Colleges and universities across the nation lack the diversity needed among faculty to deliver a well-rounded education, says a new study in the recently launched South Texas College of Law Houston Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy.
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers this week announced the election of South Texas College of Law Houston Professor Richard Carlson as a new Fellow of the 24-year-old nonprofit association.
The Texas Bar Foundation recently awarded South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) a $5,000 grant to enhance the delivery of legal services to the elderly.
A second-year law student at South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) recently broke a nearly 100-year-old glass ceiling at Houston’s oldest law school.
Donald J. Guter, retired Rear Admiral, JAGC, USN – president and dean of South Texas College of Law Houston and 37thJudge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy– will host the law school’s May 2019 commencement ceremony. A total of 258 STCL Houston students are eligible to participate, while an estimated 2,000 family members and supporters will observe from their seats.The youngest STCL Houston 2019 graduate is 23 and the oldest is 52.
South Texas College of Law Houston students Brad Eric Franklin, Hayley Hervieux, and Chase Newsom recently won the school’s 123rd national advocacy championship. No other law school in the United States has won half as many. South Texas is one of only three national law schools consistently ranked in the top 10 for trial advocacy by U.S. News & World Report.
“Advocacy is addictive,” said T. Gerald Treece, vice president, associate dean, and director of the Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law Houston for nearly 40 years. “I never tire of seeing talented students realize their potential in moot court activities. It’s like turning on voltage to a neon light. When a student has the magic, suddenly everything comes alive in a courtroom. The people who are meant for the courtroom are not meant for anything else. They’re never going to be happy unless they’re in the battle.”
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Students at South Texas College of Law Houston won two national alternative dispute resolution (ADR) championships in the past month alone.
Student Amanda Gordon won first place at the University of Houston’s Jeffry S. Abrams National Mediator Competition, which drew 16 competitors from nine law schools across the country for five rounds of mediation problems. In each round, judges evaluated students on their effectiveness in facilitating negotiation, demonstrating neutrality, active listening, and other pertinent mediation skills.
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