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Wes eyan
Lawyer
features
4 • a new dean for a new era
National search concludes with inside
appointment; Richard Gershon says this is
a time for change at Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law – COVER STORY
6 • bar trek: a
52-year
trip
For Visiting
Professor Wylie
Davis, the long
journey has truly been its own reward
22 • a farewell to fernando
Colon-Navarro bids Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law goodbye,
heads back to Houston and Texas
Southern University
28 •a
passion for learning
You say there aren’t enough hours in the day?
Wait until you meet alumnus Dr. Gary Edd
Fish. He may change your mind
sections
9 • around campus
Notes of interest about
campus events
12 •
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24 •
30 •
32 •
34 •
35 •
in academia
Notes about Texas Wesleyan
law faculty and administrators
legal perspectives
Faculty viewpoints
on today’s current issues
Shedding a little light
on a well-kept secret
by Professor Malinda L. Seymore
Confidentiality
(in negotiations)
run amok: The good
idea now protects
the dishonest
by Associate
Professor Lynne Rambo
alumni news & notes
A digest of news, notes,
events and features
snapshots
Pictures of friends and alumni
of the School of Law
hooding 2000
Pictures from the spring 2000
hooding ceremony
giving news
Philanthropic giving
for the fiscal year 1999-2000
career services
Advice and news briefs
Graphic design and layout by John Veilleux

Wes eyan
Lawyer
Summer 2000 ■ Volume 1 ■ Issue 1
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
1515 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
817-212-4000
www.law.txwes.edu
DEAN
I. RICHARD GERSHON
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND BUDGETING
GILBERT HOLMES
ASSISTANT DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
ADAM BARRETT
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
JIM HAMBLETON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LAW LIBRARY
SUSAN PHILLIPS
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
JOHN M. VEILLEUX
DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
DR. CHERYL GRAY KIMBERLING
PRESIDENT
DR. JAKE B. SCHRUM
PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
DR. THOMAS F. ARMSTRONG
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the American Bar Association (ABA), 550 West North Street,
Suite 349, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, 317-264-8340.
Texas Wesleyan University is accredited by the Commission on
Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to
award baccalaureate and master’s level degrees and the juris
doctor degree.
Texas Wesleyan University does not discriminate on the basis
of sex, race, color, creed, handicap, or national or ethnic origin
in any of the operations or activities of the University.
a message
from the dean
I. Richard
Gershon
Dean
Dear Friends:
This is an exciting time to be a part of Texas
Wesleyan University School of Law!
This inaugural issue of Wesleyan Lawyer chronicles
what an amazing time the 1999-2000 academic year
has been. As you know, the law school was granted
full approval by the ABA in August 1999. We owe
sincere gratitude to our former dean, Frank K. Walwer, for his
leadership in helping us achieve this goal.
Now we are ready to move forward. We have added four highly
accomplished new faculty members to what is already the best
faculty with whom I have ever had the pleasure of working. Our
alumni are taking leadership roles in government, business and
the legal profession. Our students are outstanding. We are
making great strides, and people are starting to take notice.
But this is just the beginning. In 2000-01, we will complete the strategic
plan that will guide the law school for the next 10 years. That plan
will include the development of joint programs, such as a J.D./M.B.A.–
program, a J.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public Health) program and a Master
of Laws (LL.M.) program, as well as international partnerships (such
as the Asian Judicial Training Institute).
As I look forward to the future of Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law, I recall a page from my past. I remember growing
up in Atlanta watching Ted Turner’s first television station,
WTCG. It was a rather poorly-funded UHF station, and you
could not even receive it unless you had a special antenna. Turner
always said that WTCG stood for watch this channel grow.
WTCG is now the Superstation. WATCH THIS LAW SCHOOL
GROW!
I. Richard Gershon
Dean

Story by John Veilleux
“Wesleyan
conducted a
national
search for our
law school
dean. Richard
Gershon was
chosen to
continue to
provide the
splendid
leadership
that has
become his
trademark. I
know he will
do marvelous
work as we
continue to
strengthen
the Texas
Wesleyan
School of
Law.”
Dr. Jake B.
Schrum
President,
Texas
Wesleyan
University
a new dean
for a new era
■ National search concludes with inside appointment;
Richard Gershon says this is a time for change
at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
With a strong stamp of approval by the
dean search committee and the board of
trustees, Texas Wesleyan University President Jake
B. Schrum announced that Interim Dean Richard
Gershon would succeed Frank Walwer, who resigned
his post last August as dean of the School of
Law. The announcement was formally made on
March 22, concluding a seven-month search.
“Wesleyan conducted a national
search for our law school dean,”
Schrum said. “Richard was chosen to
continue to provide the splendid
leadership that has become his
trademark. I know he will do
marvelous work as we continue to
strengthen the Texas Wesleyan School
of Law.”
Gershon, who was nominated for
the deanship in November, was
selected from a field of three finalists that
included Vice Dean Sandra DeGraw of South
Texas School of Law and Dean Neil Cogan of
Quinnipiac College School of Law in Hamden,
Conn. Gershon has been with the School of
Law since September 1998, serving as vice
dean until his appointment as interim dean
last August. He said he was thrilled when he
was told he would become the law school’s
I. Richard
Gershon
Dean
fourth dean, and added that it was
Wesleyan’s people that made the
opportunity so attractive.
“It’s absolutely exciting,” Gershon
said. “The faculty, students and staff
are wonderful. They have been
tremendously supportive through the
entire process, as have the alumni
and the members of the University as
a whole.”
Professor Malinda Seymore, who
chaired the dean search committee, said she
felt Gershon’s selection was the best fit for the
law school, adding that the great interest the
position received validates that the School of
Law has a very positive future.
“Our [search committee] task was to
recommend three finalists to the president,”
she said. “It was a difficult process because we
received many résumés from well-qualified
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applicants.
Richard
Gershon’s
name clearly
rose to the
top of a very
competitive
field, and I
am confident
that the law
school will
flourish
under his
leadership.”
During his
tenure as
interim dean,
Gershon has
placed heavy
emphasis on
community
and alumni
outreach.
Accomplishments under his leadership
include signing an agreement with the
Supreme Court of Mongolia to engage in
training of Mongolian judges to help
Mongolia realize its goal of ensuring an
independent judiciary; sponsoring the Judge
Eldon B. Mahon Lecture Series featuring U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia;
celebrating full ABA accreditation with an
event at the Bass Performance Hall;
instituting a U.S. Supreme Court
membership program for alumni; and
establishing The Brief Run, an annual 5K run
that benefits West Texas Legal Services. The
Brief Run attracted more than 300 runners
and raised $3,000 for WTLS.
As dean of the law school, Gershon said, in
addition to continuing community and
alumni outreach, his top priorities will be to
produce a long range plan, establish an
annual fund and implement a J.D./M.B.A.
program and a J.D./M.P.H. (Master of Public
Health) program for the law school. Gershon
said it will take the continued efforts of the
entire law school’s faculty and staff to make
his vision for the school a reality.
“This is a time of change for the law
school, and the faculty and staff deserve the
credit for the successes we have enjoyed,”
Gershon said. “Their efforts are making the
school a truly dynamic place. We are lucky to
have the leadership and insight of those who
have been here since the beginning. When
you couple their presence with the
enthusiasm of our newer faculty and staff, it
makes for a great balance.”
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Photo by John Veilleux
One week after Richard Gershon was appointed dean of
the law school, a tornado struck downtown Fort Worth.
Fortunately the law school was spared, but some 325
attorneys were displaced by the disaster. At a press
conference on March 29, Gershon [at the microphone]
offered the law school’s assistance, ranging from fax
machines and office space to its law library and meeting
places, to aid any attorney in need. “We were very
fortunate to be spared by the tornado,” he said. “If we
can help out in any way, we are going to do it.”
Before coming to Wesleyan in 1998,
Gershon served as professor of law and
associate dean at Stetson University School
of Law in St. Petersburg, Fla. (1984-98), as
assistant professor of law at Ohio Northern
University College of Law in Ada, Ohio
(1983-84), and as special assistant general
counsel for the State Bar of Georgia. He is
the author of three books and numerous
articles, and has served as a speaker for
several conferences and organizations.
Gershon, whose specialty is tax law, earned
an LL.M. in taxation at the University of
Florida (’93), a J.D. (with honors) from the
University of Tennessee (’82), and a B.A. in
political science from the University of
Georgia (’79). He is a member of the State
Bar of Georgia, the Florida Bar, the U.S. Tax
Court, the State Bar of Texas International
Tax Committee, the Tarrant County Bar
Association and the American Bar
Association.
Gershon is married to Donna Levine and
has three children, Michelle, 11, Benjamin, 6,
and Claire, 23 months. ■
“This is a time
of change for
the law
school, and
the faculty
and staff
deserve the
credit for the
successes we
have enjoyed.
Their efforts
are making
the school a
truly dynamic
place. We are
lucky to have
the
leadership
and insight of
those who
have been
here since the
beginning.
When you
couple their
presence with
the
enthusiasm of
our newer
faculty and
staff, it
makes for a
great
balance.”
I. Richard
Gershon
Dean
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Story by John Veilleux
“After
finishing
operational
training, I
stayed on
there as a
flight
instructor for
almost a year.
That’s when I
tentatively
decided to
pursue some
kind of
teaching
career after
the war. Our
instructional
methods
were quite
different from
teaching law,
of course, but
there were
also many
fascinating
similarities.”
Wylie H. Davis
Visiting
Professor
bar trek:
a 52-year trip
■ For Visiting Professor Wylie Davis, the long journey
has truly been its own reward
Wylie H. Davis’ bonding with the law
spans some eight decades, dating
back to 1939 when he enrolled in
Mercer University School of Law in Macon,
Ga., with the goal of becoming a trial lawyer.
He had previously decided to abandon his
pre-medical education as “too confining.”
His new goal, however, never quite
materialized. Davis left law school after one
year and signed on with the U.S. Navy as an
officer candidate, serving on continuous active
duty until November 1945. He ultimately
retired as a legal specialist in the Naval
Reserve with the rank of lieutenant
commander. But that came much later.
The Initial Move Toward Teaching
As strange as it may sound, his post-war
teaching career in the law might never have
happened but for one fateful day in January
1943 when his ship, the USS Chicago, was
sunk by Japanese aircraft-launched torpedoes.
“The Japanese sank us about 60 miles south
of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands,”
Davis said. “They were trying to evacuate
their remaining troops on Guadalcanal, and
we were in the area to interdict the
evacuation. My ship took six torpedoes, four
in a dusk attack and two the next day. That
finished us off.”
His ship lost about 90 men from a crew of
1,100. Ironically, this grievous loss of both
ship and shipmates cleared the way for
approval in the Bureau of Naval Personnel for
Davis’ orders to flight training, which his
skipper aboard the USS Chicago had
disapproved, along with about a dozen other
such applications by the ship’s junior officers,
on the reasonable ground that nobody could
be spared from a recently refitted warship just
returned to service in a combat zone in the
Southwest Pacific.
Although Davis didn’t know it at the time,
his flight training would evolve into a 52-year
commitment to teaching law.
“I started my primary flight training here at
the Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie and
finished up at Pensacola, Fla., in December
1943,” he said. “Then I went to Jacksonville,
Fla., for operational training in multi-engine
patrol aircraft. After finishing operational
training, I stayed on there as a flight
instructor for almost a year. That’s when I
tentatively decided to pursue some kind of
teaching career after the war. Our
instructional methods were quite different
from teaching law, of course, but there were
also many fascinating similarities, especially a
meshing of urgently practical skills with
challenging theoretical components.”
A Full and Distinguished Career
With a new sense of direction, Davis left
active duty in late 1945 after serving as a
patrol-plane commander in the Aleutians and
returned to Mercer University in March 1946
to complete his J.D. program on a fast-track
that allowed him to graduate in August 1947.
He then enrolled in the LL.M. program at
Harvard Law School, while passing up a
couple of practice-entry opportunities in his
hometown, and received his degree in June
1948.
During the Mercer period, Davis further
whetted his pedagogical appetite by teaching
freshman English courses at the university for
an academic year.
During one quarter, in fact, he taught 15
hours of English (three sections) and carried
27 hours of law.
“It was tough,” he said. “But like thousands
of other World War II veterans, I was playing
an intensive game of catch up.”
Davis began teaching law at the University
of Arkansas on Aug. 20, 1948, where he
would spend the next seven years as an
assistant, associate and then full professor
teaching contracts, constitutional law,
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negotiable instruments, family law,
administrative law, legislation, criminal law
and procedure, torts, federal jurisdiction and
insurance law.
He also began a long and prolific pattern of
research and publication in legal periodicals,
including the Harvard Law Review, Illinois
Law Review, University of Illinois Law Forum,
Washington University Law Quarterly, Journal
of Public Law, Journal of Legal Education,
Southern School News, Arkansas Law Review,
Arkansas Law Notes, Georgia Law Review and
Insurance Law Journal.
