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Evolving Doctrine Series

The series aims to provide social and historical context to 1L doctrinal courses and to give students a better understanding of the past and present impact of legal doctrine on society, with a focus on marginalized groups.

Faculty Bio

Tara Grove, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law 

Tara Grove's research focuses on the federal judiciary, interpretive theory, and the constitutional separation of powers. She has published with such prestigious law journals as the Harvard Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and more.

In 2021, Grove served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, a bipartisan commission created by President Biden and charged with examining proposals for Supreme Court reform. Since 2022, Grove has worked on the Princeton Initiative on Reclaiming the Constitutional Powers of Congress, which brings together former members of Congress, political scientists, and law professors. Grove serves as the Co-Chair of the section on the Appointments Process for the Princeton Initiative. Grove is a co-author of Low & Jeffries' Federal Courts and the Law of Federal-State Relations, a leading federal courts casebook, and she has served as the Chair of the Federal Courts Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Grove has been a visiting professor at both Harvard Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

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Journal Articles

Other Media

  • TEDx Talks, The Executive's Duty to Enforce the Law | Tara Grove | TEDxCollegeofWilliam&Mary, YouTube (Apr. 6, 2014), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca1ogzSolF8.

For more scholarship, visit Professor Grove's Google Scholar Profile page