November 1986
Dear Alumni and Friends of the Texas Tech Law School,
This volume of The Cornerstone is my 1985-86 Dean's Report.
Last year was my first year as a law school dean, although I had been a law
professor for more than a dozen years. I knew that there would be no major
surprises but I was anxious about this new role in legal education. That
anxiety grew out of dual concerns: could I do an acceptable job and would
I enjoy the work. I now think I can attempt an answer to the first question
and I am confident of my answer to the second question. The answer to
each question requires some explanation.
It is possible for me to do an acceptable job - but only because the task is
such a simple one. All I do is orchestrate and facilitate the work of others.
The Texas Tech School of Law is currently comprised of an excellent
student body, a productive and hard working faculty, and the support and
assistance of University President Lauro Cavazos and Vice-President of
Academic Affairs and Research Don Haragan. We are further nurtured by
an extraordinarily supportive network of alumni and friends . It is therefore
entirely predictable that the product of this year's endeavors would be
outstanding. This report will cover our students, faculty, several special
contributions and gifts as well as brief coverage of admissions, curriculum,
continuing legal education programs and alumni news.
Once you have had an opportunity to read through this Dean's Report I
think you will agree with me that last year was quite productive by any
standard. It is hardly surprising that I would find my work as Dean
enjoyable. But it would not have been so enjoyable if our staff, both in the
law school and the law library, were not gifted and dedicated. They have
patiently guided me away from problems and helped me support the work
of our students and faculty .
Now that I have had this chance to reflect on the past year I am struck by
two overriding impressions. First, I am amazed at how quickly my family
and I have been accepted at the Law School, the University and in
Lubbock. Second, I am confident that the Texas Tech Law School stands
poised on the cusp of another good year. I am fully aware of the problems
posed by revenue shortfalls in Texas. This is not a happy development. But
the strength of our program and our people promise ultimate success . I
look forward to "orchestrating" and "facilitating" the collective ability and
commitment of our students, faculty , staff, alumni and friends in 1986-87.
Sincerely,
W. Frank Newton
Dean
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
The Texas Tech Law
Review Completes a
Productive Year
The Law Review published two special
issues in 1985-86 in addition to four regular
issues. The 1986 Supplement to the Texas
Family Code Symposium updates the Law
Review's comprehensive 1982 publication
and includes case interpretation as well as
additions, amendments, or deletions to
provisions of the Texas Family Code.
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A new publication, the Texas
Administrative Agency and Legislative
History Citation Guide, serves as a current
research tool for use in connection with
Texas administrative agency materials.
The Law Review was cited by the
Corporate, Banking & Business Law section
of the State Bar for publishing the Best
Case Note this year in a Texas law review.
National Moot Court Team also qualified
for the national finals after winning second
place in regional.
The Tech team competing in the ABA's
first National Negotiation Competition
took second place. Teams reaching the
semi-finals in their respective competitions
include National Mock Trial, National
Appellate Advocacy, Trial Lawyers
Association Mock Trial and the
Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein &
Johnson State Moot Court Team.
Over thirty second and third-year students
participated on the interschool teams which
were coached by law professor Charles
Bubany, adjunct law professor Donald
Hunt of the Lubbock firm of Carr, Evans,
Fouts & Hunt and D. Murray Hensley of
the Lubbock firm of McWhorter, Cobb &
Johnson.
Fourteen students comprise the Review's
editorial board. The remaining
membership has twenty third-year students
and twenty-eight second-year students.
The team achieving the highest recognition
was the Benton National Moot Court Team
which won second place in national
competition in Chicago. Tech law student
Lin Hughes won Best Oralist honors.
The Winstead, McGuire, Sechrest & Minick
National Client Counseling Team captured
first place in regional competition and
advanced to the semi-finals nationally. The
Numerous Conferences
Establish CLE Program
The Board of Barristers sponsored seven
intraschool competitions with over 200
students participating. The competitions
listed below are each sponsored yearly by a
Texas law firm .
Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin First
Year Mock Trial
Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond Fall
Advanced Mock Trial
Scott, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, Finger &
Thurmond Spring Advanced Mock Trial
Grambling & Mounce First Year Moot
Court
Shank, Irwin & Conant Fall Advanced
Moot Court
Geary, Stahl & Spencer Spring Moot Court
Charles P. Bubany Client Counseling (Phil
Brown and Sam Brown sponsors)
The Law School's continuing legal
education program was expanded
dramatically in 1985-86 with the
sponsorship of seven conferences, the
largest number of programs presented by
the school.
Legal Research Board
Completes Thirty Projects
Advocacy Teams Mark
Championship Year
The 1985-86 academic year was a
championship year in advocacy in regional
and national competitions. Tech students
participated in eight different moot court,
mock trial and negotiation competitions
with several teams vying for national titles
after winning or placing at the regional
level.
Board of Barristers
Sponsor Competitions
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Lin Hughes accepts book awards for her selection as
Best Oralist in the Benton National Moot Court
Competition.
The Legal Research Board completed over
thirty research projects in 1985-86 for
lawyers throughout the State. Serving as a
"briefing staff" for practicing attorneys, the
Board researched requested legal topics and
drafted legal memoranda. Topics ranged
from banking issues such as the definition
of "adequate financing" to water law
questions concerning obstruction to the
natural flow of water.
Board membership is comprised of fourteen
second and third-year students who are
selected for their proficiency in research and
writing. Fees of $10 per hour for research
services are contributed to the Law School
Foundation.
The most well-attended conference was the
one-day seminar on the New Texas Rules
of Criminal Evidence which drew over 600
lawyers to San Antonio in March. The
second-largest program, the Ninth Annual
Banking Law Institute held in Dallas in
April, attracted over 250 attorneys.
Three seminars have become annual
programs: the Banking Law Institute; the
Stay Abreast of Law Seminar held in
Lubbock in October; and the Medical
Malpractice Conference held last year in
San Antonio in April. The Immigration
Law Conference held last April in EI Paso
was presented for the second year.
The Law School sponsored three new
conferences in 1985-86 including the Farm,
Ranch and Agribusiness Bankruptcy
Insitute in Lubbock in November; the
Conference on Trade and International
Law in EI Paso in February; and the
Conference on the New Texas Rules of
Criminal Evidence. The Farm, Ranch
Institute and the International Law
Conference hosted speakers and
participants from several states.
