HOODING CEREMONY

School of Law Texas Tech University

Allen Theatre December 17, 2011

Processional

Texas Tech University School of Law December 2011

Hooding Ceremony

Welcome . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . .... . .. . . .. .. ... . . Darby Dickerson Dean and

W. Frank Newton Professor of Law

Main Address .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . . Walter B. Huffman Professor of Law

Hooding of Graduation Candidates . . . . . .... . J. Wesley Cochran Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and

Maddox Professor of Law

Gerry W. Beyer Governor Preston Smith Regents Professor of Law

Farewell Remarks for the Class ... .. . . . . . . . . . . William Lee Ward

Recessional

Please join us immediately after the ceremony in the Law School Forum for a celebratory reception.

Graduation Candidate

Callie Anne Baker B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Wilson Thomas Baker B.B.A., Texas Tech University P.F.P., Texas Tech University*

Ross D. Bussard B.S.A. , Louisiana State University M.B.A. , Texas Tech University*

William Finley Erwin B.B.A., Texas Christian University M.B.A., Texas Tech University*

Matthew C. Heitzman B.S., Texas Tech University

Stephanie Alexandra lsak B.S., Texas Christian University M.B.A., Texas Tech University*

Marissa Cristina Lozoya B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Hooding Attorney

Alyson Falk

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

Mark Buzzard Vanessa Buzzard

James Mac Smith

Professor Gerry W. Beyer ·

James Mac Smith

Professor Patrick Metze

James Jeffrey Mustin Professor Gerry W. Beyer B.S., United States Air Force Academy MAS., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University M.B.A. , Texas Tech University*

Jonathan A. Newsom B.S., United States Military Academy Business Law Certificate

Christopher Nezworski B.A. , Baylor University

James Ryan Palomo B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio M.P.A. , Texas Tech University*

Honorable Robert Newsom

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

*Denotes that the student is in a dual-degree program.

Graduation Candidate

Alexander S. Pantig B.A. , University of California, Irvine

Eric K. Quisenberry B.A., Texas Tech University

Elizabeth Naomi Rainey B.A., Texas A&M University

Pace William Rawlins B.A., Arizona State University M.P.A., Texas Tech University *

David Wayne Renfro B.S.E.E., Texas Tech University

Jennifer Penley Sibley B.A., University of Mississippi P.F.P., Texas Tech University*

Sybel N. Solorio B.S., University of North Texas M.B.A., Texas Tech University* Health Law Certificate

Preston Alexander Streufert B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Christopher David Wanner B.A. , Texas Tech University M.B.A., Texas Tech University*

William Lee Ward B.S., Virginia Military Institute

Hooding Attorney

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

Lindsay B. Nickle

R. Shaun Rainey

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

James Mark Penley

Associate Dean Calvin Lewis

Professor Jeff Blackburn

Professor Gerry W. Beyer

William Jaret Greaser

* Denotes that the student is in a dual-degree program.

Final Degree Evaluation The listing of candidates and degrees in this program is preliminary and subject to final degree requirement evaluation. A candidate earns a degree after the Registrar determines that the candidate has satisfactorily completed all graduation requirements and posted final grades on the official record. The diploma of Texas Tech University School of Law, signed and sealed by its appropriate officers, is the official public document evidencing that a degree has been awarded.

Texas Tech University System Board of Regents

Jerry E. Turner, Chair, Blanco

Mickey L. Long, Vice Chair, Midland

Larry K. Anders, Plano

L. Frederick "Rick" Francis, El Paso

John Huffaker, Amarillo

Debbie Montford, San Antonio

Nancy Neal, Lubbock

John Field Scovell, Dallas

John D. Steinmetz, Lubbock

Jill Fadal, Student Regent, Austin

Texas Tech University System Administrators

Kent Hance Chancellor

Dr. Guy Bailey President, Texas Tech University

Dr. Bob Smith Provost and Senior Vice President, Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Law School Deans

