Dec. 23, 2020 - Professor Bret Wells became the latest member of the University of Houston Law Center faculty to be named to the American Law Institute in December.
Dec. 21, 2021 - In spring 2021, the University of Houston Law Center will offer its first-ever course on legal innovation, currently a hot topic in legal education. Designed to prepare students for the rapidly evolving legal industry, the course will survey and explore emerging legal business models, the rise of alternative legal service providers, increasing emphasis on legal entrepreneurship, ongoing regulatory reform initiatives, career path alternatives and the role and adoption of new technologies.
Dec. 21, 2020 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on not only public health and the economy, but according to University of Houston Law Center Assistant Professor Valerie Gutmann Koch, it has also raised large legal and ethical issues.
Dec. 18, 2020 — Throughout the Fall 2020 semester, the University of Houston Law Center’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law led four events covering a wide range of topics from gender-based hate crimes, the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent USMCA and the North American Consortium of Legal Education (NACLE) annual workshop.
Dec. 17, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center published its 2020 Year in Review edition of Briefcase magazine today.
"As 2020 draws to a close, it is important to recognize it will be remembered in the history books as being one of the most challenging years in our nation's history," said Dean Leonard M. Baynes in the magazine's introduction. "Amidst all the difficulties it is critical to highlight some of the bright spots."
Dec. 16, 2020 – The University of Houston Law Center has established the Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas (GLPA), aimed at uniting academics, practitioners and policy makers to develop research, coursework and collaboration in the areas of international and comparative law.
Dec. 16, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Victor Flatt served as one of eight co-authors in a report published Tuesday that indicates that the EPA’s deregulation of water protection policies last this year was based on insubstantial scientific methodology. The report was released by the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee.
Dec. 14, 2020 - The John M. O'Quinn Foundation will be recipient of the President's Medallion, the highest honor personally bestowed by UH President and System Chancellor Renu Khator, on Dec. 17 at the University of Houston's virtual commencement ceremony.
Dec. 11, 2020 - Administrators, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Houston Law Center gathered virtually on Wednesday for a special edition of the annual Holiday Coffee event.
Dec. 7, 2020 - High school students from Chinquapin Preparatory School won the championship round of the University of Houston Law Center's recent virtual Street Law 2020 mock trial competition. Students from Alief Early College were the runners-up. The Honorable Gregg Costa of the Fifth Circuit of Appeals served as the judge of the final round.
Dec. 1, 2020 — Aspiring attorneys from around the country learned about the legal profession, law school application process, financial aid, joint degree programs, and professionalism in the legal industry among other topics at the recent 2020 Diversity Pre-Law Symposium & Law School Admissions Fair.
Nov. 24, 2020 - Three recent participants in the University of Houston Law Center's Pre-Law Pipeline Program were among the Class of 2020 SouthWest Water Company Pre-Law Fellows.
Nov. 24, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center has signed onto a Pledge on Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession, an initiative brought forth by the American Bar Association's Commission on Disability Rights.
Nov. 20, 2020 - Legal, political and policy experts discussed the record-breaking amount of voter participation, the minority vote, potential outcomes among other topics during the University of Houston Law Center's virtual event, "What Happens Next: A Discussion of the November 3, 2020 Presidential Election" held last week held via Zoom.
Nov. 20, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center graduates, leadership and faculty gathered via Zoom on Tuesday for the D.C. Alumni & Friends Reception.
Nov. 19, 2020 - For the first time in its history, the University of Houston Law Center's LL.M. program was listed on the National Jurist's 2021 LL.M. Honor Roll.
Nov. 17, 2020 - The Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center recently named Professor Gina Warren as its co-director alongside Victor Flatt, the Dwight Olds Professor of Law.
Nov. 16, 2020 – As the Immigration Clinic at the University of Houston Law Center enters its third decade of service to the community, its core mission of teaching competent and ethical future immigration attorneys continues.
Nov. 12, 2020 – Nationally recognized experts examined legal turning points for LGBTQ issues and what can be done to make the profession more tolerant during a University of Houston Law Center presentation on Tuesday.
Nov. 12, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected many businesses, but the hardest hit have undoubtedly been small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, according to Morgan Morrow, a 3L and clinic student for the Law Center’s Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic.
Nov. 9, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center received high marks in three categories in the Fall 2020 edition of preLaw magazine by the National Jurist. The Law Center received an A grade in the categories of business law and criminal law. It was ranked No. 19 among Top Racial Justice Schools in the country with an A grade.
