1. GENERAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------------------- The School of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is approved by the American Bar Association. STATEMENT ON EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY To the extent provided by applicable law, no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, any program or activity sponsored or conducted by The University of Texas System or any of its component institutions on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or handicap. MISSION OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW With an enrollment of about fifteen hundred students, the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the nation's largest law schools with day students only. The students are predominantly Texas residents; nonresident admission has been limited by the state Legislature to 20 percent of each entering class. The academic credentials of enrolled nonresidents are about the same as those of residents, but nonresident tuition is higher. The school is a national school in that the training received and the courses offered provide the necessary legal education for practice in any part of the United States where the legal heritage is the common law system of England. Hundreds of out-of-state law firms, corporations, and agencies actively recruit the school's graduates each year. There are more than seventeen thousand living alumni of the School of Law. The primary function of a law school is to educate students for the practice of law. Consequently, it is the first aim of the administration to provide full-time legal educators as inspiring classroom teachers who are capable of training students in the process of legal analysis and clear and persuasive oral and written advocacy. The School of Law is also concerned with two other functions: the advancement of knowledge about the law as a social institution and about the way the rule of law may most effectively serve social ends-a research function; and keeping the busy judge and practitioner abreast of new developments-a continuing legal education function. In carrying out the research and continuing legal education functions, the modern law school has become a legal center with multiple activities and purposes, so that the training received by law students is superior to that available in the past. FACILITIES The School of Law, then the Department of Law, opened along with the Department of Literature, Science, and Arts in 1883. The two departments occupied one building until the session of 1908-1909, when the Law Building was completed. This building served the needs of the School of Law until the completion in 1953 of Townes Hall, named for Judge John Charles Townes, dean of the school from 1907 through 1923. The enrollment, about six hundred in 1953, increased each year thereafter, necessitating additions to Townes Hall in 1964 and 1980. The 1980 addition is named Jesse H. Jones Hall in honor of the Houston philanthropist. These two connected buildings house the Joseph D. Jamail Center for Legal Research and classrooms, offices, and support facilities for the faculty, the staff, and students of the School of Law. THE JOSEPH D. JAMAIL CENTER FOR LEGAL RESEARCH The Joseph D. Jamail Center for Legal Research houses the Tarlton Law Library and other research facilities at the School of Law. The center supports the research and academic needs of the faculty and students, as well as the research needs of the University community, and the public. Members of the public, including attorneys, may purchase a courtesy borrower card that allows them to use circulating materials outside the library. With more than 825,000 volumes, the Tarlton library is the fifth largest academic law library in the country. In addition to a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary legal materials, the library has a broad interdisciplinary collection from the social sciences and humanities as well as a number of special collections. Special collections include extensive foreign and international law resources, more than 750,000 microform items within a growing media collection, the papers of former US Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark of Texas, and a collection of recent winners of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. The library is a selective depository for US government documents and houses the Texas Legal Resource Center for Child Abuse and Neglect. In addition to printed matter, the library offers law students access to LEXIS and WESTLAW, the major online legal research services, on terminals located throughout the library. The library also provides access to a variety of other legal and nonlegal electronic databases and information services. The library's Center for Computer-based Legal Research and Instruction provides a network of fifty-two Macintosh and IBM-compatible personal computers for word processing and research. Students also have access to worldwide computer networks through the Internet. As a member of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), the library participates in RLG's Law Program Committee and in the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), RLG's national computer system for shared cataloging. Through this network, the library has immediate access to the collections of other major research libraries throughout the country. An on-line public access catalog and bibliographic system, TALLONS, provides immediate access to much of the library's own collection. TALLONS can be used in conjunction with UTCAT, the online catalog of the University's General Libraries. More than six hundred paintings, art objects, prints, documents, antique quilts, rugs, and pieces of furniture from the Elton J. Hyder and Martha Rowan Hyder Collection create a culturally enriching work environment for library patrons and staff members. Because legal research can be technically demanding, members of the library's public services staff provide individual and classroom instruction in the use of the library's materials. OTHER LIBRARIES Students in the School of Law also have access to the resources of the University's General Libraries and Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center; these and the Tarlton Law Library constitute the sixth largest academic library in the United States. The University library serves as a depository for publications of the United Nations and of the British government. Located across the street from the law school are three units of the General Libraries: the Center for American History, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Public Affairs Library. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is also located on the University campus. The Texas State Library, the State Law Library, and the Legislative Reference Library, all located in the state capitol complex, are open to law students. TRUST FUNDS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION The University of Texas Law School Foundation was established in 1952 by Charles I. Francis, Sylvan Lang, Angus G. Wynne, Hines Baker, Dan Moody, Robert E. Hardwicke, and Hugh Lamar Stone. They foresaw that private support would be needed to supplement state funding if the law school were to achieve its potential. Over the years, the foundation's role and significance have grown as its assets have increased. Today, the foundation maintains half of the endowments and privately- sponsored funds that support the law school. The law school's endowment is one of the largest in the nation. The foundation has recently established the goal of raising a substantial sum for Endowed Presidential Scholarships. Officers and trustees of the foundation are Morris Atlas, President Toni S. Turner, Executive Director E. William Barnett David J. Beck, Life Member George C. Chapman J. Chrys Dougherty John L. Estes Kay Bailey Hutchison Elton M. Hyder, Jr., Life Member Joseph D. Jamail Franklin Jones, Jr. Dee J. Kelly Gilbert F. Low J. Mark McLaughlin, Life Member Tom B. Ramey, Jr. Harry M. Reasoner, Life Member C. Kenneth Roberts J. Burleson Smith Larry E. Temple Mark Martin, Trustee Emeritus B. D. Orgain, Trustee Emeritus Founded in 1939, The University of Texas Law Alumni Association operates under the nonprofit status of the Law School Foundation. The primary purposes of the association are to raise funds for the law school, to strengthen the relationship between the law school and its alumni, and to assist the dean, the faculty, and the staff in their efforts to make the School of Law the best public law school in the nation. ENDOWMENTS The University and the Law School Foundation have adopted as one of their major objectives the development of endowment funds to be used to attract and retain eminent scholars and teachers for the law school. The income from these funds is used to supplement the salaries of distinguished professors and to provide research assistance and other logistical support. Faculty members who hold endowed chairs, professorships, and research professorships are identified in chapter 6. CHAIRS Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law William B. Bates Chair for the Administration of Justice The John B. Connally Chair in Law Fannie Coplin Regents Chair James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair James A. Elkins Centennial Chair in Law The Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty Excellence W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr., Centennial Chair in Law Julius Glickman Research Chair in Business and Professional Ethics Anne Green Regents Chair Hayden W. Head Regents Chair for Faculty Excellence in the School of Law Untitled Jamail Regents Chair in Law Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law "The Friends of Joe Jamail" Regents Chair in Law John Jeffers Research Chair in Law W. Page Keeton Chair in Tort Law Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankruptcy Law and Practice W. James Kronzer Chair in Trial and Appellate Advocacy Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair in Business and Commercial Law Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Business Law Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance Bryant Smith Chair in Law The Hugh Lamar Stone Chair of Civil Law Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law A. W. Walker Centennial Chair A. W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law Fred and Emily Marshall Wulff Centennial Chair in Law Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law PROFESSORSHIPS Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professorship in Law Arnold, White & Durkee Centennial Professorship in Law Morris and Rita Atlas Family Centennial Professorship in Law The Baker & Botts Professorship in Law Rex G. Baker and Edna Heflin Baker Professorship in Constitutional Law Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Centennial Professorship in Law Albert Sidney Burleson Professorship in Law Edward Clark Centennial Professorship in Law A. Dalton Cross Professorship at Law Leroy G. Denman, Jr., Regents Professorship in Real Property Law The William Stamps Farish Professorship in Law Parker C. Fielder Regents Professorship in Tax Law Charles I. Francis Professorship in Law W. H. Francis, Jr., Professorship Fulbright & Jaworski Professorship in Law Tiny Gooch Centennial Professorship in Trial Practice The Thomas W. Gregory Professorship H. O. Head Centennial Professorship in Real Property Law Joseph C. Hutcheson Professorship in Law Elton M. Hyder, Jr., and Martha Rowan Hyder Centennial Professorship The Sylvan Lang Professorship Thos. H. Law Centennial Professorship in Law Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon Professorship in Banking, Financial, Commercial, and Corporate Law The William C. Liedtke, Sr., Professorship in Law Thomas Shelton Maxey Professorship Charles Tilford McCormick Professorship of Law The Marrs McLean Professorship in Law Wright C. Morrow Professorship in Law Judge Benjamin Harrison Powell Professorship in Law Cooper K. Ragan Regents Professorship in Law John S. Redditt Professorship in State and Local Government Cecil D. Redford Professorship in Law Stanley D. and Sandra Rosenberg Centennial Professorship in Property Law Ben Gardner Sewell Professorship in Civil Trial Advocacy Raybourne Thompson Centennial