Reflecting on the changes in teaching law
over the past 50 years, Davis said that, for
rather obvious reasons, the law and lawschool
curricula are much more complex and
difficult today.
“Our population is much larger, and our
activities, both social and commercial, are far
more diverse and sophisticated, not to
mention the growth and complexities of
government at every level,” Davis said. “The
law, both substantive and procedural, reflects
those changes. Insurance law,
for example, used to be a
tidy, relatively easy field
of law study. Not any
more. It has become a
gorilla, and so have the
commercial law subjects,
among others.”
In 1955, Davis went to
the University of Texas in
Austin as a visiting
professor and
remained there
as a full
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
professor and regular faculty member. In
spring 1955, he taught a student named Frank
Elliott, who 35 years later would become the
first dean at Texas Wesleyan University’s new
law school.
“I had him [Davis] for a short period of time
because my contracts teacher got the mumps,”
Elliott said. “I guess you could say he was my
mump substitute. He had a great sense of
humor and was able to capture the class
completely because of it.
“When I found out he was interested in
keeping up his visiting professorships after he
retired, I was anxious to get him here [Texas
Wesleyan]. I offered him a visiting
professorship in 1993, and I was overwhelmed
when he accepted. The best thing I ever did
for the law school was to get Wylie here.”
Meanwhile, in his own section of contracts
at UT, Davis was teaching another future
Texas Wesleyan luminary named Denny
Ingram. Davis still claims a “modest share” of
the credit for Ingram’s stellar success in both
teaching and the practice of law.
After a two-year stint at UT, Davis spent 11
years at the University of Illinois (1956-67)
followed by three years at the University of
Georgia (1967-70). He then returned to his
first teaching post, the University of
Arkansas, in 1970.
Two years later, he was appointed
Distinguished Professor of Law, and in
early 1973 he became dean of the law
school. He returned to full-time teaching in
After Davis’ sixth retirement in
July, he will return to what he calls
his “home base” in Fayetteville,
Ark., where he hopes to teach part
time at the University of Arkansas.
During his decanal tenure at
Arkansas, Davis gave President Bill
Clinton his first job as an
assistant professor after
Clinton graduated from
Yale Law School. He
also hired Hillary
Rodham as an
assistant
professor a
year later.
Photo by John Veilleux
“I had him
[Davis] for a
short period
of time
because my
contracts
teacher got
the mumps.
I guess you
could say he
was my mump
substitute.
He had a
great sense of
humor and
was able to
capture the
class completely
because of it.
When I found
out he was
interested in
keeping up
his visiting
professorships
after he
retired, I was
anxious to
get him
here.”
Frank Elliott
Professor
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Photo by John Veilleux
Upon entering
Wylie Davis’
office at Texas
Wesleyan, the
first thing many
people notice is
the absence of a
computer. In its
place sits an
IBM electric
typewriter that
Davis has been
using for more
than 30 years.
“I’ve just never
had occasion for
anything more
sophisticated,”
Davis said. “I do
my research with
books, and that
allows me to
stay fairly
current. Besides,
I can do
technical things
on my IBM that
many people
don’t seem to be
able to do on a
computer.”
August 1978. Except for a visiting year at
the University of Missouri and summerteaching
visits at South Carolina, Alabama
and Texas Tech, he remained at Arkansas
until his “retirement” in 1988 at age 69.
“At that time, the university had a policy
of compulsory retirement at age 70, but I
left a year early in order to take advantage of
an extended-visit opportunity at McGeorge
School of Law (the University of the Pacific)
at Sacramento, Calif.” Davis said. “The
University of Arkansas folks thought I
should be ready to hang it up, but I strongly
disagreed.”
The Golden Years
Davis’ five-year visit at McGeorge was a
gung-ho teaching experience, including
contracts, insurance, secured transactions,
sales and admiralty. Finally, however, as he
puts it, “I wore out my welcome.”
At that point in 1993, Davis, through an
old UT colleague, passed the word to Elliott,
now dean at Texas Wesleyan, that he would
be interested in a teaching visit at the
school. Elliott made that visit a reality, and
the rest, as they say, is history.
Davis continued to teach his favorite
courses until his sixth retirement at age 81
in July 2000.
“My seven years at Texas Wesleyan were
stimulating and a unique experience for
me,” Davis said. “They not only enabled me
to prolong my classroom addiction, but they
also gave me a fascinating chance not open
to most law professors around the country –
to observe and participate in the early
development and maturation of a new
law school.
“Perhaps it was somewhat akin to an
astronomer’s thrill in observing the birth of
a star. My observation, was one of
movement in real time, not merely a
snapshot of an event that occurred a couple
billion years ago. Please take my word for it:
The Texas Wesleyan School of Law is lightyears
ahead of where it was just three or
four years ago.
“Many people, not least the law students,
participated in this remarkable achievement.
I have absolutely no doubt that the school’s
progress will continue apace, and it was a
rare privilege for me to have been involved
in its infancy, if not quite its birth. Now I’m
ready to return home, learn how to turn on
a computer and try to discover what in the
world my faculty associates, here and
elsewhere for the past 20 years, have been
doing, and why they’ve been doing it, while
staring at that machine all day, every day. I
expect some astounding revelations.” ■
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around campus
■ Notes of interest about campus events
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kicks Off
Judge Eldon B. Mahon Lecture Series
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia served as the inaugural speaker
of the Judge Eldon B. Mahon Lecture Series at
the Bass Performance Hall on May 10. The event
was sponsored by the Tarrant County Bar
Foundation and Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law.
“The lecture series will continue for years to
come as a lasting memorial to Judge Mahon’s
service on the federal bench,” attorney Dee J.
Kelly, chair of the lecture series, said.
Scalia lectured on the U.S. Constitution, a
document, though relatively young in
comparison to others, he regards as one of the
most revered in history.
“We Americans may indeed be the ‘new kids
on the block’ in many areas,” Scalia told a
crowded audience at the Bass Performance Hall.
“[But] in the field of government, we are the
most venerable nation in the world, and our
Constitution is the most venerable and
successful system of government in the world.”
Scalia also spoke about the process of the
convention that framed the Constitution some
225 years ago.
“These extraordinary individuals, quite
literally a large part of the cream of society at
the time, did not meet a couple of times to vote
on reports prepared by their staff, which, of
course, would be the way it is done today,” he
said. “They met personally five or six days a
week, five or six hours a day, from mid-May to
mid-September – almost an entire baseball
season. And after the plenary sessions, they
often filled their evenings with committee work
or informal discussion. Imagine getting
individuals of equivalent prominence in our
society today to devote that kind of time to that
kind of project.”
The Judge Eldon B. Mahon Lecture Series was
established to honor the years of service Judge
Eldon B. Mahon, district judge for the Northern
District of Texas, has given to the legal
profession, a period of service dating back to the
1940s.
The Mahon Lecture Series Endowment has
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
been established by the Tarrant County Bar
Foundation and will be used to fund the lecture
series for the benefit of Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law in honor of Mahon.
The lecture series will focus on ethics and
professionalism.
“Texas Wesleyan is thankful to the Tarrant
County Bar Foundation and proud to be
associated with and a co-sponsor of the Judge
Eldon B. Mahon Lecture Series,” Dean Richard
Gershon said. “Judge Mahon’s model of ethics
and professionalism, as well as his exemplary
service to Texas and the federal bench, is the
standard to which all in the legal profession
should aspire.”
Scalia was nominated by President Ronald
Reagan as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court, taking the oath of office on Sept. 26,
1986. He also has served on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Before holding judicial offices, Scalia taught
law at the University of Virginia (1967-74),
Georgetown University (1977), the University
of Chicago (1977-82) and Stanford University
(1980-81). Prior to teaching, Scalia worked in
private practice and in government service.
Alumni Set Benchmark for Bar Exam
Thirty-six alumni (77%) passed the February
Texas State Bar exam on their first attempt,
setting a new benchmark for the School of Law,
which earned full accreditation from the
American Bar Association last August.
“I am extremely proud of our graduates,” Dean
Richard Gershon said. “This effort validates not
only the fact that our professors are doing a great
job in the classroom, but that the quality of our
students, many of whom work full time and
attend night school while earning their juris
doctorate, is getting stronger, too.”
Several recent graduates traveled to Austin on
May 22 to be officially sworn in at an induction
ceremony at the Bass Concert Hall at the
University of Texas. Chief Justice Thomas R.
Phillips of the Supreme Court of Texas
administered the oath to the new inductees.
The School of Law hosted a reception honoring
the school’s newly sworn members of the Texas
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State Bar after the ceremony at the Texas State
Capitol.
“This is just a small way for our school to
honor these graduates for working so hard,”
Gershon said. “And I look forward to honoring
our graduates each year in this way as our law
school continues to improve and our scores
continue to rise.”
Law School Conducts Swearing-in Ceremony
for U.S. Supreme Court Bar Candidates
On Jan. 28, Texas Wesleyan University School
of Law held a swearing-in ceremony for alumni
from the classes of 1993 and 1994 seeking
admission to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
Justice Anne Gardner of the 2 nd Court of Appeals
administered the oath to the candidates in the
courtroom of the law school.
Membership in the U.S. Supreme Court Bar
is required of any attorney who seeks to argue
in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
“It is a great honor to be a member of the U.S.
Supreme Court Bar,” Dean Richard Gershon
said. “The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest
court in our country.”
In order to be admitted to the bar, candidates
must be certified as being in good standing with
the supreme court of the state in which they
are licensed to practice. They also must have
two current members of the supreme court
vouch for them and another member of the
supreme court move for their admission.
This year, 82 candidates from Texas Wesleyan
(see photo and a list of candidates on page 27)
were eligible for membership to the bar. On Jan.
10, four candidates traveled to Washington,
D.C., and were sworn in by Chief Justice
William Rehnquist on the court’s first docket of
the year. The remaining 78 candidates received
their membership to the bar of the court by
written motion.
Special Day at Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law Encourages
Minority Students
to Pursue a Legal Education
The School of Law marked National Minority
Law Student Recruitment Month with Minority
Recruitment Day on Feb. 19. The day was geared
toward making minorities aware of professional
opportunities available in the legal field. About
50 local junior high and high school students
attended the event.
“Through Minority Recruitment Day, we want
to encourage minority high school students to
think about pursuing a legal education and make
them aware that they can make a difference in
their communities through the practice of law,”
Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions
Adam Barrett said.
The day consisted of law school tours, a mock
class, a question and answer panel by students,
a career services presentation, guest speakers
from the Hispanic Law Students Association,
the Black Law Students Association and Asian/
Pacific Islander Law Students Association, and
lunch. Minority Recruitment Day at Texas
Wesleyan is funded by a grant from the Law
School Admission Council.
Law School Hosts Panel Discussion
on Hopwood v. Texas
On March 30, the law school hosted a panel
discussion titled “Hopwood v. Texas and the
Private Law School: To What Extent Does the
5 th Circuit’s Decision Apply?”
Affirmative action is at present the most
controversial constitutional law topic and
continues to be so in the wake of Hopwood v.
Texas, a case in which applicants to the
University of Texas law school sued the school
over its policy of affirmative action and won.
But the Hopwood decision has resulted in more
questions than answers. It has been vigorously
debated whether the decision applies to private
schools as well as public schools and to what
extent the decision applies to programs other
than admissions at those schools.
Efforts to remedy past discrimination toward
racial minorities have been undertaken for
nearly 30 years in this country. The U.S.
Supreme Court has addressed affirmative action
in landmark cases with such well-recognized
names as Regents of University of California v.
Bakke and Adarand Constructors v. Pena.
Brophy Gives Lecture
on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
The law school hosted a lecture on the Tulsa
Race Riot of 1921 on March 24. Professor Alfred
Brophy of Oklahoma City University School of
Law was the featured lecturer.
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, said to be the
most violent race riot in this country’s history,
resulted in the torture and murder of an
estimated 300 African-American citizens in
what was and is now a thriving African-
American community.
This slaughter was precipitated by what is
thought to be a false accusation by a white
woman of indecent behavior toward her by an
African-American male citizen of Tulsa. In
response, a white mob obliterated Tulsa’s
African-American Greenwood community,
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educing it to smoldering rubble in a single day.
The incident, little discussed for nearly 80 years,
has recently received extensive press in the wake
of the Oklahoma legislature’s decision to
consider making reparations to the victims of
this tragedy.
Brophy, a consultant to the commission
formed to address this issue, discussed the riot
and the work of the commission.
2 nd Court of Appeals
Hears Oral Arguments by Law Students
On April 3, the legal writing department of
the law school was honored with a visit by three
justices of the 2 nd Court of Appeals, which sits
in Fort Worth.
Justices Terrie Livingston, Lee Ann Dauphinot
and Anne Gardner heard a demonstration oral
argument presented by Noreen Grant and
Michael Hooper, members of one of the Moot
Court Honors Society traveling teams.
The justices asked the students tough
questions and conducted a mock conference,
which gave first-year students an insider’s view
of how decisions are made at the 2 nd Court of
Appeals.
