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Alumni Spotlight: Tara Taheri ’11, Executive Producer of Night Court 2022

August 16, 2022

Posted in Alumni

Tara Taheri ’11, a native Houstonian and senior privacy associate at Baylor College of Medicine, is executive producer of Night Court 2022, “Justice by the Dozen,” set Aug. 17-20 at the Hobby Center. Part of the proceeds benefit the Randall...

South Texas Law Alumna, Professor Team Up to Help Third Ward Community Achieve Legal Victory

July 18, 2022

Posted in Alumni

South Texas College of Law Houston alumna Melanie Wilcox Miles ’96 achieved a legal victory for the Third Ward’s Riverside Terrace community earlier this year — in part because of a relevant case South Texas Law Professor Matthew Festa had...

Amicus Brief Prepared by STCL Houston Class Recognized By Texas Supreme Court

June 28, 2022

Posted in STCL News

On June 24, Texas Supreme Court Justice Evan Young recognized — in his concurring opinion inTexas Dep’t of State Health Services v. Crown Distributing LLC— the contributions of South Texas College of Law Houston students in aiding the Court on...

Pride Month Student Spotlight: Austin Stelter, AMICUS

June 25, 2022

Posted in Students

Austin Stelter is the 2022-23 President of AMICUS, the LGBTQ+ and allies student organization at South Texas College of Law Houston. He will be a third-year student this fall. This summer, Stelter is planning events for AMICUS and working with...

STCL Houston Alumna Creates Scholarship for Transgender Students

June 24, 2022

Posted in Features, Alumni

Denise Peterson ’10 has taken the skills they honed at STCL Houston and built Peterson ADR, a successful civil mediation and arbitration practice. Additionally, Peterson founded and serves as the executive director of Texas Volunteer Mediator Association, an access to...

STCL Houston Alumna Positively Impacts Youth, Diverse Communities as Attorney, Volunteer

June 20, 2022

Posted in Features, Alumni

“I am at my best when my hands and mind are busy and I am connected to something outside myself, working with others to solve problems,” said STCL Houston alumna Brittny Mandarino Curry ’20.

STCL Houston Alumnus Wins Nautilus Award for Book About Camp Logan Soldiers

June 8, 2022

Posted in Alumni

Salazar was a former student of Prof. Corn while in law school, and Prof. Corn has been actively involved in trying to restore honor to the Camp Logan soldiers.

STCL Houston Awarded a 2022 Houston Methodist DEI Grant to Support Economic Empowerment

June 7, 2022

Posted in STCL News

The Houston Methodist Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Grant Program has awarded STCL Houston’s expunction/nondisclosure program a 2022-2023 Social Equity Grant — the second year the program has been recognized with a generous grant from this fund.

Life Experience Leads STCL Houston Managing Attorney to Serve Through Pro Bono Legal Clinics

June 2, 2022

Posted in Features

Vinh Ho, the managing attorney of the Civil Practice Clinics and Immigration Initiatives at South Texas College of Law Houston, has a personal understanding of the challenges faced by refugees and immigrants.

Two STCL Houston Alumni with Family Roots in Vietnam, India Becoming U.S. Army JAGs

May 31, 2022

Posted in Alumni

South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) has a proud tradition of alumni joining the Judge Advocate General offices of the U.S. military, and two exceptional 2021 alumni — Mai Pham Bayless and Aby Lukose — are continuing that tradition this...

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