The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved the establishment of the Texas A&M University Institute for Healthcare Access, a collaboration between Texas A&M Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health), Texas A&M University School of Medicine and Texas A&M University School of Law. 

Professor Vanessa Casado Pérez presented at the 2023 Institutions & Effective Climate Action Conference in December. The 2023 conference, which was co-sponsored by the Texas A&M Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Systems Law Program and Queen’s University Faculty of Law, featuredscholars exploring the dynamics of institutions shaping climate action and policy. 

Several Texas A&M Law students competed in multiple national mock trial and moot court competitions throughout November. They made their presence felt, with some groups placing and moving on to their next rounds.

Wei Wu’s journey to law school is a testament to the strength of diversity. Wei is the first in her family to graduate college, the first to pursue a graduate degree, and the first in her generation to achieve numerous milestones — displaying the tenacity and resilience that define her character.  

After the Class of 2022 ranked first in the nation for post-graduate employment, Texas A&M Law continues to produce strong outcomes for its students. After graduation, 48 members of the class of 2024 will join a large law firm or clerk for a federal judge. Two will clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In all, Texas A&M Law has placed 33 students in federal judicial clerkships in the past four years.

On October 6, 2023, the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law welcomed speakers, practitioners, and students to its annual Symposium entitled “Drawing the Line: Who Really Owns Intellectual Property?” The symposium explored the intersection between intellectual property, morals, and ethics via two books from distinguished authors.

The 2023 Texas Bar Exam pass ratesare in, and Texas A&M Law ranked no. 1in the state. The law school’s94.63 percentfirst-time bar pass ratealso stands as the highest rate in the state for the last decade.

Day Thirteen – Our Last Day in Israel
By: Brandon Robinson '25

This article is part of a series of reflections prepared by students enrolled in the Texas A&M School of Law 2023 Global Field Studies Program: Israel. Click here to visit the entire series.

To start off our last day in Israel, we went to the Shuk in the Old City of Jerusalem to try our hands at bartering for souvenirs. Some fared better than others, but everyone walked away with something unique, from travel chess sets to Hebrew t-shirts that would certainly break patent law in the US.

Day Twelve – Scarce Water, but Plenty of Conflicts 
By: Caleb Cook '25

This article is part of a series of reflections prepared by students enrolled in the Texas A&M School of Law 2023 Global Field Studies Program: Israel. Click here to visit the entire series.

As soon as I discovered that the law school offered overseas field classes, I was determined to go. I soon heard about this trip, which was devoted to two areas I had long been interested in: environmental law, and conflict resolution in Israel. After applying, fourteen other students and I were selected for this trip, ably guided by Professors Eckstein and Welsh, along with various affiliates of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.

Day Eleven – A Jam-Packed Day in Jerusalem
By: Morgan Miller '24

This article is part of a series of reflections prepared by students enrolled in the Texas A&M School of Law 2023 Global Field Studies Program: Israel. Click here to visit the entire series.

Our first full day in Jerusalem was packed full of information and experiences. We started the day by meeting our tour guide, Jared Goldfarb, at our last hostel called The Post in the center of the city. He explained about the conservative dress code for the sacred areas of the Old City and ensured that both the men and women knew they needed to cover their arms and legs, and women should further cover their chests.