All but one conference, the Stay Abreast of
Law Seminar, was co-sponsored by another
law school or bar association. This
approach has allowed the Law School to
develop and establish its CLE program
quickly. The entire program has been
extremely well-received due to the high
caliber of speakers, many of whom are
nationally recognized experts in their field
of law.
The expansion of the program has
increased substantially the visibility of the
Law School among lawyers while
providing a necessary service to the bar.
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CURRICULUM
GIVING
Opportunities for Giving
Reshape &- Revitalize
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New giving opportunities will shape the
future of the Law School - providing a
solid base for continued academic
excellence. The Law School hopes to fill
the Jack Maddox Professorship of Law and
to substantially advance funding of two
additional professorships. Plans are in
motion for several Presidential
Scholarships to enhance and broaden the
current scholarship program, and the
Annual Alumni Giving Program has been
revitalized to include city-by-city
campaIgns.
A complete report on the Giving Program
will be included in the Winter issue of the
Cornerstone, but the following describes
recent developments in securing Law
School support.
The Jack Maddox Professorship of Law
Named for the late Jack Maddox, a 1929
Texas Tech graduate, the Jack Maddox
Professorship of Law was made possible by
an endowment announced in 1982 by the
Maddox Foundation. Professor Murl
Larkin was named as the first Maddox
Professor. A search is underway for the
second Maddox Professor of Law.
T he Alvin R. A llison Professorship of Law
In recognition of the Law School's founder,
the Alvin R. Allison Professorship of Law
was begun in the fall of 1986 by Texas Tech
Law School alumni and friends.
Review of Curriculum
Brings Major Changes
Law School Association
President William
Allensworth of Dallas.
Charles R. Battin, President of the First National
Bank of Levelland congratulates Alvin R. Allison on
the naming of the Alvin R. Allison Professorship of
Law. The Bank has been a substantial contributor to
the Professorship.
The Robert H. Bean Professorship of Law
The Bean Professorship, named for retired
Lubbock State District Judge Robert H.
Bean, was initiated this year as a part of
the Texas Tech University Enterprise
Campaign. Lubbock State Senator John
Montford serves as special coordinator.
Annual Giving Program
The Texas Tech Law School Association
has begun a city-by-city campaign to
increase the percentage of giving by
alumni. Last July, Association President
William Allensworth kicked off the first
program in Dallas. Similar programs are
underway in Amarillo - under the
leadership of John Huffaker - and
Beaumont - under the leadership of Jo
Ben Whittenburg. Before the end of this
school year a campaign will be conducted
in every major city in the State.
Library Expands Through
Contributions and
Allocations
John Montford, Dean Newton, Judge Robert Bean
Endowed Presidential Scholarships
The J .H. Splawn Scholarship is the first
Law School Presidential Scholarship. The
endowment has been created in honor of
Lubbock lawyer Johnny Splawn by his law
partner John Simpson ('75).
Contributions from Lubbock area
attorneys, together with an allocation of
$75,000 from the Higher Education
Assistance Fund ("Proposition 2"), has
enriched the library collection by some 800
new books. The HEAF allocation was due
primarily to the efforts of Dean Newton
and Dr. Len Ainsworth, Associate VicePresident for Academic Affairs. The new
books cover a vast array of law-related
topics, and may be borrowed by alumni if
the desired items are not currently needed
for courses being taught.
President Cavazos allocated to the library
$4,700 in 1985-86 for the purchase of
computer equipment which allows the Law
Library to begin converting bibliographic
records to archival tape, thereby preparing
the library's participation in a campus-wide
online catalog.
Murl Larkin (L) receives congratulations from
Maddox Foundation Vice President Don Maddox and
Texas Tech President Lauro Cavazos.
John Simpson (I) and Johnny Splawn
The curriculum directly affects the quality
of legal education, and therefore
continuous review of the curriculum is a
major faculty endeavor. After a year-long
study, the faculty recently approved
curriculum changes to better prepare
graduates for professional careers extending
well into the twenty-first century.
Taught for many years as five credit
courses, the basic first year courses Civil
Procedure, Contracts, Torts, Property, and
Constitutional Law are now being taught
as four credit courses. Evidence was moved
from the second year to the second semester
of the first year. The first year curriculum
was expanded to include Legal Process, an
intensive one week introduction to law, and
Non-Judicial Process, a two credit course
focusing on methods of dispute resolution
outside litigation. Legal writing is more
prominently treated in Legal Analysis, a
course taught by all faculty members to
small sections of first year students. This
writing program extends from the middle
of the fall semester through the spring
semester and includes eight to ten writing
projects followed by prompt evaluation.
The second year courses of Wills and
Trusts, Commercial Law, Business Entities,
and Income Taxation have been retained as
part of the required curriculum. Reduction
of basic first year courses from five to four
credits have been complemented by
expanding elective offerings in related areas
to permit a measure of specialization
relating to the professional interests of
advanced students.
The elective curriculum has been enriched
in recent years by clinical courses providing
practical experience in professional skills.
Trial Advocacy, Appellate Advocacy,
Arbitration, Collective Bargaining,
Negotiation, and Client Counseling
develop skills while applying substantive
law. All students receive training in
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ALUMNI NEWS
ADMISSIONS
Curriculum (cant'd)
computerized research in the first year
course Legal Research and are encouraged
to use these skills during the remainder of
their legal education.
As in the past, the general objectives of our
curriculum in the future are to require of
all students those courses necessary for a
comprehensive foundation in law, to
provide reasonable opportunities for
specialization in the elective curriculum,
and to provide education in professional
skills.
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Admissions Profile Shows
Positive Increases
The Law School's 1986 entering class of 223
students represents the largest first-year
class in three years . Applications were up
and overall improvements were apparent in
the average G.P.A. and the LSAT profile.
For example, forty-five students this year
scored in the 80th percentile or above while
only 25 students in last year's class ranked
in that level. The number of students with
a combined 80th percentile on the LSAT
and a 3.3 G.P .A. or better doubled over the
previous entering class.
The Admissions Committee attributed the
improvement in part to the awarding of
full tuition scholarships based strictly on
merit. This new program has helped
increase the number of registered students
who scored in the 90th percentile or above
range on the LSAT.
