Often considered to have the best constitutional law faculty in the United States, The University of Texas School of Law presents unparalleled opportunities for work on the whole range of issues that fall under constitutional law: the structure of government and the federal system, individual rights and liberties, and constitutional interpretation. Faculty approaches these issues from traditional doctrinal perspectives, as well as from the perspectives of political science, philosophy, and history. Even lawyers who do not practice in the area of constitutional law will find that a knowledge of constitutional doctrine is invaluable, since it is the most publicly visible-and often most controversial-area of the law, one which lawyers are often called upon to explain to their non-lawyer peers.
Anderson, Baker, Berman, Bobbitt, Forbath, Graglia, Laycock, Levinson, R. Markovits, Perry, Powe, Rabban, J. Robertson, Steiker, Weinberg, Young.
All students are required to take at least two constitutional law courses: during the first year, a basic course on the structure of government under the Constitution; and during the second or third year, a course on a specialized constitutional law topic (for example, freedom of speech, religious liberty, equal protection, the welfare state). In addition, each year presents a wide array of seminars in constitutional law and theory. Recent topics have included the following: The Warren Court, History of Free Speech, Constitutional and International Law, Race and the Constitution, and Constitutional Theory.