Tag: Alumni

  • A head shot of David Hall wearing a coat and tie.
    The longtime director of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, named one of Texas' greatest lawyers of the 20th century, died October 11.
  • A portrait of Ed Knight wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie.
    The executive vice chairman shines a light on the global economy, entrepreneurship, and his advice for current law students.
  • A graphic with photographs of Texas Law alumni recipients of 2023 Bar Foundation Awards with the Bar Foundation Awards logo in the center.
    The Texas Bar Foundation will be honoring four Texas Law alumni with awards celebrating their achievements in the legal profession.
  • TYLA team hookem
    The Texas Law Advocacy Program recently competed in three different advocacy competitions, successfully taking on teams from around the nation and bringing multiple awards back to the law school. “These victories exemplify the talent and dedication of our students, who spend countless hours perfecting their skills, our wonderful coaches who take away from their busy […]
  • In a unanimous vote (97-0), the U.S. Senate confirmed in May loyal Longhorn Gregg Costa, ’99, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The second youngest judge currently serving on a federal court of appeals bench, Costa brings unique perspective to his new role.
  • By Samantha Youngblood By offering a fresh take on sage legal advice, the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic (ECDC) at The University of Texas School of Law is serving up small business legal solutions so mobile foodies can do what they do best — make delicious street food. The story starts with Clinical Professor Heather […]
  • Alumnus Ed Fein has guided NASA for almost 50 years as patent attorney By Jenny Blair At first glance, Ed Fein’s clients don’t seem to have much in common: a legendary cardiac surgeon, a spacewalking astronaut and a billionaire hotelier. However, each of these clients have patented technology that emerged from the space program, with […]
  • When Maidie Ryan, ’01, was a student at UT Law, she took a summer associate position at a law firm where recent graduate Beth Ann Dranguet, ’99, worked. Dranguet was assigned as her mentor for the summer. The assignment stuck — the two have been friends ever since. “We’ve gone down the same paths,” Dranguet […]
  • The Law School's annual Diversity Weekend was held February 22–23, 2013, at the University of Texas. Alumni from all over met with Dean Ward Farnsworth and representatives from the Center for Women in Law as well as students from the Asian Law Students Association, Chicano/Hispanic Students Association, OUTLaw, the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society, and the Women's Law Caucus.
  • Hector De Leon, ’73, lives another chapter of his American dream as he passes management of his firm on to his son Ben, ’04.
  • Jeremy Reichman, '12, earned the top score on the July 2012 Texas bar exam.
  • Dean Ward Farnsworth traveled to Houston on October 24, 2012, to visit with Law School alumni.