With the plight of Afghans affected by the U.S. military withdrawal dominating headlines for weeks, several student organizations at Texas A&M Law joined forces to support Afghan refugee resettlement efforts.
Law Students Organize Campaign to Support Afghan Refugees
Topics: students, community, immigration, faculty
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TAMU Law Clinic students are awarded for excellence
Texas A&M Legal Clinics announce the recipients of their 2020 and 2021 awards. The legal clinics give students the opportunity to apply their skills to work on behalf of actual clients in a variety of practice areas, and the awards provide the opportunity to showcase student achievement.
Topics: Clinics, students, Texas A&M Law
Judge Matthew Wright ’08 got the idea to create a law school quilt when he realized that no one wanted to purchase his lucky shorts and shirt.
He had tried selling them during the Rosebud 100+ City Garage Sale — a local market where one can find everything from fried chicken to live chickens, and from unidentifiable junk to valuable antiques. Even at $0.25 per piece, no one wanted his ten-year old oversized shorts and shirt.
As Wright prepared to donate his unsold things, he just couldn’t let go of the outfit. It had been with him during the best — and worst — of times. His affinity for this particular ensemble started through the power of laziness. Comfortable and easy to clean, he could grab them directly out of the dryer bypassing the hanger and folding.
Topics: Texas A&M, students, alumni news
TAMU Law Clinic Sees Former Client Exonerated
Nearly eighteen months after his initial release, Lydell Grant was declared “actually innocent” by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA).
In 2018 students at Texas A&M University School of Law began working with the The Innocence Project of Texas, led by Adjunct Professor Mike Ware, on Lydell Grant’s case. At that time, Grant had spent nearly a decade in prison for murder. Work done by students through the clinic would eventually help prove his innocence.
Topics: Clinics, Innocence Project, students, faculty
TAMU Law Capstone Course Proposes New Texas Flood Management Action
A new report on Flood Management in Texas: Planning for the Future from Texas A&M University School of Law examines current flood-related regulations in Texas and the United States, the Texas State Flood Plan, current flood mitigation strategies in the state, and the potential to implement green stormwater infrastructure.
The Report is the work product of students enrolled in the Natural Resources Systems Capstone Seminar at Texas A&M University School of Law under the supervision of Gabriel Eckstein, Professor of Law and Director of the Texas A&M University Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resource Systems Law Program.
Topics: Gabriel Eckstein, students, water law, faculty
Teresa Reyes Flores '21 awarded Immigrant Justice Corps fellowship
Teresa Reyes Flores '21 has been awarded a two-year Immigrant Justice Corps fellowship to work with Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy (ISLA) in New Orleans. She will be representing immigrants who are detained at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center.
Topics: students
Claire Brown '20 Receives Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Claire Brown '20 is one of 77 recent law school graduates recently granted a 2021 Equal Justice Works Fellowship, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country.
Topics: students, Claire Brown
Immigrant Rights Clinic Shares National Award
A&M Law students and faculty are among those awarded for advocating for the rights of detained immigrant women.
The Texas A&M University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, directed by Professor Fatma Marouf, jointly received the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project with law clinics from Boston University, Columbia, Harvard, and the University of Georgia.
Topics: Clinics, Luz Herrera, Fatma Marouf, immigrant rights clinic, students, faculty