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.
Courthouse Steps Decision: Bondi v. VanDerStok
Zack Smith
Bondi v. VanDerStok concerned whether the ATF's 2022 update to its regulations under the Gun...
Who is the Prosecutor Here?: Rule 48(a) and the Michael Flynn, January 6, and Eric Adams Cases
Paul G. Cassell, Andrew McCarthy, John C. Richter, William L. Shipley
The Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a) reads, “The government may, with leave of court,...
Closing Banquet and Fireside Chat with Hon. James C. Ho and Allyson Newton Ho, and Presentation of the Annual Joseph Story Award and Feddie Awards
Allyson Newton Ho, James C. Ho, JJ Marshall, Katherine R. Slivensky
2025 National Student Symposium
Overflow: Hutchins Hall Michigan Law School We are pleased to announce that the Honorable James...
Panel IV: Congress and Court Reform: Jurisdiction Stripping, Court Packing, and Beyond
Jamal Greene, Tara Leigh Grove, Raymond Kethledge, Richard Primus, Amanda L. Tyler, Keith E. Whittington
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Prof. Tara Leigh Grove,...
Debate: Presidential Power and Congress's Response
Joan Larsen, Michael W. McConnell, Julian Davis Mortenson
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and Director of the Constitutional...
Panel III: Congress and the Administrative State: Prospects for Regulatory Reform
Nicholas Bagley, Emily Bremer, Jennifer Nou, Neomi Rao, Paul J. Ray
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. Nicholas Bagley, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School...
Panel II: Congress and the Constitution: The Separation of Powers in Action
Jonathan H. Adler, Justin Amash, Josh Chafetz, Robert J. Luck, Gillian E. Metzger, Amanda H. Neely
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the...
Panel I: How We Got Here – The Supreme Court’s “Anti-Administrativist” Turn?
Jenn L. Mascott, Nina A. Mendelson, Thomas W. Merrill, Aaron Nielson, Jeffrey Pojanowski, Chad A. Readler
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. Jeffrey Pojanowski, Biolchini Family Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School Prof. Jennifer...
Arthur N. Rupe Debate: Public Servants or Permanent Rulers? The Future of the Civil Service
John F. Duffy, Sarah Isgur, Christopher J. Walker
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Director of...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Ryan L. Bangert, Eric Wessan
In July of 2018, Governor Henry McMaster of South Carolina issued an executive order to...