Texas Law Magazine

Introducing the Fall 2024 issue of Texas Law Magazine, a biannual publication for alumni of The University of Texas School of Law. Look for it in mailboxes the week of November 11.

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Fall 2024 Features

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Offense Is the Best Defense

By Joe Nick Patoski

In the changing world of college athletics, money has a front row seat and lawyers are the new playmakers.

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Out of This World

By Michael Greshko

We’re at the dawn of a second space age — and new legal frontiers.

Psychedelic colorful Illustration of human silouhette: Unusual Suspects

Unusual Suspects

By Robin Berghaus

The unlikely advocates for legalizing psychedelics to treat trauma.

A Look Inside

Here’s a sampling of stories from the Fall 2024 issue that you can read online.

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Constitutional Convention 2.0

Prof. Sanford V. Levinson argues it’s time for a reboot. “To honor the hopes of the Founders, we should learn ‘the lessons of experience,’ as both Hamilton and Madison wrote.”

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Winning Is Just the Beginning

“If you want to study courtroom advocacy with some of the smartest students in the whole country, this is the place to do it,” says Mike Golden ’01.

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Unlocking Freedom

Students take on the challenge of parole representation in a project that’s become the largest provider of pro bono parole services in the state of Texas.

Also in This Issue

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Sisters in Law

One sister prosecuted and one defended. The story of how Sisters Edna ’55 and Diana ’57 Cisneros pursued justice
on opposite sides of the law.

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Exhibit: Shareable Wearables

Quick-witted law students have long worn their Texas Law pride for all to see, capturing the essence of law school in quips and quotes.

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The Birth of Private Equity

Benno C. Schmidt Sr. ’36 rose from humble beginnings in Abilene to pioneering high-risk, high-reward investment with J.H. “Jock” Whitney.

Bonus: Extended Content

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Hon. Royce Lamberth ’67: On the Rule of Law.

He has witnessed history — and made it — as a federal judge in Washington, D.C. Appointed by President Reagan in 1987 and named Presiding Judge of the FISA Court by then-Chief Justice Rehnquist in 1995, Judge Royce Lamberth ’67 continues to make headlines as a senior judge.

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Rudy Metayer ’06: “It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it.”

This triple Longhorn gets more done in a day than most do in a month. A son of Haitian immigrants, Rudy Metayer was the first in his family to go to college and he knows the privilege of a world-class education comes with the responsibility to give back. Read our interview to learn why he’s the hardest working man in the Capitol City.