Dean’s Society celebrates the season Members of the University of Houston Law Center Dean’s Society celebrated the holiday season recently with Dean Leonard M. Baynes at the home of Susan Bickley ’84 and her husband, Bob Scott. more…
The Law Center faculty and staff kicked off the holiday season with song and good cheer Monday with musical performances by Professors Marcilynn Burke, Jessica Mantel, and Sapna Kumar and staff members Samuel Barker, Robert Gonzalez, and Abraham Roberts. more...
Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the University of Houston Law Center gathered Saturday to renew acquaintances and celebrate the spirit of the season during the annual Holiday Party hosted by Dean Leonard M. Baynes. more...
Students in the University of Houston Law Center’s “Health Legislation & Advocacy” class are drafting bills for the upcoming legislative session to expand access to telemedicine. more...
Law Center students were able to take a much-needed study break Monday during the third annual “Smooch a Pooch” event. Sponsored by the UHLC chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF), the gathering also serves as a fund-raiser for the Barc Shelter. more...
A mentoring program at the University of Houston Law Center designed to reach youth early, strengthen their ties to school, and teach valuable skills to help them succeed in school and beyond is seeking volunteers to serve eighth-grade students at a charter school in the city’s Third Ward. more...
A man walks alone into a sparsely furnished room and sits in a chair in front of a desk. A woman, dressed in black robes, enters, sits behind the desk, and proceeds to stare at him silently and imperiously. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas will lead a workshop in January on legal developments in academia and potential trouble areas for administrators and faculty. more...
“Aaron-Andrew Bruhl has done it again.” That’s how a fellow professor begins a laudatory review of the University of Houston Law Center professor’s latest article on how the U.S. Supreme Court is affected by lower court decisions. more...
University of Houston Law Center graduates tied for 12th place among the nation’s law firm associates in how well they feel their school prepared them to work for large firms, according to a survey conducted by the American Lawyer. more...
The University of Houston Law Center moot court program ranks 13th in the nation based upon points accumulated in national moot court competitions, prelaw Magazine noted in its Fall edition. more...
Legal scholars and practitioners from across the United States and around the world explored the subject of international dispute resolution in the oil and gas sector recently in a conference co-hosted by the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
As public concern has heightened over the potential spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the University of Houston Law Center's Health Law & Policy Institute hosted a special preparedness workshop to give area public officials a firmer grounding in the law surrounding various aspects of dealing with pandemic situations. more...
A leading scholar and blogger on U.S. patent law told attendees of a University of Houston Law Center lecture that the “pendulum” of patent policy is in “mid-swing” after several recent Supreme Court rulings, and it’s still uncertain where it will wind up. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Ellen Marrus urged juvenile defenders at a national summit not to shy away from raising the issue of race when representing clients in the justice system. more...
A small group of health law scholars, including five University of Houston Law Center professors, gathered in Houston earlier this fall to discuss their research on the future of the United States health care system. more...
Five mainstays of the University of Houston Law Center faculty were honored Thursday evening by their colleagues, students, and friends for a “lifetime of achievement” in teaching thousands of students how to be successful lawyers. more...
The University of Houston Law Center showed improvement in its diversity report card moving from a B+ to an A- this year in a report issued jointly by preLaw and The National Jurist magazines. more...
The “original meaning” of the Constitution’s equal protection clause requires the state to recognize same-sex marriage, and conservatives who rely on “originalism” arguments should accept that fact, a Yale Law School professor maintained in the Houston Law Review’s 19th annual Frankel Lecture. more...
Working in-house at a large, non-profit like Texas Children’s Hospital is a lot like practicing at a small law firm -- a close-knit team handling a broad range of issues, but with clients who work right down the hall. more...
University of Houston Law Center student Jessica Ireton is the winner of an international writing competition sponsored by a division of the World Bank for her article exploring the use of WikiLeaks cables as evidence in arbitration hearings. more...
Trick-or-treaters haunted UH Law Center halls October 31 as UH Law Center Staff Council hosted Halloween events, including a Costume and Door/Table Decorating Contest. more...
Leonard M. Baynes, new dean of the University of Houston Law Center, told students in his first "Discussion with the Dean" that his primary goal is to make sure that the school builds upon its already strong academic foundation and reputation. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Tasha Willis has been re-elected to a second term as the educational representative for the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association board of directors. more...
Law students from across the nation converged here last weekend for the Jeffry S. Abrams National Mediator Competition hosted by the University of Houston Law Center with the downtown Houston entrant from South Texas College of Law emerging as the winner. more...
