In the fall of 2008, Professor Sherwin returned to the Texas Tech University School of Law—his alma mater—to direct the storied Red Raider advocacy program. Since then, the law school's interscholastic advocacy teams have claimed 107 state, regional, national, and international championships, along with 113 Best Brief and Best Advocate awards.

In 2019, 2020, 2023, and 2024, Professor Sherwin led Tech Law’s advocacy program to the number-one national ranking in the American Bar Association’s Competitions Championship (the program ranked second nationally in 2018 and 2021). In 2016, the school’s moot court program was ranked first in the country by the University of Houston's Blakely Advocacy Institute. Over a three-year period, he coached the law school's teams to three national championships at both of the nation's two major moot court tournaments—the 190-team National Moot Court Competition in 2011 and 2012, and the 225-team ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition in 2013. In 2016, the law school again claimed the national championship at the National Moot Court Competition, and in 2021-22, it won the ABA NAAC and National Moot Court Competition in consecutive years. In 2024, the program made history by becoming the first law school ever to win national championships at all five of the American Bar Association’s skills competition—Appellate Advocacy, Arbitration, Client Counseling, Mediation, and Negotiation.

In addition to directing the Tech Law advocacy program, Professor Sherwin teaches Entertainment Law, Commercial Litigation, Trial Advocacy, and Appellate Advocacy. His scholarship primarily explores issues at the intersection of intellectual property and civil procedure. He has written extensively on the subject of litigation bullying, including Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or “SLAPP” suits. In 2017, his work in this area led to his appointment as the Reporter on the Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee on Anti-SLAPP Legislation. In that capacity, he was responsible for crafting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act—a uniform anti-SLAPP act adopted by the Commission in July of 2020. He now works to educate state legislatures, judges, and attorneys about the uniform act and free-speech issues generally. In 2022, his scholarship and teaching earned him the prestigious distinction of “Integrated Scholar,” an honor awarded by the Texas Tech Provost’s Office to just eight faculty members across the entire university.

From 2001 through 2007, Professor Sherwin was an associate at the Fort Worth firm of Brackett & Ellis, P.C. He maintained a diverse litigation and appellate practice, representing clients in copyright and trademark disputes, complex business litigation, and antitrust matters. He was named a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly magazine in 2007 and 2008 and a “Top Attorney” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine in 2006 and 2007. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas.

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