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['204', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/advocacy-program-celebrates-nationwide-success', '\nThe Texas A&M University School of Law Advocacy Program is celebrating recent victories from mock trial, negotiation and dispute resolution competitions from the East to West Coast. \nElizabeth Anderson\n2L Elizabeth Anderson won Best Direct Examination at the Lone Star Classic Mock Trial Competition in San Antonio on Oct. 13-15. This is the law school’s first individual mock trial award. \n“I am humbled and proud, but especially thrilled for the school,” she said.\xa0“We want to elevate our competitiveness in \u200bmock \u200btrial and become a known, respected trial advocacy program.”\nAnderson and her teammates 3Ls Ashu Balimba, Greg Franklin and Jessica Lesnau were coached by Justice Lee Gabriel, who is also the mock trial coordinator. This award follows a new 18-hour summer training program implemented by Justice Gabriel this year.\nThis was Anderson’s first mock trial competition, and although she has experience in public speaking, she said she had a lot to learn.\xa0 \n“I practiced about 120 hours between Aug. 22 and Oct. 12,” she said. “Nothing works better than constant rehearsal and repetition; Justice Gabriel emphasized the value of practicing each element (direct, cross examination, opening, and closing) as though it was the real thing.”\nShe said this made a huge difference in her learning and delivery. \nJonathan Heathman, Diny Chang and Paul Manigrasso\nThe team of 2Ls Diny Chang and Paul Manigrasso, and 3L Jonathan Heathman, coached by Professor Kay Elliott, won the Best Mediation Award, placing 2nd overall, at the FINRA Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon in New York City on Oct. 15-16. The competition consists of rounds in mediation, arbitration, and negotiation. The complex subject matter at this competition requires intense practice and learning.\xa0 \nChristopher Hamilton and Jessica Holtman\n2Ls Jessica Holtman and Christopher Hamilton, coached by Elliott, placed second at the Sports Law Negotiation Competition in San Diego, Calif. on Sept. 23-25. Other Aggie Law teams finished 6th and 8th respectively, out of 40 teams.\nDirector of Advocacy Jennifer Ellis said the students and coaches have worked very hard, and she is glad their work was rewarded. \n“Winning our first individual mock trial award demonstrates that our new initiatives and training in mock trial are working,” she said. “And it’s wonderful to have continued success at the FINRA competition, where we won the mediation award in 2014.”\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nthe texas a&m university school of law advocacy program is celebrating recent victories from mock trial negotiation and dispute resolution competitions from the east to west coast \nelizabeth anderson\n2l elizabeth anderson won best direct examination at the lone star classic mock trial competition in san antonio on oct 13-15 this is the law schools first individual mock trial award \ni am humbled and proud but especially thrilled for the school she said\xa0we want to elevate our competitiveness in \u200bmock \u200btrial and become a known respected trial advocacy program\nanderson and her teammates 3ls ashu balimba greg franklin and jessica lesnau were coached by justice lee gabriel who is also the mock trial coordinator this award follows a new 18-hour summer training program implemented by justice gabriel this year\nthis was andersons first mock trial competition and although she has experience in public speaking she said she had a lot to learn\xa0 \ni practiced about 120 hours between aug 22 and oct 12 she said nothing works better than constant rehearsal and repetition; justice gabriel emphasized the value of practicing each element (direct cross examination opening and closing) as though it was the real thing\nshe said this made a huge difference in her learning and delivery \njonathan heathman diny chang and paul manigrasso\nthe team of 2ls diny chang and paul manigrasso and 3l jonathan heathman coached by professor kay elliott won the best mediation award placing 2nd overall at the finra securities dispute resolution triathlon in new york city on oct 15-16 the competition consists of rounds in mediation arbitration and negotiation the complex subject matter at this competition requires intense practice and learning\xa0 \nchristopher hamilton and jessica holtman\n2ls jessica holtman and christopher hamilton coached by elliott placed second at the sports law negotiation competition in san diego calif on sept 23-25 other aggie law teams finished 6th and 8th respectively out of 40 teams\ndirector of advocacy jennifer ellis said the students and coaches have worked very hard and she is glad their work was rewarded \nwinning our first individual mock trial award demonstrates that our new initiatives and training in mock trial are working she said and its wonderful to have continued success at the finra competition where we won the mediation award in 2014\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['205', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof.-newman-named-2016-distinguished-achievement-recipient', '\nProfessor Neal Newman\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Neal Newman received the 2016 Distinguished Achievement Award: College Level given by The Association of Former Students.\nFaculty members across the Texas A&M system are recognized by The Association of Former Students every fall for their “talent, expertise, and devotion on conveying knowledge to students.”\xa0 \nEach recipient receives a $2,000 cash gift.\nNewman was the only faculty member selected from the law school for 2016. The 2015 recipient was Professor Stephen Alton. \nNewman was surprised to hear the news and is simply “humbled and honored.”\n“The faculty here rate with anybody in the country, in my opinion,” he said. “To be selected from that group is an honor of the highest magnitude.” \nHe said this recognition is also very affirming. \n“It lets me know that the efforts being made in the classroom have been resonating and have made an impact; [there is] nothing more rewarding as a teacher than that.”\nNewman teaches and researches in the areas of securities law, financial accounting, corporate law and transactional law.\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nprofessor neal newman\ntexas a&m university school of law professor neal newman received the 2016 distinguished achievement award: college level given by the association of former students\nfaculty members across the texas a&m system are recognized by the association of former students every fall for their talent expertise and devotion on conveying knowledge to students\xa0 \neach recipient receives a $2 000 cash gift\nnewman was the only faculty member selected from the law school for 2016 the 2015 recipient was professor stephen alton \nnewman was surprised to hear the news and is simply humbled and honored\nthe faculty here rate with anybody in the country in my opinion he said to be selected from that group is an honor of the highest magnitude \nhe said this recognition is also very affirming \nit lets me know that the efforts being made in the classroom have been resonating and have made an impact; [there is] nothing more rewarding as a teacher than that\nnewman teaches and researches in the areas of securities law financial accounting corporate law and transactional law\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['206', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/san-antonio-four-visit-fort-worth', '\nIn the late 1990s, Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Anna Vasquez were tried and convicted of performing “satanic ritual abuse” on two young girls.\nThe four women joined Aggie Law students, faculty and staff and members of the legal community for a private screening of a documentary on their accusation and trials, “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four,” on Oct. 4 at the AMC Palace Theater in downtown Fort Worth\'s Sundance Square.\nUsing the women’s home video footage from 21 years ago combined with recent verité\xa0footage and interviews, the film explores their personal\xa0narratives and their search for\xa0exculpatory evidence to help overturn the convictions from their losing criminal trials. Fifteen years into their journey, director\xa0Deborah S. Esquenazi\xa0captures an on-camera recantation by one of the initial outcry\xa0victims, who was seven at the time of the investigation, and is now 25 years old. \nThis brings the\xa0filmmaker into the role of investigator along with attorneys at the Innocence Project, who\xa0are just beginning their quest for truth in this case.\nCassandra Rivera, center, followed by Elizabeth Ramirez and Kristie Mayhugh are led out of the Bexar County Jail by their attorney Mike Ware, right, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in San Antonio. It was announced earlier in the day the San Antonio women imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls in 1994 were expected to walk free Monday after a judge agreed that their convictions were tainted by faulty witness testimony. Vasquez, the fourth, has already been paroled, but under strict conditions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)\nOne of their attorneys is Mike Ware, Texas A&M University School of Law Innocence \u200bProject director and adjunct professor and Executive Director of the Innocence Project of Texas.\nAfter the screening, Ware, Ramirez, Rivera, Mayhugh and Vasquez took questions from the audience while limiting what they could say about the ongoing case.\n“Now we’re waiting for word from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,” Ware said.\nAmong the first questions from the audience was, “What was your biggest loss from being in prison?”\nFor Ramirez, it was not watching her son, who was two years old when she went to prison, grow up. For Mayhugh, it was not being able to finish college; she was planning to study to be a veterinarian at Texas A&M. For Rivera, it was missing the birth of her granddaughter. And for Vasquez, it was not being able to even start a life.\nElizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera, Anna Vasquez and Mike Ware answer questions from the Aggie Law audience.\n“Our plans were diverted because of what happened,” Vasquez said.\xa0 \nAs for questions on whether something like this can still happen, all women agreed that it’s possible.\n“There’s a lot that needs to be cleaned up in the justice system,” Rivera said. \nThe women joined Ware’s Innocence Clinic class the next day to talk more about their case.\nVasquez said current law students, particularly those of the younger generation, can learn a lot from this case and not be open to prejudice. \nMayhugh said their time in prison really opened their eyes to a different perspective of the justice system.\n“You see a whole other side of things [from prison],” she said.\nRamirez concluded that law students should take into account that the issues they face in practice not only affect their clients but also their clients’ loved ones.\n“We weren’t the only ones who suffered,” she said. “Our families did as well.”\nLearn more:\n\nFor more information on the Innocence Project of Texas, visit\xa0ipoftexas.org.\n\nLearn more about the Texas A&M School of Law Innocence \u200bProject.\n\nTo hear an interview with Mike Ware about this case and others, listen to the podcast "Justice in Action" or read the article.\n\nTo learn about the documentary film based on the San Antonio Four, visit southwestofsalem.com.\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nin the late 1990s elizabeth ramirez cassandra rivera kristie mayhugh and anna vasquez were tried and convicted of performing satanic ritual abuse on two young girls\nthe four women joined aggie law students faculty and staff and members of the legal community for a private screening of a documentary on their accusation and trials southwest of salem: the story of the san antonio four on oct 4 at the amc palace theater in downtown fort worth\'s sundance square\nusing the womens home video footage from 21 years ago combined with recent verité\xa0footage and interviews the film explores their personal\xa0narratives and their search for\xa0exculpatory evidence to help overturn the convictions from their losing criminal trials fifteen years into their journey director\xa0deborah s esquenazi\xa0captures an on-camera recantation by one of the initial outcry\xa0victims who was seven at the time of the investigation and is now 25 years old \nthis brings the\xa0filmmaker into the role of investigator along with attorneys at the innocence project who\xa0are just beginning their quest for truth in this case\ncassandra rivera center followed by elizabeth ramirez and kristie mayhugh are led out of the bexar county jail by their attorney mike ware right monday nov 18 2013 in san antonio it was announced earlier in the day the san antonio women imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls in 1994 were expected to walk free monday after a judge agreed that their convictions were tainted by faulty witness testimony vasquez the fourth has already been paroled but under strict conditions (ap photo/eric gay)\none of their attorneys is mike ware texas a&m university school of law innocence \u200bproject director and adjunct professor and executive director of the innocence project of texas\nafter the screening ware ramirez rivera mayhugh and vasquez took questions from the audience while limiting what they could say about the ongoing case\nnow were waiting for word from the texas court of criminal appeals ware said\namong the first questions from the audience was what was your biggest loss from being in prison\nfor ramirez it was not watching her son who was two years old when she went to prison grow up for mayhugh it was not being able to finish college; she was planning to study to be a veterinarian at texas a&m for rivera it was missing the birth of her granddaughter and for vasquez it was not being able to even start a life\nelizabeth ramirez kristie mayhugh cassandra rivera anna vasquez and mike ware answer questions from the aggie law audience\nour plans were diverted because of what happened vasquez said\xa0 \nas for questions on whether something like this can still happen all women agreed that its possible\ntheres a lot that needs to be cleaned up in the justice system rivera said \nthe women joined wares innocence clinic class the next day to talk more about their case\nvasquez said current law students particularly those of the younger generation can learn a lot from this case and not be open to prejudice \nmayhugh said their time in prison really opened their eyes to a different perspective of the justice system\nyou see a whole other side of things [from prison] she said\nramirez concluded that law students should take into account that the issues they face in practice not only affect their clients but also their clients loved ones\nwe werent the only ones who suffered she said our families did as well\nlearn more:\n\nfor more information on the innocence project of texas visit\xa0ipoftexasorg\n\nlearn more about the texas a&m school of law innocence \u200bproject\n\nto hear an interview with mike ware about this case and others listen to the podcast "justice in action" or read the article\n\nto learn about the documentary film based on the san antonio four visit southwestofsalemcom\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['207', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-aziz-testifies-before-u.s.-house-homeland-security-committee', '\nProfessor Sahar Aziz\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Sahar Aziz testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency on Sept. 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. \nIn a Congressional hearing titled “Identifying the Enemy: Radical Islamist Terror,” Aziz offered her expertise on national security and the Middle East. \nShe argued that countering violent \u200bextremism (CVE) programs are fundamentally flawed for being counterproductive, unnecessary and a waste of government resources. \n“As citizens and elected officials we have a responsibility to carefully examine whether the methods we are using to prevent terrorism are effective,” she said. \nAs such, Aziz recommended that government programs seeking to build community resilience are most effective when administered by social service agencies with the requisite expertise, not law enforcement agencies.