The admissions profile on the entering
class of 1986 and a profile as it compares to
1985 is as follows:
Active Alumni Continue
Support
Admissions Profile
1986
1985
223
(20 summer
entrants,
203 fall)
192
(19 summer
entrants,
173 fall)
Applications
1,259 received
1,220 completed
1,1 75received
1,136 completed
Grade Point
Average
3.14 avg.
3.10 avg.
LSAT Score
33.63 avg.
33 avg.
Undergrad.
Colleges
Represented
Texas-37
Out of State-24
Texas-31
Out of State-I5
Residency
Status
Texas-I85
Non-residents-7
Texas-211
Non -residen ts-12
Age
26 average
25 average
Sex
Female-70
(36.5%)
Male-122
(63.5%)
Female-71
(31.8%)
Hispanic-9
Black-2
AmericanIndian-3
AsianAmerican-l
Hispanic-5
Black-2
Asian Pacific
Islander-2
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Class Size
Minority
Male-152
(68 .2%)
Alumni throughout the state met with Law
Dean Frank Newton as he visited eleven
local Law School Association chapters.
Cities included Amarillo in October;
Abilene in November; Houston in January;
El Paso in February; San Antonio in
March; Dallas in April; and Fort Worth,
Beaumont, Nacogdoces, Tyler and Mount
Pleasant in May . Newton emphasized on
each of his visits the importance of alumni
support particularly in a year of budget
cuts, and he thanked graduates for their
continued assistance in recruiting top
students to the Law School.
Other Association activities included the
Annual Alumni Weekend and the Class of
'75 reunion in Lubbock in October and the
Annual Meeting for the Association held in
Dallas in April. William Allensworth ('74)
of Dallas was installed as President along
with twenty-seven officers and directors.
The Association hosted its annual reception
and sponsored an alumni breakfast for the
first time this past June during the State
Bar Convention.
Alumni were asked to contribute to the
Law School through the yearly Dean's
Inner Circle fund drive. Plans were
initiated to begin a series of fund-raising
campaigns in major cities in the State.
Associa tion President Allensworth began
the first drive in Dallas last July.
(I to r) Harry Cure ('75) District Director of Ft.
Worth, Robert Pou ('75) and John Settle ('75) both of
Dallas attended the Annual Law School Association
Meeting held in Dallas in April.
Taking an opportunity to visit with Dean Frank
Ne w ton at the Annual Law School Association
Meeting in Dallas in April are Carey Dalton ('85) of
Ft. Worth and Beth Bergle ('84) of Dallas.
C lass of 1986
GERALD R. SMITH is the Director of
CAUSE, Inc. community action programs.
The county chartered enterprise is a four
county poverty agency. Smith's new address
with CAUSE, Inc. is PO Box 438,
Hillsboro, Texas 76645, 817/582-3423.
HENRYANDLAYNEYOUNGNG
became the proud parents of a girl and a
boy on August 6. The twins, Leah Enree
and Roman August, are at home with their
parents at 6104 S. E. Ivon, Portland,
Oregon 97206.
C lass of 1985
RICK D. DAVIS, JR. recently completed
a one-year clerkship as briefing attorney
for the Honorable Chief Justice John L.
Hill of the Texas Supreme Court. He is
presently associated with the law firm of
Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson in
Midland, Texas; PO Box 2776, Midland,
Texas 79701, 915/684-5782. Rick and his
wife, Karen, have a new son, Jordan Way
Davis.
KEVIN M. MURPHY recently became
associated with the law firm of Weller,
Wheelus & Green in Beaumont.
H.L. O'NEAL has become an associate
with the firm of Turner & Medina,
Attorneys at Law, 2019 Broadway,
Lubbock, Texas 79401, 806/763-3661.
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Class of 1984
C lass of 1983
DANA LIVINGSTON McCLAREN is
presently an associate of Cowles &
Thompson, Attorneys at Law, 4000
InterFirst Plaza, 901 Main Street, Dallas,
Texas 75202.
JIMMY (SKIP) HULETT and C.E.
ROTH, III have formed a new partnership
to practice law under the name of Hulett &
Roth, 700 North Street, Suite 101,
Beaumont, Texas 77701, 409/839-4577.
Hulett will concentrate on workers'
compensation and personal injury, while
Roth will concentrate on commercial,
banking and real estate law.
CYNTHIA SNELL OSBORN has become
associated with the firm of Larry W. Hicks
and Associates, Wakefield Plaza, 415 East
Yandell, Suite 100, El Paso, Texas 79402,
915/533-9313.
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PAUL K. HUTSON completed a two year
judicial clerkship with U.S. District Judge
Lucius D. Bunton, III. Hutson is presently
associated with the law firm of Minton,
Burton, Foster & Collins, 1100 Guadulupe,
Austin, Texas 78701.
BELINDA MANNING HOWELL has
relocated to the firm of McCleskey,
Harriger, Brazill & Graf, PO Drawer 6170,
Lubbock,Texas 79493, 806/796-7304.
MARK C. SNYDER has joined the firm of
Snyder & Rugaard, 1700 N. Hampton
Road, PO Box 248, DeSoto, Texas 75115,
214/278-2164.
RICHARD M. FORREST, formerly an
associate of Witherspoon, Aikin & Langley
of Herefotd, is presently an associate of the
law firm of Brill & Brooks, 3300 InterFirst
Plaza, 1100 Lousiana, Houston, Texas
77002, 713/739-9990. Forrest's new
responsibilities will be principally the
defense of Certified Public Accountant
malpractice claims.
ERIN Y. BAKER recently joined the law
firm of Baker & Botts, 2001 Ross Avenue,
800 LTV Center, Dallas, Texas 75201,
214/953-6529.
GAR Y L. STEEL has opened a new office
in New Braunfels. His new address is 245 S.
Seguin, New Braunfels, Texas 78130,
512/625-7751.
DAVID E. PURYEAR was recently
promoted to Chief of Trial Division. He
had previously servied as Chief of Intake
Division. His address is PO Box 1748,
Austin, Texas 78767, 512/473-9415.
Class of 1982
Class of 1981
RUSSELL P. BROOKS is presently the
County Attorney of Hunt County, Texas.
His address is 2500 Lee Street, Greenville,
Texas 75401. Brooks also serves as
Secretary/Treasurer of the Hunt County
Bar Association.
SID HAM is an associate with the law firm
of Witherspoon, Aikin & Langley, PO Box
1818, 140 E. 3rd Street, Hereford, Texas
79045.
