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On Friday March 7,100 STCL students
hit the lanes at Palace Lanes in Bellaire for
the "Motion to Strike" bowling event hosted
by the Student Bar Association.
"The SBA 1L reps were in charge of
planning a spring event It was up to us to
come up with a sport, venue, theme, etc., that
could turn into an annual event for STCL.
Bowling was the consensus from the
beginning because of the social atmosphere,"
said Meghann Conley, SBA 1L
Representative. "We wanted to get not only
the ILs, but also the upperclassmen excited
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about it. It seemed like the best way to get the
most people out without a big competitive
pressure."
"When we announced the bowling event to
the faculty, they were excited to hear that the
1L Reps were taking the reigns in putting
together an SBA event that would cany over
into the next year," said Zachary Allie, SBA
Freshman Senator.
The event, which was put together in three
weeks, was very successful and sold-out. The
costume contest was also a big hit.
"Some of the teams got very creative and it
seemed like everyone got really into the
bowling theme," said Conley.
For $20 per person, each bowler received a
t-shirt, three hours of bowling, fancy shoes, food
and drinks.
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The only negative for the event was that a
limited number of people could participate.
"We had 20 lanes reserved which allowed for
100 bowlers. There were a lot of students who
didn't bowl, but just came to socialize.
Because of the success, we might be
expanding the event next year," said Conley.
"With the craziness of everyone getting
ready for Barrister's Ball and Spring Break, it
was great seeing the amount of students that
turned out for a Motion to Strike," said Allie.
The SBA is planning to make Motion to
Strike an annual event for STCL, although a
change of venue may be in order.
"Palace lanes was great, but with Lucky
Strike Bowling opening across the street we
might change the venue to keep it closer to
school," said Conley.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: a Necessity for a Future Lawyer
ByAnilAli
Staff Writer
Trials in Texas are declining
rapidly. Businesses and people
are finding different ways to
resolve their disputes. One way
is an alternative dispute resolution
method called mediation. Judges
have long since had crowded
dockets, and cases were taking
upwards of four years to try; but
now, Texas is pro arbitration and
mediation. Mediation has
dwarfed the number of cases that
go to trial now, allowing judges
to actually, meet their docket
deadlines.proscribed in the rules
of procedure.
But what does this mean for
you? Alternative Dispute
Resolution is becoming big so it
should indicate that you should
get into it. Think about it
rationally r-medical malpractice
is down because of tort reform,
family law cases must go through
mediation, businesses are saving
their attorneys fees by finding
other ways around trial courts, and
everyone is fitting binding
arbitration clauses into contracts
that deter plaintiffs from suing
because of the increased cost.
Before moving further, we
must first define mediation.
Mediation is a process in which a
neutral third-party acts as a
facilitator to help resolve disputes.
It is non-adversarial, meaning that
the parties don't fight with each
other and come to rational
decisions based on the strengths
and weaknesses of each side (in
reality, there isn't much
rationalizing, but they do come to
a conclusion a significant amount
of the time). Mediation is great
because the parties generally
communicate to each other
directly rather than having a paid
mouth-piece.
Moving on to the important
stuff, if you are interested in a
mediation career, the Frank Evans
Center for Conflict Resolution at
South Texas College of Law can
help you with your ADR needs.
To discuss how to get into
mediation briefly, students should
generally have a mediation
certificate before they would be
considered for the part. Getting
a certificate isn't too hard. One
option is to take the 40 hour
Mediation clinical class that
South Texas offers that will give
you a reasonable idea what
mediation is really like. Students
who were seriously interested in
mediation have enjoyed the
experience. Another option is for
students to take the mediation
classroom component and watch
a certified mediatior conducting
mediation for 10 hours (this is the
cheaper route). The Harris
County dispute Resolution
Center allows students to get their
10 hours of mediation instruction.
Please remember that there is no
mediator's license in Texas, but
a mediation certificate from
STCL will give others confidence
in your mediation ability and
actually hire you to do one.
The Harris County Dispute
Resolution Center provides free,
court-annexed mediation services
to all the courts and the public in
Harris County. The services
include mediation in family law,
litigation, and community cases. It
also offers training for arbitration.
Additionally, the Harris County
DRC is always looking for new
volunteer mediators.
If you are still not considering
mediation at least as a
supplemental practice, think about
this - mediators can charge
anywhere from $0 (yes, pro bono)
to $5000 a day. Once you get good
at it, you should be making at least
$1,500 to $2,000 a day. For those
who are mathematically
challenged, it comes out to roughly
$45k to $60k a month. For more
information contact the Frank
Evans Center.
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