Houston Mayor Annise Parker told University of Houston Law Center students Oct. 23 that being a strong mayor of the nation’s fourth largest city comes with a host of challenges, but also unique opportunities. more...
As the deadly Ebola virus has made its first appearances in the United States, members of the public and government officials are anxious for information on how to deal with the threat. more...
UHLC associate professor Aaron Bruhl was named today as one of 50 new members of the prestigious American Law Institute. more...
During the course of their law school careers, University of Houston Law Center students are given many opportunities to attend conferences and workshops in their specific areas of interest, oftentimes through scholarships from the sponsoring organization. more...
The University of Houston Law Center community is mourning the loss of Darold E. Maxwell. A full-time faculty member from 1979-81 and later long-time adjunct, Maxwell passed away Tuesday, Oct. 7. more...
The University of Houston Law Center today released a searchable database that contains the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies. more...
Marcilynn A. Burke, a long-time professor at the Law Center who served a stint in Washington, D.C., as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Department of the Interior, has been tapped by Dean Leonard M. Baynes to serve as the school’s associate dean. more...
Nearly 60,000 children have been caught crossing the U.S. border since Oct. 2013, and throughout their journey they become witnesses or even victims of crimes, said Veronica Bernal, an immigration clinical supervising fellow at UH Law Center. more...
Virtual currency is gaining in popularity and used to buy and sell virtually everything, but trading in digital money is risky business, a former University of Houston Law Center professor advised alumni in a consumer law seminar Friday. more...
Yale professor will argue Oct. 31 that ‘original meaning’ of the 14th Amendment protects LGBT marriages more...
Pretrial detention costs taxpayers more than $9 billion dollars annually and many of those held in jail before trial pose a low threat to their communities said Timothy Murray, director emeritus of the Pretrial Justice Institute. Murray spoke to law students Tuesday as part of the UHLC Criminal Justice Institute fall lecture series. more...
Nearly 200 University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) students interacted with over 40 legal practitioners and learned about career and professional development strategies at a special workshop hosted by the UHLC Career Development Office (CDO). more...
Travis Cross has taken his critical thinking skills to the University of Houston Law Center and his athletic ability to the football field. more...
University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes acknowledged the accomplishments of the law school’s African-American graduates and friends Tuesday during the UHLC Black Alumni and Friends Reception at Hilton University of Houston. more...
Panel Discussion Addresses Perspectives on the Recent Surge of Unaccompanied Child Immigrants more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas was honored today with the Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award. more...
Volunteer lawyers, judges, and professors will explain 14 areas of law in Oct. 4 program more...
A visiting professor at the University of Houston Law Center who was instrumental in freeing an innocent man from death row has been honored for her community service by her alma mater, The University of Texas School of Law. more...
The University of Houston community, friends, and supporters turned out in force Tuesday evening to greet Leonard M. Baynes as the new dean of the UH Law Center. more...
The Law Center’s own “Rock and Roll Law Professor,” Michael A. Olivas, kicked off the second season of his NPR radio show Friday with a lunch hour preview for faculty and staff. more...
The University of Houston Law Center on Friday kicks off a six-week series of programs titled “Community Fridays” designed to improve student wellness and encourage interaction with classmates. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas is the winner of the 2014 Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law for his book Suing Alma Mater: Higher Education and the Courts. more...
Take a look around you Class of '17, you might be sitting next to an All-American athlete, an Eagle Scout, or maybe someone who outran the bulls at Pamplona. more...
Toting updated resumes and dressed in their finest business attire, University of Houston Law Center students kept interviewers busy during the “Early Week Fall On-Campus Interview Program” organized by the Career Development Office. more...
The former dean of the University of Houston Law Center and two other members of the faculty have been chosen by their peers as among the nation’s best lawyers in their specialty areas. more...
Members of the University of Houston Law Center Class of ’17, faculty, and staff showed up in force over the weekend for a day of community service at a food bank and an immigration clinic. more...
Baynes Administration to Focus on ‘The Power of Legal Education’ more...
The University of Houston Law Center registered the largest class of foreign-trained LL.M. students in the 31-year history of the advanced degree program. The Class of 2014 comprises 59 students, including two Fulbright Scholars, with law degrees from 25 countries. more...
University of Houston Law Center faculty and students will be assisting other community legal service providers Saturday in helping undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children who may qualify for special legal status. more...
Campus notables, including University of Houston President and Systems Chancellor Renu Khator, Law Center Dean-designate Leonard M. Baynes, and Hollywood alum Jim Parsons, lent some star power to the “UHLCupcakes” team entry in the cupcake competition at the annual staff appreciation lunch. more...
