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 23 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 com·
ments 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 26:1 student·faculty ratio. Smaller
classes allow for more communication be·
tween 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 recently 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 win 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 Admis·
sions Office.
We are pleased that you are interested in
seeking admission here.
W. Frank Newton
Dean
Profile of the Law School
Lubbock
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Placement and the Texas Bar
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 Mountains, and the Creal Plains
region. The city is located 320 miles from Dallas-Ft.
WOrth, 400 miles from San Antonio, 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
193,(){)().
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fullhme job offers. SIX months after graduation, 86 percent
of the class of 1995 had accept~~ positions, with.97
perce.nt of our graduates practIcmg in Texas, Pnvate
practlce compnses 88 percent of tne class; judicial clerks
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Texas Tech ranks at or near the number one ~osition
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Resources
The smaller size of t~e law school prOVides an
atmosphere of informality and accessIbility with the
26:1 student-faculty ratio. The "open-door" policy
allows students to visit with faculty as needed beyond
classroom hours. In addition to classrooms and
seminar rooms, the Law School building has an
expansive law library, courtroom, computer laboratory,
office of career services, loun~e area, snack area, locker
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Students
In 1995, the entering class numbered 236 from an
applicant pool of 1,513. The median LSAT score for the
1995 class was 156 or the 73rd percentile, and the
median CPA was 3.35. Ethnically, 15 percent of the
students are minorities: 8 percent Hispanic, 2 percent
African American, 2 percent Asian~Pacific Islander, 3
percent Native American. The first year class consisted
of 138 male and 98 female students.
Faculty
Texas Tech School of Law has a faculty of 23 fulltime professors as well as adjunct professors with
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administration and library). The student-faculty ratio
is 26:1.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition and Fees
(Nonresidents add $3,750)
Room and Board
Books and Supplies
Travel
Miscellaneous and Personal
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(Nonresident total $18,370)
$ 5,730
4,650
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$14,620
Joint Degree Programs
J.D.-Master of Business Administration
J.D.-Master of Public Administration
J.D.-Master of Science in Agricultural Economics
J.D.-Master of Science in Accounting (Taxation)
Library and Computer Facilities
The Texas Tech Law Library provides students wide-
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access
to computer equipment and facilities unparalleled in the
nation. Study carrels are computer-based work stations
where students perfo.rm computer-assisted legal re-
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complement the substantial colkction of printed materials available.
Courses
Our curriculum is composed of courses designed to
provide students with a strong foundation in law
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procedure In the state of Texas.
Student Organizations
Asian-American Law Students Association
Black Law Students Association
Board of Barristers
Christian L~gal Society
Criminal Tnal Lawyers Association
Environmental Law Society
Federalist Society
lntemati?nal Law Society
Law ReVIew
Legal Computer Society
Legal Research Board
Mexican American Law Students Association
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Student Academic Support Services
Texas Tech Student Bar Association
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
can
The Law School at Texas Tech was established
largely through the efforts of attorney Alvin R.
Allison, a fanner 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 1967 the first class of 72 entering
students enrolled. In the fall of 1995 total enrollment was 628.
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
(1969).
The objective of the faOllty 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 law
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 has recently undergone a
complete renovation featuring a 13,000 square foot
underground addition as well as increasing the
number of student carrels fitted for computer
tenninals.
the Law Library
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 recent 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
perform 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 WESTI.AW 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 dtators and indexes-such as Shepard's
Citations, the Legal Resource Index, the Index to
Legal Periodicals, and the Current Index to Legal
Periodicals. Training in the use of computerassisted 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 200,000 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 at 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,(0) legal serial titles and a number of extensive
research aids such as digests, indices, and looseleaf 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
expanded Law Library physical plant includes a
classroom used both for bibliographic instruction
and for student meetings, conference rooms for
student study groups, and a computer lab.
Law School COlllputing and Autolllation
In 1994 the Law School made a giant technological leap by installing one of the largest computer networks in any law school. Our main goal
was to provide the students with the computing
resources needed to complete their degree requirements and prepare them for using the technologies
of the legal industry. Our continuing goal is to
upgrade the computer network to keep in line
with the technologies shaping the future of the
legal community.
The student computer network consists of 220
computers in student study carrels, a 12-station
computer lali, and 2 high-speed, high-capacity
laser printers. Each computer has access to
electronic mail, word processing, legal research
databases and utilities, Internet world wide web
browsers, on-line library catalogs, and the CALI
library which consists of over 90 legal instruction
tutorials and exercises. All computers have direct
access to the laser printers for quality, highspeed ptinting.
LEXIS and WFSfLAW also maintain on-site
computer labs that are separate from the Law
School network. These labs provide additional
computing resources for training and legal
research, and additional printing for research
materials.
The Law School computer network is constantly updated to provide students with the
computing resources needed to complete their
degree requirements and become familiar with the
technologies used in the legal industry. Enhancements such as e-mail, direct Internet access, and
computer-aided legal instruction have been
recently added to the system.
Special hardware and software technologies are
used to accommodate physically challenged
students. Every effort is made to ensure that all
students with disabilities can effectively use the
school's computing resources.
Texa. Tech Law School Foundation
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 scholarship
fund or the general fund by becoming members of
the Dean's Inner-Circle.
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.
OHice of Career Services
The Office of Career Services 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-Campus Interviewing." is one
of the services offered by the Office of Career
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Services. Other interviewing opportunities are
provided by the following off-campus recruitment
programs: Texas-m-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 1995-96.
During the academic year, the Office of Career
Services conducts workshops which focus upon
resume writing, 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
Services contains law firm 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 recruitment.
Graduates of the Texas Tech Law School have a
variety of areas in which to practice law. Traditionally, a majority of our graduates have entered
private practice in Texas as associates of established law firms or as solo practitioners. Graduates may also choose to practice as government
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.
Legal Practice Skills
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 student's theoretical
education and the practice of the law. They
usually have small enrollments, permitting participation by all students and "hands-on" training. Use
of videotape equipment, along with the video tape
library, gives students an opportunity for selfanalysis 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 1995, Law School teams placed as follows:
National Trial Team-Regional Champions and
National Quarter Finalists; ATLA Trial TeamRegional Champions and National Quarter Finalists;
Tournament of Champions Trial Team-National
Finalists; John Marshall Moot Court Team-National
Finalists; State Moot Court Team-Semi~finalists;
ABA National Moot Court Team-National Best
Brief, National Quarter Finalists, and Regional
Champions; A.B.A National Negotiations TeamsRegional Champions and Regional Runner Up;
Second and Third Place in National Competition.
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.
Hanars and Awards
• The Order of the Coif
The Law School was elected to The Order of the
Coif (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.
I The Order 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
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
CALI Excellence for the Future Award. CALI, the Center for
Computer~Assisled Legallnstruction, presents an award to
the student in each law school course achieving the top
grade in the course. The award is a certificate suitable for
framing. CAll is a consortium of the nation's law schools
that provides rescarch and development and a distribution
network for computer-assisted instruction in the law. Its
library of instructional materials contains over 90 lessons in
21 areas of the law. CAll's commitment to innovation and
achievement in teaching and learning in the law schools
prompted it to sponsor this awards program.
Civil Rights Award (given by Lori Bailey '83, Dallas)
Clifford, Field, Krier, Manning, Creak & Stone Taxation Award
(L"bbock)
Corpus Juris Secundum Award (given by West Publishing
Company)
COllon, Bledsoe, TIghe & Dawson Advocacy Award (Midland)
Goo. w. and Sarah H. Dupree Award
j. Hadley Edgar Trial Excellence Award (given by Samuel
Boyd,'7l,Dallas)
Estate Planning Award (given by Maddox Law Firm, Hobbs,
NM.)
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
attorneys)
Murray Hensley Award (given by Ted A. Liggett, '94, Lubbock)
Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley (Midland) Oil and Gas
Award
Donald M. Hunt Outstanding Barrister Award (given by
Samuel Boyd '7l,Dallas)
International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
Jackson & Walker Law Rroiw Award (Dallas)
jurisprudence Award for Superior Academic Achievement
Martin Luther King, Jr., Award
John E. Krahmer Award (given by Wallace"AI" Walkins, '86,
Dallas and Karl Wayne VanciL '87, San Angelo)
M.PennL,1.AwReviwAward
McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson Board of Barristers Outstanding
Member Award (Lubbock)
McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson LAw Reviw Award (Lubbock)
Mock Trial Scholarship Award
Moot Court Scholarship Award
William R. Moss Trial Advocacy Award (Lubbock)
Frank R. Murray Award (Excellence in Creditors' Rights)
sponsored 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)
Outstanding Student in Tax Award (given by Maxwell
MacMillan Pergamon Publishing Company)
Scribes Award
Sherrill, Crosnoe & Goff LAw Rroiew Candidate Award
(Wichita Falls)
judge Ken G. Spencer Award
U.S. l.aw Week Award
Beckmann Dunlap Woody LAw Review Service Award (given by
Darren '85 and Maria Woody, El Paso)
Wright & Greenhill Award (Austin)
Endowed Prafessarships
• The Alvin R. Allison Professorship of LAw
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. Bean Professorship in Law
The Robert H. Bean Professorship was established in November 1987 with donations from local
attorneys and a settlement obtained from an antitrust 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 1. Hadley Edgar,
a member of the faculty for nineteen years and
Professor Emeritus. Professor Marilyn Phelan
currently holds this professorship.
I The Commercial and Banking Law Professorships
The Texas Association of Bank Counsel (TASC)
has contributed a substantial 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 of TASe. 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.
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• The J. Hadley Edgar Professorship af lJzw
This professorship honors Professor Emeritus J.
Hadley Edgar who retired in 1991 after nventy
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.
Bean 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
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The first holder of the J. Hadley Edgar
Professorship of Law is Professor Robert William
Pialt, Jr.
• The Maddox Professorship of lAw
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 Hemum Mahon Professorship in lJzw
In March 1981 an endowed professorship in law
honoring the late George H. Mahon was 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 QuiUiam, Jr., who was named in 1989. In
1995, Charles Bubany was named as holder of the
Mahon Professorship.
• The Charles B. Thornton Professorship in Law
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 finn 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 Alger
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 boundless 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-campus 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 haUs
on campus should be addressed to the Housing
Office, Texas Tech University, Box 41141, Lubbock,
TX 79409-1141 (806) 742-2661.
Because the campus is bounded on three sides
by residential areas, off-campus living quarters of
all types, including private dormitories, are
conveniently available. Ahousing guide may be
obtained in person from the University Student
Association office.
AMirmotlve 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, 1800 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.
Statement on Nonellseriminatlon
It is the poUcy of Texas Tech University School of
Law not to discriminate on the basis of sex, age,
disability, race, colo~ 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 appli-
cants 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.
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-term
nature, we also provide accommodations when
possible to temporary disabilities.
Our most recent library expansion was implemented with the disabled in mind. All floors are
accessible by elevator and accessible rest rooms are
distributed throughout the building, including the
library. Classrooms on the second floor are accessible
byelevator. The main entrance to the building is
equipped with an automatic opener.
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Texas Tech University originally opened in the
fall of 1925 as Texas Technological College with fouf
schools-Liberal Arts, Home Economics, Agriculture, and Engineering. By action of the Texas State
Legislature, Texas Technological College became
Texas Tech University on September 1, 1969. Today
the University has an enrollment of almost 25,000
and consists of the instructional 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 1972.
