Bulletin of
TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Vol. XLUI, No.8. July 1967
SCHOOLS
Agriculture
Arts and Sdences
Busine:
Administration
Edueation
Engineering
Home Eeonomies
Law
Graduate
Catalog
of the
School of Law
1967-1968
Lubbock, Tuas
BULLETIN
OF
TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Vol. XLIU
JULY 1967
No.8
Catalog
of the
School of Law
1967-1968
Twelve issues annually, January through I>eccmbcr of ~ch year by
the College. Second·c1us postage paid at Lubbock, Texas 79109.
TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAl.
Cou.u:a
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Directory
Board of Directors
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Officers of Administration.
1J js with much pknuu 1b.1 lIN Bond of DirutorJ .nd Admi"islr.tio"
of T~x/IJ T«lmologic'1I1 ColJ~g~ wtlrom~ lIN School of LAw to our t'Wrgrowing .cadnnic commll"ity. Milch s.tisf.clkm is to IN dtTillrJ from
."y ~x/J4nsion oj OIlr nrrit'llJllm INcltUJ~ il rtf/~cls lIN i"slituliqn's wilfmg_
~JJ ."d @ilily 10 r~sJlOnd 101m dnn."ds of Jhou whom it StnJeJ.
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Faculty of the School of Law
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Adjunct Professors
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The University Community
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The School of Law
A Message from the Dean "
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TIN LnvytT iJ ~dllc.Jttl Jo be • schokr, wnd lhe worlh of ."y projmiaMl
school iJ m~/lJllrtJ by iJs gr.Jll.J~s. l.m cmrjitlnlJ Jb.J in Jhe ~1ITl Jo
JIN .chinJrmnlls oj lhe grMiJUlJn of Ottr lAw School will r~jkcJ m14ch
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Physical Facilities ""
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The Law Libr:try .
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Placement
Admission
Prelegal Education
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President
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Financial Assistance ._
Requirements for Admission
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Admission Procedures
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Fees
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The Curriculum
Program of Study "
Related Activities
Description of Courses
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FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW
Directory
RICHARD BRUCE AMANDES, Dun of tht School of L.... and Prof...... of L.w,
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A.B., Univtnity of Cali{orni.a. 1950; t.LB., Uni",.. i,,. of Cllifornil, Hllti",.
College of lh. L..... UU: Lt..I>I.. Ne.. Yonk Un;"""'''' 1916. Admitc..d 10
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1966-1967
.prlcti.cc in C.'iforni., Tun, Ind Wllhinllon.
MARTIN A. FREY, Apuan, Profcuor of L.w,
Officers
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a.s.M.£., Nortl....u.rn Uni...,..",., '''2: J.D., WI.hinltOn Uni....;,y, SI. Lollis,
MUIIO"ri, 1"1; LLM" GtorS. Wllkin"on Unin,,",., .",. Admilted 10
ROY FURR. Chl;rm.n
practice in Mino...i.
A. CASH, VICO Ch.irm.n
U. V. JONES, Auociu. Prof...Ot of Law and la.. libr••i.n•• ",.
B.A., Uni....,cy of Oklahoma, I')'; LL.B., 1'41; M.L.1.., Uni.....
J. ROY ftLLS. s.creury
i,,. of Wubin,·
tOn, 1"2. Admin..d 10 practice in OkJohoml.
Members of the Board
MAURICE BLAKE KIRK, ProfnlOr of bw,
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A.B., Indi.... Unin.sily. "4): J.D., 1912; LLM .• N... Yo,k Uniy.nity. 1917;
ALVIN R. ALLISON
CARL E. REISTLE. JR.
J. EDD McLAUGHLIN .
ROY FURR
HERBERT ALLEN
HAROLD HINN
Leyell.nd
Houlton
Rill.
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. . Lubbock
Hou.ton
0.11••• nd Pl.;nyie..
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J.S.D.•
Admitud to pr'c.ieo inlo....
GLEN W. SHELLHAAS, Prof.uor of L.... 1"7.
A.B.• Ohio Sta.e Uniyenity. 1'41; J.D.• 1'0. Adm;lIod to praclice;n Ohio .nd
Wyomin•.
JUSTIN CAREY SMITH. Profaso. of La ... 1"7.
B.S.• ta.... nc. Coll••e. "'0; J.D.• Uniy.nity of W;Kon.in. 1'14; LL.M .• IU'.
Admitt.d to puclic. in Ohio. Oklahom•• T ......nd WiKo,,,in.
STAFF
C. A. CASH
RETHA R. MARTIN.
FLADGER F. TANNERy
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Amarillo
Lubbock
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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GROVER ELMER MURRAY, Ph.D., Praident.
WILLIAM MARTIN PEARCE, Ph.D., Encuti"e Vice Pruiele....
SABE McCLA1N KENNEDY. Ph.D., Vice p... iel.nt for Acadnnic AH.ir•.
MARSHALL LEE PENNINGTON, B.B.A., Viu Pruide... for Bwine.. AH.in.
