Many people often discover their calling in life during adulthood. However, Allison Byrd, a 3L and Fort Worth-native, found her calling long before she graduated high school. By the age of 13, she realized that she could be an ambassador for change in her pursuit to combat human trafficking. Since then, she has cultivated that calling and helped establish similar frameworks on an international level.  

It didn’t take long after moving to Fort Worth for Bobby Ahdieh to realize that blending in wasn’t going to be an option. Within a few minutes of opening his mouth to speak, the New Yorker is inevitably asked where he’s from. So instead, Ahdieh adopted what he calls his “I got here as quick as I could” approach.

Texas A&M Law and the Justice Reform Foundation (JRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to reforming the criminal justice system, have announced a groundbreaking partnership to open a Criminal Defense Clinic, aimed at providing pro bono defense for those charged in criminal cases.

Texas A&M University School of Law now ranks26th nationally among U.S. law schools, according to U.S. News & World Report. The law school’s progressive rise over the last decade is unprecedented in the history of the rankings.

The Hon. L. Clifford Davis, retired Texas senior district judge, was inducted as a Texas Legal Legend, by the Litigation Section of the State Bar at a ceremony held at the law school on April 8. Judge Davis, 99, whose legal career spans over seven decades, has an unmistakable legacy in law.

Texas A&M Law and theAmerican Society of Comparative Law (ASCL)are now accepting proposals for this year's ASCL Annual Meeting on October 18-19. ASCL, the leading organization in the United States for promoting the comparative study of law, invites all interested scholars, practitioners, and advanced degree students to submit paper presentations or concurrent panels.

Professor Hannah Bloch-Wehba was selected as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study’s (IAS) School of Social Science in Princeton for the 2024–2025 academic year. IAS is a leading center for basic research. Each year, IAS awards residential fellowships — known as “memberships” — through a highly competitive process to junior and senior scholars across disciplines. Bloch-Wehba is one of only 20 scholars selected as members of the School of Social Science from a pool of more than 600 applicants.

Texas A&M Law recently hosted its 13th Annual Energy Law Symposium on March 7-8, organized by the Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources Systems (EENRS). The symposium brought together an array of speakers and panelists from the energy law and academic sectors.

Scholars and field practitioners convened at Texas A&M Law at the annual Aggie Dispute Resolution Symposium on Friday, March 1. Known for its constructive dialogue on key issues facing dispute resolution, the symposium featured three panels led by national experts.

Cort DeHart ’95 made a name for himself in the legal and corporate world — now he’s teaching core principles to young people about growing food and growing up. 

Cort DeHart ’95 has certainly had a successful legal and corporate career. In 1995, he co-founded a law firm that would eventually become DeHart & Crockett, P.C., where he remained until 2009. He subsequently served as president of multiple companies, including Digital Recognition Network, a company known for its industry-leading location intelligence technology.