Professorship in Law Thompson & Knight Centennial Professorship in Law The Bernard J. Ward Centennial Professorship in Law Robert F. Windfohr and Anne Burnett Windfohr Professorship in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Joe A. Worsham Centennial Professorship in Law Angus G. Wynne, Sr., Professorship in Civil Jurisprudence William Benjamin Wynne Professorship in Law RESEARCH PROFESSORSHIPS Baker & Botts Regents Research Professorship in Law F. Scott Baldwin Research Professorship in Law Butler & Binion Centennial Research Professorship in Law Judge Solomon Casseb, Jr., Research Professorship in Law Fred Thomson Couper, Jr., Research Professorship in Texas Real Property and Oil and Gas Law John and Melba Estes Regents Research Professorship in Law Fulbright & Jaworski Regents Research Professorship in Law Gus M. Hodges Regents Research Professorship in Law Wales H. Madden, Jr., Centennial Research Professorship in Law J. Mark McLaughlin Centennial Research Professorship in Energy Law Tom Sealy Centennial Research Professorship in Energy and Environmental Law Tom Sealy Centennial Research Professorship in Energy and Environmental Law (No. 2) Eugene R. Smith Centennial Research Professorship in Law George W. and Ione Stumberg Research Professorship in Law Mark G. Yudof Endowed Research Professorship in Law VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS Kraft W. Eidman Centennial Visiting Professorship in Law The Florence Thelma Hall Visiting Centennial Professorship in Law Leroy Jeffers Centennial Visiting Professorship in Law Lewis N. White Centennial Visiting Professorship in Law FELLOWSHIPS Jay H. Brown Centennial Faculty Fellowship in Law The Robert W. Calvert Faculty Fellowship in Law The Conoco, Inc., Faculty Fellowship in Law The Cox & Smith, Incorporated, Faculty Fellowship in Law Joseph Paschal Dreibelbis Faculty Fellowship in Law The Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody Centennial Faculty Fellowship in Law The Wilson W. Herndon Memorial Faculty Fellowship in Antitrust Law Kelly, Hart & Hallman Regents Faculty Fellowship in Law Locke Purnell Rain Harrell Faculty Fellowship in Law Preston Shirley Faculty Fellowship in Law Strasburger & Price Centennial Faculty Fellowship in Law Roy and Grace Whittenburg Faculty Fellowship in Law Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, PC, Faculty Fellowship in Law ADVOCACY AND OTHER ENDOWMENTS Thad T. Hutcheson Endowed Moot Court Competition Roy and Eugenia Castle McDonald Endowed Faculty Fund Sam Neathery Endowed Classroom Governor Allan Shivers Endowed Faculty Development Fund FACULTY SUPPORT M. D. Anderson Foundation Research Locke Purnell Rain Harrell Lecture FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE The Office of Student Financial Services offers various forms of assistance to all University students; these are described in the General Information catalog. With the help of alumni and friends, a number of financial aid programs have also been established for law students. The School of Law provides financial assistance in the form of scholarships, research assistantships, and loans. LAW SCHOOL LOANS The law school has limited loan funds available to law students. Loans are made only in cases of emergency and only to degree-seeking students; visiting students are not eligible. Application for these loans must be made in person at the School of Law Scholarships and Loans Office. LAW SCHOOL ASSISTANTSHIPS A substantial number of second- and third-year law students with high scholastic achievement and financial need are chosen for positions within the law school. These students may serve members of the law faculty as research assistants or perform specialized duties in the Law Library or in administrative offices in Townes Hall. All student assistants are paid at about the same rate for eight to twelve hours of work a week. LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS The Law School Admissions Application/Bulletin contains the law school scholarship application and information on application procedures. This form and other required forms are available in the Scholarships and Loans Office. For additional information, write to the Scholarship Director, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 727 East 26th Street, Austin, Texas 78705-3299. LOAN FUNDS AND ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS Many lawyers, law firms, and associations contribute annually to the awards and scholarships program of the law school. Information about these contributions is available from the school. In addition, the following permanent loan and scholarship funds have been established in accordance with the requests of their donors. Maurice W. Acers Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law James R. Alexander Endowed Presidential Scholarship Allied Loan Fund American Petrofina Minority Scholarship Program Dillon Anderson Endowed Memorial Scholarship Tom Arnold Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law ARCO Minority Scholarship Program Asian American Bar Association Scholarship Atlas & Hall Advocacy Scholarship Scott and Nancy Atlas Endowed Presidential Scholarship Austin Lawyers Auxiliary Scholarship Baker & Botts Advocacy Scholarship Baker & McKenzie Minority Scholarship Baron & Budd Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Public Interest Law Baron & Budd Texas Environmental Law Journal Scholarships Bates, Broocks, Border, Roberts Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge R. L. Batts Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law David J. Beck Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Beirne, Maynard & Parsons Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Charles O. Betts Scholarships Jack Binion Scholarship Frank Bobbitt Endowed Memorial Scholarship Marion T. Boner Scholarship Herbert S. Bonham Law Scholarships George W. Brackenridge Loan Fund (for women) Judge Jerry Buchmeyer Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Judge Carl O. Bue Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Joyce M. Burg (Class of 1926) Endowed Presidential Scholarship Albert Sidney Burleson Loan-Scholarship Fund Ira