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December 10, 2018
Professor William E. Forbath is leaving for Princeton University next year. But there’s no need to panic—it’s only for the Spring 2019 semester! Forbath, who holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law and is the Associate Dean for Research, has been selected for Princeton’s prestigious Law and Public Affairs Fellowship. The program brings outstanding […] -
September 29, 2016
Several members of the Texas Law faculty have recently been prominently featured in the national press. In the current issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin’s “The Supreme Court After Scalia” considers the upcoming term and the possibilities of an emerging “liberal Court.” Among matters that could come before a newly configured Court in coming […] -
December 10, 2015
William Forbath: Constitution Not Only Allows, But Requires Congress to Act on Economic Inequality
In a thought-proving, important interview with the American Constitution Society’s Blog, Professor William Forbath discusses the importance of a broad middle class and his opinion on how the Constitution promotes action against economic inequality. See the original article here. -
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 […] -
October 19, 2012
Professors William E. Forbath, Jordan M. Steiker, and Gerald Torres will discuss oral arguments, the case, and the possible implications of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. -
April 13, 2012
Professor William Forbath contributes “Workers’ Rights and the Distributive Constitution” to Dissent
Professor William Forbath wrote "Workers' Rights and the Distributive Constitution,” which was published in the Spring issue of the journal Dissent. -
September 14, 2011
Professor William Forbath, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, recently published “The Distributive Constitution” in Democracy: a Journal of Ideas as part of a debate with Geoffrey Stone and others about how progressives should interpret the Constitution. He will also conduct a webinar for the American Constitutional Society on October 12, 2011. -
June 27, 2011
Video is available of Professor William Forbath's recent lecture at the University of Oregon on “Human Rights: the Socialism of the 21st Century?” -
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.
