Monday, November 9th, 2009

Law Grads Best in Texas on Bar Exam

Texas Tech University School of Law led all Texas law schools on the July Bar Examination.

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Grads Top Texas Law Schools on July Bar Examination

Highest percentage of students pass first-time test than any other law school.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Military Law Expert Available to Discuss Fort Hood Shootings

Suspected shooter likely to face court-martial, military victims have little recourse.

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Attorney to Visit Texas Tech, Speak about Ethics

A former attorney with the Department of Health and Human Services will visit Texas Tech University Oct. 27-28 to speak about the responsible conduct of research and ethics.

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Schools of Law and Business Listed in Princeton Review

Texas Tech’s law and business schools rank among the best, according to a survey of 37,000 students by the Princeton Review.

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Texas Tech Schools of Law and Business Listed in Princeton Review

Texas Tech University’s School of Law and Rawls College of Business have garnered positions in the 2010 Princeton Review’s The Best 172 Law Schools and The Best 301 Business Schools respectively. The comprehensive reference books are available at book stores.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Law Dean Appointed National Defense University Senior Fellow

As Senior Fellow, Dean Walter Huffman will provide expertise to the Secretary of Defense Strategic Policy Forum in crisis simulation events.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Texas Tech Law Dean appointed National Defense University Senior Fellow

Huffman will serve as the national security law expert during crisis simulations held by the institute in Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Is the privatization of water the right thing to do?

“Scarcity is not a quantity issue: it’s a distribution issue,” says law professor Gabriel Eckstein of the Texas Tech School of Law. “We have enough fresh water globally to provide every person on earth a hundred times over.” Private water markets, he says, could get it to the people who need it.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Is the privatization of water the right thing to do?

Back in 1999, when Bolivia decided to privatize water services in Cochabamba, the country’s third-largest city, it didn’t bargain for the backlash that would unleash. Mobs of angry Bolivians, some armed with Molotov cocktails, took to the streets in protest. Martial law was declared, and in the ensuing violence one person was killed and several [...]

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The Crackdown Continues

Amid an explosion of proposals to limit and regulate executive compensation, public-company finance chiefs face a double whammy: the prospect of new constraints on their own earnings and new responsibility for providing an unprecedented level of disclosure about compensation in financial statements.

In addition to providing numbers — typically a table listing the compensation packages of [...]

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Ranks in Top 20 Best Value Law Schools

According to the September issues of National Jurist and preLaw magazines, Texas Tech University’s School of Law is ranked 19th in the nation in a Best Value ranking of America’s nearly 200 law schools.

The Best Value ranking is based on three factors: the law school’s annual tuition costs; bar-passage rates above the state average; and [...]

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Professor One of Best Presenters in Texas

Continuing Legal Education recognizes professor Gerry Beyer for his presentation on estate planning case law.

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Texas Tech Law Professor One of Best Presenters in Texas

A Texas Tech University School of Law professor is one of the top continuing legal education (CLE) presenters in the state, according to the Texas Bar Association.

Gerry Beyer, the Governor Preston Smith Professor of Law, was selected for his CLE presentation, “Estate Planning Case Law Update,” which he delivered at Texas Bar CLE’s 2009 Advanced [...]

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Ranks in Top 20 for Best Value in the Nation

Texas Tech’s School of Law was the only law school in Texas with a top 35 Best Value ranking.

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Ranks in Top 20 Best Value Law Schools

Of the nine Texas law schools, Texas Tech’s is the only one ranked in the top 35.

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Law Graduate Earns State Pro Bono Award

Renee Brosch honored by the Texas Supreme Court for her pro bono contributions to the underserved community.

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Graduate Earns State Pro Bono Award

Texas Tech Law Graduate Earns State Pro Bono Award

A Texas Tech University School of Law graduate recently received a state award for her commitment to the provision of legal services to the poor.

The Texas Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission Law Student Pro Bono Award has been given to Renee Brosch, a May law graduate [...]

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Texas Tech Law Graduate Earns State Pro Bono Award

A Texas Tech University School of Law graduate recently received a state award for her commitment to the provision of legal services to the poor.

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Texas Polygamists Prep for Criminal Trials

As courtroom drama goes, the upcoming trials in the quiet West Texas oasis of San Angelo should be humdingers: a dozen male members of a Mormom polygamist sect have been indicted on a bevy of charges, ranging from bigamy to sex with a child, stemming from a raid last year in which protective service officials [...]