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2008 News and Events

December

• President-elect Obama appoints Ron Kirk, ’79, U.S. Trade Representative
• James A. Baker III, ’57, speaks at UT Law event
• Professor at the Helm: Michael Sturley charts a new course for international maritime law and steers successful Supreme Court Clinic
• Lisa Snead, ’09, awarded Skadden Fellowship
• Professor Linda Mullenix comments on Philip Morris USA v. Williams, heard today by the United States Supreme Court (PDF)
• Opinion: Tom McGarity on a U.S. Supreme Court case with major significance for consumers of federally-regulated products, services (PDF)
• New Faculty Books: The Preemption War by Thomas McGarity
• Opinion: Jack Getman on full rights for all employees, documented or not (PDF)
• UT Law launches the Center for Women in Law

November

• Jessica Cassidy receives the first Law Student Pro Bono Award from the Texas Access to Justice Commission
• New Faculty Books: The Duality of Genius by Sir Basil Markesinis
• 2009 Chancellors announced
• Human Rights Happy Hour: Philippe Sands to speak on “The Torture Team: International Criminal Liability for Lawyers?” Monday, November 17, 2008
• In Memoriam: Fred Baron, 1947–2008
• Capital Punishment Center Symposium: Capital Defense Lawyering and Practice, November 13, 2008
• CPPDR hosts first national conference of the University Network for Collaborative Governance at UT Law, November 9–11, 2008
• Dean Sager profiled in the Austin American-Statesman (PDF)
• UT Law partners with University of St. Gallen’s Master of Business Law program
• Texas Law Fellowships to Host Annual Fall Auction, November 6, 2008
• Human Rights Happy Hour: Helena Alviar to speak on “The Progressive Redistribution of Land in Latin America: Between Economic Development and Positivism,” Monday, November 3, 2008

October

• Professor McGarity presents Bending Science at the Texas Book Festival, November 2, 2008
• UT Law Family Weekend: October 31–November 2, 2008
• ’Horns for Heroes—Texas Law Veterans Association to Sponsor Free Legal Clinic
• Stephen Singer, public defender in New Orleans, to speak on Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the criminal justice system and his life in the law, November 3, 2008
• Opinion: David Anderson clarifies the Time Warner/KXAN dispute (PDF)
• Human Rights Happy Hour: Roberto Gargarella to speak on “The Philosophy of Punishment, Human Rights, and International Criminal Law,” Monday, October 20, 2008
• Working Group to Testify on Human Rights Impacts of Texas/Mexico Border Wall
• Professor Ernest Smith honored with Massey Teaching Excellence Award
• Tarlton Law Library publishes Professor Roy Mersky’s oral history
• Five students named Public Service Scholars with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at UT Law
• Six UT Law students receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships
• Human Rights Happy Hour: Dan Connell to speak on “From Resistance to Governance: How the EPLF/PFDJ Experience Shapes Eritreas Regional Strategy,” Monday, October 6, 2008
• WEBCAST“Models and Mayhem: The Current Financial Crisis” a discussion with Professors Hu, McGarity, Rodriguez, and Westbrook
• American Constitution Society to host discussion, “The Problem with Mandatory Arbitration,” October 2, 2008
• Opinion: Jack Getman on worker’s rights in the Austin American-Statesman (PDF)

September

• Professor Daniel Rodriguez selected to serve on executive committee of Association of American Law Schools
• First Monday Discussion: Capital Punishment & the Supreme Court, October 6, 2008
• In Memoriam: Judge Barefoot Sanders, 1925–2008
• “Models and Mayhem: The Current Financial Crisis” a discussion with Professors Hu, McGarity, Rodriguez, and Westbrook, Monday, September 29, 2008
• Linda Mullenix to speak on Class Action Settlements at the international Conference on Collective Settlements, sponsored by the University of Milan
• Human Rights Happy Hour: Lt. Daniel Blocq to speak on “UN Military Observers at Work”
• Constitution Day Essay 2008: Professor Sanford Levinson examines the dictatorial power of the Presidency
• A Tribute to Roy Mersky
• Opinion: Philip Bobbitt raises questions about national security in The New York Times (PDF)
• Opinion: Lino Graglia urges greater faith in democracy in the Austin American-Statesman (PDF)

August

• Charles Alan Wright papers unveiled: archive documents a distinguished legal career
• Rapoport Center hosts film screening and panel discussions to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Chilean coup, September 11 and 12, 2008

July

• Former Harvard Law School Library Director Terry Martin joins Tarlton Law Library as Interim Director
• UT Law’s Fourth Equal Justice Scholarship Awarded to William Lawson Konvalinka
• Home Safe Home: The Domestic Violence Clinic
• Workplace Justice, Global Workers, Practical Lawyering: The Transnational Worker Rights Clinic
• UT Law Faculty Post-Graduate Fellowship

June

• Professor Barbara Hines’ Op-Ed in The Dallas Morning News: New ICE family detention centers a step in wrong direction (PDF)
• UT Working Group Alleges Texas/Mexico Border Wall Violates Human Rights
• Success for UT Law School’s Clinic in U.S. Supreme Court Case Concerning Guantanamo Detainees
• Rare books librarian and archivist joins Tarlton Law Library

