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

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- Ayv XXXXXXXX The Interview Season The process of interviewing for clerkships and permanent employment was updated by the Placement Office this year. In the past, students turned their firm choices in to the office staff who then entered them into the computer which randomly awarded interviews. This staff function was eliminated when the students themselves were allowed to enter their choices via a computer. Students paid a $25 user fee in order to in- terview on campus and were also given a directory of employers in exchange for this fee. The interview season lasted approximately eight weeks in the fall and three weeks in the spring. Schedules became hectic for everyone involved, as students learned to juggle classes, interviews and part-time jobs. It was all quite frustrating but worth it when one landed a job at the firm of his choice. Kevin IiJimm.ii make note ofikiinblc employer Cxjmpoicr cntrie are nude by Trieu KuhrrneiMer ami John IVniet Ute of ihe computer wav coy to tnavtcr. Student Muff employer envelope with their reunite and ujc up lor interview tuflr After two month . the mkiiw wall ee% lijthi Fejiui - 15 yYyyyyyvyyyyyyyvyyyyy

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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

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freshlaws Torture, anxiety, excitement, poverty, fatigue, fun, stimulation — all were words that might describe the first year of law school. Every student had a unique overall experience but some first year experiences were universal. There was the agony of writing the memos and the brief while trying to keep up with the reading for class, the irritation of TQ homework, the fear of getting called on in class and the anxiety of the whole grade for a class being based on one test. At the same time, there was the excitement of being at a prestigious law school, of getting to know the professors, of discussing legal issues in the hall after class and of making new friends. Much of the first year was more like 6th grade than graduate school: staying in the same building and room with the same classmates, teachers and classes for a whole year and sitting in assigned seats. All that was missing was nap time and detention hall. However, most students survived and it got easier, or so they said. Frequent section parties give students a chance 10 relax and talk about life with friends. Volleyball helps frethhws veni frustrations Thomas concentraies on his studies. Such studying takes up a large part of every freshlaws life. 16 — Features