Judge Royce Lamberth, ’67, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, is the subject of an August 24, 2010, Washington Post profile, “Stem cell judge Royce Lamberth no stranger to controversy, independence”.
Texas Law News
Classes begin Wednesday, August 25, for the University of Texas School of Law’s Class of 2013, and the incoming students are an impressively accomplished and diverse group.
Jennifer E. Laurin, an assistant professor at the Law School and an expert in criminal and constitutional legislation, has written an opinion piece in the Austin American-Statesman on the Texas Forensic Science Commission’s recent decision to reject a legal memo co-written by its chairman, John Bradley.
The United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have selected University of Texas School of Law Professor Karen L. Engle to receive a Fulbright Specialist grant for a project proposed by the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
The University of Texas at Austin’s Know online magazine has posted a video of Clinical Professor Professor Barbara Hines, co-director of the Law School’s Immigration Clinic, discussing the legal, economic, and social issues with Arizona’s new immigration law.
On August 12, 2010, Judge Harriet Murphy, UT Law class of 1969, was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame.

Scott Keller, ’07, is the latest Law School alumnus to clerk on the Supreme Court, under Justice Anthony Kennedy.

The Stephen D. Susman Academic Center will help students and professors focus on its namesake’s passion: academic excellence in the law.
The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, and the legacy of its namesake, who passed away last year. Richard Mithoff, ’71, looks back on the events that shaped the man.
UT Law’s newest student-edited journal celebrates five remarkable years.