\n“The tens of millions of dollars spent on CVE programs are better spent on programs administered through social services agencies with the expertise to assist the multitude of American communities in need of job training, mental health services, domestic violence prevention, English language training, refugee resettlement, youth afterschool programs, tutoring and other services that promote safe and healthy communities,” she testified.\nAn expanded version of her testimony will be published with the Texas International Law Journal in spring 2017 as a follow-up to her article, “Policing Terrorists in the Community,” published in the Harvard National Security Journal.\nAziz said that, as a professor, it was a privilege to inform Congress about important public policy issues within her area of scholarship and research.\n\n"As we observed in the recent presidential debates, the intersection of national security and civil rights is a topic of national concern,” she said. “I was honored to have the opportunity to use my expertise in this area to inform Congress on how to preserve our security without sacrificing our rights."\nOn Sept. 15, Aziz also shared her insights when she delivered the Buck Colbert Franklin Memorial Civil Rights Lecture at the University of Tulsa College of Law. In a lecture titled, “Global Conflict and Populism in a Post 9/11 World,” she said,\xa0 “Let us follow the path blazed by giants like Buck Colbert Franklin to ensure all persons—documented or undocumented, Black, White, Latino, Asian, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, all races and religions—in the United States are treated with dignity, equality and respect.” \n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nprofessor sahar aziz\ntexas a&m university school of law professor sahar aziz testified before the us house of representatives homeland security committee subcommittee on oversight and management efficiency on sept 22 2016 in washington dc \nin a congressional hearing titled identifying the enemy: radical islamist terror aziz offered her expertise on national security and the middle east \nshe argued that countering violent \u200bextremism (cve) programs are fundamentally flawed for being counterproductive unnecessary and a waste of government resources \nas citizens and elected officials we have a responsibility to carefully examine whether the methods we are using to prevent terrorism are effective she said \nas such aziz recommended that government programs seeking to build community resilience are most effective when administered by social service agencies with the requisite expertise not law enforcement agencies\nthe tens of millions of dollars spent on cve programs are better spent on programs administered through social services agencies with the expertise to assist the multitude of american communities in need of job training mental health services domestic violence prevention english language training refugee resettlement youth afterschool programs tutoring and other services that promote safe and healthy communities she testified\nan expanded version of her testimony will be published with the texas international law journal in spring 2017 as a follow-up to her article policing terrorists in the community published in the harvard national security journal\naziz said that as a professor it was a privilege to inform congress about important public policy issues within her area of scholarship and research\n\n"as we observed in the recent presidential debates the intersection of national security and civil rights is a topic of national concern she said i was honored to have the opportunity to use my expertise in this area to inform congress on how to preserve our security without sacrificing our rights"\non sept 15 aziz also shared her insights when she delivered the buck colbert franklin memorial civil rights lecture at the university of tulsa college of law in a lecture titled global conflict and populism in a post 9/11 world she said \xa0 let us follow the path blazed by giants like buck colbert franklin to ensure all personsdocumented or undocumented black white latino asian muslim christian hindu all races and religionsin the united states are treated with dignity equality and respect \n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['208', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/fortin-camacho-places-in-national-writing-competition', '\nCielo Fortin-Camacho\nTexas A&M University School of Law 3L Cielo Fortin-Camacho received third place in the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law’s 2016 Student Writing Competition with her article, “Red-Handed Without a Defense: Limiting the Risk of Forfeiture When Leasing to Lawful Marijuana Tenants.”\nThe article discusses the problem faced by property owners wishing to lease premises to growers, processors, and sellers of marijuana in states that have adopted marijuana provisions and established regulatory frameworks.\n“In these states, marijuana-related businesses have been lured from the shadows, leaving property owners unable to meet the requirements of any statutory or common law defense to civil forfeiture,” she said. \nFortin-Camacho said marijuana has been a subject of intense debate for a couple of years now with 25 states approving some form of medical marijuana legislation and Gallup polls indicating a majority of Americans back legal marijuana use.\xa0 \n“With all these sudden changes in legislation occurring, it’s easy to forget about the federal government’s unwavering prohibition on marijuana,” she said. “I thought it was important to address the particularly devastating risk property owners face when they enter the marijuana industry.”\nFortin-Camacho won a cash prize, a Real Property, Trust and Estate Law section membership, and will be considered for publication in the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal.\nShe is very honored by the recognition, but said the best part of it all was the reception from the law school. \n“I’ve received so many kind words of encouragement from everyone on campus.”\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ncielo fortin-camacho\ntexas a&m university school of law 3l cielo fortin-camacho received third place in the aba section of real property trust and estate laws 2016 student writing competition with her article red-handed without a defense: limiting the risk of forfeiture when leasing to lawful marijuana tenants\nthe article discusses the problem faced by property owners wishing to lease premises to growers processors and sellers of marijuana in states that have adopted marijuana provisions and established regulatory frameworks\nin these states marijuana-related businesses have been lured from the shadows leaving property owners unable to meet the requirements of any statutory or common law defense to civil forfeiture she said \nfortin-camacho said marijuana has been a subject of intense debate for a couple of years now with 25 states approving some form of medical marijuana legislation and gallup polls indicating a majority of americans back legal marijuana use\xa0 \nwith all these sudden changes in legislation occurring its easy to forget about the federal governments unwavering prohibition on marijuana she said i thought it was important to address the particularly devastating risk property owners face when they enter the marijuana industry\nfortin-camacho won a cash prize a real property trust and estate law section membership and will be considered for publication in the real property trust and estate law journal\nshe is very honored by the recognition but said the best part of it all was the reception from the law school \nive received so many kind words of encouragement from everyone on campus\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['209', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/texas-a-m-law-school-aggie-ring-day-mini-yell-practice', '\nTwenty-three Texas A&M University School of Law students received their Aggie Rings on Friday, Sept. 23, at the Sheraton Fort Worth.\nBefore the ceremony began, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Yell Leaders joined us for Yell Practice to #BTHOArkansas. \nDirector of Former Students, Alumni and External Relations Kristi Kaiser Trail ’00 welcomed students, faculty, staff, family and friends. She received her ring on April 6, 2000, and wears it with pride.\n“My Aggie Ring turned sweet sixteen this past April,” she said. “Ring days are my favorite here at the law school.” \nJohn Griffin ’09, Texas Wesleyan Law ’12, delivered remarks on the history and tradition of the Aggie Ring and shared his journey with the ring and its purpose. Griffin is corporate counsel for Alliance Data in Plano. While at Texas A&M, he served in the Corps of Cadets and on the Cadet Leadership Council.\nHe said the Aggie Ring, one of the most recognized symbols in Texas, is a major milestone in [an Aggie’s] life.\n“Many of you remember the first time you saw an Aggie Ring,” he said. “Mine was my parents’.” He would often put his dad’s ring on his thumb and imagined getting his own.\n“I knew one day I’d be an Aggie, and I couldn’t wait to get my own [ring],” he said. \nUnfortunately, his dad’s ring was misplaced. Though, according to Griffin, it may or may not have been misplaced by him. In 2008, when it finally came time for Griffin to get his Aggie Ring, he said he felt something wasn’t right. \n“It didn’t feel right to receive one knowing my dad didn’t have his anymore,” he said. On the day Griffin was presented with his ring, he was able to deliver a new ring to his dad. \n“So please, try your hardest not to lose your Aggie Ring,” he said.\nDean and Anthony G. Buzbee Dean’s Endowed Chair\xa0Andrew Morriss\xa0said that the Aggie Ring is a “particularly wonderful thing for lawyers.”\n“Lawyers need a network, and you’ve got the best one,” he said. \nMorriss and Terence Cook, Assistant Dean of Admissions, presented the Aggie Rings to students from the classes of ’16 and ’17.\nA reception followed, along with a chance to pose with the First Lady of Aggieland, Reveille.\nLearn more about the\xa0Aggie Ring tradition. The next Law School Ring Day will be held Nov. 4, 2016.\n\n\u200b\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ntwenty-three texas a&m university school of law students received their aggie rings on friday sept 23 at the sheraton fort worth\nbefore the ceremony began the fightin texas aggie yell leaders joined us for yell practice to #bthoarkansas \ndirector of former students alumni and external relations kristi kaiser trail 00 welcomed students faculty staff family and friends she received her ring on april 6 2000 and wears it with pride\nmy aggie ring turned sweet sixteen this past april she said ring days are my favorite here at the law school \njohn griffin 09 texas wesleyan law 12 delivered remarks on the history and tradition of the aggie ring and shared his journey with the ring and its purpose griffin is corporate counsel for alliance data in plano while at texas a&m he served in the corps of cadets and on the cadet leadership council\nhe said the aggie ring one of the most recognized symbols in texas is a major milestone in [an aggies] life\nmany of you remember the first time you saw an aggie ring he said mine was my parents he would often put his dads ring on his thumb and imagined getting his own\ni knew one day id be an aggie and i couldnt wait to get my own [ring] he said \nunfortunately his dads ring was misplaced though according to griffin it may or may not have been misplaced by him in 2008 when it finally came time for griffin to get his aggie ring he said he felt something wasnt right \nit didnt feel right to receive one knowing my dad didnt have his anymore he said on the day griffin was presented with his ring he was able to deliver a new ring to his dad \nso please try your hardest not to lose your aggie ring he said\ndean and anthony g buzbee deans endowed chair\xa0andrew morriss\xa0said that the aggie ring is a particularly wonderful thing for lawyers\nlawyers need a network and youve got the best one he said \nmorriss and terence cook assistant dean of admissions presented the aggie rings to students from the classes of 16 and 17\na reception followed along with a chance to pose with the first lady of aggieland reveille\nlearn more about the\xa0aggie ring tradition the next law school ring day will be held nov 4 2016\n\n\u200b\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['210', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/new-tax-clinic-assists-low-income-taxpayers', '\nTexas A&M University School of Law has received a grant from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to start a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic.\nThe grant is part of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITC) program, administered by the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS to make the services of these clinics more widely available, particularly in underserved areas.\nThis will help the school assist low income taxpayers on tax controversies, which include audits, assessments, collections and disputes before the IRS and U.S. Tax Court.\nThe clinic also gives students an opportunity to work directly on federal tax controversy cases by receiving provisional admission to represent taxpayers before the IRS. \nJack Manhire\nJack Manhire, Director of Program Development and Senior Lecturer, will serve as the clinic interim director. Before coming to the law school, he served as Chief of Legal Analysis for the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility and was an Attorney Advisor to the National Taxpayer Advocate.\nLori Rogde, Associate Director for Clinics at Texas A&M Law, was instrumental in this grant award.\nLori Rodge\n“If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t have the grant,” Manhire said.\nRodge saw the grant as a “great chance” to learn something new, and was glad the law school received it to benefit the community.\xa0 \nManhire hopes the clinic can take advantage of cutting edge technology and the Aggie Network to expand beyond Fort Worth in the upcoming years.\n“We are very excited to be a part of the LITC community,” he said. “We are fully dedicated to serving the needs of the Fort Worth area and the educational enrichment of our students. We also plan to leverage cutting-edge technology and our Aggie network to represent taxpayers in some of the most underserved communities in Texas.”\nThe clinic, the law school’s ninth, will be located in the Star-Telegram building in downtown Fort Worth, the home of Texas A&M Legal Clinics.