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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. -
September 30, 2010
Recent Graduates Help Secure Repatriation of Russian Guest Workers
Two recent Law School graduates working for the Equal Justice Center in Austin were able to repatriate six Russian guest workers who had been evicted from their residences and fired from their jobs after asking for higher pay after their wages were cut to below the minimum wage. -
September 30, 2010
Fair housing conference to address recent legal developments
“Race, Place, and Fair Housing in Texas: A Statewide Conference” will be held at the University of Texas School of Law on October 15, 2010. The conference will bring together top national experts and leading local practitioners to discuss how recent legal developments affect Texas cities’ obligations to create inclusive housing opportunities for persons of color. -
September 23, 2010
Three UT Law Students Receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships
Three students at the University of Texas School of Law have been selected to receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships for the 2010–2011 academic year. -
September 22, 2010
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild has named Barbara Hines, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, the 2010 recipient of its Carol Weiss King Award for excellence in the pursuit of social justice through organizing, litigating, and teaching. -
September 22, 2010
On Monday, September 27, 2010, the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice will host Professor Daniel Brinks, associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, and Varun Gauri, a World Bank senior economist, at the first Human Rights Happy Hour of the Fall 2010 semester. Brinks and Gauri will co-present a lecture entitled “Assessing the Distributive Impact of Social and Economic Rights in Litigation: More Litigation = More Inequality?” -
September 20, 2010
Actors from Spirit of Shakespeare, a University of Texas student organization, will perform scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of a panel discussion titled “According to our Law: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, in the Eidman Courtroom at the University of Texas School of Law from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. -
September 20, 2010
Professor Dan Rodriguez, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, has written an article on the legal and political struggle over same-sex marriage rights in the Sept. 19, 2010, edition of the Austin American-Statesman. -
September 20, 2010
Five students have been selected to serve as Public Service Scholars for 2010–2011 with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at the University of Texas School of Law. -
September 16, 2010
Robert Brothers, a third-year student at the University of Texas School of Law, has been selected to receive the first Scott Ozmun Fellowship to work on pro bono cases through Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas (VLS). -
September 14, 2010
William Forbath becomes Guest Contributor to Legal History Blog
William Forbath, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law and a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, will be a guest blogger at Legal History Blog during September 2010.
