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34the second year work, but select and edit the major articles contributedby nonstudents and continue their own activities as contributorsto the Law Review.Courtroom Practice and TechniqueThroughout their careers, law students have an opportunityto participate in courtroom activities, at both the trial and appellatelevels. Students are encouraged to participate actively inmoot court competitions, leading to statewide. regional. andnational competitions among schools.During the third year, civil litigation, student defender andprosecutor programs are available which involve the clinicaltraining of students in civil matters and the defense and prosecutionof actual crimes before appropriate courts and juveniletribunals.Second and third year students participate in the legal aid pro·grams of the Legal Aid Society of Lubbock. Lubbock Legal Services,Reese Air Force Base, the University Student Attorney'soffice, and the Palo Duro Union Presbytery Clinic in Anton,Texas, as well as the Consumer Law Clinic in the Office of theAssistant Attorney General in Lubbock. Students are ~iven thefullest responsibility consistent with their experience and ability.Board of BarristersThe Board of Barristers is comprised of third year law studentswho have excelled in trial and appellate advocacy.The objective of the Board is to promote advocacy programsin the School of Law. Among the Board's responsibilities areadministration of intraschool and interscholastic moot courtcompetitions, preparation of publications concerning trial andappellate advocacy, and assistance in instruction of first yearstudents in appellate advocacy.Related ActivitiesTexas Tech Student Bar AssociationThe Texas Tech Student Bar Association was organized to promotethe objectives of the School of Law, including an apprecia·tion for fair and impartial administration of justice, the further·ance of the professional ethical understanding of the students,cooperation and association among students, faculty, and theBar, and the encouragement of active relations between theSchool of Law and the Unjversity.Student Trial Lawyers AssociationThe Association exposes students to the practical problemsinvolved in the trial of cases through a speaker series featuringlocal trial attorneys and judges. It also supports the NationalMock Trial Competition and various other local projects relatingto trial law.FraternitiesThe School of Law has active chapters of three professionallegal fraternities-Delta Theta Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, and PhjDelta Phi. Activities of the fraternities consist of professionaldevelopment, school and community related services, as well asvarious social functions.Law CaucusThe Law Caucus was organized to encourage women to participatemore fully in the legal profession, to improve employ.ment opportunHies for women, and to influence the law as itrelates to the legal rights of women. The Caucus regularly meetsfor lunch and co-sponsors a speakers series with the Student BarAssociation. Membership is open to men and women interestedin the purposes of the organization.Law Partners ofTexas TechThe purpose of this organization is to foster better acquaintanceamong members through activities and mutual associationand to contribute service to the School of Law.Orientation and CounselingThe School of Law is firmly committed to the "open door"policy in faculty·student relations. From the first academic contactduring the week of orientation and introduction to the studyof law until graduation, the faculty is available for consultationwith respect to registration, the course of study, problems ofgeneral scholarship, and other matters relating to the student'sprogress in school. With a low student-faculty ratio and with thelargest first year classes of approximately 75 students, each studentwill have abundant opportunities for extensive personalcontact with the faculty.Professional EnrichmentLegal educators agree that student development is greatlyaided by professional experiences outside the classroom and byfrequent and varied contacts with those engaged in the activepractice of the law. Advanced students may become adjunctmembers of the Lubbock County Bar Association. All studentsare encouraged to attend meetings of the Association and variouscontinuing legal education programs, in which the School of Lawtakes an active part. The Court of Civil Appeals for the SeventhDistrict sits in the courtroom of the School of Law once eachsemester. In addition, various state agencies have held hearingsin the law school, where students are welcome.35