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Stories

Stories are listed here by magazine sections: Discovery, Features, Opening Statements, and Closing Arguments. You can read all alumni Class Notes on the alumni website.

Discovery

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Features

  • Black-and-white collage featuring bold headline text reading “The Undeadliest Protest” overlaid on an image the UT clock tower and a protest scene with people holding signs.

    The Undeadliest Protest

    In 1970, the legal heroism of a group of law students kept the peace and saved lives.
  • Dark, abstract graphic with vertical streaks and glowing bars, featuring faint text that reads “Tracking Down Invisible Killers.”

    Tracking Down Invisible Killers

    Genetic genealogy, pioneered by Barbara Rae-Venter ’85, is the hot new tool for cracking cold cases.
  • A black-and-white collage featuring the faces of Guy James Gray Jr. and Gretchen Sween, partially obscured by torn paper. Large text around them reads 'WHAT WE CARRY,' with fragments of documents and handwritten marks layered in the background.

    What We Carry

    A prosecutor and a capital defense lawyer reflect on the toll of pursuing justice from opposite sides of the courtroom.
  • An illustration of blockchain technology.

    Blockchain Frontier

    Are you ready for the internet’s next era? The Web3 upheaval could reshape the legal profession for the better.
  • A graphic of students walking into Texas Law.

    Measuring What Matters

    Forget what you know about law school rankings, and learn how Texas Law focuses on what’s truly important.
  • A title illustration of "Power Players."

    Power Players

    Meet the lawyers who are fueling an abundant energy future for Texas—and the whole world.
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Opening Statements

  • Stylized collage of an Stanley Johansen dressed as Elvis Presley in a white jumpsuit and sunglasses holding a microphone with arms outstretched, set against a red background and a black-and-white crowd of people behind him.

    Elvis Has NOT Left the Building

    Viva Stanley Johanson. Still the King after 63 years.
  • A black and white image of Texas Law's 16 Chancellors with one holding the Peregrinus statue, on an ombre grey background

    Isn’t it Grand?

    Meet the Chancellors for the Class of 2026.
  • A teal-colored book titled “The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream” is shown standing upright against a light green background. To the right of the book is a circular black-and-white portrait of the author Mechele Dickerson.

    Mid-Century Modern

    Professor A. Mechele Dickerson takes us on a journey into the middle class, why it’s struggling, and what it will take to fix it.
  • Mindy Montford outside of the Texas Law building with greenery

    Fighting for Answers

    How Mindy Montford ’95 tackled Austin’s most notorious unsolved murders.
  • A stylized collage shows close-up profiles of faces in orange and blue tones, overlaid with torn pieces featuring numbers and symbols, creating an abstract, tense mood.

    Crime Without Punishment

    Professor Brian Pérez-Daple on the true numbers and hidden math of crime in America.
  • A collage of illustrations of new Texas Law faculty members.

    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.
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Closing Arguments

  • Judge Jesse McClure photographed in Austin TX on Feb 11, 2026. (Josh Huskin for Texas Law Magazine)

    Don’t Take Freedom for Granted

    Q&A with Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Jesse F. McClure III ’99.
  • Nighttime film set with a crew working around a car with flashing lights, illuminated by large studio lights and reflectors, while a boom lift holds a bright overhead spotlight.

    Reel to Real

    The condemned, lawyer Randy Schaffer ’73, and the original true-crime documentary.
  • A photograph of Andrea Meza '15

    Speaking Truth to Power: Andrea Meza ’15

    She’s a fourth-generation Texan, a tough-as-nails litigator with a story­teller’s compassion.
  • An illustration of Brianna Terrell.

    Signs of Success

    Brianna Terrell ’25, fluent in American Sign Language, is sharing her expertise on the international stage.
  • TLM2025_Ashlie Alaman

    Ripple Effect

    Ashlie Alaman ’09 is paying forward an act of kindness by supporting incoming first-generation law students.
  • "Juntos es mejor." Talking with Miguel Garza '12

    Juntos es Mejor

    Siete Foods co-founder and CEO Miguel Garza ’12 sat down with us to reflect on taking chances, solving big problems, and fielding a $1.2B partnership offer from PepsiCo.
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