Library and Technology Staffs Restructured
The law school has restructured its library and
technology staffs.
Professor Jim Hambleton has been named
senior director of information and educational
technology. Hambleton will focus on developing
short- and long-range plans for law school
technology. Glenn R. Goodspeed has been
promoted to director of information and
technology services (ITS) at the law school.
Goodspeed will oversee the daily operation of
the law school’s ITS department.
Susan T. Phillips has been elected to the law
school faculty and has been promoted to director
of the law library.
Kimberling Elected to Goodwill Board
Cheryl Gray Kimberling, Ph.D., has been elected
to a three-year term on the Goodwill Industries
board of directors. The mission of Goodwill Fort
Worth is to empower people with disabilities, disadvantages
and other barriers to employment so
that they may achieve maximum independence.
The board is actively involved in directing
Goodwill’s future, defining its long-term plans and
priorities, ensuring the proper utilization of available
resources and participating in the planning,
policy determination and guidance of the
organization’s management. ■
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
New student
applications
reach all-time high
Since obtaining full approval
from the American Bar
Association last August, the law
school has experienced a sharp
increase in the number of
applicants.
In fact, the law school has received more
than 1,200 applications for the fall 2000
entering class. The admissions staff and
committee have been working very hard to
bring in a bright, energetic and diverse
group of students for the fall 2000 class.
This fall, the law school is expecting
approximately 240 students to matriculate
to Wesleyan.
My staff and I attended more than 40
recruitment events during the fall
recruitment campaign last year. This year,
the admissions team plans to attend more
recruitment events than ever before.
To realize this goal, the admissions office
has hired two recent graduates to assist
with the recruitment effort. Kathy Estrada
J.D. '00 and Alex DeMeo J.D. '00 have been
appointed admissions recruiters for the fall
2000 recruitment season. Estrada and
DeMeo will travel extensively throughout
Texas and other states promoting the law
school and its outstanding programs.
The admissions office also is proud to
announce the inaugural Summer
Enrichment Program at Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law. This program is
designed to introduce incoming first-year
law students to the study of law.
The program, which began in June, will
provide skills training that will be helpful
to new students when they enter law
school. Professors Earl Martin and Vickie
Rainwater are teaching the 6-week
program.
The admissions office looks forward to
working with and visiting our alumni as
we travel this fall. Please let us know if you
would like to join our effort. We welcome
your involvement to introduce prospective
students to the Texas Wesleyan experience.
Adam Barrett, Esq.
Assistant Dean and Director of Admissions
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in academia
■ Notes about Texas Wesleyan law faculty and administrators
Stephen Alton
Professor of Law
Activities
Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for
the 2000-01 academic year. During
the 2001 spring semester, Alton will teach
American Constitutional Law at China
University for Political Science and Law in
Beijing. ■ Conducting a survey for the Tarrant
County Bar Association regarding the
effectiveness of its mentoring program.
Susan Ayres
Visiting Professor of Law
Publications
Published “Pink Ghetto,” 11 Yale J.L.
& Feminism 1 (1999). ■ Published
“Outlaw Against the Thinking Fathers” in How
Shall We Tell Each Other of the Poet?: The Life
and Writing of Muriel Rukeyeser, 149 (Anne
Herzog and Janet Kaufman eds., 1999). ■ Article
“Coming Out: Decision-Making in State and
Federal Sodomy Cases” was reprinted in Privacy
Rights and the Body, 219 (Madeleine Mercedes
Plasencia ed., 1999).
Howard Denemark
Professor of Law
Publications
Authored an essay titled “How to
Alert New Law Students to the
Ambiguity of Language and the Need for Policy
Analysis Using Fifteen Minutes and the
Directions on a Bottle of Salad Dressing.” Legal
Studies Forum extended an offer to publish the
essay in April.
Activities
Editing a 40-page manuscript proposing a change
in the current law regarding punitive damages
in cases with multiple plaintiffs. Expects to
complete the article and submit it for publication
before the beginning of the 2000-01 academic
year. ■ Made two presentations for the students
at Akiba Academy, a private school in Dallas. ■
Invited students serving on the judicial board of
Southwest Christian School to the law school for
a presentation and discussion of fairness and law.
■ Currently arranging a date with Yavne
Academy of Dallas, a private school, to teach a
class comparing American marriage law with
marriage law in the Babylonian, Talmud. ■
Served as chair of the post-J.D. and
interdisciplinary studies committee. Tasks
included exploring joint degree programs with
two other institutions and developing a special
admissions arrangement with the University of
Texas at Arlington. ■ Served on committee to
redraft the School of Law’s mission statement.
■ Served as judge for a moot court team preparing
for competition. ■ Continues to serve as adviser
to the Texas Wesleyan Law Review.
Tony Dillof
Associate Professor of Law
Publications
“Putting Hate in Its Place: The
Codification of Bias Crime Laws in
a Model Penal Code” to be published by the
Buffalo Criminal Law Review. ■ Book review,
“The Importance of Being Biased,” to appear in
the Michigan Law Review.
Frank Elliott
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
Activities
Served as panel leader at the annual
CLE for the ADR section of the State
Bar of Texas. ■ Revising Volumes 9 and 10, Civil
Trial and Appellate Practice, of West’s Texas
Forms. ■ Editing ADR Handbook for ADR
Section, State Bar of Texas.
Cynthia L. Fountaine
Associate Professor of Law
Publications
Published “Article III and the
Adequate and Independent State
Grounds Doctrine” in the American University
Law Review.
Paul George
Professor of Law
Publications
Published “Parallel Litigation” in
Volume 51 of the Baylor Law Review
in March. ■ Publishes a monthly column in the
Dallas Business Journal, which addresses legal
issues of interest to business owners and
managers.
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Activities
On March 26-29, George, along with Professor
Richard Storrow and Visiting Professor Fernando
Colon-Navarro, visited the Universidad del Valle
de Toluca in Mexico to begin talks about a joint
training program in international trade. The
program is scheduled to begin in the summer of
2001, and will be held both in Toluca and Fort
Worth. ■ Serves as a director of the American
Society of Comparative Law, which focuses on both
civil law systems and conflict of laws. ■ Serves as
director of the Southwestern Legal Foundation,
which specializes in CLE training in international
litigation and trade law. ■ Serves of counsel to the
Fort Worth firm Kirkley Schmidt & Cotten, L.L.P.
■ As founder of the Tarrant County Bar’s Speakers,
an organization established two years ago, George
provides attorneys as speakers to schools and other
community groups. ■ Emceed a presentation on
“Ethical Endings” for the year-end banquet at the
Eldon Mahon Inn of Court on May 8.
I. Richard Gershon
Dean and Professor of Law
Publications
Published A Student’s Guide to the
Internal Revenue Code, Fourth
Edition (Matthew Bender). ■ Currently rewriting
chapter one “Income Taxation” and chapter five
“Taxation of Family Transactions” for Matthew
Bender’s Rabkin and Johnson Tax Series.
Activities
Spoke on family limited partnerships for the
Internal Revenue Service and international
taxation and international estate planning for the
Tarrant County Bar Tax Section.
Jim Hambleton
Professor of Law and Senior Director
of Information & Educational
Technology
Publications
Co-authored “Unplanned Career
Paths: The Role of Serendipity” with Lois Calvert
of the Colorado Supreme Court. The article was
published in Trends in Law Library Management
and Technology, Vol. 10, nos. 4 & 5 (October &
December 1999).
Activities
Presented “Research on the Internet,”
highlighting the authenticity, accuracy and
citation of online legal information, to the Fort
Worth Paralegal Association on Feb. 29 at the
Riverbend campus of the University of Texas at
Arlington. ■ Participated as a member of the
discussion panel “Library Planning Assumptions:
Has Nothing or Everything Changed?” at the
ABA Facilities Conference: Bricks, Bytes and
Continuous Renovation held in Washington,
D.C., March 9-11.
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Gilbert Holmes
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
& Budgeting and Professor of Law
Activities
Served as chair of the planning
committee for the Southwest/Southeast People
of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, which
took place March 30 - April 1 at South Texas
College of Law in Houston. At the conference,
Holmes co-facilitated a group discussion on the
theme of the conference, “Revisiting the Past to
Reconstruct the Future,” with Professor
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez from the University of
New Mexico School of Law. Holmes was one of
the speakers at a workshop directed at minority
attorneys titled “Law Teaching as a Career
Option.” ■ Official reviser of the Texas Law
Digest published by Martindale-Hubbell. ■
Served on the planning committee for Faces of
Domestic Violence: Y2Kare, a conference
sponsored by the Women’s Haven of Tarrant
County in April. ■ Served on the Texas Wesleyan
University presidential search committee and the
University strategic issues committee. ■ Serves
as faculty representative for the University in its
NCAA activities. ■ Named one of two 1L
outstanding day professors of 1999-2000 at Texas
Wesleyan University School of Law.
Charlotte Hughart
Clinical Professor of Law
Activities
Named 1999 Public Citizen of the
Year for the state of Texas and Tarrant
County by the National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) of Texas. Spoke at the NASW
annual state conference in Houston in November
1999. ■ Honored as a 1999 top volunteer
attorney for West Texas Legal Services at the
annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon in December
1999. ■ Named a Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Hometown Hero in July 1999.
Jeffrey A. Maine
Associate Professor of Law
Publications
Published “The Importance of Ethics
and Morality in Today’s Legal World”
in the Stetson Law Review.
Activities
Spoke on “Recent Developments in International
Tax” to the international tax committee of the
State Bar of Texas on Aug. 25, 1999. Also lectured
on “Taxation of Real Estate Transactions” to a
group of commercial realtors on May 25. ■ An
article co-authored by Maine titled
“Fundamentals of Estate Tax Planning,” 32 Idaho
Law Review 197 (1996), was quoted on pp. 557-
58 of Elder Law, Readings, Cases and Materials
by Gallanis, Dayton and Wood (published by
Anderson Publishing Company in 1999). ■
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Received the 1999-2000 Upper Class Professor
of the Year Award at the Barristers’ Ball on April
8. ■ Selected by both the May 1999 and
December 1999 graduating classes to speak at
their hooding ceremonies.
Earl Martin
Associate Professor of Law
Publications
Published “Tessie Hutchinson and
the American System of Capital
Punishment” in the Maryland Law
Review. ■ Published a guest editorial in the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram on Feb. 28 titled “Texas’
capital punishment procedure is far from
foolproof.”
Activities
Spoke on capital punishment at the following
venues: Academic Conferences - Canadian Law
and Society Association Conference 2000, Banff
National Park, Alberta, Canada, June; MELUS
2000 Conference, Tulane University, New
Orleans, La., March; 17th Annual Law and
Society Conference, Bryon Bay, Australia,
December 1999. Community Forums - First
United Methodist Church Adult Education
Forum, Fort Worth, February; Trinity Episcopal
Church Adult Education Forum, Fort Worth,
January; Texas Wesleyan University School of
Law student chapter of Amnesty International
Brown Bag Forum, November 1999. ■ Spoke on
“The Juvenile Sex Offender and the Juvenile
Justice System” at the Criminal Defense Lawyer
Project-Skills Course 2000 in Wichita Falls,
January.
Susan Phillips
Professor of Law
and Director of the Law Library
Activities
Serves as treasurer for the
Southwestern Association of Law Libraries ■
Moderated program titled “Legal Resource
Product Comparisons” at the 42 nd annual
meeting of the Southwestern Association of Law
Libraries in San Antonio.
Vickie Rainwater
Director of Legal Writing
Activities
Will present a program called
“Reality Bites” with Tom Trahan,
assistant director of legal writing, at the meeting
of the Legal Writing Institute on July 20 in
Seattle, Wash. The institute is the primary
professional group supporting legal writing
professors in the United States. The theme of
this year’s meeting is “Preparing Students for Life
After the First Year.” ■ During 1999-2000, the
legal writing department conducted a number of
extracurricular programs designed to give first-
year law students a view of real-life practice. The
presentation by Rainwater and Trahan focuses
on those programs. ■ Received the 1999-2000
award for Outstanding Writing Professor.
Lynne Rambo
Associate Professor of Law
Publications
“Impeaching Lying Parties with Their
Statements During Negotiation:
Demysticizing the Public Policy Rationale Behind
Rule 408 and the Mediation Privilege” to be
published by the Washington Law Review in
October 2000.
Activities
Asked to review Stephen Feldman’s book, Please
Don’t Wish Me A Merry Christmas: A Critical
History of the Separation between Church and
State, for the American Journal of Legal History.
■ Served as a panelist discussing “Truth in
Mediation” at the annual meeting of the ADR
section of the State Bar of Texas last February. ■
Served as a panelist discussing “Hopwood v.
Texas and the Private Law School: To What
Extent Does the 5 th Circuit’s Decision Apply?”
on March 30 at Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law. ■ Interviewed and quoted by the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the State v. Jimmy
Watkins case. ■ Sponsored and judged a practice
argument by the San Antonio federal defender’s
office in preparation for that office’s appearance
before the U.S. Supreme Court in Bond v. United
States. ■ Coordinated the participation of Texas
Wesleyan law students in the mock trial project
of Summerbridge Fort Worth, an after-school
program for middle school students.