Darby Dickerson, M.A. , J.D. Dean

Jennifer S. Bard, M.P.H., J.D. Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

J. Wesley Cochran, M.L.L., J.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Calvin L. Lewis, M.S.S., J.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity

Arturo Torres, J.D., M.Ed. , M.L.S., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Law Library and Computing

Texas Tech University Law School Deans

Julie Coffman Doss, J.D. Assistant Dean

Kay Patton Fletcher, J.D. Assistant Dean

Amy Jarmon, Ed. D. , J.D. Assistant Dean

Stephen M. Perez, J.D. Assistant Dean

Frank Ramos, Jr., M.A. , Ed.D. Assistant Dean

Texas Tech University Law School Faculty

Jennifer Bard, M.P.H., J.D. Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law and Associate Professor (Adjunct) Department of Neuropsychiatry, Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Dustin Benham, J.D. Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

Genevieve Beyea, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law

Gerry W. Beyer, J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law

BryanT. Camp, M.A., J.D., LL.M. George Herman Mahon Professor of Law

William R. Casto, J.D. , J.S.D. Paul Whitfield Horn Professor

J. Wesley Cochran, M.L.L., J.D. Maddox Professor of Law

Darby Dickerson, M.A., J.D. W Frank Newton Professor of Law

Jarod S. Gonzalez, J.D. McDonald Research Professor of Law

DeLeith Gossett, J.D. Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

Texas Tech University Law School Faculty

Kent Hance, J.D. Chancellor

Michael Hatfield, J.D. Professor of Law

Walter B. Huffman, M.Ed., J.D. Professor of Law

Vaughn E. James, M.Div. , M.B.A., J.D. Judge Roberl H. Bean Professor

Dale Jones, J.D. Professor of Legal Practice

John E. Krahmer, J.D. , LL.M. Foundation Professor of Commercial Law

Elizabeth Kronk, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law

Christopher Kulander, M.S., J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Law

Angela Laughlin-Brown, J.D. Professor of Law

Arnold Loewy, J.D. , LL.M. George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law

Patrick Metze, J.D. Associate Professor of Law

Richard Murphy, M.F.A., J.D. AT&T Professor of Law

Alison G. Myhra, J.D., LL.M. Professor of Law

Alyson Outenreath, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law

Dean G. Pawlowic, M.A., J.D. Professor of Law

Jorge A. Ramirez, J.D. Professor of Law and Director of International Programs

Richard Rosen, J.D. , LL.M. Professor of Law and Director of Center for Military Law and Policy

Wendy Ross, J.D. Professor of Law

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Texas Tech University Law School Faculty

David Sandino, J.D., LL.M. Associate Professor of Law and Acting Director of the Center for Water Law and Policy

Brian D. Shannon, J.D. Charles B. "Tex" Thornton Professor of Law

Brie Sherwin, M.S. , J.D. Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

Nancy Soonpaa, M.A., J.D. Professor of Law and Director of Legal Practice Program

Larry R. Spain, J.D. Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs

Victoria V. Sutton, M.P.A. , J.D., Ph.D. Paul Whitfield Horn Professor and Director, Center for Biodefense Law and Public Policy