\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ntexas a&m university school of law has received a grant from the internal revenue service (irs) to start a low income taxpayer clinic\nthe grant is part of the low income taxpayer clinics (litc) program administered by the office of the taxpayer advocate at the irs to make the services of these clinics more widely available particularly in underserved areas\nthis will help the school assist low income taxpayers on tax controversies which include audits assessments collections and disputes before the irs and us tax court\nthe clinic also gives students an opportunity to work directly on federal tax controversy cases by receiving provisional admission to represent taxpayers before the irs \njack manhire\njack manhire director of program development and senior lecturer will serve as the clinic interim director before coming to the law school he served as chief of legal analysis for the irs office of professional responsibility and was an attorney advisor to the national taxpayer advocate\nlori rogde associate director for clinics at texas a&m law was instrumental in this grant award\nlori rodge\nif it wasnt for her we wouldnt have the grant manhire said\nrodge saw the grant as a great chance to learn something new and was glad the law school received it to benefit the community\xa0 \nmanhire hopes the clinic can take advantage of cutting edge technology and the aggie network to expand beyond fort worth in the upcoming years\nwe are very excited to be a part of the litc community he said we are fully dedicated to serving the needs of the fort worth area and the educational enrichment of our students we also plan to leverage cutting-edge technology and our aggie network to represent taxpayers in some of the most underserved communities in texas\nthe clinic the law schools ninth will be located in the star-telegram building in downtown fort worth the home of texas a&m legal clinics\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['211', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-mitchell-to-attend-law-ceremonial-signing-in-south-carolina', '\nProfessor Thomas W. Mitchell\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Thomas W. Mitchell \u200bwas invited by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s office to attend the ceremonial signing of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) on Thursday, Sept. 22. \nThe UPHPA is a uniform act promulgated by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), the organization with the longest record in this country in terms of developing uniform acts (what most people typically refer to as model state statutes). The act was developed to address problems many families in this country have faced with respect to property families own under a common ownership structure called a tenancy in common, which is the most prevalent form of common ownership of real property in the United States. Within many communities, such property is often referred to as heirs’ property. Under current state partition laws, state courts have ordered many forced sales of heirs’ property holdings. These sales typically have yielded prices well below market value, stripping many families of their real estate wealth in addition to their property rights.\nThe Act seeks to make heirs’ property ownership more secure and to ensure that in cases in which a court does order a sale of heirs’ property that the sales actually yield a fair price so that the families can at least retain the real estate wealth associated with their heirs’ property ownership.\nMitchell had significant roles in the act. He served on the American Bar Association’s Property Preservation Task Force that developed the proposal requesting the ULC to form a committee to draft a uniform partition act. He served as the Reporter, the person given primary responsibility for drafting a uniform act. He has also been very involved in the effort to get the UPHPA enacted into law by testifying before state legislatures, publishing law review and other articles on the topic, making presentations to legal organizations and community groups, and more. \nHe is just the second African-American ever to serve as a Reporter for the ULC in its 124-year history, a period of time in which the ULC has drafted more than 350 uniform acts. \nPhoto credit: Camlin Moore\nEd Mullins (left), commissioner for the South Carolina delegation of the Uniform Law Commission, Professor Thomas Mitchell, and South Carolina Rep\u200b. James E. Smith, Jr., primary sponsor of the UPHPA in the South Carolina House of Representatives, with South Carolina Gov\u200b. Nikki Haley for the ceremonial signing of the Clementa C. Pinckney Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act \n\nIn South Carolina, where the ceremonial signing took place in Gov. Haley’s office in the state capitol, the bill was renamed the Clementa C. Pinckney Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act in honor of the late pastor and Senator Clementa Pinckney, who was killed in the 2015 Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting in Charleston. \n“He [Pinckney] had long been the biggest proponent in the South Carolina legislature for reform of property law to benefit poor and disadvantaged heirs’ property owners and it is incredibly humbling that his colleagues decided to name our act after him,” Mitchell said.\xa0 \nMitchell said he \u200bwas “deeply touched and honored” \u200bto be among a small number of invited guests and hopes to learn more about Senator Pinckney’s tireless work with disadvantaged property owners at the ceremony. He ha\u200bd never met or worked with Gov. Haley, but was excited to meet her as well. \n“The reason I am particularly happy about this milestone is that South Carolina represents ground zero with respect to partition action abuses,” he said. “Because heirs’ property owners in South Carolina have been victimized for some many decades, most people believed that South Carolina was off the table in terms of states that would consider the UPHPA. The received wisdom was that the act stood no chance of becoming law in South Carolina because those who would likely oppose any effort to get it enacted into law were simply too powerful to overcome. Now that South Carolina has enacted it into law, other states once considered off the table are now in play.”\nSo far, eight states have enacted the UPHPA. Mitchell expects several states to consider it over the course of the next few years. For 2017 alone, thus far, it seems likely that it will be introduced in Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and West Virginia.\n ', '\nprofessor thomas w mitchell\ntexas a&m university school of law professor thomas w mitchell \u200bwas invited by south carolina gov nikki haleys office to attend the ceremonial signing of the uniform partition of heirs property act (uphpa) on thursday sept 22 \nthe uphpa is a uniform act promulgated by the uniform law commission (ulc) the organization with the longest record in this country in terms of developing uniform acts (what most people typically refer to as model state statutes) the act was developed to address problems many families in this country have faced with respect to property families own under a common ownership structure called a tenancy in common which is the most prevalent form of common ownership of real property in the united states within many communities such property is often referred to as heirs property under current state partition laws state courts have ordered many forced sales of heirs property holdings these sales typically have yielded prices well below market value stripping many families of their real estate wealth in addition to their property rights\nthe act seeks to make heirs property ownership more secure and to ensure that in cases in which a court does order a sale of heirs property that the sales actually yield a fair price so that the families can at least retain the real estate wealth associated with their heirs property ownership\nmitchell had significant roles in the act he served on the american bar associations property preservation task force that developed the proposal requesting the ulc to form a committee to draft a uniform partition act he served as the reporter the person given primary responsibility for drafting a uniform act he has also been very involved in the effort to get the uphpa enacted into law by testifying before state legislatures publishing law review and other articles on the topic making presentations to legal organizations and community groups and more \nhe is just the second african-american ever to serve as a reporter for the ulc in its 124-year history a period of time in which the ulc has drafted more than 350 uniform acts \nphoto credit: camlin moore\ned mullins (left) commissioner for the south carolina delegation of the uniform law commission professor thomas mitchell and south carolina rep\u200b james e smith jr primary sponsor of the uphpa in the south carolina house of representatives with south carolina gov\u200b nikki haley for the ceremonial signing of the clementa c pinckney uniform partition of heirs property act \n\nin south carolina where the ceremonial signing took place in gov haleys office in the state capitol the bill was renamed the clementa c pinckney uniform partition of heirs property act in honor of the late pastor and senator clementa pinckney who was killed in the 2015 emanuel african methodist episcopal church shooting in charleston \nhe [pinckney] had long been the biggest proponent in the south carolina legislature for reform of property law to benefit poor and disadvantaged heirs property owners and it is incredibly humbling that his colleagues decided to name our act after him mitchell said\xa0 \nmitchell said he \u200bwas deeply touched and honored \u200bto be among a small number of invited guests and hopes to learn more about senator pinckneys tireless work with disadvantaged property owners at the ceremony he ha\u200bd never met or worked with gov haley but was excited to meet her as well \nthe reason i am particularly happy about this milestone is that south carolina represents ground zero with respect to partition action abuses he said because heirs property owners in south carolina have been victimized for some many decades most people believed that south carolina was off the table in terms of states that would consider the uphpa the received wisdom was that the act stood no chance of becoming law in south carolina because those who would likely oppose any effort to get it enacted into law were simply too powerful to overcome now that south carolina has enacted it into law other states once considered off the table are now in play\nso far eight states have enacted the uphpa mitchell expects several states to consider it over the course of the next few years for 2017 alone thus far it seems likely that it will be introduced in mississippi new mexico texas and west virginia\n ']

['212', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof.-rich-awarded-grant-for-spring-2017-criminal-justice-course', '\nProfessor Lisa Rich\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Lisa Rich was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to open and teach a special criminal justice course in Spring 2017.\nThe course, Criminal Justice Scholar and Advocate, will be available to five 2Ls and 3Ls who will focus on criminal justice research.\xa0 \n“The seminar program will also facilitate student attendance/participation in at least one regional or national criminal justice conference per semester related to their work so they can engage with experts in the field and begin their leadership networking,” according to Rich’s draft. “They will also discuss the leadership and coalition building qualities necessary to lead and participate in a public policy setting.” \nThe grant will fund the student travel stipend and research budget. \nRich, who submitted the proposal in June, is very excited for the class and has already spoken to some students who are interested in the course. She is also optimistic of \u200bit \u200bcontinuing for more semesters.\n“They’ve [students] given me research ideas they want to focus on,” she said.\xa0 “We’re hoping this spring to be the start of an ongoing course,” she said. \n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nprofessor lisa rich\ntexas a&m university school of law professor lisa rich was awarded a $25 000 grant from the charles koch foundation to open and teach a special criminal justice course in spring 2017\nthe course criminal justice scholar and advocate will be available to five 2ls and 3ls who will focus on criminal justice research\xa0 \nthe seminar program will also facilitate student attendance/participation in at least one regional or national criminal justice conference per semester related to their work so they can engage with experts in the field and begin their leadership networking according to richs draft they will also discuss the leadership and coalition building qualities necessary to lead and participate in a public policy setting \nthe grant will fund the student travel stipend and research budget \nrich who submitted the proposal in june is very excited for the class and has already spoken to some students who are interested in the course she is also optimistic of \u200bit \u200bcontinuing for more semesters\ntheyve [students] given me research ideas they want to focus on she said\xa0 were hoping this spring to be the start of an ongoing course she said \n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['213', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/students-recognized-for-success-in-dallas-bar-internships-clerkships', "\nThe Dallas Bar Foundation \u200brecognized law students for their work in internships and clerkships. Texas A&M University School of Law students honored include Greg Franklin (2nd from left), Miriam Garza (3rd from left), Jillian Loh (4th from left), and Jessica Lesnau (6th from left). (Macy Jones-Smith not pictured).\n\nThe Dallas Bar Foundation (DBF) Collins Clerkship, Justice James A. Baker Clerkship, Bob Mow Judicial Internship Luncheon on Aug. 16 honored selected law students, including five from Texas A&M University School of Law, for their commitment and success in internships and clerkships offered by the DBF.\n\nThe following Texas A&M law students were recognized:\n\nGregory Franklin, 3L, completed his second summer as a William E. Collins Clerk with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. \nJessica Lesnau, 3L, served as a Justice James A. Baker Clerk with the Supreme Court of Texas. \nJillian Loh, 3L, served as an intern for the 14th Judicial District Court Judge Eric Moyé. \nMacy Jones-Smith, 3L, served as an intern for the City of Irving's Attorney’s Office. \nMiriam Garza, 3L, served as a William E. Collins Clerk intern for Chief Justice Wright in the Texas 5th Court of Appeals.\n\nAll of these placements are very competitive to obtain. According to Franklin, the DBF selects only eight students every summer for the Collins Clerkship program. The students are then placed in an area of public interest law such as the \u200bdistrict \u200battorney’s \u200boffice, \u200bpublic \u200bdefender's \u200boffice, interning for \u200bdistrict \u200bcourt judges, the Texas Supreme Court and more.\n“Selection is based on an application process and personal interviews,” said Franklin. “The goal is to help develop great attorneys in the Dallas area.”\nGarza said it’s very important to have strong writing samples in the interview process because the internships require intensive legal research and writing. She recommends taking advantage of services here at the law school to prepare you. \n“I asked the Office of Career Services (OCS) for feedback on my application, and they gave me very valuable information,” she said.\nDuring their respective internships and clerkships, the students observed the process of analyzing legal issues, gained insight of civil appellate practice in Texas, and helped put together cases against alleged criminals.\nThey also enjoyed fun and memorable moments.\n“When I was a Collins Clerk in 2015, President George W. Bush was a juror in our Court,” Franklin said.\xa0“I had a chance to meet with him before jury selection, and I took a picture with him.”\nProfessor Neal Newman, who attended the event to represent the school and support the students, said he is proud of the positive impact these students have already made in the community.\n“It’s great to see our students out there doing positive things in the community,” he said. \nArturo Errisuriz, Assistant Dean for Career Services, concurred and said he is also appreciative of the DBF making these opportunities available to students.\n“These clerkships are a wonderful example of the bar, the bench and the legal academy working together for the professional development of our law students,” he said.\nFranklin, Lesnau and Garza agree that being selected and recognized by the DBF is a big honor.\n“The DBF truly strives to support us throughout our careers,” Garza said. “I cannot wait to have the opportunity to provide the same level of support to future law students.”\nLesnau said she highly encourages students to apply for such opportunities.