Michael P. Maslanka

January 29, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyers are teachers, too—whether to other lawyers, judges, juries or fellow citizens, says Michael P. Maslanka, an assistant professor of law at the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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November 18, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Graduating from law school in 1981, conventional wisdom was that the future of employment would be intertwined like a pretzel with an increasingly diverse population. The future is now, Michael P. Maslanka writes.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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October 26, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

As you age, you will get poked, prodded and punctured by doctors. 2020 was my year for the experience. While taxing, I learned about what the medical profession can teach lawyers. Here are six lessons.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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August 12, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The pandemic, like a Zen master whacking us with a cane, strips away anything extraneous in our lives and reveals the essentials.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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July 22, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Job seekers with traits such as integrity and adaptability are valued now, even more than GPA or law review or bar passage score.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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June 29, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

One pressing question: should qualified immunity as a defense to a constitutional violation be eliminated or reformed?

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

June 11, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The rough and tumble of First Amendment litigation. That's what the Founders wanted, with their unshakable belief that the best antidote to bad ideas are better ones. A good reminder of what we stand for in hard times.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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May 26, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

American exceptionalism? Real or imagined? There are opposing views, but the one thing I imagine both sides can agree on is this: America is exceptional…

By Michael P. Maslanka

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May 15, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

I received an email from a lawyer friend in Houston: She was flipping through her college books and found Daniel Defoe's novel, "Journal of the…

By Michael P. Maslanka

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May 11, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The virus can rob us of much but it can never rob us of certain powers we possess. Here then are powers that poetry teaches that everyone has and that can never be stripped away.

By Michael P. Maslanka

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