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October 26, 2010
Human Rights Clinic Releases Report on Impact of Dam Construction on Indigenous Group
A report researched and written by faculty and students in the Law School’s Human Rights Clinic details the struggles of Costa Rica’s indigenous Teribe tribe in the face of a proposed dam on the Terraba River, which threatens to flood their lands. -
October 22, 2010
On Monday, October 25, 2010, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host Professor Lora Wildenthal, associate professor of history at Rice University, who will present a lecture entitled “Asylum Rights between Left and Right: The German Case.” -
October 22, 2010
Texas Environmental Law Journal Hosts First Annual Symposium, October 29, 2010
Texas Environmental Law Journal’s 2010 Symposium, "Legal and Environmental Impacts of Extracting Gas from Shale," will take place Friday, October 29, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Law School's Eidman Courtroom. -
October 20, 2010
The Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law and Career Services Office will present speaker Pamela M. Brown, director of the Bi-National Family Violence Project of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA), on Monday, November 8, 2010, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Sheffield Room at the Law School. -
October 20, 2010
Texas Law Fellowships hosts annual auction to fund public interest law projects, October 21, 2010
The Fall Auction annually kicks off Texas Law Fellowships’ year-long fundraising efforts. In 2009, the Auction raised approximately $13,000 to fund fellowships for students who worked in public interest internships during the summer of 2010. Items for sale in the Auction are donated by area businesses, as well as by faculty and staff of the School of Law. -
October 14, 2010
Constitutional law scholar Justin Driver, an assistant professor at the Law School, recently spoke at a symposium dedicated to recently retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. "'The Finest Legal Mind': A Symposium in Celebration of Justice John Paul Stevens" was held October 8, 2010, at Georgetown University Law Center. -
October 13, 2010
Capital Punishment Clinic Director Rob Owen appears before U.S. Supreme Court for Skinner v. Switzer
Clinical Professor Rob Owen, director of the the University of Texas School of Law’s Capital Punishment Clinic, will argue before the the Supreme Court of the United States today, Oct. 13, 2010. -
October 12, 2010
Read an interview with Karen L. Engle, Cecil D. Redford Professor in Law and director of the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, about her new book, The Elusive Promise of Indigenous Development: Rights, Culture, Strategy. The book was published in fall 2010 by Duke University Press. -
October 11, 2010
Barbara Bintliff Delivers Keynote at GLIN Directors Meeting in Seoul
Barbara Bintliff, Joseph Hutcheson Professor in Law and director of the Tarlton Law Library, delivered the keynote lecture to the Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Annual GLIN Directors Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on September 6, 2010, held at the Korean National Assembly. -
October 7, 2010
Professor Norma Cantu was interviewed about the recent U.S. Supreme Court case on the limits of free speech, Snyder v. Phelps, on Fox 7’s Good Day Austin. -
October 7, 2010
The University of Texas School of Law’s Dean Lawrence Sager and Professor Alan Rau will speak at the third St. Gallen International Dispute Resolution Conference in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on October 14–15, 2010. -
October 1, 2010
Law School to Mark National Pro Bono Celebration with Book Talk and Movie Screening
Joining the American Bar Association’s weeklong National Pro Bono Celebration, the UT Law Pro Bono Program will host two related events highlighting the importance of pro bono work in the legal profession—a book talk by Ian Graham, author of Unbillable Hours: A True Story, and a screening of the film Mario’s Story.