The National Geographic Channel on Sunday will broadcast a documentary on capital punishment in which University of Houston Law Center Professor David Dow, the Texas Innocence Network he founded, and a law student play prominent roles. more...
The Texas Innocence Network at the University of Houston Law Center is expanding its mission with a new program to help at-risk juveniles before they are swept into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. more...
University of Houston Law Center faculty and staff members served lunch last week to grateful graduates during a break in the Texas Bar exam. The welcome respite fortified the future lawyers for the second half of the grueling three-day test. more...
A cross section of immigration experts, including University of Houston Law Center faculty, provided a crash course in the law Thursday to an auditorium full of lawyers and urged them to volunteer their services to ease the ongoing crisis of migrant children crossing the border. more...
Immigration, Civil Law Clinics Assist Undocumented Minors With Complex Legal System more...
The University of Houston Law Center is joining the Harris County Attorney’s Office, the city’s two other law schools, and various social agencies in a program next Thursday to address ways of dealing with the wave of unaccompanied alien children entering the U.S more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Ronald Turner is lending his expertise in the areas of civil rights and discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere to a project analyzing proposed anti-discrimination legislation in Jamaica. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Jacqueline L. Weaver was honored last week by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation for excellence in teaching natural resources law. more...
Students admitted to the University of Houston Law Center Class of 2017 met future classmates and mingled with professors and staff during an afternoon designed to acquaint them with all the school has to offer. more...
An update of the Bates courtyard is complete, adding both color and utility to an entrance of the University of Houston Law Center campus. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Ellen Marrus recently shared her expertise on the juvenile justice system during a week-long “boot camp” for youth advocates at Georgetown University Law Center. more...
UHLC students Niki Roberts and Brandon Schrecengost won the International Negotiation Competition in Pohang, South Korea this week as representatives of the United States. more...
The State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section awarded UHLC professor emeritus Steve Huber and adjunct UHLC professor Wendy Trachte-Huber the Hon. Frank G. Evans Award during the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting at the Austin Convention Center today. more...
Professor Geoffrey Hoffman has been awarded the 2014 Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding professor in the area of immigration law by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Hoffman received the award on Saturday during AILA's Annual Conference in Boston. more...
UHLC Foundation Professor Seth J. Chandler testified on the Affordable Care Act today before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. more...
St. John's University School of Law has recognized Leonard M. Baynes, incoming dean of the University of Houston Law Center, as a "renowned champion" during "An Evening in Harlem" event. more...
The National Jurist magazine and preLaw magazine has named The University of Houston Law Center a Best Value in its annual survey. The magazines recognized 53 institutions as Best Value schools. more...
Ethics and compliance experts addressed a broad range of challenges facing Fortune 500 companies and other businesses from navigating regulatory frameworks and third party risk management to data security at the Third Annual Ethics and Compliance Symposium held today at the University of Houston Law Center. more...
With the ease and obvious enjoyment of an artist riffing on his Stratocaster, Professor Michael A. Olivas blends the history of rock and roll with the rule of law in his three-minute radio program, “The Law of Rock and Roll,” now in production for its second season this fall on an NPR station. more...
University of Houston Law CenterProfessor Jessica Lind Mantel has been named a health law scholar by members of the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, the third UHLC faculty member selected for the honor in recent years. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Meredith Duncan will participate next month in a conference follow-up to a book detailing the traits and techniques of the nation’s best law teachers in which she is prominently featured. more...
The incoming dean of the University of Houston Law Center, Leonard M. Baynes, will be honored in June as a “renowned champion” by St. John’s University School of Law. more...
Unregulated withdrawal from paychecks causes financial disaster for many workers more...
Professionals from broad range of industries will share expertise at June 13 conference more...
Ninety-five juvenile justice advocates are taking part in a two-day training conference at the University of Houston Law Center designed to strengthen and expand legal representation for troubled youths in a variety of settings, not just delinquency court. more...
Annual ‘Zealous Advocacy Conference’ teaches defenders a holistic approach to helping youths caught in the system. more...
Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown Saturday called upon members of the University of Houston Law Center Class of 2014 to serve as ambassadors and statesmen of the law in their careers and communities, and as zealous stewards of the law itself. more...
Jonathan Chatham has taken his belief of a healthy mind in a healthy body from a middle school classroom to the halls of the University of Houston Law Center and soon to the streets of Houston where he will help the homeless for the next year as an Albert Schweitzer Fellow. more...
Incoming University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes mingled with faculty and staff at a welcoming reception Thursday afternoon and told them his first order of business is to establish a strong working partnership with them and the community. more...
