SCHOOL OF LAW / TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

VOL. 1, NUMBER 3 Special Placement Issue APRil 1970 American Bar Council OI(s School of Law Credentials Full Approval To Follow First Graduating Class

When the 46 members of the first graduating class at Texas Tech's School of Law off1icially take their J.D. degrees this May, their alma mater should be only three months away from every form of "accreditation" and "approval" to which law schools aspire. Dean Richard B. Amandes has guided the three-year-old law school along a brisk accreditation path which should lead to final and formal American Bar Association approval at the ABA House of Delegates meeting in St. progress toward ABA accreditation Louis, Mo., Aug. 12-13. was that the Council of the Section Already a fully-approved member on Legal Education and Admissions of the prestigious Association of to the Bar granted the Texas Tech American Law Schools as of the Dec. Law School approval at Atlanta, Ga., 28, 1969, AALS meeting in San Fran­ Feb. 21, and thus the right to go cisco, the Texas Tech Law School before the Board-of Governors and has been on the final approval list House of Delegates for full and final of the Texas Supreme Court since approval in August. June of 1968. Dean Am,:mdes said lack oi. adequ­ F.actors Considered ate funding for buildings, libraries, Dean Amandes said factors taken and faculty had held up accreditation into consideration along the line of other schools in the past, but that toward final approval by all groups the state funds for Tech have been include "adequate funding," "cali­ made available in good time. ber of faculty," "admission and re­ Faculty Important tention standards," and numerous The Dean said the faculty has been other considerations. a very strong point in favor of the Latest announcement concerning (Continued on Page 6) I(irhy~s Shorthand Destroys The Curve

By BRUCE MAGNESS class; I have never had to answer a Editor·in·Chief professor's question with an "unpre­ Unless one of her fellow seniors pared' excuse; and I have never sprouts judicial robes and writes a looked at a 'canned brief" or outline," Brandeisian barrage of final exams she said in a recent i'lliterview. next month, Mrs. Ruth Kirby is a "Somehow, when I get into finals, "shoo-in" as number one. it all seems to pour out." And, if graduating at the head of Shorthand Helps A NEW KIND OF GRAD - lane Gentry, one of the 46 members of Texas the first class at the Texas Tech Mrs. Kirby also thinks her ability Tech University's first law School class, reaches for what will be uppermost University School of Law is not to take shorthand notes of the pro­ in the minds of seniors immediately upon graduation-the good 01' Bar Review. enough to draw respect, Mrs. Kirby fessors' lectures has helped her con­ lane's husband, Charles, was one of the 14 who finished degree requirements has several other accomplishments siderably. She types out her notes in December of 1969 but will officially attend commencement exercises in of which she is justifiably proud. each day after classes, and, long May. Six more will complete degree requirements this summer. "I have never missed a law school (Continued on Page 6) Spring Issue Driskill, Neill Head New Features Grads This issue of "Dictum," student newspaper for the TeXias Tech Uni­ Tech Law Review Team versity School of Law, is dedi­ cated to the firslt graduating class, By RON NICKUM is a senior from Wichita Falls. whose members are featured on Dictum Staff Students are selected as candidates pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. for Law Review on the basis of Jack DriskiH, a mid-year law stu­ Serving the purposes of a news­ superior academic achievement, and paper, yearbook and placement dent and the son of Judge and Mrs. after completing a publishable article Jack Driskill of Tulia, has been brochure is indeed a tall order­ for the Law Review, they become but perhaps this, the third issue of elected to the position of editor-in­ board members. chief of the Texas Tech Law Review. the student newspaper, will be of The initial issue of the Texas Tech some service in aiding employers Driskill, who ranks first in his class Law Review was published early this in cumulaltive grade average, holds toward the realization that a new year, with the second planned for source of young, weB-trained law­ the J. W. Sanders Memoria'l Scholar­ April. Featured in voiume one, num­ ship. yers is now functioning on the ber two, will be two articles on South Plains of Texas. Duane Neill was selected for the juvenile proceedings: "The Evolution post of managing editor. Bob Burnett The first graduating dass of law of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and students from Texas Tech Univer­ will serve as leading articles editor, Procedure in Texas," by Professor with Tom Womble serving as busi­ sity numbers 46 . . . . representing Martin A. Frey, professor of law at a selective portion of the 217 who DEDICATION SPEAKER - Chief Judge ness manager. Texas Tech; and "Juvenile Court Pro­ applied for admission in the first John R. Brown of the Fifth Circuit, All appointments wiU take effect ceedings from the Standpoint of the in May. year, 1967-68. U.S. Court of Appeals, called for Attorney for the State," by Thomas Six more studenJts included in New candidates for the Law Review J. Purdom, Lubbock County Attorney. increased law school education in this issue will comp~ete degree light of mounting social problems in board of editors are Reggie Reeves Also featured will be an article by requirements this summer. and Ralph BeLter. Reeves is a mid­ Wayne Thode on criminal discovery -The Editors his dedicatory address at Texas Tech. year student from Canyon, and Belter procedures. See "legal Briefs," Page 2. PAGE TViO DICTUM - APRIL, 1970

