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

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- Visitors from ‘town Under Approximately thirty-five law students from the University of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico visited Austin and the law school Oct. 29-31. They had a busy day of sight-seeing around the city which included tours of the Capitol, the Texas Supreme Court and the Tarleton Law Library. The students did not escape lectures altogether, however, as Professor Michael Tigar compared the American and Mexican Constitutions for them. The day was topped off with a happy hour at Scholz s Bier Garten where law school professors and members of the International Law Society served as hosts. Students from both schools exchanged information about their respective law schools and ideas as to what the law school experience was like in the two countries. Discussion et a bale heated as UT student and visitor hash out the issues Students rn|oy comparing different lifestyles. Features — U

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— Feature! Fajita Fiesta ChLSA member prepare ddiriOM • ■ Good weather and good attendance made the 12th annual Fajita Fiesta a success. Sponsored by the Chkano Law Students Association. the Fiesta raised money for the Janie Villareal Emergency Loan Fund. Loans from the fund were available to dues-paying ChLSA members. Approximately five hundred tickets were sold for the Friday afternoon gathering on the East Patio. The event was attended not only by law students and professors but also by Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox. ChLSA members also sold Fajita Fiesta T-shirts and aprons. Lj» nudenu fttt an opportunity (o v.i.r ».th Attorney General Jim Mattox dur.n the Ftewa Ort. 4. Tender lapta meat is slowly rooked to perfection.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Preparation for Trial Practice For students interested m litigation, the law school offered a number of classes and activities to help them prepare tor their future practice. For credit, students could take Professor Pat I la el's Trial Advocacy-Skills class. This class gave students supervised instruction on how to prepare a case for trial. Practice trials allowed students to gain experience in questioning witnesses, presenting opening and closing arguments and in other facets of trial work. The Board ol Advocates sponsored moot court and mock trial competitions that also helped prepare future litigators. Moot court participants argued a case- at the appellate level and mock trial participants did the same at the trial court level. In the fall, the BOA sponsored the T J. Gibson moot court competition and the Albert P. Jones-Novice and the VP. Page Keeton-Senior mock trial competitions. Local attorneys and judges volunteered to critique the participants. N'ovur moil, trial partKipjnu Walter Taylor and RuvcMary Sullivan ('rejure rrbuiial arjcoincrm Trial Aiivucacy student Randy Doubraca prevenu opening argil mows to the lory during a practKC trial Alms KubimLy | m iu«is j uiiihm it trial II — l.ainrrt