MIKE M. CALFIN recently became an
associate of Walters & Associates, Attorneys
at Law, 1602 Avenue N, Lubbock, Texas,
79401.
KARL L. THOMAS has moved from New
Orleans to Houston. His new address is PO
Box 2180, Houston, Texass 77252-2180,
713/656-3681.
MICHAEL P. FREDERICK is being
transferred to the Icelandic Defense Force to
serve as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in a
Joint Command Assignment with the U:S.
Navy. Until recently, Frederick served as
Assistant Staff Judge Advocate with the
U.S. Air Force at Reese, AFB, Lubbock. His
new address is IDF, Box 1 (SJA), FPO, New
York 09571-0101.
SAM OGAN AND J. EDWIN PRICE have
formed a partnership under the name of
Price and Ogan, Lawyers, 1212 13th Street,
Suite 204, Lubbock, Texas 79401,
806/763-9299. The firm is engaged in
general practice with concentrations in
criminal, collections, personal injury and
civil litigation.
LAURA McELROY has opened her own
office for the general practice of law in
Austin. Her new address is 511 West 7th
Street, Austin, Texas 78701, 512/472-8872.
RAYMOND C. BRUBAKER has been
promoted to manager of the Dallas/
Ft. Worth office of Arthur Andersen & Co.,
5600 InterFirst Plaza, PO Box 650026,
Dallas, Texas 75265.
C lass of 1980
CHARLES MICHAEL GRAY is presently
an associate of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Haver
& Feld, 4100 First City Center, 1700 Pacific,
Dallas, Texas 75201, 214/969-2800.
C lass of 1979
DANIEL R. BARRETT has become a
partner in the firm of Shannon, Gracey,
Ratliff & Miller, 2200 First City Bank
Tower, Ft. Worth, Texas 76102,
817/336-9333.
STEVEN WATKINS is serving as President
of the Hunt County Bar Association for
1986-87.
CHARLES A. (CHUCK) ELLISON has
become a partner in the firm of Caperton,
Rodgers & Miller, PO Box 4884, Bryan,
Texas 77805, 409/260-9911.
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PLACEMENT
C lass of 1978
Class of 1975
GERALD D. QUAST, Esq. and D.
WOODARD GLENN, Esq. have moved
their firm of Quast & Glenn to a new
location at 2603 Oak Lawn, 2nd floor,
Dallas, Texas 75219,214/528-4810.
FELIX J. STALLS, III (Major, USAF)
recently assumed the position of Chief,
Aviation and Admirality Law, Claims and
Tort Litigation Division, Headquarters
USAF-Office of the Judge Advocate
General. Stalls is responsible for USAF
representation in all tort litigation
involving aviation activities.
Class of 1977
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MICHAEL e. BOYLE has become a
member of the firm Kessler, Kessler &
Vaughan, Attorneys at Law and the firm
will now be known as Kessler, Kessler,
Vaughan & Boyle. The firm is located in
the First State Bank Building, Suite 200,
PO Box 230, Uvalde, Texas 78801.
Class of 1976
Class of 1974
RANDALL LEE ROGERS was recently
appointed County Judge of Smith County
(Tyler) Texas.
Class of 1971
DONALD L. CURRY has moved to Austin
to assume management of his firm's Austin
office. He is a partner in the firm of Curry,
Curry & Robinson, P .e. His new office
address is 12710 Research Blvd., PO Box
201837, Austin, Texas 78759, 512/250-1885.
MICHAEL R. MILLER of Burrows, Baird,
Miller & Crews, P .e. of Temple is serving
as the director of "Temple/Belton/Killeen
Attorneys for Christ," a Christian
fellowship for attorneys. Miller was also
elected as a member of the Commercial
Law League of America.
DAVID R. SEIDLER recently joined the
law firm of Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff &
Miller, 200 First City Bank Tower, 201
Main, Ft. Worth, Texas 76102, 817/8778113. He is presently serving as State Bar of
Texas Board of Directors Liaison to Texas
Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, as well
as Texas Delegate to the American Bar
Association House of Delegates for 1987-88.
JIM D. RUDD is currently serving as
Chairman of the Appropriations
Committee in the Texas House of
Representatives. The Appropriations
Committee is the largest committee in the
House, with 29 members. Rudd represents
District 77. He also maintains a private law
practice in Brownfield, Texas.
Placement Program
Participants Increase
The most visible function of the Placement
Office is the on-campus interviewing
program. This past year, 167 legal
employers visited the campus, up from 152
the previous year, and conducted 2,388
student interviews. The actual number of
firms participating in the placement
process was 192; twenty-five firms cancelled
their interview schedule.
A comparison of the interview program for
the past four years shows the number of
participating employers has increased
yearly, from 104 firms in 1982-83 to 167 this
year. The percentage of student
participation has increased slightly; 62.7
percent of the third-year class, 67 .1 percent
of the second-year class, and 21.8 percent of
the first-year class participated in the
interviewing program.
Over eighty percent of the interviewing
employers were law firms. Corporations
represented about five percent; district
attorneys' offices and accounting firms each
represented about three percent; and federal
entities, military, courts, public defender
programs and graduate programs
comprised the remaining six percent. The
largest number of interviewing employers
were from Dallas, with the second-highest
from Houston, and third-highest from Fort
J.L.
(BUDDY) CURRY has been appointed
by the Supreme Court of Texas to serve as
an Attorney Member of the District
Committee on Admissions for the Lubbock
District. He is a partner in the firm of
Curry, Curry & Robinson, P.e., 720 Texas
Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 79401,
806/747-4417.
Worth. Ten out-of-state employers
interviewed at the Law School.
Other Placement Services included
maintaining a Non-interviewing Firm
Program in which student resumes were
collected and sent to 41 firms. The
Placement Office received and posted on
the Job Board 577 notices of available
positions for temporary and permanent
employment. This number was up from
545 notices received last year.
The 50-page Placement Handbook was
updated and made available to both
students and interviewing employers. The
Placement Bulletin (for Students) was
published five times and Placement
Postings for alumni listings was published
and mailed six times.
Employment statistics compiled for the
class of 1985 indicated 96 percent of the
graduates were employed by July of 1986.
The majority of the class (64%) was in
private practice with 27 percent of those
graduates practicing in firms of two to ten
attorneys. Dallas was the favored location
followed by Fort Worth, Lubbock, Austin
and El Paso. The average starting salary
increased from $27,760 in 1984 to $30,345 in
1985.