J. PERRY ABBOTT Perry is thirty-five and married. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, math major, from Texas Tech University in 1959. Perry was discharged from the Army in 1965 and completed his work towards a Master The HON. JOHN R. BROWN delivered what Texas Tech President Grover of Business Administation degree in 1969 at Tech. In Murray termed "one of the most stimulating addresses I have heard" for law school, Perry was a member of Phi Alpha Delta. dedication ceremonies here Feb. 21. He worked as a teaching assistant in the Department Brown, chief judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, put the of Accounting at Texas Tech and is experienced in both blame, for what he called his own "dissatisfaction" with today's typical law public and private accounting. Perry is interested in school education, on a lax attitude rather than irrelevant curriculum pro­ teaching, taxation, estate and probate. cedures. "Good, sound, theoretical training is imperative for today's lawyer," said Judge Brown, "And although there is much said these days about the need for 'practical' courses in law school, I feel that the 'practical' use of form books and the like can be gained very rapidly Dnce a student passes his bar exam." "My dissatisfaction with the legal education of today is based on an atti­ CHARLES W. ADAMS tude which allows us to turn DUt finely-tuned technicians who turn out work Charlie, a Lubbock native, is fifty-eight and married. without ever knowing what the shouting is all about." He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Specifically, Brown cited inadequate legal services for the indigent, from Texas Tech University. Charlie has been manager il1Jadequate representaJtion Df the indigent in the criminal courtroom, lawyer of a land title company in Lubbock for several years indifference to the social causes of crime, and an almost totally nDn-existent and plans to continue in the title business after gradua­ training program for "court administrators." tion. "If ever a group of people needed training in the causes of crime, and exposure to the chill odor of the jail, it must be today's lawyers," he slaid. * * * RAYMOND BURR, of "Perry Mason" fame and now a star in the tele­ vision series, "Ironside," delivered the keynote address at the Law School Banquet Feb. 20. "There is much talk today of what this generation Df young Americans LEOTA HElL ALEXANDER has called the 'quality of life,' and I praise these young people for stirring us Leota is twenty-eight, married and a resident of Lub­ toward the alleviation of a very serious pollution problem," said Burr. bock. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathe­ "But tonight I would speak of what I believe Ix> be an even higher calling matics from the University of Wyoming where she was for us- a calling toward improving the 'quality of our ideals,' " he continued. "I would speak of words such as civility, culture, taste, and refinement a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and she attended the . . and above all, serf-knowledge. For these are ideals which seem to be University of Wyoming College of Law for one year losing ground to the 'as-Iong-as-you-don't-harm-anyone-else' way 0If thinking." before transferring to Texas Tech where she is a condi­ Burr said there is little difference between the latter school of thought date for Law Review. After graduation Leota desires and what older generations have long c'alled "selfish materialism." to engage in a general practice in Lubbock. "My dream for this law school," concluded Burr, "is that you will CDn­ tinue to believe in what is uniquely of man-dignity, sDul, and the value of sacrifices m ade for others, and in something which is bigger than our­ selves. " * * * JIMMY ALLEN ASHBY LLOYD M. BENTSEN JR., Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat Jim, a native of Mineral Wells, Texas, is twenty-seven from Texas now held by Ralph Yarborough, brought his whirlwind campaign to the Texas Tech School of Law February 19 and was greeted by a steady years old and married. He holds a Bachelor of Arts stream of questions from members of the student body. The Houston insurance degree from Texas Tech University with a major in executive is a former Congressman from the Lower Valley of Texas. Bentsen government. While attending law school, Jim was a expressed opposition to compulsory busing of school children to aClhieve racial member of the Student Bar Association and participated balance in public schools and is against further expansion of the nation's in intramural athletics for the law school. After gradua­ nuclear defense system. He proposed a 10 percent investment tax credit for tion, Jim will be engaged in personal injury practice in industrial firms who are willing Ix> locate in communities of under 100,000 Ralls, Texas. populaticn. "This would break up both the population and pol'lution congestion in our urban areas whi'le strengthening the tax base and popu'lation growth of our smaller cities," he said. * * * LAW BACHELORS, an organization whose avowed purpose is to "provide HE'RSHELL L. BARNES a means for single male Iaw students to meet socially some of the coeds on Hershell is twenty-six and married. He received his the undergraduate campus," has apparently fulfilled its purpose. Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, personnel Three parties, first with the panhellenic council of sororities, the second management major, from Texas Tech University. In law with Pi Beta Phi, and the third with Kappa Kappa Gamma, have provided the school Hershell was a member of Law Review for two 25 members of Law Bachelors with rare opportun~ties to become acquainted with attractive campus coeds, according to President Jeffrey Wentworth. years. He also participated in State Moot Court Team * * * competition and was the Student 'Representative to the Fifteen students of the Texas Tech Law Schoo,l were honored at the Student-Faculty Committee. Hershell is interested in labor ALL·UNIVERSITY RECOGNITION SERVICE on Mar. 22. Students who are law and general practice. He prefers to relocate in on scholarship and who ranked in the top 10 per cent of the class during the either Houston, Dallas or Austin. past year were honored. They were: Jack P. DriskiH, Bob D. Burnett Jr., J ess H. Hall Jr., Alfred D. Neill, John M. Sanders, W.ilma Ruth Kirby, R . Charles Gentry, Marwin R. Brakebill, Leota H. Alexander, John A. Weber, and Ernest R. Finney Jr. Recogrnzed for leadershiip in the field of appellate advocacy were Hall, Gentry, Weber, Bill Shaw, Richard W. Maxwell, and RALPH E. BEL l'E'R J effrey Wentworth. Maxwell was also recognized for his work as editor of the Law Review, and David Bourland won recognition fDr his placement in Ralph, 24, received his B.B.A. from Midwestern Uni­ "Who Who's in American Colleges and Universities" and fur his contributions versity and has worked as a summer intern for the as Student Bar President during the current school year . Internal Revenue Service. He is chapter clerk for 'Phi * * * Alpha Delta fraternity, and is interested in tax and Tall, slouching and intense, RALPH NADER fielded questions from an corporate law. He is single and would like to locate overflow crowd of Tech law students in the courtroom of the Law Building in Texas. He is classified 1-A and will be available during his visit on campus J an. 29. in 1974. Charging that too many lawyers have prostituted the ideals they had as law students fDr IUc'rative civil practices after graduation, he challenged and encouraged today's law students to fDllow hiis example by spurning well-paying corporate legal positions and taking up the cause of "the people." Despite some disagreem ent with a few students present, he contended that young men and women need to get involved in investigative work sU!ch as that done by his "Nader 's Raiders" while they are still students in law school and not wai: until they have passed the bar e~am , because-according to Nader­ MRS. BARBARA S. BENSON unless they do, they get "sucked into the rat race of civic organizations, social clubs and their client's problems and never seem to find time to work in behalf Mrs. Benson is married. She took here Bachelor of of the people at large." Science degree from Simmons College of Boston, Mass., in 1940. Her undergraduate major was biology. * * * In the span of only 2lh months this spring, PROFESSOR JUSTIN C. SMITH of the Tech School of Law was the recipient of two "one-of-a-kind" honors bestowed upon him by members of the first-year Torts class. The most recent achievement came his way March 10 in Wichita F alls when three m embers of his class appeared unexpectedly at a Smith speaking engagement and delighted the Wichita County Medical Association with presenta.tion of the first annual "Golden Whistle Award." Ring-leader Eric Augesen, assisted by Bill Habern and Richard Palmer; cited Smith for "services rendered" during Code. Yaffee had had prior experience as a campus security officer. the faU semester when he literally "blew the whistle" on an unidentified Prop­ erty professor who had reportedly developed the habit of holding his class * * * beyond the alloted time period each day of class. For his performance in Third-year students Tom Womble and J effrey Wentworth represented the blowing an official police whistle exactly at the close of the other professor's Tech Student Bar Association at the 13th Circuit convention of the LAW lecture hour, Smith was presented with an official "Aggie timekeeper's whistle" STUDENT DIVISION, American Bar Association, held March 12-14 in San and a life-size mannequin dressed in an appropriate "Texas Aggie Timekeeper's Antonio. The two Texas Tech delegates co-authored a resolution that the 13th Uniform." Circuit be divided in such a manner that all law schools in Texas comprise E'arlier in the semester, first-year student Alan L. Yaffe entertained his one separate circuit. This would facilitate the exchange of ideas on problems classmates with induc'tion of Smith into the local chapter of the "CAPTAIN directly related to all schools in the circuit. The resolution passed with no AMERICA SOCIETY." Yaffe, founder of the local society, was dubbed "Cap­ opposition, 21-0. Other schools represented at the convention welcomed Texas tain America" during the fall semester in recognition of his ability to con­ Tech's participation and responded Ix> its suggestions for improvement of the sistently answer tort questions with a direct quote from the Texas Penal LSD's relations, according Ix> Womble and Wentworth. DICTUM - APRILi 1970 PAGE THREE