Malinda L. Seymore
Professor of Law
Activities
Returned to full-time teaching,
having stepped down as associate
dean for academic affairs in January. ■ Served
as chair of the Texas Wesleyan University School
of Law dean search committee. ■ Serves on the
Gender Bias Reform Task Force of Texas by
appointment of the Texas Supreme Court.
Richard Storrow
Associate Professor of Law
Activities
With the members of the
institutional diversity committee,
organized visits to campus by Professor Alfred
Brophy, Oklahoma City University School of Law,
who spoke on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921; Dean
John Brittain and Professor Craig Jackson, both
of Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall
School of Law; and Professor Reynaldo Valencia,
Saint Mary’s University School of Law and
current White House Fellow, who, along with
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Professor Lynne Rambo, discussed the impact of
Hopwood v. Texas. ■ Led a group discussion
titled “What’s on Your Mind? Sharing the
Experiences of Hispanic Law Students” at the
Hispanic National Bar Association – Region IV
Law Student Division Annual Conference on Feb.
25 at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
in Norman, Okla. ■ Interviewed and quoted for
an article on same sex sexual harassment, which
appeared in the Houston Voice in November
1999. ■ Served as a member of the board of
directors of the Tarrant County chapter of the
American Civil Liberties Union. ■ Attended a
symposium on adoption, reproductive technology
and intentional families at Georgetown
University Law Center in February. Information
gathered at the symposium enabled completion
of an article titled “Policy, Privacy and the New
Reproduction.” ■ Named one of two 1L
outstanding day professors of 1999-2000 at Texas
Wesleyan University School of Law.
Faculty Additions for 2000-01:
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law is
committed to maintaining the most qualified and
diverse faculty in the nation. The School of Law
is proud to announce the hiring of four new fulltime
faculty members. Their backgrounds are as
diverse as the experience they promise to bring
to the classroom.
Rachel S. Arnow Richman
Associate Professor
J.D. cum laude, 1995, Harvard Law
School; B.A. summa cum laude,
1992, Rutgers University. Abraham
L. Freedman Fellow, Temple University School
of Law. ■ Associate, Drinker, Biddle & Reath
L.L.P.; law clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court,
Justice James H. Coleman Jr. Published in the
Indiana Law Journal and Berkeley Women’s Law
Journal. ■ Courses: Labor & Employment Law
and Contracts.
Benjamin G. Davis
Associate Professor
J.D., 1983, Harvard Law School;
M.B.A., 1983, Harvard Business
School; B.A. cum laude, 1977,
Harvard College. Articles editor, Harvard
International Law Journal. ■ Director, conference
programs and manager, Institute of World
Business Law, International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC), Paris, France; legal counsel,
ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris,
France; strategic business consultant, Mars &
Co., France; development consultant, Louis
Berger & Co., France and West Africa. Published
articles in the American Review of International
Arbitration, Arbitration International, Harvard
International Law Journal, International
Construction Law Quarterly and the Journal of
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
International Arbitration. Editor, Improving
International Arbitration: The Need for Speed
and Trust, Liber Amicorum Michel Gaudet. Coauthored
articles on dispute resolution and
shipping in the People’s Republic of China.
Created fast-track arbitration. ■ Courses:
Contracts, International Business Transactions,
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online
Dispute Resolution.
Xuan-Thao N. Nguyen
Associate Professor
J.D., 1995, Northeastern University
School of Law; B.A., 1990, Oberlin
College. ■ Intellectual property
associate, Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver & Jacobson; intellectual property
associate, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn,
L.L.P. Registered to practice in the United States
patent and trademark office. Planning committee
member, International Trademarks Association.
Recipient, the Thurgood Marshall Award for
work on death penalty. Published in the Albany
Law Review, Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual
Property and Loyola University-Chicago
Consumer Law Review. Forthcoming publication
in the American University Law Review, the
Federal Circuit, Volume 49. ■ Courses: Business
Associations, UCC-9, Intellectual Property and
E-commerce & the Law.
Franklin G. Snyder
Associate Professor
LL.M., 1998, Temple University
School of Law; J.D., 1983, University
of Missouri School of Law; B.A.,
1977, California State University, Fullerton.
Editor-in-chief, Missouri Law Review. Member:
Order of the Coif. ■ Visiting associate professor,
University of Idaho College of Law; Freedman
Teaching Fellow, Temple University School of
Law; associate and partner, Latham & Watkins,
Washington, D.C.; law clerk, Hon. George E.
MacKinnon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit. Published in William and Mary Law
Review, Missouri Law Review and Alfred
Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. ■ Courses:
Business Associations, Contracts and Sales.
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Professor
Malinda
Seymore has
been with
Texas
Wesleyan
School of Law
since 1990.
Seymore has
taught
criminal law,
criminal
procedure,
evidence,
feminist
jurisprudence,
Texas
criminal
procedure
and property.
She currently
serves on the
Gender Bias
Reform Task
Force of Texas
by appointment
of the
Texas
Supreme
Court.
Malinda L.
Seymore
Professor
legal
perspectives
■ Faculty viewpoints on today’s current issues
Shedding a little light
on a well-kept secret
Lawyers should be bound by the same standards and ethics
as other professions, but they’re not
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Illustration by Rick Sales

Doctors can’t do it. Psychotherapists can’t
do it. Ministers can’t do it. But lawyers
can.
No doubt you are aware of the many things
lawyers can do that these other professionals
can’t – lawyers can advise clients about legal
rights, can advocate for clients in court and can
draft documents affecting legal rights. Attorneys
serve as virtually the only entrée to the legal
system. But there is one more thing lawyers can
do that other professionals cannot: lawyers can
have sex with their clients without violating a
standard of professional responsibility.
Sex between lawyers and clients occurs far
more frequently than many believe. In a 1993
nationwide survey of attorneys, 18.9 percent of
the respondents had sex with a client themselves
or knew of at least one other attorney who had.
Despite this near-20 percent figure, there are
only a handful of cases where attorneys have
been disciplined for having sex with their clients.
The reported cases run the gamut – some
involve “quid pro quo” situations where the attorney
required sex in exchange for legal services,
others involve forcible rape and a few involve
consensual sexual relations. Those that
appear to be consensual relationships often involve
vulnerable clients – clients who are suicidal,
clients who are victims of domestic violence
and clients who are facing criminal
charges. Many are divorce cases. Virtually all of
the cases involve a male lawyer and a female
client.
Lawyers proudly proclaim that, like doctors
and clergy, they are members of a learned profession.
One noted professor has identified the
following characteristics that distinguish professions
from other jobs: (1) the professions require
a substantial period of formal education;
(2) the professions require the comprehension
of a substantial amount of theoretical knowledge;
(3) the professions are governed by a code
of ethics and are self-regulated; (4) persons who
seek the services of a professional are often in a
state of appreciable concern, if not vulnerability,
when they do so; and (5) the professions almost
always involve at their core a significant
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
interpersonal relationship between the professional
and the patient or client. In all of these
ways, the “job” of lawyer, doctor and minister
are alike.
Clients who seek the services of an attorney,
like those who seek the aid of other professionals,
often do so while in a vulnerable state, when
involved in a situation that they are not capable
of handling on their own. They must rely on
the expertise of the professional, and will often
idolize and idealize the helpful professional. The
opportunities to exploit such trusting relationships
are great. For that reason, the governing
codes of ethics of all professions – except law –
explicitly prohibit the professional from engaging
in sexual relations with those they are seeking
to help. In fact, in Texas, we criminalize sex
between health care providers/mental health
care providers and patients, and between clergy
and parishioners when the professional “causes
the other person to submit or participate by exploiting
the other person’s emotional dependency
on the [professional].” Such violations
constitute sexual assault, just as violent,
nonconsensual sexual intercourse is sexual assault.
Yet there is no such provision applicable
Sex between lawyers and clients occurs far more frequently than many
believe. In a 1993 nationwide survey of attorneys, 18.9 percent of the
respondents had sex with a client themselves or knew of at least one other
attorney who had. Despite this near-20 percent figure, there are only a handful
of cases where attorneys have been disciplined for having sex with their clients.
to lawyers (I am sure that the fact that most
legislators are lawyers has nothing to do with
this omission!).
There have twice been attempts to introduce
an ethical rule prohibiting sexual relations between
lawyers and clients in Texas, and both
attempts died in the relevant state bar committee.
This does not make Texas unique – only 10
states currently have rules explicitly prohibiting
sexual relationships between lawyers and
clients. Texas lawyers had another opportunity
to speak out in favor of a new rule at the State
Bar of Texas annual meeting in San Antonio in
June. The women in the profession committee
proposed a resolution recommending that the
following rule be submitted to the membership
of the state bar:
A lawyer may not engage in a sexual relationship
with a client, unless the lawyer
and client are married to each other
or already had a consensual sexual rela-
There have
twice been
attempts to
introduce an
ethical rule
prohibiting
sexual
relations
between
lawyers and
clients in
Texas, and
both attempts
died
in the relevant
state
bar committee.
This does
not make
Texas unique
– only 10
states currently
have
rules explicitlyprohibiting
sexual
relationships
between
lawyers and
clients.
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It can easily
be argued
that an
attorney who
is engaged in
an intimate
relationship
with a client
may make
decisions that
are not in the
client’s
interest, but
are affected
by the
lawyer’s
personal
interest in
the client. For
example, a
lawyer may
want to
prolong
litigation
because that
will allow
continued
contact with
the lover/
client. Or a
divorce
lawyer may
not encourage
a reconciliation
when having
an affair with
a divorcing
client.
tionship before the lawyer-client
relationship commenced.
Critics of an express prohibition of sexual relations
between attorneys and clients advance
several reasons: (1) existing rules of professional
responsibility adequately address the problem;
(2) the private lives of attorneys should not be
regulated, especially with regard to consensual
sexual activity; and (3) adopting such a rule
would suggest to the public that lawyers are participating
in such inappropriate behavior, and
thus damage the reputation of all lawyers.
Existing rules of professional responsibility,
in particular, conflict of interest rules, have been
used to regulate attorney-client sexual relations.
The Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct provide, with regard to conflict of interest,
that “a lawyer shall not represent a person
if the representation of that person … reasonably
appears to be or become adversely limited
by … the lawyer’s … own interests.”
It can easily be argued that an attorney who is
engaged in an intimate relationship with a client
may make decisions that are not in the client’s
interest, but are affected by the lawyer’s personal
interest in the client. For example, a lawyer may
want to prolong litigation because doing so will
allow continued contact with the lover/client. Or
a divorce lawyer may not encourage a reconciliation
when having an affair with a divorcing client.
While these situations may be covered by the
conflict of interest rule, there is little in the rule
that places lawyers or clients on notice that they
are treading close to ethical violations. Furthermore,
an attorney who can establish a reasonable
belief that the representation was not adversely
affected by the attorney’s own interest is not guilty
of a rules violation. In that 1993 survey of attorneys,
those who had sex with their clients unanimously
rated their overall behavior as at or above
average.
And the conflict rule provides a simple escape
for those attorneys who reasonably believe that
the representation is not materially affected – if
the client consents after disclosure of the potential
conflict, there is no rules violation. The
same vulnerability and reliance that often causes
clients to consent to sex with their attorneys is
also likely to cause them to consent to any potential
conflict. The Texas Penal Code recognizes
that the exploitation in doctor/patient,
minister/parishioner and psychotherapist/patient
relationships renders the sexual intercourse
“without the consent of the other person.”
It is hard to imagine that the sex could be
without consent, but that the waiver of the conflict
of interest is with valid consent.
Proponents of any kind of regulation of sexual
behavior are often labeled as repressed, prudish
or radically feminist. Popular dogma is that all
consensual sexual relationships between adults are
positive and should not be discouraged, especially
when conducted in the “privacy of one’s home.”
Similar privacy arguments arise with proposals of
explicit rules prohibiting sexual relations between
lawyers and their clients.
Objections regarding regulation of the private
lives of attorneys are misplaced. An explicit prohibition
against attorneys having sex with clients
in no way regulates who an attorney has
sex with; rather, it regulates who an attorney
can represent. If an attorney wants to have sex
with a particular person, that attorney can avoid
or terminate a professional relationship with
that person. After doing so, nothing in the rules
of professional conduct would regulate that personal
relationship. States have always regulated
the professional lives of attorneys, and prohibitions
on having sex with clients would be simply
more regulation of the profession.
Constitutional privacy arguments are also unavailable.
The U.S. Supreme Court made clear
in Bowers v. Hardwick that the right to privacy
does not extend to “the proposition that any type
of private sexual conduct between consenting
adults is insulated from state proscription.”
Furthermore, doctors, psychotherapists and
clergy are subject to prohibitions on sex with
patients/parishioners without running afoul of
privacy law.
