The Texas Law team of 3L Rizwan Popatia and 2L Jamie Scherbeh took the national championship at the 2021 Energy Law Negotiation Competition. The 6th annual competition hosted by South Texas College of Law Houston was held virtually on April 4-5, 2021, drawing students from 18 law schools across the nation for the respected alternative […]
The United States Commission on Civil Rights has confirmed President Biden’s appointment of Texas Law’s Professor of Law and Professor of Education Norma V. Cantú as the new Chair by unanimous vote. The appointment makes her the first Latina to serve as Chair of the commission. The appointment is a six-year term. She succeeds Catherine […]
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 […]
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 […]
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Caroline Baker Hurley ’88 to the Texas Southern University Board of Regents for a six-year term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027. Hurley of Houston served as a state district judge for over 21 years in Harris County, and continues to sit by assignment as a Senior Retired State […]
For this edition of Texas Law’s Student Spotlight series, meet 1L Bola Ibidapo, Student Bar Representative and member of the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society! Q: What sort of things are you engaged in at law school? I am currently involved in the Texas Student Bar Association as an elected 1L Representative. I am also a […]
Governor Abbott has appointed Texas Law alumnus Stuart W. Stedman ’85 to the University of Texas System Board of Regents for a six-year term that will expire on Feb. 1, 2027. Stedman will serve along with fellow alumna Vice Chairman Janiece Longoria ’79. Stedman of Houston is President of Stedman West Interests, Inc. He is […]
Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Texas Law alumnus William “Bill” Mahomes, Jr. ’72 to the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents for a six-year term that will expire on Feb. 1, 2027. He was first appointed to the Board of Regents in 2015. Mahomes is currently a Partner with Bracewell LLP in Dallas, and […]
The University of Texas Law School Foundation has elected four new members to serve on its Board of Trustees and invited two former members to rejoin the Board and serve an additional term. The election results were announced by Jack Balagia ’76, the Board’s current Chairman, and Susan L. Blount, Vice Chair for Administration, and […]
Texas Law Prof. Tracy McCormack ’86 is passionate about trial advocacy. She’s been teaching it to generations of Texas Law students, she’s been running the school’s award-wining Advocacy Programs, and she’s written several books and dozens of articles on the subject. Her most recent book even embraces the most current state of advocacy. Remote Advocacy in […]