\n“Worst case scenario, you don’t get an offer, which leaves you no worse off than when you started – it never hurts to apply!” she said. \n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n", "\nthe dallas bar foundation \u200brecognized law students for their work in internships and clerkships texas a&m university school of law students honored include greg franklin (2nd from left) miriam garza (3rd from left) jillian loh (4th from left) and jessica lesnau (6th from left) (macy jones-smith not pictured)\n\nthe dallas bar foundation (dbf) collins clerkship justice james a baker clerkship bob mow judicial internship luncheon on aug 16 honored selected law students including five from texas a&m university school of law for their commitment and success in internships and clerkships offered by the dbf\n\nthe following texas a&m law students were recognized:\n\ngregory franklin 3l completed his second summer as a william e collins clerk with the dallas county district attorneys office \njessica lesnau 3l served as a justice james a baker clerk with the supreme court of texas \njillian loh 3l served as an intern for the 14th judicial district court judge eric moyé \nmacy jones-smith 3l served as an intern for the city of irving's attorneys office \nmiriam garza 3l served as a william e collins clerk intern for chief justice wright in the texas 5th court of appeals\n\nall of these placements are very competitive to obtain according to franklin the dbf selects only eight students every summer for the collins clerkship program the students are then placed in an area of public interest law such as the \u200bdistrict \u200battorneys \u200boffice \u200bpublic \u200bdefender's \u200boffice interning for \u200bdistrict \u200bcourt judges the texas supreme court and more\nselection is based on an application process and personal interviews said franklin the goal is to help develop great attorneys in the dallas area\ngarza said its very important to have strong writing samples in the interview process because the internships require intensive legal research and writing she recommends taking advantage of services here at the law school to prepare you \ni asked the office of career services (ocs) for feedback on my application and they gave me very valuable information she said\nduring their respective internships and clerkships the students observed the process of analyzing legal issues gained insight of civil appellate practice in texas and helped put together cases against alleged criminals\nthey also enjoyed fun and memorable moments\nwhen i was a collins clerk in 2015 president george w bush was a juror in our court franklin said\xa0i had a chance to meet with him before jury selection and i took a picture with him\nprofessor neal newman who attended the event to represent the school and support the students said he is proud of the positive impact these students have already made in the community\nits great to see our students out there doing positive things in the community he said \narturo errisuriz assistant dean for career services concurred and said he is also appreciative of the dbf making these opportunities available to students\nthese clerkships are a wonderful example of the bar the bench and the legal academy working together for the professional development of our law students he said\nfranklin lesnau and garza agree that being selected and recognized by the dbf is a big honor\nthe dbf truly strives to support us throughout our careers garza said i cannot wait to have the opportunity to provide the same level of support to future law students\nlesnau said she highly encourages students to apply for such opportunities\nworst case scenario you dont get an offer which leaves you no worse off than when you started – it never hurts to apply! she said \n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n"]

['214', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-eckstein-to-address-israels-water-challenges', '\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Gabriel Eckstein will present “Water Scarcity, Challenges, and Opportunities: Lessons from Israel” in College Station on Sept. 15. \nHe will also give the same presentation, arranged by the Consulate General of Israel in Houston, at the University of New Mexico on Sept. 14. \nThe research will address how Israel withstands and overcomes challenges of water scarcity, climatic changes, and a population and economy with growing water needs, according to Eckstein.\n“While other nations in the region continue to struggle, Israel has developed a sophisticated water management regime that has allowed it to maintain a robust economy with thriving agricultural and technological sectors,” he said. \xa0“The purpose is to tell Israel’s success story in water management and to extract lessons that might be relevant to other nations around the world.”\nEckstein will speak from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Gates Ballroom at the Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center. It is free and open to the public. The presentation is being hosted by the Israel Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University Water Management and Hydrological Science Program and the The Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ntexas a&m university school of law professor gabriel eckstein will present water scarcity challenges and opportunities: lessons from israel in college station on sept 15 \nhe will also give the same presentation arranged by the consulate general of israel in houston at the university of new mexico on sept 14 \nthe research will address how israel withstands and overcomes challenges of water scarcity climatic changes and a population and economy with growing water needs according to eckstein\nwhile other nations in the region continue to struggle israel has developed a sophisticated water management regime that has allowed it to maintain a robust economy with thriving agricultural and technological sectors he said \xa0the purpose is to tell israels success story in water management and to extract lessons that might be relevant to other nations around the world\neckstein will speak from 4:00 to 5:00 pm in the gates ballroom at the texas a&m university memorial student center it is free and open to the public the presentation is being hosted by the israel consulate general of israel to the southwest texas water resources institute texas a&m university water management and hydrological science program and the the institute for science technology and public policy at the bush school of government and public service at texas a&m university\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['215', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/texas-a-m-law-hosts-sept.-9-symposium-on-looted-art-cultural-property-and-repatriation', "\nFort Worth, TX, – This Friday, Sept. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., The Center for Law and Intellectual Property\xa0at Texas A&M University School of Law will host Loot! Looted Art, Cultural Property, and Repatriation. The symposium will take place in the law school’s conference center and is open to the public.\nFeaturing the nation's top\xa0lawyers, museums, auction houses and scholars, the event will focus on repatriation of art looted by the Nazis during World War II.\xa0Families worldwide are now\xa0seeking the return of Nazi-looted art; one case, addressing the return of five paintings by Gustav Klimt, made its way to the Supreme Court and then to Hollywood in the blockbuster film “Woman in Gold”. At Texas A&M School of Law, top figures\xa0in this space will discuss complicated issues surrounding stolen art and repatriation. Participants include Don Burris, whose firm helped Marie Altmann recover the Klimt paintings.\n“This is a unique opportunity for the community at large to participate in a discussion about one of the hottest topics in both art and law, said Megan Carpenter, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the law school’s Center for Law and Intellectual Property. “We are honored that such an all-star cast has agreed to convene at Texas A&M School of Law to debate these issues.”\nSpeakers include:\n\nDon Burris, Senior Founding Partner, Burris & Schoenberg, LLP\nMegan Carpenter, Co-Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property\nMonica Dugot, SVP, International Director of Restitution, Christie's\nSimon Frankel, Chair of IP, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP\nDeborah Gerhardt, Associate Professor of Law, University of North Carolina\nJennifer Kreder, Professor of Law, Northern Kentucky University\nShelley Matthews, Fine Art Appraiser, Advisor, Art Historian at SCM Fine Art Consulting; Instructor, Texas Christian University\nMarilyn Phelan, Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Law Emeritus and former Professor of Museum Science, Texas Tech University\n\nTo learn more and/or register, visit law.tamu.edu/loot.\nDownload the press release pdf.\n\nMedia Contact:\nRebecca C. Walden, Director of Marketing, Texas A&M University School of Law\n(O): 817-212-3933\nrcwalden@law.tamu.edu\n", "\nfort worth tx – this friday sept 9 from 9 am to 3:45 pm the center for law and intellectual property\xa0at texas a&m university school of law will host loot! looted art cultural property and repatriation the symposium will take place in the law schools conference center and is open to the public\nfeaturing the nation's top\xa0lawyers museums auction houses and scholars the event will focus on repatriation of art looted by the nazis during world war ii\xa0families worldwide are now\xa0seeking the return of nazi-looted art; one case addressing the return of five paintings by gustav klimt made its way to the supreme court and then to hollywood in the blockbuster film woman in gold at texas a&m school of law top figures\xa0in this space will discuss complicated issues surrounding stolen art and repatriation participants include don burris whose firm helped marie altmann recover the klimt paintings\nthis is a unique opportunity for the community at large to participate in a discussion about one of the hottest topics in both art and law said megan carpenter professor of law and co-director of the law schools center for law and intellectual property we are honored that such an all-star cast has agreed to convene at texas a&m school of law to debate these issues\nspeakers include:\n\ndon burris senior founding partner burris & schoenberg llp\nmegan carpenter co-director center for law and intellectual property\nmonica dugot svp international director of restitution christie's\nsimon frankel chair of ip partner covington & burling llp\ndeborah gerhardt associate professor of law university of north carolina\njennifer kreder professor of law northern kentucky university\nshelley matthews fine art appraiser advisor art historian at scm fine art consulting; instructor texas christian university\nmarilyn phelan paul whitfield horn professor of law emeritus and former professor of museum science texas tech university\n\nto learn more and/or register visit lawtamuedu/loot\ndownload the press release pdf\n\nmedia contact:\nrebecca c walden director of marketing texas a&m university school of law\n(o): 817-212-3933\nrcwalden@lawtamuedu\n"]

['216', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/notre-dame-law-journal-of-legislation-to-publish-recent-grads-paper', '\nCharles Lincoln ’16 has accepted an offer from the Journal of Legislation at Notre Dame Law School to publish his article, “A Platonic Interpretation of the United States Constitution.”\n“There were several other offers, but I ended up with this one,” Lincoln said. \nThe major premise of the article is the three part system of the Platonic soul (eros, thymus, logos). The article then lays out the minor premise, the generally accepted division of the three part system of the United States federal government (legislative, executive, and judicial). \n“The gist of the article is the syllogism of superimposing the two on each other,” he said. \nThe inspiration of the article came from his undergrad study of philosophy and Ancient Greek.\n“It was a lot of fun writing it from citing some of the original Greek and problems of translation to the writings of the U.S. Founding Fathers and recent Supreme Court cases interpreting executive power and the like,” he said. \nWhile he admits a big part of his experience from college is with philosophy, he is currently enrolled in an LL.M. program at the University of Amsterdam to continue his studies in international tax law. \n“I am extremely interested in tax law and how it plays out on the international scale,” he said. “I hope to continue publishing on philosophy and law but also international tax and law soon too!”\nThis publication acceptance is nothing new for Lincoln. Last year, he received several offers for his article, “Hegelian Dialectical Analysis of United States Election Laws.” He selected the University of Dayton Law Review for its publication.\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ncharles lincoln 16 has accepted an offer from the journal of legislation at notre dame law school to publish his article a platonic interpretation of the united states constitution\nthere were several other offers but i ended up with this one lincoln said \nthe major premise of the article is the three part system of the platonic soul (eros thymus logos) the article then lays out the minor premise the generally accepted division of the three part system of the united states federal government (legislative executive and judicial) \nthe gist of the article is the syllogism of superimposing the two on each other he said \nthe inspiration of the article came from his undergrad study of philosophy and ancient greek\nit was a lot of fun writing it from citing some of the original greek and problems of translation to the writings of the us founding fathers and recent supreme court cases interpreting executive power and the like he said \nwhile he admits a big part of his experience from college is with philosophy he is currently enrolled in an llm program at the university of amsterdam to continue his studies in international tax law \ni am extremely interested in tax law and how it plays out on the international scale he said i hope to continue publishing on philosophy and law but also international tax and law soon too!\nthis publication acceptance is nothing new for lincoln last year he received several offers for his article hegelian dialectical analysis of united states election laws he selected the university of dayton law review for its publication\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['217', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/daily-student-blogs-from-clip-study-abroad-course-in-italy', "\nStudents and faculty from the the Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) travel to Italy July 17-31 for the field trip-based course Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law. For the\u200b summer course, students stay at Texas A&M University's Santa Chiara Study Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, a picturesque Tuscan hilltown. The Aggie Law students\u200b explore the surrounding area, including Siena, Assisi, and Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, to tour historic and cultural treasures, \u200bwineries, and world-class museums.\u200b\u200b Students are immersed in art law and cultural heritage law in one of the world's most historic centers of art. Professors Irene Calboli and Megan Carpenter, co-director of CLIP, teach this summer course that focuses on experiences as well as lectures.\n\nCheck out all the daily student blog posts\n\nDay 1\u200b2 blogs - Recovering Stolen Art\n\nBlogger:\xa0 \u200b\u200b3L \u200b\u200bJordan Hartsell\n\nWe started today extremely early for us and arrived in Florence around 8:30 a.m. We quickly began our walk to the other side of Florence from the train station, where we decided to walk into traffic a few times while following the people in front of us. Along the walk to the Carabinieri, we stopped to grab a cappuccino and then proceeded our walk again. I was excited to find out that the Carabinieri office was located inside the Boboli Gardens, which I didn’t get a chance to go see on my last trip to Florence.\nOur meeting began at 9:30 a.m. in the second-in-command’s office. Unfortunately, he only spoke Italian, so Professor Calboli translated for us. He informed us of all of the duties the Carabinieri completed, which was an extensive list that included working with other countries to recover stolen art and to include any stolen art in a very impressive and expansive database. After bombarding several of the \xa0officers with tons of questions and hearing several stories of how they recovered stolen art from around the world, we went out onto their terrace and viewed Florence from a whole different angle and it was absolutely gorgeous (see photo \u200babove).