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November 28, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes Mims v. Arrow Financial Services
Linda Mullenix, holder of the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written an analysis of Mims v. Arrow Financial Services in the recent edition of the American Bar Association's Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases. The case is expected to be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court in December 2011. Mullenix's preview is available on the Law School's website as a PDF. -
August 31, 2011
Lisa Blatt and David Frederick are good friends from their days at UT Law who still cross paths every once in a while. That in itself is not unusual. Every Law School graduate has had the experience of running into fellow alumni in court, in social settings, or even in the grocery store. For Blatt and Frederick, however, the venue is somewhat more august—before the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. The two have faced off against each other there three times, including twice in the recent 2010–2011 session. -
August 30, 2011
Lynn A. Baker, Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, was one of a handful of legal scholars invited to speak at the 2011 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Carlsbad, California, on August 16, 2011. Baker’s panel, “Federalism in the 21st Century: Balancing States' Rights with Federal Power,” discussed current Supreme Court federalism jurisprudence, offered predictions on the direction the Roberts court is likely to take, and debated the proper balance between federal and state power. -
August 8, 2011
Ryan Newman, ’07, to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
Ryan Newman, ’07, will begin a clerkship for Justice Samuel Alito at the U.S. Supreme Court at the beginning of the 2011–2012 term. -
April 21, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes Fund Inc. v. Halliburton Co.
Linda Mullenix, the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written an article in ABA Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases previewing Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. The case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on April 25, 2011. -
April 5, 2011
WEBCAST: The Honorable Stephen Breyer visits UT Law, discusses Making Our Democracy Work
The Law School welcomed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to campus on April 4, 2011, for a series of events, including a lively colloquium about his most recent book, Making our Democracy Work. The colloquium was recorded and can be watched on the Law School's website. -
March 28, 2011
Linda Mullenix, the Morris & Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the Law School, has written several articles analyzing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, which was argued before the United States Supreme Court on March 29, 2011. -
March 7, 2011
Supreme Court decides Switzer v. Skinner in favor of Capital Punishment Clinic client
The Supreme Court has issued its decision in Skinner v. Switzer in favor of Hank Skinner, who is represented by the Law School’s Capital Punishment Clinic. -
February 14, 2011
Justin Driver, an assistant professor at the Law School, has written a review of Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel's Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion in the New Republic. -
January 20, 2011
Professor Linda Mullenix analyzes cases for Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases
Professor Linda S. Mullenix of the University of Texas School of Law has written articles in the Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases on four cases argued before the Court in January. -
December 9, 2010
Constitutional law scholar Luca A. "Scot" Powe will sign copies of his book, The Supreme Court and the American Elite, at the Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair on Saturday, December 11, 2010. -
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.