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March 9, 2023
Shaping the Conversation: Prof. Richard Albert Brings Many Voices to Summit on Constitutionalism
On the evening of October 30, 1995, a teenaged Richard Albert was sitting at his home in Ottawa with his mother. They were watching TV coverage of returns from the referendum on whether Quebec should secede from Canada. Albert vividly recalls the tension he felt as a Quebecer but “first and foremost a Canadian” who did […] -
November 21, 2019
Dr. Teresa Lozano Long to Receive National Humanities Medal in White House Ceremony
Long-time friend to the Law School, Dr. Teresa Lozano Long will be honored during a White House ceremony on Thursday, November 21 with the National Humanities Medal. The National Humanities Medal, inaugurated in 1997, honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, […] -
November 6, 2019
Dean Page Keeton and Academic Freedom at UT Austin: Three Archival Letters
Josiah Daniel ’78, a retired Partner in Residence of the Vinson & Elkins Dallas office, is writing a biography of Dallas congressman Hatton W. Sumners, based on his papers in the Dallas Historical Society’s archive. While researching that project, Daniel came across a fascinating time capsule of law school history: An episode from 1960 involving […] -
October 20, 2014
Professor John Browning gives five practical pointers for litigators using social media By John G. Browning In today’s Digital Age, informal discovery can be accomplished at the speed of a search engine, revealing a treasure trove of information about opposing parties and witnesses with just a few mouse clicks. With 1.3 billion users worldwide posting […] -
October 20, 2014
Alumnus Ed Fein has guided NASA for almost 50 years as patent attorney By Jenny Blair At first glance, Ed Fein’s clients don’t seem to have much in common: a legendary cardiac surgeon, a spacewalking astronaut and a billionaire hotelier. However, each of these clients have patented technology that emerged from the space program, with […] -
July 3, 2014
Mark Dawson and Catherine McCulloch awarded Texas Law postgraduate fellowships
The University of Texas School of Law has awarded the 2014 Julius Glickman Fellowship in Public Interest Law to Catherine McCulloch, ’14, and the inaugural G. Rollie White Trust Fellowship in Public Interest Law to Mark Dawson, ’14. Both fellowships will provide $45,000 for full-time legal work for a year on a project sponsored by […] -
May 13, 2014
Steve Patterson, ’84, has taken the helm as Texas men’s athletic director, but for him, it’s always been… Game On By Maria Arrellaga It was an exciting day for The University of Texas School of Law when it was announced last November that Steve Patterson, ’84, had been selected for what media called “the most […] -
May 12, 2014
UT Law professor believes it’s time to review and renew the Constitution as the Founding Fathers envisioned By Sanford Levinson It has become almost a convention of contemporary American politics — like politicians who feel called upon to wear the American flag on their lapels — to treat the Constitution as a basically sacred text. […] -
April 24, 2014
How do you repay someone who saved your life? That’s a question Anthony Graves pondered when he became a free man. For eight and a half years, alumna Nicole Casarez, ’79, worked without compensation to help exonerate Graves, who spent 18 years in prison — 12 on death row — for heinous murders he did […] -
April 24, 2014
NAFTA at 20: Time to Refocus? Professor Hansen argues there is still a place for NAFTA
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. As the American child of a Mexican immigrant, I spent much of my childhood in the company of friends and family who still lived in Mexico or had recently left. My background made me very aware of the long history of distrust between the United States and […] -
December 4, 2013
Law School Legends: Two Professors, 100 Years, Thousands of Students
Ernest Smith and Stanley Johanson each celebrate their 50th anniversary teaching at Texas Law. -
December 3, 2013
Judson Littleton, '08, is one of four law clerks to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. for the October 2013 Term.