As part of Houston’s annual “Cinco de Mayo” festivities, the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law at the University of Houston Law Center is co-hosting a photographic ode to tequila, the land from which it comes, and the people who harvest the blue agave plant to make Mexico’s most renowned beverage. more...
Interim Dean Richard M. Alderman received a standing ovation and was presented with a fly fishing rod and reel by Associate Dean Lonny Hoffman after presiding over his final faculty/staff meeting Friday. more...
Two University of Houston Law Center teams qualified as regional winners to compete in a national intellectual property moot court tournament in Washington, D.C., with one advancing to the semi-final round before bowing to the University of Iowa. more...
Regents will consider final approval for Leonard M. Baynes of St. Johns law school on May 7. more...
University of Houston Law Center students were in a spending mood this spring, raising more than $5,000 during the Public Interest Law Organization’s Sixth Annual Silent Auction. more...
Krost Hall at the University of Houston Law Center was filled Wednesday with proud parents, friends, and faculty as the school’s most outstanding students were recognized with Dean’s Awards for their academic and community efforts. more...
The “surveillance state” created in the wake of 9/11 and expanded since has become a “behemoth” and a “monstrosity” that should be of great concern to all citizens, the executive director of the ACLU of Texas told Law Center students Monday. more...
For the third straight year, Hortense, the Law Center’s adopted mourning dove, has come home to roost, and raise her chicks. Named after Hortense Sparks Ward, the first woman to pass the Texas Bar Exam (in 1910), the bird recently took up residence in her familiar spot atop a second-story light fixture overlooking a walkway at the school, and promptly produced two eggs. more...
The University of Houston Law Center is launching a post-graduate placement program in public interest law funded by the Yale Leonard and Irene Merker Rosenberg Fellowship program. more...
Biomedical research is a multibillion-dollar sector that is set to play a crucial role in the 21st century economy, according to three recent University of Houston Law Center alums who are part of the new legal workforce that is coalescing around Houston’s growing life sciences industry. more...
University of Houston Law Center student Eglantine Pauvarel Moss 2L is the winner of the Houston Bar Auxiliary Charitable Fund scholarship, in part, for her work in the school’s immigration clinic. more...
Alumni, faculty, and friends of the University of Houston Law Center took a step back in time to the Roaring ’20s for an evening of fun and fundraising at the 38th annual Law Gala & Auction. more...
The two most important facts to know about the current U.S. Supreme Court are the numbers five and four, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said at the annual Ruby Kless Sondock Lecture in Legal Ethics held by the University of Houston Law Center on Tuesday. more...
An Indiana law professor believes he has the answer to governmental dysfunction and political partisanship – two presidents, one from each party. more...
The People’s Law School convened Saturday with a standing room only class of area residents interested in learning more about their legal rights on issues ranging from landlord disputes to bankruptcy. more...
The Admissions Office welcomed admitted students with a Dean’s Scholarship Reception Thursday at La Griglia, and a lunch to meet with current students, faculty, and staff at the Law Center today. more...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is honoring University of Houston Law Center Clinical Associate Professor Geoffrey Hoffman, director of the Immigration Clinic, with its 2014 Excellence in Teaching Award. more...
Documentary tracks efforts of Prof. David Dow and students to spare life of death row inmate. more...
Testifying before a Senate subcommittee, University of Houston Law Center tax Professor Bret Wells Tuesday called for stricter controls on multinational companies to prevent them from allocating taxable profits to “tax haven entrepreneurs” overseas. more...
The Texas Medical Center’s new strategic vision is rapidly transforming Houston into a world leader in the life sciences industry, the senior vice president and general counsel of the world’s largest medical complex told Professor Barbara Evans’ evening Health Law students Monday. more...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has appointed Sarah T. Harris ’91 as its general counsel, overseeing an office of 100 lawyers and paralegals and three deputy general counsels. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Ellen Marrus testified in Austin this week before a House committee in favor of raising the age for juvenile court jurisdiction to include 17-year-olds. more...
University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas is the winner of the 2014 Social Justice in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association. more...
Practitioners in fast-growing legal field will discuss topical issues and best practice techniques. more...
The University of Houston Law Center ranked 17th in a comparison of median starting salaries for graduates of 25 of the nation’s top law schools, according to Forbes magazine. more...
Nelda Luce Blair, a former University of Houston System regent and 1982 graduate of the Law Center, has been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Economic Development Corp. more...
The Search Committee is pleased to announce the finalists for the position of Dean of the University of Houston Law Center. more...
The part-time program at the University of Houston Law Center is among the nation’s Top 10, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings released today. more...
