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Texas Judicial Council Meeting
AGENDA SUPREME COURT COURTROOM 201 W. 14th Street, 1st Floor AUSTIN, TEXAS Action and Discussion Items: I. Commencement of Meeting – Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson II. Attendance of Members – Carl Reynolds III. Minutes of Previous Meetings – Chief Ju
11-0367 CITY OF N. RICHLAND HILLS, TEX. v. FRIEND
11-0367 City of North Richland Hills v. Laura Friend and Luther Friend from Tarrant County and the Second District Court of Appeals, Fort Worth For petitioner: Fredrick Wayne “Fritz” Quast, Fort Worth For respondents: Darrell L. Keith, Fort Worth For ami
Looking Through the Class and What Alice Found There: A Frustrated Analysis of Law School Admissions Policies and Practices
As a law professor, I am a bit of an idealist. I cherish the value of higher education and cling to the notion that educators are dedicated to the concepts of knowledge, improvement, and truth. In this Article, I describe the events that have worked to undermine my belief that these truths are self-evident throughout the academy. In particular, I discuss my thwarted attempts, as a member of the Admissions and Readmissions Committees at my school, to review the admissions files of students who were unable to succeed in law school. This attempt to learn from our and their mistakes was met with resistance, in contravention of good policy and the law
Cyber Security and the Government / Private Sector Connection
Whether emanating from a terrorist organization, criminal element, severe weather incident or human error, a significant cyber disruption is very likely to affect the United States in the foreseeable future; it is naïve to think otherwise. Despite these serious risks, most experts agree that the United States does not currently possess a sufficient cyber security framework to adequately protect cyberspace and the information it contains, processes, and transmits. In part, this is because over 85 percent of the critical infrastructure in the United States is controlled by private industry. In most instances, government cyber security standards do not apply to the civilian sector
10-0648 EL PASO FIELD SERVICES, L.P. v. MASTEC NORTH AMERICA, INC.
10-0648 El Paso Field Services L.P. and Gulfterra South Texas L.P. v. MasTec North America Inc., et al. from Harris County and the First District Court of Appeals, Houston For petitioners: Murray Fogler and David M. Gunn, Houston For respondents: Kevin D