Rachel Rebouché is the G. Rollie White Chair in Law and Professor of Law. Professor Rebouché is a leading scholar in reproductive rights and health; she teaches courses on contracts, family law, and health care law. She is the author or editor of eight books, including two casebooks on contracts and family law; the author of numerous articles published in journals such as the Stanford Law Review, Columbia Law Review, among others; and a frequent contributor to national media outlets and newspapers. She serves as the Faculty Director of the Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Defense Project. Before joining Texas Law, Professor Rebouché was the Dean and Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law.

Rachel is a 2001 Mitchell Scholar. She received an LLM in International Law from Queen's University, Belfast. Her studies focused on the women's rights component of the Bill of Rights process in Northern Ireland in 2001. Following the completion of her scholarship year, Rachel remained in Ireland and worked first for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission coordinating submissions and then for Queen's University as a researcher examining how countries were incorporating new human rights standards into their legal systems. On her return to the United States she attended Harvard Law School.

Rachel has worked on women's rights issues in a number of capacities throughout her career. Working in the academic environment allows her to combine teaching and scholarship whilst remaining engaged with relevant social issues and participating in public debate.

Rachel obtained her undergraduate degree from Trinity University, Texas.

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