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Winter 2004 the Magazine of the University of Texas School of Ulaw Tlaw Winter04Cover 10/30/03 7:58 AM Page 1 SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS’ REPORT WINTER 2004 THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF ULAW TLAW 120 Years of TEACHING EXCELLENCE And the Massey Teaching Excellence Award THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 727 E. DEAN KEETON STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705 CV2_UFCU 10/12/03 2:21 PM Page 1 So Close To The University We Share The Same Name Proud UT Alumni & Faculty For over 67 years University Federal Credit Union and the Cynthia Leach University of Texas have shared a successful bond second to none. Retired, State of Texas UFCU Board Member Jeff Flanagan HR Benefits Administrator Excelling in both academics and athletics, UT is a world- Steve Kubala Senior VP - Operations/COO Sandra Bissett renowned institution helping to shape the future of today’s young Part - Time Financial Service Representative adults and the world we live in. F Monica Lozada Call Center Supervisor As the largest, locally owned financial institution in the Austin Jason McGee Assistant Branch Manager area, UFCU provides world-class financial service to over 96,000 Tony Budet Texas Exes and other individuals. President/CEO Jason Collins Financial Analyst A source of pride to UFCU is the many Texas Exes and UT Dr.William Guy, Jr. Distinguished Marilla Svinicki Teaching Professor, Associate Professor supporters that are associated with our credit union. From the UFCU Board Member Educational Psychology, UFCU Board Member Board room to the Mail room, our volunteers, management, staff Dr. George Herbert Professor Emeritus of Social and part-time student employees help us deliver service Work, Director Emeritus Sheila Wojcik UFCU Board VP - Membership excellence to our members every day. We’re proud to have University in our name and proud to serve the entire university Janice Mathews Branch Manager Ellen Simpson community. Senior Manager, Internal Audit Mike Thurmond Part - Time Teller Nikki Carroll Call Center Supervisor An Official Corporate Sponsor of UT Athletics. Marisol Cantu Consumer Loan Officer James Nastars VP - Lending ufcu.org Fernando Espinosa Call Center Representative 467-8080 01_Contents 10/30/03 6:25 AM Page 1 CONTENTS W I N T ER 2004 TABLE OF “ We are deeply grateful to John and Libba Massey for their leadership in endowing the teaching excellence award at the Law School,” said UT- Austin president Larry Faulkner. SEE STORY ON PAGE 16. F R O NT OF THE BOOK F E A T U R E S B A C K O F T H E B O O K 4 IN CAMERA LAW PARTNERS AND 21 Incoming students and Judge Edward 1 2 0 Y E A R S O F OTHER MAJOR FUNDS Prado’s investiture T E AC H I N G E XC E L L E N C E 2003 GIVING BY FUND 25 8 DEAN POWERS 16 2003 GIVING BY CLASS 46 Contributing to Teaching Excellence by Bill Powers A new award will recognize great teachers of the law. FRIENDS OF THE 60 by Allegra Jordan Young 11 CALENDAR LAW SCHOOL 12 AROUND THE SPECIAL FEATURE CORPORATIONS 62 LAW SCHOOL T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S ’ AND FOUNDATIONS New alumni leaders, Professor John Deigh R E P O R T joins our faculty, Mann delivers the CLOSING ARGUMENT 64 Akard lecture, and a student works on the A Most Remarkable Woman Milosevic trial. 20 by Allegra Jordan Young UT Law recognizes those who gave to help us succeed. Cover photograph of Associate Dean Alexandra Wilson Albright, ’80, teaching Texas Civil Procedure in UT Law's new Gib Gayle Jr. Classroom by Wyatt McSpadden UTLAW Photograph this page by Rex Fly VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 3 02_03_Masthead 10/27/03 5:25 PM Page 2 REUNION2004REUNION2004REUNION2004REUNION2004 REUNION 2004 Remember this date: UTLAW U T S C HOOL OF LAW REUNION 2004 REUNION 2004 Dean BILL POWERS JR. Asst. Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Ap ril 1 7, 2004 NANCY BRAZZIL Director, Law Alumni Association TOM HENNINGER, ’92 Director of External Relations REUNION2004 REUNION2004 REUNION2004 REUNION2004 REUNION 2004 FRAN CHAPMAN UT Law School Alumni Association President STEPHEN TATUM, ’79 UT Law School Alumni Association President-elect TERRY O. TOTTENHAM, ’70 MAGAZINE Communications Director ALLEGRA J. YOUNG Communications Strategy Manager LAURA CASTRO TROGNITZ, ’97 Contributors’ Report SUZETTE MOLINA Contributors’ Report Assistance NICHOLA FORTNEY Editorial Assistance MICHAEL WIDENER MICHAEL HORN Copy Editor JAN MCINROY Creative Direction, Design, and Production NANCY MCMILLEN NANCY MCMILLEN DESIGN WE WELCOME YOUR LETTERS AT: UTLAW Letters UTLAW Alumni Magazine 727 E. Dean Keeton Street Austin, Texas 78705 E-mail: [email protected] TO ADVERTISE: DON WEIDEMANN ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE TEXAS MONTHLY CUSTOM PUBLISHING Office phone: (512) 320-6915 Mobile phone: (512) 799-8576 Fax: (512) 476-9007 E-mail: [email protected] TO CHANGE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION: Telephone: (512) 232-1118 E-mail: [email protected] Online: http://www.utexas.edu/law/ depts/alumni/form.html UTLAW Magazine is published two times a year by The University of Texas Law School Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, 727 E. Dean Keeton St., Austin, Texas 78705. 