The Placement Office conducted five
seminars including an Orientation Session;
Interviewing Techniques (video); Judicial
Clerkship Seminar; Small Firm/Small
Town Practice Seminar; and Legal
Employment -Variations on a Theme.
Additionally, six mini-seminars were held
for first year students in order to acquaint
them with the placement office.
In preparation for the fall 1986 season, the
publication An Invitation to Recruit was
revised and mailed to Texas firms of five or
more attorneys and to selected out-of-state
firms.
Placement secretary Camille Kimbro checks interview
schedules with Jim Besselman(L) and Eddie
Henderson of the Amarillo firm of Underwood,
Wilson, Berry, Stein &- Johnson .
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FACULTY
Top Ranked Faculty
Continue Excellence
The Tech law faculty received extensive
statewide and national recognition for
excellence in writing and for outstanding
service to the profession this past year.
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Based on publishing productivity, the
faculty is ranked in the top quarter of the
nation's law schools according to an article
in the Journal of Legal Education. Tech is
first among state-supported law schools and
marginally behind one private law school
as the most productive faculty in the State
of Texas.
Several professors, noted experts in various
fields of law, presented lectures at
continuing legal education programs and
other legal consortia throughout the
country. Faculty members served in
leadership capacities on State Bar
Committees, advisory and editorial boards,
and community and university
organizations.
The following illustrates the diversity and
dedication of the faculty to teaching,
writing and service.
Two New Additions to
Faculty Named
DIANE SLEEK and JAMES VIATOR are
the two most recent additions to the Texas
Tech Law School faculty, becoming full
time professors this fall.
Diane Sleek was a visiting professor at Tech
last year and became a member of the
faculty in Fall 1986. Sleek is teaching in the
areas of family law, legal analysis, criminal
procedure, children and the law, and
disabled persons and the law.
She was a visiting professor at the R.
Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham
Young immediately prior to coming to
Tech. From 1978 to 1984 she was an
assistant professor of law at Victoria
University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Sleek holds a law degree and an M.S.W.
degree from Washington University in St.
Louis. Her publications include "The
Rights of Mentally Disordered Children in
New Zealand," 10 V.U.W.L. Rev. 317 (1980)
(co-author), and "The District Courts
Amendment Act 1980 - Sentencing and
Guilty Pleas," 11 V.U.W. L. Rev. 259
(1981). She has served on numerous
committees regarding rights of disabled and
mentally retarded persons and has made
numerous submissions to parliamentary
committees regarding Crimes Amendments
and Human Rights.
Sleek was co-director of the Conference on
"Legal and Ethical Aspects of Autonomy in
the Health Care Setting" held last October
in Lubbock.
James Viator comes to Lubbock from
Shreveport, Louisiana, where he was Law
Clerk to Judge Henry A. Politz, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Viator holds a law degree from Louisiana
State University Law Center, where he was
chosen as a candidate for the Louisiana
Law Review, 1983-84 and Executive Editor
of Volume 45 of the Louisiana Law
Review. He was also a member of the Order
of the Coif. Viator is a candidate for Doctor
of Philosophy in American Legal History,
Claremont Graduate School.
Previously, Viator was a Legal Research
Assistant at LSU Law School; Research
Assistant to the Chairman of Graduate
History Faculty, Claremont Graduate
School; and an Instructor in English
Literature and American History at Harvey
Mudd College.
Viator's publications include a book review
of M. Bloomfield, American Lawyers in a
Changing Society, 34 Wm. & M.Q. 320
(1977) and a comment, "When Cause-inFact Is More Than a Fact: The MaloneGreen Debate on the Role of Policy in
Determining Factual Causation in Tort
Law," 44 La.L. Rev. 1519 (1984). He is also
the author of "Federal Jurisdiction" in the
forthcoming Texas Tech Law Review Fifth
Circuit Symposium. Viator will be a
speaker at the forthcoming Tulane Law
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School - Center for Judicial Studies
Conference in New Orleans on December 3.
The topic of the conference is "The Fourth
Amendment and American Justice." This
paper, later to appear as an essay in a book
published by the Center for Judicial Studies
in Washington, D.C., is entitled "The
Fourth Amendment in Its First Century,
1791-1891: Was It Indispensable to a
Republican Form of Government?"
CHARLES BUBANY this year coached the
ABA National Client Counseling
Competition Team to a regional
championship and the national
quarter-finals.
Bubany has spoken at various conferences.
In June he made a presentation on the First
Amendment to the Law Focus Seminar for
Teachers for the Lubbock Independent
School District, and in February and
October, he made a presentation entitled
"Medico-Legal Aspects of Air Transport,"
at the Issues for Nurses course at Lubbock
General Hospital. At the Inexpensive
Justice (Small Claims Court)
Teleconference, sponsored by Texas Tech
University in Lubbock during February,
Bubany served as moderator and local
expert.
Bubany has served as an instructor at
several conferences and courses including
the Seminar for the Lubbock Chapter of
National Association of Social Workers
held at Lubbock Christian College in July,
where he instructed a course on
Understanding the Texas Family Code; the
Municipal Court Judges Training Program
in San Angelo during October where he
instructed a course on Texas Rules of
Criminal Evidence; and at the Texas Tech
Law School Stay Abreast of Law Seminar
held in several West Texas cities during
October, in which he instructed a course on
Texas Criminal Law. Presently Bubany is
serving on the University Television Course
Committee and is Chairman of the Law
School Honor Code Revision Committee.
W. REED QUILLIAM, JR. is chairman of
the Commission of Estate Planning Probate Law Examiners of the Texas Board
of Legal Specialization. This Commission
writes and grades the specialization
examination given in this area of the law
each year. He has been on the Commission
since 1978 and has served as Chairman
since 1982. Quilliam also serves as a
member of the Committee on State
Legislation in the Public Interest of the
State Bar of Texas. He has served on this
committee since 1982.
Quilliam recently presented a paper
entitled " 1986 Tax Reform Bill Changes in
the Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates"
at the Tech Law School Stay Abreast of
Law Seminars.
Quilliam also serves as a member of the
Treasury Asset Management Advisory
Committee of the State of Texas Treasurer's
Department. Qulliam has been honored as
Tech Law School and Texas Tech
University'S nominee for Piper Professor.
During the Spring 1987 semester, Quilliam
will serve as a Visi ting Professor at
Southern Methodist University School of
Law.
