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S P R I N G 2 0 0 5 AROUND THE LAW SCHOOL Book Case ROFESSOR CALVIN JOHN- P son’s Righteous Anger at the Wicked States (Cambridge University Press) argues that the most pressing need to adopt the U.S. Constitution was to allow the federal government to tax to pay off the debts of the common defense. The Constitution went far beyond the immediate fiscal needs, however, to create a supreme, three-part national government. The book argues that the Founders’ anger at the states for their recurring breaches of duty to the united cause explains both critical steps and the driving impetus for the Revolution. Night Wonders (<strong>Charles</strong>bridge), by Jane Ann Peddicord, ’83. This children’s book explores the galaxy and includes stunning images from NASA. 14 UTLAW S pring 2005 Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College (World Ahead Publishing, Inc.), by Tara Ross, ’01, foreword by George Will. This book examines the institution’s role in selecting presidents across the centuries. The Reconstruction of Southern Debtors: Bankruptcy After the Civil War (University of Georgia Press), by Elizabeth Lee Thompson, ’93, provides an empirical study of nearly 4,000 cases filed in three Southern federal districts and the impact of the Bankruptcy Act of 1867. INQUIRING MINDS AND COMMERCIAL REALITIES On April 8, Professors Jay Westbrook (UT) and Elizabeth Warren (Harvard) convened 13 rising stars in the commercial law and bankruptcy fields to discuss papers that emphasize empirical and comparative international topics. The papers presented at the conference can be found online at www.utexas.edu/law/conferences/ comlaw/. Westbrook and Warren created the conference, “Commercial Realities,” to help young scholars develop their skills in these two important areas and to exchange ideas and approaches with each other. Five senior scholars served as commentators and mentors. Westbrook and Warren hope the conference will become an annual event, alternating between Austin and Cambridge. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Professor Susan Klein and Anthony Brown, ’86, chief assistant, Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas, established externships for UT Law students to work part-time for a full year at the USAO in Austin. There students help government attorneys prepare for criminal trials. WYATT MCSPADDEN
I N M E M O R I A M Robert Dawson, 1939-2005 T HE LAW SCHOOL MOURNS the passing of Robert O. Dawson, a beloved professor at UT-Austin for 37 years. He died at his home in Fentress, Texas, on February 26, 2005, at the age of 65. “Bob’s list of professional accomplishments is awesome, and his impact on our students will last for generations. But no list can measure the greatness that was in Bob’s heart. He was a dear friend. He was smart and friendly. And he cared about people. This is a loss that stings. We give Jan, Kate, and Julie Ann our love and sympathy during this difficult time,” said UT Law dean Bill Powers. Bob Dawson was singularly credited with designing a comprehensive, progressive juvenile justice system in Texas that became a model in the United States. The legislative author of the juvenile justice reform says its success is proved by figures that show juvenile crime dramatically declining even though the juvenile population in Texas has risen. “He is probably the single most important factor in the lives of children in Texas,” said state representative Toby Goodman of Arlington, who authored the state’s juvenile justice code revision in 1995. “The Juvenile Code in Texas is patterned across the nation. This created a comprehensive juvenile system, addressing causes and prevention, not just punishment.” He left a commanding legacy of thousands of law students who completed his classes and his Criminal Defense Clinic at UT well versed in criminal law or well prepared to work in a gritty world where justice was his goal and constitutional rights the means to achieve it. As a legal scholar he coauthored four separate casebooks and later editions used in law schools across the nation, and published treatises on Texas criminal procedure and juvenile law. And in an academic world where practical education is often a redheaded stepchild, he founded the Criminal Defense Clinic and directed it for 25 years. After resigning from it, he founded the Actual Innocence Clinic at UT when he became enthralled with a new idea—that students could help prove that people wrongly convicted were not guilty. He was the driving force behind creation of the State Bar of Texas Juvenile Law Section in 1987, editing its quarterly newsletter until his death, and he helped establish a legal specialty in the state for juvenile law practitioners. Last year the Juvenile Law Section named its annual conference the Robert O. Dawson Juvenile Law Institute in his honor. With his wife, Jan, a lawyer and noted equine safety expert, he helped run a horse-training facility on the farm he loved near Fentress—metropolitanFentress, he called it—and they also ran the American Association for Horsemanship Safety. He created and managed the association’s Web site, and they taught the first course on equine law at the UT Law School. The husband-wife team influenced the horse industry in an examination of safety procedures in both commercial and recreational settings. The AAHS Web site is the largest source in the world for equine safety and liability issues and the only comprehensive legal source for cases related to horses. He died of cancer, but his struggle in his last days was relieved when he taught. “The only time I don’t have cancer,” he said, “is when I’m in the classroom. I know the adrenaline kicks in, and I feel so happy.” Adapted from Memorial Statement by Osler McCarthy MEMORIAL LINKS IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR ROBERT O. DAWSON, 1939–2005 http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/ 2005/dawson_obituary. html MEMORIAL VIDEO AND FAMILY MEMORY BOOK http://www.tjpc.state.tx.us/ LAW SCHOOL STATEMENT AND PHOTO GALLERY http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/ 2005/022605_dawson.html ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW EXCERPTS http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/ 2005/dawson_interview.html UT LAW LIBRARY ANNOUNCES DAWSON EXHIBIT http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/ dawson.html COLLEAGUES’ STATEMENTS ABOUT ROBERT DAWSON http://www.utexas.edu/law/ news/2005/030205_ colleaguestribute.html STUDENTS’ TRIBUTE TO ROBERT DAWSON http://www.utexas.edu/law/ news/ 2005/022805_ studentstribute.html ACTUAL INNOCENCE CLINIC http://www.utexas.edu/law/ academics/clinics/innocence/ WYATT MCSPADDEN S pring 2005 UTLAW 15 S P R I N G 2 0 0 5
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