Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin
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New<br />
Hope for<br />
B<strong>at</strong>tered<br />
Women<br />
F<br />
OR HER CLASS PROJECT IN<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sarah Buel’s<br />
“Domestic Violence and<br />
the Law” class, student<br />
Joyce Chen, ’03, wrote a<br />
business plan to cre<strong>at</strong>e<br />
self-sufficient businesses to<br />
support <strong>Austin</strong>’s SafePlace,<br />
a shelter for b<strong>at</strong>tered<br />
women and their children.<br />
According to Buel,<br />
Chen is enlisting the help<br />
<strong>of</strong> UT-<br />
<strong>Austin</strong><br />
faculty<br />
<strong>at</strong> three<br />
schools<br />
(Law,<br />
Business,<br />
and Social<br />
Joyce Chen,’03 Work), to<br />
help establish a restaurant,<br />
day care, and other enterprises<br />
to be run by the<br />
shelter’s women. <strong>The</strong> businesses<br />
will train new<br />
employees with marketable<br />
skills, and the pr<strong>of</strong>its will<br />
help improve shelter services.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ten-year project<br />
will be based on the successful<br />
Delancey Street<br />
Found<strong>at</strong>ion for ex-convicts<br />
in San Francisco.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> potential for this<br />
project is enormous, not<br />
only for the positive<br />
impact it can have on<br />
abused women and their<br />
children, but because <strong>of</strong><br />
the venue it provides for<br />
UT-<strong>Austin</strong> to make a difference<br />
in people’s lives,”<br />
said Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Buel.<br />
Reports compiled by Allegra<br />
Young.<br />
Orange You Proud?<br />
UT Law students and alumni pitched in for another winning mock trial, moot court<br />
and advocacy fall season. “We would like to thank all <strong>of</strong> our alumni who don<strong>at</strong>ed both<br />
time and money to help us continue this winning tradition,” said Tracy McCormack,<br />
Lecturer and Director <strong>of</strong> Inter-Scholastic Advocacy.<br />
Alumni Coaches: 18<br />
Alumni Assistant Coaches: 7<br />
Attorneys judging rounds: 175<br />
Intramurals: 206 students<br />
Interscholastics: 33 students<br />
Competition Results<br />
INTRAMURAL<br />
Novice Mock Champions: Jessica Dean (also<br />
Best Advoc<strong>at</strong>e), Amin Omar<br />
Senior Mock Champions: Mark Santos (also<br />
Best Advoc<strong>at</strong>e), Ge<strong>of</strong>f Gannaway<br />
Moot Court Champions: Dan Mangis (also<br />
Best Oralist), M<strong>at</strong>t Handley<br />
Moot Court Best Brief: Andrea P<strong>at</strong>terson,<br />
Tyler Gilman<br />
Moot Court Best Prelim Oralists: Daniel<br />
Knight, Debbie Bryant<br />
Negoti<strong>at</strong>ion Champions: Lance Clack,<br />
Christina Mann<br />
INTERSCHOLASTIC<br />
Tournament <strong>of</strong> Champions Finalists<br />
(2nd place n<strong>at</strong>ionally): Mark Santos,<br />
Chari Kelly, Kelly Graul and<br />
Sommer Bender<br />
TEXAS FALL INVITATIONAL<br />
Semi-finalists: Brian Carter, Amy Saberian,<br />
Mollie Harmon and Amin Omar<br />
Quarter-finalists: Erin Anderson,<br />
K<strong>at</strong>rina Daniels, Carolyn Gebhard<br />
and M<strong>at</strong>t Williamson<br />
Best Advoc<strong>at</strong>e Preliminary Rounds:<br />
M<strong>at</strong>t Williamson<br />
Negoti<strong>at</strong>ion: Regional Champs Brent Bull<br />
and Tom Breen<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Moot Court Competition:<br />
Gretchen Sween, Best Oralist<br />
Preliminary Rounds<br />
Source: Board <strong>of</strong> Advoc<strong>at</strong>es<br />
MARSHA MILLER<br />
M A R S H A M I L L ER<br />
S p ring <strong>2002</strong> UTLAW 13
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