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

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Texas Law Forum The 7i ' .v«.s Lciw Forum, the official student-alumni news- paper of the University of Texas School of Law. was first published in 1965. The paper was financed by the Law School Foundation and pub- lished seven times a year. The paper reported on newsworthy activities of students and pro- fessors while also featuring stories about the social and adminisuative problems that arose at UT Law. Publication of the Texas Law Forum ended in May 1987. Slam Jnrum School of Law, The University of Texas Editor in Chief David L. Evans Managing Editor Ronnie Fann Associate Editor. Burrell Johnston Photographer Jim Watters Business Manager Mike H. Casey Circulation ' . Kay Bailey Staff Writers : Ronnie Earle, Herb Green, Tolbert Greenwood, John Hagerman, Jim Hale, Wendy O ' Brien, Ronnie Pruitt, Bill Tipton. Dedication of the Tom Clark Lounge In honor of a great alumnus. Justice Tom C. Clark, the Law School dedicated one of its principal rooms in 1966; the Fireside Lounge became the Tom Clark Lounge and remains as such today. The Justice ' s chair, his writings, and memorabiha were collected and made into a permanent display in the Lounge. Justice Clark, pictured to the right, visited the law school in 1966 to receive the tribute. Legal Research Board The Legal Research Board originated in 1962 to furnish qualified students an opportunity to gain skill in researching legal problems for lawyers over the state and the nation who had inadequate libraries or crowded trial dockets. At that time, the board was only the second established legal research board in the United States; LRB continues to provide valuable legal services today. First year law students are selected for membership in LRB based on out- standing performance in the freshlaw research and writing program. Pictured below are the original members: Lee AKvorth, Les Mendelsohn, John Holstead, John King, Bob Moore, James Kreimeyer, Mario Mailinez, Glenn Jarvis, Wanda Creamer, Bob Andrews, Jim Foutch, Warner Fassnidge, Laurance Fann, John Nelms, and Joe Spudock. 4 — The Years 1960- 1969

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James Danhelm everly Potthoff Faye Lojd Sam Burris - - Tom Hlght Jack Lusconbel Faye Loyd ' FAMOUS WJOTES piea.i. ;%srL° ir;?re;i i- vard ' a computing machlre Mark though my examination oapera sni to support this allegat o the Texas Dicta amplv demunstrate of factual basis. This Is su Imagination and enterprise J finger pointed out this task t victims. This paper U because larger strive for a betterachool therris dwells the school. The realization o ' dependence upon the students makes my ' Law Day Day was first celebrated by the Law School in 1953 when the events ivere held in the Student Union Building on the main campus with the tra- itional noon barbecue luncheon held on the lawn in front of Townes Hail. aw Day was expanded to Law Week in the late 1960 ' s and was dedicated ) Dean Keeton. Although the activities vary from year to year, several iiave endured through the years including Casino Night, Race Judicata, ection Olympics, the Dean Keeton Luncheon, and the Golf Tournament. Townes Hall Dedication Jnited States Attorney General Herbert Brownell. delivered the dedicatior iddress on December 5, 953, when Townes Hall vas formally dedicated. t Dicta Originating in 1950, the Texas Dicta became the ofricial publication of the law school. Texas Dicta was published each Thursday by what is now known as the Student Bar Association, formerly the Board of Governors of the University Bar Association. Publication of the Texas Dicta ended in 1961. Law Wives Although the Law Wives Club originated in December 1947. the organization flourished during the 1950s. The club was formed to provide cultuial development, social life, and mutual understanding and independence among girls who would eventually assume civic leader- ship in their communi- ties. Membership con- sisted of three classes: the active members, composed exclusively of the wives of law students; associate members, composed of the wives of the law school faculty and honorary members, composed of wives of prominent Texas Bar Association members. Pictured above is a 1957 Law Wife, Shiriev Blackham with her two children. Such family pictures filled the pages ot the Pf;t.,n ».f during the 1950s. The club disasscmbk ' d in 1976. Law Bachelors Organized in the spring of 1956 for carousing and utter moral depravity, the Bachelors of Law sought a place outside Townes Hall to elevate their spirits. Holding TGIF parties with undergraduate sororities at local water- ing holes. Bachelors discussed topics of cuirent interest bearing no rela- tionship to the law. Law Bachelors held a Christmas Party each year known as Judicial Jump. Pictured above is a Law Bachelor subpoenaing undergraduate sorority girls to the Judicial Jump. The Year 1950-1959-

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lBOVE: Construction of the Tarlton Law Libraiy began in 1977. :IGHT: The students of UT School of Law voted on December 2, 1970, to 5call Darwin McKee (pictured right) from the presidency of the Student lar Association. There were 1014 students voting — 58% of the elec- jrate; final count was 610 - 402, with 2 blank ballots. The recall vote was rompted by McKee ' s attendance at an American Bar Association (ABA) ionvention held October 10-12 in New Orleans. McKee obtained $200 om the SBA and $300 from the Law School Foundation to attend the leeting. He was later severely criticized and asked to resign because: I) e told neither group the other was funding him; 2) he was accompanied y Nathan Johnson (his roommate), when the Foundation and the SBA ' ssumed he would go alone, and, 3) the two flew first class, which was gainst both Law School and University policy. At the Fall Drunk in 1970, Dean Keeton crowned the final Portia, Bettie Willerson Driver, but prefaced his announcement with the donning of a women ' s lib button. Fourteen females did not participate in the 1970 Portia Competition because they believed a contest singling out females was not conducive to the promotion of equality between the sexes. Thus, they created a student organization known as Law Students for Equality of the Sexes, com- mencing the women ' s lib movement at the law and ending the twenty-two year old Portia competition. 4 QjCmiiU TiXa UA. UJ nTAM i a 91 -44uai( , l dLMjUK. tix. u Ross, Bertha Schles Cheryl Stone, Eugenia Icia Anne Heissner, Shirley D Stu4ents -for £au.o.l ' t j erf- tV ft exes l r. of -BOTH bEXE.. m rneei- ' ' } Otloiot -firxl- yhtrt.- PvooMWi. J- «V »{ The Years 1970-1979-