The Texas A&M University School of Law Black Law Students Association's mock trial team advanced to the national finals. 3Ls Enrica Martey, Sara Vargas, Regina Palmer-Coleman and Shawn Pullum placed second at the regional competition, earning a berth to nationals.

Farm Bill provisions draw upon the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act authored by Texas A&M Law School Professor Thomas W. Mitchell. These reforms help heirs’ property owners maintain ownership of their property and, for the first time, access government assistance programs.

Professor Peter K. Yu of Texas A&M University School of Law delivered a plenary address, "The Complex Trajectory of Chinese Intellectual Property Law," at the 9th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference at the Delhi School of Economics in New Delhi, India.

The Texas A&M Immigrant Rights Clinic won an appeal to reopen the case of a client from Somalia who fears being tortured in his home country. Clinic students prepared the motion to reopen, a habeas petition, and complaint to be filed in federal district court in addition to obtaining an emergency stay of removal to stop his deportation.

Professor Michael Z. Green’s Journal of American Arbitration essay, "Challenging the Racially Biased Selection of Arbitrators for Employment Discrimination Suits," was cited in an article regarding Jay-Z's challenge to arbitration over the lack of African-American arbitrators.

Texas A&M Law's Low Income Tax Clinic director Bob Probasco is the principal drafter for comments submitted to the U.S. Tax Court by the State Bar of Texas Tax Section advocating for change which would allow clinics to provide even more help to taxpayers.

Texas A&M's Agriculture Law Society students' pro bono research project will be utilized in discussions with local, state and federal government authorities.

Texas A&M Law professor Gabriel Eckstein, director of the Program in Natural Resources Systems, was elected president of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), which improves and expands the understanding of water issues through education, research and information exchange among countries and across disciplines.

Sharing a dedication to service, Texas A&M University School of Law’s Dean Robert "Bobby" Ahdieh was named a “Point of Light” by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 for his volunteerism and service to others.

In his first case in the Texas A&M Criminal Defense Clinic, 3L Jason Tiplitz was able to help a client resolve misdemeanor issues from his high school years that were still plaguing him as an adult, helping to break the school-to-prison pipeline.