Norman William Black

Personal

Birthday: 
12/6/1931
Birthplace: 
Houston, TX
Date of Death: 
7/23/1997
Place of Death: 
Silverthorne, CO
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1955
U.S. Army, Military Police, 1955-1957
Law clerk, Hon. Ben C. Connally, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1957-1958
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Texas, 1958-1960
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1960-1976
Adjunct professor, University of Houston School of Law, 1970-1975
Adjunct professor, South Texas College of Law, 1975-1997
Judge in residence, University of Cincinnati, 1989

Education

Name of School: 
University of Texas
Degree: 
B.B.A.
Degree Year: 
1953
Name of School - Second: 

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 - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1955

Judicial Career

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

Texas Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
5/11/1979
Retirement from Active Service: 
12/6/1996
Termination Date: 
7/23/1997
Termination Reason: 
Death
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1976-1979