Many special facilities for interdisciplinary
research are available, such as the compuler 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 193,lXXJ 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
perfonnances 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.
PrograM' of Study
• Doctor of Jurisprudence
To be re<:ommended for the J.D. deg"'" 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 requirements 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, B+=3.5O,
B=3.oo, C+=2.5O, C=2.OO, D+=1.5O, D=l.oo, 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 91.89
percent for the February 1995 Texas bar exam and
91.77 percent for the July 1995 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. Gasses 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 J.D. 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,
estate 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.
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
instructio", the requirements for degrees, and any
other similar rules or regulations. This right will nol
be exercised, however; to impose substantial
detriment upon students enrolled at the time of the
change.
• Doctor of Jurisprudence-Master of 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 0.0.) 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 this student, up
to 22 hours of leveling may be required before
commencing the graduate business courses, resulting in a total of 124 hours of law and business
courses. For the student with an appropriate
business background, however, the degree may be
secured without leveling and 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 J.D. degree.
The first year of study consists entirely of law
courses. During 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 Tesl (GMAT) is requined for the
M.B.A. portion of the program. The Coliege of
Business Administration is willing to accept a
studenl from the Texas Tech University School of
Law into the jD-MBA program if the studenl has
taken the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). That
studenl will nol be required 10 take the Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT).
• Doctor of Jurisprudrnct-Master of Science in
Agricultural Economics
This joint degree program follows generally the
outline of the J.D.-M.B.A. and involves the cooperative efforts of the Law School, the Graduate School,
and the Department of Agricultural Economics. To
fulfill the 9O-hour requirement for the J.D. degree
and the 36-hour requiremenl for the MS. degree, 12
hours of approved courses from the Graduate
School and the Law School ilJe applied 10 the degree
earned in the other school. Thus, 10 complete the
joint degree program, the studenl will take 78 hours
of law and 24 hours of graduate agricultural
economics. A comprehensive 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 the combined degree program
is devoted exclusively to the study of law. After the
first year, courses in both the graduate division of
the Department of Agricultural Economics and the
Law School may be taken concurrently.
An acceptable LSAT score will be sufficient for
admission to the Graduate School for the M.s.
portion of the program.
• Doctor of Jurisprudenre-Master of Publir
Administration
Astudent may complete the requirements for a
J.D. and a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
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Law School for the combined degree program. Each
school accepts 12 hours of credil for approved
course work compleled in the other school to fulml
the requirements for its degree, thereby reducing the
total number of hours requined for both degrees.
Thus, 78 hours of law and 33 hours of graduate
courses in the M.P.A. program must be completed.
Included in the 33 hours for the M.P.A. portion is an
internship assignment in a government office (6
hours credit) logether with 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 at the Center for Public Service in the
second or third year of the program. The remaining
period of study may involve both schools.
The Graduale Rerom Examination (GRE) must
be taken and the score reported to the Graduate
School as part of the admission procedure 10 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 Jurisprudence-Master of Science ('llmzlion)
The Law School and the Graduate School of
Texas Tech University offer a joint program leading
to the degrees of Doctor of Jurisprudence 0.0.) and
Master of Science in Accounting-Taxation (M.S.).
The joint degree aUows a studenlto complete the
requirements for both degrees in three or four years,
depending upon the extent of leveling in business
courses required. Astudenl must apply to both the
Law School and the Graduale School and be
accepted by both 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 Applieotion Procedure for Joint Programs
Applications for admission to joint degree
programs should be made to both the Law School
and the Graduate School of Texas Tech University.
Applications to the Graduate School can be obtained
by writing directly 10 that school. Applicants must
meet the regular admission requirements of each
school and musl 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 semesler in law
school.
• Summer lJlw Institute in GU/lnajU/lfo, 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
introduction to Mexican law and international law
subjects related to Latin America. All courses are
taughl in English by American and Mexican jaw
professors. The Institute has been approved by the
Accreditation Committee of the ABA Section on
Legal Education.
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The Institute is orgamzed m cooperahon WIth the
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.
Anew summer program for law students who
are proficient in Spanish has been established in
cooperation with the University of ew Mexico
Law School in Guadalajara, Mexico. VVorking with
several law schools in the Guadalajara area, the
program covers Constitutional Law, Commercial
Law, Comparative Law, and International Law from
both the American and Mexican prospective.
Mexican professors teach in Spanish and American
professors in English. Both Mexican and American
students are in the classes.
Counes
Scheduling of courses in any semester depends
upon the decisions of the 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
CIVlL PROCIDURE 5005.
4 hrs.
A general survey using federal court procedure as a model.
including jurisdiction of courts, pleading, disposition
without trial, joinder of claims and parties, effects of
judgments, and appellate review.
CONSTITtmONAL 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 rights, 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.
Astudy of the enforceability of promises, the creation of
contractual obligations, perfonnance and breach. the impact
of the contract on the legal relationships of nonparlies, and
lheexamination of contract doctrine in three settings:
personal service, sales of goods, and construction contracts.
CRIMINAL LAW 5310.
3 hIs.
Inquiry into the sources and goals of the criminal law,
limitations on the State's power to define criminal liability.
general principles of liability and defenses, and the
characteristic; of particular crimes.
OISPlITE RESOLUTION 5008.
2hIs.
Instruction 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
pro<esses.
LEGAL PRACTICE I SOO6.
2 hrs.
An introduction to the legal system covering case briefing,
case synthesis, and statutory analysis, as well as principles
and practice of legal writing, client interviewing, and legal
bibliography and research.
LEGAL PRACTICE II 5007.
2 hrs.
Instruction in legal method, including case and statutory
analysis, through objective 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 include
leiters, memoranda, and briefs.
PROPERTY 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 SOOt
4 hrs.
Standards and principles governing legal liability for
intentional and unintentional invasions of interests of
personality and property.
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• Advanced Required Courses f
• Advanced Elective Courses
BUSINESS ENTITIES 6035.
4 hIS.
Astudy of business organizations including partnership,
limited partnership, and other unincorporated business
forms, and business corporations; the factors affecting the
selection of the fonn of a business enterprise; the nature of
corporate entities; the promotion. organization. activities,
financing. management. and dissolution of business
corporations.
ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS 6115.
2 Ius.
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.
COMMERQAl LAW 6020.
<I Ius.
Astudy of the financing and distribution of goods from
manufacturer 10 ultimate consumer, with special emphasis
given to the financing of sales transactions (Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code) and to the pTOO.'SSeS for
payment of sales-generated obligations (Articles 3, 4, and 5
of the Uniform Commercial Code).
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6339.
3 Ius.
Survey of procedures applicable in the criminal justice
system from arrest through post-conviction remedies.
EVIDENCE 6016.
4 hrs.
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.
Abasic understanding of federal income taxation relating to
individuals, trusts, partnerships and corporations, and the
use of complex statutes and regulations
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY 6057.
3 hl'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
allomey, 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.
WILLS AND TRUSTS 6015.
4 hrs.
Astudy of the transfer of property by descent, wills,
testamentary substitutes, and lrusts including a study of
construction problems.
LAW 6005.
3 Ius.
Examines the role of the administrative process in our
society, formal and informal and emphasizes the powers
and procedures common 10 all administrative agencies and
the relationships among the legislative, judicial, and
executive branches in the development of public policy.
AD~UNISTRATIVE
ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY LAW 6062.
2or 3 hrs..
Advanced study of federal bankruptcy law, including
jurisdiction. consumer plans, family farmer plans, and
business reorganizations. Prerequisite: Creditors' Rights.
ADVANCED CO~1MERCIAL LAW 6030.
2 Ius.
Astudy of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code which
covers the law of sales. Induded are the requirements for
formation of a sales contract, problems in enforcement, and
determination of remedies for breach of contract.
ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW fiO.l5.
20r3hrs..
An advanced critical study dealing with selected issues in
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 3 hrs.
Advanced dispute resolution course. Focus on negotiation,
mediation, and arbitration as methods of dispute resolution,
in simulated exercises and in writing assignments.
ADVANCED INCOME TAXATION 6323.
3 hrs.
Astudy of taxation principles applicable to formation,
management, reorganization, and dissolution of business
entities wilh particular emphaSis upon the corporalion·
shareholder relationship in both closely held and publicly
owned corporations.
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 betwet>n
precedent and policy in the resolution of legal controversies.
BANKI'G 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 TI05.
1 hr.
BUSINESS TORTS 6052.
2or 3 hrs..
An examination of interferences with intangible business
and economic interests, induding misrepresentation of
competitor's products (trade libell, interference with
contractual relations, false and misleading advertising.
appropriation of trade values, copyright and trademark
infringement.
CONRJCT OF LAWS 6022.
2or3hrs.
The law relating to transactions or occurrences when some
or all of the operative facts arise in more than one state;
rurisdiction of court's enforcement of foreign judgments and
decrees; choice of conflicting law in situations involving
torts, contracts, property, marriage, divorce, and procedural
problems.
CONSnnmONAL LAW SEMINAR 6233.
Astudy of selected problems in constitutional law.
2 hrs.
CONSTITUTIONAL TORTS 6041.
2or 3 Ius.
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.
20r3hrs.
Aconsideration of the law relating to merchant-consumer
transactions, wilh special emphasis on the place and
operation ofoonsumer credit in our sociely, existing and
proposed legislation affecting consumers, and judicial and
extrajudicial self-help methods available to aggrieved
merchants and consumers.
CONTEMPORARY LEGAL
DEVELOPMENTS 6021.
2or3hl'S.
Topics, which are to be announced, will emphasize current
issues and problems in law. May be repeated for credit.
Topics taught in the past 2 years have been: advanced
bankruptcy, American legal and constitutional history,
employment law, gender discrimination. law and literature,
national security law, non-profit organization. patent law,
pension and medical planning. pre-trial litigation, public
land law, race and racism, and transactional practice.
COPYRIGHT LAW 6063.
2or 3hrs..
Adetailed analysis of the Copyright Act of 1976 and
amending statutes. Issues induded are copyrightabiIity, fair
use, educational exemption. public performance rights,
ownership renewal and transfer, and infringement.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 6ffi6.
2or 3 hI'S.
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 churning; and the duties of
directors in mergers, acquisitions, proxy fights, and tender
offers.
CREDITORS' RIGHTS 6001.
2or 3 hrs..
Creditors' remedies and debtors' rights under state and
federal law, induding 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.
DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT 6065.
2or 3 hI'S.
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 aelion 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 employmenl
agencies are under including the requirement for affirmative
action programs.
ENTERTAINMENT LAW 6053.
20r3 hrs.
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.
ENVIRONMENTALCRfMFS 6067.
20r3hrs.
Examines enforcement of environmental statutory programs
by criminal or administrative sanctions or private citizen
lawsuits. Differences-substantively and procedurallybetween civil and criminal enforcement, personal liability of
corporate officers, and new Hknowing endangerment"
crimes as well as constitutional issues of mandatory
reporting.
ENVlRONMEl'ITAL LAW 6023.
2or 3 hrs.
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-use
planning. Federal and state regulatory means to safeguard
the environment will be considered in detail.
ESTATE AND GIFr TAXATION 6019.
