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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 […] -
July 3, 2014
Justice Center, Student Bar Association Event Celebrates Service and Teaching
The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and the Student Bar Association held their annual award ceremony and ice cream social at the end of the 2013-14 academic year in celebration and recognition of exemplary University of Texas School of Law students, recent alumni and teachers. Congratulations and hook ’em, horns to the […] -
June 24, 2014
The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law honored six graduating students from The University of Texas School of Law’s Class of 2014 for their extraordinary commitment during law school to using the law to serve others. The annual Justice Center Graduating Student Awards honor graduating students for work in nonprofit, government and legislative […] -
June 18, 2014
The Texas Law Alumni Association recently honored its 2014 Alumni Award Recipients at a dinner at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center Friday, Sept. 5. Lifetime Achievement Award, Terry O. Tottenham, ’70 A partner with Norton Rose Fulbright since 1978, Tottenham’s practice encompasses complex litigation in both federal and state courts throughout the United […] -
June 13, 2014
Speaker Straus Appoints Clinic Director to Protect Our Kids Commission
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus named nine legislators in May to the House Select Committee on Child Protection and appointed three public members, including University of Texas School of Law Clinical Professor F. Scott McCown, to the Protect Our Kids Commission. The select committee will work in concert with the Protect our Kids Commission to […] -
June 11, 2014
Opinion: Summer Heat Kills Inmates in Texas Prisons, and That Needs to Change
In April, the Texas Law Human Rights Clinic published a report on the threat heat causes to Texas inmates. Following is a summary of the findings in the report written by Ariel Dulitzky, Alex Goeman and Samantha Chen. Texans know that summers in the Lone Star State are a brutal combination of searing heat and […] -
May 14, 2014
When Bowers, '91, said "I'm wearing jeans right now" during a Monday morning call from her corporate office, it personified her No. 1 priority as the new CEO of CST Brands — she wants to create an environment that prioritizes company morale, and build a robust retail culture. -
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
When Maidie Ryan, ’01, was a student at UT Law, she took a summer associate position at a law firm where recent graduate Beth Ann Dranguet, ’99, worked. Dranguet was assigned as her mentor for the summer. The assignment stuck — the two have been friends ever since. “We’ve gone down the same paths,” Dranguet […] -
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 […]