BILL J. PARSLEY, LLB.• Vice p...icI.n, for Deyeiopment.
ROBERT CABANISS GOODWIN, Ph.D.• Pr..id.ntiol Ady~. Ind Coo.din.to, of
R.... teh.
JAMES ROY WELLS, M.B.A., Aui"'nt to the Prcaiden. Inel Secrelary of Ihe Bo•• d of
Di.telon.
JAMES GEORGE ALLEN. M.A .• Dean of Slud.n. Life.
RICHARD 'BRUCE AMANDES, LLM .• Deln of the School of La",.
FLOYD D. BOZE. Ed.D.• Deln of AdmiJaionl .nd Recinnr.
JOHN ROSS BRADFORD. Ph.D.• De.n of En.ri
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GEORGE GML HEATHER, Ph.D.• De.n of Bu.i
Adminioultion.
RAY CURTIS JANEWAY. M.S.. Librarion.
LEWIS NOR TEN JONES. M.A .• Deln of Men.
IVAN LEE UTILE. Ph.D.• Ac.inz Onn of Am .nd Scienc...
FLORENCE LOUISE PHILLIPS. Ed.D.• o.ln of W_n.
ROBERT BYRON PRICE. M.B.A .• C.P.A.• Compuolltr.
FRED DURNFORD RIGBY. Ph.D.• o..n of rhe Gr.dult. School.
JOHN GATES TAYLOR. Bwi..... M.n ••or.
GERALD WAYUTI THOMAS. Pb.D.• Dean of A,ncultur•.
WILLA VAUGHN TINSLEY. Ph.D.• o..n of Ham. Ec_i...
ANN BURBRIDGE. A.B.• AdminiltruiY. Aui...nt.
EVELYN GAFFGA, A.B .• Secretary to th. De.n.
ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
From Other Schools Within The College
GROVER ELMER MURRAY, Ph.D.• P...iden, of T.... Tcehnolo,ical Collese Inel
Prof••sor of Geo.ci.nce•.
SABE MeCLAIN KENNEDY. Ph.D.• Vicc p ...idenl for Academic AHli" .nd Profa.
lOr of Go"ernment.
THADIS WAYNE BOX. Ph.D.• Dir.Clor of Ih. Intornltion.l Cenler for Arid .nd
Semi_Arid Land Studi.. (ICASALS) Ind ProfalO. of R.n.e M.n.s.menl.
JAMES WILLIAM DAVIS, Ph.D., ProfUlOr of Goyernmenl.
DANIEL EDWARDS FERAY. Ph.D.• RClClfch Scimtin.
LYNWOOD M. HOLLAND. Ph.D., Profeuor .nd H••d nf o.p.runtnt of Government.
VINCENT PETER LUCHSINGER, Ph.D.. Aaooc:ute Profasor .nd Acrins Be.eI of
Deporlmenr of M1n •• emtnl.
ARTHUR DUDLEY THOMPSON, M.S.• A'lO<:ine Profe.,or of Areh'tecn"e.
Texas Tech first opened its doors in the fall of 1925
with six buildings and an enrollment of 910 students. Because of its unique location in the fertile South Plains and
because it was quick co assume a leading role among
schools in the Southwest, the institution has prospered and
grown and can now lay claim to being a major university
with demonstrated strength in the arts, humanities, and
sciences. It contains six instructional schools-Agriculture,
Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Home Economics-and a Graduate School, in
addition to the School of Law. It functions as do its counterparts in Austin, College Station, and Houston under the
guidance of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and
University System.
Since it was established over forry years ago, Texas Tech
has grown to an institution with a student body approaching 20,000 and a resident faculty drawn from all parts of
the world. Many special facilities for interdisciplinary research are at hand, such as the computer center, the Southwest Collection, and the library's expanding collection of
material in the general areas of the humanities. The school's
most recent interest in research is reflected in its International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies which
will focus the contributions of various academic disciplines on problems of these large segments of the earth's
surface.
Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, a city over 160,000
population, the commercial and financial "hub" of the prosperous South Plains region of Texas. The city offers an
unusually fine variety of cultural opportunities and, at an
altitude of >,250 feet, has a dry and invigorating climate.
The University Community
In 1963 the Board of Directors of Texas Technological
College provided for the addition of a School of Law. Sub-
The School of Law
sequently, this action was approved by the Texas Commission on Higher Education and by the Commission's successor, the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.
Instruction will commence in the fall of 1967 with a
first year class. In later years supplemental courses will be
added to complete the standard three year curriculum. Students in the first entering class will be eligible for graduation upon completion of the course of study in 1970.
At present, space and curriculum do not permit the
transfer of students with advanced standing. The School
of Law will offer a limited number of courses during the
summer for students who have completed at least one year
of law study, at Texas Tech or elsewhere. The program
embraces only full-time instruction, and. no evening division
is contemplated.
