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June 16, 2022
For the majority of our students, their decision to embark on the three-year law school journey has had a personal impact, but for those who are parents, it is a decision that affects the whole family. At this year’s Sunflower Ceremony, some of our graduates displayed that family commitment as they walked the stage with […] -
June 13, 2022
Recent Graduates Receive Texas Law’s 2022 CLEA Outstanding Clinical Student Award
Four recent Texas Law graduates who worked as a team in Texas Law’s Supreme Court advanced clinic have been selected to receive the school’s 2022 CLEA (Clinical Legal Education Association) Outstanding Clinical Student Award. Bonnie Devany, Grace Miller, Patrick O’Hare, and Zoraima Pelaez – all of whom earned their J.D. degrees on May 21, 2022 […] -
June 10, 2022
Alumnus David Beck ’65 Inducted as “Texas Legal Legend” by State Bar of Texas
Texas Law alumnus David Beck ’65 has been inducted as a “Texas Legal Legend” by the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas. He was presented with the honor at the organization’s annual meeting on June 9, 2022. The namesake of Texas Law’s David J. Beck Center for Legal Research, Writing, and Appellate Advocacy, […] -
June 7, 2022
Encarnacion Selected to Present Paper at Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum
Texas Law Assistant Professor Erik Encarnacion has been selected to present his paper “Making Whole by Making Better” at the prestigious Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum held at Harvard Law School on June 10, 2022. No more than 20 junior scholars – with one to seven years of teaching experience – are chosen through a competitive double-blind […] -
May 24, 2022
Barbara Bintliff, the Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor Emeritus in Law and former director of the Tarlton Law Library/Jamail Center for Legal Research, has been selected to receive the 2022 Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Bintliff retired in January 2022 after more than a decade with Texas […] -
May 9, 2022
Texas Law staff members, Sylvia Hendricks and Alissa Strother, were honored with Outstanding Staff Awards by The University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell. The Outstanding Staff Awards Program honors and recognizes the invaluable contributions of eligible non-teaching employees whose outstanding dedication, competence, conscientious performance, excellent customer service, and ingenuity/innovation has had a significant […] -
May 9, 2022
The Texas Law student Board of Advocates celebrated the year’s end with a recent banquet, recognizing officers and law students who excelled in advocacy. The Board of Advocates is a student-run honorary advocacy organization composed of the best student advocates at The University of Texas School of Law. Three major awards were presented to graduating […] -
May 2, 2022
Texas Law Team Honored in Two Categories at International Arbitration Moot
Texas Law students received honorable mention for two submissions at the 19th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The team was honored for both the Claimant’s Memo and the Respondent’s Memo, making Texas Law the only school receiving awards in two categories; two other U.S. law schools received recognition in one area. A […] -
April 25, 2022
Texas Law Reaches Semifinals at National Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition
The Texas Law team of Elizabeth Elrod (1L) and Paige Welch (2L) reached semifinals at the 2022 Giles Sutherland Rich (GSR) Moot Court national competition. The annual event was held virtually for the third year in a row. This prestigious and rigorous competition is sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the premier […] -
April 11, 2022
Texas Law Wins Top Honor at National Transactional Law Competition
Texas Law students took top honors at the 2022 Interscholastic Transactional Law Competition hosted by Duke University School of Law on March 26. The team of Gwendelyn Butler (1L), Gaurav Mankotia (LLM) and Sri Vaisakhi Muddana (LLM) placed first in the “sellers” category of the overall competition; an overall award was also given for buyers. […] -
April 7, 2022
Alumni Across 64 Years Celebrate Texas Law Review Centennial
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the prestigious Texas Law Review (TLR), more than 900 TLR students, alumni, and friends gathered to celebrate at the Centennial Year Banquet. Students and alumni joined in an evening of camaraderie and celebration on March 26, 2022, with all 63 classes since 1961 represented, as well as the Class […] -
April 6, 2022
Texas Law Team Reaches Finals, Awarded “Best Brief” at Admiralty Moot Court Competition
Texas Law students Zachary Badore (2L) and Anna Kate Benedict (1L) reached the final round and were awarded “Best Brief” at the 29th Annual Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition. The team of Mason Currah (3L) and Olivia Horton (2L) also represented Texas Law at the competition, which was co-hosted by Texas Law […]