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23 Sw. L. J. 340 (1969)
Inter Alia

handle is hein.journals/smulr23 and id is 362 raw text is: INTER ALIA The reader will note that the current issue of the journal contains no Recent Decisions, the brief case summaries which were introduced several years ago to solve the problems presented by cases which were significant, but not worthy of the detailed treatment of a casenote. We decided to discontinue Recent De- cisions because more editorial time was required to produce them than was justified by the finished product. In our judgment, the Recent Decision served little, if any, purpose. It was too brief to contain intelligent analysis of the topic case and its effect on the law, and contained too few citations to be useful as a research tool. Moreover, the term recent was a misnomer, since Recent Decisions were published too long after the cases were decided (generally from six months to one year) to make practicing attorneys aware of recent legal developments. Finally, many of the cases which were the subjects of Recent Decisions also were reported and discussed in the Annual Survey of Texas Law. The de- cision to discontinue Recent Decisions was not taken lightly, and if our judg- ment concerning their usefulness has been erroneous, we trust that our read- ers will make us aware of that fact. The Barristers, the honorary service organization of the School of Law, has initiated five new members: S. David Blinn, Dan M. Cain, Lyman G. Hughes, John D. Jackson, and K. Mark Pistor- ious. Messrs. Blinn, Cain, and Hughes are members of the 1969-70 Board of Editors of the journal. In addition, three Journal editors were elected offi- cers in Barristers for 1969-70. David Blinn was named Lord Chief Baron, Ted Minick was elected Chief Baron, and Dan Cain was chosen Scrivener. Four members of the 1969-70 Board have been named student instructors for the School of Law's new legal writ- ing and research program, to be taught to first-year students. The four are David Blinn, Lyman Hughes, Ted Minick, and Gary Rice. The writing and research program, which tenta- tively is scheduled to be under the di- rectorship of Professor Alan R. Brom- berg, should provide first-year students with a more realistic and useful intro- duction to the tools of the legal profes- sion than did the old curriculum, under which legal writing and use of law books were taught as separate courses. This year, as in the past, members of the outgoing Board of Editors will pursue varying careers in varying lo- cales. For some the immediate future holds employment with a law firm. Hugh Blevins, Stan Huller, Fred Marsh, Dave Snodgrass, Larry Stuart, and Tom Weeks will associate with Dallas firms; Bob Bandy will work for a firm in Los Angeles. Beverly Neblett will clerk for U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes in Dallas. Mike Gibson will pursue a master of laws degree in taxa- tion at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Rufus Scott also will be living in Washington, D.C., where he will be employed by the Federal Communications Commission. At least two Board members will become mili- tary men: Wayne Friesner will join the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and George Mars the Navy JAG Corps. Wayne and George are likely to be joined by a third Board member, Jerry Ford, who presently is searching for the most pleasant manner in which to serve his time.

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