"Does anybody know anything about this stimulus money?"

The question struck Texas A&M Law professor Gabriel Eckstein like a sledgehammer. Posed to an internal listserv by an IT staffer at the law school, Eckstein immediately saw the greater implications. The massive $2.15 trillion stimulus package known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act came with a blizzard of rules and requirements, all encoded in legalese that few could understand.

Texas A&M School of Law Professor Fatma Marouf spearheaded the drafting of a letter to Chief Immigration Judge Christopher Santoro on behalf of professors who teach immigration clinics. The letter urges the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to:

1. Order the of release individuals held in detention and temporarily close the immigration courts;
2. Prioritize bond hearings and grant subsequent bond redetermination hearings based on COVID-19 as a changed circumstance;
3. Facilitate VTC and telephonic appearances by counsel and witnesses; and
4. Temporarily stop the issuance of removal orders. 

Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Fatma Marouf receives a Presidential Transformational Teaching Grant in the amount of $20,000 to support a project that would expand the experiential learning opportunities offered by the Immigrant Rights Clinic at Texas A&M School of Law.

Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. is one of seven university scholars named Distinguished Professors. It is the university’s highest faculty honor. The 2020 class of University Distinguished Professors includes faculty from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Engineering, the College of Geosciences, the School of Law, and the College of Science.

In early February, Texas A&M School of Law Professor Bill Henning and Professor John McGarvey of the University of Kentucky College of Law filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant certiorari, or a request for judicial review, in In re I80 Equipment, LLC.,  938 F.3d 866 (7^th Cir. 2019). 

Professors Henning and McGarvey are members of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), serve as vice-chair and chair, respectively, of the ULC’s Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), are both members of the American Law Institute (ALI) and both serve on the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code (PEB). 

Texas A&M University School of Law welcomes Hannah Bloch-Webha and Brendan S. Maher to its faculty. Bloch-Webha's scholarship in cybersecurity and Maher's expertise in health law will buttress burgeoning programs at the law school in Health Law, Policy & Management and in Cybersecurity & Privacy Law & Policy. Both Bloch-Webha and Maher will begin teaching in the fall.

Hannah Bloch-Wehba is an assistant professor of law at Drexel University's Kline School of Law. Her scholarship examines "the intersection of civil liberties and cyber issues in the law, focusing on free expression, privacy and government accountability."

Texas A&M University School of Law's Lisa Alexander and Thomas Mitchell, professors of law, will be presented the Dr. Sadie Alexander Leadership Award for their outstanding work in the study of property law, affordable housing and legislative reform.

Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander was the first Black woman to graduate from Penn Law, and the law school's Black Law Student Association (BLSA) hosts a conference to celebrate her life and legacy. The conference is a forum for discussions surrounding legal issues pertinent to the Black community and committing to "progressive legal advocacy."

Luz Herrera, TAMU Law professor and associate dean for experiential education, was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to serve on the executive committee of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. 

Jim Bradbury, Texas A&M University School of Law adjunct professor and partner at James D. Bradbury PLLC, received the Excellence in Agricultural Law in Private Practice Award from the American Agricultural Law Association during the association’s annual conference and 40th anniversary in Washington, D.C.

Registration is now open for Texas A&M University School of Law’s annual Dispute Resolution Symposium – ADR’s Place in Navigating a Polarized Era - on March 20, 2020.