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

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FALL EX-PARTE Following in the long tradition of annual drunken Law School parties. Fall Ex-Parte was a huge success this year. The Student Bar Association returned to a I lalloween Costume theme for the all-school bash held at a vacant club on 6th Street on Oct. 30. Tickets were $7 for a buffet and all the beer and wine you could chug. From 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. over 780 law students crowded into the club for drinking, dancing, etc. (the definition of “etc.” changed depending on how much drinking and dancing you had done.) Inside the club was a DJ. bar and buffet. Outside a band played live music to a packed dance floor. Revellers drank and danced the night away. A concentric circle, anti-gravity, sure-fire hurl machine was located outside the club which, combined with the free-flowing brew inside, could have gotten ugly. Yet, the only real harm was intoxicated first year law students mangling tort law in an attempt to access the potential liability involved. The costumes ranged from the traditional to the bizarre. You may have seen flappers, bobby soxers, sheriffs, devils, Trekkies, Little Red Riding Hood, cattle, and Lady Godiva with a bathrobe (at least she had it on early in the evening.) Also memorable were several blood dripping vampires claiming to be personal injury attorneys. Student Bar Association Marlon Doerre (third year representative). Katherine Duff (president) and Manny Kalra (treasurer planned the festivities and ran into only minor problems. A menacing forecast required that a large tent be erected at the last minute (the choice was between that and buying more kegs so no one would notice.) Also, there was the minor problem of almost having the party shut down by the I'cxas Alcoholic Beverage Commission with a possible trip to the slammer because of confusion over the necessary alcohol permits. With the threat of 800 stressed-out, thirsty law students showing up in fifteen minutes, SBA members quickly filled out temporary permits and the party went ahead as planned. Pkou hj Amnrlm SiMalnn 6 — Fall Kx-Partc

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was at that time teaching a 1966 ease which he had been teaching for many years. It was a case on which he had written several opinions. During that particular class, one of his students posed a question to him that had never been asked previously. He in his years of lecturing on that case had never heard anyone pose such a fresh and unique question. In fact, he knew that other legal commentators had not posed such a question nor discussed it in that same context. It is these same fresh perspectives and sharp questions that keep the study of law challenging and keep Professor Charles Alan Wright in the classroom. As Professor Wright notes, “There are so many bright young men and women out there and they think of things that no one has ever thought about in the past. “A professor can’t just sit back on tired old notes. I know I am going to be challenged by very bright minds in the classroom,” Wright said. Professor Wright continues to teach at The University and plans to continue in this endeavor in his near future. In May, Professor Wright also plans on assuming the role of President of the American Law Institute, a position he hopes to maintain until the beginning of the next century. In addition to these C rgi Bniftt vocations. Professor Wright still aspires to add more books to his distinguished library of publications. When asked in retrospect if he would have changed anything in his career or pursued a different path. Professor Wright responded “I love teaching and I believe I have the best possible job. I can teach, which I enjoy immensely and I can write books, which I find very pleasant and exciting and I can participate in outside cases, which gives me a competitive clement.” Most importantly, Professor Wright enjoys doing all of this at The University. We at The University of Texas School of Law are very glad he feels that way. Charles Alan Wright — 5

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