The School of Law has received provisional approval
by the Supreme Court of Texas under the Rules Governing
Admission to the Bar of Texas. It is expected that the School
of 'Law will meet the requirements for the approved list of
the American Bar Association during 1967-68 and that it
will be placed on that list in ample time to qualify members
of the first graduating class to apply for admission to practice in any state of the United States. Application for membership in the Association of American Law Schools will be
made by the School of Law as sOOn as permitted under the
rules of that organization.
The objective of the faculty of the School of Law is
to train young men and women for the practice of law
anywhere in the United States, whether it be as advocate,
counselor, judge, or law teacher, in accordance with the
highest traditions of professional responsibility. At the same
time recognition will be given to the use of law as a steppingstone to a career in government, politics, or business. The
curriculum and the methods of instruction will be designed
to develop in the student his highest potential, whatever
may have been his reason for entering the school.
Particular attention, especially in research and public
service, will be paid to problems involving arid and semiarid regions of the nation and the world.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
A school of law differs from most undergraduate
university departments in that, like other professional
schools, it owes its allegiance not only to the university hut
also to the profession. In the resulting relationships, each law
school develops a personality of its own, and it is this characteristic personality which makes a particular school right
for some but not for others. I would like to indicate some
of the principles upon which the Texas Tech School of Law
is being built.
By tradition, the faculties of schools of law do not
lecture. Rather, the emphasis is on the student's ability to
draw on his analytical powers and to present various sides
of the case under discussion. The student's contribution is
shaped and in a sense guided by the direction which the instructor's questions take. Complementing this so-called Socratic method is the use of the casebook which serves as the
student's classroom text. Nationally recognized casebooks
are used throughout the country, so that a student entering
law school in Texas may well be using the same book as his
counterpart on the East Coast or in the Pacific Northwest.
Therefore the personality of the school is nOt manifest in
the courses which are offered or in the teaching materials
employed by particular instructors. Rather the character
which a school develops over the years is the result of the
student body and its interaction with a rich and varied
faculty, The embryo of such a faculty, listed in this catalog,
includes men with a wealth of experience in teaching, administration, and legal practice. Such a faculty will be embellished and nurtured in the years to come.
Though Texas Tech be large, law classes from the first
year through the third will be of a size which will encourage
and foster close personal student-faculty contact and which
will enable each student to achieve the ultimate benefit from
his three years of formal legal education. The curriculum
will present many elective offerings, including seminars of
small enrollment during the third year.
Opening a new law school is an exciting undertaking.
We at Texas Tech are looking forward to seeing the members of our first class graduate and assume their responsibilities as members of the legal profession. It is our hope
that a goodly number of those who have asked for this announcement will also be among the first to complete their
legal training at our School of Law.
Richard B. A11Iandes. Dean
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
A permanent building to house the School of Law is
presently moving through the planning stages and is scheduled for occupancy in the spring of 1969. The building
has been designed to maintain dominant features of the
best kind of current, conventional legal education while
permitting the assimilation and addition of prospective developments.
Prior to the completion of the permanent facilities.
the school is housed in air-conditioned temporary quarters.
THE LAW LIBRARY
An essential ingredient of the study of law is learning
by doing; hence, no law school can aspire to a position of
excellence without an outstanding library. A law school's
library facilities have been equated to the laboratory facilities associated with the physical sciences.
For maximum use by the stlldent body, the library is
open over one hundred hours per 1week. Multiple copies of
select monographs, treatises, and reports are available so that
more than one team of students may study the same problem
at the same time.
In general, the present collection may be divided into
three basic categories: (I) Sources of the law, including
case reports, federal and state statutes, and administrative
decisions and regulations; (2) Research aids, such as digests. encyclopedias, and indexes; (}) Commentaries on the
law, including treatises and legal periodicals. The School of
Law currently is subscribing to over 200 legal periodicals,
and many loose-leaf services of interest to students and
practitioners alike are being added in such specialized areas
as labor law, taxation, and legal medicine. The school's law
library will be the princi pal reposi tory for legal materials
within a radius of 300 miles.
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In addition, the main College library, a government
depository, contains a substantial number of legal documents
and other materials closely related to law which are 2vailable
to students in the School of Law as a supplement to the law
library.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Scholarships, loans, and a limited number of part-time
positions are available in the School of Law and in the university. Awards of financial assistance are made on the basis
of academic promise and financial need.
Scholarship application forms are available from the
School of Law. In the case of entering students, completed
forms should be returned to rhe School of Law no later
than March 15 of the year in which the student intends
to enter, in order to receive fullest consideration for all
available scholarships. Applications for most grants and
loans are considered by the Scholarship Committee in July,
at which time the committee can inform itself of the applicant's performance during the preceding academic year.
Loans
Texas Tech administers numerous student loan funds
upon which students may draw for assistance in paying their
college related expenses, including the National Defense
Student Loan Program. For this program, applications must
be postmarked by July 1 for the following fall semester.
Additional information regarding any of the university loan
funds may be obtained by writing to Mr. Thomas Stover,
Student Loan Adviser, Office of the Dean of Student Life,
Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas 79409.