UH Law Center Professor Chandler's election calculator recognized by Wolfram Research
Nov. 9, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Seth Chandler’s creation of a website that allowed users to compute what fraction of remaining votes in a state were needed for each presidential candidate to gain a majority was named the "Staff Pick" by Wolfram Research last week.
Nov. 9, 2020 - Judges, law professors and attorneys from a variety of practices determined that the legal profession must have a collective sense of urgency to remedy a historic lack of representation during a day-long virtual conference hosted by the University of Houston Law Center and SMU Dedman School of Law.
Nov. 9, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Clinical Professor Janet Heppard will be the next District Judge of the 387th Judicial District in Fort Bend County, following the results of last week’s election.
Nov. 2, 2020 - With the most recent addition of a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice on Monday, University of Houston Law Center faculty analyzed the process in a Zoom discussion entitled, "Legal Implications Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination Confirmation" last week.
Oct. 28, 2020 – University of Miami School of Law Dean Anthony E. Varona discussed diversity and inclusion as a strength with University of Houston Law students in a talk last week titled, “Navigating the Legal Field as a Diverse Student.”
Oct. 27, 2020 - Recent alumni of the University of Houston Law Center learned about successful job search activities and strategies for securing post-graduate positions during the Career Development Office's presentation, “Recent Grad Training: Job Searching in the Era of COVID-19," on Oct. 12 held on Zoom.
Oct. 23, 2020 - Boston University School of Law Dean and Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig used the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and most recently Houston native George Floyd, as examples of how the legal system has normalized violence committed against the Black community by law enforcement officers.
Oct. 19, 2020 — U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller of the Southern District of Texas recently led a webinar, sharing insight and answering questions from University of Houston Law Center students to convey the benefits of judicial internships and clerkships for state or federal judges.
Oct. 14, 2020 - University of Houston Law Professor Jessica Mantel will be providing her health law expertise as a member of the advisory committee for the University of Houston's HEALTH Center for Addictions Research and Cancer Prevention, which recently received a $11.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Oct. 13, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson was the recipient of the Mayor's Hispanic Heritage Education in the Community Award in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday.
Oct. 13, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake Jefferson said that the low number of female judges throughout the legal system mirrors the lack of women in leadership positions in all industries during the 2020 Women of the Law Fall Event last week.
Oct. 9, 2020 - Members of the judiciary, legal academia and attorneys discussed a wide range of innovations and updates to their practice and research areas at the 36th Annual Fall Institute on Intellectual Property Law.
Oct. 8, 2020 - University of Houston Professor Holly M. Hutchins provided effective techniques for challenging and reframing imposter experiences during a recent virtual discussion hosted by the University of Houston Law Center.
Oct. 7, 2020 – Lawmakers, leaders in legal education, and legal professionals serving in a variety of roles will gather for a day-long virtual symposium titled, “Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies to Enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” The event will be held via Zoom on Oct. 30. Co-conveners are the University of Houston Law Center and SMU Dedman School of Law.
Oct. 1, 2020 – Beck Redden appellate partners Russell Post and Alex Roberts ‘06, discussed the trial of Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Quanta Storage, Inc., last week in a virtual lunch and learn hosted by the University of Houston Law Center.
Oct. 1, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's Career Development Office is presenting a variety of events and weekly career advising sessions through Zoom as law students and recent graduates seek legal employment throughout unprecedented circumstances. Law Center students and recent graduates will receive virtual professional development trainings on job searching in the era of COVID-19, networking programs, and recruiting events.
Sept. 25, 2020 – The Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center will present a discussion via Zoom about law, society and the frequency of African Americans being fatally shot by law enforcement and individuals impersonating officers, drawing on the murders of Emmett Till and George Floyd to explain how these actions have developed over time at the 25th annual Frankel Lecture on Oct. 9.
Sept. 18, 2020 - Frank H. Wu, president of Queens College, City University of New York discussed his perspective on the Asian-American experience and how it must lead to allyship with the historic struggle for Black equality as part of the Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series. His talk, "Asian Americans at a Crossroads During COVID-19: Allyship and the Future of Civil Rights" was held via Zoom on Tuesday.
Sept 16, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center and Beck Redden will present an analysis of a landmark price-fixing case recently decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 11, 2020 - In commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Michael A. Olivas will be recognized for his contributions to higher education by the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Sept. 10, 2020 – Consul Yury Imanol De la Flor Patiño, a 2015 LL.M. graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, passed away on Saturday Sept. 5, in Washington D.C., where he was serving in the Mexican delegation at the Organization of American States. He was 30.