Butler Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Clarence Leon Carter and John Winston Carter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Clarence Leon Carter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law John Winston Carter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Honorable Edward A. Clark and Everett L. Looney Scholarships Class of '33 Loan Fund Class of '42 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '50 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '58 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '62 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '63 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '64 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Class of '66 Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Class of '80 Endowed Presidential Scholarship Tom Clendenin Scholarship John J. Durham Cobb Scholarship Marvin Key Collie Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Whitfield J. Collins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Cecil N. Cook-William C. Perry Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Judge Wilson Cowen Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law John L. and Anne Crawford Endowed Presidential Scholarship (awarded in alternate years) John H. Crooker, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship Will D. Crowell Memorial Loan Fund Charles A. Culberson Loan Fund Brown J. Curtis Endowed Presidential Scholarship Jaime Davila Scholarship Tom Martin Davis Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law R. Chester Day Memorial Loan Fund Decker, Hardt, Kopf, Harr Munsch & Dinan, PC, Minority Scholarship Albert J. DeLange Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship Mack G. and Beatrice C. DeLeon Endowed Presidential Scholarship Lois Donaldson Endowed Presidential Scholarship Genevieve Tarlton Dougherty Loan Fund James R. Dougherty, Jr., Foundation Scholarship James R. Dougherty and Rachael Dougherty Vaughan Scholarship Frank Douglas Endowed Presidential Scholarship Harry Dow Memorial Scholarship Israel Dreeben Memorial Scholarship Back Sandra Dyche Endowed Presidential Scholarship W. E. Dyche Endowed Presidential Scholarship Charlie Dye Memorial Loan Fund James A. Elkins Scholarship El Paso Bar Auxiliary Scholarship Exxon Minority Scholarship Program Iva Spencer Finton Endowed Scholarship in Law Judge Joe J. Fisher Chief Judge Emeritus Endowed Presidential Scholarship William F. Fritz Scholarship GAF Corporation Loan Fund George Pierre Gardere Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Reynaldo Garza Endowed Presidential Scholarship Harry and MarSicc Gee Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Lisa Atlas Genecov and Dr. Jeffrey S. Genecov Endowed Presidential Scholarship General Motors Minority Scholarship Program Bob Gibbins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Dean T. J. Gibson III Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Professor William W. Gibson, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship Ben and Mollye Glast Endowed Presidential Scholarship Thomas H. Godfrey Endowed Presidential Scholarship Eli Goldstein Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Davis Grant Scholarship Anne Green Scholarship Dean Leon Green Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Campbell A. Griffin, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Sara and Jack Gurwitz Endowed Presidential Scholarship William N. Hamilton Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Thomas Hathaway Memorial Scholarship Thomas R. Head Scholarship Ross H. and Annie Seymour Hemphill Endowed Presidential Scholarship William E. Henderson Memorial Scholarship David Hubbard Hewlett Scholarship in Law Hattie Hewlett Scholarship Chief Justice John Edward Hickman Scholarship Dean Ira P. Hildebrand Endowed Presidential Scholarship Oveta Culp Hobby Endowed Presidential Scholarship William P. Hobby Endowed Presidential Scholarship Elizabeth Brown Hodges Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Gus Macey Hodges Endowed Presidential Scholarship W. C. Hogg Memorial Scholarships-James Lockhart Autry Scholarship in Law Fannie House Scholarship Wayne R. Howell Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Judge Harry L. Hudspeth Endowed Presidential Scholarship William O. Huie Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., Scholarship Everett Hutchinson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Ray and Kay Bailey Hutchison Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Elton M. Hyder, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Mrs. Ida V. Hyder Loan Fund Carl Illig Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Jenkins & Gilchrist Endowed Presidential Scholarship Willie Z. Johnson Loan Fund Johnson & Gibbs Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Albert Pearson Jones Scholarship Judge Marvin Jones Loan Fund Judge Bill Junell Endowed Presidential Scholarship Charles C. Keeble and Charles C. Keeble Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Quentin Keith Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Winchester Kelso Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond Minority Scholarship Nathan Koppel Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Ronald D. Krist Scholarship Endowment Albert Kyle Centennial Endowed Presidential Scholarship Law Department Loan Fund Roy C. and Marguerite Ledbetter Scholarship Roger L. Levy Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon Advocacy Scholarship Lipshy Family Endowed Presidential Scholarship Locke Purnell Rain Harrell Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Tom Long Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Lorance & Thompson Advocacy Scholarship Elizabeth Lord Loan Fund Gilbert I. Low Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Jesse P. Luton, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship Jane H. Macon Scholarship Roberto Marquez and Rogelio Garcia Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Chris Marshall Memorial Fund Marion and Mark Martin Endowed Presidential Scholarship Wilbur L. Matthews Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Arch