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Houston Law Review Member Receives Award from the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

Michael Forbes — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:32:52 +0000

The Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar of Texas recently selected a note by Houston Law Review member Jordan Kaplan as the “Best 2009 Student Law Review Article in the Field of Labor and Employment Law.” Jordan’s note was displayed by the Labor and Employment Section of the State Bar of Texas at the State Bar’s annual meeting. The note, entitled “Help Is on the Way: A Recent Case Sheds Light on Workplace Bullying,” is scheduled for publication in Issue 47:1 of the Houston Law Review.

Jordan is a member of Board 47, and currently serves as an Articles Editor. He received a $1000 prize for having his note selected for the award.

Houston Law Review Announces Case for 2009 Transfer Student Write-on Competition

Michael Forbes — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:00:01 +0000

The Houston Law Review is pleased to announce the case selected for the 2009 Transfer Student Write-on Competition.

Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, No. 07-665, 555 U.S. ___ (2009).

For complete details on the Write-on Competition, see the Write-on Competition information page.

Good luck.

Houston Law Review Announces Case for 2009 Write-on Competition

Michael Forbes — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:00:37 +0000

The Houston Law Review is pleased to announce the case selected for the 2009 Write-on Competition.

Negusie v. Holder, No. 07-499, 555 U.S. ___ (2009).

For complete details on the Write-on Competition, see the Write-On Competition information page.

Good Luck.

Houston Law Review Article on Hazing Newly Relevant in Light of Recent Case

Luke Gilman — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:55:29 +0000

Several members of the varsity cheer leading squad at Morton Ranch High School in Katy, TX were charged as adults with hazing, a Class B misdemeanor that could bring a maximum six-month jail sentence and a $2,000 fine upon conviction. Helen Eriksen, Brian Rogers & Allan Turner, Morton Ranch cheerleaders indicted in hazing, Hous. Chron., Nov. 20, 2008.

Criminal hazing was the subject of a 2002 Houston Law Review article – Scott R. Rosner & R. Brian Crow, Institutional Liability for Hazing in Interscholastic Sports, 39 Hous. L. Rev. 275 (2002). The article was mentioned in media coverage of the event. Above the Law, Grand Jury Overreaction Indictment of the Day: ‘Mean Girls’ Get No Love In Texas.

News: Houston Law Review Article on Death Penalty Profiled in New York Times

Luke Gilman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:05:50 +0000

Adam Liptak’s article A New Look at Race When Death is Sought prominently features an upcoming article in the Houston Law Review by Scott Phillips of the University of Denver, In Racial Disparities in the Capital of Capital Punishment.

Yet Harris County’s capital justice system has not been the subject of intensive research — until now. A new study to be published in The Houston Law Review this fall has found two sorts of racial disparities in the administration of the death penalty there, one commonplace and one surprising.