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June 14, 2011
Professor Calvin Johnson’s Shelf Project seeks to provide Congress with efficient revenue options
Calvin Johnson has fifty ways to raise $1 trillion in taxes without raising rates, and he wants to convince Congress to adopt them. Now, he may get his chance. Johnson, the Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professor at the Law School, was recently awarded a fellowship at the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution based in Washington, D.C. The Tax Policy Center provides analysis for both policymakers and the public, and has a team of world-class budget and tax economists. -
May 31, 2011
On May 24, 2011, Professor Charles Silver testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee. The title of the hearing was “Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigation’s Effect on America’s Global Competitiveness.” Silver discussed how civil justice mechanisms in the United States contribute to prosperity by protecting legal rights and enforcing legal obligations. -
April 29, 2011
Professor Stanley Johanson and Katy Hutchinson, ’11, receive 2011 Texas Exes Teaching Awards
Stanley Johanson, James A. Elkins Centennial Chair in Law, and law student Kathryn (“Katy”) Hutchinson, ’11, of the University of Texas at Austin have been awarded the 2011 Texas Exes Teaching Awards. -
April 21, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes Fund Inc. v. Halliburton Co.
Linda Mullenix, the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written an article in ABA Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases previewing Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. The case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on April 25, 2011. -
March 28, 2011
Linda Mullenix, the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written several articles analyzing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, which was argued before the United States Supreme Court on March 29, 2011. -
February 22, 2011
Professor Henry Hu, who holds the Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at the Law School, served as the guest host of CNBC’s flagship morning program Squawk Box on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. -
February 14, 2011
Justin Driver, an assistant professor at the Law School, has written a review of Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel's Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion in the New Republic. -
January 24, 2011
Professor John J. Sampson of the University of Texas School of Law has received the 2010 Outstanding Legal Advocate Award from the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC). -
January 20, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes cases for Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases
Professor Linda S. Mullenix of the University of Texas School of Law has written articles in the Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases on four cases argued before the Court in January. -
January 5, 2011
Professor Justin Driver, Judge Diane Wood honored for exemplary legal writing by the Green Bag
The Green Bag Almanac & Reader 2011 includes writing by two members of the UT Law community—Professor Justin Driver and Judge Diane Wood, ’75. The collection recognizes outstanding legal writing from a variety of sources. -
December 22, 2010
Malpractice lawsuits study by Professors Bill Sage and Charles Silver cited in the New York Times
A study cowritten by two Law School professors, William Sage and Charles Silver, "Do the Elderly Fare in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Before and After Tort Reform? Evidence from Texas, 1988-2007," was cited in a recent New York Times article about the effects of Texas's tort reform laws on lawyers and patients. -
December 16, 2010
Lynn Blais, Leroy G. Denman Jr. Regents Professor in Real Property Law, wrote in a recent Austin American-Statesman op-ed that the Texas Supreme Court's Nov. 5 decision in Severance v. Patterson could soon make most of Texas’s coast off-limits to the public.
