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Incoming first year Aggie Law student Amanda Sarmiento of Laredo, Texas, recently won BARBRI’s 2017 One Lawyer Can Change the World Scholarship competition.

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

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.

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.

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).

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 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.

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.

Prof. Elizabeth Trujillo’s book, “Reframing the Trade and Environment Linkage for Sustainable Development in a Fragmented World,” revisits the trade and environment linkage, one that historically has been in tension, but which, due to increased energy demand and concerns for climate change, is shifting and finding common ground.

Prof. Aziz will serve on the “Equal Justice and Equal Protection in Criminal Justice and Technology” panel at the Harvard Law 5th Annual Human Rights Symposium "Justice for Whom? Equal Justice and Equal Protection" in April.

3L Laura Falco accepted an offer to have her article, “The Bad, The Ugly, and The Uglier: How Fear and Misconceptions are Flushing Away Equal Rights and Treatment for Transgender People,” published in The Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender and Social Justice.

Texas A&M University School of Law Professional and Academic Workshop Series, a combination of Professional and Leadership Program, Career Services and Academic Support, provides students with out of classroom skills to prepare them for landing a job in the legal field.