Scho/arships
Texas Tech Ex-Students Association Scholarships: Four
scholarships in the amount of $250 each were made
available by the Association for the first entering class in
the fall of 1967. It is expected that a similar number of
scholarships will again be available in subsequent years.
Lubbock Bar Auxiliary Scholarship: A scholarship
grant of $100 to a married student in need of financial
assistance.
It is anticipated that substantial additional scholarships
will be available for the 1968-69 academic year.
Funds
The Victor H. Lindsey Memorial Fund: At the suggestion of Mrs. Victor H. Lindsey of Lubbock, widow of
Judge Victor H. Lindsey, of the 72nd District Court, the
Lubbock County Bar Association and friends of the late
Judge Lindsey have created this fund for loans 2nd other
financial assistance to law students in need.
Judge E. E. Jordan, of the 47th District Coun in Amarillo, has provided a fund for law students who find themselves in unanticipated, short-term financial difficulties.
Part-Time Employment
A limited number of part-time positions are available
in the School of Law, mostly in the law library. Because
students are expected to devote substantially all of their
time to the study of law, outside employment should be
kept to a minimum, and in no case should exceed 15 hours
per week.
HOUSING
Space is available in several comfortable and attractive
dormitories for unmarried law students. Inquiries and correspondence regarding room reservations in the residence
halls should be addressed to the Coordinator of Residence
Hall Room Reservations, Texas Technological College, P.O.
Box 4629. Lubbock. Texas 79409.
All law students are engaged in graduate study and
are free to select their own off-campus housing. Because the
campus is bounded on three sides by residential areas, offcampus living quarters are conveniently available.
PLACEMENT
The School of Law maintains a placement service which
will assist students in finding legal and other positions upon
graduation. In the interim until the first class graduates, it
aids students in finding legal positions for the summer.
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PRELEGAL EDUCATION
The School of Law does not prescribe a definite prelegal curriculum for its applicants. The wide range of lawyers' tasks and the difference in offerings from school to
school .preclude such an approach. However, there are certain goals which every prelaw student should keep before
him in planning his college program. He should strive to
acquire the ability to read, write, and speak the English
language well; to gain a critical understanding of human
values and institutions-political, economic, and social; and
to develop in himself the power to think creatively. His undergraduate training should result not only in a quantity
of knowledge, but also in an understanding of the degrees,
the conditions, and the why and how of his knowledge.
Two items deserve special mention. A student will find
it helpful to have some preliminary work in accounting as
background for the courses in business associations and taxation. Typing skills will prove useful not only in the preparation of briefs and memoranda, but also for daily preparation
and examinations.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION
Admission
An applicant must have received, or have completed
all requirements for, a baccalaureate degree from a college
or university of approved standing prior to the time he begins his work in the School of Law. An applicant's record
must be of sufficiently high quality to demonstrate that he
is qualified for the study of law. In questionable cases, the
work of the last two college years will be weighed more
heavily than that of earlier years.
Applicants must also achieve a satisfactory score on the
Law School Admission Test, administered four times a year
throughout the United States and in many foreign countries
by the Educational Testing Service.
Students are admitted only on a full-time basis and
only in the fall. The School of Law recommends that students devote their entire time to the study of law. Students
who are engaged in outside employment must report the
number of hours worked each week, and may be asked to
withdraw from the school if the amount of time spent in
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outside employment is deemed excessive or appears to interfere with full-time study of law.
ADMISSION PROCEDURES
An application form and additional information may
be obtained by writing to
Office of the Dean
School of Law
T exas Technological College
Lubbock, Texas 79409
The completed application should be returned to the above
address at any time after the beginning of the applicant's
senior year.
The last date for filing completed application forms is
July 1 foe entrance in September. but substantially earlier
filing is strongly recommended. Applicants filing after May
1 will be at a considcNble disadvantage in competing for
the limited number of places avai1:able in the next entering
class.
Scudencs having questions concerning the study of law
or wishing information about law school admission policies
are urged to visit the law school and consult with one or
more members of the law school faculty. A collection of current bulletins and announcements from all approved law
schools is on file for student use.
Transcripts
The applicant must have two official transcripts forwarded directly to the School of Law from each college or
university previously attended. However, students applying
for admission who last attended, or are attending, Texas
Tech need have only one complete transcript forwarded directly to the School of Law.
A student who is expecting a baccalaureate degree in
June or August may have his application considered prior
to receiving his degree. He should submit one transcript of
his college work through the first seven semesters or ten
quarters. After completing his college work, the student
must complete his application by sending the required number of transcripts of all of his college work.
Law School Admission Test
The applicant must take the Law School Admission
Test and request that his score be reported to the School
of Law. The test usually is given in November, February,
April, and August of each year. It is recommended that the
applicant take the test no later than the February prior to
prospective entrance to the School of Law.
Information concerning the test, application forms,
and a list of the testing centers may be obtained by applying
in person at the School of Law or by writing to Law School
Admission Test, Educational Testing Service, Princeton,
New Jersey 08540.
