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Lawnotes, the St. Mary's University School of Law Newsletter Digital Commons at St. Mary's University Law Notes School of Law Publications Fall 2002 LawNotes, The t.S Mary's University School of Law Newsletter St. Mary's University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.stmarytx.edu/lawnotes Recommended Citation St. Mary's University School of Law, "LawNotes, The t.S Mary's University School of Law Newsletter" (2002). Law Notes. 1. http://commons.stmarytx.edu/lawnotes/1 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law Publications at Digital Commons at St. Mary's University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law Notes by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at St. Mary's University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The St. Mary's University School of Law Newsletter Fall 2002 Charles Cionzalez Named 2002 School of Law Wins State Moot Court Distinguished Law Graduate Bragging Rights u.s. Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez is the St. Mary's University School of St. Mary's University School of Law 2002 Law won the Texas Young Lawyer Distinguished Law Graduate. Association (TYLA) Moot Court He was honored recently at a dinner at the Competition at the State Bar Westin Riverwalk Hotel, sponsored by the Law Convention in Dallas this past June, Alumni Association. following up on the spring victory at "Charlie Gonzalez is certainly deserving of this the American Bar Association's award as one of our alumni who has distinguished National Appellate Advocacy himself over the years and has brought honor to Competition. the law school," said attorney Joe Casseb (J.D. The team of Tina Campbell, '77), president-elect of the Law Alumni Rebecca Copeland and Monica Association, which has been presenting the annual Galvan bested a team from Baylor award since 1973. University to take the top state honors. "Over the years he has been well respected as Campbell and Galvan, now third year a county court-at-Iaw judge, district judge and students, also were members of the Congressman," added Karen Angelini (J.D. '79), ABA national championship team. president of the association and a justice on the Additionally, Campbell was Texas Fourth Court of Appeals. selected as the best advocate and Gonzalez currently is serving a second term as Copeland's brief was selected as the representative of the 20th Congressional District best in the state competition. of Texas, a seat held by his father, Henry B. ''This is another confIrmation that Gonzalez (J.D. '43), from 1961 to 1998. He also Charles Gonzalez the External Advocacy Program at St. Mary's is among the best in the follows his father as a Distinguished Law judges and educators. state," said Bill Piatt, dean of the law Graduate, who was the award's first recipient in The Law Alumni Association has been school, adding that the judges in the 1973. bestowing the award for 29 years, and this year, finals included seven of the nine Charles Gonzalez, who received his juris as the School of Law celebrates its 75th justices of Texas Supreme Court. doctorate degree from St. Mary's in 1972, is a anniversary, also recognized the previous winners. member of the House Financial Services "These students have worked very Committee and the House Small Business hard to achieve this and it is great to Committee. Past Distinguished Law Graduates see their efforts rewarded. It attests to The San Antonio native is a graduate of 1973 Han. Henry B. Gonzalez* (J.D. '43) the high quality of our program," he Thomas A. Edison High School and the 1974 Han. Archie S. Brown* (J.D. '37) said. ''This was ~specially gratifying University of Texas at Austin .. 1975 Roy R. Barrera Sr. (J.D. '51) because we competed against every From 1972 to 1982 he was a lawyer in private 1976 Paul E. Casseb (BA, J.D. '41) practice and a municipal court judge before law school in the state except one," 1977 Pat A. Legan (BA. J.D. '46) serving as a county court-at-Iaw judge from Campbell said. 1978 A. Don Herrmann (J.D. '55) 1983-87. In 1989 he was elected district court "We really have a lot going for Ronald J. Herrmann (B.A. '57, J.D. '59) judge, a position he held until 1997 when he us," added Galvan. 