\nUpon leaving, we walked through the Boboli Gardens, and then through parts of the Palazzo Pitti where I attempted to convince a few classmates that they NEEDED to buy this house for us, but none of them went for it. We then spent the rest of the day exploring the beautiful city of Florence!\n\nBlogger:\xa0 2L Neal Galloway\nToday, we had a field trip to Florence to meet with the Art Recovery division of the Carabinieri Art Squad, the Italian federal police. To get there on time, we had to get up at 6:00 a.m., and make it to the train station for the early morning commuter train. On the way there, no one checked my ticket, so it makes me wonder how serious Trenitalia is about buying one.\nThis was our last day with Professor Alessandro Chechi of the University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, Art-Law Centre. The Carabinieri we met with are a division of the Italian State Police. They were really excited to meet with us; most seemed to have a passion for art that you could make out even through the language barrier. The head of the division was busy, but we met with the second-in-command in his office (the only place here that has had air conditioning to date).\xa0 Afterwards, they let us on their balcony, which has an amazing view of Florence (see photo \u200babove).\nAfter meeting the Carabinieri, we split up, with some of us going to a piazza with a name that is quite rude in Italian, according to Professor Calboli. I went separately to Piazza Santo Spirito. There was a market there that had the biggest variety of stuff I’ve seen yet. I seriously considered buying a linen suit, then tried to get away from the tourist areas and found a kebab shop. \nOn the way back up to the study center, I noticed a plumbing truck with a picture of Mario from the Nintendo games. That’s a whole mess of IP problems.\n", "\nstudents and faculty from the the center for law and intellectual property (clip) travel to italy july 17-31 for the field trip-based course art cultural heritage and the law for the\u200b summer course students stay at texas a&m university's santa chiara study center in castiglion fiorentino a picturesque tuscan hilltown the aggie law students\u200b explore the surrounding area including siena assisi and florence birthplace of the renaissance to tour historic and cultural treasures \u200bwineries and world-class museums\u200b\u200b students are immersed in art law and cultural heritage law in one of the world's most historic centers of art professors irene calboli and megan carpenter co-director of clip teach this summer course that focuses on experiences as well as lectures\n\ncheck out all the daily student blog posts\n\nday 1\u200b2 blogs - recovering stolen art\n\nblogger:\xa0 \u200b\u200b3l \u200b\u200bjordan hartsell\n\nwe started today extremely early for us and arrived in florence around 8:30 am we quickly began our walk to the other side of florence from the train station where we decided to walk into traffic a few times while following the people in front of us along the walk to the carabinieri we stopped to grab a cappuccino and then proceeded our walk again i was excited to find out that the carabinieri office was located inside the boboli gardens which i didnt get a chance to go see on my last trip to florence\nour meeting began at 9:30 am in the second-in-commands office unfortunately he only spoke italian so professor calboli translated for us he informed us of all of the duties the carabinieri completed which was an extensive list that included working with other countries to recover stolen art and to include any stolen art in a very impressive and expansive database after bombarding several of the \xa0officers with tons of questions and hearing several stories of how they recovered stolen art from around the world we went out onto their terrace and viewed florence from a whole different angle and it was absolutely gorgeous (see photo \u200babove)\nupon leaving we walked through the boboli gardens and then through parts of the palazzo pitti where i attempted to convince a few classmates that they needed to buy this house for us but none of them went for it we then spent the rest of the day exploring the beautiful city of florence!\n\nblogger:\xa0 2l neal galloway\ntoday we had a field trip to florence to meet with the art recovery division of the carabinieri art squad the italian federal police to get there on time we had to get up at 6:00 am and make it to the train station for the early morning commuter train on the way there no one checked my ticket so it makes me wonder how serious trenitalia is about buying one\nthis was our last day with professor alessandro chechi of the university of geneva faculty of law art-law centre the carabinieri we met with are a division of the italian state police they were really excited to meet with us; most seemed to have a passion for art that you could make out even through the language barrier the head of the division was busy but we met with the second-in-command in his office (the only place here that has had air conditioning to date)\xa0 afterwards they let us on their balcony which has an amazing view of florence (see photo \u200babove)\nafter meeting the carabinieri we split up with some of us going to a piazza with a name that is quite rude in italian according to professor calboli i went separately to piazza santo spirito there was a market there that had the biggest variety of stuff ive seen yet i seriously considered buying a linen suit then tried to get away from the tourist areas and found a kebab shop \non the way back up to the study center i noticed a plumbing truck with a picture of mario from the nintendo games thats a whole mess of ip problems\n"]

['218', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/law-students-explore-borderlands-law-in-laredo', '\nGuest lecturer Tito Alfaro, Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas, Laredo office,\u200b and Texas A\u200b&M Law professors William Magnuson and Stephen Alton with the\u200b Borderlands Law \u200bclass students from Texas A\u200b&M School\u200b of Law and Texas A&M International University\nTexas A&M University School of Law Associate Dean and Professor Stephen Alton coordinated and directed the inaugural Borderlands Law course at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo this summer.\nFrom May 23 to June 3, 12 students, five from the law school and seven from Texas A&M International University, took the intensive three-credit course that met daily for the two weeks. In addition to their work in the classroom, the students took three class field trips, touring bridges crossing the Rio Grande between the U.S. and Mexico and visiting the offices of the largest law firm in Laredo.\nGuest lecturers discussed subjects relating to international law (more specifically, legal issues affecting the U.S.-Mexico border):\n\nbackground on Mexican history and culture\nlegal reform in Mexico\nimmigration\nborder security\ninternational business transactions\ninternational sales of goods\ninternational secured transactions\ninternational water law\n\nTexas A&M University School of Law professors Angela Morrison, Bill Henning, Gabriel Eckstein and William Magnuson were among the speakers. \nOther speakers included Representative Richard Raymond of Laredo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ruben Perez, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar and more. \n\nTexas A\u200b&M School of Law\'s Joshua Romo-Ramirez, Kelsey Fahler, Katie Hawkins, Prof. Alton, Meighan Acre, and Christian Kramer\nWhen the course ended, three of the five law students pursued three-credit, five-week intensive externships in Laredo. 2L Kelsey Fahler was placed with a state district judge; 2L Meighan Arce was placed with a leading immigration attorney; and 2L Katie Hawkins was placed with the local office of Legal Aid of the Rio Grande Valley.\nAlton said, "In all, the Borderlands course seems to have been a resounding success for its first time. Both law and TAMIU students benefited from getting to know each other and studying together for two weeks."\nHe also said the students enjoyed exploring Laredo and discovering its culture and history.\n"We are grateful to TAMIU for its cooperation in establishing this course, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with our friends at TAMIU both on Borderlands Law and other projects of mutual interest,” he said.\n\n\n\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nguest lecturer tito alfaro supervisory assistant federal public defender southern district of texas laredo office \u200b and texas a\u200b&m law professors william magnuson and stephen alton with the\u200b borderlands law \u200bclass students from texas a\u200b&m school\u200b of law and texas a&m international university\ntexas a&m university school of law associate dean and professor stephen alton coordinated and directed the inaugural borderlands law course at texas a&m international university (tamiu) in laredo this summer\nfrom may 23 to june 3 12 students five from the law school and seven from texas a&m international university took the intensive three-credit course that met daily for the two weeks in addition to their work in the classroom the students took three class field trips touring bridges crossing the rio grande between the us and mexico and visiting the offices of the largest law firm in laredo\nguest lecturers discussed subjects relating to international law (more specifically legal issues affecting the us-mexico border):\n\nbackground on mexican history and culture\nlegal reform in mexico\nimmigration\nborder security\ninternational business transactions\ninternational sales of goods\ninternational secured transactions\ninternational water law\n\ntexas a&m university school of law professors angela morrison bill henning gabriel eckstein and william magnuson were among the speakers \nother speakers included representative richard raymond of laredo assistant us attorney ruben perez us congressman henry cuellar and more \n\ntexas a\u200b&m school of law\'s joshua romo-ramirez kelsey fahler katie hawkins prof alton meighan acre and christian kramer\nwhen the course ended three of the five law students pursued three-credit five-week intensive externships in laredo 2l kelsey fahler was placed with a state district judge; 2l meighan arce was placed with a leading immigration attorney; and 2l katie hawkins was placed with the local office of legal aid of the rio grande valley\nalton said "in all the borderlands course seems to have been a resounding success for its first time both law and tamiu students benefited from getting to know each other and studying together for two weeks"\nhe also said the students enjoyed exploring laredo and discovering its culture and history\n"we are grateful to tamiu for its cooperation in establishing this course and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with our friends at tamiu both on borderlands law and other projects of mutual interest he said\n\n\n\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['219', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-eckstein-serves-on-international-forum-at-inbo', '\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Gabriel Eckstein participated in the 10th General Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) in Merida, Mexico in June. \nThe INBO Assembly was organized to further its efforts, activities and programs that respond to global challenges such as population growth, food and energy demand, and adaptation to the effects of climate change, in the basins of local, national and transboundary rivers, lakes and aquifers.\nAt the INBO Assembly Eckstein participated on the International Cooperation Organizations Forum where he introduced the upcoming XVIth World Water Congress planned for Cancun next year and encouraged the INBO and its members to contribute to the Congress program.\nHe also met with representatives of CONAGUA (Mexico’s national water authority) and ANEAS (Mexico’s non-governmental association for water and sanitation), who will serve as hosts for the upcoming World Water Congress. \nEckstein said they continued an ongoing dialogue and preparation for the Congress and developed tasks and strategies that will ensure the success of the Congress. They also exchanged proposals for high-level panels, keynote speakers, and coordination with other international organizations.\nEckstein serves as chair of the International Scientific Committee for the Congress and is a member of its International Steering Committee.\n“INBO is one of the more important water-management organizations globally, and speaking at their General Assembly was both an honor and a privilege,” Eckstein said.\n\n\n\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n\n\n', '\ntexas a&m university school of law professor gabriel eckstein participated in the 10th general assembly of the international network of basin organizations (inbo) in merida mexico in june \nthe inbo assembly was organized to further its efforts activities and programs that respond to global challenges such as population growth food and energy demand and adaptation to the effects of climate change in the basins of local national and transboundary rivers lakes and aquifers\nat the inbo assembly eckstein participated on the international cooperation organizations forum where he introduced the upcoming xvith world water congress planned for cancun next year and encouraged the inbo and its members to contribute to the congress program\nhe also met with representatives of conagua (mexicos national water authority) and aneas (mexicos non-governmental association for water and sanitation) who will serve as hosts for the upcoming world water congress \neckstein said they continued an ongoing dialogue and preparation for the congress and developed tasks and strategies that will ensure the success of the congress they also exchanged proposals for high-level panels keynote speakers and coordination with other international organizations\neckstein serves as chair of the international scientific committee for the congress and is a member of its international steering committee\ninbo is one of the more important water-management organizations globally and speaking at their general assembly was both an honor and a privilege eckstein said\n\n\n\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n\n\n']