TOM BAKER has served since fall 1985 as a
Judical Fellow in the Supreme Court of the
United States, where he has been
administrative assistant to the Chief Justice.
He was honored this past year by being
chosen the Tom C. Clark Fellow of the
Year.
Baker has published three recent articles:
"Thinking About Federal Jurisdiction - of
Serpents and Swallows," 17 St. Mary's L.J.
239 (1986); "The Ambiguous Independent
and Adequate State Ground in Criminal
Cases: Federalism Along a Mobius Strip,"
19 Ga. L. Rev. 799 (1985); and "A
Compendium of Proposals to Reform the
United States Court of Appeals," 37 U.Fla.
Law Review 225 (1985) .
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W. FRANK NEWTON has recently
published "Personal Jurisdiction and the
Appearance to Challenge Jurisdiction in
Texas" (with Professor Jeremy Wicker), 38
Baylor L. Rev. 491 (1986) and a book
review, "Contemporary Debates on Civil
Liberties: Enduring Constitutional
Questions, " edited by Phelps and Poiner,
Fall 1986, Journal of Church and State.
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He has been involved with several CLE
conferences during the past year. At the
Ninth Annual Banking Law Institute in
the spring, he presented the topic,
"Development in Foreclosures." "Exercise
of Jurisdiction by Texas Courts," was Dean
Newton's topic at the Tech Law School
Stay Abreast of Law Seminar (Fall 1986).
During the spring he was also part of the
Consumer Law Seminar, at which his topic
was "UCC Default Provisions."
In addition to speaking at various bar
organizations and civic clubs, Dean Newton
was also a speaker at the Annual Judicial
Conference. In August, he delivered the
Commencement Address at Baylor Law
School.
Newton was elected as a Fellow of the
American Bar Foundation. He has served as
Chair of Legal Services to the Poor in Civil
Matters, a member of the Council on
Consumer Law Section, and a member of
the History and Traditions Committee. He
is also a Director of the Texas Equal Access
to Justice Foundation and a member of the
Committee of 100 for the Merit Selection of
Judges. Dean Newton is active within the
community and the University, serving as a
member of the administrative board, First
United Methodist Church; President of
Haynes Elementary Parent/Teacher
Association; Chair of the Search Committee
for Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, Texas Tech University; Chair of
the Texas Tech University Committee on
the Work of the Select Committee on
Higher Education; a member of the Tenure
Task Force, Texas Tech University and a
member of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Financial Constraints, Texas Tech
University.
MURL LARKIN has completed numerous
publications including Civil Evidence Trial
Manual for Texas Lawyers, Butterworth
Legal Publishers, Austin, Texas, 591 pp.,
February 1986; Criminal Evidence Trial
Manual for Texas Lawyers, Butterworth
Legal Publishers, Austin, Texas 563 pp.,
September 1986; New Mexico Rules of
Evidence Treatise, co-author with John
Wentworth, Butterworth Legal Publishers,
Austin, Texas, 423 pp., February 1986; and
Supplement #4, Federal Testimonial
Privileges, Clark Boardman Co., Ltd., New
York, N .Y., 443 pp., October 1986.
Larkin's consulting work for this year
involved conducting discussions with
Commanding Officer, U.S.Naval School of
Justice, U .S. Naval Base, Newport, Rhode
Island, and Director Administration, Salve
Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island,
concerning a joint summer program of law
courses commencing in 1987, May 15-17,
1986.
At the Annual Criminal Law Institute of
Texas in Houston on June 19, Larkin
presented a discussion entitled "New Texas
Rules of Criminal Evidence." At the
Conference for Prosecutors and Defense
Attorneys on New Texas Rules of Criminal
Evidence in San Antonio on March 14,
Larkin served as moderator. He presented
discussions on "Texas Rules of Evidence,
Civil and Criminal" at the Tech Law
School Stay Abreast of Law Seminars held
in several West Texas locations during
October.
Serving as member and reporter of the State
Bar Administration of Rules of Evidence
Committee, Larkin attended periodic
meetings of that committee throughout the
year. He also serves as a member of the
Board of Advisors of the Court Practice
Insitute, Chicago, Illinois. Larkin is
currently involved in conducting
negotiations, through New York
University, concerning evaluation of
interactive Videodisc exercises dealing with
evidentiary procedures.
MARIL YN PHELAN published two
books - Nonprofit Enterprises - Law and
Taxation, 2 volumes, Callaghan &
Company, 1985 and West's Federal
Taxation, Corporations, Partnerships,
Trusts and Estates, 1987 Edition which she
co-authored. Her published articles include
"Federal Taxation," Fifth Circuit
Symposium, Texas Tech Law Review,
Spring, 1986 and "Tax Considerations in
Bankruptcy Proceedings," Prentice-Hall
Tax Ideas, 1985. In recognition of her
outstanding research efforts, Phelan
received the 1986 Texas Tech University
School of Law Research Award.
Phelan also served as editor for exempt
organizations for Tax Times, published by
Rosenfeld, Emanuel, Inc. and Prentice-Hall
Information Services. She also completed
proceedings regarding "Legal Problems of
the University Administrator," Proceedings
for Workshop for Mid-Career
Administrators in Home Economics,
sponsored by Association of Administrators
in Home Economics, 1985.
Phelan served as Session Chair for the
Texas Tech Tax Institute, 1985. She spoke
on "Law Relating to Acquisition of
Artifacts" at a conference on Art & the Law
held during October and on "Legal Topics
for School Personnel" to the Texas
Christian Teachers Association.
Phelan has also been asked to speak at
Texas Tech conferences, including the AllUniversity Conference on Advancement of
Women Faculty Members and the All
University Leadership Conference.
JANE OLM, Director of the Law Library,
is serving as Chair of the Library Materials
Contracts Committee of the Texas Counsel
of State University Librarians, which met
in Austin October 16-17. She was a panelist
on the program, "Approaching the Next
Decade - Positively or Negatively?"
