Principios Administrativos

To: Graduate Legal Studies Office at the Law Center
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER
100 Law Center
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77204

Attn: Suzanne Gordon, Assistant Director,Graduate Legal Program
Re: Reference Letter from an Academic Source

I, Doctor Alirio Antonio Figueroa Zabala, Cédula card No. V-2.368.477, practicing Attorney and holding a Doctorate in LegalSciences and Law professor at the “Universidad Alonso de Ojeda“, subscribed to the State Bar under Bar number # 6918; domiciled in the Municipality of Lagunillas State of Zulia, Venezuela, am writing thisreference letter at the request of Maria Eugenia Romero Paredes, also known as, Maria Eugenia Stanley-Romero who is applying for the L.L.M. Program at the University of Houston, Law Center.I have known Maria Eugenia Romero Paredes, (Maria Eugenia Stanley-Romero) for more than 15 years in my capacity as an Attorney and as a Law Professor at Universidad Alonso de Ojeda. During this timeI have been very impressed by the dedicated manner how Maria Eugenia applied herself to her work assignments and pursued her academic coursework. Mrs. Stanley-Romero has displayed maturity, passionand a motivational level and seriousness of purpose which I have rarely encountered during my extensive interactions with law students. She is very bright and has demonstrated an eagerness to learn. Sheis a quick study and has shown the ability to grasp general principles as well as subtle details.

She possesses many other qualities which I believe will make her a very successful student ofthe law in the United States. She is very well organized, approaches projects in a systematic way, and manages her time effectively. Researching and gathering information and producing qualitydocuments were instrumental to Mrs. Stanley-Romero success while working in her law Career.

I mentored her while she was dealing with employee syndicates and labor group organizations with PRODUZCA,...