Sept. 9, 2020 - Frank H. Wu, the president of Queens College, City University of New York will address the University of Houston Law Center community as the keynote speaker as part of the Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series. His presentation, "Asian Americans at a Crossroads During COVID-19: Allyship and the Future of Civil Rights" will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 via Zoom.
Sept. 8, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The accolade marks five consecutive years for the Law Center as a HEED Award Recipient.
Sept. 4, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman was recently appointed by the U.K. government to the regional committee that selects Marshall Scholars.
Sept. 3, 2020 - Measures taken after Harris County's historic bail reform have been successful, according to a six-month report recently filed in federal court with contributions from University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson.
Sept. 2, 2020 - Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano, adjunct professor and director, adjunct professor and director of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law at the University of Houston Law Center, recently co-edited and co-authored a collection of scholarly essays called “The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: Strategic Foresight.”
Sept. 2, 2020 - The first online-only classes in the University of Houston Law Center Pre-Law Pipeline Program recently celebrated their introduction to the study of law during a reception event held via Zoom.
Sept. 1, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center professors Meredith Duncan and Renee Knake Jefferson were appointed to the West Academic Publishing Advisory Board in August.
Aug. 31, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center has launched an enhanced home page with a clean, modern, and user-friendly look.
Aug. 31, 2020 - When Margaret "Meg" Poissant ran for Place 8 on the Texas 14th District Court of Appeals, she saw it as an opportunity to bring more balance to the appellate court.
Aug. 26, 2020 - For University of Houston Law Center 2L Reika Nakayama, the importance of groups on campus that promote diversity cannot be overstated. This belief is partly what led her to become the president of the Asian Law Students Association.
Aug. 26, 2020 - Eugene Augustus Cook III, a 1966 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center passed away on Sunday. He was 82. more...
Aug. 25, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Ellen Marrus served as a guest on debut episode of the "Behind the Lines: The Houston Lawyer Podcast. more...
Aug. 24, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center Class of 2023 and LL.M. class of 2021 opened their textbooks for the first time of the Fall 2020 semester on Monday, beginning classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. more...
Aug. 24, 2020 - In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, Judge Ruby Kless Sondock's legendary career was highlighted by VisitHouston.com. Sondock was co-featured with former Sen. Barbara Jordan. more...
Aug. 24, 2020 - Tracy Hester, an Instructional Associate Professor in Law at the University of Houston Law Center, will be included in the 27th edition of "The Best Lawyers in America" for his work in Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation. more...
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Aug. 21, 2020 - The University of Houston has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Danny M. Sheena, founder of the Sheena Law Firm, to support construction of the new John M. O’Quinn Law Building, scheduled to be completed in 2022. more...
Aug. 21, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center alumni, faculty, and friends will celebrate the school’s accomplishments from home this year as the 44th Annual Law Gala & Auction will be celebrated online at 6 p.m. Saturday Aug. 29. more...
Aug. 17, 2020 - The Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center will host a special virtual webinar at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 called "The New Energy Landscape: COVID-19, Climate Change and Diversification." more...
Aug. 12, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Clinical Professor and Immigration Clinic Director Geoffrey Hoffman spoke at the Regional Mexican Civil Rights Advisory Group meeting on Wednesday. more...
August 7, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center professors and professional staff unanimously endorsed a plan to rename Calhoun Rd. that traverses the UH campus to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in an official petition and request to the City of Houston on Thursday. more...
Aug. 4, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's O'Quinn Law Library has been designated as a Pride Partner, after unanimous approval from the University of Houston's LGBTQ Resource Center Advisory Board. more...
Aug. 3, 2020 – In a recent virtual panel discussion, soon-to-be college freshmen and other high school students received guidance on making the transition to university life from five current participants in the University of Houston Law Center's Pre-Law Pipeline Program. more...
July 29, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Dave Fagundes has joined the American Law Institute after being elected by its current members.
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July 27, 2020 — The 2020-Meta Ranking of Flagship of U.S. Law Reviews placed the Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center as the second-best in the state in a list published last week. more...
July 22, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake Jefferson discussed aspects of the women's suffrage that have gone overlooked throughout history in a video published by the American Law Institute commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment. more...