H. McCulloch Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law W. J. McKie Scholarship Richard Mithoff Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Orlanda Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt Endowed Presidential Scholarship Lucy M. Moore Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Keith Morrison Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law William Carter Morrow Scholarship Clinton F. Morse Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Judge Raymond L. Murray Scholarship Franklin Myers Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Nathan Wood & Sommers Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Robert Scott Neblett Scholarship New Century Fund Fred K. Newberry Scholarship in Law Niemann Cup Kay M. Nolen Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Jesse D. Oliver-Student Bar Association Loan Fund Ellen Waters-Olson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Alvin Owsley Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Alvin M. Owsley Scholarship Carl A. Parker Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Robert M. Parker Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Passman, Jones, Andes & Holley Scholarship Michael W. Perrin Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Phillips Petroleum Foundation, Inc., Minority Scholarship Nelson Phillips Endowed Presidential Scholarship Thomas M. Phillips Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Ben H. Powell Award, an Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Thomas P. Price Loan Fund Tom C. Primm Scholarship Rita C. Pringle Scholarship David Proctor Scholarship Thomas B. Ramey, Sr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship Victor and Myra Ravel Endowed Scholarship Fund in Children's Rights Captain T. M. Reagan Scholarship Judge Thomas M. Reavley Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Anne Townes and Browne B. Rice, Jr., Honors Scholarship Program George Rice Scholarship Cary and Kenneth Roberts Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Allen Lane Roberts Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Allen Lane Roberts Endowed Presidential Scholarship-Challenge Grant Fund A. Louise Rogers Scholarship Stanley and Sandra Rosenberg Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Michael P. Rosenthal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Charles L. Sandahl, Jr., Endowed Scholarship for Physically Disabled Students Oscar and Ethel Schwartz Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Wally Scott Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law George E. Seay Scholarship Judge Bob Shannon Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Sander W. Shapiro Endowed Presidential Scholarship Charles S. Sharp Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Michael C. Shea, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Shell Oil Company Foundation Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Shell Incentive Fund Herbert F. and Vivian V. Singletary Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge John V. Singleton Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Clint C. Small, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Bryant Smith Loan-Scholarship Fund Judge Joseph T. Sneed III Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Scott Snodgrass Scholarship State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section Endowed Presidential Scholarship Judge Ross Sterling Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Betty Jo Stock Memorial Scholarship Strasburger & Price Scholarship Robert S. Strauss Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law George W. Stumberg Scholarship Judge Dorwin W. Suttle Endowed Presidential Scholarship Dean John F. Sutton, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship Heman Sweatt Endowed Scholarship William O. Taylor Scholarship Tenneco Corporate Minority Scholarship Texas Law Review Life Membership Loan Fund Marshall Thomas Memorial Scholarship in Law Fund Judge Robert Ewing Thomason Endowed Presidential Scholarship Thompson & Knight/Harold F. Kleinman Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Thompson & Knight Scholarship Judge Homer Thornberry Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Richard Thornton Memorial Scholarship in Criminal Law Judge Mace B. Thurman, Jr., Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Charles and Elizabeth Tigar Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Sue and Terry Tottenham Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Transco Minority Scholarship University of Texas Law Wives Scholarship James McNutt (Mac) Umstatt Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Thomas C. Unis Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Jesse and Peggy Vaughter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Janie Villarreal Memorial Loan Fund Vinson & Elkins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Advocacy Skills Vinson & Elkins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in International Law Vinson & Elkins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Legal Writing and Research Vinson & Elkins Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Litigation Research Vinson & Elkins Minority Scholarship Program Wal-Mart Corporate Minority Scholarship Lois Philip Ware Scholarship in Memory of John Allen Ware James C. Watson Memorial Loan Fund Jim Watson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Watson-Newton Endowed Scholarship Robert A. Webb Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Wayne T. Weber Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law William Byron and Frances Combs White Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Royce Whitten Student Loan Fund Judge Jerre S. Williams Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Stanley P. and Claudie P. Wilson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law Witt Family Endowed Scholarship Dudley K. Woodward, Jr., Scholarship Fund Eugene Worley Cutback Loan Fund Wray Trust Internship in Environmental Law C. J. Wrightsman Charitable Foundation Scholarship Richard W. Yarborough Endowed Presidential