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Faculty in the Media
Our faculty are frequently featured in national and international media for their insightful commentary.
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NPR
Who enforces judicial rulings against the president?
Professor Tara Leigh Grove explains the law behind who enforces a judicial ruling against the president following legal challenges to many of President Trump’s recent executive orders. -
Legal Talk Network
Revisit the Top 10 Appellate Mistakes in Trial Courts
Adjunct Professor Elana Einhorn discusses her co-authored article, “Help Us Help You: Top 10 Appellate Mistakes in the Trial Courts” and flags common issues that trial lawyers should bear in mind. -
USA Today
Trump expected to sign order trying to ban trans women from preferred sports teams
Adjunct Professor Scott Schneider predicts that President Trump’s attempt to ban trans women from playing on sports teams that correspond with their gender identities will not have wide-ranging implications because the matter is unresolved in the courts. -
Dallas Morning News
How Texas actually sticks it to taxpayers
An article references Professor Heather Way and work being done by Texas Law’s Housing Policy Clinic in partnership with Builders of Hope to publish a statewide property tax policy guide for the state legislative session. -
The Daily Texan
UT Energy Institute to lead project to mitigate, monitor emissions in Permian Basin
Professor Melinda Taylor comments on the UT Energy Institute’s new initiative to detect and fix methane leaks in pipelines and wells in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. -
DW News
Guantanamo and the “criminalization” of migrants
Professor Ariel Dulitzky comments on President Trump’s intention to open a detention center at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo.