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UH LAW CENTER REMEMBERS PROFESSOR EMERITUS
THOMAS NEWHOUSE
niversity of Houston Law Center Professor
UEmeritus Thomas Newhouse passed away on
August 29 at the age of 86.
Newhouse received his B.A. from the University
of Notre Dame, his J.D. from the University of
Tulsa College of Law, and his LL.M. from the
New York University School of Law. He was
admitted to practice in Oklahoma and Texas
and worked in private practice and as a public
defender in Oklahoma before joining the Law
Center’s faculty as an assistant professor in 1966.
He was promoted to full professor in 1973 and
served as Associate Dean from 1975-78 and again
from 1985-88. In addition, he served as President
and Director of the Industrial Relations Research
Association, Houston Chapter from 1988-90, and
Director of the A.A. White Dispute Resolution
Institute from 1992-1997.
Newhouse taught Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Civil Procedure, Family Law, Labor Law, Mediation
and Mediation Clinic. He retired from the Law
Center in 2002 and became an Emeritus Professor. However, he still
served as Course Director for the 40-hour Basic Mediator Training at
the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. He was preceded in death
by his wife Emma Newhouse.
Several members of the Law Center faculty provided their memories
of Newhouse:
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“Tom was a tremendous, and active, supporter
of the Law Center’s advocacy program,” said
Jim Lawrence, Executive Director of the Blakely
Advocacy Institute, and Interim Director of
the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. “He
would always ask me, even after he retired,
“How can I help?” Students who compete in
the Tom Newhouse Representing Clients in
Mediation Competition won’t know the extent
of Tom’s contributions to the program, but they
will always be able to experience Tom’s favorite
mediation guidance, “Live in the question.” He
was a great teacher and a great life-guide to me.”
“Tom was unfailingly kind and supportive to me
in both professional and personal matters,” said
Professor Emeritus Robert Schuwerk.
“Tom was a mentor and a true friend,” said Tasha
Willis, a Clinical Associate Professor, Alternative
Dispute Resolution Director and Mediation
Professor Emeritus Thomas Newhouse Clinic Professor. “I would not be at UHLC today
were is not for Tom Newhouse and Richard
Alderman. I shared many amazing times with Tom and Emma. Tom,
Judge Frank Evans, Judge John Coselli, Judge Bruce Wettman and I
began training together in the mid-1990s. Judge Coselli and I are the
only part of that team left. But I will always choose to focus not just
on what they taught me, but even more on the love and laughter they
brought to my life. I will miss him now and always. I pray he is with
his sweet Emma now.” ^
The Tom Newhouse Mediation Competition is
held in honor of the late Tom Newhouse and
in conjunction with the National Mediator
Competition. Tom Newhouse Competition
Teams are presented with several fact patterns
that include a summary of their side’s position
and interests then given a limited time to
present their position and work through the
dispute with mediators (who are themselves
competitors in the National Mediator
Competition).
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