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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 31, 2022
Texas Law has announced that four current faculty members—Susan Morse, Melissa Wasserman, Shavonne Henderson, and Eden Harrington— have agreed to serve the law school community as Associate Deans, effective July 1. Collectively, this group will form the dean’s senior leadership team, advising the dean while also carrying out the charges described below. “We are all […] -
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 10, 2022
The University of Texas at Austin has selected Robert (Bobby) Chesney to serve as the next dean of the School of Law. Chesney, who currently holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs and has served as the school’s associate dean for academic affairs for more than a […] -
April 13, 2022
Mike Golden ’01 has been named lecturer and Director of Advocacy at The University of Texas School of Law. He has been an adjunct professor for the law school’s Trial Advocacy program since 2004, and has taught Trial Advocacy Survey, Advocacy Outside the Courtroom, ADR, and Negotiation. “As a longtime member of our adjunct faculty, […] -
April 4, 2022
Prof. Lori Duke Presented the Rutland Award for Excellence in Child Advocacy
Professor Lori Duke ’95, Texas Law’s Co-Director of the Children’s Rights Clinic, was awarded the Fairy Davenport Rutland Award for Distinguished Service to Children and Families by The State Bar of Texas Child Abuse and Neglect Committee. To be considered for this award, candidates must have made a substantial contribution to the field of advocacy […] -
March 25, 2022
Members of the Texas Law community are celebrating an 8-1 Supreme Court win on behalf of capital inmate John Henry Ramirez. Mr. Ramirez sued the State of Texas for violating his religious-liberty right to have his pastor pray and lay hands on him during his execution (Ramirez v. Collier). Current Texas Law students, faculty, and […] -
March 9, 2022
Prof. Elizabeth Sepper Honored with Lectureship and Award of Excellence
Texas Law professor Elizabeth Sepper has been honored with the 2022 McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Memorial Lectureship and Award for Excellence presented by the Hall Center for Law and Health at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. This lectureship and award program brings leading scholars and policy makers in the fields of law and medicine […] -
February 1, 2022
In Memoriam: Remembering Professor Lino Graglia, Texas Law Faculty Member for 50 Years
The Law School community is saddened by the passing of Lino Graglia, who died on Jan. 30. Prof. Graglia was a member of the Law School faculty for more than 50 years. “Lino was an influential scholar in multiple fields and a cherished mentor to many students,” said Dean Ward Farnsworth. “He was also highly […] -
January 18, 2022
Professor Mechele Dickerson Wins Massey Teaching Excellence Award
The University of Texas School of Law Professor Mechele Dickerson is our newest recipient of the Massey Teaching Excellence Award, which is given to a law professor who “epitomizes the School’s priority of providing the highest quality of teaching to its students.” “Mechele has long been one of our finest classroom teachers. She brings energy, […] -
December 8, 2021
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin has established a new national policy resource center working to ensure the safe and humane treatment of people in custody and cultivate the next generation of justice policy leaders. The Prison and Jail Innovation Lab (PJIL) serves as a bridge […] -
November 5, 2021
Texas Law Adjunct Professor Evan Young Appointed to Texas Supreme Court
Professor Evan Young has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas. He joined the Law School faculty in 2015, teaching courses on Federal Courts and Religious Liberty. After law school, Young served as clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and then as counsel to attorneys general under former President George W. Bush. Currently, […]