J. EDGAR CRAIGHEAD, JR. Ed, a native of Channing, Texas, is twenty-seven years JOAN BlANSCET old and single. He holds a Bachelor of Science in In­ Miss Joan Blanscet would like to locate in Dallas, dustrial Engineering degree from Texas Tech University Fort Worth, Houston or Austin. Her fields of interest are and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Social fraternity. taxation, estate planning, probate and corporate law. In law School, Ed was a charter member of Phi Alpha Joan, 25, received her B.B.A. in accounting from Texas Delta legal fraternity and served as treasurer of that Tech, is a member of the American Society of Women organization during 1969-1970. Ed was also the chair­ Accountants, and has been a teaching assistant at Texas man of the Student Bar Association Election Committee. Tech. She graduated in January. Ed would prefer to practice in the Northern Texas Pan­ handle area, in a small or medium size general practice firm or a bank trust department.

JAMES A. BOBO Jim, a native of Dallas, is 24 years old and married. MARTIN C. CUrDE, JR. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History from Tarleton State Martin, a native of Dallas, is twenty-seven and married. College. He has a military classification of 1~Y. Jim has He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree been a law clerk for the lubbock firm of Brown and from Southern Methodist University. While at Tech Harding. While in law school, Jim was Associate Justice Martin was President of the Third Year Class, Vice­ of the Judicial Council and a member of Phi Alpha President of the Student Bar Association and a member Delta law Fraternity. Jim is interested in general practice of Phi Alpha Delta legal Fraternity. Martin is particularly or plaintiffs work and would prefer a location in west interested in Creditor's Rights, Criminal law and Local or central Texas. Government and prefers to locate in Dallas.

CAR'EY BOETHEl Carey, whose interest lies in personal injury and general practice, will be available in May. Carey is ROBERT N. EAMES 2'8 years old and married. He received a B.S. degree Robert is twenty-four and single. He received his from the University of Houston, is a member of Phi Alpha Bachelor of Arts degree, government major, from Texas Delta fraternity, and secretary of the Student Bar Asso­ Tech University. In law school 'Robert was a member of ciation. Carey has worked for the FBI laboratory, the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. He is interested in per­ Houston legal Foundation, criminal division, and has sonal injury and is willing to relocate anywhere in Texas. worked as a clerk in civil and criminal courts in Harris His military status is l~rD. County, Texas. Draft exempt, Carey has no location preference.

J. DAVID BOURLAND David is twenty-five and married. He received his JAMES F. EATON Bachelor of Science degree, political science major, from James F. Eaton is 27 and his military status is l~D. Weber State College, Ogden, Utah. In law school, David Originally from San Angelo, Eaton took his Bachelor served one year as president of the Student Bar Asso­ of Business Administration degree from Hardin Simmons ciation and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta. He served University with a major in Administration. While in law as the law Student Division Representative-American school, James was employed by Edwards and Brackett, Bar Association, and was chosen to represent Texas Tech lubbock law firm, and he will be employed as a full in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities partner with the San Angelo firm of Turner and Eaton and Colleges. David is interested in corporation and trial upon graduation. His principal interest is in trial practice and will locate anywhere. His military status practice. is l-Y.

