2001 Archive

December

• Record fundraising year for UT Law
• UT Law works with Israeli Government on Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bob Estrada, ’83, named UT Regent
• CSO Launches Online Legal Mentor Directory
• Chair established to honor Frederick M. Baron, '71
• Senator Bentsen, '42, Honored with Endowed Chair
• Markesinis addresses French Supreme Court
• Major UT Law Conference Receives Texas Bar Foundation Grant
  

November

• CHLSA Students Attend National Latino Law Students Conference
• UT will not appeal Hopwood ruling
• First Round of Early Decisions Acceptances Sent This Week
• UT Law Celebrates One Million Volumes, Dec. 6-8
• Eisenhower, Bechloss to speak at LBJ Event; UT Law invited Nov. 26-27
• Professor Elizabeth Warren to deliver first Akard Lecture (11/12/01)
• UT Law Adds New Director of Admissions (11/09/01)
• UT's LeClercq chosen to create class-action lawsuit forms (11/08/01)
• Dean Bill Powers Elected to Enron Corp. Board (11/02/01)
• Robertson to deliver keynote speech at major Princeton conference (11/01/01)
• "Where are you going to get your music now?" The Future of Music Coalition Panel Discussion (11/1/01/01)
• Debating Diversity: What happened at U. Michigan?, Nov. 2

October

• Elite European Attorneys to study “The Law of the New Economy” at UT Law (10/24/01)
• UT Law Ranked #1 Law School for Hispanics (10/16/01)
• Time Magazine: UT Law #1 in Reaching Out to Students of All Backgrounds (10/16/01)
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers Honors Prof. Rabban (10/15/01)
• Mexican Cabinet Advisor to Address Immigration Policy Since Terror Attacks (10/9/01)
• Eminent Sorbonne Professor to be a Regular Visitor at the Law School (10/5/01)
• Judge Richard A. Posner to deliver the Sealey Lecture, Oct 4
• An Interview with Legendary Composer Philip Glass, Oct. 4
• Texas Law Fellowship Auction: Oct. 11

September

• Prof. Laycock Elected to ALI Council (9/20/01)
• Parents' Day (9/29/01)
• Recent Faculty News 2001 (.pdf) (9/18/01)
• International and Comparative Law Program News and Information 2001 (.pdf) (9/18/01)
• Letter to the Law School community from Dean Bill Powers regarding the New York-Washington D.C. air attacks (9/12/01)
• Dallas Mayor Encourages Public Service (9/10/01)

August

• Prof Buel Receives Top ABA Award (8/31/01)
• UT Law Graduate Named to Texas Supreme Court (8/30/01)
• The Ethics of Human Cloning Debated (8/9/01)
• Telecom and Admin Law Expert Joins UT Law (8/8/01)

July

• 3rd UT Grad This Year Accepts Law Teaching Job (7/23/01)
• UT Law announces San Antonio Partnership (7/16/01)

June

• Hopwood v. Texas recent news (6/25/01)

May

• Professor Klein to Co-Author Famed Procedure Treatise (5/21/01)
• UT Students Compete in International Moot Court (5/21/01)
• Hobby, JD '85, Honored at UT Graduation (5/21/01)
• School of Law announces UT Co-op Public Interest Award Winners (5/18/01)
• UT Law Ranks First in Texas Bar Exam (5/17/01)
• UT's Cynthia Bryant Named Texas Deputy Attorney General for Child Support (5/11/01)
• UT Team wins Best Oralist, Quarter-Finals Placement at Bankruptcy Moot Court (5/10/01)
• Professor Powe Wins Hamilton Book Prize (5/1/01)
• John B. Connally Center hosts Justice Stephen Breyer (5/3/01)

April

• Professor Levinson Receives Highest U.S. Academic Honor (4/30/01)
• Law Library Exhibit, Dreams and Plans: The Law School and its Buildings (4/25/01)
• Mercosul/Mercosur: The Market and Beyond (4/26/01)
• Lecture by Michael Rosen, Oxford Scholar (4/24/01)
• UT Prof Turns Down Ivy League Offer (4/19/01)
• U.S. Supreme Court Is Petitioned to Review Hopwood Case (4/17/01)
• UT School of Law Reaction (4/17/01)
• Heman Sweatt Symposium: Legal Perspective on Capital Punishment (4/19/01)
• UT School of Law Recognizes Its Distinguished Grads (4/16/01)
• Federalist Society Sponsors Luncheon Lecture by Texas Attorney General (4/19/01)
• Drawing Lines in the Sand: The Texas Latino Community and Redistricting 2001 (4/13/01)
• Dispute Resolution Symposium to Feature Thomas Schelling (4/6/01)

March

• TROL's 2001 Symposium: Medical and Health Care Litigation (3/2/01)
• Law Alum Nominated to Texas Supreme Court (3/26/01)
• New Law Library Exhibit: 2000 Western Books Exhibition (3/22/01)
• TIPLJ / IPLS Symposium: Emerging Trends in Intellectual Property Law (3/20/01)

February

• Applications to The Law School Soar for Second Year in a Row (2/26/01)
• Women's Law Caucus Hosts Spring Banquet (2/22/01)
• Legal Education and Access to Justice Colloquium (2/23/01)
• New Ranking Places Texas 12th Among Nation's Law Schools (2/14/01)
• Another Law Grad Lands Job as Professor (2/9/01)

January

• UT Ranked Among Top Ten Law Schools for Hispanics (1/24/01)
• Law Grad Hired as Professor (1/24/01)
• Orange Tower Honors UT Austin Law Students (1/16/01)
• Professor Elected President of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (1/16/01)
• Top Young Professor to Join Faculty (1/8/01)
• Law Grad Crowned World Champion Barrel Racer (1/4/01)
• Texas Law Review Symposium: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment  (Jan. 12-13, 2001)

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