2012
University of Texas at Austin President William Powers Jr. has, along with coauthor Mike Green, been awarded the John G. Fleming Memorial Prize for Torts Scholarship. The Fleming Prize is awarded every other year to an outstanding tort law scholar. Powers, a former dean of the Law School, and Green received the prize for, among other things, their “outstanding work as American Law Institute co-reporters for two core portions of the Restatement (Third) of Torts.” Powers and Green will jointly deliver the second Fleming Lecture at Berkeley Law at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 5, 2012.
Tags: Dean, Fleming Prize, Mike Green, Tort Law, William Powers Jr.
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Ramsey Clark, who served as attorney general under President Lyndon B. Johnson, will present a talk entitled “From Civil Rights to Human Rights” on Monday, November 12, 2012, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Law School’s Eidman Courtroom. Lunch will be served in the Jamail Pavilion at 1:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Ramsey Clark, Tom Clark
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Six students have been selected to serve as Public Service Scholars for the 2012–2013 year with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at the University of Texas School of Law.
Tags: Abby Anna Batko-Taylor, Amy Friedman, Brian Quillen, Coulter Goodman, Mackenzie Meador, Public Interest Law, Public Service Scholars, Sofia Meissner
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The academic ties between the University of Texas School of Law and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), which began with the establishment of a dual-degree program in 2011, are growing stronger. On October 19–20, 2012, a group of professors from the Law School traveled south to Mexico City, Mexico, to participate in a scholarly symposium with their ITAM colleagues.
Tags: Faculty News, International Law, ITAM
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Dean Ward Farnsworth traveled to Houston on October 24, 2012, to visit with Law School alumni.
Tags: Alumni, Alumni Receptions, Houston, Ward Farnsworth
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The William L. Prosser Award will be presented to Jane Stapleton, Ernest E. Smith Professor in Law at the Law School, at the annual Association of American Law Schools meeting on January 6, 2013. The Prosser Award was created and presented to its first recipient, Leon Green, in 1974, and honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the world of tort law scholarship.
Tags: Jane Stapleton, Product Liability, Torts, William L. Prosser Award
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The University of Texas School of Law is once again hosting the Information Technology Law and Energy Law module for the University of St. Gallen’s Executive Master of European and International Business Law MBL-HSG program from October 28 to November 2, 2012. Since 2001, the Law School has participated in this program, which holds a strong position in the landscape of executive law studies in Europe.
Tags: Energy Law, Information Technology Law, MBL-HSG Program, St. Gallen
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In recognition of National Pro Bono Week (October 21-27, 2012), the UT Law Pro Bono Program celebrates the pro bono efforts of members of the Law School community. Recently the Pro Bono Program spoke with Nicole Simmons, director of Public Service Programs in the UT Law Career Services Office, about her pro bono service.
Tags: Disability Rights Texas, Nicole Simmons, Pro Bono Program, Pro Bono Week, Volunteer Legal Services
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Dean Ward Farnsworth traveled to Fort Worth on October 11, 2012, to visit with Law School alumni.
Tags: Alumni, Alumni Receptions, Ward Farnsworth
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The Community Development Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law has released a report examining the City of Austin’s ad hoc policy for dealing with tenant displacement issues in conjunction with the demolition of an apartment complex on East Riverside Drive last year that displaced more than five hundred low-income tenants. In order to better protect tenants who are displaced from future apartment demolitions, the report recommends the adoption of a uniform citywide tenant relocation ordinance with stronger enforcement mechanisms.
Tags: Austin, Community Development Clinic, Gentrification, Heather Way, Housing Law
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