Category: Law School News

  • Giles Moot National Champs- Sarah Propst and Cody Johnson
    A team of two 3L students, Sarah Propst and Cody Johnson, won top honors at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)’s 2020-21 national Giles S. Rich Moot Court Competition, winning one of the five regional competitions and then beating out nine other regional champions and runners-up to take the national honors. The team was […]
  • Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, headshots of three winners
    Texas Law students took second place at the 29th annual Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, hosted by St. John’s University and the American Bankruptcy Institute, Feb. 27 – March 1, 2021.  The Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition is widely recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent moot court competitions. The second place team […]
  • Prof. Keegan Warren-Clem ’12 and Kassandra Gonzalez ’19
    As the country was reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court in December 2020 granted certiorari in Becerra v. Gresham and Arkansas v. Gresham, two consolidated cases concerning work requirements for adult beneficiaries of Medicaid in Arkansas and New Hampshire. The 2018 policy change that approved those states’ work programs resulted in roughly […]
  • 2021 Admiralty Moot Court Competition Champions
    Texas Law 2L Mason Currah and 3Ls Alex Gaudio and Elizabeth Hamilton have won the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition, besting 28 other teams from across the country. The team was coached by Dr. iur. Carly Toepke and Ben Walton. In addition to emerging as the tournament champions, Currah, Gaudio and Hamilton […]
  • A color photo head shot of Teresa Lozano Long
    The State of Texas and the School of Law are mourning the loss of Teresa Lozano Long, who, along with husband Joe R. Long ’58, endowed dozens of programs, institutions, and schools throughout a lifetime of philanthropy and good works. The faculty and students of the law school are among the many beneficiaries of Terry […]
  • A car covered in snow with the word "Texas" drawn in the snow, taken during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021
    Last month’s historic Winter Storm Uri plunged millions of Texans into dangerous, emergency situations, with widespread power outages and water service interruptions. At one point, 45% of Austin was without power, leaving hundreds of thousands of Travis County residents without heat during sustained single-digit temperatures. Making matters worse, the record stretch of sub-freezing weather combined […]
  • Black and white illustration of an upraised fist in a circle with the first serving as the letter I in the words GRITS
    Launched by a group of students at the University of Texas School of Law in 2015, GRITS (Getting Radical in the South) is an entirely student-run public interest law conference that focuses on social justice work in the South. GRITS emphasizes innovative, progressive, and even radical approaches to building community among students, practitioners, and community […]
  • An image of the five first women at Texas Law
    It’s International Women’s Day and at Texas Law we are reflecting on more than a century of women making their mark on our school and on the world. Today, women make up more than 50% of law students nationally and organizations such as Texas Law’s Center for Women in Law are central to the law […]
  • Headshots of 28 alumni and text that reads, "Texas Law Alumni - Changing the World and Making History"
    During Black History Month, we are recognizing the excellence and achievements of Texas Law alumni who are impacting society today in Texas and beyond! Read on to learn more about some of our remarkable alumni who started here and are changing the world.  Arleas Upton Kea is the Deputy to the Chairman for External Affairs […]
  • Texas Law 3L student Victoria Fazzino in a burnt orange dress with white flowers, standing outside on a sunny day
    Texas Law 3Ls Victoria Fazzino, Jensen Martinez, and Zachary Dwyer got their Super Bowl celebrations started early on Sunday when they were named the national champions of the 13th Annual John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition, hosted by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. “We were proud to represent Texas Law,” […]
  • Student lawyers prepare for a court appearance on behalf of their clients in the Juvenile Justice Clinic of Texas Law.
    It’s a milestone school year for Texas Law’s Juvenile Justice Clinic. The clinic, which offers litigation experience while exposing students to the operations of the juvenile justice system by placing them as student attorneys with the Travis County Juvenile Public Defender, grew out of a 1975 seminar led by Professor Michael Rosenthal, who had students […]
  • Eva Sikes standing and speaking to five students seated at a table during Pro Bono in January 2020.
    Each year, the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Program organizes a winter break service trip to South Texas: Pro Bono in January, or PBinJ. Due to the pandemic, students did not travel to South Texas in January 2021 — but the tradition went on, online. “We want to continue to support our pro bono partners in […]