20r3hrs.
An estate planning course that examines the impact of
federal transfer taxes (gift tax, estate tax, and generationskipping 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 6'rrJ.
2""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.
FEDERAL JURISDICTION 6033.
1-41m;.
A study of the jurisdiction of the federal courts and of the
procedural rules related to jurisdictional matters, including
the law applied by the federal courts, federal question and
diversity jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction, jurisdictional
amount, appellate jurisdiction, and conflicts between the
state and national judicial systems.
FIRST AMENDMENT 6068.
2or 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.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS 6043.
2or 3 hrs.
Areview of issues peculiar to commercial dealings of public
bodies including sovereign immunity, public bidding
requirements, mandatory contract clauses, and special
disputes procedures.
HEALTIlCARELAW 6066.
2or3hrs.
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 third
parties. Impact of public policy and technology on these
relationships.
mCOMET~TIONOF~TA~
LAW AND TIlE 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.
NATIVE AMERlCAN LAW 6353.
3hrs.
Asurvey of Native American law with emphasis upon the
treaty, statutory, and jurisprudential relationships of federal,
state, and tribal legal systems.
enforcement of contracts for life, casualty, and property
insurance; government regulation of the insurance industry.
LAW AND PSYCHIATRY 6Tl1.
2hrs..
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.
NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP 6297.
2hrs.
Development of negotiating skills used in settling litigation
and negotiating transactions; use of negotiation skills,
strategies, and techniques through simulation exercises.
INTERNSHIPS (SKILLS DEVELOPMENlJ 7001.
2""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.
LAW OF CmlENSHIP. NATURALIZATION, AND
!}\{MIGRATION 6031.
2or 3 hrs.
Astudy of the Constitution, federal statutes, regulations,
case law, and administrative decisions relating to citizen·
ship, aliens, and admission into and deportation from the
United States.
INTERVlEW1NG, COUNSELING, AND
NEGOTIATION 6064.
2or3hrs.
Study theory and function of client interviewing and
counseling; demonstration of approaches and techniques;
student role playing with discussion and critiques.
LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT 6243.
2hrs.
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 performing legal work
efficiently and effectively.
AND TRUSTS 6248.
2 hIS.
Income taxation of grantor and nongrantor trusts and of
estates, including concepts of distributable net income, tier
distributions, distributions in kind and throwback rules.
INSURANCE LAW 6009.
2or 3 hrs.
The law applicable to the formation. construction, and
JEWISH LAW 6283.
2 hrs.
Astudy of biblical jurisprudence, rabbinic exegesis, and
comparative law spanning approximately 400) years.
JURISPRUDENCE 6208.
2hrs.
An introduction to legal philosophy. l1le major jurisprudential issues, the definition of law, the concept of justice,
and the relation of law and morality will be considered.
From time to time, 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.
LABOR LAW 6042.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of state and federal laws governing the employerunion relationship, organizational rights, the establishment
of the collective bargaining relatioru;hip, and the legality of
various types of concerted activity.
LAND-USE PLANNING 6025.
2or 3 hIs.
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 land-use 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 hrs.
An examination of the rationale for permitting or restricting
communications in language other than English.
LAW REVIEW 7002.
lor2hrs.
LEGAL MALPRACDCE 6058.
2or 3 hrs.
Designed to communicate that lawyers can significantly
reduce the likelihood of being sued by simply satisfying the
ureasonable expectations" of clients and of nondients.
MARITAL PROPERTY 6008.
2or 3 hrs.
Property rights of husband and wife under the Texas
community property system, including coverage of the law
relating to homestead.
MASS MEDIA LAW 6051.
2or 3 hrs.
Constitutional and legal issues pertaining to print and
electronic media, including defamation, privacy, prior
restraints, access to information, and government regulation
of the electronic media.
MEDlCALMALPRACflCE 6054.
20r3hrs.
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 LAW 6050.
2orlhrs..
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.
OIL AND GAS LAW 6011.
20r3hrs.
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.
OIL A 0 GAS PROBLEMS 6274.
2hrs.
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.
PRODUCTS UABILITY 6276.
2 hrs.
Acomprehensive study of the civil action for harm 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 INTERNATIONAL LAW 6040.
2or 3 hrs.
An introductory course in international legal studies, with
allention given to recognizing. analyzing. and solving
international law problems in the areas of international
military intervention, socio-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.
PUBLIC EDUCATION LAW 6032.
2or 3 hrs.
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, fudicial decisions, state constitutions, and the
United States Constitution.
REAL PROPERTY RNANCI AND
TRANSACTIONS 6004.
24 hrs.
Astudy of residential and commercial real estate transactions. Topics of discussion will include: negotiating the
purchase and sale contract. methods of title assurance; the
serondary mortgage market; land acquisition and development loans; 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.
20r3hrs.
Forms of legal and equitable relief a court is equipped to
grant by way of redress to those who have been or may be
injured. including altemative choices and the tactical
advantages of earn.
RESEARCH 7001.
1 or 2hrs.
SEaJRfIlES REGULATION 6028.
2or 3 hrs.
A study of federal and state regulation of the public
distribution of securities. Covers initial public offerings, the
corporate decision to "go public." the sale of registered and
unregistered securities, resales of securities, disclosure
required in a 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.
10r3hrs.
SPORTS LAW 6055.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of the law as it affects professional and amateur
sports. It probes the relationships among the leagues, the
individual clubs, the players' unions, and the athletes.
Topics covered are players' contracts, arbitration, remedies,
antitrust issues, labor exemptions, discipline of players and
clubs, collective bargaining. liability for injuries, amateur
athletics, and NCAA problems.
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 6036.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of 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 stale and local government and inter-governmental conflicts will be discussed.
Special emphasis is placed on Texas law.
TAX PROCEDURE, PENALTIES, AND
PROSEarrtON 6282
2 hr.;.
Astudy of the procedural aspects of federaltaxalion
matters, including audits. seulement procedures, court
jurisdiction and procedure, criminal proserutions, and of
civil and criminal penalties provided by statute.
TEXAS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6010.
2or 3 hrs.
The law regulating the Texas criminal pl'l)('eSS from arrest
through posto(()nviction review with an emphasis on its
unique characteristics.
TEXAS LAND TITLES 6250.
2 hrs.
Contracts for sale of land; forms of deeds; descriptions;
warranty and other covenanls of title; escrows; recording
statutes; practice in drafting; acquisition of title to land
through adverse possession.
n:xAS PRETRIAL PROCEDURE 6037.
2or3hrs.
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.
Astudy of the Texas law in civil cases pertaining to trial and
appellate procedure concerning the jury, presentation of the
case, motions for instructed verdict, the court's charge. the
verdict, trial before the court, posHrial 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
appellate courts.
TRIAL ADVOCACY 6228.
2 hr.;.
A practical course involving demonstrations and student
practice in all aspects of the trial of civil and criminal cases
which provide significant opportunities for jury persuasion,
instructor analysis and commentary respecting student
performance and evaluation of trial tactics.
WATER LAW 6027.
20r3hrs.
Astudy of private law systems for allocating water among
users. the public law systems of allocation, groundwater
management, development of new water supplies, interstate
disputes, and water pollution.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION 6230.
2hrs.
Astudy of the origin and substance of workers' compensa'
tion law and procedures before administrative tribunals and
courts. Special emphasis on Texas statutes and procedure.
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This material has be€n prepared to acquaint you
with the application procedures and admission
process for the Texas Tech University School of Law.
Before preparing your application, please read
this material carefully, 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 coflege to coflege preclude such an
approach. However, there are certain goals that
prelaw students should keep in mind when
planning their coflege programs. They should
strive to acquire the ability to read, write, and
speak the English language well, to gain a critical
understanding of human values and institutionspolitical, 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
students should seek to acquire before entering
law school. Acopy of this handbook may be
ordered from Law Services, 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.
I. ACOMPLETED APPLICATION FORM.
take the test in June, October, or December of the
year before the fall semester the applicant wishes to
be admitted. However, February tests 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 Infarmatian 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 LaIV 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
law school matrirolation. Cost of renewal is $49
and should be paid to LSDAS. For additional
information, contact Law Services, Box 2002, 661
Penn Station, Newtown, PA 18940-0998, (215) 9681001 (8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. EST).
4. APPLICATION FEE. Anonrefundable application
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.
Send to:
Admissions Office
School of LalV
Texas Tech University
Box 40004
Lubbock, Texas 79409-r0J4
7. APPLICANT'S FILE CARD AND REPLY
CARDS. Please complete these four cards and
retum them with your application. Be sure that
your address is written or typed on the cards
before returning them. No postage is required.
2. LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST SCORE.
The LSAT/LSDAS Infarmation Book contains a
registration form for the LSAT and can be obtained.
from Law Services, Box 2400, Newtown, PA 18940fJ171, or from most college counseling and placement offices. Arrangements should be made to
The following materials may be sent to support
your application but are not required..
1. Transcripts of graduate study. Graduate
grades are not included. in the LSDAS analysis.
Graduate transcripts 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
comment upon an applicant's potential for
studying law based on personal knowledge. The
Admissions Committee asks that applicants send
no more than three recommendation letters. They
are 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 Services
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 tSDAS reports cannot be completed and
sent to the law school until all transcripts reo
quested 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
only and, with the exception of the special summer group, for 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 a degree was
awarded.. Upon receipt of the transcript, we will
send a copy of it to an 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 univer·
sity in the U.S. As soon as this determination is
made, the applicant will be notified.
Admissions Process
Texas Tech Law School operates an early action
admissions policy. Applicatiorul 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 the February 3 closing date.
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 accep·
tances 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 a waiting 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 3 will be
considered for admission but should understand
that their chances of selection are diminished
because their files will be 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, extracurrirolar activities and interests, and evidence of leadership
qualities.
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• 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-half of the deposit is refundable upon timely
written notice of a change in plans. Such notice is
due April 1 for summer admission and 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.
• Summer Entrance Program
Applicants whose LSAT scores are under the
50th percentile are eligible for entrance in the
Summer Special Admissions Program. Approximately twenty students are admitted into this
program. All application procedures are the same
as those required for fall entrance, and applications
of those eligible for this program are reviewed in
March. Emphasis is placed upon academic performance in undergraduate programs and the personal qualities and background that recommend
the applicant as one who has the potential for the
study of law. The twenty applicants are admitted
unconditionally and pursue the regular first year
program. However, the courses are spread over the
summer, fall, and spring semesters allowing a
lighter load throughout the year. Deadline for
summer application is February.
Application Evaluation
The Law School Admission Test score and the
cumulative grade-point average are equally
important in determining admission. However, the
Admissions Committee also considers several other
factors when evaluating the LSAT score, the CPA,
and the qualitative elements bearing on admissions decisions.
• Undergraduate Grades
While the cumulative CPA is used to categorize
the application on review, the progression (or
regression) of grades over the four years is considered in weighing the CPA. Thus, the student
whose junior and senior level performance evi-
dences high quality may compete favorably with
other applicants. Also, the difficulty of the
undergraduate academic program is noted.
• 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. If 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.
• Repeat LSAT Scores
The LSAT may be retaken. In deciding whether
to retake the LSAT, the applicant should consider
whether some element such as iliness 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 LSAT 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.