TIM EVANS Tim is 26 years old and married with 2 children. He MARWIN B. BRAKEBIU has a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with a major in Marwin 39, received his B.A. from Texas Tech. Mar­ Biology from Texas Tech. He has a military classification win is a member of the Texas Tech law Review and of the law Review's Board of Editors. He is married, prefers of III-A. Tim has been an investigator for the lubbock the lubbock area as a location, and is available in the firm of Huff and Bowers. While in law School, Tim fall. was a member of Delta Theta Phi law Fraternity. He is interested in trial work and personal injury. He has no preference as to location.

SCOTT H.BUSH Scott, a Dallas native, is twenty-three and single. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with CAM l. FANNIN, JR. a major in Finance from Texas Tech University. Scott Cam, a native of Lubbock, is twenty-four and married. was Secretary-Treasurer of the Student Bar Association, He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree member of Phi Alpha Delta 'legal Fraternity and 'law with a major in Accounting from Texas A&M University. Bachelors Club. Scott is interested in corporate practice Cam is a member of Delta Theta Phi law Fraternity. and security work and desires to locate in Washington, His interests lie primarily in the fields of Tax and Trust Dallas, Atlanta, New York, or los Angeles. His legal law and he desires to locate in lubbock. experience includes work as a research assistant to Professor Martin A. Frey and as investigator for Thomas G. Nash, Jr., Dallas.

ERNEST R. FINN'EY, JR. C. RODGER BYRD Ernest, a native of Amarillo, is 24 years old and Rodger is thirty-one and married. He received his married. He has a B.A. degree in Political Science Bachelor of Science and the Master of Science degrees from Tulane University. He has a military classification from North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. While of 1-Y. Ernest has been a law clerk for Nelson, McClesky in law school Rodger was a member of law Review and and Harriger in lubbock, Texas. While in law School, served as Note Editor of Texas Tech law Review. He is Ernest has been on The law Review Staff, Vice President interested in the areas of corporation, commerce and of the second year class and a member of Phi Alpha banking and desires to locate in Fort Worth. His military Delta law Fraternity. Ernest is interested in locating in status is l-A. Rodger completed his degree requirements Texas with interests in the general practice of law or in December of 1969. securities transactions.

MICHAfil l. FOSTEl Mike is 24 years old and married. He has a Bachelor JACK B.A:R'RY COWLEY of Arts in Advertising and Journalism from Texas Chris~ Jack is 25 years old and married. He graduated with tian University. He has a military classification of 1-Y. a Bache,lor of Business Administration degree from the While in law School, Mike was President of the Student University of Texas in 1967. Jack served as President Bar Association, associate Editor of the law School of the Student Bar Association during the first year of Newspaper and a member of Phi Alpha Delta law Fra-, the law school's existence. Jack has associated with a ternity. He is interested in trial and corporate law Brownfield, Texas, law firm. including labor law and taxation. Mike would prefer a location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area or a medium size town in East or Central Texas. PAGE FOUR DICTUM - APRIL, 1970

RUTH KIRBY ERROL FRIEDMAN Ruth, a resident of Littlefield, Texas, holds a Bachelor Errol is 25 years old and married. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas. She is of Science in Government from East Texas State Uni­ married to a Littlefield attorney and has two children, versity. He has a military classification of 1-Y. While in one of whom will graduate from the U.C.L.A. Law Law School, Errol was Justice of Phi Alpha Delta Law School this year. While in Law School, Ruth was the Fraternity and Editor-in-Chief of the Law School News­ Leading Articles Editor for the Texas Tech University paper, "Dictum" for one year. Errol prefers general Law Review. Ruth also won the West Publishing Co. plaintiff's work and would prefer location in East Texas. hornbook award in 1968 and 1969. Ruth is interested in working near Littlefield and she prefers to work in the areas of research, family law, and legal aid.

