1L Patrick Dean has been awarded the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship for 2017-2018.

Aggie Law students participated in the two-part Borderlands course at TAMIU in Laredo to explore a variety of U.S.-Mexico border issues, including water and environmental challenges.

Fresh off the XVI World Water Congress, Professor Gabriel Eckstein, who presided over the five-day event as Chair of the International Scientific Committee, said the conference achieved its mission -- to bridge the gap between scientists and policy-makers -- and then some.

Five law school alumni were recently sworn into the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.

Legislation crafted by Texas A&M University Law Professor Thomas W. Mitchell that will provide enhanced inherited property protections to vulnerable, low- and middle-income families has been signed into law by Gov. Abbott after passing unanimously in the Texas Legislature.

On Friday, May 12, Texas A&M University School of Law held its spring commencement exercise at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, celebrating the graduation of 158 Aggie Law students.

Shane Wright's article was published in the Boston University Public Interest Law Journal. Students were also published in the Texas A&M Law Review and Journal of Property Law.

Students were awarded by the Dallas Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas for their academic achievement in the Oil & Gas Law course.

Professor Peter K. Yu, the Co-Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law, has recently been appointed the Co-Director of Studies of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ILA).

Stephanie Bradley Fryer attended the 2017 American Law Institute Advanced Course in Environmental Law in Washington, D.C.

Immigration experts from around the country, including Professor Bill Ong Hing and former ICE director Sarah Saldaña, examine the current and future state of immigration law at the Texas A&M Law Review symposium: “American Immigration Law: The New Colossus.”

On the heels of its adoption into law in South Carolina, Professor Thomas Mitchell’s Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) continues to gain traction, most recently in Hawaii and New Mexico.

Texas A&M Law advocacy teams celebrate a Best Advocate Award, top four finishes in both moot court and mock trial at NBLSA national finals competitions, along with a second place finish for the ADR team at the ABA regional mediation meet.

Aggie Law students participated in a negotiation simulation involving transboundary water rights at the City of Dallas Earth Day Texas symposium.

Aggie Law students spent spring break volunteering their time throughout the state in legal aid agencies serving Texans as part of the Texas Access to Justice Commission “Pro Bono Spring Break” program while gaining valuable hands-on legal experience.

Texas A&M Law Review will host its spring symposium, “American Immigration Law: The New Colossus,” on Friday, April 21 for interactions with members of the community, academics and practitioners and the opportunity to bring together people with differing opinions to have respectful discussions and gain perspective on what immigration law changes mean locally and in the greater community.

Professor Gabriel Eckstein served as a legal commentator at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Seminar on the Human Right to Water at the Vatican on Feb. 23-24, 2017, to focus on how to persuade nations around the world to pursue and implement the human right to water.

Aggie Law students traveled to the John Bunker Sands Wetlands to explore and understand how the concepts they learned in the classroom operate in practice.

Texas A&M Law students, faculty and staff and their families volunteered around Fort Worth as part of the Big Event to promote campus and community unity through service projects.

Professor Neil Sobol testified at a briefing, “Targeted Fines and Fees against Low-Income Minorities: Civil Rights and Constitutional Implications,” before the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2017.