['220', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/justice-in-action', '\nAn Interview with Mike Ware\u200b of the Texas A&M Law Innocence Clinic\nCassandra Rivera, center, followed by Elizabeth Ramirez and Kristie Mayhugh are led out of the Bexar County Jail by their attorney Mike Ware, right, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in San Antonio. It was announced earlier in the day the San Antonio women imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls in 1994 were expected to walk free Monday after a judge agreed that their convictions were tainted by faulty witness testimony. Vasquez, the fourth, has already been paroled, but under strict conditions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay).\nViewers of the popular real-crime documentary show "Making a Murderer" learned about the Wisconsin Innocence Project, \u200bthat works to free wrongfully convicted individuals. Texas A&M University School of Law \u200boperates its own similar program, the Innocence Clinic, which works with the Innocence Project of Texas. Here, Aggie Law students have the chance to work on actual cases where convicted criminals claim their innocence.\n\nThe Texas A&M Foundation podcast, "The Sound of the Spirit," interviewed adjunct professor and Innocence Clinic director Mike Ware about "Making a Murderer" and another case, the San Antonio Four.\n\nListen to the podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/texas-am-foundation/justice-in-action.\n\nWare is the director of the Innocence Clinic at Texas A&M School of Law and executive director and chief counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas. He teaches Post-Conviction Actual Innocence Claims at \u200bthe law school. Ware,\u200b formerly with the Dallas County District Attorney\'s Conviction Integrity Unit, is a criminal defense attorney in Fort Worth. His Aggie Law students benefit from his 30 years of experience in criminal trial, appellate, and post-conviction practice including death penalty cases, in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. \n\nWare has been named a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer as both a defense lawyer and a prosecutor. In 2014 Ware received the Percy Foreman Lawyer of the Year award from the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA).\n\nFor more information on the Innocence Project of Texas, visit ipoftexas.org.\n\nTo learn about the documentary film based on the San Antonio Four, visit southwestofsalem.com.\n', '\nan interview with mike ware\u200b of the texas a&m law innocence clinic\ncassandra rivera center followed by elizabeth ramirez and kristie mayhugh are led out of the bexar county jail by their attorney mike ware right monday nov 18 2013 in san antonio it was announced earlier in the day the san antonio women imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls in 1994 were expected to walk free monday after a judge agreed that their convictions were tainted by faulty witness testimony vasquez the fourth has already been paroled but under strict conditions (ap photo/eric gay)\nviewers of the popular real-crime documentary show "making a murderer" learned about the wisconsin innocence project \u200bthat works to free wrongfully convicted individuals texas a&m university school of law \u200boperates its own similar program the innocence clinic which works with the innocence project of texas here aggie law students have the chance to work on actual cases where convicted criminals claim their innocence\n\nthe texas a&m foundation podcast "the sound of the spirit " interviewed adjunct professor and innocence clinic director mike ware about "making a murderer" and another case the san antonio four\n\nlisten to the podcast here: https://soundcloudcom/texas-am-foundation/justice-in-action\n\nware is the director of the innocence clinic at texas a&m school of law and executive director and chief counsel of the innocence project of texas he teaches post-conviction actual innocence claims at \u200bthe law school ware \u200b formerly with the dallas county district attorney\'s conviction integrity unit is a criminal defense attorney in fort worth his aggie law students benefit from his 30 years of experience in criminal trial appellate and post-conviction practice including death penalty cases in state and federal courts throughout the us \n\nware has been named a texas monthly super lawyer as both a defense lawyer and a prosecutor in 2014 ware received the percy foreman lawyer of the year award from the texas criminal defense lawyers association (tcdla)\n\nfor more information on the innocence project of texas visit ipoftexasorg\n\nto learn about the documentary film based on the san antonio four visit southwestofsalemcom\n']

['221', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/leal-brol-receives-state-bar-of-texas-ip-scholarship', '\n Texas A&M Law CLIP Co-Director Prof. Peter Yu; Prof. Brian Holland; SBOT IP Section scholarship winner Texas A&M Law 3L Hector Leal-Brol; Shruti Krishnan, current chair of the IP Section’s Diversity Committee, who presented the award; and Prof. Saurabh Vishnubhakat at the Section Awards Luncheon of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting\n\nRising 3L Hector Leal-Brol was named the recipient of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section\'s Women and Minority Scholarship at the Section Awards Luncheon of the Annual Meeting on June 17 in Fort Worth.\nAccording to the \u200bState \u200bBar, the purpose of scholarship “is to facilitate and encourage women and minorities to enter the practice of intellectual property law in Texas, and to become active members of the State Bar IP Section, by assisting these students with their financial needs.”\nExtracurricular activities both inside and outside law school are also an important factor in the selection process. \nProfessor Peter Yu, Professor Brian Holland and Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat attended the awards ceremony in support of Leal-Brol.\nYu, co-director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP), taught Leal-Brol in both the Copyright Law class and the International Intellectual Property Seminar. He said it’s a “tremendous honor” to have one of CLIP’s students recognized by the IP Section of the State Bar of Texas.\n“We [the law school] have a longstanding relationship with the bench and the bar,” he said. “Hector has a strong interest in patent law and has performed very well in the classroom. We are proud to have him as part of our IP law program." \nHolland said Leal-Brol was a great fit for the scholarship because it also recognizes potential. \n“In the classroom and beyond, Hector is taking advantage of the many excellent opportunities offered to IP students by Texas A&M School of Law and the DFW legal community,” he said.\nLeal-Brol said it was a “great honor” to represent Texas A&M University School of Law at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting. He said such recognition wouldn’t have been possible for him or anyone else without CLIP facilitating and encouraging students\' involvement with the IP community. \n“Moreover, I am forever grateful for the contagious passion for Intellectual Property that Professors Yu, Vishnubhakat, Holland, and the rest of the IP faculty instill in students since it is the driving force behind my desire to succeed in the patent law field,” he said.\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\n texas a&m law clip co-director prof peter yu; prof brian holland; sbot ip section scholarship winner texas a&m law 3l hector leal-brol; shruti krishnan current chair of the ip sections diversity committee who presented the award; and prof saurabh vishnubhakat at the section awards luncheon of the state bar of texas annual meeting\n\nrising 3l hector leal-brol was named the recipient of the state bar of texas intellectual property law section\'s women and minority scholarship at the section awards luncheon of the annual meeting on june 17 in fort worth\naccording to the \u200bstate \u200bbar the purpose of scholarship is to facilitate and encourage women and minorities to enter the practice of intellectual property law in texas and to become active members of the state bar ip section by assisting these students with their financial needs\nextracurricular activities both inside and outside law school are also an important factor in the selection process \nprofessor peter yu professor brian holland and professor saurabh vishnubhakat attended the awards ceremony in support of leal-brol\nyu co-director of the center for law and intellectual property (clip) taught leal-brol in both the copyright law class and the international intellectual property seminar he said its a tremendous honor to have one of clips students recognized by the ip section of the state bar of texas\nwe [the law school] have a longstanding relationship with the bench and the bar he said hector has a strong interest in patent law and has performed very well in the classroom we are proud to have him as part of our ip law program" \nholland said leal-brol was a great fit for the scholarship because it also recognizes potential \nin the classroom and beyond hector is taking advantage of the many excellent opportunities offered to ip students by texas a&m school of law and the dfw legal community he said\nleal-brol said it was a great honor to represent texas a&m university school of law at the state bar of texas annual meeting he said such recognition wouldnt have been possible for him or anyone else without clip facilitating and encouraging students\' involvement with the ip community \nmoreover i am forever grateful for the contagious passion for intellectual property that professors yu vishnubhakat holland and the rest of the ip faculty instill in students since it is the driving force behind my desire to succeed in the patent law field he said\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['222', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/texas-a-m-law-to-launch-innovative-justice-gap-program', '\nApprenticeship Network Will Revamp the Traditional First Year After Law School\nTexas A&M University School of Law is introducing a new incubator program designed to accelerate recent graduates’ transition from law school to solo and small firm practice.\n\nThe program, the first incubator-type launched in Texas, was created in response to the need to train recent law graduates for solo practice and to help bridge the state’s justice gap.\nThe Texas Bar Foundation approved a grant to support the program, “The Texas Apprenticeship Network: Empowering Solo Practitioners to Help Bridge the Justice Gap.” Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $16 million in grants to law-related programs. Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, The Texas Bar Foundation is the nation’s largest charitably-funded bar foundation.\nThe Texas Apprenticeship Program will match recent law graduates with practitioners who share the common goal of helping address the state’s growing need for attorneys to assist pro bono and modest means clients.\n\nThe recent graduates, as apprentices, will work in the offices of solo and small firm attorneys who will mentor them in communities and areas of interest in which they want to work after admission to law practice.\nThrough this process, the apprentices will obtain experience while learning about practice management. The mentors will also commit to connecting them in the community.\n\nThe\u200b apprentices will also complete a practicum on law practice management. In the practicum, they will develop their business plans and tools for their solo practices, and it will provide network and opportunities for innovation.\n\nProfessor Susan Fortney, the organizer of the program, stated that the Texas Apprenticeship Network promises to provide high impact at a relatively low cost.\n\n“Instead of sending graduates into the profession and trusting that healthy mentorships will develop organically, we’re formally teaming graduates with practice leaders from day one,” she said. \nShe said she also hopes the program will inspire the new attorneys “to learn how to practice law ethically and provide both pro bono and affordable legal services to clients who cannot afford market rates.”\nTexas A&M University is supporting experiential learning initiatives, including the Texas Apprenticeship Network. In addition to providing administrative and personnel assistance, the university has matched the Texas Bar Foundation grant.\n###\nPrinter-friendly press release [pdf].\nMedia Contact:\n\nRebecca C. Walden, Director of Marketing, Texas A&M University School of Law\n1515 Commerce Street\nFort Worth, TX 76102\nrcwalden@law.tamu.edu\n817-212-3933\n', '\napprenticeship network will revamp the traditional first year after law school\ntexas a&m university school of law is introducing a new incubator program designed to accelerate recent graduates transition from law school to solo and small firm practice\n\nthe program the first incubator-type launched in texas was created in response to the need to train recent law graduates for solo practice and to help bridge the states justice gap\nthe texas bar foundation approved a grant to support the program the texas apprenticeship network: empowering solo practitioners to help bridge the justice gap since its inception in 1965 the texas bar foundation has awarded more than $16 million in grants to law-related programs supported by members of the state bar of texas the texas bar foundation is the nations largest charitably-funded bar foundation\nthe texas apprenticeship program will match recent law graduates with practitioners who share the common goal of helping address the states growing need for attorneys to assist pro bono and modest means clients\n\nthe recent graduates as apprentices will work in the offices of solo and small firm attorneys who will mentor them in communities and areas of interest in which they want to work after admission to law practice\nthrough this process the apprentices will obtain experience while learning about practice management the mentors will also commit to connecting them in the community\n\nthe\u200b apprentices will also complete a practicum on law practice management in the practicum they will develop their business plans and tools for their solo practices and it will provide network and opportunities for innovation\n\nprofessor susan fortney the organizer of the program stated that the texas apprenticeship network promises to provide high impact at a relatively low cost\n\ninstead of sending graduates into the profession and trusting that healthy mentorships will develop organically were formally teaming graduates with practice leaders from day one she said \nshe said she also hopes the program will inspire the new attorneys to learn how to practice law ethically and provide both pro bono and affordable legal services to clients who cannot afford market rates\ntexas a&m university is supporting experiential learning initiatives including the texas apprenticeship network in addition to providing administrative and personnel assistance the university has matched the texas bar foundation grant\n###\nprinter-friendly press release [pdf]\nmedia contact:\n\nrebecca c walden director of marketing texas a&m university school of law\n1515 commerce street\nfort worth tx 76102\nrcwalden@lawtamuedu\n817-212-3933\n']

['223', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-aziz-eeoc-task-force-examine-workplace-harassment', '\nProfessor Sahar Aziz\nTexas A&M University School of Law Associate Professor Sahar Aziz attended the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Select Task Force meeting to release a major report on the study of harassment on June 20 in Washington, D.C. \nAziz is a \u200bmember of the Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. She said the meeting highlighted five key lessons learned from the task force’s efforts. \n\nWorkplace harassment remains a persistent problem that comprised nearly one third of EEOC charges in 2015. \nHarassment often goes unreported due to employees\' fear of retaliation. Therefore, a particular organization\'s low number of harassment complaints is not necessarily indicative of a harassment-free workplace. \nThere is a compelling business case for stopping and preventing workplace harassment. In addition to legal costs, a workplace infected with harassment decreases employee productivity and increases employee attrition both by victims and bystanders.\nThe Commissioners highlighted the importance of leadership at the highest levels of an organization to create a workplace culture where harassment is not tolerated. \nThe Commissioners emphasized that current training programs tend to adopt a one-size-fits all approach that has not been effective in preventing harassment. \n\n“More research is needed to develop more effective training tailored to a specific workforce and workplace,” Aziz said. \nThe Commissioners ended the meeting noting that the report was the first step in a long term strategy to bring together employers, labor, employee advocates and government agencies to make American workplaces more inclusive, respectful and productive.\nAziz said it was an honor and a privilege to serve on the EEOC\'s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. \n“Membership on the task force offered a unique opportunity to collaborate with reputable scholars, lawyers, and advocates committed to upholding civil rights in the workplace,” she said. “Thanks to Texas A&M University\'s support of faculty scholarship, I was able to use my research to make a substantive impact on timely legal and public policy issues."\nRead the complete EEOC Task Force report.