Photog,.ph,
After receiving a letter of acceptance to the first year
class from the School of Law, an applicant must submit twO
permanent, passport-siz.e, facial photographs (approximately 2" x 2"). The photographs should be submitted prior to
registration.
Good Character
The School of Law may deny admission to any appli~
cant who, in the judgment of the faculty, may appear to be
unfit in character to engage in the study or practice of law.
Declaration of Intention to St1ld;,Law
The State Board of Law Examiners of Texas makes the
following requirement:
Eve.ry penon intending to apply for admission to the. &r of this SUte
shall file with the Secreury of [he Boud, not more tlun sixty (60) days
before nor more dun one hundred twenty (120) days after beginning the
study of law, a declaration of his inttntion to study law and a certificatt
showing the completion of a preliminary characttr examination.
the above declaration shall be madc on a form to be prescribed by
the Board, and shall show such facts as to the history, experience, and tducational qualifications of the declarant as the Board may dettrmine. It shall
1Umt. the law school in which the declarant proposts to 5tudy, which school
must be an approved law KhooI.
The forms may be obtained from Mr. H. P. Steinle,
Box
J. Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 78711.
Students who expect to practice in other states should
investigate possible similar requirements in such states.
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FEES
The Curriculum
To enable the student to estimate his expenses at the
time of entering the School of Law, the following informacion is offered.
PROGRAM OF STUDY
Shortly after acceptance for admission to the School of
Law, each student must forward a $50 acceptance deposit, which will he applied toward his registration fee for
ehe fall semester. No further registration fee will be required
for residents of Texas. Students who are not residents of
Texas must pay an additional nonresident fee of $150 per
semester. All students will have additional expenses of
approximately $35 in fees and $75-$100 for books and
supplies. Registration fees in the same amounts ($50 for
Texas residents, $200 for nonresidents) will again be due
in the spring semester, although the ocher fees and expenses
for books and supplies will be substantially smallec in the
spring.
Foe more detailed information regarding fees, veterans'
exemptions from fees, and loans, including National Defense
Student Loans, please see the College Bulletin, General Information and Degree Programs, 1967-1968.
In order to be recommended for graduation by the
faculty of the School of Law, a student must have successfully completed a minimum of 90 semester hours, including
at least one seminar, normally accomplished in six semesters,
or five semesters and two summer sessions. The courses in
the first year are required. They provide the foundation for
further legal study and must be satisfactorily completed.
First year students who fail to maintain a satisfacoory average at the end of their first year will be requested to withdraw fcom the School of Law. Details regarding requirements of study in residence, required courses, and grade
averages are made available to students during registration.
The normal course load is regulated by the faculty of
the School of Law. A student is expected to enroll for a full
academic load but may not take more than 16 hours in
any semester without special permission. There is no minimum course load requirement for students during a summer
session.
Acceleration
The School of Law permits its students to accelerate
their work and to graduate in twp and one-half years. In
order to accelerate, a student must attend two summer
sessions.
Seminar Requirement
After completing two-thirds of the hours needed for
graduation, each student is required to enroll in a seminar or to register for research ccedit under a specific faculty
member. The purpose of this requirement is to permit the
student, in close cooperation with a member of the faculty,
to engage in original research and writing in an area of
mutual interest.
Courtroom Practice and Tech"ique
Throughout the student's law school career, he will
have an opportunity to participate in courtroom activities,
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in the first and second year at the appellate level and during the third year at the trial and appellate level.
LAw Review
It is planned that a law review will be established at
an early date.
Change of Requirements
The faculty of the School of Law reserves the right
to change the schedule of classes, the program of instruction, the requirements for degrees, and any other similar
rules or regulations. This power will not be exercised, however, to impose substantial detriment upon students enrolled
at the time of the change.
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Orientlltion lind Counseling
The School of Law is firmly committed to the "open
door" policy in faculty-student relations. From the first
academic contact during the week of orientation and introduction to the study of law until graduation, the faculty
is available fot consultation with respect to registration, 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 and first year classes of no more
than 75 students, each student will have abundant opportunities for extensive personal contact with the faculty.
Professionlll Enrichment
Legal educators agree that student development is greatly aided by professional experiences outside the classroom
and by frequent and varied contacts with those engaged in
the active practice of the law. Students are urged to attend
meetings of the Lubbock County Bar Association and
various continuing legal education programs, in which the
School of Law will take an active part. Federal and state
courts are open to law students, and it is anticipated that,
upon completion of the permanent law school building,
trials and arbitration proceedings will be conducted in the
School of Law, thus facilitating the students' observance of
courtroom procedure and practice.
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On a more formal level, students will be encouraged
to participate actively in trial and appellate moot court
competitions, leading to statewide, regional, and national
competitions between schools. Second and third year students
will participate in the legal aid program of the Lubbock
County Bar Association and will be given the fullest responsibility consistent with their experience and ability.