• Interviews
Because of the large number of applicants and
limitations upon time, interviews cannot be .
granted. Many applicants request interviews
because they wish to discuss or explain academic
records or background experiences. Applicants
are encouraged to use the back of the application
form for such comments and explanation and to
supplement their applications with new or revised
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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.
Han 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.
Admission 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 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 letter 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
accnedited law school to be considened 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 decisioru; 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 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
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.
Profile of the 1995 Entering Closs
From an applicant pool of 1,513 there were 236
students admitted as members of the entering class in
1995. Of these, 98 were women. Minority students comprised 15 percent of the class.
For the fall entering students the average LSAT
score was at approximately the 73rd percentile,
and the average CPA was 3.35 on a 4.0 scale.
Declaration of Intention to Study Law
The State Board of Law Examiners of Texas has
established the following requirement:
... every person intending to apply for admission to the
Bar examination in this State shall file with the Board a
Declaration of Intention to Study Law. The filing
deadline for such Declarations shall be as follows: Fall
entrants, [}e(ember 1; Spring entrants, May I; Summer
entrants, September 15; ... Such Declaration shall be made
in duplicate on forms prescribed by the Board and shall
show such facts as to the history, experienCl', and
educational qualifications of the declarant 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 person from the Law
School and should be filed after classes start by the
deadlines shown above.
The fee required 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.
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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 student's progress in school. With a
low student-faculty ratio, each student has
abundant opportunities for extensive personal
contact with the faculty.
Professional Enrichment
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 Lubbock 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 observe these
proceedings and also to visit any of the courts in
Lubbock-federal, state, county, and municipal.
Board of Barristers
The newly renovated library features modem, individual study carrels designed with security in mind
Each carrel is equipped wilh oomputcrs and provides the law student a quiej,
secluded,hi-techstudyfadhty.
The Board of Barristers is a student organization responsible for promoting and administering
numerous programs designed to develop a wide
range of lawyering skills-courtroom 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 ad vocacy
classes. Members of the board are selected from
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advanced students who have demonstrated competence in advocacy, 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 1982 (Ft. Worth}-Spring Moot Court
Jackson & Walker (Dallas}-Fall Moot Court
Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond (EI raso}Fall Mock Trial
Brian Loncar 1987 (Dallas)-First Year Negotiation
Mehaffy & Weber (Beaumont}-First Year Mock Trial
Mounce & Galatzan (El Paso)-First Year Moot Court
Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond
(EI raso}-Spring Mock Trial
Asian-American 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 a support 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 Association
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 Society
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.
It
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with great honor that the May 1995 griiduating class had B.arbara C Jordan as its
Guest Speaker for the Hooding Ceremony.
Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
The Criminal Trial Lawye" Association (mA)
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 mem·
bers in joining other state and national associations 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.
Environmental Law Society
This organization provides informational
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 environmental law and meet
students in Environmental Law Societies from
Texas and around the United States. All students
at Texas Tech are eligible for membership.
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public
Policy Studies is an organization of conservatives
and libertarians 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.
Fraternities
The Law School has active chapters 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
The internationaL Law Society (ILS) provides
information to law students in practical areas of
international law and transactions and promotes
awareness in the Law School community of this
increasingly important area of practice. In recent
years, Texas has seen a dramatic increase in international transactions thereby creating new opportunities for Texas attorneys. Jl.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, oil and gas, export·
import, intellectual property, high-tech industry,
and arbitration and litigation. Through guest
speakers, an ILS library, and various informational
sources, ILS assists students in identifying potential
areas of international legal practice. ILS has also
proposed school participation in Jessup International Moot Court and course work in international
business transactions.
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.
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Law Review
The l.JIw Review is a professional legal journal
managed and edited by second- and third-year
law students. The Llw Rtview publishes both
student-written notes and comments on various
areas of the Jaw and articles by professors, judges,
and practicing attorneys. Membership in the 1.Jlw
Review is a recognition of superior academic achievement and a Wlique educational opportunity.
The top-ranked first-year students are invited
to join the lJIw Review. In addition, two writ~n
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 boanl 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.
Legal Computer Society
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.
Mexican American 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.
MALSA participates in the following activities:
Mexican American Speaker Series, employment
forum, recruitment trips, accepted students phone
banking week, fonning an alumni directory,
elementary school mentoring program, and
various social events.
Minerity 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.
Omega Lambda Phi
Omega Lambda Phi is an organization of older
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, financial
obligations, and housing.
Student Academic 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.
The Texas Bank Lawyer
The Texas Bank Lawyer (TBL) is an organization comprised of students with an interest in
commercial law and banking. The organization
works with the Texas Association of Bank Counsel to
publish their newsletter, The Texas Bank Lawy"
Through TBL'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.
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 and Lawyen
The Texas Tech Student Bar Association was
organized to promote the objectives of the legal
profession, to operate as a liaison with other
organizations, and to aid students with basic
services.
The Student Bar offers such services as a
nonprofit bookstore, check cashing, textbook and
study aid exchange, seminars, and numerous
social activities throughout the year.
VLSL provides services through West Texas Legal
Services and the Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association. Working under the supervision of
volunteer attorneys, law students actively participate
in providing legal services to clients. Law students
interview clients, research legal problems, draft
documents, and accompany their supervising attorney to court.
Although students do not receive academic credit
or monetary compensation, the program has wide
student support and involvement.
Texas Tech Univenity L_ Partnen
Women in Law
All persons involved in the lives of law students are encouraged to join lTU 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.
ITU 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,
Women in Law (WlL) encourages women to
participate fully in the legal profession. Its speaker
series is designed to benefit all students, and member·
ship 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.
Texas Tech Student Bar Association
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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
$150 per semester hour. Students who are not
residents of Texas must pay tuition of $275 per
semester hour. All students will have additional
expenses of approximately $575 in fees and $200$250 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 $1,450 for Texas
residents and $2,370 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
immediately 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 full-time study of law. Outside
employment cannot exceed 20 hours per week.
• Application and Eligibility
Students applying for grants or loans must
complete a Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) for 1997-98. The application will be
based on 1996 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.
The processor will use federally approved
formulas to determine a minimum dollar amount
that the student will be expected to contribute
toward the cost of education (referred to as
budget) based on the financial figures provided by
the student. The expected contribution is called
the Family Contribution (FC).
The budget is the estimated average cost for a
9-month period beginning in August and ending
in May. The budget for the 1996-97 award year
was:
Tuition and fees
Room and board
Books and supplies
Transportation
Miscellaneous
Total budget
Resident Nonresident
9,480
5,730
4,650
4,650
750
750
1,430
1,430
bQ2Q
bQ2Q
14,620
18,370
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Eligibility for need-based aid is the difference
between the budget and FC For example:
Budget
FC
Need
14,620
1200
13,420
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.
• 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 dorumentation is required, a letter will
be sent to the student's permanent address on file
with the Law School Registrar.
• Loan Application
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) is a general application that determines
eligibility for all types of aid. It is NOT the actual
loan application that will be submitted to a lender.
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 fmancial aid received
and eligible need, based on federal fonmulas. The
loan types are as follows:
1. 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. If 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 unsubsidiztd FSL is for
students who don't qualify for asubsidized FSL or
who qualify for less than the annual maximum
limit on a FSL. You are responsible for all interest
that accrues on an unsubsidized FSL.
The academic year limit on a silbsidized FSL is
$8,500, and the academic year limit on an
unsubsidized FSL is $10,000. The repayment period
for the loans is 10 years. lnterest rates vary but
cannot exceed 8.25% adjusted each July 1. The
interest rate is based on the final auction of the 91·
day Treasury Bill held prior to June 1 plus 3.1%.
2. Law Access Loan (LAL) or Law Student Loan
(LSL). The application limit is $15,000. These
loans may be applied for through one of two
companies-LawAccess or LawLoans. The
conditions and rates of interest are identical
between the two companies. The interest rate is
variable and adjusted quarterly based on the bond
e<juivaient 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 a student decides that he or she
wants to apply for a LAL or LSL, loan applications
will be required in addition to the FSL application.
• Lender Options
Both types of Federal Stafford Loans may be
obtained through any participating bank, savings
and loan, or credit union. If a student is unable to
locate a lender, the student should contact the
Financial Aid Office for assistance. The same
lender should be used for all loans throughout the
student's education. If multiple lenders are used,
the student likely will have multiple repayments
upon graduation.
• Tuition Payments and Check Disbursement
After a studenrs file has been completed and
reviewed by Financial Aid, an award notice 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 accepted agrant
or scholarship and returned the award notice to
Financial Aid prior to the tuition payment date in
August will have the award applied to their
tuition bill. Loans listed on the award notice will
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 first day of regular classes for all law students
(not the orientation week).
'OTE: All first-year law students accepted for Jail
enrollment will have their first tuition J1<1yment
(approximately $1,450) due in June before the Jail
term. The Financial Aid Office is unable to assist
with this payment.
Before receiving the initial loan check on any
program, a student must attend a federally
required loan counseling session. The student's
rights and responsibilities and loan conditions are
discussed. A session for the first-year law stu·
dents is usually held during the week of orientation in August. All loans are disbursed in a
minimum 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 a studenYs outstanding tuition and fee balance before any refund can
be disbursed to the student.
The following is a review 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.
• Slimmer Aid
Any student wishing 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. A
student who wishes to apply for loan funds must
complete a separate loan application. The
amounts will vary based on the balance of the
academic year loan eligibility that was not
borrowed during the previous 9 month award
period.
• Scholarships for Entering Students
The School of Law has more than eighty
scholarships available 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. These scholarships range in value from $1000 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 for Moonred 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 IS.
• 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)
Christian Legal Society Leader's Scholarship
(given by Kevin '% and Ginger '95 elson,
Amarillo)
William C. Clark Scholarship (given by Mrs. J.
C. 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 Minority Scholarship
First Graduating Class Scholarship
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Tom and Lisa Hall Scholarship (given by Tom '82
and Lisa Hall, Fl. Worth)
Dr. Arthur G. Hansen Scholarship (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 '71 of
San Angelo and Dan '85 of Austin)
George H. Mahon Fellowships (given by the Litton
Foundation)
Owen W. McWhorter Scholarship
Owen W. McWhorter Tuition Scholarship (given
by Lubbock Area Foundation)
Joe H. agy Scholarship (given by the Nagy
family)
G. Hobert and Aileen Hackney elson Scholarship
(given by the elson family)
Harold and Marilyn Phelan Presidential
Scholarship (Lubbock)
W. R. Quilliam Scholarship (given by W. Reed
Quilliam,jr.)
Runge-Howard Scholarship (given by Barbara K.
Runge '74 and Rusty Howard, Houston)
Travis Shellon 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 Scholarship
(Lubbock)
John H. Splawn, Jr. Memorial Presidential
Scholarship (given by John '74 and Carolyn
Simpson, Lubbock)
Curt F. Steib, Jr. Memorial Scholarship (given by
the Steib family and friends)
Texas Tech Law School Freedom Scholarships
(given by Martin B. Leewright '85)
Texas Tech University Presidential Scholarship
(given by the Law School Foundation tnustees)
W. D. Wilson Memorial Scholarship (given by the
Wilson family)
• Named Scholarships
Abilene Christian University Presidential
Scholarship
Angelo State University Presidential Scholarship
Austin College Presidential Scholarship
Fulbright & Jaworski lAw Review Scholarship
(Houston)
Hardin Simmons University Presidential
Scholarship
Health Law Scholarship (given by the Heallh Law
Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Wynette J. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship (given by
family and friends of the 1974 graduate)
Lamar University Presidential Scholarship (given
by Susan A. '84 and Jimmy D. '83 Hulett, Jr.,
Roger '95 and Sharon MoCabe, and Mitchell A.
