Associate Dean Henderson Recognized as Diversity Leader
The Texas Diversity Council has selected Shavonne Henderson ’05 to receive the 2022 Top Women Lawyer Award.
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Featured Stories
Texas Law Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we feature four alumni leaders of Hispanic descent who got their start here at Texas Law.
Summer Public Service Program Makes Big Impact
In the summer of 2022, 167 students worked in government and public interest summer fellowships supported by Texas Law's SPSP.
Faculty in the News
CNN
How Trump’s terrible day went from bad to worse
Professor Steve Vladeck authors an op-ed piece on former President Trump's continuing legal troubles after the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago and the potential consequences.
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MeriTalk
Senators Urged to Wall off Data from Hostile Nations
Lecturer Adam Klein explains how foreign intelligence services will continue to gather sensitive personal information even if lawmakers limit the access hostile foreign powers have to American personal data.
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NPR
What could be the legal ramifications of governors sending migrants to other states
Professor Denise Gilman is a guest on the NPR program "All Things Considered" to speak about the legal ramifications of governors busing and flying migrants to other parts of the country.
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Politics in Question
What’s wrong with the Constitution?
Professor Sanford Levinson is a guest on the podcast "Politics in Question" to discuss aspects of the U.S. Constitution that are undemocratic and about constitutional reform.
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News & Announcements
Meet the Texas Law Class of 2025
Six members of Texas Law's incoming class illustrate the Class of 2025's wide range of academic backgrounds, work experience, community service, and life experience.
Admitted Students Participate in Paid Public Service Fellowship with WLI Program
The Weil Legal Innovators Program selected Brady Miller and Jackson Weihe to receive scholarships for deferring their law school start date and exploring public interest law.
Student Organizations Strive to Help Incoming Class Thrive in Law School
Thriving in Law School orientation programming helped to lay the groundwork for success for incoming students from diverse backgrounds.
Orientation 2022: “You’re Here to be Transformed”
The Class of 2025 attended Texas Law’s first fully in-person orientation since 2019 to prepare for a successful law school journey.
Mike Perrin ’71 Honored with Texas Exes Distinguished Alumni Award
The legendary Houston attorney is the 86th Texas Law alumnus who will receive a coveted orange jacket.
Welcome Professor Maria Ponomarenko
Texas Law welcomes to its faculty Maria Ponomarenko, whose expertise as a teacher and writer covers the areas of administrative law, local government law, constitutional law, and criminal procedure.
Two Texas Law Students Win Susman Godfrey Prize
Rising third-year Texas Law students Diana Kensy and Jason Onyediri have been selected as Susman Godfrey Prize winners, which are presented annually to 12 law school students of color from around the country who have demonstrated academic excellence and overall achievement.
Tara Leigh Grove and Lia Sifuentes Davis Join Texas Law Faculty
Two new faculty members will be joining Texas Law for the 2022-23 academic year: Tara Leigh Grove as the Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law and Lia Sifuentes Davis as interim director and visiting clinical professor for the Civil Rights Clinic.