Professor John Tehranian

01/14/21 • 55 min

John Tehranian is the Paul W. Wildman Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School. A graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, Professor Tehranian's scholarship focuses on the interface between law and culture, with an emphasis on issues of technology, entertainment, and race. In private practice, he has litigated numerous high-profile lawsuits, including copyright, trademark and right of publicity disputes involving Madonna, Don Henley, B.B. King, Bettie Page, Jimi Hendrix, and Perez Hilton, among others.

We spoke with John about his recent article, published in Volume 58, Issue 1 of the Houston Law Review , titled: Is Kim Kardashian White? (and Why Does It Matter Anyway?) Racial Fluidity, Identity Mutability & the Future of Civil Rights Jurisprudence .

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This week we share a special recording of an “Ask Me Anything” event held in October with members of the Houston Law Review. Our panel includes Houston Law Review editor in chief, Reagan Lutter, as well as members from both Board 58 (Priyanka Kasnavia, Caitlyn Fiebrich, and Fariha Jawed) and 59 (Charisma Nguepdo & Andy Guo). We discussed what the Law Review is, how students join, and what it's like to be a member of an academic journal. We also take some time to talk about winter OCI, networking, and what to do if you don’t land your dream summer job.

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Travis Torrence - Shell Oil, Global Litigation Bankruptcy & Credit Team Lead

Travis Torrence serves as the Global Litigation Bankruptcy & Credit Team Lead for Shell Oil Company and manages a team handling bankruptcy and credit legal issues for all of Shell’s business units in the U.S. and Canada. Torrence has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in the area of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights by Texas Super Lawyers, and was a 2016 Houston Business Journal “40 Under 40” honoree and a finalist in the publication’s Best Corporate Counsel Awards. He was recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, a non-profit that provides grant funding for civil legal aid in Texas.

Travis and I discuss his college experience and the mentor that encouraged him to reach higher than he thought possible, the time he met Maya Angelou and the words he carried with him from that meeting, and the lessons he carried from his experiences into his current leadership role.

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