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Hopper Named Law Student of the Year
Every spring semester, the National Jurist magazine invites law schools to each nominate one student for possible selection as a Law Student of the Year. -
Student Spotlight: Kiara Staton
Working at the Houston Museum of Natural Science taught me invaluable skills that I’ve carried into law school and beyond. -
Bookfest: Celebrating David Rabban’s ‘Academic Freedom’
Texas Law faculty are invited to join us on April 18, 2025, for a Bookfest event celebrating “Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right,” the latest book by Professor David Rabban. Rabban—the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law—has spent his career studying and defending academic freedom. His new book examines academic freedom as a unique area of First Amendment law, offering both historical perspective and contemporary relevance to today’s higher education debates. -
Student Spotlight: Hayden Spurgeon
I owe it all to my mom, who is my biggest supporter. -
Alumni Voices: Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers
Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers ’15 is a rock star in the environmental law field. -
LL.M. Alum Undertakes Pioneering Pursuits in Space
In 2024, Alina Nassar Jorge, LL.M. ’02 delivered a keynote speech at the 10th annual Space Traffic Management Conference, hosted by her alma mater, The University of Texas at Austin. -
Meet Henry Hu
From the early days of the derivatives revolution to the explosive growth of ETFs and bitcoins, Professor Henry Hu has been at the forefront of assessing the risks and promise of the modern financial and corporate worlds. -
Coleman Reflects on SCOTUS Clerkship
Earning one of the legal profession’s most sought-after roles was just the latest accomplishment for Reid Coleman ’21, who spent the 2023-24 Supreme Court term clerking for Justice Clarence Thomas. -
Postgraduate Fellowship Salaries Now $75K
Texas Law and its supporters are once again making a major investment in public service and public interest careers for students. -
Every Lawyer is An Advocate
Last October, a team of six Texas Law students—3L Tori Holder and 2Ls and Alex Campagna, Monica Dike, Noah Hoffman, Ruona Odharo, and Kacey Simmons—won first place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Civil Rights Trial Competition in Sacramento, California. -
2024 Alumni Awards ‘Celebrities’ Recognized
Seven outstanding Texas Law alumni were recognized at a gala ceremony on Nov. 8, with 200 guests gathered in a full ballroom at the Thompson hotel in downtown Austin. -
Future 1L Dedicates Year to Public Interest
The Weil Legal Innovators Program enables incoming Texas Law students to explore public interest opportunities. -
Alumni Voices: Rudy Metayer
When Rudy Metayer ’06 was inducted into the Texas Lyceum as a director in January 2024, he followed in the footsteps of influential leaders like President George W. Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. -
Making Peace, One Conversation at a Time
It’s all too easy to find ourselves pulled into daily arguments that leave us upset and exhausted, and, what’s more, don’t achieve anything. -
Silver Featured on Academic Minute
Almost everyone agrees that healthcare prices are too high, and that patients too often face nightmare scenarios with opaque billing practices and inexplicable costs.