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

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Chicano Law Students Association The Chicano Law Students Association was formed in order to promote and articulate the needs of Mexican American law students and to recruit and retain Mexican Americans in the Law School. The association has been involved in activities of concern to the Mexican American and Law School communities for over ten years. ChLSA provides academic, financial, social, and career support for its members. The academic support includes participation in the first year Minority Orientation Program (MOP), exam-taking and outlining sessions, and resume and employment preparation. The program focuses on the first year law training areas: case briefing, socratic teaching method, and legal writing. The career support area of assistance in- cludes minority job fairs, career services, clerkship, and scholarship programs coordinated in conjunction with the law school and various corporate sponsors. In addition, ChLSA has created an emergency loan program and has also implemented a scholarship fund for its members. The Chicano Law Students Association is firmly committed in utilizing legal training to meet the legal problems encountered within the Hispanic community. Members are dedicated to pro bond legal services in Austin. The students devote a portion of their time to evening clinics, individual firms, and the courts to provide consultation, translation, and referrals to those who cannot afford to pay for legal services. The clinics provide the students with val- uable hands on experience and professional contacts with attorneys in the Austin community working towards this same cause. ChLSA sponsors social mixers, receptions, the annual “Fajita Fiesta”, and an awards banquet. These activities provide members with an opportunity to meet other law students, professors, attorneys, and other Austin community leaders. Furthermore, members also participate in a mentor program with Austin attorneys who provide rapport, support, and insight to the legal profession and or other outside activities. Membership meetings are scheduled every two weeks and the agenda consists of substantive and procedural items to include speakers whose topics cover the various aspects of minority issues and concerns. FRONT ROW: Kdythc M. Payan. David Rodriguez, JoAnn Dalrympic. Barbara L. Garcia, Javier B. Gutierrez, David A. Montoya. SECOND ROW': Michael Natlian Casias, Rudy Rene Colmcncro, Angelica Incs Salinas, Marco Antonio Salinas, Carlos Hcrvcy Gomez, Philip Delbert Fraissinet. THIRD ROW: l.aura E. Guerra. Jacqueline R. Sandoval. Cyndi A. Hernandez. Sergio F.. Garcia. Ruben Gantu. FOURTH ROW: Arturo Isaac Navarro, Pedro Perez Jr.. Max J. Madrid, David Staton, Amanda S. Paqucl, Stephanie D. Watjus. BACK ROW: Mike A. 'I'oitcs. Cesar R. Perez, Manuel Acosta. David T. Garza, Raul A. Gonzalez. Jaime Aleman. ★ ORGAN! Z A T I O N S ★ Chicano Law Students Association — 27

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Board of Advocates FRONT ROW: Joy Marie Thomas. Tracy L. Sneed, M. Cathy Foster, I.isa Lewis, Jeff K. Hale, Sally N. Starnes, Ann E. Kit millcr, Jeffrey G. Ben . BACK ROW: Matthew B. Men-neman, Michael John Ramirez, Robert C. May, Kevin Michael Duddlesten, Caroline Dozier Merrill, Alan Ray Barnes. Thomas Paul Moynihan. FRONT ROW: Taralynn Rena Woodard. George Theodore Schroth, Jeffrey K. Hale, Kimberly A. Deck, Julia A. Jackson, Carrie B. Hochfcldcr. Thomas Martin Hoffman. Tamara Gayle I-ovell. SECOND ROW: Don Ballard. Jennifer Rios. Sandra Castro. Joy Thomas. Arthur Navarro, Ashley 1augdon. Katherine A. Abernathy, Michael W. Piper. THIRD ROW: Hubert R. Brown. Dawnita J. Wilson. Francis Christopher Flaherty, Sally N. Starnes, M. Catherine Foster, Matthew B. Henncman, Melinda R. Oliver. Elizabeth Miller. FOURTH ROW: David Grant Halpern, James Allen Martinez, Derek A. Adame, Kenton D. Johnson. Shannon Todd Edmonds, Kathryn Delaine Ingraham. Cindy Olson Bourland. Nicole Flctchcr-O'tionnor. BACK ROW: Robert Charles May, Ann F Kit millcr. Matthew J.M. Prebeg. Roger L. White. Mike R. Ortega. Michael J. Ramirez. The Board of Advocates is the litigation honor society of the University of Texas School of I .aw. BOA sponsors and promotes the study and practice of trial and appellate advocacy and along with several dedicated faculty sponsors, oversees most litigation related events at the University. All students in the Law School are encouraged to participate by serving as bailiffs, witnesses and competitors. Members are elected to the Board based on a combination of competition points and office duty. The Board administers moot court and mock trial competitions each se- mester and a client counseling competition in the spring semester. Appellate contests include the Gibbs and Ratliff Endowed Moot Court Competition and the Susman, Godfrey and McGowan Moot Court Competition. Mock trial events include competitions endowed by Locke, Purnell, Rain and I larrcli and Strasburger and Price. In the spring BOA holds an awards banquet to honor outstanding members, officers, teams and attorneys. Each year, keep a lookout for the things that make the BOA an outstanding organization. ★ ORGANIZATIONS 26 — Board of Advocates

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Corporate Counsel Society Corporate Counsel Society is dedicated to finding new paths on which today’s new attorneys can embark. Members believe the traditional law firm environment is not suited to everyone. There arc those of us who wish to utilize our law degree in a non-traditional method. We are committed to educating the law school student about the alternatives available to him or her; and to educating “corporate America about the wealth of trained legal talent available to it. Corporate Counsel Society is dedicated to finding these alternatives. In-house counseling for large corporations offers the opportunity of combining legal skill with business acumen. Managerial and administra- tive positions with law firms offer another avenue of tying the two disciplines together. There arc a myriad of other avenues yet to be explored. Corporate Counsel Society explores those avenues. The Counsel believes that from the horses mouth is one of the best approaches to gathering needed and desired information from students. Thus, at least eight guest speakers arc offered each year. Speakers bring their perspective on issues such as: What does an in-house counsel do? Where in the corporate structure can a legal degree fit? What is the career track for a lawyer in corporate America”? How to target and approach the corporate employer. What types of law arc practiced by corporations? And many others. Corporate Counsel Society endeavors to collect information bi-annually on such topics as compensation, employee benefits and perks, what qualifications are required, which courses best fit a corporate career path, what areas of law arc practiced in-house, and what achievements and activities, other than grades, are attractive to the corporate employer. Student input is invited and welcomed. SrUtctnrvin Cm| ItnCfn FRONT ROW: Christina F.vonnc Bebb. Tara Christine Sara F.li ardo. Melissa Leigh Beaudoin Hittclman, Louise Henderson Lauderdale. BACK ROW: Darla Rcgnery. Bon art. Bill Arlyn Moore. SECOND ROW: James Gerard Gasparo II. Eric Kabbanian. Lisa L. Srhmandt, Anne Marie Van Buskirk, Hubert Ross Brown. o R G A N 1 . A T I O N S ★ 28 — Corporate Counsel Society