Louise Weinberg

Who is Louise Weinberg?

Louise Weinberg is Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law, in Austin, Texas, where she holds the endowed William B. Bates Chair for the Administration of Justice. She is also a Fellow of the endowed Charles Alan Wright Chair. She teaches and writes in the fields of constitutional law and federal courts, and teaches the Supreme Court Seminar originated by Wright. She has also taught and written in the fields of conflict of laws and admiralty.

Weinberg was born in New York. She received her bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University summa cum laude, and has two degrees from Harvard Law School. She clerked for Hon. Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., and was an associate in litigation with Bingham, Dana & Gould in Boston, Massachusetts. She has taught at Harvard Law School, Brandeis University, Suffolk Law School, and Stanford Law School. She is a member of the American Law Institute, The Philosophical Society of Texas, and Phi Beta Kappa, and has served as a Forum Fellow of the World Economic Forum, Davos. Over time, Weinberg has chaired three different sections of the Association of American Law Schools: the sections on Admiralty, on the Conflict of Laws, and on Federal Courts. A frequently invited public speaker, Weinberg recently appeared in the Public Broadcasting Service's four-part series, “The Supreme Court.”