July 21, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's Career Development Office recently hosted a Zoom discussion entitled, “Developing a Career During an Economic Downturn: Advice from Law School Graduates and Veterans of the 2008 Financial Crisis.”
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July 20, 2020 — The University of Houston Law Center is launching the nation’s first military justice clinic in which law students, under the supervision of faculty and experienced military defense attorneys, will represent service members facing criminal charges. more...
July 20, 2020 - Several University of Houston Law Center graduates recently detailed how their legal education has made a profound impact on their lives to mark the official start of the 100% Challenge during a recent Zoom gathering. more...
July 15, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake Jefferson said that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s pledges to nominate a woman vice president and if elected, an African-American woman to the U.S. Supreme Court is a first-of-its-kind pledge made in the history of American politics. more...
July 14, 2020 — T. Gerald Treece, a 1969 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and long-time professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, died Monday after a long illness. more...
July 14, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's award-winning Pre-Law Pipeline Program welcomed a cohort of college students across the country last week to participate in the Prelaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program in a virtual format. The program is sponsored by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC). more...
July 8, 2020 - Clinical faculty from the University of Houston Law Center's Immigration Clinic analyzed the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in the Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California during a continuing legal education session last week, "The DACA Decision -- Its Significance Moving Forward," was held via Zoom. The 5-4 decision was handed down by the Supreme Court on June 18. more...
July 6, 2020 — Aamir Abdullah, a former intern at the John M. O’Quinn Law Library and 2012 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship at the University of Colorado Boulder law library. more...
July 1, 2020 — Leonard L. Scarcella, a 1967 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and mayor of Stafford, Texas, for more than five decades died Sunday at the age of 79. more...
June 29, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center administrators, faculty, students and staff met via Zoom last week for a discussion addressing recent news events involving race, racial incidents on campus, eradicating racism, and recommitting to diversity and inclusion. " more...
June 24, 2020 - Three University of Houston Law Center alumni discussed racism in society at large, how it can be addressed in the legal profession, their own personal experiences and a number of similar wide-ranging topics during a recent town hall, "Racism and What To Do About it." more...
June 23, 2020 - Two of the University of Houston Law Center’s leading scholars in immigration law, Clinical Professor Geoffrey Hoffman and Professor Emeritus Michael A. Olivas, provided analysis and responded to media inquiries about the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in the case of Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California in a press conference last week held via Zoom. more...
June 22, 2020 – A recent University of Houston Law Center seminar held via Zoom emphasized how the detention process has a detrimental impact on young people during the Center for Children, Law & Policy’s recent "Zealous Advocacy for Detention Hearings" event. more...
June 18, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Professor Geoffrey A. Hoffman served as an expert witness on behalf of DACA recipients that led to a $19.6 million settlement with Wells Fargo bank for discrimination in denying consumer loans and credit cards. more...
June 16, 2020 – In response to numerous recent events in the U.S., including the death of George Floyd, a Houston native, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, the University of Houston Law Center will host a panel discussion titled, “Racism and What To Do About it” at 6 p.m. Thursday. more...
June 16, 2020 - Students from across the country were recently welcomed to the University of Houston Law Center's award-winning Pre-Law Pipeline Program in two recent orientation sessions held on Zoom. For the first time in the program's six-year history it is being offered online, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. more...
June 9, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center graduates from multiple countries and multiple states joined the 2020 Law Alumni Association Virtual Meeting held recently via Zoom. Among topics discussed were how the Law Center adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic, and milestones the school reached in the past year. more...
June 5, 2020 – International students admitted to the University of Houston Law Center or prospective law students can brush up on legal language, oral communications and other skills as part of a custom-created online course being conducted by the UH Language and Culture Center. The English as an Additional Language Certificate course will be held online and runs from June 24-July 27. more...
May 29, 2020 - Graduates of the University of Houston Law Center gathered last week via Zoom for a networking gathering entitled, "Black Law Alumni Virtual Event on Professional Success During Pandemic.” The Black Law Alumni organization is a new affinity group that is part of the Law Alumni Association. more...
May 29, 2020 — Stephen J. Cox, a 2006 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, Thursday was named acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. His appointment is subject to senate confirmation. more...
May 22, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center faculty members, administrators, and alumni offered their congratulations in a video released to students who recently completed their legal education. more...
May 15, 2020 - Recent University of Houston Law Center graduates were officially welcomed to the legal profession via Zoom video conference on Wednesday. more...
