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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. -
September 10, 2010
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has named Professor Henry Hu, holder of the Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at the University of Texas School of Law, as one of the one hundred most influential people in corporate governance. -
September 3, 2010
Sanford Levinson, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law and the University of Texas at Austin, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association on September 3, 2010, during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. -
August 31, 2010
Professor William Sage, holder of the James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence at the Law School, and two other researchers have been awarded a $1.8 million grant under a new federal program intended to improve patient safety and the medical malpractice system. -
August 30, 2010
“Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics” publishes Law School Embryonic Stem Cell conference papers
The Summer 2010 issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics includes the papers delivered at the “Law, Science, and Innovation: The Embryonic Stem Cell Controversy” conference, held at the Law School in May 2009. Professor John A. Robertson, holder of the Vinson & Elkins Chair, served as guest editor for the issue. -
August 27, 2010
Professor Linda Mullenix of the University of Texas School of Law has been elected to the newly-created Board of Directors of the Austin Chapter of the Fulbright Association. -
August 25, 2010
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". -
August 20, 2010
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. -
August 18, 2010
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. -
August 17, 2010
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.