James Robertson Nowlin

Personal

Birthday: 
1937
Birthplace: 
San Antonio, TX
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army captain, 1959-1960
U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, 1960-1968
Private practice, San Antonio, Texas, 1963-1965, 1966-1981
Legal counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 1965-1966
State representative, Texas, 1967-1971, 1973-1981

Education

Name of School: 
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1959
Name of School - Second: 
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Degree - Second: 
M.A.
Degree Year - Second: 
1962
Name of School - Third: 

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Third: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Third: 
1963

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Court Name: 

Texas Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
10/26/1981
Retirement from Active Service: 
5/31/2003