come basis.
For the more informal group study, over
a cup, the commons (snack-bar) may be
utilized.
Study Aids
There are a number of study aids
which may be util ized by the law student. Some are officially recognized,
while others are widely condemned by
the faculty. Those that may get the student in trouble (as well as probably in
fact being detrimental to his study) are
the
"canned
briefs."-commercially
prepared case briefs that are sold at
several of the local bookstores. The harm
results when students rely on "cans"
rather than reading and briefing the
casebooks. Detailed study of the casebooks is essential to success in any
course, and often the canned brief will
not include the materials which the
professor develops in class.
While no study aid can take the place
of dil igent study of the casebook, there
are a number of outside study aids that
can be relied upon for help in clarifying
or interpreting points in the cases. Ranking high at the head of the list are the
hornbooks and the law reviews.
A hornbook is a treatise written by a
recognized authority in a particular field
of the law, presenting a critical analysis
of that field. Law reviews, published by
nearly every law school in the nation
(including Texas Tech), contain articles
on special areas in the law and detailed
discussions on particular cases of note.
These are written by noted experts,
professors, and students of high academic standing.
A number of lesser study aids can
serve as supplements to a student's study
of law. These include the outline-type
materials, such as Gilbert's, Brown
Bombers, Smith's Law Review, BarNotes, bar review outlines, and many
more. Sometimes these are keyed to the
case books. Again it should be noted that
they are "aids"-not substitutes for the
casebook:
Study Habits
In most first-year classes, preparation
of written briefs of the cases is probably
essential. In addition, most students find
that preparation of course outlines, kept
up-to-date during the course, are very
helpful in providing continuity between
the cases and the points of law therein.
Students may also wish to form small
study groups and hold periodic meetings
to discuss course materials. This type of
study enables a student to pick up points
that may have been missed in class and
to see how other students have understood particular points of law. In the
study of law, where the cases continue to
build on each other throughout the
course, if critical points are missed as
they arise no amount of cramming for the
final is likely to produce a good grade.
Concentrated final review is recommended for the last three or four weeks
prior to exams, first on an individual
basis, and possibly culminating with
study group meetings to rehash the entire course and go over old exams. The
DICTUM is published periodically by
the Texas Tech School of Law in cooperation with the school's Student Bar
Association. Views expressed by the editor,
staff or guest columnists do not necessarily
renect the opinion of either the university
or law school administration or the Student
Bar Association. Composition for this
publication is by Tech Press, Texas Tech
University. Photos courtesy of K.M.A.
Summer Editor-in-Chief . . Kerry Armstrong
Editor-in-Chief
Nathan Hoffman
Sports Editor .
Lee Griffin
Staff
John Rapier, Bob Baker,
Frank Sullivan, Arliss Champlin, Dennis
Burrows, Larry Glazner, John L. Hutchison, Richie Crews, Milton Walker, and
Sandy Armstrong.
Faculty Advisor
W. Reed Quilliam
latter are kept on reserve at the library
main desk and may be checked out for
short periods of time (and Xeroxed, if
desired). While exam questions are sel dom identical from year to year, the old
exam may at least provide some clues as
to the type of examination the professor
may employ, and as to matters he considers important.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Though emphasis in law school decidedly I ies elsewhere, there are enough
extra-curricular activities available to
suit the tastes of most students. Every
law student is a member of the Student
Bar Association, the student government
of the law school. Elections for most of
its offices occur in the spring, but class
officer elections are in the fall. The first
year class will elect a president, a vicepresident, and a representative to the
SBA Board.
The two currently active professional
fraternities in the law school are Phi
Alpha Delta (men and women) and Delta
Theta Phi (men only) . Both groups emphasize the student and professional aspects of the law, with secondary emphasis on social activities. New members
will be tapped in the spring.
Two groups combining high honor
with hard work are Law Review and
Moot Court Board. Candidates for the
former are selected on the basis of academic averages compiled at the close of
the first year of law school. Moot Court
Board membership is based on grades
and successful completion of the appellate advocacy course.
Law Wives is an organization designed
to give student wives an insight into the
legal profession and an opportunity to
participate with other wives in a variety
of social and service activities. For the
unmarried law student Law Bachelors
offers a program of largely social activities.
The Student Bar Association sponsors intramural teams in various sports in
the Graduate-Faculty League (see page
4), and conducts law school tournaments
such as the annual Golf Classic. The law
school newspaper, Dictum, is a volunteer organization and membership on
the staff is solicited.
