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Prioritizing Student Health and Wellbeing at STCL Houston
Wellness Wednesdays, an online wellness kit, and an intention-setting event are just a few of the fresh wellness initiatives implemented at South Texas this academic year by Jazmine Rivera, student...
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South Texas VP Cathy Burnett Has Helped Legal Field Change for Women
South Texas VP Cathy Burnett Has Helped Legal Field Change for Women Cathy Burnett, vice president, associate dean for experiential learning, and director of the pro bono honors program, has been...
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President of Women’s Law Society Reflects on Influential Women in Her Life
Victoria Harmeyer, a South Texas 3L and president of the Women’s Law Society, admired legal work and its positive results even before she understood her dad’s career. “My father is an attorney,”...
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Women Mentoring Women: How the STCL Houston Women’s Law Society Began
South Texas alumnae April Haynes Taylor ’17, chief executive officer at Opulent Transport, LLC, and Courtney Lynch ’17, associate with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, left a lasting legacy at...
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STCL Houston Law Professor, Harvard Law Classmate to U.S. Supreme Court...
For South Texas College of Law Houston Law Professor Njeri Mathis Rutledge’s birthday Monday, she received the ultimate present: tickets to attend the first two days of confirmation hearings for Judge...
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South Texas Alumna and Baker Botts Partner Keri D. Brown Receives Statewide...
South Texas College of Law Houston alumna Keri D. Brown ’06, a partner at Baker Botts L.L.P., received the 2022 Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award from the Texas Bar Foundation, a prestigious honor...
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Celebrating the Women of STCL Houston: Dean Elizabeth Dennis
South Texas College of Law Houston Assistant Dean Elizabeth A. “Liz” Dennis began her career in the arts, working for Art League Houston and the Houston Grand Opera. Then her life vision took her on a...
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STCL Houston Alumnus Rick Morris Wins 9-0 in U.S. Supreme Court Case He...
South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) alumnus and Houston attorney Richard A. “Rick” Morris ’91 argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in early November — after intense preparations with...
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Several STCL Houston Programs Rank High in 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate...
Three of South Texas College of Law Houston’s most distinctive experiential learning programs were recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, with perennial...
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Advocates return to Houston for the 11th Annual South Texas Mock Trial...
The 11th annual South Texas Mock Trial Challenge attracted some of the nation’s most talented law students for a four-day competition in Houston — in an eagerly awaited return to an in-person format....
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JD/MBA Student Gains Career Skills Through Nationally Ranked ADR Program
McKensie Wren, a 3L and a natural competitor, was drawn to the winning spirit of South Texas College of Law Houston. Because she plans to continue her real estate development career after graduation,...
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STCL Houston Students Receive Recognition at HLSA/LLSA Scholarship Gala
During the 8th Annual Scholarship Gala, hosted April 8 by the Hispanic Law Students Association (HLSA) and the Latinx Law Students Association (LLSA) of the three Houston law schools, numerous South...
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South Texas Professor Wins Award for Book on Lincoln’s Views on Citizenship
Mark E. Steiner, professor of law at South Texas College of Law Houston, won his second Award of Superior Achievement from the Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS) — this time for his book Lincoln...
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Nationally Ranked Conflict Resolution Program Emphasizes Experiential Learning
South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) is nationally renowned for the quality and high number of experiential learning opportunities students can participate in during their law school...
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The Benny Agosto, Jr. Diversity Center has Named its First Two Diversity Fellows
The Benny Agosto, Jr. Diversity Center at South Texas College of Law Houston has named its first two diversity fellows: Esther Oni and Raul Martinez. Agosto’s generous support of the diversity center...
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STCL Houston Students Win Two National Advocacy Championships, Increase...
South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) students won two national advocacy championships last weekend, increasing the total national victories to 138 – twice as many as any other law school...
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Alumna Rene Sigman Uses Advocacy Skills for Most Important ‘Case’ of her life
When Rene Sigman ’02 learned her 9-year-old son Blake had cancer in 2015, she had no idea the advocacy skills she learned at South Texas and honed as a litigator would become so valuable in her...
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South Texas College of Law Houston Recognized for its Efforts in Fighting for...
The Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation presented South Texas College of Law Houston, along with the other partners in the Keep Harris County Housed coalition, a Fighting for Our Neighbors award...
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Transactional Practice Alumnus Champions Experiential Learning
Gaspar Gonzalez ’21 is an associate attorney for Wilson Cribbs + Goren — one of the largest real estate practice firms in Houston — and the youngest member of STCL Houston’s Transactional Practice...
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Classroom to Corporate Counsel: Transactional Practice Education Comes in...
Kyle Vento ’21, an alumnus of the Transactional Practice program, joined Transocean’s in-house practice group as corporate counsel after graduation. While working through the challenges of a personal...
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