May 14, 2020 —The University of Houston Law Center is expanding its award-winning Pre-Law Pipeline Program with two tracks aimed specifically at UH undergraduates and working individuals who are considering law as an alternate career path. more...
May 12, 2020 — James D. Nelson is the first Law Center faculty member to be honored by the University with its award for “Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.” more...
May 5, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center Admissions Office hosted the first-ever Texas Law School Admissions Panel webinar on Saturday.
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April 27, 2020 — Khyra Kolidakis, a third-year student at the University of Houston Law Center and graduate of the school’s Pre-Law Pipeline Program, won first place in an annual writing competition sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section. more...
April 27, 2020 — The LL.M. Tax program at the University of Houston Law Center has been selected as the second best in the nation by readers of Corporate Counsel magazine. more...
April 23, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center students and faculty were recognized for their outstanding achievements on Tuesday during the Dean's Awards Ceremony, which took place virtually more...
April 22, 2020 - Giovanni Perez, a second-year student at the University of Houston Law Center, was recently named the runner-up of the Paper Chase Files Legal Writing Competition.
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April 22, 2020 - A client represented by student attorneys and professors in the University of Houston Law Center's Immigration Clinic was recently freed from detention after an Immigration Court overturned a previous decision. more...
April 22, 2020 - Since switching to remote operations, the University of Houston Law Center's Career Development Office has begun hosting weekly virtual career chats regarding career development, job searching and networking in the new remote environment.
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April 20, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Seth J. Chandler has developed a mathematical model to estimate that the reported number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States is at most one-quarter of actual cases. more...
April 20, 2020 - Attorneys, business and employment professionals discussed some of the difficulties faced by local entrepreneurs during the University of Houston Law Center's "COVID-19: Legal Implications for Small Businesses" virtual webinar last week. more...
April 20, 2020 - First-year University of Houston Law Center students learned how to make the most of their summer job experience during the Passport to Success - Professional Development Series: Session IV entitled, "You've Landed: X Marks the Spot. Making the Most of Your Dream Destination." more...
April 17, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Renee Knake examines the personal and professional lives of nine women who were considered, and ultimately passed over, for seats on the U.S. Supreme Court in a book scheduled for release in May. more...
April 15, 2020 - Members of the Juvenile Division in the Harris County Public Defender’s Office said current detention conditions are not appropriate for the confinement of youthful offenders amid the spread of the coronavirus. more...
April 15, 2020 - Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia of Penn State Law said current U.S. immigration practices seek to create more undocumented people in the country during a Zoom conference book talk presented by the University of Houston Law Center’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee on Tuesday. more...
April 13, 2020 - Despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis, students considering applying to the University of Houston Law Center can still “visit” the campus, “attend” a class, and learn about the educational and career advantages of attending the top law school in the nation’s 4th largest city. more...
April 10, 2020 - Dean Leonard M. Baynes and members of the University of Houston Law Center senior administration addressed student questions regarding academic affairs, grading, exams, student advisement, jobs and the bar exam on Wednesday during a Zoom video conference webinar. more...
April 9, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's Center for Children Law & Policy will lead a discussion that will advise juvenile advocates on methods to adjust their practice for their clients amid the spread of the coronavirus. more...
April 9, 2020 - Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, a professor at Penn State Law School, presented her work-in-progress digitally via Zoom, “Darkside Discretion,” as part of UHLC’s spring 2020 external workshop series. more...
April 9, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Michael A. Olivas was recently selected as the winner of the Derrick Bell Legacy Award. He will be presented with the accolade at an upcoming conference at the University of Delaware, where he will participate in a panel dialogue with other awardees. more...
April 8, 2020 - Experts in energy law and climate from the U.S., Mexico, the U.K. and France will meet digitally for the 1st Annual Conference on Global Energy Transition Law and Policy on April 17. The event is co-presented by the University of Houston Law Center's Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center and Center for U.S. and Mexican Law. more...
April 7, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center administrators, faculty and staff gathered virtually last Friday for the school’s first regularly scheduled faculty meeting via Zoom. A previous special session was held on March 27. more...
April 2, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman was named Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law’s Human Rights Interest Group last week. more...
March 27, 2020 - Following an extended spring break, University of Houston Law Center students resumed classes this week. more...
March 27, 2020 - Anthony R. Chase, an Associate Professor of Law & Business at the University of Houston Law Center, has accepted a role as co-chair of the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund.
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March 26, 2020 - The Health Law & Policy Institute has launched a COVID-19 Pandemic Legal Resources for Texas page on the University of Houston Law Center website. more...
