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

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Entertainment Law Society The Entertainment Law Society was organized to promote the study of law pertaining to performers and other artists and to provide a resource to the academic and the Austin communities pertaining to issues of the arts and law. ELS is a relatively new organization with approximately 30 members. ELS compiles a directory, listing entertainment law practices around the country for use by its members. Members use the directory to develop contacts with entertainment law firms, keeping firms aware of the interest in entertainment law at the University of Texas School of Law. Throughout the year, ELS invites a variety of speakers who work in the entertainment industry to speak at their meetings and share their career and law school experiences with society members. Guest speakers include entertainment lawyers, sports agents and a representative from Austin Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts. The Student Committee for the Arts is a new project. The committee, formed in the spring of 1993, is made up of undergrad and graduate students whose purpose is to pro- mote the arts at the University of Texas at Austin. The Entertainment Law Society also sponsors social events for its members, such as happy hours. ELS performed a skit for the annual Assault and Flattery musical and satirical production held in the spring. FRONT ROW: Elizabeth D. Miller, Tamara Gayle Lovell, Dianne Theresa Todd. Erin Marie Allen. SECOND ROW Aaron P. Roffwarg, Jonathan C. Rabiak, Jennifer N. Cook, Slaei L. Glenn, David Slaton. BACK ROW: Glenn S. Greene. Professor David S. Sokolow, Ana T. Martinez, Larry H. Zahn. Gttrge BrUgti ★ OR GANIZATIONS Entertainment Law Society — 29

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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

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Environmental Law Society The Environmental I.aw Society is approximately ten years old. Established in the Tall of 1982 by a small group of five students, ELS continues to grow. The current membership of 45 includes students with experience in environmental agencies, public interest groups, economics, and a variety of other legal and educational backgrounds. There are five committees which Society members may join: Conference, Curriculum, Legislative, Outdoor Activities, and Recycling. Members may also partiepate in the Environmental Moot Court Compe- tition or in the Wray Trust Environmental Scholarship Competition. The main goal of ELS is to provide its members with information on current environmental topics. All sides of the issues are discussed informally. Guest speakers, including Brigid Shea (SOS), Patty Akers (LCRA), and John Teets (Motorola), give periodic presentations. The Environmental Lawr Society is involved in several campus activities. This year society members managed the recycling program at the law school, developed the environmental law curriculum with the administra- tion, worked with environmental related groups in the Texas Lcgiv lature, and went on a number cl camping trips. Also, six society men bers flew to Bloomington, Indiana tc attend the Sixth Annual NAELS Conference. FRONT ROW: Raul Arturo Gonzalez, Jamo Howard Stilwcll, Alex Richard Vcltman. Holly Eileen Taylor, Amy Elizabeth Me Kin no Rachel Anne Rawlins. SECOND KOW Kenton Dec Johnson. Adriana Soli . Victors Pittman-Wallcr, Robin T. Cravcy, Sut Krcnck. David Grant Halpcm. BACK ROW: Bill Christian. Jacc Andrew? Houston. Dou$ Richard Sitter, Steve Todd Mines. Thom Martin Hoffman. 0 — Environmental I,aw Society