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was then necessary for satisfaction of the writing requirement), 2Ls were given the option
of drafting one case note and contributing to the publication of one chapter in Perdue’s
The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 27,
1983) (on file with Houston Law Review).

36. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Apr. 21, 1987) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

37. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 27, 1983) (on file with Houston Law
Review); cf. Joyce, Driven, supra note 1, at 276 n.47 (describing Decade 1 technologies and
problems).

38. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 27, 1983) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

39. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 2, 1985) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

40. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Apr. 21, 1987) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

41. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 27, 1987) (on file with Houston Law
Review). Based on EIC Derek Lisk’s research, which determined that the U.S.
Department of Justice had selected Word Perfect for word processing, the Review did
likewise. Questionnaire Response, Derek Lisk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Houston,
TX (Jan. 6, 2013) (on file with Houston Law Review); Tixier Questionnaire, supra note 28.

42. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Apr. 11, 1988) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

43. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Apr. 20, 1989) (on file with Houston Law
Review).

44. Board Report (Apr. 25, 1991) (on file with Houston Law Review). Another sign of
the Review’s growing national stature: HLR was one of the first 50 law reviews in the
country to have this arrangement with Westlaw. Id.

45. Id.
46. Board Report (Oct. 27, 1992) (on file with Houston Law Review).
47. Board Report (Apr. 20, 1993) (on file with Houston Law Review).
48. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 27, 1983) (on file with Houston Law
Review).
49. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Oct. 25, 1984) (on file with Houston Law
Review).
50. By the end of Decade 3, page i of every issue of Houston Law Review would
feature a list of “Exclusive Publications” for sale:

TEXAS RULES OF EVIDENCE HANDBOOK, SECOND EDITION (1993)
A GUIDE TO THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT (1990)
TEXAS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE HANDBOOK (1989)
1987 TEXAS TORT REFORM: THE QUEST FOR A FAIRER AND MORE PREDICTABLE
TEXAS CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM
PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW IN TEXAS (1985)
The crown jewel of the list, at least as judged by pricing, was the EVIDENCE HANDBOOK at
$75, while the bargain was TORT REFORM at $15 (all prices, of course, exclusive of tax and
postage).
51. Not to mention timeliness issues and personal hardships. Rather than
blackening the good names of those well-meaning boards which nevertheless fell behind
intended publication schedules, the authors merely cite the inspiring example of two
boards that clearly did not. According to Hunter H. White, EIC of Board 26:
Our predecessors, on Board 25, returned the Law Review to its stated publishing
schedule, and they cared about mentoring their successors. We, on Board 26,
worked very hard to carry on this tradition. In fact, our Board not only published
all four of its primary journal editions on time, but we also published the