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Today we speak with Hillary Holmes. Hillary is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets practice group. Her professional expertise has been widely recognized and she has received Band 1 Rankings for Capital Markets by Chambers USA for the past five years as well as awards from Texas Super Lawyers, the Association of Women Attorneys, and many more. Hillary is an incredibly thoughtful businesswoman and has been intentional in developing her professional brand. We discuss how having a working mother had a positive impact on her career, how she developed mentor relationships and what it looks like to create your own opportunities as a woman in the legal field.

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This week we speak with Raj Salhotra. Raj is the Executive Director of Momentum Education, a non-profit in Houston, Texas helping low-income and first-generation students achieve their higher education goals. Raj earned his bachelor’s at Rice University and his J.D. at Harvard Law School. Raj shared how he developed an early passion for education and policy and how his experience interning at the White House and working for Teach for America shaped his desire to give back to students in the Houston community. Raj had great advice for young professionals interested in politics, as well as encouragement for law students pursuing a non-traditional career path.

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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. 

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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. 

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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 bench, Judge Brown sat on the district court for the 55th district of Harris County, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court. We speak with Judge Brown about his early legal career, why he became a judge, and lessons he’s learned along the way. 

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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 and “junk science.” We explore how this evidence gets into the court and how the Houston Forensic Science Center is making strides toward positive change.

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Sandra Guerra Thompson is the Newell H. Blakely Professor in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Houston Forensic Science Center, Houston’s independent forensic laboratory. She has written on such subjects as wrongful convictions, eyewitness identifications, police interrogations, forensic science, and many more.

Nicole Bremner Casarez is an attorney and professor of communication at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Her investigative journalism students investigated many capital and noncapital cases, including the case of Texas death row inmate Anthony Graves. She speaks on media law, the first amendment, ethics, civil rights, and wrongful conviction.

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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 for career success and how her first job out of law school led her to a challenging and rewarding career path outside of a typical law practice.

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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, subsequently, law student, what it’s been like starting her own practice, and what made her decide to run for Judge of the 165th District. Though she did not win the primary, Ms. Daic shares valuable insights about the process of running in an election and lessons she learned along the way.

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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 research that went into writing the book, as well as some of the findings. Finally, Professor Knake talks with us about how we can overcome the challenges still faced by women in the legal field today.

Professor Knake is a law professor and an award-winning author whose work has been featured in BuzzFeed, CNN, National Public Radio, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and other media. She holds the Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center where she teaches ethics, constitutional law, and a writing seminar on gender, power, law, and leadership.

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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 Intellectual Property and Information Law (IPIL) National Conference in Santa Fe, NM in May 2019.

Professor Rose is now retired but was most recently teaching at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Previously, she was a professor at Yale, Northwestern, and Stanford. Professor Dave Fagundes (UHLC) writes, in the introduction to the symposium issue containing Professor Rose's article, that she is "part of the pantheon of great American property scholars."

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