Additional professionally related programs and projects
will be instituted as the student body grows and as students
have the time to devote their efforts to these extracurricular
activities.
DESCRIPTION OF COURSES
The first year courses are numbered below. Advanced
courses expected to be offered in subsequent years are listed
without numbers. In the course list the first figure in the
parentheses indicates the semester-hour credit of the course;
the second figure shows the number of lecture hours per
week attended by a student enrolled in the course; and the
third figure indicates the number of hours per week during
which the student is in a laboratory, practice session, or other
activity related to the course.
No credit is granted for courses with two numbers
unless both parts are satisfactorily completed.
First Yellr Courses
BUSINESS AssoclATIONS I.
(2:2:0)
Law 52L
Rtpr~ntuion 01 blllinni llniu by employra; rilhu and liabilitiel of the tmployio.& unit .s .ffected by tht tortious or conltlclull aCts of rmployees. alents, and
indt~ndtnt contractors.
OVIL PROCEDURE I.
(2:2:0 each)
L:aw 523, 524.
A IIUdTOf tht jurisdiction of tht ... rlolll.tUt couru. tht effect of their judlmtnts.tht phasaof I lawsuit, and theproc:eduru involvtd.
CoNTRACTS.
(3:3:0 each)
Law 531, 532.
Principlq conuollinl the formation. ~rformlnCt, tnforctmtnt, and terminltion of contract., inc1udins: offtr Ind l((tpUnte, conlidtrltion, condition" third pany
b.!ndiciaria, ..silnments.lnd the Statlllt of Frlllds.
CRIMIN"L l.A.w.
L:aw HI.
(2:2:0)
Tht WllrUI Ind purpose of criminal Ilw. tht chlracteristics of p"rticular
crimu,and thtltnerllprincipluofli.bilityanddefen,u.
CRlMIN"L PROCEDURE.
(2:2:0)
L:aw H2.
Criminal proc:«Iure from arrQt throulh ap~11 under sUtt and ltderal II",
inc1udinl rilhu of I ctimin.1 defendlnt undu tht United Stat" Ind Tn., Constitutiotll.
LEG"LRESU~C~ANDWRITINqI. (1:1:1)
.
Law SII.
Inltrllctoon .n Iht tTPU of II" boo... Ind thtir functlo,,. in rC'scarch, Itldinl
to tht preparation of diffnmt typu of lel.1 maurial.
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LEGAL RESEARCH AND WIUTING II.
(1:0:1)
Law S12.
Prrp....i.on of memor.nd. of law .nd • brief. and ddiyory of
mrntin an.ppellaucourtuerci...
P!l.OPEJ.TY
I.
(l:l:O
1n
Law
each)
or.1 or,uSH. SH.
An introduCtion to the la.. of ...1 proptrty. indudin, nUl" ~nd o.htt in.er_
n .. in land, rral property mltlr.cting••nd con..ey.ncing•• nd bndlord and Un~nt probkms.
ToJ.Ts.
Law
(4:4:0; 2:2:0)
S41, Il6.
Stand.rd. and principlel govtrnin, Itg.1 li.bility for innn.i.on.l ~nd IInin.rnUon.linniiolllofi..urnnofpeoo..ality.nd property.
Advanced Courses
AOM.INlSTUTlVE
PrincipII .i,hu and ..medic. of u".«ured credi.o.., indi..id...ally and collteti..tly, with con.iduablttmphuisOft bankruptcy.
EsTATE AND GIFT TAXATION.
Tht impact of tht fedua! nUtt and ,ift u" on vorious typa of dispositions of
property d...ril13 lift and u de..h, tht .dministr..iye and judicial procua in raol ..""
fulual nuu .nd ,ift ... controyeniel. and the lDCial .nd Konomic implicnions of
tunion of dis"ibutlonaof wtalth.
[VIDENCE.
Concepti of releYaney and policy i.. the .dmiuion of u)dtnct, indudi.., nun'io.. to hearny, opi..........nd «Iou Dclwionary rulu rtl.ti.., '0 the protKtion of
the i..di"idu.l, .ht stnt, and confodrntial rrlnioNhipa.
FAMILY LA...
LA..
Eumina lhe role of 1M admininr...i". procno in OUr soc~'J'. form.1 and informal. Ind cmphuiUl tM powen Ind procah"a corrunon to .11 .dminin,u;•••
and the relationship' -noon,: the Ic,isl.uin, judie;"l, and UKuti.,. brand.,.. in 1M cknlopnwnl of public polic:,._
,.."a
AOMIMLTY
The 'J'lIetft of .uhouot;", and procedural b • •hich is pKuliu 10 Ihe m••itinlc
mdUlt.." but .100 includi,.. .-..ks Ippliclbk lO ,how Oftl,. euuIlly i......lft'll u in chlrtt,
partin., ,..dudin, tbe 'tOJ'lp. time. and <kmiK or bncbon dur<us.
