🧵Today, a video was shared on this platform purporting to show a law school administrator suppressing the free speech of students. Nothing could be further from the truth. 1/4
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- Join us in congratulating @BobbyChesney for being selected as the new dean of Texas Law, effective July 1. #HookEm 🤘🎉 Read all about why we're so excited: tiny.cc/chesney22
- Welcome to @UTexasLaw, @BarbMcQuade and @JoyceWhiteVance. We hope you find the panels, debates, and tacos to your liking. #restoringnorms cc @steve_vladeck @TexasLRev @acslawSo happy to join my friend and former US Attorney @JoyceWhiteVance for panel on prosecutorial independence at @UTexLaw @acslaw
- 🌟AND THATS A WRAP! Congratulations to the Class of 2023! May your dreams all come true… 🎊 #Lawhorns2023 #UTGrad23
- .@steve_vladeck To Do List for next Tuesday: ✅ Breakfast ✅ Check email ✅ Call dentist ✅ ARGUE FIRST CASE AT SUPREME COURT ✅ Check in with @KarenVladeckEsq ✅ Lunch ✅ Executive time #hookem Professor!
- Replying to @UTexasLawSome have responded to the contextless video by heaping abuse on a beloved colleague who was enforcing neutral rules (just as she routinely *protects* the student fliers posted in proper locations). This is inexcusable and must stop. END
- Prof. @steve_vladeck, in today's @nytimes, argues that a Senate trial—even after January 20— "is not just constitutionally permissible but necessary." -->In today’s @nytimes: Me on why the text and structure of the Constitution, longstanding historical practice, and common sense all *support* the Senate’s power to try Trump after next Wednesday—and to potentially disqualify him from holding future office: nytimes.com/2021/01/14/opi…
- The ten Texas law schools' deans are asking #SCOTX and #TXBLE to reconsider bar exam plans. Ideas: go to optional remote administration; use an apprenticeship for licensure; or "a one-time diploma privilege option." (bit.ly/3dRfVLb)
- The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center @UT_CMHC has extended hours today and beyond, and a 24-hour hotline. Don't be afraid to call.
- Congratulations to Britney E. Harrison ’10, the new President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, the first Black woman elected to that role. Ms. Harrison is a family law attorney in GoransonBain Ausley's Dallas office, but she was born and raised here in Austin. Hook 'em! 🤘
- 🎊 HUZZAH! Prof. @steve_vladeck's book, "The Shadow Docket," is a finalist for the @ABAesq Silver Gavel Award, honoring "outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system." #HookEm🤘
Holy cow y’all: “The Shadow Docket” is one of the finalists for the ABA’s Silver Gavel Award!! Congratulations to all of the other finalists; it’s an honor to just be *on* this list. - 🌟BREAKING: @UTexasLaw @UTAustin Prof. @steve_vladeck's new book. The Shadow Docket, debuts at #9 on the @nytimes best-seller list. See Steve with @evanasmith at Austin's @bookpeople tomorrow, 5/25, at 7 p.m. eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-p…
- Hook 'em! Prof. @steve_vladeck may be on leave, but he's busier than ever, having made his first argument before #SCOTX this Tuesday, and preparing for his third argument before #SCOTUS next Tuesday. Learn more 👇 bit.ly/2GHWsBN