FRANK SKILLERN completed the 1986
supplement to his book, Environmental
Protection: The Legal Framework,
(Shepherd's McGraw-Hill 1981). He has
revised chapters in several books including
Chapter 24 "The National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969,"in 4 Rohan, Zoning and
Land Use Controls, (Matthew Bender 1985);
a chapter "Environmental Protection, " in
6 Powell on Real Property, (Matthew
Bender 1985); Chapter 25 "Air, Water, and
Noise Pollutions Controls," in 4 Rohan,
Zoning and Land Use Controls, (Matthew
Bender 1986); a chapter "Federal Pollution
Control Programs," in 6 Powell on Real
Property, (Matthew Bender 1986); and
Chapter 26, "Coastal Zone Management,"
in 4 Rohan, Zoning and Land Use
Controls, (Matthew Bender 1986). He has
also become involved in new books by
writing chapters including "Groundwater
Law - Some Emerging Challenges," in
Issues in Groundwater Management, (eds.
E.T. Smerdon and W .R . Jordan) (Center for
Research in Water Resources, Austin,
Texas, 1985) and "State Environmental
Review Measures," in 6 Powell on Real
Property, (Matthew Bender 1985).
Skillern also recently had an article entitled
"Constitutional and Statutory Issues of
Federalism in the Development of Energy
Resources," in 17 Natural Resources Law
533 (1985).
Aside from his many writing and research
projects, Skillern serves as a member of the
Publications Committee of the ABA
Selection on Natural Resources Law . He is
a Volunteer at the Lubbock Rape Crisis
Center, where he was selected as Volunteer
of the Year. Skillern also volunteered his
time to supervise work by students on a
report funded by the Texas Agricultural
Experimental Station, Texas A & M
University. He has also prepared materials
and offered a new seminar on Risk
Analysis.
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ROBERT E. WOOD has been involved in
several Continuing Legal Education
presentations, to such groups as the State
Bar of Texas, where he spoke on "Banks
and the Deceptive Trade Practice Act;" the
Amarillo Optimist Club, where he spoke
on "Alternative Dispute Resolution - The
Future;" Texas Association of Bank
Counsel and Association of Bank Counsel,
where he spoke on "Current Developments
in Banking Law;" and the SMU Annual
Short Course on Law of Banking
Institutions, where his topic was "Lending
Limits and Reserve Requirements."
Wood has also had two articles recently
published: "Civil RICO, Limitations in
Limbo," 21 Wiilamette, L.J. 101 (1985) and
"Letter of Credit Backed Bonds: A
Dangerous Alchemy," Texas Banking,
September 1985.
Wood currently serves as Chairman of the
Financial Institutions Committee of the
Section on Corporation, Banking and
Business Law and on the Special
Committee on Implementation of the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. Wood
serves on the Texas Tech University
Faculty Senate and as Chair of the Law
School Personnel Committee.
Currently, he is writing a book on Texas
Banking Law with expected publication in
1987 or early 1988.
CAROL YN THOMAS currently co-chairs
the Job Fair Committee, a Texas Young
Lawyer's committee which will sponsor in
February the first Texas hiring consortium
for legal employers and law students. This
past year she co-chaired the Texas Young
Lawyers Committee on Technical
Proficiency and Professionalism.
Dean Thomas' community service includes
serving as Chair of Lubbock's Committee
for Women and as President of Ballet
Lubbock Board of Directors.
JOHN MURRAY was a presenter of the
Family Law portion of the Tech Law
School Stay Abreast of Law Seminar '86
which was held in several Texas cities in
October. In September, he served as Panel
Coordinator and presenter of "Focus on
Conflict: Managing and Resolving
Everyday Disputes, " for the Ideas and Issues
Seminar held at Texas Tech. Also in
September, he served as Workshop
Moderator for the topic of "Conflict
Management" at the Annual Meeting of the
National Organization for Victim
Assistance (NOVA) which was held in
Denver. At the National Conference on
Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, held
in Denver in September, Murray served as a
panelist and presenter of the topic "How
Conflicts Become Mediations." At the
spring meeting of ABA Torts and Insurance
Section (TIPS) which was held in Boston,
Murray served as Workshop ModeratorReporter. He also served as a symposium
participant of "Model Mediation
Legislation" held at Ohio State Law
School, in Columbus during April. The
results of that symposium will be published
in 2 Ohio St. Dispute Resolution (1986). At
the annual meeting of the Association of
College Unions-International (ACU-I) held
in Houston during April, he served as
workshop leader on the topic "Negotiation
and Conflict Resolution."
Murray recently completed two works:
"Understanding Competing Theories of
Negotiation," 2 Negotiation Journal 179
published in April 1986, and " Improving
Parent-Child Relationships Within the
Divorced Family: A Call for Legal
Reform," 19 Mich. J. Law Reform 563 also
published in the last year.
Murray is co-authoring with Professor Alan
Rau of the University of Texas Law School
a textbook on Alternative Dispute
Resolution.
BRUCE M. KRAMER has been appointed
interim director of a nonprofit research
institute at Texas Tech University, Applied
Planning Research Institute of
Municipalities, Environments and Regions
(aPRIMER). He is also participating in
aPRIMER's research contract with the city
of El Paso regarding an update of that city's
Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
In September, Kramer delivered a speech on
Development Agreements to a conference
entitled " Urban Growth in Texas:
Problems and Opportunities" held in
Austin. In November, he spoke at a short
course on Implied Covenants sponsored by
the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation in Denver, Colorado.
Kramer also recently published an article in
Volume 46, No. 4 of the Louisiana Law
Review entitled "The Implied Marketing
Covenant in Oil and Gas Leases: Some
Needed Changes for the 80's."
DAN BENSON recently published Part-B
Texas Lawyer's Guide "Real Estate
Transactions. " He also recently served as
co-director of the Conference on " Legal and
Ethical Aspects of Autonomy in the Health
Care Setting" held in October in Lubbock.
For the Tech Law School Stay Abreast of
Law '86 Seminar he spoke on "Criminal
Law." He has taught the bankruptcy
segment in the Law School's new
agricultural law course and he teaches
classes dealing with death and dying issues
for the Texas Tech Medical School. Benson
serves on the Ethics Committee of the
Methodist Hospi tal Medical Staff.
HAL M. BATEMAN has authored Volume
8A West's Texas Forms: Business
Enterprises -Partnerships and
Unincorporated Business Associations
(with Elliott, 1980); West's Texas Practice:
Methods of Practice, Revised Volume 12
"Business Organizations" to be published
in 1987; and West's Texas Forms: Business
Enterprises Volumes 8 and 8A, Pocket Parts
for 1982, 1984 and 1986.
