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While introducing Janicke at the awards luncheon, Vetter thanked his UHLC STUDENT AWARDED
colleague for his mentoring and friendship during his 15 years at the TWO ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Law Center. “His support for my endeavors has been invaluable. It has
been a privilege to help Paul in his singular mission: to give the best and SCHOLARSHIPS TO PURSUE
highest education and professional development to our students.” NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Prior to entering academe, Janicke practiced patent litigation for more A part-time student at the University of
than 20 years with the Houston firm of Arnold, White & Durkee, where Houston Law Center and a veteran of
he was outside patent counsel for clients such as Shell Oil Company and nine years in the oil and gas field has been
Compaq Computer Corp. The firm was founded by Tom Arnold, the awarded two scholarships by the Rocky
namesake of the lifetime achievement award. Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
Calvin F. McKnight
“I competed with a large number of well-
MABRY ’10 TAKES REINS OF UNIVERSITY OF qualified applicants and to be selected amongst my peers is truly an
HOUSTON LAW ALUMNI BOARD honor,” said Calvin F. McKnight. “The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation has been dedicated to the study of laws and regulations
Seven years after completing her legal relating to natural resource and energy law in which I have had great
education at the University of Houston Law interest since before my legal studies began.”
Center, Cynthia Mabry paid it forward. McKnight received a $7,000 RMMLF scholarship in addition to a $7,000
The 2010 alumna was elected president Joe Rudd Scholarship, named in honor of a prominent natural resources
of the University of Houston Law alumni attorney.
board in 2017. Mabry said she hopes to make
an impact by expanding the Law Center’s The scholarships are designed to encourage the study of natural
alumni network and assisting Dean Leonard resources law by highly-qualified students who have the potential to
M. Baynes and the Office of Law Alumni make a significant contribution in the field.
Relations’ bold vision for the future. “My journey in energy started after my sophomore year of undergrad,
Cynthia Mabry when I received my first internship with BP as a production engineer,”
“My goal is to help with the Law Center’s
ambitious goals,” Mabry said. “It’s focusing on organization, outreach McKnight said. “It was there I realized how fascinating and vast the
and supporting Dean Baynes’ objectives for the Law Center. The most energy industry is.”
precious thing you can give is time. I really enjoy working with the “Calvin is a shining example of the University of Houston law student,”
Law Center. It’s fun to see classmates, and I enjoy meeting our next said Dean Leonard M. Baynes. “He is super smart and talented. Most
generation of lawyers. The staff at the Law Center is world-class and importantly, he has grit providing him with the capacity to juggle a wife,
makes my job easy.” young family, demanding job, and challenging school work. Calvin is
Armed with an accounting degree from LSU, Mabry began working as just one example of the Law Center’s amazing students. And the law
an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She was intrigued by the work of students today share the same spark as the countless number of Law
advising clients in financial matters, and after three years, she resigned Center graduates who preceded them.”
from her position and solidified her path to the Law Center. While in law school, McKnight has served as vice president of the UHLC
Her favorite memories of the Law Center are the relationships she chapter of the Association for International Petroleum Negotiators
developed with classmates and professors. Mabry worked as a research (AIPN) and mentored 8th grade students at the Lawson Academy as well
assistant for Professor Darren Bush and fondly recalls being a student in as the Law Center’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program.
Professor Barbara Evans’ first Torts class at the Law Center. Professor McKnight shares credit for his success in a demanding lifestyle: “I thank
Jacqueline Weaver taught one of Mabry’s favorite classes, Oil & Gas, my wife, Sabrina, and my two children, Julianna, 2 years old, and Parker,
sparking an interest that led her to develop an expertise in the energy 8 months; without their support none of this is possible.”
industry.
Mabry has represented public and private entities, investors and
underwriters in a wide variety of capital markets and finance transactions.
Mabry explains that, while her accounting degree was helpful in
understanding the business world, her law degree gave her the ability to
work from all perspectives and to look at issues from different angles.

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