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 1: The Anti-Federalists at the Founding
John K. Bush, Jud Campbell, Lisa Ezell, Michelle Kundmueller, Roger Pilon, Michael B. Rappaport, Justin James Gilio
2020 Annual Western Chapters Conference
On January 25, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its annual Western Chapters Conference at the...
The Death of Contract and the Rise of Tort [Archive Collection]
Randy E. Barnett, Robert H. Bork, E. Allan Farnsworth, Joseph Grodin, Walter K. Olson
1991 Annual Lawyers Convention
On September 13, 1991, the Federalist Society hosted its annual National Lawyers Convention at the...
Government Surveillance: Security v. Liberty?
Matthew R. A. Heiman, Julian Sanchez, Faisal Gill
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Video
Modern surveillance activities by the United States government have taken place since World War I...
Presidential Impeachment: Historical Context and Current Controversies
Shifa Abuzaid, Dallas Kephart, Heidi Kitrosser, Hari M. Osofsky, Keith E. Whittington
Penn State-University Park Student Chapter
On January 16, 2020, the Penn State-University Park Student Chapter, the Article I Initiative, and...
Opening Address by Vice President George H.W. Bush [Archive Collection]
George H.W. Bush, Steven G. Calabresi, C. Boyden Gray, Wm. Bradford Reynolds
First Annual National Lawyers Convention
On January 30th, 1987, The Federalist Society hosted its first annual National Lawyers Convention. The...
Hamilton v. Jefferson: The Central Bank Debate [POLICYbrief]
David Cowen, Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Short video featuring David Cowen and Thomas DiLorenzo
In 1791, two great minds clashed over an issue of constitutional and historical significance. Alexander...
A Discussion with Hon. Nikki Haley
Mary Beth Buchanan, Brooke Cook Wilson, Nikki R. Haley
New York City Lawyers Chapter and New York City Young Lawyers Chapter
On January 16, 2020, the Federalist Society's New York City Lawyers and Young Lawyers Chapters...
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...
Panel: Is Everything Political?
Christian R. Burset, Guy-Uriel Charles, Tara Leigh Grove, Joshua Kleinfeld, Stephen E. Sachs
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...
Panel: Originalism and the Fourth Amendment
William Baude, Jeffrey Bellin, Laura Donohue, Orin S. Kerr
22nd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
On January 3-4, 2020, the Federalist Society hosted its 22nd annual Faculty Conference at the...