. JEFFERSON DON LEWIS DENNIS L. FULLINGIM . ,", ,I Jeff is a native of Rule, Texas. He is twenty-five years Dennis is a Lubbock resident. She is thirty-nine years - " \~ "" old and married. He holds a Bachelor of Business old and married. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree Administration degree from McMurry College. In Law from New Mexico State University, and her majors were School Jeff gained briefing experience before the Fifth Government and History. Dennis would like to reside '1 • .•• ,~ .• Circuit Court of Appeals while employed by the law and work in the Lubbock area, and her preference is firm of Cade, Bowlin, and Griffin. Jeff would prefer for general practice of law. to practice in west or central Texas, and his interest is ; , . ~ in the general practice of law. He is currently on active ~ '.' . . ,.' , duty with the Texas National Guard at Abilene, Texas. ' .\, ~' LANE GENTRY CORNELIUS B. MARSH IV Lane, a Lubbock resident, is married to another grad­ Cornelius is married and is presently residing in uating senior, Charles Gentry. She holds a Bachelor of Brownsville, Texas, where he is employed as a Law Arts degree from Hollins College, and attended the Clerk for U.S. District Judge Reynold D. Garza. He University of Kentucky College of Law before transferring holds a Bachelor of Science degree from West Texas to Texas Tech University School of Law. Lane gained State University. While in Law School, Cornelius served valuable experience working with the Kentucky Crime as Chief Justice of the Student Bar Association and as Commission as well as serving as the first alternate for a Supreme Court Law Justice of the Texas Tech Uni­ the Moot Court Team in National Competition. Lane is versity Supreme Court. He was also a member of Delta interested in working in the Southwest, and her fields Theta Phi legal fraternity. After his tenure as a law clerk, of interest are probate, domestic relations, and estate Cornelius would like to relocate in the Amarillo, Fort planning. Worth, or Houston area.

R. CHARLES GENTRY WILFRED THOMAS MARTIN, J'R. Charles, a native of Roswell, New Mexico, now resid­ Tom is 24 years old and married with one child. He ing in Lubock, Texas, is 34 years old, and married. He has a Bachelor of Science in Government from West has a B.A. degree in math and science from New Texas State University. He has a military classification Mexico Military Institute and a Bachelor of Science in of l-Y. Tom has been law clerk for an Alamogordo, New civil engineering from The University of Missouri. Charles, Mexico, attorney, George L. Zimmerman. While in Law while in Law School, was on the Texas Tech Law Review School Tom was Student Bar Association representative Staff as a note editor, Texas Tech Moot Court Team, to the Faculty Committee and a member of Phi Alpha and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Delta Law Fraternity. He is interested in Income Tax and Charles has been a law clerk for U.S. District Court Estate Planning-Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Judge HalO. Woodward. Charles is retired from the (U .c.c.) Tom would prefer location in the EI Paso and United States Army. Southern New Mexico area.

FREiD GLOVER RICHARD MAXWELL Fred, 24, is a graduate of Texas Christian University Dick, a native of O'Donnell, is thirty-two and single. with a B.B ,A. degree in accounting. A member of Phi He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Alpha Delta law fraternity, Fred hopes to locate in English from West Texas State University. While at Tech the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is single, has a six-year Dick was Editor-in-Chief of the law Review. Dick is reserve obligation with the National Guard, and will interested in doing trial work in the West Texas area. be available in September.

ROBIN M. GREEN MI'CHAEL BURNS McKINNEY Robin, a native of Clarendon, Texas, is twenty-four Mike is available in July, with no location preference. years old and married. Robin holds a Bachelor of Arts Mike, 24, is single and a 1967 graduate of Texas Tech degree from McMurry College. While in Law School, with a B.B.A. He has served on Law Review, Moot Court Robin gained valuable experience by working as an and as chapter dean of Delta Theta Phi fraternity. He investigator for the law firm of Wagonseller and Cobb. has been a law clerk for Key, Carr, Evans & Fouts, and Robin is willing to relocate, and his field of interest is has a six-year obligation with the National Guard. trial practice.

C. GERARD MILLER, JR. TROY CLINTON HURLEY Gerry is twenty-four and single. He received his Troy, a native of Lubbock, is 25 years old and married Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Uni­ with one child. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in versity of Houston. While in law school he was a mem­ Government with a minor in History from Texas Tech. ber of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity and the Student He has a military classification of III-A. While in Law Bar Association. Gerry has gained practical experience School, Troy was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law by working with the Legal Aid Program and doing Fraternity. He is interested in general practice with investigation for attorneys in the Lubbock area. Gerard location in the lubbock area or the Fort Vvorth-Dallas is interested in the areas of personal injury, trial practice, area. bankruptcy and property and prefers to locate in South Texas or abroad. His military classification is 3-A.