Toups '83, Beaurnont)
Lubbock Christian University Presidential
Scholarship
Maclean & Boulware Scholarship (Cleburne)
McMurray University Presidential Scholarship
Prairie View A&:M University Presidential
Scholarship
Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger & Thurmond
lAw Review Scholarships (EI Paso)
Stephen F. Austin State University Presidential
Scholarship
Strasburger & Price lAw Review Scholarship (Dallas)
Texas A&M University Presidential Scholarship
Texas Tech Law School Foundation l.JIw Review
Scholarship
Texas Wesleyan University Presidential Scholarship
Thompson & Knight lAw Review Scholarship
(Dallas)
University of Texas at El Paso Presidential
Scholarship
West Texas State University Presidential
Scholarship
• Other Scholarships
Judge E. H. & Hortense Boedeker Scholarship
(given by the Lubbock Woman's Study Club
Foundation)
R. Guy Carter Scholarship (Dallas)
Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam Scholarship
(Lubbock)
EI Paso Bar Auxiliary Scholarship
Gardere & Wynne Scholarship (Dallas)
Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins Scholarship (Amarillo)
Lawrence F. Green Memorial Scholarship (given
by john F. Maner, Lubbock)
Richard Keen Scholarship (given by Richard Keen
'71 Odessa)
Texas Tech Law School Alumni Association
Scholarship
Texas Tech Law Partners Scholarship
John E. Tliomason Memorial Scholarship
(given by William L. '73 and Martha Thomason,
Colorado Springs)
• Loans
The Offi", of Student Financial Aid of the
University administers numerous student loan
funds to help students in paying their collegerelated expenses, including loan funds available
solely to law students. To receive full consideration for all programs, astudent should begin the
fmandal aid process as soon as possible after
January 1. Applications (or 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 funds 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
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Boarel of Regents
• Officers
EDWARD E. WHITACRE, Chair
JOHN C. SIMS, Vice Chair
DO NA DAVIDSON KITTRELL, Assistant
Secretary
• Members
Term Expires January 31, 1997
PATSY WOODS MARTI
. ..... Austin
JOHN C. SIMS
Lubbock
ELIZABETH C. WARD...
.. Longview
Term Expires January 31,1999
DR. BERNARD A. HARRIS, JR
Houston
DR. CARL E. NOE... ..
.
Dallas
EDWARD E. WHITACRE, JR. ....... San Antonio
Term Expires january 31, 2001
J. ROBERT BROW
EI Paso
JAMES SOWELL..
.. Dallas
ALAN B. WHITE
Lubbock
Principal Administrative OHlcers
DONALD R. HARAGAN, Ph.D., Interim
President
JOHN M. BURNS, Ph.D., Interim Executive Vice
President and Provost
JIM C. BRUNJES, MStat., Vice President for
Administration and Interim Chief Fiscal Officer
DALE PAT CAMPBELL, JR., J.D., Vice President
and General Counsel
ROBERT H. EWALT, Ph.D., Vice President for
Student Affairs
JOHN MICHAEL SANDERS, j.D., Vice President
for Governmental Relations
WTLLIAM G. WEHNER, BA, Vice President for
Institutional Advancement
Trustees of the Tuas Tech Law School
Foundation
BARBARA RUNGE, President
JOHN CREWS, Executive Vice President
Dean W. FRANK EWTO ,Secretary-Treasurer
teEO. W. DUPREE, Founding President (18901973)
tOR. CLIFFORD B. JO ES (1886-1972)
tALVlN R. ALLISON, President (1907-1987)
HERSHELL BARNES, jR.
KEM THOMPSON FROST
TOM G. HALL
JOHN T. HUFFAKER
ROGER A. KEY
BRIA LONCAR
WARREN NEW
LAURANOE
BURNETT ROBERTS
ROBERT SCOGIN
JOHN SIMPSON
JO BEN WHITTENBURG
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, 19661980.
MURL A. LARKIN, Maddox Professor of Law,
Emeritus, 1968-1989.
AN ETTE WILSON MARPLE, Associate
Professor of Law, Emeritus, 1973-1992.
RICHARD WAYNE MAXWELL, Associate
Professor of Law, Emeritus, 1975-1991.
WTLLIAM REED QUILLIAM, JR., George Herman
Mahon Professor of Law, Emeritus, 1966-1995.
+Deceased
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Administrative Staff: (from left, seated) D. Black. N. Tanner, G. Smith.
(standing) L. Wyatt, D. Dean. D. Jones.
LibmySlaff:(fromleft,seatedlM.Valenciano,J.Sappinglon,
J. Paschal, (slanding)O. Esquibel,S. Blackburn,C. Mullan.
Administrative StaH
Library StaH
DOVONlA BLACK, Placement Secretary
DAN DEAN, B.S., M.A.o.M., Computer Support
Technician
RICK FAULKENBERRY, Print Shop Operator
jANIENE HOLTZMAN, Administration SecretaryReceptionist
DONNA JONES, Law Review Secretary
LINDA KAMp, B.A., Registrar
NINA KLiNKENBERG, B.A., Executive Assistant to
the Dean
LYNDA LEVELS, Faculty Secretary
CHERI LIVERMORE, B.5., Admissions Oerk
JEAN PADGEIT, Adminisrrative Assistant
SANDY McDONALD, Assistant to the Dean
FRANK RAMOS, Adminisrration Secretary-
SHARON BLACKBURN, B.A., M.S.L.5., M.A.,
Assistant Law Librarian
WANDA BROOKS, Library Assistant
VIRGINIA ANN CHRISTOPHER, Library Assistant
SHERRY COFFMAN, Library Assistant
OLIVIA ESQUIBEL, Administrative Assistant
ROSA LEE HARDWICK, A.A., Library Unit Supervisor
KATHY JENNINGS, Library Assistant
BARBARA MCCORMICK, Library Assistant
CAROLIE R. MULLAN, B.A., M.5.L.S., Associate
Receptionist
GLDRIA SMITH, Faculty Secretary
ORMA TAN ER, B.5., Faculty Secretary
DONNA WILLIAMS, Admissions Assistant
LEONA WYATT, Faculty Secretary
Librarian
jANEITA PASCHAL, B.A., M.5.L.S., Automation
Coordinator
JAY ESAPPINGTON, B.A., B.5., M.A., M.U.5.,
Library Coordinator
MARY ANN VALENOA 0, Library Assistant
Faculty
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W. FRANK NEWTON
Dean and Professor of Law, 1985.
B.A., Baylor UnivE'rsity, 1%5; J.D., 1967; LL.M.,
New York University, 1969; LLM., Columbia
University,1978. Admitted to practice in Texas.
(Teaches-Public International Law, Conflict of
LAws, Commercial Law, Legal Prllctia)
~~:~;~O~:;:~~al:~:~egh~~ct~~d
the
with
Browder law firm of Midland, Texas, where he
engaged in civil defense work, commercial
litigation, and a major oil concession interest in
Ecuador. Dean Newton left private practice to
enler the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the
United Slates Navy. Initially he serve<! as
dcfense counsel in general and special court
mariiais. He also served as special prosecutor
for major felony cases. After an assignmenllo
Ihe inlemational affairs offire of the Judge
Advocate General in Washington, he was
selected to serve on the staff of the Secretary of
the Navy as a member of the Presidential Task
Force on Law of the Sea.
Dean Newton returned to Texas to join the
faculty at the Baylor School of Law. In addition
~o~~;~~~nro ~:v:Sth~ ~~~~~~~i~~ ~[~~:ctState
of Texas. He also served the State Bar of Texas
as Chair of the Standing Commillee on Legal
Services to the Poor in Civil Matters. Dean
~~:~o;f ~:~:~ ~h~i~~et~:~:~:s s~:u~re
Access to]ustice Foundation. He also serves as
Trusree of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and
Professionalism and is active as a member of the
American Law Institute.
JOSEPH B. CONBOY
Associate Dean, 1982.
B.S., Canisius College, 1954; J.D., Georgetown
University Law Cenler, 1956; LLM., George
Washington National Law Center, 1972.
Admitted to practice in New York and Texas.
(Teaches- Trial Advocacy, Sports Law)
Dean Conboy practiced law in Buffalo, New
York,for five years after graduating from law
school. He was then recalled to active duty in
the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the U.s.
Army and eventually was appointed as the Staff
Judge Advocate in Vietnam and in Berlin,
Germany. Before retiring as a Colonel, he
served as Deputy Judge Advocate for Europe.
Dean Conboy accepted a position as
Associate Dean at the University of MissouriColumbia School of Law where he served in
both an administrative capacity and as a teacher.
Thereafter, he moved to the University of
Alabama School of Law and continued his
academic career. In 1982 he accepted the
position of Associate Dean at the Texas Tech
School of Law. Dean Conboy has served here
since that time except for 1990 when he taught
at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as
university professor
coordinator of continuing legal education
programs for the Texas Tech School of Law,
programs that are conducted throughout Texas]
WOP'. ration wit.h the State Bar of Texas and other
law schools. She also serves as liaison for the 1
Tech Law School Alumni Association. Dean
Fletcher is currently active as a member of the
National ASSOCIation of Law Placement.
DAISY HURST FLOYD
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, 1991
B.A., Emory University, 1977; M.A., 1977; J.D.,
University of Georgia, 1980. Admitted to practi
in Georgia and Texas.
(Teaches-Civil Procedure, Evidence, Alternativt
Dispute Resolution, Legal Research, Writing, and
Analysis)
Upon graduating from law school where she
served as articles editor of the Georgia lAw Rem
Professor Floyd entered private practice with the
law firm of Alston, Miller, & Gaines in Atlanta.
KAY PAnON FLETCNER
Her practice included general litigation and
Assistant Dean, 1987.
antitrust representation. After leaving the law
B.S., Baylor, 1971; J.D., Texas Tech, 1980.
firm, she taught at the University of Georgia ScI*
Admitted to practice in Texas.
of Law where she was Director of Legal Researdl
(Teaches-Law Office Management)
and Writing.
Assistant Dean Kay Fletcher entered private
Professor Floyd has been actively involved in
practice after graduating from law school. Her
judicial education since 1986, both in Texas and
practice involved both office and trial work. She nationally. While in Georgia, she developed new
leftprivatepracticetoacceptapositionasCivil materials for teaching writing to trial judges; thm!
Division Chief prosecutor in the Lubbock
materials have been used throughout the countJ1
County District Attorney's Office. Dean
She is currently a faculty member of the Career
Fletcher left her position as a government
Appellate Writing Program and the Trial Judges'
prosecutor to accept a position as corporate
Writing Program of the American Academy of
counsel for a large publicly held food franchise
judicial Education. Professor Floyd teaches in
corporation. Her work there as in-house
counsel involved issues relating to finance,
employment law, and procurement contracting
Center for the Judiciary ona variety of topics,
Dean Fletcher also worked as a coordinator for
including legal writing and evidence. She is cooutside counsel serving the corporation
editoroftheCounty}udgesBenchManualanda
Dean Fletcher has served on numerous
member of the judicial PEER Committee of the
committees for the Lubbock County Bar
Texas Center for the judiciary. Herresearch
Association, as well as the State Bar of Texas and interests include the proper role of the judge and
the American Bar Association. She is presently
the advocate in modem litigation.