March 26, 2020 - University of Virginia School of Law professor Ashley Deeks workshopped her forthcoming Virginia Law Review article, Secrecy Surrogates, in which she discusses government secrecy and actors who could supply new methods for checking it. more...
March 24, 2020 — The Communication and Marketing Department of the University of Houston Law Center has won six awards, including three gold, in the 2019 Collegiate Advertising Awards competition for the nation’s graduate school programs. more...
March 17, 2020 — The University of Houston Law Center improved on three rankings, including its overall standing and two perennial Top 10 specialty programs, in the annual survey of the nation’s law schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. more...
March 16, 2020 – Cornell Law School Professor Nelson Tebbe suggested that speech and religious provisions in the Constitution should be reassessed during a recent presentation at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
March 12, 2020 — The University of Houston Law Center placed 34th among the nation’s top 50 law schools in Law.com’s annual “Go-To” survey based on the percentage of 2019 graduates hired as associates by the 100 largest firms in the country. more...
March 12, 2020 - Mark Weber, the Vincent de Paul Professor of Law at the DePaul College of Law, proposed that the Department of Homeland Security’s recently enacted public charge rule will have an unjustified negative impact on people with disabilities. more...
March 11, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center students and local members of the bar learned from experts in energy tax law at the 2nd Annual Denney L. Wright International Energy Tax Conference held in conjunction with the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal’s 20th Annual Symposium at the Greater Houston Partnership in downtown Houston. more...
March 6, 2020 — A federal judge has appointed University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompsonto serve as an independent monitor of the landmark Harris County bail settlement that could serve as a national model for cash bail reform. more...
March 5, 2020 - The Black Law Students Association presented a panel of three public interest lawyers who provided personal anecdotes and challenged misconceptions about the field recently at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
March 3, 2020 - Daniel Morales, the George A. Butler Research Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, shared select ideas from a work in progress he is writing that explores the intersection of immigration and democracy. more...
March 2, 2020 - Pulling from his work titled, “The Politicization of Human Rights: Within the Inter-American System and Beyond,” University of Connecticut School of Law professor Ángel Oquendo spoke about conflict surrounding pervading the Inter-American Human Rights System engendered by opposition from countries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua. more...
March 2, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center students and recent graduates met with potential employers at the Small & Midsize Firm Open House on Feb. 21, in the Law Center Commons. more...
Feb. 27, 2020 – Renee Knake, the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center, will discuss her research from her upcoming book, "Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court." The work details the stories of nine women who despite being qualified, were passed over for the nation’s highest bench before Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The New York University Press will publish “Shortlisted” in May.
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Feb 26, 2020 —University of Colorado Boulder Law professor Craig Konnoth evaluated the practice of the federal government granting private companies preemptive power over state law and offered a trilateral approach to checking private power in his article Preemption Through Privatization. more...
Feb 26, 2020 — UCLA School of Law School Professor Devon Carbado illustrated how bigotry is embedded throughout the American legal system, as keynote speaker of the Black History Month Lecture at University of Houston Law Center. more...
Feb. 26, 2020 — A Cornell Law School professor will promote an understanding of the First Amendment that advances economic justice in his presentation of the annual Yale L. Rosenberg Lecture at the University of Houston Law Center March 3. more...
Feb. 25, 2020 – Second-year University of Houston Law Center student Isabella C. Martinez has been named a finalist in the LawStories on the Mainstage competition. more...
Feb. 25, 2020 - The Sherman Antitrust Act, passed more than a century ago, still holds weight in the digital age. Dean Leonard Baynes, with the University of Houston Law Center, explains how in Apple Inc. v Pepper, the Supreme Court allowed iPhone users to directly sue Apple over alleged excessive app store pricing. more...
Feb. 25, 2020 - Executive Director of Global and Graduate Programs Karen Jones recently returned from multinational trip to highlight the University of Houston Law Center. Among her stops were Belgium France, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. more...
Feb. 24, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson took the stage recently at the Houston Museum of Natural Science to discuss the current state of forensic science in Houston. more...
Feb. 24, 2020 — Vanessa Garza, a 2019 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, has won the prestigious Burton Award/Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award — the second winner in the school’s history and the first in more than 18 years. more...
Feb. 20, 2020 - As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread abroad, experts in law, infectious diseases, medicine and public health discussed potential outcomes and methods to confront the pandemic in a webinar hosted by the University of Houston Law Center's Health Law & Policy Institute. more...