ALAN L. MU'RRA Y RONAl'D M. JACKSON Alan is twenty-four and married. He received his Ronald is 25 years old and married. He has a bachelor Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance of Business Administration in Finance from Texas Tech. from Texas Tech University. In law school Alan was a He has a military classification of 1-Y. Ronald has been member of Law Review and served as Note Editor. He a law clerk for the Lubbock firm of McWhorter, Cobb was also a member of the Texas Tech Supreme Court and Johnson. While in Law School, Ronald was secre­ where he served as a Justice for two years. Alan was tary of the Student Bar Association and a member of Justice of Phi Alpha Delta and a delegate in the Student Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. He is interested in trial Bar House of Delegates. Interested in general practice, worl: and commercial law. Ronald would prefer loca­ Alan has worked as a law clerk and a law libriarian's tion in Texas or the North Western section of the U.S. assistant. His military status is 4-A and he -is willing to relocate . DICTUM APRIL, 1970 PAGE FIVE

RONALD D. NICKUM BEN R. SMART Ron is a native of Water Valley, Texas. He is Ben is thirty-three, married and has two children. He twenty-six years old, and single. Ron holds a Bachelor completed his military service in 1956. He received his of Science degree from Trinity University. While in Law Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major School Ron was the Managing Editor of the Texas Tech in accounting from Texas Tech University in 1960. While University Law Review. He was also the Social Chair­ in law school Ben was a member of Phi Alpha Delta. man of 'Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity. Ron also served He is interested in all areas of tax law and would like as Recording Secretary for the House of Delegates of the to locate on the Gulf Coast. Ben holds CPA certificates Student Bar Association. Ron holds a commission in the from the states of Texas and New Mexico. He has nine U.S. Army, and he has a two year service obligation years as a public accountant. upon graduation.

CECIL G. PURYEAR PRESTON VARNER STEVENS Cecil, a Lubbock native, is twenty-five years old, Preston, a native of Childress, is twenty-four and mar­ married, and the father of one child. He holds a ried. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University, Degree from West Texas State University. While at Tech and his major was government. 'Cecil would prefer em­ Preston was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fra­ ployment in the Panhandle or Dallas-Fort Worth area. ternity and worked as a library assistant in the Law He is interested in the general practice of law, but his library. Preston is interested in a general practice in the preferences are in the areas of personal injury and North Texas area. natural resources.

BOYD RfCHIE Boyd, a Wichita Falls resident, is twenty-four years PERRY A. TANNER, JR. old and married. He received his Bachelor of Arts de­ Perry, 24, is married and available in August. He gree from Midwestern University. While in law school, would like to locate in Houston, Beaumont or Pqrt Boyd served as Associate Justice of the Judicial Council Arthur, preferably in general or labor practice. He is and as Chief Justice of the Judicial Council. He was a 1967 graduate of Lamar Tech, has done research and also Chairman of the Placement Committee of the Stu­ investigation for Jack Layne, Lubbock, and was hon­ dent Bar Association. Boyd is interested in trial practice orably discharged from the armed forces. and the general practice of law. His military classifica­ tion is 4-A.

BUFORD C. TERRELL JAMES GARY SANDERSON Buford, a native of Lubbock, is 29 years old and Gary is twenty-four and married. He graduated from single. He has a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Lamar State College of Technology receiving the Bache­ Texas Tech. Buford has worked as a law clerk for local lor of Science degree in government. In law school Gary attorney Lewis Terrell for 2 years. While in law School, was a member of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. He did Buford was on the Texas Tech Law Review, a Student investigatory work for a local law firm and expresses an interest in personal injury and labor law. Gary lists Association Senator, a member of the Moot Court Team Houston, Beaumont, and Port Arthur as his choices of and a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. He location. He is exempt from military service. is interested in the fields of Taxation, Trade Regulations, and Labor Law.

DAVID H. SEGREST David, a native of Bryan, is twenty-four and married. WILLIAM CARL TERRY He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Bill, a native of Bonham, is twenty-five and married. History from Texas Tech University. While in law school He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree David was a Law Review note editor, member of the with a major in Accounting from Texas Tech University. Student Bar Association House of 'Delegates, law School Bill is interested in a general practice with emphasis on Representative to the Student Senate, and a member of Criminal, Corporate ar Tax Law. He prefers to locate Phi Alpha Delta. David is interested in a general in the Central or North Texas area. Bill's legal experi­ practice with emphasis on Patent Law and Trade Regula­ ence includes work as a law clerk for Bass and Hobbs tion. His legal experience includes work as a law clerk and as Student Law "librarian at Tech. for James A. Gowdy. David desires to locate in East or Central Texas.

