houston and harris county
Judge Russell Austin, RIP
I just learned that another friend of the UHLC has passed away. Judge Russell Austin suffered a stroke over the weekend and passed away yesterday. Judge Austin received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Houston and taught courses at both the University of Houston Law Center and South Texas College of Law. […]
Looking for the Key to Unlock the Floodgates in Climate Change Litigation
Stephan Faris’ Conspiracy Theory in the new issue of the Atlantic posits climate change as this era’s Tobacco settlement, profiling the efforts of Steve Susman and Steve Berman.
As scientific evidence accumulates on the destructive impact of carbon-dioxide emissions, a handful of lawyers are beginning to bring suits against the major contributors to climate change. Their […]
Noted Harris County Prosecutor Kelly Siegler Blogs
Harris County Criminal Justice Blog notes that Kelly Siegler Takes a Shot at Bloggingwith There’s No Such Thing as “Closure” on the Women in Crime Ink Blog
Can you imagine the bottomless pain that a parent endures when they have learned that their child has been murdered? As many times as I have met with and […]
Houston Law Review Article on Death Penalty Profiled in New York Times
The New York Times’ Adam Liptak highlights a forthcoming article from the Houston Law Review in today’s A New Look at Race When Death Is Sought. In Racial Disparities in the Capital of Capital Punishment, Scott Phillips of the University of Denver makes a surprising finding in analysis of death penalty statistics.
A new study to […]
Considering Harris County’s Public Defender System and Youth
Rather than re-post this in full, I’ll just point out my recent post Anticipating Effect of Public Defender System on Representation of Indigent Youth in Harris County on the Children and the Law Blog, part of my work for the Center for Children, Law & Policy. This follows up on my previous post Call for […]
Southern District of Texas Judge Sam Kent takes a Leave, Speculation Follows
As reported in Legal Trade, Houston’s Clear Thinkers, the Houston Chronicle and AbovetheLaw, U.S. District Judge Sam Kent will be temporarily absent. No reason for the absence has been given, leading many to conclude that it can’t be good, speculating that it results from some sort of complaint against Judge Kent or perhaps an illness.
AbovetheLaw […]
Johnny Holmes, Former Harris County DA Profiled
The Houston Chronicle has a profile of Johnny Holmes, the larger than life Harris County District Attorney who held sway for 21 years in Former DA ran powerful death-penalty machine.
Vinson & Elkins Sponsored Libricide
Houston Chronicle: FIVE QUESTIONS WITH SUSAN YANCEY: Law librarian describes continuing evolution of her work
Q: In this age of online research, you have a lot of books here. Have they stopped being important?
A: This is still probably the largest private law library in the Southwest. But in our recent remodeling, we threw out railroad cars […]
Welcome to the Blogosphere: Mary Flood Blogs Legal Issues at the Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle has developed an admirable niche in blogging for a big city paper. The newest horse in the stable is Mary Flood’s Legal Trade Blog. Flood spearheaded the Chronicle’s award-winning coverage of the Enron trial and is recovering from a brief stint as a lawyer.
I should also mention Flood’s interesting article on judges […]
Houston Crime Lab Makes News Again; Impact on legal cases?
The Houston Crime Lab tends to make the news from time to time and almost never for anything good. In the latest debacle, an lab technician has been arrested for stealing cocaine processed in the lab over the last several years.
Houston Chronicle: Impact of cocaine thefts from DPS lab disputed
This is actually relatively benign after […]