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March 30, 2021
Texas Law Team Takes National Championship in Admiralty Moot Court
Texas Law 2L Mason Currah and 3Ls Alex Gaudio and Elizabeth Hamilton have won the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition, besting 28 other teams from across the country. The team was coached by Dr. iur. Carly Toepke and Ben Walton. In addition to emerging as the tournament champions, Currah, Gaudio and Hamilton […] -
March 23, 2021
The State of Texas and the School of Law are mourning the loss of Teresa Lozano Long, who, along with husband Joe R. Long ’58, endowed dozens of programs, institutions, and schools throughout a lifetime of philanthropy and good works. The faculty and students of the law school are among the many beneficiaries of Terry […] -
March 19, 2021
One of Texas Law’s pioneers, Albertine Bowie, of the Class of 1956, passed away in March 2020 in Oxford, England, her home of many years. Ms. Bowie, whose husband, Yaw B. Turkson, was a Ghanian diplomat with posts across the globe, led an extraordinary life. The story of those early graduates is the subject of […] -
March 15, 2021
Longhorns Helping Longhorns: Texas Law Rises to the Occasion
Last month’s historic Winter Storm Uri plunged millions of Texans into dangerous, emergency situations, with widespread power outages and water service interruptions. At one point, 45% of Austin was without power, leaving hundreds of thousands of Travis County residents without heat during sustained single-digit temperatures. Making matters worse, the record stretch of sub-freezing weather combined […] -
March 12, 2021
This June, when the Texas Bar Foundation hands out its annual honors to a select group of distinguished lawyers from around the state, four Texas Law alumni will hear their names called and have the chance to bask in the adulation of their peers. The Foundation’s highest honor, the Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award, was […] -
March 9, 2021
Texas Leader Spotlight: Dudley Oldham B.A. ’63 and J.D. ’66 and Judy Oldham B.A. ’63
Texas Leader magazine, which profiles the life stories of UT donors and the motivations that animate their philanthropy, had a chance recently to speak with Law School supporter and Double Longhorn Dudley Oldham, Class of 1966, and his wife Judy, who received her B.A. from UT in 1963. Writer Jennifer Boan checked in with the […] -
March 8, 2021
It’s International Women’s Day and at Texas Law we are reflecting on more than a century of women making their mark on our school and on the world. Today, women make up more than 50% of law students nationally and organizations such as Texas Law’s Center for Women in Law are central to the law […] -
March 8, 2021
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket: Vladeck Testifies Before U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
While Texas was in the midst of a historic winter weather emergency last month—during which nearly 45% of Austin was without power for days on end—Prof. Steve Vladeck braved the elements to get to his office to participate in a remote hearing for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary. The hearing, officially […] -
March 5, 2021
A Texas Law Graduate’s Quest to Uncover the Story of the State’s First Black Attorney
Today, much is known about the pioneering men and women who fought for the rightful place of Black students at The University of Texas and the School of Law. The names of Heman Marion Sweatt, Gloria Bradford, and Virgil Lott are revered for their respective roles in breaking the color barrier at Texas Law in […] -
February 8, 2021
A National Championship for Texas Law in Costello Competition
Texas Law 3Ls Victoria Fazzino, Jensen Martinez, and Zachary Dwyer got their Super Bowl celebrations started early on Sunday when they were named the national champions of the 13th Annual John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition, hosted by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. “We were proud to represent Texas Law,” […] -
February 5, 2021
It’s a milestone school year for Texas Law’s Juvenile Justice Clinic. The clinic, which offers litigation experience while exposing students to the operations of the juvenile justice system by placing them as student attorneys with the Travis County Juvenile Public Defender, grew out of a 1975 seminar led by Professor Michael Rosenthal, who had students […] -
February 1, 2021
The Law School community is saddened by the passing of Zipporah Batshaw Wiseman, the Thos. H. Law Centennial Professor Emerita in Law, who died on January 20 at age 90. Prof. Wiseman had a long and distinguished academic career, the final 27 years of which were spent as a faculty member at Texas Law. “Zipporah’s […]
