Feature Stories
Six students at the University of Texas School of Law have been selected as the 2011 Whitehurst Public Interest Summer Fellows. The fellowships are made possible by a gift from Bill, ’70, and Stephanie Whitehurst, and are administered by the Law School’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. The fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding students between their second and third years of law school to support their summer public interest work.
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The University of Texas School of Law and the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City have announced a new dual-degree program that will allow students to earn both a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a Licenciatura en Derecho (Mexican professional degree in law) from ITAM. Lawrence Sager, dean of the UT Law School, and Jorge Cerdio, dean of the Department of Law at ITAM, signed the agreement at a ceremony in UT Law’s Susman Academic Center on March 5, 2011.
Tags: Dual-degree Program, Feature Stories, ITAM, Jorge Cerdio, Mexico
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The University of Texas School of Law’s Justice Corps program recently awarded the Julius Glickman Fellowship in Public Interest Law to third-year student Claire Rodriguez. The two-year fellowship provides $45,000 per year for full-time legal work on a project sponsored by an existing public-interest legal organization and supervised by a licensed attorney.
Tags: Claire Rodriguez, Equal Justice Center, Feature Stories, Julius Glickman Fellowship, Justice Corps, Public Interest Law, William Wayne Justice Center
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The Law School’s interscholastic team won a national championship at the John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition, held in Fairfax, Virginia, February 10–13, 2011.
Tags: Advocacy Program, Feature Stories, Interscholastic Competition, National Championship
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UT Law’s Community Development Clinic has been helping residents of Rancho Vista, a small colonia outside San Marcos, secure title to their homes, set up a nonprofit corporation to aid with home repairs, and prepare legislation that would make it easier for them to qualify for a homestead exemption.
Tags: Community Development Clinc, Feature Stories, Rancho Vista
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Professor Dan Rodriguez discusses gay marriage litigation from the last decade and previews potential outcomes of California’s Proposition 8 case.
Tags: Dan Rodriguez, Feature Stories, Podcasts, Proposition 8, Same-sex marriage
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Lulu Flores, ’80, was recently named National Latina Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association, a new height in a career defined by public service.
Tags: Alumni, Feature Stories, Lulu Flores, Profile
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Scott Keller, ’07, is the latest Law School alumnus to clerk on the Supreme Court, under Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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As president of Cristo Rey Jesuit, the Rev. TJ Martinez, ’96, prepares underprivileged children for a better future
Tags: Alumni, Cristo Rey Jesuit, Education, Feature Stories, Houston, TJ Martinez
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Barbara Bintliff, law library director at the University of Colorado at Boulder, accepts position as library director and Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor in Law.
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