Category: Student Life

  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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,” […]
  • 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 […]
  • Class of 2023 pro bono participants (clockwise from top left) Kate Gibson, Marcus Harding, Adarsh Parthasarathy, Neal Whetstone, Leah Weintrub, and Sophia Shams.
    Fall 2020 presented novel challenges for the law school’s Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program, which has developed a rich array of in-house pro bono projects that provide opportunities for students to assist community members with a range of legal problems. After the pandemic moved all pro bono activities online in March 2020, program staff […]
  • Portrait of John C. Ruff, wearing a navy jacket and a blue and grey tie.
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 2L John C. Ruff!
  • Portrait of Barbara Di Castro Pimenta wearing undergraduate graduation regalia.
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 1L Barbara Di Castro Pimenta!
  • Portrait of John Goodman II, wearing his Anglican Minister attire.
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 1L John Goodman II!
  • Caroline Burks pictured in a large coat standing in front of stone infrastructures
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 2L Caroline Burks!
  • Portrait of Taylor Brigance, wearing a blue shirt and a gray jacket.
    This Veterans Day, Texas Law is shining a light on students who have served in America’s military. Each is involved in a range of school organizations and causes, and each has a unique career ambition. Together, they and the many other veterans in our student population enrich the Texas Law community. Veterans “bring a worldly […]
  • Miatta Echetebu wearing a green patterned top in front of a tree
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 3L Miatta Echetebu!
  • Portrait of Sergio Cavazos, wearing glasses in front of a blue background
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 2L Sergio Cavazos!