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January 11, 2012
The University of Texas School of Law’s Supreme Court Clinic won a unanimous victory on January 11, 2012, in Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court by Clinic Codirector David C. Frederick, ’89. The Clinic was representing Luisa C. Valladolid, whose husband was killed in a forklift accident at a site owned by his employer, Pacific Operators Offshore LLP. At issue was whether she was entitled to state workers’ compensation benefits under California law or federal benefits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. -
December 20, 2011
Professor Susan Klein appointed reporter for the Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction Committee
Professor Susan Klein, Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law, has been appointed reporter for the Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, which writes the set of legal rules that jurors should follow when they are deciding a civil or criminal case in the Fifth Circuit Court. -
December 9, 2011
Larry Sager, John Jeffers Research Chair in Law and Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair, resigned his post as dean effective December 9, 2011. A search for the next dean of the University of Texas School of Law is currently underway. Stefanie Lindquist, A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law and, previously, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, has been appointed interim dean. -
November 30, 2011
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, has been appointed Dean and Harold Washington Professor at Northwestern University School of Law. He will begin his deanship at Northwestern on January 1, 2012. -
November 28, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes Mims v. Arrow Financial Services
Linda Mullenix, holder of the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written an analysis of Mims v. Arrow Financial Services in the recent edition of the American Bar Association's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases. The case is expected to be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court in December 2011. Mullenix's preview is available on the Law School's website as a PDF. -
November 21, 2011
Professor William Sage receives honorary degree from French university
Professor William Sage, who serves as the University of Texas at Austin’s vice provost for health affairs and holds the James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the School of Law, has been awarded the degree docteur honoris causa by the Université Paris Descartes. -
November 18, 2011
Interview with Professor Barbara Hines to air on KLRU TV, November 20, 2011
An interview with Professor Barbara Hines, codirector of UT Law’s Immigration Clinic, will air on Sunday, November 20, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. on KLRU’s Access News. Professor Hines will discuss United States immigration policy and the Dream Act with host Tamara Suiter-Ocuto. More information is available on the Access News website. -
November 11, 2011
An interview with Sanford Levinson, holder of the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, will be aired on C-SPAN2's BookTV on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at noon Central Time. -
October 25, 2011
National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on Professor Jordan Steiker
In recognition of National Pro Bono Week (October 23–29), the UT Law Pro Bono Program celebrates the pro bono efforts of members of the Law School community. Recently the Pro Bono Program spoke with Professor Jordan Steiker about his work representing clients in capital cases. -
October 4, 2011
European Securities and Markets Authority issues call to study Henry Hu’s “empty voting” phenomenon
On September 14, 2011, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a call for evidence on “empty voting” within the European Union (EU) and the effects of this and related “decoupling” phenomena. Henry T. C. Hu, Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at the University of Texas School of Law is the lead or sole author on pioneering articles that coined the term “empty voting,” as well as associated terms such as “empty crediting” and “hidden (morphable) ownership.” -
September 27, 2011
Professor Jordan Steiker, Judge Robert M Parker Endowed Chair in Law and codirector of the Capital Punishment Center, and his sister, Carol Steiker, of Harvard Law School, have written an article in The New Republic arguing that opponents of the death penalty might be closer to reaching their goal of abolition than many think. -
September 27, 2011
Four Law School faculty members elected as fellows of the American Bar Foundation
The Law School’s Alex Albright, Barbara Bintliff, Linda Mullenix, and Michael Sturley have been elected as fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