1979 Han. Eligio "Kika" De La Garza (J.D. '52) stepped down to run for Congress. Remarkably. she added, the team 1980 Han. H.F. "Hippo" Garcia* (J.D. '51) Gonzalez joins a venerable group of honorees was a little more relaxed at the national 1981 Han. Ted Z. Robertson (J.D. '49) that includes community, state and national competition since "we didn't expect to leaders; from politicians and businessmen, to Continued on page 4 ~ Continued on page 4 ~ Message from the As we continue to commemorate our 75th is the first time in well over a decade that a anniversary year, I am pleased to report that serious attrition standard has been applied. As a our student body is now the best qualified in result, the likelihood the class of 2004 will many years. succeed on the bar exam has been greatly Due to the diligent work of our alumni and improved. admissions staff, we experienced an increase in Our third year class (Class of 2003) started our applicant pool for the first time in the past relatively small, and they have, on the whole, 10 years. In fact, applications for the 2002-03 diligently pursued Texas law courses under the academic year are up more than 39 percent improved academic standards adopted over the from the previous year. As a result, our first past three years. We expect good things of year class (Class of 2005) brings to St. Mary's them as well. the highest credentials in recent years. Likewise, our concentration on academic Additionally, our second year class (Class of excellence continues on several other fronts. 2004) witnessed meaningful academic attrition New electronic podiums are being installed in due to our heightened academic standards. This all classrooms in the Law Classroom Building, which will give professors more opportunity to use state-of-the-art technology in their teaching. The faculty also participated in a mandatory teaching workshop last May, and I have appointed faculty committees to monitor teaching and exam qUality. Our efforts to rebuild the research collection of the S 'ta-Kenedy East Law Library continue, and I have directed additional internal resources to this effort. We also are seeking assistance from foundations and individual donors. There are many, many good things going on here at your alma mater. These pages will give you an example of just a few of them. There is a renewed sense of pride in our law school that is obvious to me when I visit our alumni across the state and nation. I look forward to meeting with you at one of the many St. Mary's gatherings over the year. And, I invite you to visit our campus and talk with our students. Bill Piatt St. Mary's pride - it keeps growing! • 2 Law Law Alumni Association Elects New Board and Slate of OHicers Colorado Congressman Scott Mcinnis emphasizes a point during his keynote address at the 75th Anniversary Commencement exercises. Colorado Congressman Gives Keynote Address at 75th Anniversary Graduation Scott McInnis (J.D. '81), U.S. Congressman from the 3rd District Several members of the Law Alumni Association board recently met with Bill of Colorado, gave the keynote address at the 75th Anniversary Piatt, dean of the law school, and talked about goals for the upcoming year. Commencement exercises this past spring. Pictured are (left to right) Donato Ramos, Renee McElhaney, Karen Angelini, McInnis, a native of Glenwood Springs, Colo., graduated from Piatt and Sandee Bryan Marion. St. Mary's University School of Law in 1981 and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. In 1994, he was selected to The St. Mary's University Law James "Marty" Truss (J.D. '96) of serve on the House Rules Committee and was named an adviser to the Alumni Association elected a new San Antonio; and Paul Vahldiek North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1996. In 1998, he was chosen to board of directors and slate of (J.D. '79) of Houston. serve on the House Ways and Means Committee, the panel of officers for 2002-2003, dedicated Organized in 1976 by Jack jurisdiction on tax, trade, Social Security and Medicare issues, and to supporting the School of Law. Pasqual (J.D. '57), Jack Paul Leon considered one of the most powerful committees in Congress. Fourth Court of Appeals Justice (J.D. '59), the first and second Nearly one-third of the 230 law school students who received their Karen Angelini (J.D. '79) is the presidents respectively, and others, diplomas last spring also completed the requirements for the Pro Bono new president, taking over the the Law Alumni Association Certificate. Some 72 graduates received the certificates, said Joaquin gavel from Harold "Hal" Walker serves the St. Mary's University Amaya, director of the Public Interest Law Program. (J.D. '80) of Dallas. School of Law by providing input To earn the certificate, students have to meet the State Bar's goal of Joining Angelini as officers of and support for law school 50 hours of pro bono service and write a report about the work they the board are: attorney Joseph programs. did. They also must complete the clinical program or work in the Casseb (J.D. '77), president-elect; Angelini and her fellow officers Border Assistance Project, where they spend 40 hours a week for four Fourth Court of Appeals Justice and board members plan a weeks with the Webb County public defender or the federal public Sandee Bryan Marion (J.D.
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