The Fall 2025 issue of Texas Law Magazine is out now. Look for it in mailboxes the week of November 10.

Fall 2025 Features

Power Players
By Liz Anderson Hilton + Loren Steffy
Meet the lawyers who are fueling an abundant energy future for Texas—and the whole world.

Measuring What Matters
By Christopher Roberts
Forget what you know about law school rankings, and learn how Texas Law focuses on what’s truly important.

Blockchain Frontier
By Tomas Weber
Are you ready for the internet’s next era? The Web3 upheaval could reshape the legal profession for the better.


A Look Inside
Here’s a sampling of stories from the Fall 2025 issue that you can read online (soon).

Opinion: Taming the Monster
Professor Aaron Nielson opines that today’s Supreme Court is taking steps to ensure that agency expertise does not become the “monster” that the Court warned about more than half a century ago.

Beacon of Hope
Darren Walker ’86 believes in the America that believed in him. “The idea of America has always been contested. That is why we need voices that offer up the very best idea of America.”

Hiring Up
Texas Law welcomes a record number of new faculty for the 2025–26 academic year. The 10 new teachers and scholars bring impressive credentials, vast experience, and wide-ranging expertise to the intellectual life of the school.
Also in This Issue

Ashlie Alaman ’09 is paying forward an act of kindness by supporting incoming first-generation law students.

Professor Angelia Littwin’s research has led to changes in the law and greater awareness in federal bankruptcy systems.

Brianna Terrell ’25 makes a difference for the protections for Deaf individuals in the legal system.
Bonus: Extended Content

Speaking truth to power.
Talking with Andrea Meza ’15.
She’s a fourth-generation Texan and a tough-as-nails litigator with a storyteller’s compassion. As a director with the nonprofit, nonpartisan Government Accountability Project, Andrea Meza gives a legal voice to whistleblowers on the frontlines of preserving the rule of law in America.

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