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UH LAW CENTER’S ANNUAL SUPREME COURT UPDATE HIGHLIGHTED

CASES ON AMATEURISM IN COLLEGE SPORTS, VOTING RIGHTS AND MORE

he University of Houston Law Center presented its 2021 U.S. Associate Professor of Law and Business James D. Nelson,
TSupreme Court Update continuing legal education webinar, which summarized Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case involving the law of
featured wide-ranging discussion on several cases involving antitrust religious liberty. Nelson said he expects that organizations seeking
law, criminal law, voting rights among other topics. Speakers at the to discriminate against LGBTQ foster families will scour regulations
August event included Law Center professors and a graduate who for individualized processes within the law to boost their chances of
provided insights on Supreme Court developments to an audience of getting a religious exemption under Fulton.
nearly 300. Law Foundation Professor of Law Seth J. Chandler discussed
Alex Roberts ’06, a partner at Beck Redden LLP, presented the NCAA California v. Texas, another case in the continuing battle on the
v. Alston antitrust case. In Alston, student athletes challenged NCAA constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
rules limiting compensation in the form of educational benefits Associate Professor Daniel Morales covered two cases that reflect
and compensation unrelated to attendance. The Court agreed with broader trends regarding immigration law, Johnson v. Guzman Chavez
student athletes regarding restrictions limiting educational benefits. and Niz-Chavez v. Garland.
Roberts suggested that elite colleges will begin offering athletes
more educational benefits, while student-athletes are eligible to be Associate Professor Emily Berman discussed AZ Republican Party v.
compensated for their name, image and likeness. DNC and Brnovich v. DNC. These cases explored whether Arizona’s
“Amateurism may be a relic of the past in the not-too-distant future,” law violated the voting rights act. ^
Roberts, president of the UH Law Alumni Association, said.

UH LAW CENTER STUDENTS WELCOMED BACK FOR IN-PERSON COURSES

fter 17 months of remote learning as a result of the COVID-19
Apandemic, the University of Houston Law Center opened its doors There are 245 students in the entering J.D. class. The Class
again in Fall 2021 for instruction on campus. of 2024 includes 209 full-time students and 36 part-time
“I am delighted that the Law Center is able to offer students face-to- students who had a median GPA of 3.64 and median LSAT
face instruction,” said Dean Leonard M. Baynes. score of 161. More than 38 percent of the class comes from
“Having started off law school on campus, it’s a fantastic feeling to be underrepresented backgrounds.
able to return and be amongst my colleagues on campus after over a year The Law Center’s LL.M. Class of 2021 consists of 36 students
on Zoom,” said 2L student Danielle Giaccio. “I was vaccinated in early including natives of Bolivia, Colombia, France, Ghana, India,
2021 in hopes that a return to campus would become a reality, and I’m Honduras, Mexico and the U.S. @
happy to see that goal come to fruition for the UHLC family.” ^

University of
Houston Law Center
Beirne, Maynard
& Parsons, L.L.P.
Professor of Law
Douglas K. Moll
leads a course in
Secured Financing
during the first week
of classes of the Fall
2021 semester.

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