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Professor of Law; Judge, Tenth Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
"The history of Judge Frank M. Wilson in the Baylor Law School is largely the history of the class in Practice Court"-- Angus S. McSwain, Jr.
Frank M. Wilson served Baylor Law School as the Professor of Practice Court for more than twenty three years. During this time, he taught 93 quarters of Practice Court, each of which lasts three months. His work was essential in the preparation of a generation of Baylor law graduates who were prepared to practice law upon graduation.
Wilson began teaching Practice Court with Judge Joseph W. Hale in 1947. Wilson also participated with E.B. Burleson and Albert L. Riley to teach the course. In 1951, Wilson began teaching the course alone, which continued for the next nineteen years.
Wilson was an outstanding trial attorney for much of his career. He served as Judge on the Tenth Court of Civil Appeals in Waco for twelve years. Wilson was an exceptional scholar who could read Latin and Law French, one of the only members of the American bar who could do so. In 1966, Wilson donated his collection of 2,200 rare law books to Baylor Law School. These books are stored in the Judge Frank M. Wilson Rare Book Room.
Wilson taught Practice Court through the Winter Quarter in 1970-71. He fell ill during the Spring Quarter in 1971, and died later that year. |
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