Arturo Torres, M.Ed., M.L.S., J.D., PhD. Professor of Law

John Watts, J.D. Professor of Law

Robert A. Weninger, LL.B., LL.M. J. Hadley Edgar Professor of Law

Emeritus Faculty

David C. Cummins, J.D., LL.M. Professor Emeritus

Bruce Kramer, J.D., LL.M. Maddox Professor of Law Emeritus

Annette Marple, J.D. Professor Emeritus

Rodric B, Schoen, J.D. Thornton Professor of Law Emeritus

Frank Skillern, J.D., LL.M. Professor Emeritus

Visiting Faculty

Joseph Armes, M.B.A., J.D. Visiting Professor of Law

Denise Voight Crawford, J.D. M.D. Anderson Public Service Visiting Professor

Cheryl Erwin, J.D., Ph.D. Visiting Professor of Law

Amy Hardberger, M.S., J.D. Visiting Professor of Law

Wendy Humphrey, M.Ed., J.D. Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

Law Library Faculty

E.H. Uwe Beltz, M.S.L.S., J.D. Associate Director for Law Library and Computing

Elizabeth Caulfield, M.L.I.S., J.D. Head of Reference and Instruction

Eugenia Charles-Newton, M.A., J.D. Reference and Electronic Services Librarian

Sue Kelleher, M.L.I.S. Assistant Director for Collection Services

Barbara Painter-Moreno, M.A. Assistant Director for Library Operations

Aperna Sherman, M.S.L.S., J.D. Faculty and Instructional Services Librarian and Director for Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research

Fang Wang, M.S. Digital Information Management Librarian

Adjunct Faculty

C. Richard Baker, Assistant U.S. Attorney

Daniel H. Benson, Texas Tech University School of Law

Jeff Blackburn, West Texas Innocence Project

Charles Bubany, Texas Tech University School of Law

Fernando M. Bustos, Law Offices of Fernando M. Bustos

Catherine Christopher, Texas Tech University School of Law

Adjunct Faculty

Aaron Clements, Hurley, Reyes & Guinn

Joseph B. Conboy, Texas Tech University School of Law

James R. Eissinger, Texas Tech University School of Law

Scotty Holloman, Maddox, Holloman & Kirksey

Shery Kime-Goodwin, Assistant Federal Public Defender

Marilyn Phelan, Texas Tech University School of Law

Don Richards, Richards Elder & Green

Robert Sherwin, Texas Tech University School of Law

Paul Stafford, The Stafford Law Firm

David Strange, Whittenburg Stein & Strange

Gary Terrell, Key & Terrell

Professional Staff

Casey Carson, Alumni Relations Director

Pam Forcum, Registrar

Robert T. Sherwin, J.D., Director of Advocacy Programs

Paula Smith, J.D., Director of Career Services

Cheryl Underwood, Unit Manager

Mission Statement

The mission of the Texas Tech University School of Law is to educate and train individuals for the ethical practice of law in the 21 51 century; to engage in productive, effective scholarship both within our academic community and within the larger academic community throughout our state and nation; and to render public service.

Speaker Biography

Walter Huffman Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law

Dean Huffman joined the Texas Tech School of Law after a distinguished 25-year career in public service. He served as Dean and W. Frank Newton Professor of Law at Tech Law from 2002 to 2009. As Judge Advocate General and the top military lawyer for the U.S. Army, Dean Huffman stepped down in 2001 after managing and leading a diverse legal workforce of more than 4,000 full-time uniformed and civilian attorneys and paralegal and support personnel in the United States and 17 foreign countries. During that time he was the first uniformed lawyer since World War II selected to serve on the Texas State Bar Board of Directors.

Dean Huffman led the first U.S. Army delegation to China to reestablish relationships with the Chinese Army and led the first Defense Department delegation to sign written cooperative agreements between mil itary legal agencies in Russia and the United States. He was awarded the Hungarian Distinguished Service Medal for extensive work with the post-Warsaw Pact Hungarian military focusing on the role of the military in a democracy. Dean Huffman also worked to further democracy and civilian control of the military in Latin America and was a three-time Army delegate to the Inter-American Bar Association , which is comprised of military and civilian lawyers from North, Central , and South America.

As personal legal counsel to the Army Chief of Staff and other principal Army staff, Dean Huffman developed legal positions on significant issues ranging from civilian detention and trial procedures in the Balkans to contract law and ethics rules associated with the Army Transformation acquisition effort. In coordination with the Department of Justice, he managed the Army defensive and affirmative litigation effort including an ADR program honored by the U.S. Attorney General as "Best in America." Dean Huffman has personally handled the legal and publ ic relations aspects of the most high-profile cases in recent Army history.