Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin
Spring 2002 - The University of Texas at Austin
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T A B L E O F<br />
C O N T E N T S<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
Bill Allison,<br />
’71, has worked<br />
to obtain the<br />
release and<br />
exoner<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Texas</strong><br />
prisoners.<br />
See page 32.<br />
S P R I N G <strong>2002</strong><br />
FRONT OF THE BOOK<br />
2 VOIR DIRE<br />
6 IN CAMERA<br />
8 DEAN POWERS<br />
A New Look by Bill Powers<br />
9 CALENDAR<br />
10 AROUND THE<br />
LAW SCHOOL<br />
New classrooms, competition results,<br />
and a very popular class.<br />
14 FACULTY FOCUS<br />
Indian Summer by Philip Bobbitt<br />
18 ALUMNI FOCUS<br />
Law Firm Pro Bono: A Ten-Step<br />
Program by Scott J. Atlas, ’75<br />
20 FOR THE RECORD<br />
F E A T URES<br />
FIGHTING THE<br />
GOOD FIGHT<br />
32<br />
How members <strong>of</strong> the UT Law<br />
faculty promote the common good.<br />
by Laura Castro Trognitz, ’97<br />
O N E MILLION AND<br />
STILL COUNTING<br />
40<br />
Celebr<strong>at</strong>ing the Law Library’s<br />
One Millionth Volume<br />
by Roy M. Mersky<br />
Cover photograph and photograph<br />
this page by Wy<strong>at</strong>t McSpadden<br />
B ACK OF THE BOOK<br />
TOWNES HALL NOTES 45<br />
NOTEWORTHY 46<br />
Rabban’s honor lights the tower,<br />
Bentsen,’42, gets a chair<br />
CLASS NOTES 50<br />
IN MEMORIAM 62<br />
CLOSING ARGUMENT 64<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> Law, Hollywood Style<br />
by Christopher Dove, ’01<br />
UTLAW<br />
VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 1