Olin G. Wellborn III
- William C. Liedtke, Sr. Professorship in Law
- Professor Emeritus
Olin Wellborn is an expert on the law of evidence and professor emeritus who played a key role in the drafting of the Texas Rules of Evidence. Professor Wellborn is the author and co-author of several books, including “Courtroom Evidence Handbook.” His scholarship centered on evidence and torts.
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An expert on the law of evidence, Professor Wellborn played a key role in the drafting of the Texas Rules of Evidence. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Courtroom Evidence Handbook (West Academic, 27th student ed. 2024-2025), Courtroom Handbook on Texas Evidence (Thomson Reuters, 31st ed. 2024), Courtroom Handbook on Federal Evidence (Thomson Reuters, 30th ed. 2024), Cases and Materials on Torts (West Academic, 5th ed. 2017), Cases and Materials on the Rules of Evidence (West Academic, 8th ed. 2020), and Guide to the Texas Rules of Evidence (Thomson Reuters, 4th ed. vols. 1 & 2, 2016), as well as the author of a number articles, including "Demeanor" (Cornell Law Review, 1991). He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Michigan Law School.
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year-1987
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Article
Article I of the Texas Rules of Evidence and Articles I and XI of the Texas Rules of Criminal Evidence: Applicability of the Rules, Procedural Matters, and Preserving Error
Olin G. Wellborn, Article I of the Texas Rules of Evidence and Articles I and XI of the Texas Rules of Criminal Evidence: Applicability of the Rules, Procedural Matters, and Preserving Error, 18 St. Mary's Law Journal 1165 (1987).
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Article
Evidence Update
Evidence Update, 6 THE ADVOCATE, no. 2, at 65 (1987).
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Evidence Update
Evidence Update, 6 THE ADVOCATE, no. 1, at 9 (1987)
year-1986
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Article
The "Best Evidence" Article of the Texas Rules of Evidence
Olin G. Wellborn, The "Best Evidence" Article of the Texas Rules of Evidence, 18 St. Mary's Law Journal 99 (1986).
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Evidence Update
Evidence Update, 5 THE ADVOCATE, no. 3, at 14 (1986).
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Evidence Update
Evidence Update, 5 THE ADVOCATE, no. 2, at 34 (1986).
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Evidence Update
Evidence Update, 5 THE ADVOCATE, no. 1, at 51 (1986).
year-1985
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Article
Authentication and Identification Under Article IX of the Texas Rules of Evidence
Olin G. Wellborn, Authentication and Identification Under Article IX of the Texas Rules of Evidence, 16 St. Mary's Law Journal 371 (1985).
year-1983
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Article
A Checklist of Twenty-One Changes in Texas Evidence Law Under the New Rules
Olin G. Wellborn, A Checklist of Twenty-One Changes in Texas Evidence Law Under the New Rules, 2 The Advocate, no. 3, at 2 (1983). [Also in 1 Texas Evidence Reporter 17 (1984).]
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Article
The Texas Rules of Evidence-- Article VIII: Hearsay
Olin G. Wellborn, The Texas Rules of Evidence--Article VIII: Hearsay, 20 Houston Law Review 477 (1983).
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Book Chapter
Article VIII: Hearsay
Olin G. Wellborn, Article VIII: Hearsay, in Texas Rules of Evidence Handbook 477 (Houston: Houston Law Review, 1983).
year-1982
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Article
The Definition of Hearsay in the Federal Rules of Evidence
Olin G. Wellborn, The Definition of Hearsay in the Federal Rules of Evidence, 61 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 49 (1982).
year-1977
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Article
The Federal Rules of Evidence and the Application of State Law in the Federal Courts
Olin G. Wellborn, The Federal Rules of Evidence and the Application of State Law in the Federal Courts, 55 Texas Law Review 371 (1977).
year-1972
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Article
Supreme Court Case Note
Supreme Court Case Note, 86 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 234 (1972).
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Recent Case Note
Olin G. Wellborn, Recent Case Note, 85 Harvard Law Review 1478 (1972).
year-1971
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Article
"Corrective Advertising" Orders of the Federal Trade Commission
Olin G. Wellborn, "Corrective Advertising" Orders of the Federal Trade Commission, 85 Harvard Law Review 477 (1971). [Also in 11 Publishing, Entertainment, Advertising Law Quarterly 101 (1972).]