South Texas College of Law, Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, November, 1982 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Annotations and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the South Texas College of Law.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Non-Profit Org.
I S. Postage
PAID
Houston. Texas
Permit 8451
Volume X, Number 2
1303 San Jacinto, Houston, Texas 77002
November 1982
ABA Membership Drive
Announced
South Texas students will have an opportunity to
join the American Bar Association November 15
through November 19 at the reduced law student divi-
sion price.
According to Ross Palmie, ABA Representative for
STCL, the $8.00 membership fee entitles the student to
9 months of Student Lawyer, 12 months of ABA Jour-
nal; reduced section membership prices; low cost major
medical insurance; one year free ABA membership after
graduation; 30% discount on PMBR multi-state
seminars; 15% Hertz discount and more.
The membership drive will be conducted in the
STCL lobby between 4:30 and 5:30 Monday, November
15 through Friday, November 19.
South Texas to house two courts
by Dale O'Neal, Jr.
The long awaited groundbreak-
ing took place on October 8, at
12:30. The event started with an
informal buffet in the first floor
lounge. Due to poor weather, the
crowd of dignitaries and spec-
tators then moved to the fourth
floor auditorium.
The Welcome and Introductory
Remarks were given by R.A.
Parker. The Introduction of
Judiciary was by Honorable
Frank G. Evans, Chief Justice,
First Court of Appeals. Evans ex-
plained that the Houston Bar had
appointed a special committee to
Local Delt chapter honored with 2 awards
by Phil Azar
On October 16, James Car-
mody, of the Houston Alumni,
presented the following awards to
the E.E. Townes Senate of the
Delta Theta Phi:
1) Banner Award for the most
inspired Delt Legal Fraternity in
the United States.
2) A Plaque for each of the two
past years. The two plaques were
awarded for being the most
outstanding Delt Senate in the
United States.
On October 22, Sandra O'Con-
nor was initiated as an honorary
member of the Delta Theta Phi, in
Washington, D.C.
On October 23, fifty new
members were initiated into South
Texas' E.E. Townes Senate of the
Delta Phi by Professor Peter J.
Riga and Lylene Pilkenton, Direc-
tor of Records. Initiation was held
in Judge Ramirez's court, with a
reception following in the Pent-
house Suite of the Grand Hotel.
Last year was the most success-
ful year ever for the Delta Theta
Phi. Over 2,000 new members
joined the fraternity.
This year, the E.E. Townes
Senate here at South Texas have
added yet another reason to join
the world's largest law fraternity;
they have started an outline and
exam file for the exclusive use of
the fraternity members. Mark
Holsworth is in charge of the files,
and all members are urged to con-
tact him if they have donations.
To handle the overwhelming
applications submitted to the
fraternity, a pledge committee was
formed. Dale O'Neal is chairman
of the committee, and anyone
with questions can contact him at
947-8678, or stop by his office,
Room 324.
Willi
Presenting the award for Best Brief in this summer's Texas Bar Convention State Moot Court Tournament is
the Honorable Joe Greenhill, to South Texas College of Law Varsity Team members Devon Decker, Neil Mc-
Cabe, Jeff Rusk, and Bob Smith. Neil McCabe was also presented with the award for Top Oralist in the three
day tournament.
delve into the problems of
physical crowding in the Houston
courts. The result was the an-
nouncement that new facilities
were needed, and due largely to
the efforts of Dean Walker, the
First and Fourteenth Courts of
Appeal will be located in the new
South Texas structure. The new
building will boast eleven stories,
making it "one of the most
modern legal facilities in our na-
tion."
Justice Evans said that the new
facilities would reduce the time
consumed in the appellate pro-
cess. Due to the greatly increased
volume of cases, law school in-
terns would be used to screen
cases and research. This would
free the staff for more pressing
matters. Evans said that this was
"the first cooperation between a
law school and appellate courts."
Honorable Joe R. Greenhill,
Chief Justice of The Supreme
Court of Texas gave the Special
Remarks at the groundbreaking.
Introduced as the "Judge's
Judge", Greenhill reflected over
his 25 years on the Texas bench.
He also noted that two South
Texas graduates had served under
him as clerks to the court. Virtual-
ly all members of The Texas
Supreme Court were present.
During the ceremony, a special-
ly constructed time capsule was
filled with pertinent memorabilia.
Included in the capsule were
copies of the South Texas Law
Journal, a current catalog, the Oc-
tober issue of Annotations, and
other related South Texas publica-
tions. The capsule is to be opened
in the year 2000 in a special
ceremony.
Invited guests were asked to
predict what the single most im-
portant civic issue will be in the
year 2000.
Leon Jaworski said "The con-
struction of a second 'loop'
around Houston circling the pre-
sent 610. When Houston meets its
immediate transportation prob-
lem by building of a rail transit
system, the city will continue its
present rapid rate of growth. This
will necessitate the building of
another 'loop' around the city,
and this should come to pass
about the year 2000."
Dean Walker paid tribute to
many during the event, and in-
cluded a special message in the
program, which follows.
"On behalf of the students,
faculty, alumni, and'Trustees of
the school, I wish to take this op-
portunity to express our apprecia-
tion to the many friends of the
school whose gifts have made
possible the new building addi-
tion.
"We wish to pay special tribute
to Houston Endowment, Inc.
Founded by Jesse H. Jones with
his wife, Mary Giff Jones,
Houston Endowment has provid-
ed cornerstone grants for both the
existing Jesse H. Jones Law
Building and the new addition
now underway.
"We also express special ap-
preciation to The Cullen Founda-
tion for major grants to both
facilities. The existing ROY AND
LILLIE CULLEN MEMORIAL
WING, which houses our library
and classrooms, is named in
honor of the founder of The
Cullen Foundation.
"We are grateful also for sus-
taining grants provided by the
Rockwell Fund, Inc., whose gifts
established the Joe M. Green, Jr.
Advocacy Center/Auditorium in
our existing building.
"We also thank the Fondren
Foundation and The Faith Foun-
dation for supporting grants in
behalf of our building program
over the past ten years.
"To these, and the many other
friends of South Texas College of
Law, we express lasting
gratitude."
ABA to conduct
inspection of ST
Dr. Wharton recently disclosed
that the American Bar Associa-
tion will soon be conducting the
required inspection of South
Texas. This inspection occurs
once every seven years at every
ABA approved law school.
Our last inspection at South
Texas was in 1975. The next
scheduled inspection will be in the
Spring of '83. The school is cur-
rently conducting a "self study"
to examine any deficiencies in our
system and to take notice of our
advantages. A committee has been
appointed from the faculty, and
this committee shall report to the
ABA inspectors.
Organized groups on campus
have already received letters ask-
ing for input into the committee.
Any student wishing to contribute
any comment can do so through
the S.B.A. The S.B.A. will act as
the official vehicle for all student
statements.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
O'Neal, Dale, Jr. South Texas College of Law, Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, November, 1982, newspaper, November 1982; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144408/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Texas College of Law.