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SOUTH TEXAS
Volume XXVI, Number 3
The Student Newspaper of South Texas College of Law
November 1997
Team Takes First In STCL
Intramural Mock Trial
The Winners of the Garland Walker Intramural Mock Trial
Competition. Pictured (L-R): Alice Rutledge, Thomas Scott,
Andreas Jones and Bob Breen.
Vote November 4
by Ken Pajak
Profit from Pro Bono
TALA Offers Arts & Entertainment
Experience
by Jim Intermaggio
Contributing Writer
When many people, including law students, think of practicing law,
visions of grim-faced attorneys in dark suits and high rise offices come to
mind. But in a little brick clapboard house in the Montrose area, law is
practiced everyday by people who wear shorts, sneakers and big smiles.
The little gray building at the corner of Mandell and Sul Ross is the office
for Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA), the nation's largest
and most active provider of pro bono legal services to the arts community.
Founded in 1979, TALA is a statewide organization which, until
recently, had branch offices throughout Texas. Today, TALA is based
entirely in Houston and through an extensive network of volunteers contin-
ues to provide services wherever and whenever they are needed. More than
700 volunteers throughout Texas handle over 800 matters per year. The
result is an annual contribution of more than one million dollars in donated
services to the Texas arts and cultural community.
The free legal and accounting services offered are for all types of
arts-related matters. On any given day, a local musician might stop in to
request help with contracts or negotiations, a sculptor might need someone
to review insurance stipulations in a work agreement, or a dance company
might need help with a studio lease. Whatever the request, TALA has some-
one to help. The only requirement for the individual artists to qualify for free
services is that they have an annual income of less than $15,000.
See TALA, page 8. . .
JC/lection Day is
Tuesday, November 4,
1997 across the state.
Houston voters will
decide many local races
including the mayoral
race.
Other hotly contested
races include candidates
running for positions on
the City Council, Hous-
ton Independent School
District and Houston
Community College.
Also on the ballot are
Statewide Constitutional
Amendments and City/
County Charter Amend-
ments.
The candidates for
Mayor of the City of
Houston are Richard E.
Barry, Rob Mosbacher,
Helen Huey, Lee Brown,
Gracie Saenz, George
Greanias, Bernard E.
Calkins and Jean-Claude
Lanau. Expect to see
many advertisements
over the next few days. A
few of the candidates on
the ballot are South Texas
Alumni. In fact, Dionne
Roberts, one of the
candidates running for a
City Council position is
currently a South Texas
student.
There are fourteen
proposed amendments to
the Texas Constitution on
the ballot. I suggest
obtaining a copy of The
League of Women
Voters' Voting Guide.
They provide answers to
questions promulgated to
the candidates and an
excellent objective analysis
of each proposition on this
year's ballot. The guide
is free and can be found
at most public libraries
around town. Another
source of education is the
interactive website known
as www.mavorsrace.com
For more information
contact the League of
Women Voters of Hous-
ton at (713) 784-2923.
Let us not forget that
people have died fighting
for the precious right to
vote, a right we often take
for granted. Please do not
take it for granted; exer-
cise your right to vote on
November 4, 1997.
Chili Cookoff Heats
Up Atrium
VOTE
By Sloane Fleckman
X hanks to all
students and faculty who
attended and participated
in the Chili Cookoff this
year, it was a phenomenal
success! We were able to
raise over $2000.00 for
Texas Children Hospital
and Breast Cancer
Research. This total
donation is more than
double the amount from
last year. This type of
generosity shown by all is
greatly appreciated by the
SBA and two terrific
charities.
The Chili Cookoff
brought together 19 teams
from almost every student
organization to compete
for the title of best chili
at South Texas.
First Place went to
The Sports and Entertain-
ment Law Society,
second place was a tie
between Rodney Townsend
and The Outlaws and
third place went to The
Council For Alternative
Resolutions, great job by
all teams.
Upcoming Student
Bar Association events
include the Halloween
party on October 31st
(scary stuff) and our final
atrium party on November
12th, co sponsored by the
Environmental Law
Society. This event will
bring together three
speakers in the field of
Environmental Law.
See Chili Pictures on
Page 4
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