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February 1982
Annotations
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BOA to host contests for high school, college students
by Michele Komorowski
As a service project to the high schools
and undergraduate universities of Texas,
South Texas College of Law is hosting
advocacy competitions this spring. The
STCL Board of Advocates will host a state-
wide high school mock trial competition, as
well as an undergraduate moot court com-
petition. The competitions will be held Feb.
28 and 29.
The Texas High School Mock Trial Com-
petition is sponsored by the Dallas Bar
Association and the Dallas Bar Foundation.
The competition is a law-focused activity
designed to provide students with an opera-
tional understanding of the law, legal issues
and the judicial process. Participation in the
mock trial activity provides the students
with an insider's perspective from which to
learn courtroom procedures and to develop
useful skills in analytical thinking and com-
munication. This year's competition in-
volves a child custody case.
The South Texas College of Law Under-
graduate Moot Court Competition is spon-
sored by the Board of Advocates. The Board
of Advocates has held the competition for
several years, and it is open to all under-
graduate university students in Texas. The
competition emphasis is on oral advocacy,
and as such the teams are not required to
submit briefs. The contest is designed to
encourage and bring together outstanding
advocates to argue and analyze significant
legal issues. This year's problem involves
the rights of the homeless in a search and
seizure case.
The two competitions will bring many
prospective law students to the South Texas
campus, and the Board of Advocates is
asking its members, as well as students who
would like to become members of the Board
of Advocates, to help make this year's
competitions successful. In particular, the
Board of Advocates is seeking students to
judge and timekeep for the rounds in both
the Texas High School Mock Trial Compe-
tition, which is to be held Feb. 29, and the
Undergraduate Moot Court Competition,
which is to be held Feb. 28-29. Student
judges will be provided with bench briefs
prior to their scheduled rounds.
Students will be able to earn one Board of
Advocates' credit for each round that they
judge or timekeep. Board of Advocate mem-
bers and prospective members are reminded
that to be an active member, they must earn
three credits each semester by helping with
Board activities and events. For more infor-
mation or to volunteer, please contact me at
659-8040 ext. 481 or ext. 341. In addition,
sign-up sheets will be posted Feb. 17 out-
side the Board of Advocates' office, Room
202C.
South Texas students to offer free tax advice
Some South Texas students will take part
in a program to assist the elderly and the
poor in filling out their income tax returns.
The Internal Revenue Service will hold a
free seminar at South Texas on Saturday,
Feb. 22 to teach law students the basics of
the simple tax forms.
The project is sponsored by the Student
Bar Association and is known as Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance, or VITA.
"The students who volunteer will not
need to have any tax experience," said Josh
Hopkins, who will head the VITA program
for the SBA.
Hopkins, however, has recruited students
from federal income tax classes, and he said
Professor Mark Seigel has encouraged stu-
dents to take part.
"Students only need to devote two to
three hours on Saturdays to help those in
need of tax assistance," said Hopkins.
He said the IRS seminar either will be
held in room 129 or 130, and those two
rooms probably will serve as the center
where the public will come in for help.
"I think it helps the image of lawyers and
law schools to be taking time out to help
people in need," said Hopkins.
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