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THOMAS E. BAKER
Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law, 1979.
B.S., Rorida Slate University, 1974; J.D.,
University of Florida, 1977. Admitledlo
practice in Rorida.
(feaches-Constitutional Law, Constitutional
~w Seminar, First Amendment, American Legal
Qnd Constitutional History, Federal Jurisdiction)
By appointment of the Chief justice,
Professor Baker served as a member of the
Commillee on the Rules of Practice and
Procedures of the judicial Conference of the
United States, which is the standing committee
for all rules of procedure for the federal courts
between 1990 and 1995. In 1989-90,hewas
Associate Reporter to the Federal Courts Study
Commillee. From 1985 until 1987, he served as
the Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the
United States and then as Acting Administrative
Assistant to Chief justice William H. Rehnquisl.
In the fall of 1992,hetaught as a Fulbright
Professor at the University of Athens, Greece. He
is an active member of the American Law
Institute and the American Bar Association. He
is the author of four books and more than 50
articles published by prominent law journals
focusing on the Federal Courts and Constitutional Law and related subjects.
DANIEL H. BENSON
Professor of Law, 1973.
B.A., University of Texas, 1958; J.D., 1961; M.A.,
Texas Terh University, 1974. Admitted to
practice in the District of Columbia and Texas.
maches-Evidence, Texas Trial and Appellate
Procedure, Texas Pre-Trial Procedure, Criminal
UlW, Federal Criminal Law)
Prior to teaching. Professor Benson served as
alawyer and officer in the Judge Advocate
General's Corps of the Army. He engaged in
cxtensive criminal defense work as well as
traditional legal assistance. Thereafter, he was
selected to serve asa trial atlorney with the
Criminal Division of the United States Department of justice in Washington, D.C, where his
tasks included appellate practice before the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Professor Benson engaged in private practice
in Texas before turning to law school teaching.
His pro bono serviceasa faculty member has
included work on behalf of plaintiffs in class
action litigation involving city and county
governments and .school dist~c.ts. He IS also
actIve in interdiscIplinary activIties relating to
law and medicine and ethical issues which arise
in connection with medical treatment of patients.
Professor Benson is co-author ofa threevolume treatise for practitioners entitled Texas
Lawyer's Guide. In addition, he is a co-author of
the national casebook, Hall's Criminal lAw, and
has also published numerous law review articles
on a wide range of ethical, criminal, and
procedural matters
CHARLES P. BUIANY
Professor of Law, 1971.
B.A., Saint Ambrose University, 1962; J.D.,
Washington University, 1965. Admilled to
practice in Missouri.
(Teaches-Family Law, Criminal Law, Criminal
Procedure; Coaches-ABA National Client
Counseling Team)
Professor Bubany was a note editor for the
Washington University Law Quarterly. He
attended a year of graduate school at the
University of Illinois College of Law, taught law
at West Virginia University, was a Navy JAG
officer,and practiced law inSt. Louis before
joining the Law School faculty.
At Texas Tech, Professor Bubany coached the
School of Law's National and International
Champion team of the 1987 ABA Client Counseling Competition. He received the Faculty Ethics
Award in 1988, 1989, and in 1994,theOutstanding Law Professor Award in 1994, the Texas Tech
Continuing Education Award in 1990, and the
Faculty Service to the Professions Award from
the National University Continuing Education
Association in 1991.
Aregular teacher of continuing education
classes dealing with criminal law subjects for
lawyers and nonlawyers, Professor Bubany is a
~~:s~~~~ ~:~~:r~e:;~s~~~~th~r~~~:: book
Texas Vehicle and Traffic lAws, published by the
center. Healsoisacontributingeditortothe
General PracJice Digest of the State Bar of Texas
and a lecturer on family law and criminal
procedure for West Bar Review. An NAIA AllAmerican golfer in college, Professor Bubany is
currently engaged in research for a book on "Golf
and the Law."
WILLIAM R. CASTO
Professor of Law, 19&3.
B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1970;
J.D., 1973; J.5.D., Columbia University, 1983.
Admitted to practice in Tennessee.
(feaches-FederaIJurisdiction, Contracts,
Business Torts, National Security Law)
Professor Casto has extensive experience in
the practice of law. Before joining the faculty, he
worked for a federal judge and represented
clients in litigation before the U.s. Supreme
Court as well as the lower federal courts. In
addition, a substantial amount of his practice
was devoted to comprehensive legal planning for
major energy projects
Anationally recognized expert on the federal
courts and their history, Professor Casto has seen
his research cited and quoted in every major
casebook on the law of federal courts. As a
member of the American Law lnstitute, Professor
Casto participates in the institute's projects
including the Restatements of the Law.. He also is
heard on C-SPAN and National Pubhc Radio
In 1994 Professor Casto was the distinguished
~hi~~~t~~~~~~ ~te~~l ~h~~:il~e~fi:~a:;~a
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J. WESLEY COCHUH
Professor of Law ilnd Dirtdor of the Law
Libr.uy, 1991.
B.A., Austin CoUege, 1976; J.D., University of
Houston, 1978; M.LL, University of Washington,198O. Admitted to practice in Teus.
(TtQp~7~~ty:f~:n":v~:sll~a~:)
Librarian allhe University of Mississippi before
he joined the faculty of Texas Tech. Prior 10 thai,
he was a librarian allhe law schools of the
University of Washington and Loyola University-New Orleans. He is active in several library
professional associalions and has been elected
or appointed to leadership positions in the
American Associalion of Law Libraries, lhe
Southwestern Association of Law Libraries, and
the Lubbock Area Library Associalion. ProfessorCochran has advised several law firms on
legal information issues and informalion
technology, and he regularly spcaks 10 library
and informahon pro~essional groups on issues
~~~~~~~~~~r' ~r~~f~r:~~ ~nro~~s~~~~~ation
teams for the American Bar Association and the
A.ssociation of American Law Schools, colleding
and ev.aluating information relating to the
accredItation of law schools. In addition,
Professor Cochran has wrillen about the
copyright implications of video technology in
libraries.
DAVID C. CUMMIHS
Professor of Law, 1970.
B.S., University of Idilho, 1957; J.D., University
of Washington, 1960; LLM., New York
University, 1969. Admilled 10 practict in Texas
and Washington.
(fraches-Proftssion/d RLsponsibility,.lAw
Offiu Managt7Mlt, Incomt TlUation,. Marital
Property, Estatt Planning)
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Professor Cummins practiced law as an
associate, partner, and finally name partner in a
Seattle law firm. He was Assistant Allomey
General of the State of Washington. a municipal
fudge, and a Staff Judge Advocate in the US.
Army Re5erve. He is currently counsel for and
serves on the board of directors of several Texas
charitablecorporations,isa mediator and
arbitrator, and chairs a multicounty State Bar of
Texas grievance commillee that disciplines
lawyers for their misronduct. He has been
president of West Texas Legal Services, Legal
Aid Society of Lubbock County, Project Help,
South Plains Friends of the Humanities, and
Texas Department of Human Services Regional
Advisory Council. Professor Cummins recently
received awards for pro bono legal services from
National Association of Social Workers, Women
in Communications, Inc., National Association
of the Advancement of Colored People, and the
City of Lubbock Human Relations Commission.
JAMES R. EISSINGER
Professor of Law, 1972.
B.A., Wartburg College, 1960; ].0., 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 Eissingerenteredservicein
the US. Air Force as a member of the Judge
Advocate General's Corps. He served as
counsel in court martial proceedings as well as
providing general legal assistance. Professor
Eissinger later served as an Assistant Allomey
General in North Dakota, a position that
entailed substantial work in administrative law.
~:r;~g~:: J:~~~e~i:::a~~
the
of
Dakota, Professor Eissinger came directly to the
Texas Tech School of Law faculty.
Professor Eissinger has written and published
generally in the area of public law. He currently
serves as Otair of the Admissions Committee ftt
the Law School where he is responsible for an
admissions process that provides the maximum
amount of individual review possible. This
procedure is necessary because of the extensive
student schOlarship program administered
through his committee.
TIMOTHY W. FLOYD
Professor of Law, 1989.
B.A., Emory University, 1977; M.A., 1977; J.D.,
University of Georgia, 1980. Admitted to
practice in Georgia and Texas.
(Teaches-Criminal Law, ugaf Ethics, various
lawyerilrgskillscourses)
Before coming to Texas Tech, Professor Floyd
served as a law clerk in the U.s. Court of Appeab
for the Fifth Circuit, was legal counsel to the
Liculenant Governor of Georgia, practiced with
the law firm ofSutherland,Asbill,& Brennan,
and was Assistant Director and Director of the
U~i~ersi~ of s;eorgia School of Law Legal Aid
ClImc. HIS pnmary research interest is legal
ethics, especially in the application of moral
theology to the practice of law. Professor Floyd
also has a special intereslin lawyerdiscipHnary
procedures and was one of the drafters of the
Teras Rults of Disciplinary ProctdUrt.
Professor Floyd serves on the Supreme Courl
of Texas Grievance Oversight Committee, the
State Bar of Texas Professionalism Committee,
and the Board of Directors of the Texas Legal
ServicesCenter. He is currently faculty advisor
to the Board of Barristers, the Minority Law
~~~=~~a:;:~~~~:~nw~a~
Volunteer Law Students and is active in the pm
bono legal clinic.
SUSAH SUI FORTHEY
Associate Professor of uw, 1992.
SA., Trinity University, 1974; J.D., Antioch
School of Law, 19'77; LU1., Columbia University
School of Law, 1992. Admitted to practice in
r",.
(Ttachts-Tuas Cirril Prr-Trial Proctduf"t, Taas
Trial lind Appellatt Proctdurf, Professional
Rtsponsibility, l1talth LtJw)
Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Fortney
practiced law in both the public and private
sectors. She first served as briefing allorney for
Chief Justice Carlos Cadena of the Fourth Court
of Appeals of Texas. She continued her public
service as an attorney with the Division of
Corporation Finance and the Division of
Enforcement at the U.5. Securities and Exchange
Commission. Thereafter,ProfessorFortney
entered private practice, handling securities and
corporatemallers. With that background,she
developed an expertise in business and insurance
coverage litigation, principally handling legal
malpractice and diredorsand officers liability
cases. While in practice, Professor Fortney
developed her love of teaching, firsl 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 currently lectures and
publishes in lhe areas of professional liability
andrihic:s.
D. MURUY HEHSLEY
Adjunct Professor of Law, 19&1B.B.A., Texas Tech University, 1979; J.D., Texas
Tech University School of Law, 1982. AdmiUed
lopracticeinTexas.
