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June 2, 2017
The current issue of the Federal Bar Association’s Admiralty Law eNewsletter — Admiralitas — turns its “Member Spotlight” on Texas Law Prof. Michael F. Sturley. Prof. Sturley is a founding member of the Admiralty Section of the FBA, as well as one of the directors on the Board of Directors. The interview below, reprinted with permission, covers Prof. […] -
May 30, 2017
Chesney’s Lawfare Blog Makes Headlines, Reaches 10 Million People a Year
On September 1, 2010, Texas Law Prof. Robert Chesney, along with Harvard Law Prof. Jack Goldsmith and Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Benjamin Wittes, hit “publish” on the first entry of what was then a novel idea: a blog dedicated to the complex and thorny legal issues raised by America’s then-decade-long “war on terror.” As Wittes wrote in […] -
May 24, 2017
Commencement 2017: Keynote Address of Justice Debra H. Lehrmann ’82
Texas Law’s annual graduation festivities, known as the Sunflower Ceremony, were held this past Saturday. The Law School graduated 312 J.D.s and 43 LL.M.s. The Hon. Debra H. Lehrmann, Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and a proud member of the Class of 1982 gave the keynote address. Below is a copy of of her prepared […] -
May 24, 2017
Commencement 2017: Remarks by Sophia Makris, Class of ’17 Permanent Class President
Texas Law’s annual graduation festivities, known as the Sunflower Ceremony, were held this past Saturday. The Law School graduated 312 J.D.s and 43 LL.M.s. Permanent Class President Sophia Makris addressed her classmates and their guests. Below is a transcript of her remarks: Good afternoon to the administration, faculty, family and friends, and of course the Class […] -
May 18, 2017
Two Texas Law Alumni Among The Texas Exes 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award
Since 1958, the Texas Exes have honored those alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the University of Texas. They have just announced the winners of the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Awards, and the list includes two exceptional Texas Law alumni: John L. Adams ’69 and Michael L. “Mickey” Klein ’63. Both men are, in […] -
May 10, 2017
Texas Law Graduates Receive Prestigious Public Service Fellowships
Six graduates of the Texas Law Class of 2017 have received prestigious postgraduate public service fellowships from Equal Justice Works, Gideon’s Promise, as well as the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at the law school. “These outstanding graduates are committed to serving the public and we are very proud of their many accomplishments,” […] -
May 3, 2017
Six of Texas Law’s most accomplished and illustrious alumni are being honored this October by the Texas Law Alumni Association and Dean Ward Farnsworth. Legendary Austin lawyer and civic leader Frank Denius ’49 will receive the Association’s Award for Lifetime Achievement. Houston-based JoAnn Lee ’83, an Assistant General Counsel for Exxon Mobil, will be honored as Outstanding […] -
April 28, 2017
The Hon. Debra Lehrmann ’82 will give the commencement address at the 2017 Sunflower Ceremony on Saturday, May 20. Justice Lehrmann has served on the Supreme Court of Texas since 2010; before that, she served as a family law trial judge for 23 years. Prior to her judicial service, Justice Lehrmann practiced law in Fort […] -
April 27, 2017
The following article was published by The LBJ School of Public Affairs, with whom the law school shares several faculty members and research projects, a dual-degree program, and the interdisciplinary Robert Strauss Center. It covers the remarkable research conducted by Prof. Michele Deitch, a senior lecturer at the law school and a Soros Senior Justice […] -
April 25, 2017
Prof. Richard Albert to Join Texas Law Faculty From Boston College
Professor Richard Albert of Boston College has accepted an offer to join Texas Law in January 2018. Prof. Albert will be teaching a 1L Constitutional Law section, among other courses. His scholarship focuses on constitutional amendment in comparative, doctrinal, historical and theoretical perspectives. He is currently completing a book on constitutional amendment, to be published by Oxford University Press. […] -
April 24, 2017
A major article by Prof. Bob Peroni in last November’s Tulane Law Review was awarded the John Minor Wisdom Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Scholarship. The award is given annually to the authors of the best lead article in the current volume of the Review. Prof. Peroni shares the honor with his two co-authors, J. Clifton […] -
April 10, 2017
Lyrissa Lidsky ’93 Named 17th dean of the University of Missouri School of Law
From Mizzou Law’s website: Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, currently the associate dean for graduate and non-J.D. programs at the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, has been appointed as the 17th dean of the University of Missouri School of Law. She will join the law school officially on July 1. “I am thrilled […]
