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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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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