Bateman has delivered speeches to
numerous CLE conferences including the
1985 Farm, Ranch and Agri-business
Bankruptcy Institute, "Legislative Update
and Proposed Changes to Chapter 13;" the
Stay Abreast of Law Seminar '83, "Recent
Developments in Corporate and Securities
Law;" the annual meeting of the Texas
Stock and Bond Dealers Association,
"Current Issues in State Securities Law;"
and at the Fourth Annual Banking Law
Institute, "Banks and Federal Securities
Laws."
Bateman is a member of the State Securities
Board (1981-1987). The three-member
Board appointed by the Governor oversees
the administration of the Texas Securities
Act by the Securities Commissioner and his
staff. Its function is similar to that of the
Board of Regents of a University. Until
1985, Bateman served as a member of Texas
Tech "Artists and Speakers Committee." As
a member of the State Bar of Texas and its
section of Corporation, Banking and
Business Law, he served as Chairman from
1978-79 and Vice Chairman, 1977-78. He is
also a member of the State Bar's Securities
and Investment Banking Law Committee
and of its Revision of Corporation Law
Committee.
Bateman's other memberships include the
American Bar Association and its section of
Corporation, Banking and Business Law;
the Missouri Bar; Dallas Bar Association;
Lubbock County Bar Association and the
West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association.
His activities within the community
include the South Plains Council, Boy
Scouts of America in which he has served in
a number of capacities, and received various
honors.
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G VEST SPEAKERS
J.H. EDGAR has recently prepared
numerous amicus briefs for the Texas
Supreme Court including Pool v. Ford
Motor Co., 29 Tex. S. Ct. (Feb. 12, 1986);
Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Jenkins, No. C-4807
(verdict pending); Magro v. Ragsdale Bros.
Inc., No. C-4247 (verdict pending).
Edgar's publications include Volumes 9-10,
West's Texas Forms, West Publishing Co.
(1985 Pocket Parts) and a Treatise, Texas
Torts and Remedies,
Matthew-Bender (Editorial Consultant), in
progress.
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Edgar's CLE presentations include "Recent
Cases in Product Liability", Stay Abreast of
Law Seminar, Lubbock, Texas October
1986; "Products Liability Update and
Review" Advanced Personal Injury Short
Course; South Texas College of Law,
Houston, Texas, May 1986; "Statutes of
Limitations: Current Law," Medical
Malpractice Conference, San Antonio,
Texas, April, 1986; and "Trends in Tort
Law" Stay Abreast of Law Seminar,
Lubbock, Texas, October 1985.
Edgar has been very active in the State Bar
of Texas, currently serving as Chairman of
the Pattern Jury Charge Committee. He is
responsible for coordinating publications
of Volume 1 (2nd Ed.) -Automobile Cases,
Volume 2 (2nd Ed.) -Workers'
Compensations, and Volume 4 (new) Consumer and Commercial Litigation. His
involvement with the Texas Supreme Court
includes membership on the Rules
Advisory Committee, Supreme Court
Education Committee and Task Force on
the Court Administration Act.
Since being elected President of the Phi
Delta Phi Legal Fraternity for a two year
term beginning August, 1985, Edgar has
traveled to Albuquerque, Dallas, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver,
New Orleans, Jackson, Tampa, Miami,
Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston,
Washington D.C., San Juan and Mexico.
Edgar also serves as a consultant
numerous attorneys.
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JEREMY C. WICKER has published the
1986 Pocket Parts for McCormick & Ray,
Texas Law of Evidence (West Publishing
Co.) 3 volumes; 1986 Pocket Parts for
Wicker Civil Trial and Appellate Procedure
(West Publishing Co.) 3 volumes; 1986
annual supplement for Wicker & Benson,
Texas Lawyer's Guide, with Benson
(Callaghan & Col) 2 volumes; 1986 revision
of chapters on "Real Estate Actions,"
Wicker & Benson, Texas Lawyer's Guide
(Callaghan & Co.); and "Personal
Jurisdiction and the Appearance to
Challenge Jurisdiction in Texas" (with
Newton) 38 Baylor Law Review 491-596
(1986). Wicker is currently writing a
revision for McCormick & Wicker, Texas
Law of Evidence (West Publishing Co.) 3
volumes.
Active in planning and participating in
many seminars, Wicker was a member of
the Planning Committee for the Rules of
Criminal Evidence Seminar held in San
Antonio in March and a speaker on the
topics of "Exercise of Jurisdiction by Texas
Courts" and "Texas Rules of Civil and
Criminal Evidence" at the Tech Law
School Stay Abreast of Law Seminar held
in several West Texas Cities during
October.
Wicker is a member of the Administrative
Justice Committee and Litigation Section
of the State Bar of Texas.
During the past summer (1986), Wicker was
a visiting Professor of Law at the
University of Texas School of Law.
JOHN KRAHMER took his academic
interest and activities beyond his regular
courses this year to supervise the
experimental offering of the DebtorCreditor Game computer simulation
during Spring, 1986. This offering will
continue for the 1986-87 academic year.
Krahmer also participated as a team teacher
of an experimental offering in Agricultural
Law.
1986 Features Outstanding
Guest Speakers
The Texas Tech University School of Law
has hosted numerous prestigious guest
speakers during the year.
A few of these distinguished individuals are
pictured below.
Krahmer is an active participant in
Continuing Legal Education. At the 9th
Annual Banking Law Institute in Dallas
during April, he served as Moderator, and
at the Tech Law School Stay Abreast of
Law '86 Seminar, held in several Texas
cities during October, he was a speaker and
outline author.
Krahmer published Vernon's Texas Code
Forms Annotated, West Publishing Co., 2
volumes, in March, 1986. His two recently
published articles include "Annual Survey
of Texas Law: Commercial Transactions,"
40 Southwestern Law Review 187 (April
1986) and "Banks and the Texas Deceptive
Trade Practices Act," 17 Texas Tech Law
Review (with J. Lovell and C. McCormick).
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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Patrick
Higginbotham (r) spoke at the Law Review Banquet
on April 18.
Krahmer is co-editor of Texas Bank
Lawyer, a monthly publication of the
Texas Association of Bank Counsel; and a
council member of the Consumer Law
Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Rex Lee(l) former Solicitor General of the United States
was the guest speaker at the May Hooding Ceremony.
Texas Supreme Court Justice William Kilgarlin
spoke to law students and faculty on January 17 on
the subject of due process and equal protection.
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