2008 News and Events
December
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 Eritrea’s 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
July
June
May
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
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