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2006 News and Events

December

• UT Law's Justice Center to Co-Sponsor Civil Rights Education Event
• Professor Derek Jinks Appointed to U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on International Law
• Professor Mechele Dickerson Receives Texas Exes Faculty Teaching Award
• Access to Justice Scholarship Awarded to Laura Peña, '08
• Professor Julius Getman to Sign Strike! at Austin Music Hall Festival, Dec. 12

November

• Commentary: Professor Steve Bickerstaff on Tom DeLay's Damaging Legacy in Austin American-Statesman.
• Houston Chronicle Profiles UT Law Dean Larry Sager
• UT Conference Named in Honor of Distinguished Bankruptcy Professor Jay Westbrook
• Grand Opening of George's Café, Named in Honor of Texas Trial Attorney George Fleming, '71, Nov. 17
• Professor Julius Getman Publishes First Novel, Strike!
• UT Law's Justice Center Co-Sponsors Student-Attorney Project to Provide Free Legal Services to Breast Cancer Patients
• Justice Bea Ann Smith, '75, Honored for Judicial Career and Service to the Law School
• Professor Doug Laycock Talks on Panel with Co-Writers of The Texas Book
• Young French and German Judges to Study for LL.M. Degree at UT
• Conference on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Based on Papers of "Mr. Human Rights," Dec. 1–2

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
• 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 Guantanamo 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

• Professor A. Mechele Dickerson Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Professor Mark Ascher Appointed to Jamail Centennial Chair in Law
• Professor Ernest Young Appointed to Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts
• Tarlton Law Library Announces New Staff Hires
• French Republic Awards Grand Cross of Merit to Sir Basil Markesinis
• UT Law School Welcomes the Class of 2009
• Asst. Dean Allegra Young to Join I & O Communications, Inc.
• UT Law Awards Equal Justice Scholarship to Jessica Cassidy, '09
• Law School Hosts International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law Meeting, Aug. 9-12

July

• New Collaborative Internship Program Places Law Students in South Texas
• Prof. Roy Mersky, Tarlton Librarians Receive AALL Accolades
• UT Law Visiting Professor Antonio Benjamin Nominated to Brazilian Supreme Court
• Professor Roy Mersky Receives University of Wisconsin Alumnus of the Year Award
• Philip Bobbitt on What We've Learned About Fighting Terrorism in The Spectator Magazine

June

• Pro: Lino Graglia on Hudson v. Michigan and No Knock Entries in the Statesman
• Con: George Dix on Hudson v. Michigan and No Knock Entries in the Statesman
• Billy H. Gragg Memorial Scholarship Established at UT Law
• Research by Henry Hu and Bernard Black Featured in Investment News and The Daily Telegraph (London)
• The National Immigration Project Honors UT Law Professor Barbara Hines
• Professor Patricia Hansen Elected to American Law Institute
• Attorneys, Journalists and Trial Consultants Discuss Image of the Legal Profession and Death Penalty Issues, June 16
• Professor Ernest Young Elected to American Law Institute
• Eight UT Law Students Selected for 2006 Equal Justice Works Summer Corps Program
• Incoming Law School Dean Lawrence Sager Interviewed in The Daily Texan
• Tarlton Law Library Receives UTopia Grant to Highlight Contributions of Texas Justices

May

• Law Library Wins Two Awards from the American Association of Law Libraries
• Prominent Media Interview UT Law Professors on the Enron Verdicts
• Professor Philip Bobbitt Interviewed on a New Global Constitutional Order in The Spectator
• Viewpoint: Philip Bobbitt in The Guardian on British Power and Tony Blair
• Senator Judith Zaffirini's Commencement Address From the 2006 Sunflower Ceremony
• UT Law Team Wins Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
• In Memoriam: Former U.S. Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen, '42, 1921-2006
• Prof. Roy Mersky to Deliver Address at Scribes Annual Meeting
• Robert C. Grable, ’71, Named Silver Law Partner
• The Office of Student Life's Spring 2006 Society Page Newsletter (pdf)
• Chief Justice Jefferson and the Hon. Bruce Gibson Address Alumni Executive Committee
• Lawrence Sager Appointed as Dean of UT Austin School of Law
• Allen Cooper Receives Second UT Law Faculty Fellowship in Public Interest Law
• Action Committee for Career Services Wins Robert Murff Excellence Award
• Tax Professors Calvin Johnson and David Gamage Profiled
• Law Library Exhibit Examines Watergate
• Texas Sen. Judith Zaffirini to Speak at Sunflower Ceremony, May 20
• Graduating Law Students Receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Five UT Law Students Selected as University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows

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
• 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

January

• People’s Law School Offers Public Free Legal Education, Feb. 25
• Law Library Exhibits Celebrate Black History Month in February
• Professor Philip Bobbitt on Domestic Eavesdropping in The New York Times
• Professor Henry Hu on Corporate Governance in The New York Times
• UT Law Faculty Contributions to the 2006 AALS Annual Meeting
• In Memoriam: John Ramington, 1944-2006
• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs to Leave UT Law after 21 Years
• Tarlton Law Library Documents an Early "Transatlantic" Law Library in New Publication
• Review of Litigation Symposium: “The Review at 25: Looking to the Future of Litigation”, Feb. 23 and 24
• U.S. Senator John Cornyn to Speak at UT Law, Jan. 20
• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Susana Alemán Honored as Pathfinder
• Professor Susan Klein Elected to the American Law Institute
• Essay: Professor Sanford Levinson on Executive Power and the Alito Nomination
• Professor David Rabban Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of UT Law
• Celebration: The Work of Douglas Laycock at UT Law
• Professor Patrick Woolley Elected to the American Law Institute

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