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.
7 Minute Presentations of Works in Progress Panel 1-B
23rd Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference
Is the Graduated Income Tax Amendment truly the “Fair Tax” plan for Illinois? A tax public policy debate.
Chicago Lawyers Chapter
Panel III: The Treaty Power [Archive Collection]
Harold Hongju Koh, John E. Nowak, Grover Joseph Rees, Laurence H. Silberman, Abraham D. Sofaer
On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel...
Panel III: The Treaty Power [Archive Collection]
Harold Hongju Koh, John E. Nowak, Grover Joseph Rees, Laurence H. Silberman, Abraham D. Sofaer
On November 6-7, 1987, The Federalist Society held a symposium at the Grand Hyatt Hotel...
Panel III: Do Changing Norms Undermine Support for Our System of Government?
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On March 14, 2020, the Federalist Society held its 39th National Student Symposium. The Symposium...
Panel III: Do Changing Norms Undermine Support for Our System of Government?
Vikram D. Amar, David Bernstein, Evan H. Caminker, Chad A. Readler, Keith E. Whittington
On March 14, 2020, the Federalist Society held its 39th National Student Symposium. The Symposium...
Panel III: Do Changing Norms Undermine Support for Our System of Government?
2020 National Student Symposium
Ann Arbor, MIJune Medical Services LLC v. Russo [SCOTUSbrief]
Robin Fretwell Wilson
Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson speaks for this video in her personal capacity. Her views do...
Federalist Society Midwest Regional Conference
Chicago Student Chapter
Chicago, IL2017 James Kent Summer Academy