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

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Scon Col , attorney (or the defendant, speaks to the jury during tho VW Ham (ton Senior Mock Trial Competition held in tho Law School on Nov, 15. Bess Masterson as Bess Weisernow, the plaintiff, points to evidence as her attorney Elizabeth Miller, watches during the Vial Hamilton Senior Mock Trial Competition. photos bf John Fonrortfl OFFICERS: Michael Eugene Trent. Appellate Director; Arthur Isaac Navarrro. Interscholastic Director; Susan Elizabeth Saleh. Interscho-lastc Drector; Elizaboth Danielle Miller, Judging Director; Sandra Dean Carpenter. Appellate Director; Mischa Dawn Buford. Newslettor Editor: Cndy Olson Bourland. Chairperson; Kim Susanne Shultz. Financial Director; Ruby Kathleen Bolton. Judging Director; Cindy Bullock Dunn. Pubi c Relations Director; Debra Irwin. Membership Director; David Grant Hatpem. Laura Christine Parchman. Judging Director; Mike Rivera Ortega. Administrative Records Officer. Board of Advocatos — 29

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Board of Advocates The Board of Advocates is the litigation honor society of the University of Texas Law School. Excellence in trial and appellate advocacy is the end sought. Regular and rigorous competition is the means. BOA is open to all students at the Law School. Participation is a prerequisite for membership. Students earn points as competitors, witnesses. and bailiffs, as well as providing help to the organization itself. Members are inducted by election. The BOA is responsible for all Law School competitions. Intramural mock trial competitions include the Carl Wilson and Locke, Purnell, Rain, Harrell tournaments for novices and Vial, Hamilton, Kock Knox and Strasburger Price Endowed Senior Tournaments. All freshlaws write briefs for the Thad Hutchison Endowed Freshlaw Moot Court Competition. Others go on to compete in future Gibbs Ratliff and Susman Godfrey Edowed Moot Court competitions. The BOA also sponsors intramural competitions in Client Counseling and Voir Dire to provide students with opportunities to encounter a range of litigation experiences. In the 1993-94 school year, the organization sent teams to eighteen competitions across the country. The culmination of another year of hard work is the annual spring banquet. All BOA members are invited to attend this event honoring outstand ing competitors, officers, and attorneys who contribute their time and invaluable experience coaching interscholastic teams and judging intramural competitions. Members are elected to the Board based on a combination of competition points and office duty. First-year students are encouraged to come by the office for information on upcoming competitions. FRONT ROW: Jack Ratliff, Susan Saleh. Arthur Navarro. Cindy Bullock Dunn. Elizabeth Miller. Cindy Olson Bourland, Laura Parchman, Mike Ortega. SECOND ROW: Michael Trent. Sandra Dean Carpenter. Kim Susanne Shultz. David Haipern. Mlscha Dawn Buford. Ruby Kathleen Bolton. Debra Irwin, Peggy C. O Der THIRD ROW: Joel Don Ballard. pltoto bf Mr format JoAnn Dairymple. John Frank Gillard. Scott Breedlove. Sian Elizabeth Provost. Sabnna Eileen Steward. Whitney Jade Fleming. Tamara Gay Lovell. Michael Pipor BACK ROW: Rhonda Kayo Sullivan, Jonathan Alan Beldon. Robert Craig N ssen. Jonathan Paul Harmon, James Baker. Scott David Staton. William Dean Langford. 28 — Board of Advocates

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Chicano Law Students Association The Chicano Law Students Association was formed in order to promote and articulate the needs of Hispanic law students and to recruit and retain Hispanics in the Law School. The association has been involved in activities of concern to Hispanics 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 area of assistance includes 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 prob- OFFICERS: Marco A. Salinas. Academic Chair; David Rodriguez. Treasurer. Angelica ines Torres. Alumni Relations; Miguel A. Tor-ros. President; Javier B. Gutierrez. Secretary; Amanda S. Paquet. Librarian. FRONT ROW: David A. Montoya. Angelica Ines Salinas, Irene Whitt. Raul A. Gonzalez. Stephanie D. Watjus, Leslie L Strauch. Claudia M. Cano. Barbara L. Garcia. Sytvia A. Mendoza. Javier B Gutierrez BACK ROW: David Rodriguez. Marco A. Salinas. David H.O. Roth. James P. Armstrong. Jesse Anclra. Michael N. Casias, Francisco J. Prado. Miguel A. Torres. lems 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 valuable 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. 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 ard procedural items to include speakers whose topics cover the various aspects of minority issues and concerns. 30 — Chicano Law Students Association