Feb. 20, 2020 - For the second consecutive year, University of Houston Law Center students have won the Guadalajara Vis Pre-Moot. The contest was held on Feb. 7 at the Universidad Panamericana. more...
Feb. 19, 2020 - In a talk based on a forthcoming article titled Defective Patent Deference, Berkeley Law School professor Tejas Narechania discussed the Supreme Court’s preference to defer to the Office of the Solicitor General on patent issues, and argued that it should instead pay closer attention to the views and practices of the Patent Office. more...
Feb. 18, 2020 - Doctors are ordering genetic testing more often. However, the results may lead to fear of discrimination. Dr. Stephen Spann is the founding Dean for UH College of Medicine and discusses whether patients are protected against discrimination based on genetic predispositions. more...
Feb. 18, 2020 - County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and lawyer Alec Karakatsanis highlighted the hurdles it took for Harris County to reach a monumental settlement that went away from a cash bail system during a recent talk at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Feb. 14, 2020 - Constitutional law scholars weighed the significance of President Donald J. Trump's impeachment and its implications for the future of the presidency during a discussion with students on Wednesday at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Feb.14, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Professor Geoffrey Hoffman was appointed today as an "attorney advisor" for the Mexican Consulate in Houston where he will serve as a consultant on immigration matters. more...
Feb. 14, 2020 - To aid University of Houston Law Center students that are considering work as lawyers who deal with legal issues beyond the United States, several organizations hosted Careers in International Law Day last week in the Hendricks Heritage Room. more...
HOUSTON - Feb. 14, 2020 — In response to the global health emergency caused by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center will present a webinar Feb. 19 with health and legal experts providing updates on the outbreak and preparations for its potential threat to the United States. more...
Feb. 14, 2020 – UH Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes shared preliminary design and programming concepts for The John M. O'Quinn Law Building during his spring semester "Discussion with the Dean" sessions on Tuesday. more...
Feb. 13, 2020 — In an article published today in Science magazine, University of Houston Law Center Professors Jim Hawkins and Jessica L. Roberts call for stronger consumer safeguards to protect the privacy of personal information collected online by health-related companies. more...
Feb. 12, 2020 — PreLaw magazine has awarded an A+ rating to the University of Houston Law Center’s advocacy program, one of only five schools nationwide to achieve the highest possible grade. more...
Feb. 12, 2020 - Distinguished speakers considered the principles and professional responsibility requirements and considerations associated with a prosecutor's decision of whether to pursue criminal charges against a suspect or not. more...
Feb. 11, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center was the site of oral arguments brought before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week in Krost Hall. more...
Feb. 10, 2020 - The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law recently won the 12th annual Hunton Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, an annual competition organized by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. The competition was from Jan. 30-Feb. 1. more...
Feb. 10, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center students learned about three LGBTQ discrimination cases that were presented before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019 more...
Feb. 7, 2020 — Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit proposed that giving greater weight to state constitutions and court rulings would lead to a better balance of power between state and federal courts during a lecture Monday at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Feb. 7, 2020 - Through a series of career panels and networking opportunities, University of Houston Law Center students and recent alumni interacted with legal professionals and explored job options during the Career Development Office’s Public Interest Career Week. more...
Feb. 7, 2020 — As the featured speaker of Black History Month at the University of Houston Law Center on Feb. 13, Professor Devon W. Carbado of the UCLA School of Law will analyze three decisions in contending the U.S. Supreme Court has “constitutionalized” racial inequality. more...
Feb. 5, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson will explain how forensic science in Houston has improved dramatically in the past decade in a lecture Feb. 11 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. more...
Feb. 5, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Seth Chandler will be a guest Friday on Houston Public Media’s “Red, White and Blue” program discussing the legal and political ramifications of the impeachment of President Trump. more...
Feb. 5, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center students in Alumnae College Professor in Law Jim Hawkins' Secured Financing Class had a special visitor last week during a question-and-answer session with UH President and System Chancellor Dr. Renu Khator. more...
Feb. 3, 2020 — The University of Houston Law Center today released a special publication, “Dean’s Report: 5 Years of Accomplishments,” which features the law school’s many successes under the leadership of Dean Leonard M. Baynes. more...
Feb. 3, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Associate Professor Lauren Simpson, a self-professed “bug nerd,” recently shared her thoughts on the tremendous damage being done to insects and the environment by the fires ravaging Australia. more...
