Martinez Jones ’07 Elected to National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Board
Texas Law alumna Judge Aurora Martinez Jones '07 has been elected to Board of Directors of The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ).
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Fishkin: Who will count in the 2020 Census?
This week saw the publication of Texas Law Prof. Joseph Fishkin’s latest op-ed, The Right Wing Has Launched an Attack on Representation, in The Washington Post.
In Memoriam: Frank W. Denius ’49
One of the greatest men from the Greatest Generation, Frank Wofford Denius '49 has died at the age of 93.
H. W. Perry Jr. Awarded 2018-19 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship
Texas Law Prof. H.W. Perry has been awarded the 2018-19 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship. The Friar Society, the university’s oldest and most prestigious honor society, awards the Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship annually to one outstanding undergraduate professor.
Joe and Terry Long to receive UT System Regents’ highest honor
Law School graduate Joe Long '58 and his wife Dr. Teresa Lozano Long, have been honored by the University of Texas System with the Santa Rita award, the highest distinction the Regents can bestow.
Texas Law Graduates Receive Prestigious Public Service Fellowships in 2018
Twelve graduates of the Texas Law Class of 2018 have received prestigious postgraduate public service fellowships from Equal Justice Works, Gideon’s Promise, the Gallogly Family Foundation, and more.
Alumni Association Announces 2018 Alumni Award Honorees
Five of Texas Law’s most accomplished and illustrious alumni are being honored this October by the Texas Law Alumni Association and Dean Ward Farnsworth.
Linda Addison ’76 Delivers Inspiring Commencement Address
The Texas Law Class of 2018, their families and friends, and the law school leadership and faculty, were regaled with an exceptional address from Linda Addison '76 at the annual commencement ceremony, held on May 19, 2018.
Belinda Johnson ’91 Named First COO of Airbnb
Double-Longhorn Belinda Johnson — BA '88 and JD '91 — was announced today as the first-ever Chief Operating Officer of Airbnb, the global start-up superstar currently valued at $31B.
Charles Silver: Let retailers take a shot at fixing health care delivery
Charles Silver has co-written a new op-ed for The New York Post applauding New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent decision allowing pharmacists to give flu shots to children, arguing that retailers such as Walmart and CVS should be allowed to operate medical clinics in their stores.
In Memoriam: Prof. Robert W. Hamilton
Texas Law Emeritus Professor Robert W. Hamilton passed away on January 12. Retired since 2004, Prof. Hamilton had taught at the law school for forty years and held the Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law.
Prof. Albert Elected to Chair Section of Comparative Law
Newly arrived Prof. Richard Albert received some welcome news during the American Association of Law Schools’ annual meetings in San Diego during the first week of January: Prof. Albert was elected to serve as Chair-Elect of the Section on Comparative Law, effective immediately. He becomes Chair in January 2019.
Vladeck takes the ball in a big game
Most appellate advocates work their way up the courts. Prof. Stephen I. Vladeck is doing it differently. He will deliver the first oral argument of his career on January 16—in the United States Supreme Court.