May

• New book by professors Thomas McGarity and Wendy Wagner reveals efforts by special interests to manipulate public health research
• Mechele Dickerson on the myths of homeownership (PDF)
• The Honorable Diane Wood to deliver keynote at Sunflower Ceremony, May 17, 2008
• Joe Jamail gives $10 million to the School of Law to support faculty excellence
• Law student Agapito Sustaita profiled in class of 2008 graduates who represent “world talent, Texas tradition”
• Opinion: Professor Thomas McGarity on why we should be worried about the recent Vioxx scandal, published in the Dallas Morning News (PDF)
• In Memoriam: Professor Roy M. Mersky, 1925–2008
• Professor Kristine Huskey to receive 2008 Public Interest Award from Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association
• Financial Times op-ed: UT Law Professor Henry Hu and Stanford Finance Professor Darrell Duffie on the Global Derivatives Market

April

• Faculty Focus: Professor William M. Sage
• Tower lighting honors Intellectual Property Moot Court National Champions, April 29, 2008
• Dean Sager to give religious freedom lecture at Austin Seminary, April 30, 2008
• Graduating law students receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Dean Larry Sager to address students, answer questions on the state of UT Law School, Thursday, April 17, 2008
• Transnational Worker Rights clinic recovers thousands in unpaid overtime (PDF)
• RELAW presents “An Austin Real Estate Firm Goes Public” on Thursday, April 17, 2008
• Rapoport Center hosts conference on El Salvador’s Civil War, April 17–18, 2008
• UT Law’s third annual Judicial Clerkship Workshop, April 10–11, 2008
• William M. Sage, UT law professor and vice provost for health affairs, co-sponsors lecture series on the ethics of science, April 4, 2008
• Faculty Focus: Meet Professors John Dzienkowski and Robert Peroni

March

• UT Law’s Henry T. C. Hu and Bernard Black featured in The Economist (PDF)
• Professor Jay Westbrook and the Texas International Law Journal to present an April lecture series on international insolvency
• The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice leads UT delegation to Brazil during Spring Break to study Afro-descendant land rights
• Federal Judge Hilda G. Tagle, ’77, to give keynote at 2008 CHLSA banquet, March 29, 2008
• Eighth Annual Symposium on Dispute Resolution, April 4, 2008
• OUTLaw presents Legal Advocacy Conference, April 4, 2008
• Justice Center selects University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows
• 2008 Sealy Lecture features NYU Law Professor Burt Neuborne speaking on “Legal Redress Against Holocaust Profiteers”
• Author Susan RoAne to speak on using networking to find jobs, build careers, March 19, 2008
• Career Services Office hosts 8th Annual Small & Midsize Firm Reception, March 20, 2008
• Aaron Johnson awarded Faculty Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Interest Law
• Negotiators of U.N. Convention on Shipping to convene at Texas International Law Journal Symposium, March 27–28, 2008
• Former Guantanamo Bay Army Chaplain to speak at The University of Texas School of Law, March 10, 2008
• The Review of Litigation symposium: “Terror on Trial: Civil Litigation and the War on Terror,” March 27–28, 2008
• Immigration Clinic featured in The New Yorker article, “The Lost Children” (PDF)

February

• UT Law student groups host Progressive Week, March 2–5, 2008
• UT Law hosts Law Academy for minority high school students
• Faculty Focus: Supreme Court Historian Lucas A. “Scot” Powe
• Capital Punishment Center and the Independent Film Channel present death penalty program at the Texas Capitol, March 5, 2008
• Professor Rob Owen, Assistant Dean Rey Ramos, and Senior Office Assistant Michael Saldana honored
• The Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights symposium: “The Roberts Court and the Future of the Fourth Amendment,” March 3, 2008
• Explore UT 2008: The Biggest Open House in Texas, Saturday, March 1, 2008
• Former Judge Justice clerks to speak on their lives in the law, March 4, 2008
• Free legal information provided at People’s Law School, February 23, 2008
• 2008 Chancellors
• Conference celebrates UT Law Domestic Violence Clinic’s 10th Anniversary
• UT Law hosts Color of Justice program for local minority high school students
• Janiece Longoria, ’79, named to UT System Board of Regents
• UT Law to host “How to Establish, Organize, and Operate a Successful Law Firm” on Saturday, February 16, 2008
• Research by Professors Henry Hu and Bernard Black on “Debt Decoupling” featured in Financial Times
• Teaching Excellence Award presented to Associate Dean Alexandra Albright
• Law students volunteer to assist devastated Gulf Coast communities
• Ninth Annual Intellectual Property Law Symposium, February 8, 2008

January

• Texas Law Review Symposium: “Harnessing the Power of Information for the Next Generation of Environmental Law,” February 1–2, 2008
• Tarlton Law Library’s Fourth Annual Rare Book Lecture, February 21
• Duke R. Ligon awarded the Ernest E. Smith Lifetime Achievement Award
• Equal Justice Works Fellowship Class of 2008
• Dean Sager announces commitment to Loan Repayment Assistance Program
• The Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law hosts third annual symposium on international issues and domestic investment
• UT Law Workshop on Law & Economics
• Blogs by professors Brian Leiter and Wayne Schiess make list of ABA Journal’s top 100 law-related blogs
• Professor Mitch Berman leads Colloquium on Constitutional and Legal Theory
• Capital Punishment Clinic named “Impact Player” for 2007 by Texas Lawyer
• Professor Forbath to lead Colloquium on Law, History and the Humanities
• Supreme Court Clinic faculty to discuss juvenile justice case at American Constitution Society event, January 10

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