A final reason sometimes expressed for why
Texas should not adopt an explicit rule is that,
in doing so, we might convey to the public that
there are lawyers having sex with their clients,
and that such a suggestion would undermine
confidence in the legal profession. If we were to
follow that line of thinking, then we should
repeal all of the rules of professional
responsibility – to say that lawyers must
zealously represent their clients suggests that
there are some who do not. To say that lawyers
should not commingle trust fund monies
suggests that there are some who do.
The State Bar of Texas recently launched an
initiative to increase the public’s trust and confidence
in the legal profession. A public survey
revealed that the majority of Texans rated teachers
(85%), doctors (77%) and judges (71%) as
honest and ethical. Significantly fewer Texans
provided the same rating to lawyers (40%), auto
mechanics (39%) and politicians (26%). Enacting
a rule prohibiting lawyers from representing
clients with whom they have a sexual relationship
would be a significant step toward increasing
confidence in the legal system. Not only
is it the right thing to do, but bringing lawyers
in line with all other professionals could only
improve the public image of lawyers. ■
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Confidentiality
(in negotiations)
run amok:
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
The good idea now protects the dishonest
Illustration by Rick Sales
Lynne Rambo
joined Texas
Wesleyan
University
School of Law
in 1997 after
10 years of
practicing
trial law.
Rambo has
taught
constitutional
law,
criminal law
and evidence.
Look for
Rambo’s
article,
“Impeaching
Lying Parties
with Their
Statements
During
Negotiation:
Demysticizing
the Public
Policy Rationale
Behind
Rule 408 and
the Mediation
Privilege,”
from which
this short
article was
adapted. It
will be
published
by the
Washington
Law Review in
October 2000.
Lynne
Rambo
Associate
Professor
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19

Courts all
over the
country have
instituted
ADR programs,
and
participation
in some of
these programs
is
mandatory if
a litigant
wishes to
have his or
her case
heard in
court. Many
in the academiccommunity
tout
ADR as the
answer to all
manner of
problems with
our judicial
system:
overloaded
courts, the
excessive cost
of litigation,
and even the
perceived
lack of
professionalism
within
the legal
community.
The last two to three decades have seen a
very strong, successful push toward the use
of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Virtually
every law school, including Wesleyan, offers
courses in ADR generally, negotiation, mediation,
or some combination of these. A number
of states have adopted ethical rules requiring
trial lawyers to advise their clients of the
availability of ADR processes. Courts all over
the country have instituted ADR programs, and
participation in some of these programs is mandatory
if a litigant wishes to have his or her case
heard in court. Many in the academic community
tout ADR as the answer to all manner of
problems with the judicial system: overloaded
courts, the excessive cost of litigation, and even
the perceived lack of professionalism within the
legal community.
Given the widespread support for ADR and
what is seen as its revolutionary potential, both
legislatures and courts have adopted rules that
they believe will ensure ADR’s success. The
most common of these are rules rendering dispute
resolution processes confidential. The rationale
behind ADR confidentiality is threefold:
(1) settlement is good; (2) for settlements to be
reached, the parties must communicate candidly
about the facts of their dispute; and (3) parties
will not communicate candidly if their statements
during the settlement process can be disclosed
outside the process.
Congress acted on this rationale in 1974 when
it enacted Federal Rule of Evidence 408. At common
law, offers to settle themselves had been
excluded, but “independent admissions of fact”
made during negotiations had been admissible.
Rule 408 changed this, excluding both offers to
compromise and statements of fact made during
negotiations (at least when they are offered
to prove the validity or invalidity of a claim), on
the ground that the common law “inhibit[ed]
freedom of communication with respect to compromise.”
Since 1974, some 42 states have
adopted rules of evidence identical to Rule 408
in this respect.
Even more significantly, 49 of the 50 states
and numerous federal courts have adopted some
form of “mediation privilege” statute or rule.
Under the vast majority of these statutes and
court rules, all statements made in the course
of a mediated negotiation (a negotiation facilitated
by a neutral third party) are confidential
and cannot be admitted into evidence, regardless
of the purpose for which they are offered.
In Texas, for example, section 154.073 of the
Civil Practice and Remedies Code provides that
“a communication relating to the subject matter
of any civil or criminal dispute made by a
participant in an alternative dispute resolution
procedure, whether before or after the institution
of formal judicial proceedings, is confidential,
is not subject to disclosure, and may not
be used as evidence against the participant in
any judicial or administrative proceeding.” Some
of these statutes and court rules include exceptions
to cover extraordinary circumstances – as
when a negotiating party admits child abuse or
an intent to commit a crime – but for the most
part, the statutes and rules extend a blanket,
near-absolute confidentiality to statements
made during a mediation session. Indeed, under
most of the mediation privilege statutes and
under some courts’ interpretations of Rule 408,
[In regard to the Elián González case] Under the mediation privileges in most
states in this country ... the government would simply be out of luck, unable to
introduce evidence of the relatives’ admission during the mediation. A jury
would decide the case actually believing that the relatives were unarmed and
that the government came in armed with submachine guns for no reason at all.
the confidentiality extended is broad enough to
prevent a party from impeaching an opponent
with inconsistent statements of fact the opponent
made during negotiations.
The practical effect of extending confidentiality
this far is to license lying by unscrupulous
parties and their lawyers. The lying might occur
in the context of the negotiation itself: a
party might assert facts more favorable to its
case than the real facts in order to skew the
settlement in its favor, and because of confidentiality
rules, it can do so knowing that there will
be no consequences if the evidence later reveals
that the facts were not as the party asserted. If
the case does not settle, there will be no substantial
harm, because the finder of fact will hear
the true, weaker facts at trial. If the case does
settle, however, then the settlement is based on
a false set of facts, and the party acting in reliance
on the asserted facts is cheated without
ever knowing it.
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On the other hand, a party might be truthful
during the negotiation, admitting the facts unfavorable
to its case. In this circumstance, if the
case settles, then no harm has been done, because
the settlement is based on an accurate set
of facts. If the case does not settle, however, and
the party asserts different, stronger facts during
a subsequent deposition or at trial, then all the
parties involved know that the trial testimony
is false, but the lie goes unexposed to the finder
of fact, and the trial outcome is based on a false
set of facts. In this way, the confidentiality rule
exalts settlement at the cost of truth.
One need look only as far as the morning paper
and the battle over Elián González to imagine
such a circumstance. Assume that, during
the eleventh-hour mediation over Elián’s custody,
the Miami relatives indicated that they had
guns in the house. Next assume that the relatives
sue the government alleging that the INS
employed excessive force in extracting Elián, and
the relatives testify on deposition and at trial
that there were no guns in the house. Under
the mediation privileges in most states in this
country, including Texas, the government would
simply be out of luck, unable to introduce evi-
dence of the relatives’ admission during the
mediation. A jury would decide the case actually
believing that the relatives were unarmed
and that the government came in armed with
submachine guns for no reason at all.
This cannot possibly be acceptable, because
it risks turning both the settlement process
(when the lie occurs during negotiation) and the
trial process (when the lie occurs at trial but
cannot be exposed) into a farce, a mockery of
justice.
The point, of course, is not that extending
confidentiality to settlement negotiations and
mediations is a bad thing, but only that in our
zeal to promote ADR, confidentiality has been
extended too far. Knowing that their statements
in settlement negotiations will not gratuitously
be used against them surely encourages parties
to come to the negotiating table, and confidentiality
may also help parties be candid in evaluating
and presenting their cases during negotia-
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
tion. Yet it is entirely possible to adopt confidentiality
provisions that confer these benefits
and still allow for exposing those who would
abuse the settlement or judicial process. Specifically,
the confidentiality rules could include
a narrowly tailored exception abrogating confidentiality
– and allowing for impeachment by
prior inconsistent statement – when the court
finds that an intentional, deliberate misrepresentation
of fact has taken place either during
the negotiation or at trial. As long as the admissibility
of negotiation statements turned on
a standard of intentional misrepresentation
rather than mere inconsistency, honest parties
probably would not be intimidated out of their
candor, and yet dishonest parties could no longer
afford to play fast and loose with the facts.
ADR proponents undoubtedly would resist
such a change, arguing that watering down confidentiality
in any respect threatens the process.
There are several ironies in this argument. First,
to the extent that unscrupulous parties know
that they can go to negotiations and lie about
the facts without any consequence, those parties
are more likely to adopt extreme positions
that will ultimately make settlement less likely
The public policy behind negotiation and mediation confidentiality
is a worthy one, but the law must also account for the situations in which
confidentiality can obscure the truth rather than further it.
A more tempered, considered approach would assure that the
law does not provide “too much of a good thing.”
to result, an outcome the proponents of ADR
certainly do not want. Second, as honest parties
begin to learn that lying during ADR is an
inevitable, sanctioned part of the process, they
will become less and less willing to participate
in it, another outcome ADR proponents would
not like. Finally, to the extent that ADR advocates
assert that an “intentional misrepresentation”
exception would swallow the rule of confidentiality,
the assertion itself suggests that intentional
misrepresentation during negotiations
is a substantial, pervasive problem, one sufficient
to outweigh the benefits that proponents
claim ADR produces.
The public policy behind negotiation and
mediation confidentiality is a worthy one, but
the law also must account for the situations in
which confidentiality can obscure the truth
rather than further it. A more tempered, considered
approach would assure that the law does
not provide “too much of a good thing.” ■
Knowing that
their statements
in
settlement
negotiations
will not
gratuitously
be used
against them
surely encourages
parties to
come to the
negotiating
table, and
confidentiality
may also
help parties
be candid in
evaluating
and presenting
their
cases during
negotiation.
Yet it is
entirely
possible to
adopt confidentiality
provisions
that confer
these benefits
and still
allow for
exposing
those who
would abuse
the settlement
or
judicial
process.
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21

Story by John Veilleux
“I told my
students they
should be
proud of this
school. It is
an excellent
blueprint for
the ideal law
school. You
can still
tinker with it.
You can still
work with it,
as opposed to
other schools
that have
been around
awhile, where
change is a
difficult
process. The
school is at a
point that it
can become
anything the
faculty and
students want
it to be.”
Fernando
Colon-Navarro
Visiting
Professor
a farewell
to fernando
■ Colon-Navarro bids Texas Wesleyan School of Law goodbye,
heads back to Houston and Texas Southern University
After what he calls a “great year” of
professional and personal growth at
Texas Wesleyan University School of
Law, visiting professor Fernando Colon-
Navarro is returning to his tenured
professorship at the Texas Southern
University Thurgood Marshall School
of Law.
“I am very grateful to have a wonderful
school to which I am returning,”
Colon-Navarro said. “I am proud
of Texas Southern, and I have
students there who are
waiting for me. It is a
great institution. I will
definitely miss the
students, faculty,
staff and community
at Texas Wesleyan,
though, because on a
personal, professional
and scholarship level,
it’s been a great year.”
Colon-Navarro said he
was originally drawn to the
visiting professorship at Texas
Wesleyan because he was familiar
with the school’s history and
because he “knew there was
room for Hispanic issues to
develop.”
“I have known about Texas
Wesleyan since I came to Texas in
1991,” he said. “Several of my
students at Thurgood Marshall
attended school at Texas Wesleyan. I
knew the school was new, and I knew
the history of the accreditation process.
Being Hispanic, and with my
background in public service and my
teaching interest in international human
rights, I thought this would be a good place
for me to spend a year. I thought I could bring
my experience to the area, and at the same
time, I thought the school could help improve
my expertise. I definitely felt that
there could be a mutual benefit.”
And a mutual benefit there was.
In addition to teaching property, the
primary course for which he was
hired to teach, Colon-Navarro also
taught immigration law and
international human
rights. His background
in immigration allowed
him to offer Texas
Wesleyan students a
perspective they
might otherwise
have missed.
“My professional
and ethnic backgrounds
are different
from the rest of the
faculty, just as all of our
backgrounds are different
and unique,” Colon-Navarro
said. “With my background, I
was able to provide students
with a supplement to the
classroom, especially the
students in my immigration
and international human
rights classes. In those classes,
students have told me that they
never thought the substance of
the courses was what I showed
them it was. They said they
had a different opinion or idea
of these courses because I was
Photo by John Veilleux
able to make it real by talking
about my experiences.”
Colon-Navarro also took part in a great deal
of public service in the area of immigration
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law, getting students in his immigration class
involved with a public service clinic sponsored
by a local church.
“My students volunteered in a program
designed to help indigent people who are
looking for ways to get residency,” he said. “I
also began discussions with the Tarrant
County Bar about developing programs revolving
around the issues of immigration, especially
in the area of crime and immigration. At
this point, we have set the groundwork and
established the need for the programs, and the
bar has been very receptive.”
Colon-Navarro also was very active in extracurricular
activities. He worked with other
faculty providing assistance to first-year
students and visited several local schools to
talk about the legal profession. He said he
particularly enjoyed working as an adviser to
the moot court team.