<Adtlists-Trial and Appellatt Advocacy ttams)
°
Proksso< Hensley ,_oIM,,1'hortet
Cobb om<!)ohnsoo. LLP. oIlubbod< om<! "" "'"
actively engaged in general civil trial work for JT"l()re
thanadecade. Heisaboard-eertifiedciviltrial
lawyer. Profe:ssorHensleyfrequentlyspeaksat
continuing legal education serninars on topia;
rela~:~~I~e:lra~r~:~~me
active as an allomey representing agricultural
cooperatives. He serves on the Legal, Tax, and
Accounting Commillee of the National Council
of Farmer Cooperatives and has been a frequent
speaker at recent Cooperative seminars.
Professor Hensley serves asa simulated skills
teacher and works with both moot court and
mock trial advocacy teams at the Texas Tech Law
School. His students have won state, regional,
and national championships.
DONALD M. HUHT
AdjunclProfessorofLaw,1974.
B.A., McMurry University, 1956; LL.B., University of Texas, 1961. Admilled to practice in Texas.
(Teaches-Appellate Advocacy; Advises-Trial
and Appel/ate Advocacy teams)
ProfessorHunlisa partner in the firm of
Carr, Fouts, Hunt & Wolfe, LLP. and has been
engaged in the private practice of law for more
than three decades. During these years of
practice, he has concentrated in civil trial work,
primarilyspeciali:ling in civil appeals. Professor
Hunt is board-eertified in Civil Appellate Law by
the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Professor Hunt has served as edilor-in-ehief
of the Teras AppdlQle Practiet MDnUDI (State Bar
1974) and as a member of the board of editors of
Tt.mS Appdlatt Pmc/iet MJlnUDl (2nd Edition. State
Bar 1993). He has also been active in the
Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of
Texas, having served as its chairman in 1991·92.
While in great demand as a speaker al
continuing legal education programs for fudges
and practicing attorneys, Professor Hunt
tearnes a course in Appellate Advocacy and
also serves as advisor to moot court and
mock trial teams. Students working with
Coach Hunt have won a number of slate,
regional, and national championships.
JOHH E. KUHMER
Professor of Law And Foundation Professor
of Commerci.a1 Law, 1911.
B.A., University of Iowa, 1965; J.D., 1966;
LLM., Harvard University, 1967. Admitted
to practice in Iowa.
(Teaches-Contracts, Commercial Law,
Consumer Law)
Professor 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 contracts,
commercial law, and consumer law,
Professor Krahmer is also the faculty editor
of the monthly TexQs Bollk lAwyer journal
published by student writers and editors at
the Texas Tech Law School by arrangement
with the Texas Association of Bank Counsel.
In addition to his interest in these legal
subject mailers, Professor Krahmer is
actively involved in the use of computers as
a tool for legal research. He has been
recognized for his work by being named
Foundation Professor of Commercial Law
through the Texas Tech Law School
Foundation and by his selection as the
·Outstanding Law Professor" on several
ocrasions by the students at Texas Tech Law
School. Professor Krahmer has also received
various university awards for his research
and teaching activities.
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PIAn
BRUCE M.
Maddox
KBA:~~, 1974.
of California al Los A~gel~s,
LLM.,UniversityoflllmOls,
to practice in Cilifomia and
diversity of educational institutions. His major
field remains rommerciallaw, but he also has
specialized interests and teaches courses in lorts,
creditors' rights,andJewish law.
Professor Lee has contributed to numerous
legal publications, writing primarily in the areas
of commercial law. He has taught not only as a
faculty member allhe Texas Tech School of Law,
but also al the law schools of the University of
addition, she has been actively engaged in
preparing and lecturing in continuing legal
education courses for judges. She currently
serves as a member of the Texas Tech
University Athletic Coundl.
DEAN G. PAWLOWIC
Professor of law, 1989.
B.A., Creighton University, 1970; M.A.. 1972;
J.D.,19'1'9. Admitted to practice in Nebraska.
(feaclles-Adv/lnced Bankruptcy Law,
Universily of Wyoming.
Banking Law, Contmcts, Creditors' Rig1lts,
Professor Lee isan active member of the
Remedies)
American Bar Association. He also serves as a
Professor Pawlowic was awarded a
Lewis . . of Florida.
teaching fellowship at Creighton University,
the lhuversllYKramer is the co-author of a four- Private Judge and is an honorary member of
Private Adjudication Center Inc. (Duke Univer·
where he taught introductory literature
Profe5SO". entitled Tht lAw rf Pooling and sityaffiliate).
courses while pursuing a master's degree in
volurnt'.aea':a casebook entitled Gzstson Oil
English. He began his legal career as a law
Unitizl1JOll a He served as a member of the .
ALISON G. MYNtA
clerk for the United Slates District Court for
QMd~"7theOiLGasandMineralLawSection Associate Professor of Law, 1991.
the District of Nebraska, and in 1981 he
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ofTexas. He,iscurrentlya
B.A., B.S. Ed., 1982; University of North Dakota, became an associate with the Omaha office
1982; J.D., 19&5; lLM., Harvard University, 1991. of Kutak Rock, where he practiced commerAdmitted to practice in Minnesota and North
ciallaw. Professor Pawlowic was elected a
partner of the firm in 1985 and chair of the
DuoL'l.
(ftachts-Civil Proudurt, Criminal L.a14
banking department in 1986. His practice
Criminal Proudurt, Ltgal Analysis ami. \\-Tiring) concentrated in the banking and bankruptcy
law areas and involved primarily the
professor Myhra served as a law clerk to the
structuring of public and private financing.
Honorable Roger J. Nierengarten of the MinneHis expertise covered multi-bank and bank
legai lltatises.
insurance company credit and liquidity
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facilities,aswellasrelativelyrecent
accepted a position with the law firm of Robins,
1974.
Kaplan. Miller & Ciresi of Minneapolis.
developments including interest rate swaps,
of British Columbia, 1959;
asset securitization, and other derivative
professor Myhra was active in the commercial
. 1962;5.).0,
types of financing. Oients represented
law area.
. Admitted to
professor Myhra left private practice to return regional and money center banks, both
foreign and domestic.
Since joining our faculty, Professor
Pawlowic's research interests have continued
First Amendment research, in addition to
to focus on letters of credit, banking law, and
completing her formal course work for an
bankruptcy. He serves as a faculty member
of the Texas Tech
for continuing legal education programs and
School of Law, Professor Myhra has continued
as a faculty advisor to the students who
research in the First Amendment area. In
produce the Ttw &nk lmDya:
~~::~ill~~ t~:~~~:rs~~~ln:~v:'~~~~nia
~~~~u~~:nAs~r:f~~~Sa~~~ ~;~~~:~~ig~~elaw
~al~:::~e~;,~i~~:~;i~~~~aa~t
adv;i~~~~:n~e~~~culty
MARILYN PNELAN
Robert H. Bean Professor of Law and Professor
of Museum Science, 1974.
B.A., Texas Tech University, ]959; M.B.A., ]967;
Ph.D., 1971; J.D., University of Texas, 1972Admitted to practice in Texas. Certified Public
Accountanl
(ftJlchtS-ftdnallncomt Taxation, Accounting
for Lswyers, Museum Law, Advanctd Income
TlUation, Nonprojit Organizations)
As a student at the University of Texas,
Professor Phelan was elected to the Order of the
Coif. She has served as General Counsel for Texas
Tedi University and Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center and as Associate Dean of the
Graduate School and olthe Law School. She is the
authorolsevera.ltextbooks,indudingNOIlprrfit
Enttrpri:sts--l..JandTamlion,Rtp1tStllIingNonprrfil
Enttrprists,MuseumsondthtLaw,andisro-author
of West's Ftderal TaraliOIl. Professor Phelan is a
member of the American Law Institute and is a
Texas Commissioner to the Commission on
Uniform Slate Laws. She is a member of the
American Institute ol Certified Public Accountants
aI'KIisboard-eertifiedin tax law by theTexas
BoardolL..egalSperialization. Professor Phelan is
a\so Professor of Museum Science.
ROBERT WILLIAM PIAn, IR.
J. Hadley Edgar Professor of law, 1988.
B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, 1972; J.D.,
University of New Mexico, 1975. Admitted 10
practice in Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas.
([tachts-Immigration Ls14 Law and Lmguagt,
Busi~ Entjti~ family Law)
After law school, Professor Bill Piatt served
in Santa Fe as Assistant Attorney General for the
State of New Mexico and in Albuquerque as
Assistant Public Defender. He accepted a
position at New Mexico State University in Las
Cruces where he taught law-related topics. He
later taught at Univmity of Oldahoma Schoo1 of
uw. After three years of leaching, Professor
Piatt returned to private practice in Santa Fe for
almost four years. His practice was wideranging and included both civil and criminal
cases. He accepted a position as a law professor
at the School of Law at Washburn University
and was a visiting professor at the School of
law at Southern Illinois University.
Professor Piatt concentrates his academic
interest primarily in immigration law and
language rights. In addition to numerous
articles and book chapters, his most recent book
is Immigration Law: Coses and Problems, published
in 1994 by the Michie Company. Other recent
books he has written include iOn1y English?
lAw ond Language Policy in Ihe Uniltd Sialts, and
umguogt on Iht Job: &/ancing BusintsS Nttds and
:~~x~h~~~b~t~ ':sUn:i;:i:leof
Outstanding Book on the subject of Human
Rights in North America in 1994 by the
Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human
Rights. It was also selected by Choice magazine
as an Outstanding Book of the Year in 1994. His
latest book will be published in 1997 by the New
York University Press.
WILL E. RICE
Professor of Law, 1989.
B.A., University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 1970;
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1972; Ph.D., 1975; J.D., University of Texas,
1982.
(ftaches-Torts,lnsumnct Law, MediC/l1
Malpr/lctict,LtgalMalpractice)
Before joining the faculty. Professor Rice was
a resident scholar at the American Bar Foundahon where he researched various substantive
:;:gh~~~~ ::~v~~~~e~'~:::~~o~~
has
University, the University o( Texas at Austin, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and
the Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Professor
Rice has published many empirically based
articles in the following areas of law; insurance,
labor, antitrust, civil rights, contracts, and
banking. Two of his most recent publications
are uFederal Courts and lhe Regulation o(the
Insurance Industry: An Empirical and
HisloricalAnalysisofCourt'sIneffectual
Attempts to Harmonize Federal Antitrust,
Arbitration, and Insolvency Statutes With the
McCarran·Ferguson Act, 1941-1993" in the
Catholic Lzw lVvirw (1994) and ~Judicial Bias,
The Insurance Industry and Consumer
Protection-An Empirical Analysis of State
Supreme Courts' Breach-of-Contract, Bad·
Faith, Covenant-of-Good-Faith and ExcessJudgment Decisions, 1900-1991" in theCotholic
Law Rtvitw (1992). Recently, he received the
president's Excellence in Teaching Award.
ELIZABETN K. SCHNEIDER
Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Law
library Director, 1992.
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1968; M.A.,
University of Minnesota, 1969; J.D., William
Mitchell College, 1973. Admitted to practice in
Minnesota.
(l'eaches-Advanctd Ltg/ll ~~arch, Law and
tht Elderly, Ltgal Pramct)
Sc~~:7 c:~npgro~~~i%:~~:~~ech
Director of the Maricopa County Law Library
in Phoenix. She also served as Professor of
Law and Librarian at HamlinI' University
School of Law in 51. Paul and as Assistant
Director at the University of Akron School of
Law. In addition, she worked briefly in the
field of continuing legal education. In each of
her last three positions she has had extensive
experience in law library construction and
renovation. Besides teaching legal research to
law students, she has frequently taught classes
for public librarians, paralegals, and county
courljudges. Professor Schneider is active in
the American Association of Law Libraries and
the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries,
receiving the SWALL Outstanding Member
Award in 1993.
