Tara Leigh Grove is the Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Grove graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as the Supreme Court Chair of the Harvard Law Review. Grove clerked for Judge Emilio Garza on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and then spent four years as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, where she argued fifteen cases in the courts of appeals.
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 Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the New York University Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Texas Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Northwestern University Law Review, and the Vanderbilt Law Review. Grove has received awards for both her research and her teaching.
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.
Panel: Police Powers and the Pandemic
David Bernstein, John C. Harrison, Julia D. Mahoney, Daniel B. Rodriguez, Ilan Wurman
23rd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
With the many COVID-19 emergency measures undertaken by state and local officials as a backdrop,...
Feddie Night Frights: Originalism: Trick or Treat?
Eric J. Segall, Lawrence VanDyke, Ilan Wurman
University of Texas Student Chapter
The Federalist Society's Student Division &University of Texas Student Chapter Present Feddie Night Frights:Night of...
Arizona COVID Litigation: A Challenge to Executive Authority
Jennifer Perkins, Ilan Wurman
This month, more than 50 bar owners across Arizona filed a special action challenging Governor...
The Future of Originalism: A Federalist Society Zoom Dialogue
Frank H. Buckley, Josh Hammer, Andrew Oldham, Ilan Wurman, April Farris
Houston Lawyers Chapter & Austin Lawyers Chapter - Online Event
On May 27, 2020, the Federalist Society's Houston and Austin lawyers chapters co-hosted a Zoom...
The Future of Originalism: A Federalist Society Zoom Dialogue
Frank H. Buckley, Josh Hammer, Andrew Oldham, Ilan Wurman, April Farris
Houston Lawyers Chapter & Austin Lawyers Chapter - Online Event
On May 27, 2020, the Federalist Society's Houston and Austin lawyers chapters co-hosted a Zoom...
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
Christian R. Burset, Mihailis E. Diamantis, Sean J. Griffith, Tara Leigh Grove, Michael T. Morley, Lawrence Solum, Ryan Williams, Ilan Wurman, Philip A. Hamburger
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
Christian R. Burset, Mihailis E. Diamantis, Sean J. Griffith, Tara Leigh Grove, Philip A. Hamburger, Michael T. Morley, Lawrence Solum, Ryan Williams, Ilan Wurman
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...
Panel 1: The Original Understanding of “Privileges or Immunities”
Randy E. Barnett, Kurt T. Lash, Amul R. Thapar, Ilan Wurman, Rebecca E. Zietlow
2019 National Student Symposium
On March 15-16, 2019, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor...
Panel 1: The Original Understanding of “Privileges or Immunities”
Randy E. Barnett, Kurt T. Lash, Amul R. Thapar, Ilan Wurman, Rebecca E. Zietlow
2019 National Student Symposium
On March 15-16, 2019, the Federalist Society's student chapter at the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor...
Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations
Lawrence Alexander, Vincent Buccola, Paul Crane, Richard A. Epstein, Jenn L. Mascott, Lance Sorenson, Lael Weinberger, Ilan Wurman
21st Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3, 2019, the Federalist Society hosted the Young Legal Scholars Paper Presentations. The...