As provided by the Texas Tech Law
School Alumni Constitution and ByLaws, all interested alumni met July 2 in
Dallas, Texas, in connection with the
State Bar Convention .
Officers elected to serve during the
coming year were: Earnest R . Finney,
Jr., President; Claude (Pete) Harland,
Vice-President; and Charles W . Adams,
Secretary-Treasurer.
The Association was on the verge of
adopting a resolution thanking E . R.
Finney, Jr., for his work in connection
with our incorporation, but, in lieu of
the resolution, he was instead elected
Association President for the coming
year.
TOM REESE
Professor Tom Reese
N ew Associate Dean
C. Tom Reese, who has served as
Assistant Dean of the law school for the
past two years, has been elevated to the
post of Associate Dean, it was announced
recently.
Reese, one of the few native Texans on
the faculty, holds a B.S. from Sam
Houston State University and the J.D.
degree, cum laude, from the University
of Houston School of Law.
During law school Reese served for 21
months as a law clerk to Judge John R.
Brown, chief justice of the United States
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and
following graduation joined the Baylor
Law School faculty for the 1966-67
school year. After spending 1967-68 as a
W. W . Cooke graduate fellow at the
University of Michigan Law School,
Dean Reese joined the Tech faculty in
September, 1968, and was named As-
sistant Dean one year later.
Upon recelvmg his undergraduate
degree, Reese spent seven years in industry with Shell Chemical Company
prior to entering law school. At Houston
he compiled an enviable record, serving
as Associate Editor of the Law Review,
being named to Order of the Barons
(scholastic honorary), and receiving the
St. John Garwood Award, voted by the
faculty on the basis of scholarship,
leadership, and potential in the legal
profession.
Original plans called for two associate
deans to work under Dean Amandes
during 1971-72. However, Professor
Walter Ray Phillips, who was to have
filled the other slot, accepted an appointment during the summer to a Presidential
commission charged with revision of the
federal bankruptcy laws.
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DICTUM-SEPTEMBER 1971
Law Wives To Launch
Year's Activity Sept. 13
LAW WIVES PLAN
Members of the Texas Tech Law Wives gathered into small planning sessions
throughout the summer to prepare programs for the 1971-72 year. Meeting to
discuss publicity plans for the coming year are (LR) Mrs. Kerry (Sandy) Armstrong,
Mrs. Phillip (Sharon) Wylie, and Mrs. Bill (Lynn) Elder.
Law School Sets Pace
In Intramural League
BY LEE GRIFFIN
Dictum Sports Editor
The Texas Tech School of Law continues to reign as a dominant figure in
the Graduate-Faculty League intramural
program.
1970-71 intramurals were kicked off
with the law school defending its title
as the 1969 League football champions.
In an effort to best defend this title two
teams were organized, Law Blue and
Law Red. The Blue team was composed
of those law students willing to practice
often while the Red team was just out
for fun. At the end of the six game season
the Red team had lived up to its credo
posting a O-win season and the Law Blues
failed by only one game to defend its
championship, posting a 5-1 winning
record.
Situations Reversed
The situation was reversed when the
cage battles began. Once again the law
school fielded "fun" teams, though concentrating on one team that would shoot
for the title. This team, the Law Hawks,
was selected on an elimination basis from
those trying our for it. Then, due to nonexpected but welcomed participation,
two other teams, the Law Ducks and the
Legal Eagles, entered the championship
division. In the fun division the law
school fielded four teams, sporting such
colorful names as Buzzards, Falcons,
Roadrunners, and Thunderbirds.
Posting a perfect 10-0 record, the Law
Hawks captured the law school's first
Graduate-Faculty League cage championship, and were followed closely by
the 8-2 Law Ducks. The fun teams posted
varying season records ranging from 9-2
to 2-9.
According to SBA Athletic Director
Tom Hill, the practice of having fun
teams and teams that "play to win" will
continue. However, there is a possibility
that there might be more than one team
"playing to win" with the increased participation as evidenced by last year's
basketball season.
Hill is also in charge of appointing the
coaches for the intramural events and has
already appointed "Mac" Smith as tutor
for this year's Law Blue footballers.
Other coaches will be appointed as the
teams are formed.
