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August 1996
Mock trial tourney
winner is team #12
The winners of the
1996 Abraham, Watkins,
Nichols, Ballard & Friend
Mock Trial Competition con-
ducted during the summer
semester is the team consist-
ing of Wendy Wood, Ashton
Bachynsky, Paul Lamp and
Leslie Johnson.
Second place went
to the team of Brett Podolsky,
Mike Love, Tracy Cruse and
Kevin Sunn.
The top ten oralists
for the competition were as
follows: 10) Brett Podolsky;
9) Ashton Bachynsky; 8)
Deborah Thompson; 7) Brian
Coolidge; 6) Lori Rickert; 5)
Scott Nelson; 4) Dean Herms;
3) Matthew Beatty; 2) Kelly
Kowis; 1) Bill Pendergraft.
Semi-finalist teams
were the team of Deborah Th-
ompson; Lori Rickert, Simon
Pumell and Kelly Cobb and
the team of Chadd Parker,
Amy Hunter, Phil Fouts and
Charlie Rojas.
The competition
problem was the mock trial of
a murder case.
SBA
Continued from page 1
1-L mentor program and a full
calendar of atrium parties. In
addition to these plans, the
SBA's goal to implement new
programs for students include
plans for the following: an
SBA recycling program, fac-
ulty adoption of the student
honor code, access to faculty
evaluations, expansion of the
SBA outline bank, and gener-
ating a school-wide survey of
students to evaluate areas of
concern so as to better address
student needs.
Furthermore, the SBA
has proposed a plan to Greg
Brothers that could result in an
increase in funding for SBA
programs.
The fact is, now is a
great time to be a student at
South Texas College of Law.
Our Student Bar Association
currently enjoys a great rela-
tionship with the school's ad-
ministration. As our school's
name grows, our strength as
students should too. It is up to
the SBA to ensure this. I en-
courage you all. get active and
take advantage of the opportu-
nities South Texas has to oiTcr.
Our student body
holds a wealth of talent and
diversity, and together we can
accomplish great things.
Have a <'rcat vear!
Dean
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two major conferences this
year. One is in the area of Pro-
fessional Responsibility and
one is in the burgeoning area
of Sports Law. These confer-
ences will be well advertised.
We also expect to have some
outstanding speakers in peri-
odically as the year progresses.
A special welcome is
extended to our five new fac-
ulty members. They are Pro-
fessors David Goldstein, Fran
Ortiz, Val Ricks, Paul
McGreal, and Kevin
Yamamoto. All of them have
marvelous credentials and
their enthusiasm will be infec-
tious to the entire faculty.
In short, it is a momentous
Annotations
Editor. Mark Bankston
Assistant Editor. Hector Garza-Trejo
Business Manager. Wendy Wood
Asst. Business Manager. Lisa McClain
StaffWriter. Arthur Grimaldo
Faculty Sponsor
R. Randall Kelso
Annotations is the student newspaper of South Texas
College of Law. The office is in Room 207, 713/759-9142.
Please address mail to Annotations, 1303 San Jacinto, Hous-
ton, TX 77002.
Annotations welcomes contributions and sugges-
tions from students, faculty, alumni and staff. The next is-
sue will be published in September. The deadline for sub-
mission will be September 1.
Dean proposes sounding board
Dean Frank T. Read is
seeking input from students,
faculty and staff" regarding a
proposed STCL sounding
board, which would allow the
South Texas community to post
concerns, suggestions, or
praise about the school in full
view of the public.
According to Read,
the board would be placed be-
hind glass in a high-visibility
area. Anyone who would like
a public forum to air their con-
cerns could get a posting ap-
proval for a set period of time,
provided the message is not
defamatory in anyway.
If the student sounding
board sounds good to you.
please let Dean Read know by
returning the attached fomi to
the Annotations office, second
floor, room 207 (next door to
the audio/visual department
and Dean Treece's office).
In addition. Annota-
tions encourages anyone with
a concern, suggestion or praise
about the school or general le-
gal issues to write a letter to
the editor.
Letters must be 300
words or less and signed, and
must not contain libelous ma-
terial.
Annotations' next is-
sue will be published in the
middle of September. Deadline
for the next issue is Sept. 1.
Public
Sounding
Board
Yes, the public
sounding board
would be a great ad-
dition to South Texas.
No, the public
sounding board
would not be a wel-
come addition.
ABA membership has benefits
year for us.
Elsewhere in this is-
sue, the Annotations editorial
staff has agreed to publish a
very short article I wrote on the
extremely important issue of
too much borrowing by law
students. Obviously, loans are
a very important source of fi-
nancial support for students.
But too much borrowing can
be troublesome. I would ask
you to read that article with
some care and thoughtfiilness.
Remember, it was
written for a broad audience in
the larger profession.
Meanwhile, back to
the main theme. Welcome,
welcome, welcome!
Monica Thompson
ABA Representative
The American Bar
Association (ABA) is the pro-
fessional organization for law-
yers throughout the country.
The ABA manages all aspects
of the law and its administra-
tion by setting the standards to
which accredited law schools
must confonn and by formu-
lating policies that govern law-
yers. Law students have the
opportunity to join this voice
of the legal profession.
As an ABA Law Stu-
dent Division (LSD) member,
you will receive more benefits
than regular ABA members.
For example, besides a
subscription to the ABA Jour-
nal, you will receive a sub-
scription to the Student Law-
yer, a magazine devoted exclu-
sively to issues concerning law
students.
Members also receive
discounts on Bar Review
courses, an opportunity to re-
ceive a credit card especially
for law students, and low-cost
health and life insurance.
Students with a par-
ticular interest or students
wishing to explore a given field
can join specialty sections, di-
visions, and forums at dis-
counted rates.
As a member of a spe-
cialty section or division, stu-
dents receive publications and
documents from that section
and have the opportunity to net-
work with lawyers in that field
at meetings and seminars.
The $ 15 annual fee for
ABA/LSD membership is well
worth the benefits received. If
you have any questions about
the ABA, stop by the member-
ship table August 29 & 30 or
contact the Student Bar Asso-
ciation at 646-1741.
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