2006 News and Events
December
November
October
- National Security Expert to Discuss
Guantanamo and the Supreme Court, Nov. 2
- UT Law Students Establish the Texas Association
for Law and Business
- Expert to Discuss Bankruptcy in the U.S.
and the UK, Nov. 15
- Two Award-Winning Journalists Examine
Washington's Most Private Public Figures, Oct. 30
- Tarlton
Law Library Staff Named Jamail Fellows
- Student Affairs Office Hosts Parent's
Weekend Events, Oct. 28
- Professor Sanford Levinson Presents
New Book at The Texas Book Festival, Oct. 28
- Sanford Levinson on “Our Broken
Constitution” in The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 16
- Career Services Office Hosts Ninth Annual
Mentor Reception, Oct. 25
- Public Lecture Features Dean of the
University of Chicago Law School, Oct. 12
- Annual Texas Law Fellowships Auction, Oct.
12
- Capital Punishment Clinic Returns to U.S.
Supreme Court
- Sanford Levinson Argues that Presidential
Vetoes are Undemocratic in The New Republic, Oct. 9
- Sanford Levinson Discusses the Flaws in
the U.S. Constitution in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct.
13
- Professors Henry Hu and Bernard Black
Featured in The Financial Times (London) on the Impact of Their
"Empty Voting" Research
- UT Law Hosts First Annual Conference on
Empirical Legal Studies, Oct. 27-28
- William Wayne Justice, ’42, Honored
with First Morris Dees Justice Award
- UT Law to Host Conference on the
Frontiers of Intellectual Property, Nov. 10-11
- Tarlton Law Library Publishes
Oral Memoirs of Three UT Law Professors
- Rapoport Center Announces Human Rights
Scholars for 2006-2007
- UT Law Establishes Community Development
Clinic
- Rapoport Center Presents Guantánamo
Multi-Media Event, Oct. 5
September
- UT Law Hosts Gender and Labor
Conference, Oct. 19-20
- International Lawyer to Speak at
UT Law about Bosnian Genocide Case, Sept. 25
- Shakespeare & the Law:
Scenes and Panel on Legal Issues from Hamlet, Oct. 4
- William Wayne Justice Center
Names Public Service Scholars
- Baron & Budd Scholarships
Awarded to UT Law Students
- Houston Mayor Bill White, ’79,
to Receive UT Distinguished Alumnus Award
- Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes to
Speak on the Importance of Diversity in Public Leadership
- New Book by Professor Ronald Mann on Global
Credit Card Industry
- Law School Invites Prospective Students
to UT Law Day, Oct. 6
- Alumnus James DeAnda, ’50, Featured
in Tarlton Law Library Oral History Series
- Professor Henry Hu Addresses the Council
of Institutional Investors on Hedge Funds and Corporate Governance
- In Memoriam: The Honorable James DeAnda,
1925-2006
- UT Law Named a Top
Law School for Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine
- Asbestos Multi-District
Litigation Judge Holds Court Hearing Today at UT Law, Invites Students to
Attend and Discuss, 3 p.m.
- Professor Antonio Benjamin
Sworn In as Brazilian Supreme Court Justice
- William Sage Appointed to Vice
Provost Position at UT-Austin
- Patent Law Expert John Golden
Joins Law Faculty
- Health Policy Expert William
Sage Joins UT Law Faculty
August
July
June
May
April
- Professor Calvin Johnson to Lecture on Righteous Anger at the Wicked States
on Book TV, April 29
- Professor Stanley Johanson
Honored with Massey Teaching Excellence Award
- Scott and Ascher on Trusts
Newly Released
- William Wayne Justice
Center Co-Sponsors Second Civil Rights Litigation Conference, April 27-28
- Heman Sweatt Symposium:
"Health Care Disparities: A Civil Rights Issue," April 24-28
- UT Law's Rapoport Center
Sponsors Student Writing Competition on Human Rights of Women
- World
Experts Attend UT-Austin Conference on Oversight of U.S. Prisons, April
23-26
- UT Student Groups Sponsor Talk
on the Politicization of the U.S. Department of Justice, April 21
- UT to Light Tower in Honor
of 2005-2006 Mock Trial & Moot Court National Champions
- H. Michael Sokolow, ’84,
Receives 2005 Outstanding Assistant Federal Defender Award
- Texas Journal of Oil,
Gas, and Energy Law Announces Release of Debut Issue
- WCIT Related Workshop:
The Future of Open Source Peer Production Models, May 2
- Sylvia de Leon, '76, Named
One of the Top 20 Most Influential Hispanic Women in U.S.
