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August 30, 2010
“Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics” publishes Law School Embryonic Stem Cell conference papers
The Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics includes the papers delivered at the “Law, Science, and Innovation: The Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy” conference, held at the Law School in May 2009. Professor John A. Robertson, holder of the Vinson & Elkins Chair, served as guest editor for the issue. -
August 27, 2010
Professor Linda Mullenix of the University of Texas School of Law has been elected to the newly-created Board of Directors of the Austin Chapter of the Fulbright Association. -
August 18, 2010
Jennifer E. Laurin, an assistant professor at the Law School and an expert in criminal and constitutional legislation, has written an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman on the Texas Forensic Science Commission's recent decision to reject a legal memo co-written by its chairman, John Bradley. -
August 17, 2010
The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected University of Texas School of Law Professor Karen L. Engle to receive a Fulbright Specialist grant for a project proposed by the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. -
August 16, 2010
The University of Texas at Austin's Know online magazine has posted a video of Clinical Professor Professor Barbara Hines, co-director of the Law School's Immigration Clinic, discussing the legal, economic, and social issues with Arizona’s new immigration law. -
July 21, 2010
Opinion: Susan Klein and Charles Silver on Criminal Probe into Gulf Oil Spill in Huffington Post
Professor Susan Klein, Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law, and Professor Charles Silver, holder of the Roy W. and Eugenia C. MacDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure, have written an opinion piece in Huffington Post on the controversy surrounding the U.S. Justice Department's criminal probe into the recent oil spill in the Gulf Coast. -
July 20, 2010
Opinion: Stefanie Lindquist in the Austin American-Statesman on “Judging the activist label”
Stefanie Lindquist, Thomas W. Gregory Professor in Law at the Law School, has written an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman on misunderstandings of the term "judicial activism." -
July 14, 2010
The American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics presented a special lifetime achievement award to Professor John A. Robertson of the University of Texas School of Law during the Thirty-third Annual Health Law Professors Conference in Austin last month. -
June 30, 2010
The United Nations Human Rights Council has endorsed the nomination of Ariel Dulitzky, a clinical law professor at the University of Texas School of Law, to a five-person Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. -
June 23, 2010
Opinion: “It’s Alive: Can Elena Kagan save the legal left?,” by Justin Driver in the New Republic
Assistant Professor Justin Driver has written an article in the New Republic about the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. -
June 22, 2010
Opinion: A New Model for Mass Torts?, by Charles M. Silver at Huffington Post
Charles M. Silver, who holds the McDonald Chair in Civil Procedure at the Law School, has written an article at the Huffington Post on the Republican response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
June 10, 2010
Online video of Denise Gilman, clinical professor from the Law School's Immigration Clinic, discussing the myths and truths behind the United States's immigration policy.