02_03_Masthead 10/27/03 5:25 PM Page 3 ARE YOU A UT LAW GRAD NOT PRACTICING LAW? The Law School’s Non-Practicing Alumni Advisory Council (NPAAC) wants to hear from you! Dean Bill Powers and Lorne Bain (J.D.’69) have formed If you are interested or know someone who is an alumni advisory council comprising non-practicing interested in serving on the council, please send the alumni. The advisory council focuses on a variety of name, address, phone number, Fax, and E-mail to: projects, including ways to involve non-practicing alumni Fran Chapman in the life of the Law School and to provide mentoring Director of External Relations E-mail: The University of Texas School Law [email protected] services to students and alumni who are considering 727 E. Dean Keeton Street Phone: 512-232-9394 alternatives to the traditional practice of law. Austin, Texas 78705-3224 Fax: 512-471-6987 For more information, visit our Web site: http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/alumni/npaac/index.html Your challenges take on many different forms. So do our solutions. Our experience with institutional clients has taught • Retirement Plan Services us a great deal about the unique challenges you • Endowments and Foundations face—beginning with the fact that these challenges • Health Care Services don’t always fit neatly under the heading of • Performance Measurement “institutional investments”. • Securities Lending • 1031 Exchanges So our experienced professionals draw on a • Escrow Services seamless array of services and resources to • Controlled Portfolio Liquidation deliver highly effective, custom solutions. Here are just some of the services we provide: For more information, contact Charles Waddell toll free at 866-763-6440. • Custody • Investment Management • Enhanced Liquidity Management • Daily 401(k) 04_07_InCamera 10/27/03 3:36 PM Page 4 A FRESH START On the first day of Freshlaw Orientation, the Student Bar Association held its second annual student organization fair. Twenty-two organizations participated, ranging from Board of Advocates to the Alumni Association, which distributed UT LAW T-shirts to the incoming class. The Loeffler, Jonas & Tuggey, LLP, law firm sponsored the two-day orientation event. P HOTOGRAPH BY W YATT M C S PADDEN 04_07_InCamera 10/27/03 3:36 PM Page 5 I N C A M E R A 04_07_InCamera 10/27/03 3:36 PM Page 6 IN CAMERA 6 UTLAW Winter 2004 04_07_InCamera 10/27/03 3:36 PM Page 7 T H E M AJESTY OF THE LAW Carolyn Dineen King, chief justice of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, administered the oath of office to Edward C. Prado, ’72, on August 28, 2003, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in San Antonio. Prado officially began his active service as a circuit judge after serving as a district court judge for almost two decades. “All of us at his Law School are very proud of him,” said UT Law dean Bill Powers. Three other alumni, Alia Moses Ludlum, ’86, Xavier Rodriguez, ’87, and Lee Yeakel, ’69, were recently sworn in as judges on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. P HOTOGRAPH BY J OHN D YER Spring2002 UTLAW 7 08_09_DeansLetter 10/27/03 5:26 PM Page 8 POWERS DEAN Contributing to Teaching Excellence How UT Law and our alumni continue to make a difference. N THIS ISSUE OF UTLAW WE CELEBRATE GREAT TEACHING. many more set a high standard. I am proud to say that This is especially fitting, not only because educating our current faculty—including our young faculty—are future lawyers is our core mission, but also because carrying on that tradition. we have such a great teaching faculty. That sounds And we are always looking for ways to improve. I immodest, but it’s true. I am absolutely convinced previously told you about our Long-Range Planning that we have the best teaching faculty in the country. Committee. One area of study was our curriculum. We Sadly, many of the country’s leading law schools are proceeding apace in implementing some of the don’t take teaching that seriously. We do. Students committee’s recommendations. This year we moderate- participate in our hiring process, and we listen ly changed the first-year curriculum. Contracts is now, carefully to their views about a candidate’s teaching like Torts, Criminal Law, Property, Civil Procedure, and ability. When our budget committee annually eval- Constitutional Law, a one-semester, four-credit course. uates faculty members, it looks carefully at student Students take Legal Research and Writing in both the reactions to teaching.
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