The schedule of law school intramurals
also includes the Third Annual Law
School Golf Classic. Second-year student
John Morris was appointed to conduct
the tournament, which was held early in
the fall.
Hill is also exploring the possibilities
of law school tennis and a billards tournaments, but the plans regarding these
events remain in the tentative stage.
All law students wishing to participate
in any law school tournament or intramural program should watch for related
notices which will be posted on the SBA
bulletin board in the law school commons.
By SANDY ARMSTRONG
Dictum Staff
The Texas Tech Law Wives, with a
primary mission to acquaint the law
student's wife with the legal profession,
held their first meeting of 1971-72 on
September 13th. The Law Wives also
espouse a secondary purpose of affording
an opportunity to the law student's wife,
who often finds herself neglected by her
husband in favor of the demanding
"Mistress, the study of Law", to make
new acquaintances and to engage in
social activities.
Among the many programs and projects tentatively set for next year are the
traditional pot luck supper, mid-year
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cago in 1964, a J.D. in 1966 from the
University of Denver, and an LL.M. from
Michigan in 1969.
Squyres Heads Law Review
Heading the Law Review staff since
May have been Newal Squyres, editorin-chief; Robert W. Baker, managing
editor; Ty M. Sparks, lead articles editor;
Benny J. Lowe, business manager; Phil
Wylie, topics editor; and Jim Shackelford, citation editor. Note editors are
senior staff members Jane Edmiston,
Paul Smith, Mike Riddle, Suzan Riddle,
Hollis Webb, Kent Sims, and Milton
Walker.
The most recent edition of the Law
Review, which was distributed to postal
subscribers in June, was available for
student purchase during registration on
August 20 and 23.
The latest book off the press includes
leading articles by Professor Maurice
Kirk on legal drafting and by last year's
Visting Professor John C. Paulus on
ademption of legacies by extinction. Professor Paulus has returned to his post as
a professor of law at Willamette University.
Future Comments in Works
Legal comments in the Spring edition
feature the two related areas of university
regulations and suspension of students
pending displinary hearing.
Case notes span a broad spectrum of
the law ranging from the selling of will
forms by laymen and tax deductions to
civil commitment of narcotics addicts and
conflicting land uses by farmers and oil
producers. Other topics deal with automobile security interests, pre-trial discovery for impeachment purposes, right
of confrontation, manufactured diversity
of citizenship, revocation of insurance
cancellation notices, state legislation
dealing with local issues, implied warranty of fitness under the U.c.c., and
farm equipment security interests.
Nine Metnbers Bolster School Of Law Faculty
By FRANK SULLIVAN
Dictum Staff
In conjunction with an expanded curriculum and increased enrollment, nine
men, eminent in their profession and
bringing with them a wide range of
experience and specialization, have
joined Texas Tech's law faculty.
Charles P. Bubany, a former colleague
of Tech's Professor Martin Frey, taught
at the University of West Virginia
before recent military service. A graduate of Saint Ambrose College and Washington University law school, Professor
Bubany will teach Criminal Law & Procedure and assist in the legal writing program.
Professor Robert P. Davidow, who
received his law degree from Michigan
and a Masters in Law from Harvard, has
practiced law in Cleveland, spent four
years in the Judge Advocate General's
Corps and more recently directed a
highly successful defender program at
Florida State University. At Texas Tech
he will switch roles by assuming direction of the prosecutor program. He will
also teach Criminal Procedure and a
Conflicts of Law seminar.
A former Amarillo practitioner, J.
Hadley Edgar is a seasoned trial lawyer
who will teach Torts, Business Associations II, and Trial Advocacy. He is a
graduate of Texas A&M and the University of Texas School of Law, where he
served as a member of the Texas Law
Review.
Professor Robert L. Jay is a graduate
of Kenyon College and received his law
degree from the University of Missouri,
Kansas City. In addition to teaching
Evidence and assisting in the moot
court program this Fall, he will teach
Securities Regulation, a field of personal
interest, in the Spring. An amateur
thespian, Professor Jay became wellknown for his direction of the Kansas
City Bar Association's annual skit during
his eight years of private practice in that
city.
John E. Krahmer, formerly an Associate Professor of Law at the University of
South Carolina, will teach Trade Regulation and Legal Writing this Fall and
offer a course in his major field of interest, Commercial Law, in the Spring.
Professor Krahmer was also active in the
CLEO program this summer. He is a
graduate of the State University of Iowa
and holds a Masters in Law from Harvard.