AOVANCED SEMINAIl
Adnnud ..minors .Ul M oaeral on I KmeSIU bDis for discuosion and 1,.. 1,....
of problmu ..kclrd by .he professor (onduel;"& the Kmin... Ilhlluuin fidel. in .hich
....ulan ",ill be oHorai Ire lined bd.. w:
I.. toronionol BllJina. Tnnuclionl
Arbittnion
und U... PI.nning
S... inns Plan".,..
Comp"ntin L..,
Vimi...l Procedure
Eultt Phnn''''
E.,idtnce
Le,.1 Medicine
Legislation
Profnsion.l Rnpon.ibility
St••e and Local Tunion
ApPELLATE ADVOCACY
R_..,h snd wfi.ing of bricfs and p.rticipltion in ,ompeliti... rounds of Of• I
• r'u nu in appellur ca.... duigned .0 d...elop writing and ad"ocacy .kill. and to
incre
the ..udent'l undrnt.nding of the relatioruhip between precedtnt .nd policy
in the faolution of leg.1 ,ontroyenic5.
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
CREDITORS' RIGHTS.
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Promoti.on, Ofganiution. and fin.ncing of bUlinr.. corporltions. Euminltion i,
made of how ~nd by whom eorporuions ae<. with empha,i, on mana,emen••nd ,hore.
holdu rill.. in corponu ,ov.rnment, inlide..' dude>, dnite, (or teporuing ,on.rol
from ownership, and illu.nce of .har", induding • brief lurv.y of ...,uritiu reguluion.
CoMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
The le,al I."",.. of the fin.ncin, .nd di"rib... tion of goods beginnin, with tho
manUfotlurrr and proceeding through the di"ribulionll ch.nn.l. 10 lhe ultima.. ,onaumor. Sptcitl emphuis is givrn '0 Article II on nle>•• nd Afticle ilIon commercial
p.per of the Uniform Commorci~l Codr.
CoNFLICT OJ.. LAWS.
The rule••pplicd by courtl in recognizing ~nd rnfo"in, figh .. involyin, rlemtntl which QCcllrred in • liner nUe or fOfe;gn counuy.
CoNSTITUTIONAL LAW.
A Itudy oflhc judil;:itl fllnction in constitutional CIJU, Ihe del.,ation of pow.
eu, .he federal system, .nd thr powor. of the natn I I affecled by d.leluion of pow.r
tOlheftdrnl,oYernmcnt.
LA,al problema rrlsted 10 thr ntabliahnKnl. diuolullon••nd rror,a..iution of
family rtlatlonsl.ipo, indudi... marria.... diyorct, .nnul.....nl••limo"y.nd ch.ild ...pporl.
cw.ody.and injurin to family nlnionaFEDEJ.AL jUklSDlcnON.
An .dtrancrd COI1l"'" in probLtms pKllli
0 .he A
ric.n frdual aystfln "f
pnr""""n•• nd .he dllal 'YS'fln of hdual and
u couru,
d the conllicu and &c_
commoda.ioJU bnwftn than ..ith rnpcct '0 juriadiction. procedl1l"r••ubsu..tin law,
.ppo:llau run. and spaoia! c_.itutiona! conaiduniona.
GoVEltNMENT RECULATION OF BUSlNESS.
An naminnion of tht Shuman Act. tht Oayton An, .nd tht Fte!tnl Tndt
Commiuion Ac•••nd thr pan wloKIo .Ioty play in the onr.1I ptobkm of public connol of busiAna- Sptcial rmph..is is placte! upon problmu of pritt fi.:rin, and od.tr
forms of collusion amona competitor.. comblnuioRi of owocrship u..du Shuman and
O.yton Act proyi....... aclwi"t .r.... ~nu and tyin, de.. ic.ts. and rn.ale prict
mainunancr.
INCOME TAXATION.
Feclt....1 ....tion of the inCClnK of indiyidu.ls. trust. . .nd cot"poruiona. Dr..iled study is made of i.mu inclllded in '1'0&1 incDml', allowabk deductioru, aCCOUntin,.
capi..1 ,aina and I"",", p'UORl ..ublt, and distributions by trwu. partneuhipo, Or
corporuio....
jURISPJ.UDENCE•
An inuodunion to Ir,al phiIo.soploy. Tift major jllrisprudr..tial iuu", tht
dtfinition of law, the conctpt of ;u"ict, tht rrlation of law and morality, and the
fllnctio.. of Ir,al .nalYlis will M considuod ind.pend...tly and in tho li,h. of sptcific
lo,al .hwr;u, ;ndudin, mod.rn American It,al phiiotOphiei.
LABOJ. LAw.
The reluionlhip of thr ;ndiyidual .mployrt with the union, the or,anizuional
righu of tho .mployft and tho union. tht ."ablishment of a coIlteliye bltglinin, ..lationlhip, and.he proceuel of barg.ining ...ithin .uch. relationlhip.
LECAL ACCOUNTING.
