University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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September Texan Kelly Clarkson becomes first American Idol Former UT President Mark Yudof returns as UT system Chancellor Law students staff Legal Advice Hot Line Professor Laycock and Free Speech Task Force revamp campus policy o • Snipers terrorize Washington, D.C. area • UT Law sees increased minority enrollment • Univeristy-wide Parents ' Day • Gerald Torres named president-elect of the Association of American Law Scheiols • Ex Parte held at Austm Music Hall Professor Thomas Crandall receives SBA Teaching Excellence Award U.N. weapons inspectors return to Iraq ' Board of Advocates hosts Tournament of Champions Rick Perry wins governor ' s race ' Barbara Jordan statue unveiled at . ' ustin- Bergstrom International Airport ' Federal judge orders removal of a Ten Commandments display from Alabama ' s state capitol No ' uember Calendar a 3

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Timeline fj icttitttei I U.S. Supreme Court grants a mentally retarded Lufkin man a stay of execution, pending a ruling on the constitutionality of executing the mentally ill UT baseball wins College World Series Federal circuit court rules Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional because of the words under God, added by Congress in 1954 David Robertson named to the UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers I } Ay ' Texan Lance Armstrong wins fourth Tour de France ' Pennsylvania miners rescued after three days in shaft Texas quarter design chosen « Attorney General John Cornyn rules against new UT infrastructure fee August • Amber Alert Network created • Legal Aid program receives federal grant to open toll-free help center in Austin to provide legal advice to state ' s poor •Justice Department investigates accounting practices at AOL- Time Warner, raising the possibility of a criminal case againsi the world ' s largest corporation ■ Center for Disease Control grants Texas Department of Health $1. million to combat West Nile virus

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Timeline ' Vi ' i A rJ i ' iiJir « Texas Defender Service releases a study concluding that the state Court of Criminal Appeals appoints inadequate attorneys to those facing the death penalty • Archbishop of Canterbury discusses Professor Philip Bobbitt ' s Market State Theory in first major address » Turkey grants U.S. access for military bases • Settlement reached in Farmers Insurance case December • Graduates of UT Law top Texas Lawyer magazine ' s list of most marketable graduates of Texas law schools for the second year • Tower Garden design awarded to UT alumna Eleanor McKinney • Austin first U.S. city to be honored with the title of American Capital of Culture • Texas House elects Tom Craddick first GOP speaker since Reconstruction • UT Law hosts Texas Court of Criminal Appeals February « Shuttle Columbia disintegrates durmg re-entry ' UT Law team wins regional Mock Trial competition • Ice storm closes campus for a day during Law Week • Clara Harris convicted of killing her cheating hus- band by running him over with her car • Assault Flattery stages The Profes.sors • Professors Laycock and Graglia debate affirmative action • Three BOA Mediation Advocacy and Negotiation teams are named Regional Finalists or Regional Champions 4 S Calendar