Scholarship Richard W. Yarborough Native American Indian Scholarship CAREER SERVICES The School of Law's Career Services Office provides career counseling for students and alumni. The office maintains contact with a wide range of employers, including law firms of all sizes, judges, federal and state agencies, corporations, and public interest and legal service organizations around the nation. The office's functions include dissemination of information on current job openings, career guidance, and scheduling of interviews with on-campus recruiters. The office also refers students to employers who do not interview on campus and posts notices of available positions, both part-time and permanent. The Career Services Library contains information about employers around the nation, interview techniques, and the development of general job-hunting skills. The Career Services Office's Pro Bono Program places second- and third-year students in government and public interest organizations seeking pro bono assistance. Students work up to fifteen hours during the long session and either full-time or part-time in the summer. No academic credit is given. Over a hundred students participate in the program with about sixty employers. The University makes no promise to secure employment for each graduate. LAW SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS TEXAS LAW REVIEW The Texas Law Review, established in 1922, is devoted to scholarly writings on general legal subjects of national and local interest. The student editorial board prepares for publication articles by outstanding legal authorities and law notes written by the student staff. Students become eligible to join the staff of the Review on the basis of high academic achievement and demonstrated writing proficiency. The editorial board annually selects its successors from the members of the staff. TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL The Texas International Law Journal, established in 1965, is one of the oldest, most respected student-edited scholarly journals on international and comparative law and international business transactions. The Journal, published three times a year, features articles by scholars, officials, and practitioners from the United States and abroad, as well as casenotes and comments by students. The Journal strives to keep its readers abreast of new developments in transnational law and has received state, national, and international recognition; it has subscribers in more than thirty countries. Membership is open to all second-year students who successfully complete the joint write-on candidacy program or who submit a note of publishable quality. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW The American Journal of Criminal Law is one of the few nationally recognized publications devoted exclusively to matters of criminal law. Since its inception in 1972, the Journal has provided a forum for the scholarly articles and notes of professors, practitioners, and students. The three issues published annually cover a wide range of topics in criminal law and address constitutional, political, and practical concerns. THE REVIEW OF LITIGATION The Review of Litigation is a national law review published three times a year. Through articles by scholars and scholar- practitioners as well as student-authored law notes, The Review synthesizes substantive scholarly analysis into suggestions for practical application in litigation. The seventy-member staff is chosen for excellence in writing and legal analysis. TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL Since the summer of 1990, law students have published the Texas Environmental Law Journal in association with the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. Published quarterly, the journal gives timely and practical information about developments in environmental law. It includes articles by practitioners and academicians, information about recent developments involving cases, statutes, and rules relevant to environmental law, and notes submitted by law students throughout Texas. TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW The Texas Journal of Women and the Law explores the relationship between women and the law through the publication of papers and the sponsoring of an annual symposium. The staff seeks to inspire a dialogue about feminist issues that will lead to greater awareness of the ways the law affects women and to innovative reforms in the lives of all people. The Journal takes an interdisciplinary approach to many issues, striving to deepen the relationship between theoretical and practical perspectives on gender and the law. Editorial membership is open to second- and third-year students, both male and female, who are selected through an annual competition. TEXAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW JOURNAL The Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal was first published in the fall of 1992 in association with the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section. Published three times a year, the Journal focuses on Texas law on patents, trademarks, and copyrights. HISPANIC LAW JOURNAL The Hispanic Law Journal is one of three journals in the nation devoted to legal issues affecting the Hispanic community. The Journal provides an academic forum in which practitioners and scholars engage in a thorough discussion of recent court decisions, state and federal statutes, administrative regulations, and other issues with particular salience for Hispanics. By maintaining a neutral position on all issues, the Journal encourages an exchange of diverse ideas and opinions. The Journal will be published annually beginning in the spring of 1994. Membership is open to all second- and third-year students who demonstrate excellence in legal writing and analysis. TEXAS FORUM ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS The Texas Forum on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights bridges the gap between theoretical and practical issues in the fields of civil liberties and civil rights. Published in conjunction with the Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities of the State