SPRING 2024, Volume 1, Issue 1
This is the inaugural issue of Texas Law Magazine, a biannual publication for the alumni of The University of Texas School of Law. It published on May 13, 2024, and featured a look at the legal dimensions of our voting system, a profile of legendary Supreme Court advocate Lisa Blatt ’89, and an in-depth conversation with Dean Bobby Chesney about his vision for Texas Law’s upcoming 150th birthday.
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Spring 2024 Features
America Votes
By Prof. Joshua Sellers
A host of legal issues may play a key role in how we vote, and how we count votes, in the 2024 election.
All Fun and Games
By Christopher Roberts
How Texas Law’s innovative Society Program has transformed the law school experience for the past two decades.
Building the Future
An interview with Dean Bobby Chesney
Our 16th dean tells us what it takes to be the best public law school in America—and why he loves the challenge.
A Look Inside
Here’s a sampling of stories from the Spring 2024 issue that you can read online.
Uniting Legal Minds
A letter from Dean Bobby Chesney introducing the new Texas Law Magazine.
The Indomitable Lisa Blatt ’89
“My style, if it’s unique, it’s that I have this very strong view that truth is the best form of advocacy.”
Opinion: Why are drugs so !&$@#%! expensive?
Prof. Melissa Wasserman on the hidden costs of secondary patents.
Also in This Issue
Texas Law’s newest professors bring expertise in a wide range of areas.
What a year of travel for admissions ambassador Dave Farnum looks like.
See Tarlton’s rarest book: the world’s oldest English-language dictionary.
Bonus: Extended Content
Questioning: Diane Brayton ’96
For this issue, the Texas Law Review’s editor in chief Sydney Jean Gottfried ’25 had the chance to chat with the vice president and chief legal officer of the New York Times, Diane Brayton. We’re pleased to present an extended version of this conversation, exclusively online.
SPRING 2024, Volume 1, Issue 1