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January 21, 2021
Pro Bono in the Time of COVID: 1Ls Share Fall 2020 Experiences
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 […] -
January 11, 2021
ALUMNI PROFILE: Bob Estrada ’83, Leading the Texas Exes Through Unusual Times
Though born in Mexico City, Robert Estrada has lived a quintessential American Dream. From a small-town upbringing in Brownville, Texas, to service with the Armed Forces Reserve during the Vietnam War, to a job as a television news reporter when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, to working in the White House for George H.W. […] -
January 11, 2021
A new report from the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice finds that Austin’s Latinx construction workers have suffered outsized consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic because of the city’s economic growth and related political decisions, including a mandate to allow construction work to continue during the coronavirus pandemic’s outset. According to […] -
January 10, 2021
On January 5, Eli Sugarman of the The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation published a short but meaty interview with Texas Law Professor Bobby Chesney. Chesney, the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs, is a grantee of the Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative. We reprint, with permission, the interview done […] -
January 8, 2021
For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 2L John C. Ruff! -
December 21, 2020
For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 1L Barbara Di Castro Pimenta! -
December 14, 2020
The RGK Center Profiles Tim Delaney ’83, President & CEO of National Council of Nonprofits
Tim Delaney ’83, President and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN), is a seasoned attorney and policy advocate, daily applying his diverse experiences to help advance charitable nonprofits across the country. He recently sat down with the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service to discuss his career path and how his time […] -
December 7, 2020
Melissa Wasserman to Serve on Board of Directors of American Law & Economics Association
Melissa Feeney Wasserman, the Charles Tilford McCormick Professor of Law, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Law & Economics Association (ALEA). Her term begins January 1, 2021. The ALEA is an organization comprised of law and economics scholars “dedicated to the advancement of economic understanding of law and […] -
December 4, 2020
Meet Texas Law’s New Chief Development Officer, Magda Herrera ’05
Magda Herrera is joining Texas Law as Chief Development Officer starting on January 4, 2021. It’s a true homecoming for the Double Longhorn who graduated from Texas Law in 2005 after earning her Bachelor of Arts from UT Austin in 2002, majoring in Government. She was a Public Interest Law Fellow in 2003 and 2004, […] -
December 3, 2020
For this edition of Texas Law's Student Spotlight series, meet 1L John Goodman II! -
December 3, 2020
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas M. Reavley, Texas Legend and Texas Law Adjunct
(UPDATE: Gifts may be made to the Judge Thomas M. Reavley Endowed Presidential Scholarship.) The Hon. Thomas M. Reavley, who sat on the Texas Supreme Court before his appointment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States, and who also found time for three separate stints as an Adjunct Professor at Texas Law, […] -
December 3, 2020
Julius Whittier—a larger-than-life trailblazer as Texas’ first Black letterman, a member of the 1970 National Championship team, a Texas Law alum, and a triple Longhorn—has been honored with a larger-than-life bronze statue in the north end of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The 12-and-a-half-foot tall bronze sculpture, depicting Whittier from his playing days with his […]
