Category: Student Life

  • Two computer screens, one showing a Zoom screen, and one showing the Freshlaw Orientation slide, in a room full of students at orientation.
    On the eve of the unofficial start of the academic year—Freshlaw Orientation, when all new students first arrive on campus to meet one another and see what law school’s all about—there was the usual excitement that attends this annual ritual. “It’s always my favorite time,” said Brandi Welch, Texas Law’s Director of Academic Advising and […]
  • Michael Vance, Amber Magee, Marley Fraizer, and Linzy Scott standing in a court room
    The University of Texas School of Law had a remarkably successful 2020 Moot Court Season, both before and after the novel coronavirus disrupted many competitions across the country. The Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, widely recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent moot court competitions, took place the first weekend of March. It promotes and […]
  • A collage of portraits of six students who were awarded the Texas Law Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships.
    Seven Members of the Class of 2020 Awarded Texas Law Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships Texas Law has awarded postgraduate public interest fellowships to five graduating students. Each fellow will receive funding through the Law School to support their first year of employment at a nonprofit or public defense organization. Two graduating students have been selected […]
  • Headshot of Pierce Smith, wearing glasses and a suit with a blue and pink polka dot tie.
    The Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section 2020 Law Student Writing Competition announced Texas Law’s Pierce Smith ’20 as the Grand Prize Winner. Pierce Smith’s winning piece is titled Steering Through the Coronavirus Crisis: A Beginner’s Gander at Assessing the Strategic Importance of Maritime-Lien Law […]
  • Graphic of the Sunflower Ceremony 2020, written in orange letters with a faded sunflower in the background.
    The Law School celebrated the class of 2020, their family and friends, and the school’s leadership and faculty on Saturday, May 23, with a livestreamed Sunflower Ceremony. The student speaker was Permanent Class President for the Class of ’20, Annie Bennett, and the commencement address was delivered by the Honorable Robert Pitman ’88. Watch the […]
  • Portrait of Caitlin Machell Pevey, pictured in front of fall-colored trees
    Three members of the Class of 2020, along with a 2016 Texas Law alum, have received postgraduate fellowships from Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose declared mission is to support “the next generation of lawyers who commit themselves to public interest law and endeavor to provide effective representation to underserved […]
  • Portrait of Michael Vance, wearing a suit and black tie with white polka dots
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet soon-to-be graduate Michael Vance!
  • Amber Magee wearing an orange jacket, holding up the 'hook em' emblem, in front of the "School of Law" sign
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 3L Amber Magee!
  • The Honorable Brandy Mueller, Travis County Court at Law #6, with award recipient Noorulanne Jan, ‘21 and The Honorable Orlinda Naranjo standing in a courtroom
    The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law hosted its annual “Color of Justice” program on Wednesday, February 5 in the Eidman Courtroom. There the National Association of Women Judges, co-sponsor of the program, awarded second-year Texas Law student Noorulanne Jan with the Access to Justice scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to a […]
  • Portrait of Annabeth Reeb, pictured at the law school building
    For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 3L Annabeth Reeb!
  • Cody Akins, Ashley Alcantara, Allison Wright and Enrique Ramirez-Martinez.
    Texas Law is proud to share that the class of 2020 Chris Marshall Endowed Presidential Scholarships were awarded to four outstanding students. These scholarships are given annually to third-year students who have distinguished themselves academically and plan to remain in Texas after graduation to practice public service law in non-profit, government or legislative positions. We […]
  • Image of a youtube video of students in the School of Law building.
    A new academic year is underway at Texas Law and we’ve welcomed 288 1Ls and 35 LLMs to The Forty Acres. To mark the occasion, we had cameras rolling during Orientation and have produced this brief video to mark today’s milestone. The video was sent this morning to all 24,000+ Texas Law alumni and shared […]