A woman judge from Afghanistan who fled Taliban rule last year arrived in Dallas-Fort Worth June 3 to serve a one-year visiting research scholar jointly at Texas A&M University School of Law and South Texas College of Law Houston.
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Texas A&M Law Co-Sponsors Afghan Woman Judge as Visiting Research Scholar
Topics: Law Professor
PROFESSOR CALBOLI PRESENTS AT WIPO COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE
In May 2022, Texas A&M Law Professor Irene Calboli was invited as an Expert to the 42nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Topics: Law Professor, intellectual property, Faculty Highlights, WIPO
Texas Aggie Bar Association Reaching New Heights
The Texas Aggie Bar Association (TABA) board is thrilled to kick off a new year. TABA continuously seeks to serve Aggie lawyers, law students, and judges through networking, support, education, and scholarships.
The board has set an ambitious challenge to further expand its reach and impact: 1,000 active members. Therefore, TABA needs to add 400 new active members this year. If this goal is met, TABA will endow two new scholarships that will support future Aggie lawyers for years to come.
Texas Bar Foundation awards $15,000 grant for Legal Wellness Justice Project
The Texas Bar Foundation awarded the Texas A&M University School of Law a $15,000 grant to support the law school’s Legal Wellness Justice Project. The project will work with law students in low-income areas of Texas hurt hardest by the pandemic to proactively screen individuals for legal needs and then provide referrals to a range of free legal resources designed to fill those needs.
Topics: Law Professor, Experiential Education, faculty
Professor Yu Joins Trade Officials and Leading Experts at WTO Book Launch
Peter K. Yu, Regents Professor at Texas A&M University School of Law, recently joined leading trade experts from around the world at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to officially launch the book Trade in Knowledge: Intellectual Property, Trade and Development in a Transformed Global Economy. Published jointly by the WTO and Cambridge University Press, this new book was edited by Antony Taubman, the director of the WTO Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, and Jayashree Watal, a former counsellor at the Division and Honorary Professor at the National Law University, Delhi in India.
Topics: Peter Yu, international property, CLIP, global engagement, faculty
Texas A&M Law Offers LL.M. Program Serving Lawyers from Developing Countries
Texas A&M University School of Law is now accepting applications for an LL.M. program with an emphasis in international intellectual property law that will focus on assisting students in developing countries.
Building on previous successful India programs at the law school, the new LL.M. program allows students to participate online from across the globe, and creates access to best-in-class legal education for lawyers in developing countries like India, across South Asia, and elsewhere.
Topics: intellectual property, global engagement
Two TAMU Law Teams Place at BLSA National Advocacy Finals
The moot court team of 2Ls Alexis Mielke and Janet Wyse placed second and won Best Respondent’s Brief at the recent Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition. The team was coached by Nikki Chriesman-Green ’09.From left: Janet Wyse, Nikki Chriesman-Green (coach), Alexis Mielke
Topics: black law students association, students
Professor Eckstein Represents Bolivia at the International Court of Justice
Professor Gabriel Eckstein, director of the Texas A&M Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resource Systems Law Program (EENRSLP) and an expert in international and transboundary water law, recently represented Bolivia at the International Court of Justice public hearings in The Hague, Netherlands.
Eckstein presented to the court in two separate sessions as well as assisting the Bolivian lead counsel during cross-examination.
Topics: Law Professor, global engagement, EENRS, water law, faculty
Library Hosts Bryan Garner’s Taming the Tongue Exhibit
The Dee J. Kelly Law Library proudly presents Taming the Tongue In the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851), an exhibition from the collection of Bryan A. Garner, on display in the Reading Room and Special Collections Room through May 7, 2022.
Topics: Dee J. Kelly Law Library
Texas A&M Law Ranks in the Top 50 Nationally, Second in Texas
Texas A&M Law continues its advance at an unprecedented pace to become a national contender, and a leader in Texas.
In just the past six years, Texas A&M Law has climbed up 53 places nationally — and from fifth in Texas to second. Meanwhile, enrollment has more than doubled since 2019 with a greater number of high-achieving students.
Topics: students, faculty and staff, rankings