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

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Woodrow W, Patterson Director of Legal Aid Clinic Mr. Patterson received his LL.B. from The University of Texas in 1936. Since 1942, he has been Director of the Legal Aid Clinic. He was admitted to practice before the Bar in 1936 and since 1941 has been a member of the law firm of Patterson and Patterson in Austin, Texas. From 1937 until 1941 he was Assistant District Attorney for Travis County, Texas. 22 Austin W. Scott Visiting Professor of Law Mr. Scott is a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado. Mr. Scott holds degrees of A.B. and LL.B. from Harvard College and University respectively. Professor Scott is currently teaching Criminal Law.

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Keith E. Morrison Professor of Law Before having received his LL.B. from Yale University in 1948, Mr. Morrison also received his B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1931 and his M.S. from the University of Wyoming in 1939. From 1939 until 1941 he was an economist for the Agricultural Extension Service, University of Wyoming, and served after that in the United States Army for three years. In 1948 he became an Associate Professor of Law at The University of Texas and since 1951 has been a Professor of Law. He lectures in courses in Taxation, Constitutional Law and Estate Planning. Walter Oberer Professor of Law Mr. Oberer received his B.A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1942. After having received his CL.B. from Harvard University in 1948, he was admitted to the Michigan State Bar in 1949, where he engaged in private practice until 1955 in the city of Detroit. During that time he was a part-time lecturer at the Detroit College of Law. He joined the Texas Law Faculty in 1955 as an Associate Professor of Law, and in 1957 was made a Professor of Law. He lectures on Contracts, Labor Law, Criminal Law, and Legal Profession. 21

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Hubert W. Smith, M.D. Director of Law-Science Institute Dr. Smith received his A.B. and M.B.A. from The University of Texas, and his LL.B. and M.D. degrees from Harvard University. He was an Associate in Medical Legal Research, Harvard Law School from 1941-1945. He was Officer-in-Charge of the Legal-Medicine Branch of the U. S. Navy in 1945, and in 1946 he became a Professor at the University of Illinois and served there until 1949. Professor of Legal Medicine and University Research Professor of Law and Medicine, Tulane University (1949-1952). He joined The University of Texas Law Faculty in 1952. He has been editor and contributing author in national symposia on Scientific Proof and Relations of Lav and Medicine, and Legal Responsibility of Medical Malpractice. He has lectured in Evidence, Legal Medicine and Elements of Medicolegal Litigation, The Science of Human Behavior in Relation to Law. Dr. Smith is a member of the Order of the Coif, the Director of the Law-Science Institute and Chancellor of the Law-Science Academy. Robert W. Stayton Distinguished Professor of Law Mr. Stayton received his B.A. (1907) and LL.B. (1927) from The University of Texas. He practiced law 1908-1941. He has been a Professor of Law at The University of Texas since 1925. He was a member of the Board of Legal Examiners, 1921-1923; Judge, Commission of Appeals, 1923-1925; President, Texas Bar Association, 1924-1925; Texas Civil Judicial Council, 1930-1946; Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Procedure 1940-1961; managing secretary of the Texas Law Review 1926-1961. He is author of Method of Practice, and casebooks of Texas Procedure, and he has written Stayton's Texas Forms since 1915. Mr. Stayton has lectured in Judicial Administration, Legal Method, Judicial Remedies, Trial and Appellate Procedure, and Federal Procedure. 23