Bar of Texas, the Forum synthesizes current thinking on issues in these areas in Texas through articles by legal scholars, practicing attorneys, state and federal judges, and students. By examining the rights of the individual under the Texas constitution, the Forum serves as a leader in the current trend toward state constitutionalism. The Forum also coordinates symposia, roundtables, and debates on topics of contemporary relevance. The Forum is administered by an Executive Board of ten students, counseled by an Advisory Board consisting of faculty members, practitioners, and past and present members of the judiciary. Membership is open to all students, including those in their first year. STUDENT ACTIVITIES STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION The student body of the law school is organized as a Student Bar Association, the membership of which includes all students in the school. The officers of the association are president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and Board of Governors. The organization coordinates the intellectual, cultural, social, and community service activities of the student body. Its goals are to unify the students and direct them toward worthy ends; to enhance cooperation and understanding among students, the faculty, and practitioners; and to foster respect for the legal profession and pride in the School of Law. ASSAULT AND FLATTERY Assault and Flattery (A&F) is one of the largest student organizations at the law school. Each spring A&F presents the school's annual musical comedy revue as part of Law Week. Usually based on a popular film or Broadway musical, the show embraces and satirizes all aspects of the legal profession-students, faculty members, and the law itself. The production is written, directed, designed, and choreographed by law students and features both live and video performances by student and faculty actors, singers, dancers, and musicians. BOARD OF ADVOCATES The Board of Advocates (BOA) promotes development of practical skills in oral and written legal advocacy and sponsors a wide range of activities designed to give participants realistic experience in trial and appellate advocacy, negotiation, and client contact. The Niemann Cup, established by Stanley P. and Claudie P. Wilson in 1984, is awarded to the top advocate in each graduating class. Teams compete in a wide range of interscholastic moot court, mock trial, client counseling, alternative dispute resolution, and negotiation contests. Students annually enter the Association of the Bar of the City of New York National Moot Court Competition (the nation's oldest) and several other moot court competitions. In 1993 a BOA team won the first National Latino Law Students Association Moot Court Competition. The interscholastic mock trial teams are active with National Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers Association, and Tournament of Champions. The Board of Advocates hosted the initial Texas Invitational Mock Trial Competition in 1992. In preparation for interscholastic competition, the Board sponsors five mock trial and two moot court intramural competitions. Client counseling, alternative dispute resolution, negotiation, and voir dire competitions are offered. These competitions, with the critiques and coaching provided by the legal community, promote the development of advocacy skills and provide important experience for prospective practitioners. CHICANO LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION The Chicano Law Students Association (ChLSA) was formed to articulate and promote the interests of Hispanic law students and to recruit and encourage Hispanics in the School of Law. Members participate in a mentor program with Austin lawyers, many of whom are School of Law graduates. ChLSA holds outlining and exam preparation sessions for freshlaw members and organizes social activities. Members also provide free assistance to organizations serving clients who cannot afford representation. COALITION FOR A DIVERSIFIED LAW SCHOOL The Coalition for a Diversified Law School is a group of students who monitor the law school's policies and record with regard to diversity in student recruitment, faculty hiring, and curriculum development. Members of the coalition believe that a diversified legal education is in the best interests of law students and of the citizens of the state. Each year, the coalition sponsors Diversity Week, which is timed to coincide with similar events at law schools across the nation. The week typically includes a series of speeches and a panel discussion and culminates in the Diversity Day Rally, at which students, faculty members, and elected officials demonstrate their support for the idea of a law school that reflects the diversity of the State of Texas. CORPORATE COUNSEL SOCIETY The Corporate Counsel Society recognizes that the traditional private law firm is not suited to everyone and is dedicated to exploring other paths open to new attorneys. One such path, in-house counseling for corporations, offers an opportunity to combine legal skill with business acumen. The Society seeks to educate law students about the alternatives available to them, and to notify corporations about the wealth of legal talent available to them. Each year, the Corporate Counsel Society sponsors several speakers on such issues as the ways an in-house counsel position differs from that of an associate in a private firm; the places in the corporate structure that a legal degree can fit; and ways to select and approach a potential corporate employer. The Corporate Counsel Society also keeps in touch with the legal departments of corporations through its mentor program, visiting speakers, events cosponsored with the Austin In-House Counsel Group, and the annual Corporate Counsel Day sponsored by the Career Services Office. DEMOCRATIC LAW SOCIETY The Democratic Law Society, an umbrella group based on political orientation, seeks to make the law school experience more personally engaging. The group encourages political discourse by sponsoring biweekly speakers and debates and builds a bridge between the law school and the state and national Democratic parties through campaign work and interaction with political figures. The society also sponsors three civic programs each semester. Members take an active role in campus political debates. