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.

Law School staff member Deborah Barnett has been recognized by the Office of the President as a recipient of the President’s Meritorious Service Award.

Texas A&M University School of Law Family Law and Benefits Clinic received the Community Partner award from the Tarrant County branch of the Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans.

Texas A&M University School of Law’s fourth annual Big Event will take place on Mar. 4, 2017.

With support from the Charles Koch Foundation, Aggie Law’s criminal justice and advocacy scholars are turning classroom study into experiential learning. Grant funds support student research, including the drafting of policy papers, and also the expansion of their advocacy networks throughout the nation, subsidizing conference and related travel costs.

Professor Peter K. Yu, Co-Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) at Texas A&M University School of Law, visited China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam to discuss collaborations between CLIP and leading intellectual property programs in Asia.

Texas A&M University School of Law adds 12th Man statue to campus.

Luz Herrera, Associate Dean for Experiential Education, is one of 15 scholars advising the American Bar Foundation’s interdisciplinary research project, “The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity, and Mobility."

Texas A&M University School of Law Office of Global Programs will host the Inaugural International Law Weekend—South, “The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development,” conference on Mar. 2-3, 2017 in Fort Worth.