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December 5, 2024
Texas Law alum Reid Coleman clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas during the most recently completed Supreme Court term. -
November 9, 2023
Alejandra Ávila ’14 reflects on the experiences that took her from law school to clerking for Justice Sonia Sotomayor. -
June 1, 2023
The Texas Law alumnus, who will be the school’s 40th Supreme Court clerk, is grateful to his professors and clinical experiences. -
February 15, 2022
Alumna Alejandra Ávila ’14 Lands Clerkship with Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Ávila is one of just 39 Texas Law graduates* (since 1938) to clerk on the Supreme Court. -
July 16, 2014
Statesman Op-Ed: Professor Larry Sager Claims Hobby Lobby Ruling is Worrisome
Contributors: Why everyone should worry about the Hobby Lobby ruling By Larry Sager and Frederick Mark Gedicks The country rounded a new and dangerous corner with the recent Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. By holding that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, excuses for-profit employers from providing contraceptive coverage under the […] -
July 10, 2014
New York Times Op-Ed: Professor Willy Forbath Comments on Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn ruling
The War on Workers: The Supreme Court Ruling on Harris v. Quinn Is a Blow for Unions By William E. Forbath and Cynthia Estlund Unions have never been uncontroversial in American society, but the battles over labor have grown fiercer in recent years: Witness the fight over public-employee unions in Wisconsin, or the 2012 decision […] -
December 3, 2013
Judson Littleton, '08, is one of four law clerks to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. for the October 2013 Term. -
February 26, 2013
Professor Jordan Steiker previews and recaps federal habeas case McQuiggin v. Perkins in SCOTUSblog
Jordan Steiker, Judge Robert M. Parker Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Capital Punishment Center, has written a preview of McQuiggin v. Perkins, a federal habeas case scheduled to be argued the week of February 25, 2013, at the Supreme Court, at SCOTUSblog. -
February 15, 2013
Professor Linda Mullenix, Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy, has written an article in the American Bar Association's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases previewing the issues and arguments in American Express Corp. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, et al. (PDF link), for which the Supreme Court will hear arguments on February 27, 2013. -
January 7, 2013
Professor Linda Mullenix reviews class action fairness case before Supreme Court
Professor Linda Mullenix has written a commentary on Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles—argued before the Supreme Court on January 7, 2013—in Preview of Supreme Court Cases. The case concerns the removal of a state class action into federal court and addresses the issue of whether state court plaintiffs may stipulate to damages below the federal jurisdictional threshold to evade removal under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). -
November 5, 2012
Professor Linda Mullenix previews two class action cases before the Supreme Court
On November 5, 2012, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases dealing with appeals in class action litigation: Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, and Comcast Corp. v. Behrend. Professor Linda Mullenix has written analyses of each of these appeals for the ABA Preview of Supreme Court Cases. -
October 17, 2012
Professor Lino A. Graglia, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law, has written two recent op-ed pieces discussing the issues at stake in the Supreme Court's pending decision on Fisher v. University of Texas, a controversial case involving the use of race as a criterion in college admissions.