WENINGER
ZANGLEIN
~
RODRIC I. SCHOEN
Charles B. Thornton Professor of UW, 197L
B.A., University of Colorado, 1956; JD.,
University of New Mexico, 1966. Admitled 10
practice in New Mexico ;md Texas.
(feadrtS-Coll5titutiollaILDw, MaS5 Media
LAw, Public Educ.ation Uzw, Torts'
Professor Rod Schoen accepted a position as
briefing allomey to Circuit Court Judge Oliver
Seth of the United Stales Court of Appeals for
the Tenth Circuit upon graduating from law
school. After completing that term, he taught
for four years allhe School of Law of Indiana
University at Indianapolis. Thereafter Professor
Schoen joined the faculty at Texas Tech where he
has served two differenllimes as Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs. He has also been
active in the work for the State Bar of Texas and
has served asstatewidc officer and national board
member of the American Civil Liberties Union
After graduating with high honors from law
schoo~ Professor Shannon served as an
Allomey-Advisor with the Office of the General
Counsel to the Secretary of the Air Forre al the
Pentagon (1983-86) and in the Public Law
section of the firm of Hughes and Lure in
Austin,. Texas (1986-88). In addition,. Professor
Shannon has taughl summer courses allhe
University of North Carolina School of Law, the
University of Texas School of Law, and the
University of Colorado School of Law.
Professor Shannon has served on the boards
of directors of Advocacy, Inc., the Texas
Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Texas Council
for Community Mental Health and Mental
Retardalion Cenlers, and the Lubbock Regional
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center.
He and Professor Dan Benson recently authored
a book, Texas Criminal Procedure and the Offender
with Mmlal Illness
Professor Schocn has researched and writlcn
in the area of ConstilutionaI rights, and his law
review arlicles have been ciled by both the
United States Supreme Courl and the Texas
Supreme Court. He is a popular lecturer at
rontinuing legal education programs and has
served in an advisol)' capacity within the state
FRANK F. SKILLERN
teaching.
Professor of Law, 1971.
A.B., Univl"rsity of Chicago, 1964; J.D.,
University of Denver, 1966; LLM., University
of Michigan, 1969. Admilted to practice in
Colorado and Texas.
(Ttaches-Property, Wills and Trusts, Nahlral
Rtsourres Law, "~ter Lsw, Environmental Law)
Professor Skillern taught at Ohio Northern
IRIAN D. SHANNON
~e~i:se~:h ~: ~~:.~~~ha~::g at:i~~~ng
~~~~~~~~~~I:r~y~h:rsa=~t~ow~al
Professor of Law, 1988.
B.S., Angelo Slate University, 1979; J,D..
University of Tms, 1982. Admitted 10 practice
in Tens.
(Ttflmts-AdministNtivt lAw, Contracts,
ProptThj, lLgfll Practice, Products Lifll7ility, Lsw
and PsymiatTy, Coames ABA National
NegotiatiollSTtam)
professor at the universities of Texas, Tulsa, and
Arkansas law schools and has written se\'eral
articles and papers on land use, environmental,
and natural resources law. Professor Skillern
has contributed chapters to various trealises
including Po-dItIl Oil hoi Proptrty; RoIwIl, Zoning
alld ul1u1 Ust um/roIs; and Chanin, Sptei4/iud
lLgal Rtstardr. His books include Envirollmtnlal
Proltdim--nlt Ltgal Frrzmnmrt; Tt.D15 WattT l.Jrw
(2 vols.}, and RtgulatiDn rfWattr and &rm
Utili/its. Professor Skillern remains active in the
1'5B Section 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 Rtsolll"Ces Urwytr. In
addition, he serves as the local alumni representative for the University of Chicago.
RACNEL A. VAN CLEAVE
Assistant Professor of Law, 1995.
B.A.,Slanford University,I986;
J.D., University of California, Hastings College
of Law, 1989; J.S.M., Stanford Law School, 1994.
Admilled to practice in California.
(reaches-Property, Wills and Trust, Legal
Practice)
After law school, Professor Van Cleave
clerked for/udgeSam D.Johnson of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in
Austin, Texas, She then taught legal research
and writing and trusts and estates at Santa Clara
UniversiZ School of Law for two.~ears. She
;~::~~g~:g~h':~~ht~~dy:a~l~1:I~
pursuing her J.5.M. The year ~fore joining the
faculty at Texas Tech, Professor Van Cleave was
a visiting professor at the University of
Richmond School of Law, where she taughl
torts, wills and trusts, fiduciary administration.
and criminal law.
Professor Van Cleave has published articles
in the areas of slale ronstitulionallaw, ha~as
corpus, and domestic violence. She recently
received a Fulbright Scholar gran! to study
Italy's criminal justice system.
ROIERT A. WENINGER
JAYNE ELIZABETH ZANGLEIN
Professor of Law, 1974.
B.BA, University of Wisconsin, 1955; LLB., 1960;
LlM.. University of Chicago, 1964. Admitttd to
practice in California and \'{lSCOnsin.
(ftachts-Evidtllct, Civil Proadurr, Trial
Advocacy)
Immediately after graduating from law schoo~
Professor Weninger began general practice. Four
years laler he entered a graduale program al the
Universily of Chicago and completed an
advanced law degree. He then accepted a
position as a trial allomey with lhe National
Labor Regulations Board of the 19th Region of the
United States headquartered in Sealtle. Professor
Weninger served as a trial attorney for five years,
with his work concentrating on the National
Labor Relations Act. From there he became a trial
attorney for the Federal Defenders Program in
San Diego, where hescrved as trial attorney for
two years before accepting a position as professor
in the School of Law at California Western
University in San Diego.
Since arriving at the Texas Tech School of Law,
Professor Weninger has laught primarily in the
areas of procedure, evidence, and liligation. He
has pioneered the use of sociological data as a
basis for critical analysis of the operation of the
Professor of uw, 1990.
B.M.I., Berklee College of Music, 1975; J.D.,
Slate University of New York at Buffalo, 1980.
Admitted to practice in New York. F1orid~ and
TOX".
(Ttachrs-BusintSS Entities, Stcuritirs Rqulation, PtIlsion Planning, Employmtllt lAw,
NegotiatiollS \Vorkshop, lLgal Practict)
Before joining the faculty, Professor Zanglein
was a partner at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias &:
Engelhard, a New York law finn lhat specializes
in employment and labor law. She supervised
the finn's ERISA department and represented
trustees in litigation and arbitration. ~rofessor
Zanglein also worked for six years as m-house
counsel fora pension fund in Florida. She
served as the adminiSlrator to the fund,
negotiated real estate and business transactions,
and was general counsel 10 the fund's corporate
subsidiaries
ProfessorZanglein served as consultant to
the New York Center for Employee Ownership
and was appointed by Governor Cuomo as a
mem~r of the Governor's Task Force on
Pension Investments. She is a member of the
ABA Section on Labor and Employment Law
and is co-chair of the subcommillee on Administrative and Legislative for the Commillee on
Employee Benefits. Sheisa frequent speaker at
national ((Inferences on pension issues.
Professor Zanglein has authored a book on
pension fund investments and has published
numerous articles on corporate governance,
proxy voting. and employee ~nefits.
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have
Virginia l.Jlw Rroiw, lhe UCLA Lmv RnJltw, and
the Southern California l.Jlw Rroiw. Professor
Weninger has been a visiting professor at Temple
University School of Law.
FALL 1996
August 14-16
August 19
August 23
September 2
September 11
September 21
October 7
November 27 (noon)
First-year Orientation
Classes begin
Last day to add a class
Labor Day-University holiday
Last day to drop a course for a full refund
Parents' Day
Last day to drop a course and receive an automatic W
Classes dismissed for Thanksgiving holiday and lasl
December 2
December 3-13
December 14
Reading Day
Final examinations
Hooding Ceremony and University Commencement
day of class
SPRING 1997
January 8
January 15
January 20
January 29
February 24
March 17-21
March 24
March 31
April 25
April 28
April 29-May 9
May 10
Classes begin
Last day to add a class
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-University holiday
Last day to drop a course for a full refund
Last day to drop a course and receive an automatic W
Spring Break
Classes resume
Day of no classes
Last day 01 class
Reading Day
Final examinations
Hooding Ceremony and University Commencement
Abo t th Admission Process
Can I call 10 check the status of my application?
Due to Federal privacy laws, infonnation concerning admission decisions will not be given over the phone or by facsimile
transmission. The only information we will release IS whether
or nol the file iscomplele.
What is the application fee?
The application fee is $SO.
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What do I do about late LSAT scores?
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receipt of your application.
How will you receive late transcript grades?
An updated transcript may be submitted to lSDAS at any
time and the cumulative grade-point average will be recompUled to reflect the additional grades.
Where do I mail my application and recommendation
letters?
Texas Tech University School of Law
Admissions Office
1802 Hartford
Box 4ml4
Lubbock. Texas
How does the "hold" process work?
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students withdraw, names will be selected from the
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When is the deadline for applicalions?
February 3. 1997
Can I apply after the deadline?
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selection are diminished because their files will be considered
after the regular applicant pool is reviewed.
Can the application be used for any semester?
First-year students are accepted only for the fall semester.
This application may also be used by students wishing 10 visit
our law school or requesting transfer. Each year you must
complete a new application.
How are the applications processed?
Applications are processed on a rolling admission basisrevIewed upon completion of files beginning in
November.
Are a personal statement and resume required?
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as possible.
If I am accepted but decide to wait until next year, what do
Ido?
You will need to notify Admissions of your decision, and your
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new application will be combined with your old file.
What factors are weighed in making a decision on my
~~l~c~~osfJerable
weight is placed upon your LSAT score
and grade-point average, the committee looks beyond the
quantitative data to such factors as background, experience,
extracurricular activities and interests, and evidence of
leadership qualities in making its admissions decisions.
Can I schedule a personal interview?
The large numbers of applicants and time limitations restrict
us from granting personal interviews
Yes
Are leiters of recommendation required?
No, but if you would like to send leiters of recommendation,
we will accept up to three.
Who should mail leiters of recommendation?
You may include leiters of recommendation with your
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pending recommendation leiters.
Where can I obtain an tSAT booklet?
You can obtain a booklet from most colleges in your area.
When are the LSAT tests given?
February, June. October. and December of earn year. LSAT
scores are good for thrcc years.
What is the cost of tuition, books, and supplies?
Tuition for first-year students who are residents of Texas is
$150 per semester hour. Students who are nonresidents must
pay tuition of $275 per semester hour. All students will have
additional expenses of approximately $575 in fees and $200250 for books and supplies each semester. The average
semester course load is 14~16 hours.
When do I file my Declaration of Intent to Study Law
form?
The State Bar of Texas requires that all first-y('ar students
intendin~ to take the Texas bar examination must file a
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who entered in August. Fonns will be available al orientation.
The filin~ fee is $125 and this fee must accompany the
Declaration form. New rules require that all first year law
students submit a set of fingerprints with the Declaration
fonn.
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