JOHN A. WEBER JOHN l. SEYMOUR John, 23, received a B.A. from the University of Texas John, a graduate of Texas Tech with a B.A. in at EI Paso and is interested in the legal fields of prop­ government, will be available in June. John is 28, mar­ erty, taxation and labor. He is married and is a mem­ ried, and is interested in the fields of natural resources, ber of Phi Alpha Delta, and served as business manager oil and gas, and admiralty law. He would like to locate of the Texas Tech Law Review. He has done investiga­ in Houston, Corpus Christi, New Orleans, Albuquerque tion and briefing for Blanchard, Clifford, Gilkerson & or Denver. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta fraternity Smith of Lubbock; Albert Smith of Lubbock, and Wood­ and of the Army reserve. row Bean of EI Paso. John would like to locate in Texas, New York or California. John has a 1-Y draft classifi­ cation.

WILLIAM G. SHAW William, 27, is available in July. He is interested in JAMES RICHARD WHITTINGTON general practice in Texas, New Mexico or Colorado. Dick, a native of Fort Worth, is twenty-four and mar­ Bill is married, and holds a B.B.A. from Texas A&M ried. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration University, 1964. He served as Law Review note editor, Degree with a major in Marketing from Texas Christian Moot Court team member (1969), student senator and University. While at Tech Dick was treasurer of the Stu­ member of Delta Theta Phi fraternity. He has been a dent Bar Association. He is particularly interested in teaching assistant at Texas Tech, a law clerk and a Corporations, Property, and Oil and Gas Marketing and research assistant. His six-year reserve obligation ends desires to locate in a small town in Middle-West Texas. in August.

ROBERT A. WILLIAMS JOHN l. SHEPHERD Bob, a native of Temple, is twenty-four and single. John is a January graduate and is now available. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in He prefers the West Texas or Lubbock areas and is Government from Texas Tech University. Bob is a mem­ interested in water law. John is 35 years old, married, ber of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity. He is interested and has a V-A draft classification. He received a B.S. in employment with a governmental agency preferably from Texas Tech in 1955, and a M.Ed. at Tech in 1958. in Texas. PAGE SIX DtCTUM - APRIL, 1970 Alllerican ... (Continued from Page 1) SBA Ideas Approved law school since its inception in 1967. The 15-member faculty now at Texas As the Student-Faculty Committee faculty turned down a proposal that and students to mix in the area. This Tech holds a combined tota'l of 39 of the Student Bar Association moves final exam schedules be posted in recommendation, according to chair­ undergraduate and law degrees from into the final stages of its first year advance of registration. man Jeffrey Wentworth, SBA vice 33 different colleges and universities, of operation, two major a;C'complish­ Reasons for the faculty refus·al to president, was designed to helpallevi­ and includes two former law deans ments stand in testimony of its effec­ adopt such a policy included: Faculty ate "a decreased communication be­ in Maurice B. Kirk and George Neff tiveness. members' schedules on out-of-town tween faculty and students and an Stevens. In regard to the school's "admis­ The abolition of an earlier faculty business trips are not firmed up far increased polarization of the two plan to require ,certain scholastic enough in advance, and faculty mem­ sion and retention standards," Dean groups since moving into the new Amandes said, an acceptable reten­ credentials for legal fraternity pledge­ bers object to allowing stUdents to building. " ship and approval of participation in make final exam schedules a factor tion standard wouad depend on what the All-University Recognition Service in their selection of courses. Other committee members include admission standards are. this spring are due in large part to Committee rec'Ommenda tions made Professors Richard Hemingway, "If you are accepting only ex­ the "recommendations" of the com­ during the spring semester also in­ Maurice Kirk and Ray Phillips, and tremely-highly qualified people, then mittee. cluded a unanimous vote in favor of students Hershell Barnes, Tom Mar­ you should have a very low rate of The Student-Faculty Comm·ittee suf­ leaving all doors to the Forum un­ tin, Duane Neill, Tom Edwards, attrition," he