Supporters of the University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic gathered Thursday evening to raise funds and honor four Houstonians for their outstanding achievements in their careers and communities since immigrating to the United States. more...
An alumna who has focused on child welfare issues since her time in a juvenile dependency clinic at the Law Center has been appointed to a new associate judgeship hearing Child Protective Services cases in Harris County. more...
University of Houston Law Center students traded jeans and sweatshirts for business suits recently as they interviewed with representatives of small and midsize law firms, hoping to land a clerkship or associate position after graduation. more...
Mediators from Houston and around the world will gather at the University of Houston Law Center March 21 and 22 to share their experiences and expertise in the growing field of mediation. more...
Professor Jacqueline Weaver – opera buff and legal scholar – brought her two passions together recently in a lively panel discussion of the legal subtext dramatized in Richard Wagner’s world of gods and dragons in his four-opera “Ring” cycle. more...
In a current article, Professor Stephen Zamora,director of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law at the University of Houston Law Center, finds successes and shortcomings in the year since an international panel met to discuss ways to improve relations between the two countries. more...
The American Educational Research Association will honor University of Houston Law Center Professor Michael A. Olivas with its Social Justice in Education award at its annual meeting in Philadelphia April 3. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair of Law and director of the Institute of Higher Education Law & Governance at the Law Center, also will present his lecture, “Drafting Justice: Statutory Language, Public Policy, and Legislative Reform.” more...
The University of Houston Law Center ranked 30th among the nation’s top 50 law schools in the number of graduates hired by the 250 largest firms in the country, according to the National Law Journal’s annual “Go To” index. more...
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis says that implementing a revenue neutral carbon tax is key to addressing climate change. more...
Tax lawyers educated at the University of Houston Law Center filled a lecture hall Friday afternoon for an update on developments in tax law presented by several of the professors they may have had years ago. more...
Energy development has long occurred near populated areas, and that will not only continue, but increase, as populations spread and energy demand grows. more...
The University of Houston Law Center is partnering with the city’s two other law schools and the Houston Bar Association to sponsor the fourth annual symposium dealing with various issues related to immigration. more...
Armed with resumes and dressed in their most professional business attire, University of Houston Law Center students mingled with representatives of government and public interest agencies in Krost Hall to learn about summer internships and other job opportunities in public service. more...
A Houston state representative and the parliamentarian of the Texas House presented a fast-paced and lighthearted overview of the legislative process Friday to students of the University of Houston Law Center. more...
Teams from the University of Houston Law Center showcased their advocacy skills on Feb. 8, taking top honors in a regional moot court tournament and qualifying for the national competition in Washington, D.C. more...
Center for U.S. and Mexican Law Affiliate Scholar Dr. Miriam Grunstein will receive an award from Petroleo & Energia Magazine during the 100 Energy Sector Leaders of 2014 luncheon March 4 at the St. Regis Hotel in Mexico City. more...
The EENR Speaker Series for Spring 2014 kicks off Feb. 20 at the University of Houston Law Center with an examination of the heightened conflicts that arise between state and local governments over land use and nuisance-based issues as the nation produces more of its own energy resources. more...
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis will bring his effort to push a carbon tax and other free-market approaches to addressing climate change to the University of Houston. more...
University of Houston Law Center Interim Dean Richard M. Alderman updated students on “what’s going on” at the school and answered questions Wednesday during a “Discussion with the Dean” session. more...
The University of Houston Law Center is honoring four Houstonians, including an alumna, as 2014 Arrival Award winners for their outstanding achievements after immigrating to the United States. more...
The University of Houston Law Center's LL.M. brochures earned gold honors in the 2013 Collegiate Advertising Awards. The Law Center competed among graduate schools across the country. more...
A team from the University of Georgia took home the title of National Champion in the 6th annual Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship. more...
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Jacob M. Monty, a 1993 graduate of the Law Center and former UH System regent, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for a term to expire Aug. 31, 2015. more...
The whispered ambiance of one National Public Radio radio station is about to be shattered by the Who, Rolling Stones, and Wu-Tang Clan as the Law Center’s own Professor Michael A. Olivas takes to the airwaves next week with a series of three-minute segments titled “The Law of Rock and Roll.” more...
Family law judges and practitioners will conduct a CLE workshop Feb. 1 for recent University of Houston Law Center graduates and upper level students who are interesting in developing a family law practice. more...
University of Houston Law Center’s Blakely Advocacy Institute and Andrews Kurth sponsor 6th annual tournament more...
University of Houston Law Center professor David Dow will discuss and sign his latest book, “Things I’ve Learned from Dying,” at 7 p.m. on Jan. 8 at Brazos Bookstore in Houston. more...