“I had the pleasure of coaching the team
that went to Wisconsin, and they did very
well,” he said. “Texas Wesleyan has done an
outstanding job of recruiting some of the
brightest law students around. Our moot
court teams have experienced a great deal of
success, and other schools are really starting
to notice.”
Though immigration law is Colon-Navarro’s
passion, he said he brought the same energy
level to students in his property class. He said
he will remember his property class because of
the personal difficulties many of his students
experienced, but added that he was thankful
to have been able to teach his students a life
lesson he hopes they will never forget.
“It was a very tough semester,” Colon-
Navarro said. “We had a student who died and
several of the students experienced deaths in
their families. As these circumstances began
to unfold, I told my students they needed to
put law school in perspective. I told them that
as important as their education is, there are
more important things in life.
“I said law school is very important, but
don’t stop talking to your husbands or your
wives, don’t stop talking to your friends and
don’t make your education all consuming. You
are going to have other things that occupy
your life, so don’t get sick when something
else comes up. I think, because of my background,
I was able to convey that in a credible
way because it was my personal experience.
“I tell my students that a tragedy isn’t
getting a ‘D’ or even failing law school.
These things are an inconvenience, an
embarrassment, a road block or a dream
unfulfilled. A tragedy is when a mother puts
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
her children in day care at 8:00 in the morning
and gets a call an hour later saying that
her babies are gone – like what happened in
Oklahoma. That is a tragedy.”
Colon-Navarro’s genuine concern for his
students was definitely appreciated by those
with whom he came in contact. This was
evidenced in April at the Barristers’ Ball
when he received a standing ovation for two
awards he received from the student body,
the 1999-2000 Evening Professor of the Year
and 1999-2000 Visiting Distinguished Professor.
“It was overwhelming,” he said. “I don’t
think I have done anything out of the ordinary.
All I did was say hello in the halls,
make myself available, work hard in my
classes and listen to my students. I have
done what I think is normal.
“Sometimes, we don’t realize what a smile
or a hello or a minute’s conversation in the
hall can do. Many of the students who I
didn’t have in class said their reaction in part
was for these things. I am surprised, delighted
and overwhelmed because never in
my mind did I expect this.”
Colon-Navarro said he expects to hear great
things about the law school, and added that
he is proud to have been associated with
Texas Wesleyan.
“I’ve enjoyed being a part of developing the
school over the last year,” he said. “I think
the school has an excellent faculty. The
professors have vast experience with great
local and national reputations. The mixture
is perfect.
“The faculty has a group of well-prepared
young faculty members and seasoned professors.
It is a good balance. It is a faculty that
is fortunate to have a great new leader in
Dean Gershon. He is doing a great job with a
program that is not only needed, but also
welcomed in this area.”
And though Colon-Navarro said he will
miss the many students he has met this year,
he said they should feel comfortable knowing
they have chosen an outstanding law school
and that they will be well prepared for a
career in law when they leave.
“I told my students they should be proud of
this school,” he said. “It is an excellent
blueprint for the ideal law school. You can
still tinker with it. You can still work with it,
as opposed to other schools that have been
around awhile, where change is a difficult
process. The school is at a point that it can
become anything the faculty and students
want it to be.” ■
“I tell my
students that
a tragedy
isn’t getting a
‘D’ or even
failing law
school. These
things are an
inconvenience,
an
embarrassment,
a road
block or a
dream unfulfilled.
A
tragedy is
when a
mother puts
her children
in day care at
8:00 in the
morning and
gets a call an
hour later
saying that
her babies are
gone – like
what happened
in
Oklahoma.
That is a
tragedy.”
Fernando
Colon-Navarro
Visiting
Professor
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23

alumni
news & notes
■ A digest of news, notes, events and features
1993
Michael E. Fox specializes in personal injury and real
estate/construction-related litigation. Recently, he
completed the 40-hour requirement for court assigned
mediator.
1994
Phillip W. Bond was the featured speaker at the ABA
Transportation MegaConference IV in 1999 and has
already received an invitation to speak at #V in 2001.
Don Cartwright has been named Outstanding
Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year for 1999 by the
Coastal Bend Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
in Corpus Christi. He also is running for district judge.
Craig S. Christopher is president of the San Antonio
Young Lawyers Association for 1999-2000. He has
received the San Antonio Bar Association President’s
Award.
James W. Evans has joined the firm of Hill Gilstrap as
an associate.
Gerald N. Glickman serves as director of the American
Board of Endodontics and chair of the educational affairs
committee of the American Association of
Endodontists.
Don J. Griffin is teaching health care law and bioethics
at the graduate level within the College of Public
Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Science
Center. He serves law firms as an expert witness on
hospital management issues.
Dana D. Huffman has a new office address: 3120
Kellway Drive, Suite 108, Carrollton, Texas, 75006.
Douglas M. King received his LL.M. in taxation from
New York University School of Law. Currently, he is
practicing merger and acquisition consulting and tax
law.
Phillip S. King spoke at Dallas Baptist University on
Nov. 12, 1999. As a first-term member of the Texas
House of Representatives, King was named Freshman
Legislator of the Year by his colleagues. He also was
honored with the Rookie of the Year award by Texas
Monthly magazine. During the 76 th Legislative Session,
he served on the public safety committee, which deals
with law enforcement and crime issues. For this service,
the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas
named King Crime Fighter of the Year.
Ron G. MacFarlane Jr. regularly assists Adjunct
Professor Mark Zimmermann in judging the final trials
for his trial advocacy classes.
Wayne Northcutt was a member of the State Bar
College for 1999.
Jeffrey R. Sandberg, president of the founding board
of directors of the Texas Wesleyan University School of
Law Alumni Association, is now board certified in civil
appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
He practices in business litigation and civil appellate.
1995
Jim Bush is an associate at Bush, Hauder & Adkerson.
William L. Dunnill has been practicing in the field of
medical malpractice defense/insurance defense since
1995.
William Edmonds received the 1999 Legal Line
Volunteer Award from the Tarrant County Bar
Association.
Philip J. Mitchell was awarded the Northwood
University Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
at Midland, Mich., on Oct. 15, 1999.
Merry Laureen Moore, a sole practitioner, is involved
with the Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Workshop.
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Stephen S. Mosher is an associate attorney for
Thompson E. Howison, L.L.P., a small law firm
specializing in patent, trademark, copyright and unfair
competition causes.
Casey G. Reakes, licensed in Texas and Nevada,
relocated to Las Vegas in May. Contact him at 33 Rue
Maison, Abilene, Texas, 79605, (915) 698-5772.
Pamela M. Roach, a plaintiff’s employment law
attorney, argued a case before the 5 th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals in New Orleans. She serves as chair of the
Solo and Small Firm section of the Dallas Bar
Association, receiving the Outstanding Section Award
in 1998. Roach also serves on the board of directors of
the National Employment Lawyers Association, Dallas/
Fort Worth Division (1997 to present).
Ernest W. Street, a fellow of the American Academy of
Forensic Sciences, is a laboratory inspector for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, National
Laboratory Certification program.
1996
Roger E. Bishara is owner of Pilot Records & Bishara
Entertainment, Inc. Bishara also runs his own solo
practice.
Donald D. Feare has relocated his law office to 721 W.
Division Street, Arlington, Texas, 76012.
Louann Kitchen, director of governmental affairs, and
Margaret Richardson, director of corporate relations,
both at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, received an
appropriation of $962,000 from the federal government
for the establishment of an imaging core laboratory.
This new facility will permit hospital researchers to
visualize living cells at the level of a single cell.
1997
Beverly Burk serves as secretary of the Texas Wesleyan
University School of Law Alumni Association board of
directors; as a judge for the City of Irving Teen Court;
instructor – introductory training for high school
attorneys; and alumnae adviser, University of North
Texas chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Nancy J. Carroll became the mother of a baby boy
named Zachary on Dec. 22, 1999. She received her
LL.M. in April.
Gregory L. Cody joined Preston Gates & Ellis in
February 1999. He is currently working with several
large northwest clients in large-scale complex
litigation.
Tom Corbin completed an LL.M. program in
litigation at George Washington University School of
Law in May.
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
So what exactly does
the Office of External
Relations do? And exactly
who does it serve?
Here’s a good question: What
does a director of external
relations actually do? The
typical answer is – raise money.
And, to be sure, fund raising is
a major function of this
position. No educational institution can
ever hope to survive on income derived from
tuition and fees alone.
But this office is about much more than
raising money. I would like to use this first
column to interpret our work for you. The
law school enjoys many different
constituents. In external relations, our focus
is on those outside the classroom – alumni,
corporate benefactors, practicing attorneys,
major donors, community groups and the
wider world we hope to impact.
This focus translates into the following
assigned tasks:
■ Managing the alumni relations
program
■ Providing career services to current
students and alumni
■ Representing the law school to
community groups
■ Interfacing with the bench and bar
■ Cultivating prospective donors and
facilitating major gifts
■ Coordinating opportunities for
continuing legal education
It is enough to keep us busy, and it
reminds us daily that our mission is about
far more than supporting the training of
those in the practice of law.
We serve a wider audience. We “relate” to
the many groups and constituencies who
cooperate with our faculty, staff and
students to keep our law school strong and
growing.
Because you are reading this column, you
are involved! Please call on us whenever we
can help in any area of our responsibilities.
Cheryl Gray Kimberling, Ph.D.
Director of External Relations
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Scott Cornuaud has joined the Hunt County district
attorney’s office.
Joey E. Fox recently was elected vice chairman of the
Greater Dallas Veterans Foundation, Inc. The
foundation arranges the Dallas Veterans Day Parade
and celebration.
Steven R. Green is practicing criminal defense.
Pearl S. Landau was elected a member of the Council
to Franchise and Distribution Law section of the Dallas
Bar Association for 2000.
Cindi M. Morris is a registered nurse/attorney. She
specializes in the area of medical malpractice.
Jenny C. Teague is a solo practitioner with two law
offices, one in Crandall and one in Gun Barrel City,
Texas. Currently, she practices primarily criminal,
bankruptcy and personal injury law.
Matt Toback has opened an office at 411 West Seventh
St., Suite 902, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102. Toback hosted
a reception for Dean Richard Gershon and President
Jake B. Schrum in May at The Fort Worth Club.
1998
Janet M. Antonetti is serving on the Dallas County
Task Force on Domestic Violence. Antonetti also serves
on the National Advisory Board for Hope for Children
Foundation.
Debra Atchison has a new position with McCreary &
Associates. She will handle personal injury,
employment and commercial litigation. On Dec. 15,
1999, Debbie gave birth to a girl, 6 pounds, 10 ounces.
The new arrival is named Emily Lynn.
Tamera H. Bennett and her husband, Johnny, announce
the birth of their son, Brock Jameson, on Feb. 23.
Felipe O. Calzada has opened the Law Office of Felipe
O. Calzada, 1512 8 th Avenue, Suite 800, Fort Worth,
Texas, 76104. His practice consists of family, juvenile,
immigration and personal injury law and traffic tickets.
Milt Cosgrove has a new practice in The Colony. In
addition to being a certified financial planner, he will
practice estate planning, wills/trusts, probate, mediation
and business law.
Sharron Cox has been elected president of the Bonham
Business and Professional Women for 1999-2000. She
also was selected as Worthy Matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star. In addition, Cox has been elected treasurer
for the Fannin County Bar Association. She is now a
full partner in Moss & Cox in Bonham, Texas, handling
wills, estate planning and bankruptcies.
Carol Day-Moss is assistant county attorney of Hunt
County. She will prosecute misdemeanors and oversee
juvenile hearings, mental commitments, JP court and
represent CPS. Carol also has been elected secretary of
the Fannin County Bar Association.
Tylene DiSciullo has joined the firm of Hill Gilstrap
as an associate.
Ric Gonzalez currently serves under contract as
assistant city attorney to the cities of Lewisville and
Sanger, Texas.
John M. Fowler was recently appointed general counsel
of the Texas Young Republican Federation and was
elected vice president of the Dallas County Young
Republicans. Fowler and his wife, Tori, had their first
child last March.
Charles D. Lamb has relocated his practice to 753 State
Avenue, Suite 707, Kansas City, Kan., 66101, (913) 281-
1948, to accommodate expansion.
Harold McAden entered the Republican primary in the
race for Wise County attorney.
Rick J. Muenks announces the opening of his law
practice in Springfield, Mo. He also has formed
Southwest Valuation, a real estate valuation firm. He
can be reached at 333 Park Central E, Suite 505,
Springfield, Mo., 65806, (417) 866-6503.
Kellie F. Stokes opened an office in November focusing
on wills, probate and small business. She also acts as
an adjunct professor for the moot court program at
Texas Wesleyan.
1999
Julya Billhymer is heading the law office and legal
shield programs for the firm of Ross & Matthews and
its major client, Pre-Paid, Inc.
Daniel R. Brown is in the process of establishing a
private practice. He will focus in the area of intellectual
property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights,
trade secrets, licensing and transactional work dealing
with intellectual properties.