Accounlin, ~nd ..ati"ical mnhool of guhuin, Ind interprning numerical
data, wi.h emphasil on probl.ms ch.. mlY .ri,e in Ihe ... rioul upec.. of a lawyer', work.
LEGAL HISTORY.
A hislory o( An,lo_American I.w with emphasis On devolopmenl of judici.l
inJli.u.i.on5. histor;c.1 intureluion of rul" of privur I.w, JOur••I.nd gro...th ofC'lluity.
.nd the recep.i.on of the common I.... in .he Uniled SUtel .nd of Ihe common 10...nd
Sp.nish clemenu in T.ul.
LEGISLATION.
The role of the I.gisl..llre in ,Io.pin, publi, policy and making ne
omphll;' on .he rup«t;ye rol" of thr lr,illullrt .nd the courll••nd uerc
Jalindrafting.
low, with
in Itgil-
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locAL GOVERNMENT LAW.
Slue conltitution.1 10", connrni,,& ;ntorsovunmencal <clotion., and the
ution and .dminu....ion of loul IOvernrMnt.l \lniu.
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MAIlITAL PAOPEIlTY.
Property ".hn of h".band and wife IInder Ibe Ton. commllnity property
'r.lnn, ,ndudins
CD"."'_ of the Jaw
•• Iuin, '0
~tud.
NATURAL RESOURCES.
A 11l''''r cour.., cD".rin! prineip1.. of oil and 111 I
wncr
10 concentrate in other arc•• of the h .
t.,."
.nd minin,
law for Jludcnu who pl.n
OIL AND GAS.
The .....n."h;p Ind lUI"'J of mineral ..Ute. and the .;v.I. ;ncid.nt thuno,
,antdia of bndo........ Ind iuHes, ,he noclltion of m....ra! Icues, and the conYer.nein,
of mine..1 ;n'....tI.nd roy.llia;.
PROBATE FP.ACTlCE.
R;,htl and rcspon,ibilitia of ,h. ~ ..on appointed to .dmininc. th process
of Iran.mittin. properly from. dKCdcllt 10 those who IIlCCtN him in o......"hip, ;ndudin. the
rul~. appliubl~
to the necution, reyoution. and interpretation of will,.
PROFESSIONAL RESrONSIBIUTY.
Familiarizes th~ Ilud.nu wi,h ,h~ ramifi~l<ion. of th~ Canon. of lA,al Ethia
in th~ «HUn, of ,h~ practic~ of law and nUlling th~ machinor,. auilabl~ for th~ im.
pronn\Cn, of ,he practic~.
PROPElI.TY II.
A further dev~lopn\Cnt of th~ principia in..ol...d in Property I, in~ludin,
and fu'u.. interesu. wi,h particular att.ntion to t"~ voriou' uniquc a.pect. of Teu.
10'" reh'in, to land ,itl~•.
,,,,.tt
PROPERTY SECURITY.
M~thod. b,. which an obli,la'ion ma,. N leCured by propert,. of th~ oblip
orofathirdperoon.
PROTECTION OP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
The .ubllantin and procedural la", of indunrial and inrrllecrual propert,.,
primarily pot.n..., copyri,ht, and Ind~ ore ....., their notur., lCope, and economic .i,nifiunc~. ComparilOn. or. made amon, Ih. thr.., and wilh oth.r form. of property.
REMEDIES.
Fornu of I.,al and tquitabl~ relief. courl ...quipped to ,nnt b,. ",.,. of re·
d,es. to tllooe ",1>0 h.... bHn 0' ma,. ~ inju,ed, includinl .lurnotive choice. and ,h~
u~tic.l .dunnl" of ..ch.
SocIAL LECISLATION.
Primory ,"'ph..i. upon Workm.n'. Compertluion, includin, 10m' of ,h. b.uc
probl.m. of "'ork-connected injuria and disc.... Tn .ddition, ",.jor problem. in th.
I..., of lOCi.o.l ..curity, un.mploym.nt compenlOtion, .nd ... ,~ .nd hour I.,id",ion will
N conoid.red.
TRIAL AND ApPELLATE PROCEDURE.
Proc~du.. from ,h~ N,innin, of tri.1 l"'roUlh ,h••nd of the appellot. proc...,
..ilh 'rnph..u upon ,h. procedure of Tuu.
TRJAL PRACTICE.
Th. pr.p.... tion and tri.1 of a ClIO und.r rul.. cloHly co...I•• ed ",ith T.u.
practic. and proc.dur~.
UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES.
Probl~rn. of th~ public control of bu.i....... not presenled in th~ cour.., in Go...rnment R.,uluion of Bu.inm. Special nnphllu u pl.ced on tradnn..k protection,
both I t cOrnmon h . . .nd under Ih~ prow...ion. of Ih~ Lanh.m ACI, fal.., .nd rnial~.d.
inl .dv."i.i.." .nd pric~ discriminnion under th~ RobinlOll.Pllm.n Act. Murep...
senntion of competilon' producu .nd interf.rence with contractu.1 ..lotion. are .110
d..ll .... ilh.