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In this mini-episode, we speak with Austin Turman, a 3L and managing editor of the Houston Law Review. Austin talked with us about the 3 biggest changes to the 2020 Bluebook update and shares some of his writing tips and tricks. Austin will join Vinson & Elkins Houston office as a 2021 Associate.  A special thanks to our sponsor, Gibson Dunn, a premier, full-service international law firm with...

In this episode, we speak with Paul Leitner , a UHLC alum and Senior Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, responsible for their North America Channels and Ecosystem. Paul talked with us about his struggles with on-campus interviews as a law student, how he landed his first job through networking, preparation and luck, and how he positioned himself for a future role as an in-house attorney.  A sp...

In this episode, we speak with Judge Jeff Brown, a UHLC alum and former Chairman of the Board for the Houston Law Review. Judge Brown was appointed to the federal bench for the Southern District of Texas in 2019. He has a long history of service to his community, starting at the age of 16 when he became an Eagle Scout and continuing into his legal career. Prior to his appointment to the federal be...

In this episode, we speak with Professors Sandra Guerra Thompson and Nicole Bremner Casarez. We dive into their article, titled: Solving Daubert’s Dilemma for the Forensic Sciences through Blind Testing , published in Volume 57, Issue 3 of the Houston Law Review. Our discussion shed light on an important aspect of the criminal justice system that leads to wrongful convictions – forensic evidence a...

In this episode, we speak with Jordan Latham, a UHLC alum and a Manager in the People Advisory Services practice at Ernst & Young. Her practice focuses primarily on compliance with tax laws and regulations related to executive compensation for clients across various industries.  We discuss how Jordan’s unique experiences growing up shaped her outlook on life, the importance of relationships fo...

In this episode, we speak with Megan Daic, the owner of Daic Law, a Texas-based civil litigation law firm. She is an alumnus at the University of Houston Law Center, where she now serves as an adjunct professor. Earlier this year, Ms. Daic was one of the youngest candidates running for judge in Harris County.  We talk with Ms. Daic about her experiences as a first-generation college student and, s...

In this episode, Professor Renee Knake speaks by phone with Podcast Editors, Adri Langemeier and Robert Cunningham, to discuss her forthcoming book, Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court , which is available May 12th on Amazon . Shortlisted tells the incredible stories of nine women appearing on Presidential shortlists prior to Sandra Day O’Connor’s nomination. We discuss the rese...

In this episode, Professor Carol M. Rose speaks by phone with Editor in Chief Drew Padley to discuss her career and recent Houston Law Review article, which can be found at the link below: Carol M. Rose, Cold Corpses, Hot News, and Dead IP: The Reasons for and Consequences of a Legal Status of No-Property, 57 Hous. L. Rev. 377 (2019). The article was presented at the UHLC Institute for Intellectua...

We were honored that Chief United States District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal took time out of her busy schedule to speak with our Editor in Chief Drew Padley. Chief Judge Rosenthal is widely regarded by litigants as one of the best trial judges in the country. After making partner at Baker Botts, she was nominated to the federal bench by George H.W. Bush in 1992. In her time as a judge, she has played...

Texas State Representative Armando Walle joins Editor in Chief Drew Padley for a wide-ranging conversation about his background, early brushes with politics, legislative accomplishments, and time as a student at the University of Houston, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees. Rep. Walle grew up in the district he now represents and was elected to the Texas House when he was only thirt...

Judge King was nominated to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Carter in 1979. Eventually, she would become Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit and chair of the Judicial Conference's Executive Committee. In her conversation with our Editor in Chief, Drew Padley, Judge King shares the winding path she took to the judiciary and some of what she has been able to accomplish there so far...

U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore discusses her life story with our Editor in Chief, Drew Padley. Judge Gilmore has dedicated her career to public service, most notably as a judge, but also as Chairperson for the Texas Department of Commerce Policy Board and as Chairperson for Texans for NAFTA. In this episode, she also details her role in the community, which has involved spreading awaren...

Professor Orly Lobel, the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Employment and Labor Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, delivered the Houston Law Review' s 24th annual Frankel Lecture, entitled “Exit, Voice & Innovation: How Human Capital Law Impacts Equality (& How Inequality Hurts Growth).” Commentators for the lecture were: Lisa Larrimo...

Professor Jorge L. Contreras of the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law sits down with our Editor in Chief, Drew Padley, to discuss his recent law review article "Pledging Patents for the Public Good: Rise and Fall of the Eco-Patent Commons." His article was published in the Houston Law Review. Read the article here: Jorge L. Contreras, Pledging Patents for the Public G...

U.S. District Court Judge Gray H. Miller joins our host, Editor-in-Chief Drew Padley, for a discussion about growing up in Houston, attending the Merchant Marine Academy, working as a police officer while getting his undergraduate degree and JD at the University of Houston, working at a biglaw firm, serving as a judge, and giving back to the community. For more on the Houston Law Review, please vi...