Lance T. Crosby has been promoted to operations
manager of Catalog.com. He currently is working on
his LL.M. in taxation at Southern Methodist University
School of Law.
Todd Duncan is a new partner with Joaquin & Duncan,
a small firm focusing on federal sentencing guidelines.
Frederick L. Durham III will join Waters & Kraus in
Dallas in September.
Barbara T. Hale is halfway through her one-year term
as a briefing attorney for Justice Tom James at the 5 th
Court of Appeals in Dallas. Hale said her term at the
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court has been a fantastic learning experience and has
really helped her decide which areas of law she wants
to pursue.
Douglas R. Johnson has moved to San Antonio and
has opened his own office. He hopes to practice estate
planning and business law. He has signed up with the
probate courts to be appointed attorney ad litem in
custody cases.
Pamela R.G. Lapham is associate counsel/commercial
escrow officer for TICOR Land Title Company.
Brian O. Watkins recently passed the Washington State
Bar examination. He has been hired by Northwest
Justice Project to work on the CLEAR team as an
attorney, assisting low-income people in civil matters
(e.g. landlord-tenant, family and consumer protection).
On weekends, he is hiking, canoeing and fly-fishing
the rivers.
The following Texas Wesleyan University School of
Law graduates were sworn in as members of the U.S.
Supreme Court Bar on Jan. 28 by Justice Anne
Gardner of the 2 nd Court of Appeals: Anand Alloju,
Judith Alton, Stephen Alton, David Andrews,
Roxanne Lisa Ballard, Daniel Barnes, G. Norman
Batten, Nancy L. Berger, Samuel Bishop, Clint
Blackman, Roger Blair, Donald Blum, Janet
Boyanton, John Boyle, James Bradley, Donald
Brandt, Gary Bruton, Jimmy Carter, Donald
Cartwright, Okey Chidolue, Hal Coggins, Hal
Cook, John Cramer, Steven Deel, George De Los
Santos, Ricardo De Los Santos, Sandra Fordjour,
Curtis Fortinberry, Brian Gaddy, Donald Griffin,
Priscilla G. Hall, Robbie Lesa Hames, Paul Hebda,
Carl R. Hensch III, William Norton Hinckley,
Elaine Hubbard-Palmer, William David Keese, Mary
Katherine Kelly, Phil King, Kathryn Kollmeyer,
Christian David Kuhnel, William Kunofsky, John
Gustav Larson, Shirley Jeffers Lawrence, Mike
Leasor, Diego Lopez, Albert James Lynn, Edward
Mallou, Andrew James Marshall, Horacio Marull,
Thomas McKenzie, Monte Mark Mitchell, Joy
Walton Moore, James Mosser, Gary Nichols, Jack
Rochelle, Jeff Sandberg, Sid Shapiro, Lloyd Keith
Shelton, Tara Silver-Malyska, Steven Skinner, Todd
Steele, Charles Storey, Richard Storrow, Jeff Stuver,
Jeffrey Templeton, Buford Waldrip, Craig Watkins,
Rhea Ann Weaver, Shannon Kay Willis, Roger Yale,
Robert York and Lisa Zahn. ■
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Get involved: It’s your
right, duty and
responsibility
As an attorney practicing family law, I tend
to think in terms of rights, duties and responsibilities.
So when I was asked to write a few
words for this publication, these three items
naturally came to mind.
As graduates of Texas Wesleyan University
School of Law, we have been given certain
rights, duties and responsibilities. For one, we
have the right to practice law (after we pass
that all-important bar exam!), and the duty
and responsibility to do so wisely.
Coupled with this right to practice law is a
duty to represent our school in a dignified and
professional manner. After all, Texas Wesleyan
is going to be the new kid on the block for
awhile. Therefore, every day in the courtroom,
in transactions with other attorneys, and in
working with our clients, we must prove ourselves,
proudly displaying the abilities and sensibilities
in the practice of law we worked so
hard to build at Texas Wesleyan.
As alumni representing the School of Law,
we must make a daily effort to remember that
we are like a chain: We are only as strong as
our weakest link. It is our duty and our responsibility
to ourselves and to our fellow
alumni to practice with intelligence, honesty
and a sense of respect for ourselves, our school
and our fellow attorneys.
Another duty and responsibility that comes
with the right to practice law is to support our
school. The inaugural Annual Fund drive is
now underway. I challenge each alumnus to
begin a lifelong tradition of giving to our
school. It is our duty and our responsibility to
help the law school continue to grow and excel.
So much has been accomplished in a few
short years, making the possibilities for the
future of the law school endless.
One other right we have as alumni is to participate
in the Alumni Association events.
Thanks to the creative talents and able leadership
of Dr. Cheryl Kimberling, we have wonderful
activities with opportunities to network
with friends and other graduates of the law
school. If you are not currently receiving notices
of the events hosted for alumni, please
contact Kimberling at (817) 212-4082.
In closing, remember – rights, duties and
responsibilities! We are all counting on you.
See you at the next alumni event!
Peggy Pasquini, ‘97
President of the Alumni Association
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Story by John Veilleux
“The school
has managed
itself very,
very well. The
new dean,
Richard
Gershon, is a
perfect fit for
the school. ...
He brings an
aggressive
attitude to
the table, and
if he does
what I think
he’s going to
do, he’s
going to
move the
school up the
scale and
bring a lot of
credibility
during his
tenure.”
Gary Edd Fish,
M.D.
Class of 1995
a passion
for learning
■ You say there aren’t enough hours in the day?
Wait until you meet alumnus Dr. Gary Edd Fish.
He may change your mind
Meet Gary Edd Fish, M.D., ’95. To say
the least, he’s not the typical Texas
Wesleyan University School of Law
alumnus.
In fact, he says he doesn’t have any plans to
practice law, which will seem even more
strange in a moment.
For the last 22 years, he has been an ophthalmologist
with Texas Retina Associates.
But he said his mother always told him he
should become a lawyer. So one day in 1992,
while traveling down Central Expressway in
Dallas, Fish saw a billboard for the DFW
School of Law, the School of Law’s name
before Texas Wesleyan University acquired it
later that same year.
Photo by John Veilleux
“This is probably an ad for billboards,” Fish
said with a warm smile and a laugh. “But I
was driving down the highway, and I saw this
big sign for DFW School of Law just south of
LBJ. Later that afternoon I called the school,
and that was it.”
Fish said he considered Southern Methodist
University School of Law, but ultimately chose
Texas Wesleyan because of its night program.
“A partner of mine, Dwain Fuller, decided to
go at the same time,” he said. “He went to
SMU, but I can tell you that it was a lot more
disruptive for him. I looked at SMU because I
live by the school, but I wanted a night
program, which they didn’t have. That’s what
sold me on Texas Wesleyan because I didn’t
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want school to disrupt my practice. It took my
partner a lot longer to graduate because he
had to take day classes.”
So now that you’ve briefly met Gary Fish,
M.D., it seems only fair to reintroduce him as
Gary Fish, M.D., J.D. But you still haven’t
heard the entire story.
You see, after Fish earned his J.D. in 1995,
he needed another challenge. So what does a
doctor with a passion for learning do?
“I went to the University of Houston and
started an LL.M. in health law,” Fish said. “I
have all of my hours, but I haven’t finished
my thesis yet. I finished my hours for the
LL.M. in 1997, so you can see how fast I’m
galloping toward that goal.”
Though Fish is jokingly hard on
himself for not yet finishing his
thesis for his LL.M., he has a pretty
good reason for not finding the time.
Fish, please understand, doesn’t
make excuses, though he seemingly
could, especially in light of the fact
that when he said, “I went to the
University of Houston …” he forgot
to mention that he came back that
night, and every other night that he
attended school there.
“I still didn’t want law school to
interrupt my practice, so I flew down
at night,” he said. “Needless to say,
it was a little more disruptive to my practice
than Texas Wesleyan. It was pretty vigorous,
but I did earn a lot of Southwest Airlines
miles.”
And with all those Southwest Airlines miles
in the bank, one might think that Fish would
be ready to take a well-deserved vacation. If
you do, then you would be wrong because with
an M.D., J.D. and a thesis away from an
LL.M., Fish’s educational aspirations aren’t
finished yet. In 1997, he enrolled in the
M.B.A. program at SMU, which he completed
last year.
At this point you might be asking what
drives Fish to pursue his seemingly unquenchable
thirst for knowledge. Fish’s answer came
without hesitation.
“The bottom line is that it’s fun,” he said.
“It’s also competitive, which makes it even
more fun. It’s like sports for an uncoordinated
guy.”
Of course, this self-described “uncoordinated
guy” can’t be too uncoordinated because
he is an avid runner who has run many
marathons, most recently, the Boston Marathon
last April.
If, by now, you haven’t reached for a calculator
to add up the hours in a day and asked
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Gary Edd Fish,
M.D.
Class of 1995
yourself where Fish finds the time to run his
medical practice, go to school and take part in
marathons, don’t bother. Fish said time has
never been an issue.
“All my schooling was minimally disruptive,”
he said. “You’re always doing something
with your time. I just did that [school] instead
of what other people usually do. Just about
everybody stays up until 10 at night. And
most of the time, it is doing something fairly
unproductive like watching TV. I can tell you
this – I watch zero TV.”
Zero TV is exactly what Fish means. In fact,
the last show Fish can recall following is the
highly rated sitcom All in the Family. He was
crushed when I told him it was no
longer on the air.
“There could be a new show on
TV, and I would not know about it
for 15 years,” he said. “If you don’t
watch TV, for the average person,
that could free up three hours every
night. It’s just a matter of what you
spend your time doing.”
Fish has certainly found a passion
to fill his time. And his time in
school is time he considers productive
and well spent.
“I learned things that I like to
learn, and I made a lot of friends
that I would not have made otherwise.
They’re [fellow students] all good
people. For instance, the people who are going
to Texas Wesleyan are driven people. They’re
the kind of people I want to be around.”
As for Texas Wesleyan and the direction the
law school has taken of late, Fish said the
school, the only school he graduated from in
which he is actively involved, is growing
stronger with each passing year.
“The school has managed itself very, very
well,” he said. “The new dean, Richard
Gershon, is a perfect fit for the school. His
task is to move the law school way up the
totem pole.
“There are 181 ABA-approved law schools,
and Texas Wesleyan just received its accreditation,
so it’s coming in at the bottom. He
[Gershon] brings an aggressive attitude to the
table, and if he does what I think he’s going to
do, he’s going to move the school up the scale
and bring a lot of credibility during his tenure.”
And now that you have met Fish, it seems
only fair to reintroduce him formally one
more time.
Thus, meet Gary Edd Fish, M.D., J.D.,
M.B.A., B.A. As for the LL.M., the thesis, to
be sure, is on its way. ■
“All my
schooling was
minimally
disruptive.
You’re always
doing something
with
your time. I
just did that
[school]
instead of
what other
people
usually do.
Just about
everybody
stays up until
10 at night.
And most of
the time, it is
doing something
fairly
unproductive
like watching
TV. I can tell
you this – I
watch zero
TV.”
Gary Edd Fish,
M.D.
Class of 1995
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State representative
Phillip
S. King '94 and
Attorney General
John Cornyn
were among the
attendees at the
Legislative
Appreciation
Luncheon held
Oct. 20.
▲ At the Oct. 10 celebration of full
▲ Joanna Shoemaker directed the
inaugural Brief Run. The next run is
scheduled for Oct. 21, 2000.
▲ ▲ Darrell Calvin '99,
approval by the American Bar
Association at Bass Performance
Hall, some of the law school’s early
graduates were recognized for their
vision.
John Davenport
'99, Kelly Guzzardo
'99 and Tiffany
Bescherer '99 were
sworn in as
members of the
State Bar of Texas
last November.
snapshots
■ Pictures of friends and alumni of the School of Law
▲ Peggy Pasquini '97 presents a
silver tray to Jeff Sandberg'94 for
his service as president of the
founding board of directors of the
Alumni Association.
▲ Dr. Robert Kaman '97 of the University of North Texas
Health Science Center announces the award recipients at
the inaugural Brief Run last October. The event raised
more than $3,000 for West Texas Legal Services.
▲ Twenty-five people attended a
gathering of South Texas alumni.
(Left to right) Dean Richard Gershon,
Dr. Cheryl Gray Kimberling, Glen
Gonnet '94, Craig Christopher '95
and Diego Lopez '94 at the beautiful
Ariel House in San Antonio.
Wesleyan alumni from the Tarrant
County district attorney’s office
attended the first alumni event in
Fort Worth. Pictured (top, left to
right) are Jimmy Evans '95, Kurt
Grieve and Blue Rannefeld '98.
Seated (left to right) are Dee Dee
Handy '97, Steven Handy '96 and
Miles Brissette '98.
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▲

Faculty, staff, students and
community supporters
celebrated becoming one of
only 181 law schools fully
accredited by the American
Bar Association at a reception
Oct. 10 at the Bass
Performance Hall.
Michael Dickey
'95 and Bob
Harmon '79 J.D.
