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Businessman Edgar Smith named
to chair STCL board of trustees
For the first time in South Texas his-
tory, a non-lawyer has been elected chair-
man of the law school's board of trustees.
Edgar Smith, a Houston businessman,
was picked by the board to be the new
chairman.
"We can use his business advice in run-
ning this law school," said Dean William
Wilks.
Smith owns a barge company and holds a
27 percent interest in the Dallas Cowboys,
according to Wilks.
"He's a philanthropist, a nice guy and a
great fund-raiser," said Wilks.
Wilks said no one objected to Smith's
lack of a law degree when he was nomi-
nated to serve as chairman.
"We have enough lawyers on the board,"
said Wilks.
Former Chairman Elliott A. Johnson will
continue to serve as a board member.
Also elected to the board at last month's
meeting were Don D. Jordan and Larry L.
Shryock. Jordan is chairman and chief ex-
ecutive officer ofHouston Lighting & Power
Co., as well as chairman, president and
CEO of Houston Industries Inc. Jordan
graduated from South Texas in 1969.
Shryock is executive vice president ofTexas
Commerce Bank and manager of the
institution's commercial banking depart-
ment.
Re-elected to the board for three-year
terms were Wayne Fisher, Marie R. Yeates
and Carlton Wilde. Also elected to the
executive committee of the board along
with Smith were Harry P. Hutchens Jr., vice
chairman; Richard P. Hogan; Robert J.
Malinak; and Fisher.
Wilks said the faculty basically deter-
mines the academic policy of the law school
and the board of trustees' main function is
"to help the school run efficiently."
Double Exposure—KTRK-TV, channel 13, roving reporter Alvin VanBlack and
daughter Phyllis, a South Texas student, were on hand for the library dedication.
Fisher, Gallagher & Lewis issues
$100,000 challenge to college
Dean William Wilks hopes a $100,000
challenge grant from the law firm of Fisher,
Gallagher & Lewis will stimulate giving
among the law school's alumni.
"We were most pleased to receive the
challenge grant from such a fine firm," said
Wilks.
Founding partner Wayne Fisher was on
hand at South Texas College of Law for the
dedication of the Fisher, Gallagher & Lewis
Student Center earlier this month. The stu-
dent center houses the recently refurbished
offices of campus organizations.
The student center was named after the
law firm as a token of the law school's
appreciation for both the personnel and
financial contributions the firm has made to
South Texas over the years.
Fisher recently was re-elected to the law
school's board of trustees along with David
Holman, chief of the firm's appellate divi-
sion and an adjunct professor at South
Texas.
Wilks pointed out while none of Fisher,
Gallagher and Lewis' name partners is a
South Texas graduate, the firm has exhib-
ited a lot of faith in the law school and its
advocacy program. More than one-third of
the firm'sattorneysare SouthTexas alumni.
All together now-An all-star cast handled ribbon-cutting honors at library
dedication ceremonies held earlier this month.
Whew! Prayers answered for relieved STCL grads with arrival of Bar results
by Steve Petrou
While most South Texas graduates cel-
ebrated after learning they were among the
88 percent of students who passed the most
recent bar examination, those who did not
make it kept a low profile as they prepared
to retake the bar next month.
"I prayed the morning that we were to
learn if we passed or failed the bar," said
Raymond Daniel, former Annotations edi-
tor, who graduated last May.
Daniel said he woke up at five that morn-
ing and decided to say a prayer every hour
until he would learn the results of the exam.
"As I got ready to say my nine o'clock
prayer, the phone rang," said Daniel. "It
was the secretary at the law firm where I
used to work. She told me I passed."
The secretary told Daniel that someone
checked the list of newly admitted lawyers
in Austin and Daniel's name was on it.
"I couldn't believe it," said Daniel.
"Later in the day I called the State Bar to
make sure I was the Raymond Daniel who
Daniel said when he took the bar last July,
he thought he failed it.
"It was very difficult," said Daniel. "I
thought the essay portion sank me. But, I
was hoping to do well on the multistate part
to make up for my lack of knowledge in Oil
and Gas."
Daniel said he and other graduates began
to worry more and more as the days passed
without getting any results.
The worrying for Daniel ended in No-
vember when his phone rang with the good
news. A few days later Daniel was sworn in
by a judge he knew in Fort Worth.
Daniel also went to the mass swearing-in
ceremony at the State Supreme Court build-
ing in Austin, where more than 1,800 new
lawyers took the oath.
Many of the new attorneys are joining a
flooded legal market and are having a dif-
ficult time finding a job.
Daniel has opened a solo practice a few
blocks from the courthouse in Houston and
is trying to make ends meet by seeking court
appointments.
The outlook is even bleaker for about 20
South Texas students who failed to pass the
July bar.
One student was forced to leave his job
and to start studying for the bar all over
again.
On the whole, however, Dean William
Wilks is very pleased with the bar passage
rate for South Texas students.
"We did better than the University of
Houston," said Wilks, "and close to 90
percent of our students passed the bar."
International jurist schedules stop at South Texas Feb. 3
by Sandra Hollingsworth
Judge Stephen M. Schwebel of the Inter-
national Court of Justice will visit South
Texas College of Law, Monday, Feb. 3, to
talk about "The Performance and Pros-
pects of the World Court," at 6 p.m. in
Garrett-Townes Auditorium.
Students also will have an opportunity to
meet Schwebel and hear his discussion on
"Careers in International Law", at 10 a.m.
in the Atrium.
Schwebel has been a judge of the Interna-
tional Court of Justice, also known as The
World Court, since 1981. The World Court
is the principal judicial organ of the United
Nations. Fifteen judges from various coun-
tries are elected to nine-year terms on the
court.
As a practitioner, scholar, government
official and arbitrator, Schwebel has been
concerned with the process of international
adjudication and arbitration for over 30
years.
Schwebel previously served as a member
of the International Law Commission of the
United Nations; deputy legal adviser of the
U.S. Department of State; Burling Profes-
sor of International Law at the School of
Advanced International Studies ofThe Johns
Hopkins University; executive director of
the American Society of International Law;
and assistant professor of law at Harvard
Law School.
In addition to visiting South Texas,
Schwebel will visit Thurgood Marshall Law
School and the University ofHouston Law
Center. Houston is the only Texas city on
Schwebel's lecture tour this year.
Lawyers get ready to run
Od March 7, the Houston Young Law-
yers Association will hold its 11th Annual
Fun Run/Walk. The event will be held st
Memorial Park and will start at 8 a_m.
Participants can choose either a 10k or 5k
run/walk.
Applications will be posted in all stu-
dent mail boxes early next month, or can
be picked op in the Student Bar Associa-
tion office, Room 219. For more informa-
tion, contact Ann Knight at 228-3100.
Food, beverages, beer and entertain-
ment will be provided.
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