- Rapoport Center Announces
10 Summer Fellowships
- UT Law's Highest Honor Society
Installs 2006 Chancellors
- UT Law-Oxford Faculty Interchange,
April 11
- Sixth Annual Symposium on Dispute
Resolution, April 27
- Professor Cynthia Bryant Appointed
to Texas Supreme Court Task Force
- UT Law Creates Capital
Punishment Center and Expands Programs Relating to the Death Penalty
- Second Annual UT-Harvard
Bankruptcy Conference, April 28-29
- UT-Austin Conference on
Corporate Governance for Early Stage Companies, May 25
- Alumna Diana Saldana, ’97,
Named U.S. Magistrate
- Human Rights Experts Discuss
the Legality of Detentions at Guantanamo Bay, April 6
March
- Scholarship Awarded to Ciara Williams, ’07, During “Color
of Justice” Program, April 10
- UT Law Ranked 13th in the
Nation in New Reputational Survey by U.S. News
- Online Debate: Prof. John
Robertson Debates Sex Selection Laws and Ethics
- "Opting In: Law Firm Reviews,
Rainmaking, and Work-Life Balance," April 4
- Human Rights Defense Attorney
Michael Tigar to Speak at UT Law, April 6
- UT Law Presents Dred Scott
Symposium as 150th Anniversary Approaches, March 30-April 1
- Texas Law Fellowships’
Spring Pledge Drive Raises Nearly $50,000 for Public Interest Work
- U.S. Secretary for HUD to Deliver
Keynote at Thurgood Marshall Legal Society Banquet, March 31
- David Pratter, UT Law Library's
Youngest Donor
- UT Law Professor and Former
Prosecutor Samuel Buell Brings Students to Enron Trial
- Chicano/Hispanic Law Students’
Association Banquet, April 1
- U.S. Circuit Court Judges
Featured at UT Law Forum, March 27
- Hedge Fund Voting Paper
by Professors Henry Hu and Bernard Black Discussed in Corporate Control
Alert
- Texas Law Review presents
Lawrence Sager and Akhil Amar on the U.S. Constitution, March 20
- Tarlton
Law Library Presents the 2005 Western Books Exhibition, March 10-April 7
- Texas Law Fellowships' Spring
Pledge Drive Supports Public Interest Internships
- UT Law Students Make Semifinals
in National Con Law Moot Court Competition
- Presidential War Powers Expert
from the U.S. Library of Congress to Speak at UT Law, March 23
- Visiting Prof. Samuel Buell
Blogging the Enron Trial for the Houston Chronicle
- Professor Gerald Torres on
the Texas Redistricting Case in the Boston Globe
- Visting Prof. Samuel Buell
on South Dakota's New Abortion Law in the Los Angeles Times
- Professor Ronald Mann's
Team Wins Student-Faculty Dodgeball Tournament
- Texas Journal on Civil
Liberties and Civil Rights Annual Symposium, March 23
- Professor Henry Hu to Testify
Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,
March 9
- UT Law Capital
Punishment Clinic Wins Relief from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Capital
Case
- Professors Alex Albright
and Lonny Hoffman to Serve on Texas Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee
- Assault & Flattery Students
Present "The Big Dzienkowski," March 3–5
- Five Students Named
Public Service Scholars with the Justice Center at UT Law
- UT Law's First Equal
Justice Scholarship Awarded to Kathrine Russell, '08
- Adjunct Prof. Steve Bickerstaff
on the Texas Redistricting Case in The Austin American-Statesman
and The Dallas Morning News
- Rapoport Center Receives UT
Grant to Explore Life and Legacy of Diplomat George Lister
February
- Court TV Feature at UT Law Airs Friday, March 3
- Professor
Churgin Presents Overview of Law Library's Tom C. Clark Papers, Feb. 28
- Capital Punishment Center to
host a brown bag lunch with George Woods, M.D, March 1
- Conference
on Immigration Policy after 9/11: U.S. and European Perspectives, March
2–3
- Public Lecture on the Death
of the Private Pension Plan Features Yale Legal Scholar John Langbein, Feb.
23
- UT Law Announces Alumni Association
Award Winners
- SBA Honors Professor Steiker,
Admissions Director Ramos at Dean's Luncheon, Feb. 22
- Event: Career Services Office
Hosts Sixth Annual Small & Mid-Size Firm Reception, March 9
- Texas Journal of Women and the
Law's 15th Anniversary Celebration: Sarah Weddington,'67, to Discuss Changes
in Gender Law, Feb. 23
- CHLSA hosts Fajita Fiesta for
Dean Aleman Endowed Presidential Scholarship, Feb. 20
- UT Law to Offer Extensive
Programming at Explore UT 2006
- Daily Texan: UT
Law School at Head of Diversity Curve
- Rey Ramos Named Assistant Dean
for Student Affairs at UT Law
- Austin American-Statesman:
New Student Regent Speaks From Experience
- Tarlton Law Library Presents
Second Annual Rare Book Lecture, Feb. 15
- UT Law Faculty Ranks Fifth All-Time
in Papers Downloaded from the SSRN Database
- Events: SBA Hosts Law Week,
Feb. 20–Feb. 25
- UT Law Acquires Its First
Series of Textbooks on Foreign and Transnational Law
- UT Law Congratulates Student
Regent Brian J. Haley
- UT School of Law Dean Position
Posting
- Texas Intellectual Property
Law Journal Hosts 7th Annual IP Law Symposium, Feb. 2
- Texas Law Review Symposium:
Punishment Law & Policy, Feb. 3–4
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