'95, founder of
the law school
▲
George
Freeman '95,
Lori Evans,
Rebecca
Freeman and
Jimmy Evans '95
▲
Dean Richard
Gershon with his
wife, Donna
Levine
▲
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
▲
Gary '94 and Tracie Bruton
▲Mitch Collins '00 with his wife
John Oldner
'96 with his wife
▲
Rita O’Donald,
assistant to the
dean, and
Barbara
Tsirigotis,
associate dean’s
assistant
▲
Judge Eldon
B. Mahon and
his wife, Nova
▲
Rodney '94
and Eunice
Adams
▲
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hooding 2000
■ Pictures from the spring 2000 hooding ceremony
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Congratulations to the graduates of 2000
Agwu Solomon Abah
Gabriel Patricio Acevedo
Reed Allmand
Andrew Jon Anderson
Jonathan B. Bailey
Jakob Banks
Christopher Lawrence Barber
Herbert Howell Blount Jr.
Bill W. Bolding
Elizabeth Katherine Bourland
Cynthia Gail Brown
Patricia Burns Cole
Nicholas P. Cessario
Janelle Amy Collier
Travis W. Cope
Mildred Eileen Austin Cox
Clemente Santiago De La Cruz
Alexander DeMeo
* Rhonda Derenbecker
Jimmy Doan
Jennifer Ellen Doty
John Allen Douglas
Conswella Louise Edwards
Kathy Mariana Estrada
Albert Filidoro Jr.
Fith Humbert Fithian
* Kathryn Freed-Collier
Nancy Ellen Freeman
Marilyn Denise Smith Garcia
James Wade Gent
Amie Sue Gorup
Raymond Matthew Graham
Kelly Dawn Grammar
Noreen Mairead Grant
Scott David Greener
Melodie Ann Groves-Rak
Grayson C. Gumm
Laura Stone Hardison
Heather Nanette Mills Harrison
* Jennifer Lea Hawkins
Kevin Glenn Herd
Scott Kent Huber
Betty Hue Huynh
Michael Brian Jaskowak
Michael Ray Jordan
Gregory Stephen Lander
** Mary A. Lindley-Wiley
** Craig A. Magnuson
Nathan Lee Majors
Brandon Earl Manus
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Barry Marks
Stephanie K. Marshall
Andrea Gayle Martin
Alvaro Martinez II
Colleen McCoy
George Quentin McGown IV
Christine Carol Merritt
Benjamin C. Meyer
Jillana Del Michel
Jason C. Mills
* Katherine Morris
Jennifer Lee North
Jimmy D. Oldner
Gloria R. Ortiz
Anita E. Osborne-Lee
John Lucius Overland Jr.
Bryan H. Phillips
** Gary Chad Phillips
* Steven E. Pierard
Jay David Printz
Shannon Swann Pritchard
Daniel Benjamin Reid
Brian C. Restivo
Alice Rodriguez
Bertha Isabel Rodriguez
Mary E. Romm
** Barry A. Rosson, M.D.
Deanna Jolene Russell
Jennifer Rutherford-McClure
Brent Schellhammer
* James Dean Schull
Bill J. Scott
Amber Lynn Severtson
Kathryn Clarissa Shane
Brody Young Shanklin
** R. Matthew Stewart
* Kimber L. Summers
Casey Dean Thompson
Andrea C. Timmons
Samuel Edward Trapp
Tori Vaughn
James E. Walton
Tyrone Dewayne Ward
Sherry Armstrong Whelchel
Heather Leigh Wilhelm
Traci DeAnne Wilkinson
Cynthia L. Williams-Pearson
Vincent Eugene Wisely
* Summer Summer Summer 2000 2000 Gr Graduat Gr aduat aduate aduat
** December December December 2000 2000 Gr Graduat Gr aduat aduate aduat
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Annual Fund
West Society
$10,000 or
more
Key Society
Platinum
$7,500-9,999
Key Society
Gold
$5,000-7,499
Key Society
Silver
$2,500-4,999
Key Society
$1,000-2,499
Wesleyan
Society
Gold
$750-999
Wesleyan
Society Blue
$500-749
Wesleyan
Society
$200-499
Donors
up to
$199
giving news
■ Philanthropic giving for the fiscal year 1999-2000
The 1999-2000 fiscal year ended on May 31,
and we want to thank all those who made a
gift to the University.
More than $55,100 was given to Wesleyan by law
faculty, staff and alumni or from the legal community
in support of the Law School Annual Fund or
other law school programs. Your support is essential
to our continued growth and success and directly
impacts our reputation. Increasing support in the
coming years is one of the many important priorities
of the school.
A special thanks goes to Peggy Pasquini J.D. ‘97,
president of the Texas Wesleyan School of Law
Alumni Association, for helping establish a strong
foundation in friend-raising and fund raising among
alumni. Pasquini has been instrumental in keeping
alumni connected to the school, leading the way in
alumni giving by making a gift herself and authoring
the 2000 Annual Fund appeal to alumni.
Contributors
ANNUAL FUND GIFTS
West Society
Mr. Matthew A. Toback J.D. '96
Key Society
Mrs. Judith K. Alton J.D. '94
Professor Stephen R. Alton
Professor Wylie H. Davis
Dr. Gary E. Fish J.D. '95
Professor Denny O. Ingram
Dr. Cheryl Gray Kimberling
Ms. Peggy Pasquini J.D. '97
Professor Malinda L. Seymore
Professor Joe Shade
Professor Lynne H. Rambo
Wesleyan Society Blue
Mr. Clint C. Blackman III J.D. '94
Dean Frank W. Elliott
Professor Kay Elliott
George Freeman J.D. '95
Professor Charlotte Hughart
Ms. Ellyn M. Ponton J.D. '94
Mr. Jeffrey R. Sandberg J.D. '94
Ms. Patricia L. Summers J.D. '96
Wesleyan Society
Ms. Beverly Burk J.D. '97
Mr. William R. DeLoney J.D. '95
Dr. John C. Duncan
Dr. Miriam Espinosa J.D. '95
Ms. Joy Gallagher
Ann Hambleton '97
Professor Jim Hambleton
Ms. Dana D. Huffman J.D. '93
Ms. Barbara A. Jouette J.D. '97
Earl and Laura Martin
Ms. Lauren Melton J.D. '97
Mr. Lincoln J. Monroe J.D. '96
Mr. Stephen S. Mosher J.D. '95
Mr. Brent Shellhorse J.D. '98
The Honorable Joe Spurlock II
Mr. Sidney L. Weatherford J.D. '97
Donors
Anonymous Donor
Mr. Edward A. Amack J.D. '94
Ms. Terry Baldwin
Mr. Daniel L. Barnes '76 J.D. '94
Mrs. Donna L. Bowers J.D. '95
Dr. Steven P. Bowers J.D. '95
Mr. Leland R. Caldwell J.D. '96
Mr. Michael D. Crain J.D. '99
Ms. Jean DeWald J.D. '94
Professor Anthony M. Dillof
Mrs. Pamela Donnelly J.D. '96
Mr. Jimmy Evans J.D. '95
Miss Jacque Flynt '97
Professor Cynthia L. Fountaine
Professor Paul George
Dean Richard Gershon
Mrs. Tomika Hardin
Ms. Carolyn S. Hiebert
Professor Gilbert Holmes
Ms. Vicki L. Hopkins
Dr. Robert L. Kaman J.D. '97
Ms. Rebecca Key
Mr. Patrick E. Lacy J.D. '94
Ms. Wendy N. Law
Ms. Miquela Macias
Mr. Avery McDaniel '94 J.D. '96
Kelley and Lillian McGaha
Mr. Frank W. McIntyre J.D. '96
Ms. Dana Newman
Rita and James O’Donald
Mrs. Cathy J. Parnell
Ms. Michelle M. Payne '96 J.D. '99
Ms. Rita K. Pendergrass J.D. '96
Mrs. Anna Perez
Professor Vickie Rainwater
Ms. Susan J. Short J.D. '97
Thanks is also extended to Carolyn Hiebert, business
manager, and Professor Denny Ingram for chairing
the law school faculty/staff appeal of the 2000
Annual Fund. Many faculty and staff responded with
gifts. Their support is but another sign of the dedication
to and concern for the school that is shared
by employees.
The Annual Fund is one of several fund-raising efforts
within the University. The Annual Fund supports
the operating budget, helping fund student aid,
faculty and staff compensation, library acquisitions
and facility maintenance, to specify a few areas. Outside
the Annual Fund, gifts can be directed to restricted
program funds, endowment funds and/or facility
funds.
For more information about supporting Texas
Wesleyan School of Law, please contact Dr. Cheryl
Gray Kimberling, director of external relations, at
(817) 212-4082. ■
Professor Richard F. Storrow
Professor Anna Teller
Mr. Dwight D. Thompson J.D. '94
Organizations
Kenneth R. Guest, P.C.
RESTRICTED
AND ENDOWMENT GIFTS
Individuals
$1,000+
Mr. George B. Soliman J.D. '94
Professor Wylie H. Davis
Dr. Gary E. Fish J.D. '95
$500-750
Mrs. Judith K. Alton J.D. '94
Ms. Patti Gearhart Turner J.D. '94
Up to $199
Mr. John D. Fowler J.D. '94
Mr. Buford D. Waldrop J.D. '94
Corporations
$7,500-9,999
Howie & Sweeney, L.L.P.
$2,500-4,999
Tarrant County Probate
Bar Association
$1,000+
Howell, Dorman, Anderson,
Berg & Smyer
$500-749
Union Pacific Resources
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career
services
■ Advice and news briefs
Q. What can I do to prepare for a job interview?
A. When considering employment,
ask yourself the following questions:
Who is the employer? And what does
the interviewer expect of me?
Thoroughly research the employer.
Know with whom you are going
to be interviewing (their name, position,
title, etc.). Know the firm: Check the NALP Directory
of Legal Employers, Martindale-Hubbell
and personal contacts. Try to get a company brochure
before your interview.
Most interviewers will be looking for maturity,
level of knowledge, ability to make good
judgments, communication skills, and basic values
and goals. Therefore, present yourself with
a strong, warm, friendly voice. Speak with confidence,
speak clearly, smile while you are speak-
The semester in review
First Impression Series II,
“The Perfect Suit: For Men Only”
Jay Tollett of John L. Ashe, Inc. provided guidance
on choosing what suit, tie and colors are
appropriate when interviewing.
The Secrets of the Professional
A seminar sponsored by career services and
TYLA designed to give law students tips for
success, both in clerkships and as a practicing
attorney.
Writing Workshop
In a joint effort with Writing Professor Vickie
Rainwater, the career services office invited
James Key '99 of the 2 nd Court of Appeals in
Fort Worth, Sherry Shipman '99 of Shannon
Gracey Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., retired Chief
Justice John Hill, Ann Diamond of the Tarrant
County district attorney’s office and John
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
ing and most of all, be relaxed!
Having the skill to interview well is not necessarily
an innate talent. It is a skill. And like
any skill, it can be learned and even mastered
with practice.
Utilize the resources available to you in your
career services office. Participate in the Mock
Interview Program and “Experiencing the Perfect
Interview” seminar. These programs are designed
to prepare students to enter the legal job
market with a greater sense of confidence.
Good luck in your interviews.
Cathy J. Parnell
Assistant Director of Career Services
Murphy of Gardner Aldrich & Murphy to participate
in a panel discussion. Participants
provided insights on networking to gain employment
while the career services office offered
information on preparing cover letters
and résumés.
The Attorney General’s Office
The office of the attorney general hired Kevin
Mullen and Kevin Scrivner as summer interns
to work at least six weeks in Austin.
They will be permitted to rotate among divisions
and work alongside senior attorneys,
gaining hands-on experience in their fields of
interest.
The FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation presented
an information session to 60 students and interviewed
15 of those students for the Honors
Intern Program and FBI Agent Entry Program.
Candidates will go through a vigorous
application process to determine their eligibility
to join the bureau.
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Thank You, President Schrum
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law wishes to express its sincere
appreciation to President Jake B. Schrum for his vision of making the School
of Law a reality.
It was through his efforts in 1992 that the DFW School of Law became affiliated
with Texas Wesleyan University. Under Schrum’s leadership, the law school
has flourished, earning provisional accreditation from the American Bar
Association in 1994 and full accreditation in August 1999.
The School of Law also wishes to recognize the accomplishments Schrum
has achieved for the broader school community as well. During his nineyear
tenure as president, the University's endowment has more than doubled
from $22 million to $44.7 million, and the enrollment has increased from
1,429 to 3,000 students. The Annual Fund also has doubled from $450,000
to just over $900,000. A Weekend University, an MBA program, a distance
learning program in graduate education, as well as a bilingual education
program were established. Texas Wesleyan's budget has grown from $11
million to $32 million in just nine years.
The School of Law wishes President Schrum much success, both professionally and personally, as he assumes his
new role as president of Southwestern University, his alma mater, in Georgetown, Texas.
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