Jan. 29, 2020 — The University of Houston Law Center Communications and Marketing department earned two awards for publications in an annual competition sponsored by a national higher education marketing report. more...
Jan. 31, 2020 — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will convene Feb. 6 at the University of Houston Law Center to hear oral arguments in three cases. more...
Jan. 31, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Associate Professor of Law and Political Science Zachary D. Kaufman was recently selected to join the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools' International Human Rights Section. He will also serve as the section's treasurer. more...
Jan. 30, 2020 -- A drone strike by the U.S. that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani raises legal, political and ethical questions that intersect with multiple facets of law, faculty members said in a recent discussion for students at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
HOUSTON - Jan. 30, 2020 — Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will argue during a lecture Feb. 3 at the University of Houston Law Center that giving greater weight to state constitutions and court rulings would lead to a better balance of power between state and federal courts. more...
Jan. 30, 2020 - First-year University of Houston Law Center students learned how to research and understand employers and their hiring processes during the third session of the Career Development Office's Passport to Success Professional Development Series. more...
Jan. 29, 2020 - The University of Houston Law Center's Pre-Law Pipeline Program was honored on the hardwood at the Fertitta Center on Sunday. more...
Jan. 29, 2020 - University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes will be part of a panel on Feb. 1 at the 34th Law & the Media Seminar. The event is co-sponsored by the Houston Bar Association and Society of Professional Journalists. more...
Jan. 28, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson will join elected criminal justice officials in discussing the new pre-trial bail reform policy and the general state of justice in Harris County during a town hall meeting Feb. 6. more...
Jan. 28, 2020 — Houston-based Porter Hedges LLP is the first law firm to step forward with a major gift to support the newly planned John M. O’Quinn Law Building at the University of Houston Law Center. more..
Jan. 28, 2020 — Next time you pull out a bag of chips to eat, you may notice that the nutrition label has changed. Dean Leonard Baynes, with the University of Houston Law Center, looks at what’s different. more...
Jan. 27, 2020 - To commemorate National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month, experts in law, medicine and public policy deciphered the definitions, preventative measures, warning signs and other issues recently at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Jan. 24, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes has been selected to the fifth“Power List” of the Lawyers of Color Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the legal profession. more...
Jan. 24, 2020 - Immigration advocates learned about immigration appellate issues, preserving the record, and how to set the stage for removal proceedings through five panel discussions, a keynote address and a presentation on community lawyering, at the Joseph A. Vail Asylum Law Workshop last Friday at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Jan. 23, 2020 — University of Houston Law Center Professors Daniel I. Morales and Jessica L. Roberts warn in a New York Times op-ed published today that the federal government’s new policy of collecting DNA from immigration detainees could lead to a dystopian society in which everyone is monitored by the state. more...
Jan. 22, 2020 - An article by a University of Houston Law Center 3L student and a recent graduate is currently being featured in the January 2020 issue of Environmental Law Institute's Environmental Law Reporter. more...
Jan. 21, 2020 - Professor Victor Flatt’s “Disclosing the Danger” article has been making waves in the real world before its official publication. more...
Jan. 17, 2020 - Charles Irvine, a 2006 University of Houston Law Center graduate and an adjunct professor, served as the lead counsel for a case that found the U.S. government liable for the flooding of Houston-area homes during Hurricane Harvey. more...
Jan. 9, 2020 - Katy Stein Badeaux, head of faculty services at the University of Houston Law Center's O'Quinn Law Library, was recently elected president of the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries. more...
Jan. 9, 2020 - Professionals from several disciplines will discuss methods of counteracting human trafficking during an upcoming discussion at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Jan. 8, 2020 – The University of Houston Law Center was recognized for enhancing global legal skills and global legal skills education at the 14th Global Legal Skills Conference in December at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Phoenix. more...
Jan. 2, 2020 – Third-year University of Houston Law Center student Megan Rollag earned top honors in the 2019-2020 Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Writing Competition with her paper, “Future of Cross-Border Pipeline Projects in AMLO’s Mexico: What’s the Risk.” more...
As we begin a new year and a new decade, Dean Leonard Baynes, with the University of Houston Law Center, looks at the origins of the New Year’s Day holiday.
“The tradition of New Year’s Day dates back to 45 B.C. when Julius Caesar sought to create a more standard calendar. The day was dedicated to the roman god of Janus, representing new beginnings. With the advent of the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s Day came to represent the celebration of the naming and circumcision of Jesus, still recognized as such by the Anglican church.” more...
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