First in his class at the University of
New Mexico law school, Rodric B.
Schoen was formerly an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University
Indianapolis Law School and once
worked as clerk to the 10th Circuit
Court of Appeals. He will teach Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.
Frank F. Skillern has practiced law
in Colorado and worked with the Maritime Administration in Washington. A
former colleague of Tech Professor
Richard Hemingway, Professor Skillern
will teach Constitutional Law and Wills
and Trusts in addition to assuming duties
as adviser to the Texas Tech Law
Review. He is a graduate of the University of Denver Law School and holds
a Masters in Law from the University
of Michigan.
An eminent law teacher at S.M.U.
before coming to Tech, Professor Eugene
L. Smith was the moving force behind
the new Texas Family Code. Upon his
arrival in January, he will teach Procedure and Professional Responsibility,
then Family Law and Marital Property
in the Fall of 1972.
Armed with an array of experience
ranging from a stint in VISTA (where
he worked with the miners of West Virginia) to service as a member of Mayor
John Lindsay's Urban Task Force, Professor David E. Sullivan will teach Local
Government and Family Law this Fall
and Constitutional Law in the Spring.
He is a graduate of Loras College and
Harvard Law School.
dance and a food demonstration. Also
slated to be presented will be a talk by
a lawyer and his wife on the family and
the legal profession and a special program on problems in marriage.
Planned are a number of community
service projects to be funded by several
money raising projects. Probable money
raising projects include a bake sale and
a stationery sale.
Aside from the regular meeting on
the second Monday of each month, the
Law Wives plan additional activities on
a weekly basis. It is projected that members will be able to select from a number of special activities, such as bowling,
exercising and playing cards.
Newly elected officers for the 197172 year, who were installed in office last
May, are: President, Mrs. Kent (Twyla)
Sims; 1st Vice-President, Mrs. Rick
(Donna) Graham; 2nd Vice-President,
Mrs. Phillip (Sharon) Wylie; Secretary,
Mrs. Bill (Lynn) Elder; and Treasurer,
Mrs. Bill (Ann) Haltom.
Selected to head the various committees were: Card Committee, Mrs.
Billie (Janice) Smith and Mrs. Dennis
(Y ovann) Cadra; Decoration Committee,
Mrs. Melvin (Georgia) Griffin; Fund
Raising Committee, Mrs. M ike (Pat)
Smith and Mrs. Tom (patt) Naler;
Publicity Committee, Mrs. Kerry (Sandy)
Armstrong;
Refreshment Committee,
Mrs. R. B. (Nell) Pool and Mrs. John
(Aurian) Stewart; Service Committee,
Mrs. Joe (Susan) Hayes and Social
Committee, Mrs. Stanley (Patty) McWilliams.
Under a new amendment to the Law
Wives constitution, a new elective office
was created especially for the first year
class to give them heretofore neglected
representation on the Executive Board.
This office is to be filled by special
election during the October meeting.
During the September meeting, a sign-up
was conducted in order to fill the various
committees.
Wentworth
To Head
ABA/LSD
By BOB BAKER
Dictum Staff
J effrey Wentworth, immediate past
president of the Texas Tech Student Bar
Association, is the new national president
of the American Bar Association Law
Student Division.
The Texas Tech law student became
the first Texan in history to head the
15,000-member organization at the conclusion of the ABA's July national convention in N ew York City.
A native of San Antonio where he
graduated from Alamo Heights High
School, Wentworth had just completed a
term as second vice-president and was
slated to serve this year as chairman of
the House of Delegates within the group.
Fifth ballot decided
After arriving in New York for the
national meeting, however, he was
urged by a group of fellow law students
to seek the top office. He resigned the
chairman post and was selected to the
presidency on the fifth ballot over four
other hopefuls.
Approximately 200 law students from
88 schools across the country attended
the meeting. Second-year student Gerald
Smith of El Paso accompanied Wentworth and served as Texas Tech's voting
delegate to the convention.
As president, Wentworth will chair the
executive committee, supervise the work
of other officers, maintain contacts with
other professional association members
and act as the official representative of
the group at a number of functions.
Degree candidate
A candidate for the J.D. degree from
the Texas Tech Law School in 1972,
Wentworth has already passed his state
bar examination and will be a licensed
attorney while working on the last few
hours required for attaining his law
degree.