\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nprofessor sahar aziz\ntexas a&m university school of law associate professor sahar aziz attended the us equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc) select task force meeting to release a major report on the study of harassment on june 20 in washington dc \naziz is a \u200bmember of the select task force on the study of harassment in the workplace she said the meeting highlighted five key lessons learned from the task forces efforts \n\nworkplace harassment remains a persistent problem that comprised nearly one third of eeoc charges in 2015 \nharassment often goes unreported due to employees\' fear of retaliation therefore a particular organization\'s low number of harassment complaints is not necessarily indicative of a harassment-free workplace \nthere is a compelling business case for stopping and preventing workplace harassment in addition to legal costs a workplace infected with harassment decreases employee productivity and increases employee attrition both by victims and bystanders\nthe commissioners highlighted the importance of leadership at the highest levels of an organization to create a workplace culture where harassment is not tolerated \nthe commissioners emphasized that current training programs tend to adopt a one-size-fits all approach that has not been effective in preventing harassment \n\nmore research is needed to develop more effective training tailored to a specific workforce and workplace aziz said \nthe commissioners ended the meeting noting that the report was the first step in a long term strategy to bring together employers labor employee advocates and government agencies to make american workplaces more inclusive respectful and productive\naziz said it was an honor and a privilege to serve on the eeoc\'s select task force on the study of harassment in the workplace \nmembership on the task force offered a unique opportunity to collaborate with reputable scholars lawyers and advocates committed to upholding civil rights in the workplace she said thanks to texas a&m university\'s support of faculty scholarship i was able to use my research to make a substantive impact on timely legal and public policy issues"\nread the complete eeoc task force report\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['224', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/when-knock-knock-is-no-joke-former-student-adjunct-examine-knock-talk-case', '\n What are your rights when law enforcement knocks on your door?\n\nBrandy Roberts Hankins ’14 and adjunct professor Brandon Barnett co-authored an article published in the June 2016 Texas Bar Journal, detailing the \'knock and talk\' procedure, the \'plain view\' doctrine, and consent. The criminal law article "Knock and Talk: When law enforcement can enter your home," summarizes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit case United States v. Danhach.\n\nRead the article here.\n\nHankins is a 2014 graduate of Texas A&M University School of Law and a research associate with Barnett Howard & Williams, a criminal defense law firm in Fort Worth.\xa0 \n\nBarnett, an Texas A&M Law adjunct professor of military justice, is a founding partner of Barnett Howard & Williams. He also serves as a military judge in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.\n', '\n what are your rights when law enforcement knocks on your door\n\nbrandy roberts hankins 14 and adjunct professor brandon barnett co-authored an article published in the june 2016 texas bar journal detailing the \'knock and talk\' procedure the \'plain view\' doctrine and consent the criminal law article "knock and talk: when law enforcement can enter your home " summarizes the us court of appeals for the fifth circuit case united states v danhach\n\nread the article here\n\nhankins is a 2014 graduate of texas a&m university school of law and a research associate with barnett howard & williams a criminal defense law firm in fort worth\xa0 \n\nbarnett an texas a&m law adjunct professor of military justice is a founding partner of barnett howard & williams he also serves as a military judge in the us marine corps reserve\n']

['225', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/clip-co-sponsors-innovation-communications-law-conference-in-finland', '\nOn May 25 and 26, the Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) at Texas A&M University School of Law will co-sponsor the 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law at the University of Eastern Finland Law School in Joensuu, Finland.\n\nTh\u200be conference, co-founded in 2008 by CLIP Co-Director Peter Yu, examines the role played by intellectual property (IP) and communications laws in the dissemination of information. The annual event is jointly organized by a consortium of European and U.S. law schools, including Texas A&M, Louisville and Michigan State, as well as Eastern Finland and Turku in Finland. CLIP and Xiamen University co-organized last year\'s conference\xa0in Xiamen, China. \n\nThis year\'s conference is titled "Fading, Emerging and Flipped Markets: Owning, Licensing or Sharing Technologies?" Among the participants are three IP law experts from Texas A&M University School of Law. \nProfessor Glynn Lunney will present a paper on "Copyright and Intermediary Market Structure." Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat will present a paper on "Emerging Technologies and Patent Data: Foundations for Policy Development." And Yu will chair the panels on "Innovation Law" and "Global Challenges to IP Protection." \n"My colleagues and I are very excited to be part of this trans-Atlantic dialogue on intellectual property, innovation and communications law," said Yu. "Countries around the world have introduced different laws to promote creativity and innovation. A sophisticated understanding of these laws will enable us to help our students succeed in a rapidly changing global business environment." \nWhile in Europe, Yu, who recently served as a visiting professor at Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki in Finland, will present a paper on "Big Data, Intellectual Property and Global Pandemics" at the "Legal Dimensions of Big Data in the Health and Life Sciences" seminar organized by the Centre for Information and Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. At the university\'s law faculty, he will also deliver a presentation on "The Investment-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights."\n\nCLIP at Texas A&M University School of Law is a leading international hub for research and education in the IP field. Its accessible faculty features leading scholars in all major IP "food groups," including two patent attorneys and a former attorney advisor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Most recently, peer surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report have ranked Texas A&M University School of Law among the top 14 IP law programs in the United States.\n\nTexas A&M University School of Law Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) Faculty\n', '\non may 25 and 26 the center for law and intellectual property (clip) at texas a&m university school of law will co-sponsor the 8th annual conference on innovation and communications law at the university of eastern finland law school in joensuu finland\n\nth\u200be conference co-founded in 2008 by clip co-director peter yu examines the role played by intellectual property (ip) and communications laws in the dissemination of information the annual event is jointly organized by a consortium of european and us law schools including texas a&m louisville and michigan state as well as eastern finland and turku in finland clip and xiamen university co-organized last year\'s conference\xa0in xiamen china \n\nthis year\'s conference is titled "fading emerging and flipped markets: owning licensing or sharing technologies" among the participants are three ip law experts from texas a&m university school of law \nprofessor glynn lunney will present a paper on "copyright and intermediary market structure" professor saurabh vishnubhakat will present a paper on "emerging technologies and patent data: foundations for policy development" and yu will chair the panels on "innovation law" and "global challenges to ip protection" \n"my colleagues and i are very excited to be part of this trans-atlantic dialogue on intellectual property innovation and communications law " said yu "countries around the world have introduced different laws to promote creativity and innovation a sophisticated understanding of these laws will enable us to help our students succeed in a rapidly changing global business environment" \nwhile in europe yu who recently served as a visiting professor at hanken school of economics and the university of helsinki in finland will present a paper on "big data intellectual property and global pandemics" at the "legal dimensions of big data in the health and life sciences" seminar organized by the centre for information and innovation law at the university of copenhagen in denmark at the university\'s law faculty he will also deliver a presentation on "the investment-related aspects of intellectual property rights"\n\nclip at texas a&m university school of law is a leading international hub for research and education in the ip field its accessible faculty features leading scholars in all major ip "food groups " including two patent attorneys and a former attorney advisor of the us patent and trademark office most recently peer surveys conducted by us news & world report have ranked texas a&m university school of law among the top 14 ip law programs in the united states\n\ntexas a&m university school of law center for law and intellectual property (clip) faculty\n']

['226', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/spring-2016-hooding-and-commencement-ceremony', '\nOn May 13, 163 Texas A&M University School of Law students received their Juris Doctor degree at the Spring 2016 Hooding and Commencement ceremony held at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel.\nThis graduating class has the unique honor of being the first to enter the law school as Aggie law students. They started class four days after Texas A&M University acquired the school.\nPrior to graduation, 17 graduates of the law school received red, white and blue graduation cords at the Military Veteran Cord Ceremony. The cords identify the active duty, national guard, reserve and veteran graduates and signify gratitude for their service and sacrifice. Learn more.\nThe keynote speaker for the ceremony was Regent Anthony G. Buzbee ’90, founder of the Buzbee Law Firm in Houston. Buzbee is the namesake of the Buzbee Leadership Learning Center at Texas A&M University and the law school’s Endowed Dean’s Chair. \nHe said Texas A&M purchased the law school in 2013 not to create more lawyers, but to create\xa0more “good lawyers with the Aggie core values" needed by the legal profession.\nRegent Anthony G. Buzbee ’90 addresses the Texas A&M Law Class of 2016\n“A law degree can really change and save lives,” he said. “[It] can be very powerful if you use it, which is what I hope you do.”\nBuzbee advised the graduates about the importance of the choices they make, choosing to use a law degree to encourage or even force change, to ensure American justice is equally shared by all, to work hard and to be the most prepared. In choosing their future path, the graduates can make the courageous choice to stand up and be a leader for what is right and just.\xa0\xa0 \nMarty Holmes ’87, Vice President of the Association of Former Students inducted the graduates into the Aggie Network of more than 650,000 members worldwide on behalf of the Association of Former Students. At the end of the ceremony, Holmes, a former Yell Leader, led the singing of "The Spirit of Aggieland." \nTexas A&M University System Board of Regents remarks were delivered by Regent William “Bill” Mahomes ’69, who is managing partner of Mahomes Bolden PC in Dallas.\nMahomes reminded graduates that with this degree comes great responsibility that shouldn’t be taken lightly. As graduates with a professional degree from the Texas A&M University School of Law, they should continue their commitment to learning, leadership and dedication to the greater good.\n“We’ll [Texas A&M] be watching you,” he said. “We challenge you to see this as both a personal accomplishment and a charge to carry on our proud legacy.” \nBefore the graduates were hooded, honorable recognitions were handed out.\n\nAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs Maxine Harrington recognized 14 students who have completed a focused curriculum in a specific area of law to earn a Concentration in business law, dispute resolution, estate planning, family law or intellectual property.\n\nThe Texas A&M Bar Exam Achievement Award was presented by Professor James McGrath, Director of Academic Support and Bar Services, to Kathleen Bausell as the Aggie Law graduate with the highest score on the February 2016 Texas state bar exam.\n\nThe Equal Justice Award was presented to Charles Lincoln as the graduate who has performed pro bono legal services in an extraordinary way and contributed the greatest number of hours of public service pro bono work with 674.5 hours, exemplifying the Aggie core value of selfless service. Lincoln has worked with Catholic Charities, the Texas 13th Court of Appeals, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Texas Attorney General’s Office and U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Manske of the Western District of Texas.\n\n The May graduating class contributed a total of 10,378.79 hours of pro bono legal services to the community, making a tremendous impact on the poor and underserved. The Equal Justice Program and pro bono service are cornerstones of the law school. Texas A&M School of Law is one of the few schools to require each student to complete a minimum of 30 pro bono hours in order to graduate. Assistant Dean Rosalind Jeffers, who oversees the program, presented the award.\n\nThe Scribes Award recipients inducted into the National Order of Scribes included Brett Miller, Brent Doré, Shawn Johnson, Mary Garner and Hannah Elsaadi, honoring their excellence in legal writing and demonstration of the highest levels of professionalism. Professor Neil Sobol, director of the Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing Program, presented the awards.\n\nJennifer Ellis, Advocacy Program Director, and Steve Hayes, representing the Appellate Section of the State Bar of Texas which established the advocacy award in 2016, presented the first-ever Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy to Jeremy Black. Black served on six moot court national competition teams, placing second twice. He also assisted in running the appellate advocacy section of the Board of Advocates student organization.\n\nElected student commencement speaker Erik Lisowski, a U.S. Army veteran, was grateful for the honor to speak to the class. \nHe said that while some family members may be waiting for these three years to turn into a paycheck or some graduates are preparing for the stress of paying back student loans, he encourages all to remember the irreplaceable experience of being a student at Texas A&M School of Law.\n“Let’s make our Aggie Law diplomas more valuable than our student debt,” he said.\xa0 \n\nIn addition to receiving their degree, graduates were "hooded" by faculty members selected by the graduating class: Professor Stephen Alton , Professor James McGrath and Professor Neal Newman. The Texas A&M Law hoods, in the tradition of academic regalia, are lined with Aggie Maroon and are faced with purple to signify the Juris Doctor degree.\nDean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean’s Chair Andrew Morriss concluded the ceremony by saying that he hopes the graduates take with them more than the memories of heart-stopping terror when being called on in 1L classes, the moment when the light bulb clicked on and they realized what the dormant commerce clause actually was in their con law class, or the thrill of stepping up to represent their first client in the clinic.\n“I hope you will also take with you the concept of being a professional and of putting into action the A&M core values in your career,” he said. “Being a lawyer is a rewarding career because it is about helping people to overcome hardships, to realize dreams, and to cope with problems.”