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SOCIETY The goal of the Environmental Law Society is to introduce the student to environmental problems and ways practitioners in the field attempt to solve them. Projects include providing recycling bins around the law school, developing an environmental curriculum for the school, and hosting the Environmental Moot Court Competition, which determines the team to represent the law school at the Pace National Environmental Moot Court Competition. HEALTH LAW SOCIETY Organized in 1992, the Health Law Society was founded by students with a background in health and medicine and others interested in learning more about emerging areas in the field of health law. Members have the opportunity to gain legal experience through paid and volunteer internships in the public and private sectors and through the submission of notes to the Health Law Journal of the Texas Bar Association. During 1992-1993, members were invited to attend a series of professional conferences examining contemporary issues for attorneys, health care professionals, and health care administrators. Experts in health law were also brought to campus as part of the society's speakers program. In 1993 the society assisted the Texas Journal of Women and the Law with the Spring Symposium on Women's Health Issues and the Law. The Health Law Society is open to all law students. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SOCIETY Intellectual property law, the law of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, is currently the area with the greatest market demand. The Intellectual Property Law Society exists to inform and assist students interested in the practice of intellectual property law. The society offers regular guest speakers, opportunities to visit with local intellectual property lawyers, and broad ranging information about the area, including the Patent and Trademark Office examination and career options. The first Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal was published in 1992. INTERNATIONAL LAW SOCIETY Law students interested in the formation and impact of international and comparative law make up the International Law Society. In addition to sponsoring lectures by distinguished academics and practicing attorneys, the society operates a program of field visits and is involved with the Guanajuato Exchange Program. It also sponsors the Jessup Moot Court Competition at the University with the Board of Advocates. LAWYERS' CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Lawyers' Christian Fellowship (LCF) is a nondenominational association of law students seeking friendship and encouragement and a refuge from the challenges of law school. Activities include weekly meetings followed by informal fellowships, Bible study groups, retreats, and special service projects. Meetings involve presentations by area attorneys, religious leaders, and LCF members, as well as other programs designed to meet the needs of members. LEGAL RESEARCH BOARD The Legal Research Board, open to second- and third-year law students by invitation only, offers a unique opportunity for interaction between students of the law school and practicing attorneys. Operating under a charter from the State Bar of Texas, the board offers legal research and memorandum preparation services to members of the bar across the country. Invitations to membership are extended to interested law students who have demonstrated their ability to do superior legal research and writing, either through their performance in the first-year legal research and writing program or through participation in a write-on competition. Members receive modest compensation for the memorandums they produce. PROJECT INFO Project Info is made up of three to five second- and third-year minority students, selected by the assistant dean for admissions and the director of admissions, who assist the law school to recruit outstanding minority students. Project Info students travel throughout Texas and the United States to talk to students about the study of law at the University. They also attempt to contact all minority students who have been admitted to answer their questions and encourage them to enroll in the law school. STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND ORIENTATION COMMITTEE The Student Recruitment and Orientation Committee (SROC) is open to students interested in meeting new and potential law students. SROC introduces potential students and entering freshlaw students to the law school through a number of projects; these include freshlaw orientation, fall open house, UT Undergraduate Day, spring phonathon, Prospective Students Day, law school tours, and new student contact buddies. TEXAS FEDERALIST SOCIETY The Texas Federalist Society provides a forum for discussion about constitutional and economic issues and about the impact of judicial activism on the American courts. The society sponsors presentations on a wide variety of topics by speakers from the local, state, and national communities; many of these presentations are open to all law students. The group also sponsors meetings with conservative leaders in the Austin legal community. Members may contribute articles and editorial services to the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and may attend the National Federalist Symposium, an annual conference that was held at the University in 1992. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL SOCIETY The Thurgood Marshall Legal Society (TMLS) is the law school affiliate of the Black Law Students Association. The purpose of TMLS is to foster legal, cultural, and social awareness among black law students. To achieve this goal, TMLS maintains a variety of subcommittees that address such areas as academics, public relations, community service, placement, alumni relations, and fundraising. TMLS actively recruits African Americans into the law school community and promotes an atmosphere at the law school that is conducive to their success.