Luz E. Herrera is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Experiential Education at Texas A&M School of Law. Dean Herrera promotes entrepreneurial efforts to address the access to civil justice gap.

Before entering academia, Prof. Herrera ran her own practice and founded Community Lawyers, Inc., a non-profit organization that encourages access to affordable legal services and develops innovative opportunities for legal professionals in underserved communities. These experiences have influenced her scholarship that promotes legal “low bono” service delivery models and post-graduate support programs for lawyers starting their own law firms.

Dean Herrera currently serves as a special advisor for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities.

Prior to her current position, Dean Herrera was the Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Experiential Learning and Public Service at UCLA School of Law. She has also taught as a visiting a visiting clinical professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, a visiting professor at Chapman University School of Law and a Senior Clinical Fellow at Harvard Law School. In her various academic positions, Dean Herrera encouraged innovation and promoted access to justice through experiential learning.

Dean Herrera is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School.

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Karon Rowden graduated from Austin College in 1987 with a major in Spanish and International Relations and a minor in French. After graduation, Karon went to work in the insurance industry for over a decade. In 1998 Karon began her legal studies in the night program at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and graduated in 2001. Karon has been a supervising attorney in the Family Law & Benefits Clinic/Family and Veterans Advocacy Clinic since 2005 where she has taught various components of the Law Clinic classroom component and supervised students. In addition to her teaching, Karon has presented at several continuing legal education seminars and regularly volunteers for various legal aid clinics. Karon enjoys spending time with her family, reading, photography, riding motorcycles, four-wheeling, canoeing, kayaking and camping.

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Lori Rogde is currently the Director of Experiential Education & Clinic Operations at Texas A&M University School of Law. Previously she served as Associate Director of Admissions. She began her career in higher education in admissions in 2002 as an Administrative Assistant. She graduated from Texas Wesleyan University with a B.S. and has a MS in Management and Leadership with a focus on Organizational Development and Management and a MS in Human Resource Management both from Tarleton State University.

Stephanie Roman is the Legal Assistant for the Texas A&M Legal Clinics. Prior to working at Texas A&M school of Law, she worked for seven years in the Tarrant County Clerk and District Clerk’s offices. Stephanie aspires to complete a degree in Criminal Justice. She is a huge sports fanatic and spend most of her free time at the baseball fields watching her son play.

Pedro Guzman is ​a Legal Assistant for the Texas A&M Legal Clinics. Pedro Guzman graduated from Texas A&M International University. After completing a bachelors in English with a minor in Philosophy, Pedro worked for Ross and Matthews P.C., a Fort Worth based law firm, for a year and a half. He enjoys playing guitar, reading and video games.

Prior to working at Texas A&M School of Law as a Clinics Legal Assistant, Jamie worked as a legal secretary at Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in their legal department. Before her family moved to Texas she worked as a legal secretary for Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office in Washington State. She has over 15 years of law office experience, to include earning a paralegal certificate and an ATA degree in college. Being new to Texas, she enjoys exploring all it has to offer with her family, being with friends, photography, and watching her kids do all their activities and of course her 3 dogs!

Carlos Rocha is a federally-authorized tax practitioner who is licensed by the Internal Revenue Service to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels - examination, collection, and appeals. Carlos has client experience filing individual income tax returns for taxpayers and on resolving tax dispute matters with the IRS. He has a commitment to working with and on behalf of taxpayers who are low-income or speak English as a second language. He also has a financial planning background helping individuals proactively plan for the future by increasing financial awareness. Carlos is a graduate of UC San Diego.