\n\nLearn more about the accomplishments of the 2016 graduating class.\n\nA video of the complete graduation ceremony is available here. View more photos in our Facebook album.\n\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\non may 13 163 texas a&m university school of law students received their juris doctor degree at the spring 2016 hooding and commencement ceremony held at the omni fort worth hotel\nthis graduating class has the unique honor of being the first to enter the law school as aggie law students they started class four days after texas a&m university acquired the school\nprior to graduation 17 graduates of the law school received red white and blue graduation cords at the military veteran cord ceremony the cords identify the active duty national guard reserve and veteran graduates and signify gratitude for their service and sacrifice learn more\nthe keynote speaker for the ceremony was regent anthony g buzbee 90 founder of the buzbee law firm in houston buzbee is the namesake of the buzbee leadership learning center at texas a&m university and the law schools endowed deans chair \nhe said texas a&m purchased the law school in 2013 not to create more lawyers but to create\xa0more good lawyers with the aggie core values" needed by the legal profession\nregent anthony g buzbee 90 addresses the texas a&m law class of 2016\na law degree can really change and save lives he said [it] can be very powerful if you use it which is what i hope you do\nbuzbee advised the graduates about the importance of the choices they make choosing to use a law degree to encourage or even force change to ensure american justice is equally shared by all to work hard and to be the most prepared in choosing their future path the graduates can make the courageous choice to stand up and be a leader for what is right and just\xa0\xa0 \nmarty holmes 87 vice president of the association of former students inducted the graduates into the aggie network of more than 650 000 members worldwide on behalf of the association of former students at the end of the ceremony holmes a former yell leader led the singing of "the spirit of aggieland" \ntexas a&m university system board of regents remarks were delivered by regent william bill mahomes 69 who is managing partner of mahomes bolden pc in dallas\nmahomes reminded graduates that with this degree comes great responsibility that shouldnt be taken lightly as graduates with a professional degree from the texas a&m university school of law they should continue their commitment to learning leadership and dedication to the greater good\nwell [texas a&m] be watching you he said we challenge you to see this as both a personal accomplishment and a charge to carry on our proud legacy \nbefore the graduates were hooded honorable recognitions were handed out\n\nassociate dean for academic affairs maxine harrington recognized 14 students who have completed a focused curriculum in a specific area of law to earn a concentration in business law dispute resolution estate planning family law or intellectual property\n\nthe texas a&m bar exam achievement award was presented by professor james mcgrath director of academic support and bar services to kathleen bausell as the aggie law graduate with the highest score on the february 2016 texas state bar exam\n\nthe equal justice award was presented to charles lincoln as the graduate who has performed pro bono legal services in an extraordinary way and contributed the greatest number of hours of public service pro bono work with 6745 hours exemplifying the aggie core value of selfless service lincoln has worked with catholic charities the texas 13th court of appeals the department of housing and urban development the texas attorney generals office and us magistrate judge jeffery manske of the western district of texas\n\n the may graduating class contributed a total of 10 37879 hours of pro bono legal services to the community making a tremendous impact on the poor and underserved the equal justice program and pro bono service are cornerstones of the law school texas a&m school of law is one of the few schools to require each student to complete a minimum of 30 pro bono hours in order to graduate assistant dean rosalind jeffers who oversees the program presented the award\n\nthe scribes award recipients inducted into the national order of scribes included brett miller brent doré shawn johnson mary garner and hannah elsaadi honoring their excellence in legal writing and demonstration of the highest levels of professionalism professor neil sobol director of the legal analysis research and writing program presented the awards\n\njennifer ellis advocacy program director and steve hayes representing the appellate section of the state bar of texas which established the advocacy award in 2016 presented the first-ever award for excellence in appellate advocacy to jeremy black black served on six moot court national competition teams placing second twice he also assisted in running the appellate advocacy section of the board of advocates student organization\n\nelected student commencement speaker erik lisowski a us army veteran was grateful for the honor to speak to the class \nhe said that while some family members may be waiting for these three years to turn into a paycheck or some graduates are preparing for the stress of paying back student loans he encourages all to remember the irreplaceable experience of being a student at texas a&m school of law\nlets make our aggie law diplomas more valuable than our student debt he said\xa0 \n\nin addition to receiving their degree graduates were "hooded" by faculty members selected by the graduating class: professor stephen alton professor james mcgrath and professor neal newman the texas a&m law hoods in the tradition of academic regalia are lined with aggie maroon and are faced with purple to signify the juris doctor degree\ndean and anthony g buzbee endowed deans chair andrew morriss concluded the ceremony by saying that he hopes the graduates take with them more than the memories of heart-stopping terror when being called on in 1l classes the moment when the light bulb clicked on and they realized what the dormant commerce clause actually was in their con law class or the thrill of stepping up to represent their first client in the clinic\ni hope you will also take with you the concept of being a professional and of putting into action the a&m core values in your career he said being a lawyer is a rewarding career because it is about helping people to overcome hardships to realize dreams and to cope with problems\n\nlearn more about the accomplishments of the 2016 graduating class\n\na video of the complete graduation ceremony is available here view more photos in our facebook album\n\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['227', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/military-veterans-honored-at-graduation-cord-ceremony', '\nTexas A&M University School of Law graduating military veterans were honored at a ceremony held prior to the May 2016 Hooding and Commencement Ceremony. The Military Veteran Cord Ceremony recognized the 17 active duty, national guard, reserve and veteran students of the Texas A&M Law class of 2016. Each graduate received a commemorative red, white and blue cord to be worn at graduation ceremony, signifying Texas A&M’s gratitude for their service and sacrifice.\nThe ceremony is part of Texas A&M’s rich tradition of military service, beginning with its founding as a military academy in 1876. The ceremony was conducted by law professors Dennis Kelly ’73 and Joe Spurlock ’60, both U.S. Army veterans. Other military veteran faculty, staff and current students also participated in the ceremony. \nSpurlock said the graduates, as members of the military, have already demonstrated their commitment to the Texas A&M core values of excellence, integrity, leadership, loyalty, respect and selfless service, especially that of selfless service.\n“In addition to what these graduates will do in the future as lawyers, they have already given service to our nation, our state and our community,” said Spurlock.\nIn a new tradition for the law school, each service member also received a unique medallion coin from the Texas A&M University Veteran Resource & Support Center (VRSC). The coin is a long-standing tradition in the military, rumored to have begun in WWI when pilots carried them as a show of respect, loyalty and camaraderie for their unit. 2L William Gribble, a U.S. Army captain and president of the Military & Veteran Law Society, initiated this tradition at the law school.\nGraduate Justin Davis (USAF), published author, ABA Representation in Mediation Competition national champion and outgoing Texas A&M Law Review technology editor, presents his service coin to Legal Analysis, Research \u200b& Writing Professor Carol Pauli\nThe law school \u200bservice coin incorporates another time-honored military tradition. Customarily newly-commissioned officers in the armed forces present a silver dollar to the first enlisted member who salutes them. With the Texas A&M veteran coin, \u200bembossed "Thank you for serving those who served," the graduate is to present their coin to a faculty or staff member who has greatly contributed to the graduate’s academic success as a thank you for their mentorship.\nPer the VRSC, whose motto is Serve Well Those Who Have Served, receiving the Texas A&M veteran coin signifies “being added to the list of those who give of themselves to help others…namely the student veterans of Texas A&M University.” \nTexas A&M University School of Law class of 2016 military veterans:\nTravis Askew, U.S. Air Force\nWilliam Brandt, U.S. Air Force\nJustin Davis, U.S. Air Force\nMary Garner, U.S. Air Force\nMichael Gill, U.S. Army\nErik Lisowski, U.S. Army\nMark Lister, U.S. Marine Corps\nSteve Maglisceau, U.S. Army\nCarrie Murdock, U.S. Marine Corps\nJulian Nacol, U.S. Navy\nChase Poorman, U.S. Navy\nAntonio Rodriguez, U.S. Army\nAwilda Rodriguez, U.S. Army\nMatthew Staton, U.S. Air Force\nJimmy “Dwight” Tom, U.S. Army\nNatalie Voels, U.S. Air Force\nJoseph Vrecheck, U.S. Army\nSee more photos from the ceremony in our Facebook album.\n\n- \u200bPhotos by Doug Thurman, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ntexas a&m university school of law graduating military veterans were honored at a ceremony held prior to the may 2016 hooding and commencement ceremony the military veteran cord ceremony recognized the 17 active duty national guard reserve and veteran students of the texas a&m law class of 2016 each graduate received a commemorative red white and blue cord to be worn at graduation ceremony signifying texas a&ms gratitude for their service and sacrifice\nthe ceremony is part of texas a&ms rich tradition of military service beginning with its founding as a military academy in 1876 the ceremony was conducted by law professors dennis kelly 73 and joe spurlock 60 both us army veterans other military veteran faculty staff and current students also participated in the ceremony \nspurlock said the graduates as members of the military have already demonstrated their commitment to the texas a&m core values of excellence integrity leadership loyalty respect and selfless service especially that of selfless service\nin addition to what these graduates will do in the future as lawyers they have already given service to our nation our state and our community said spurlock\nin a new tradition for the law school each service member also received a unique medallion coin from the texas a&m university veteran resource & support center (vrsc) the coin is a long-standing tradition in the military rumored to have begun in wwi when pilots carried them as a show of respect loyalty and camaraderie for their unit 2l william gribble a us army captain and president of the military & veteran law society initiated this tradition at the law school\ngraduate justin davis (usaf) published author aba representation in mediation competition national champion and outgoing texas a&m law review technology editor presents his service coin to legal analysis research \u200b& writing professor carol pauli\nthe law school \u200bservice coin incorporates another time-honored military tradition customarily newly-commissioned officers in the armed forces present a silver dollar to the first enlisted member who salutes them with the texas a&m veteran coin \u200bembossed "thank you for serving those who served " the graduate is to present their coin to a faculty or staff member who has greatly contributed to the graduates academic success as a thank you for their mentorship\nper the vrsc whose motto is serve well those who have served receiving the texas a&m veteran coin signifies being added to the list of those who give of themselves to help others…namely the student veterans of texas a&m university \ntexas a&m university school of law class of 2016 military veterans:\ntravis askew us air force\nwilliam brandt us air force\njustin davis us air force\nmary garner us air force\nmichael gill us army\nerik lisowski us army\nmark lister us marine corps\nsteve maglisceau us army\ncarrie murdock us marine corps\njulian nacol us navy\nchase poorman us navy\nantonio rodriguez us army\nawilda rodriguez us army\nmatthew staton us air force\njimmy dwight tom us army\nnatalie voels us air force\njoseph vrecheck us army\nsee more photos from the ceremony in our facebook album\n\n- \u200bphotos by doug thurman texas a&m university school of law\n']

['228', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/aggie-law-celebrates-highly-accomplished-graduating-class', '\nFort Worth, TX – Today, Texas A&M University School of Law will hold its spring commencement exercise, celebrating the graduation of 163 Aggie Law students. \nThe event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, and will feature a keynote address from Texas A&M University System Board Regent Anthony G. Buzbee.\nThe May 2016 graduating class is one of the most accomplished in the law school’s history. Highlights include:\n\n\nA collective 10,378 hours of pro bono legal service.\n \n28 graduates completed more than 100 hours of pro bono service.\n\n May 2016 graduates Oscar Escoto and Awilda Rodriguez Henriquez received commendation from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for their work providing free legal services to young immigrants through Catholic Charities of Fort Worth.\n\n\nFive externally published law review articles.\n \nJustin Davis, Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal, “The Unarmed Army: Evolving Second Amendment Rights and Today’s Military Member”; \n\n Brett Miller, University of Denver Water Law Review, “Embracing the Water-Energy Contradiction: Regulatory Implications Associated with Renewable Energy’s Dependence on Non-Renewable Copper”, and from UCLA’s Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, “Come and ‘Take’ It: Whooping Cranes, Texas Water Rights, Endangered Species Act Liability, and Reconciling Ecological Scientific Testimony Within the Context of Proximate Causation.” \n\n Jimmy “Dwight” Tom, UC Davis Environmental Law Journal, “Easement Come, Easement Go – The Cemetery Access Easement: The Exception to the Right to Exclude Whose Time Has Come to Facilitate the Preservation of Nineteenth-Century Texas Family Cemeteries”;\n\n Charles Lincoln, IV, University of Dayton Law Review, “Hegelian Dialectical Analysis of United States Election Laws.” \n\n\nA national championship advocacy win.\n \nTwo of our students, including May 2016 graduate Justin Davis, won the 2016 National Championship for Representation in Mediation Competition, sponsored by the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association.\n\n\nA Top 10 finish during the National Appellate Advocacy Competition.\n \nAggie Law’s team, including May 2016 graduates Blake Buether and Tyler Gregston, finished as National Octofinalists. \n\n\nBuck Weirus Spirit Award Winner.\n \nMay 2016 graduate Danielle Bonnano received the Buck Weirus Spirit Award. Named in honor of Richard “Buck” Weirus (Aggie Class of 1942), this award recognizes 55 students each year from the entire Texas A&M system. Bonnano’s selection reflects her contributions through her presidency of the Student Bar Association and her contributions as a Public Law Interest Fellow.\n\n\nWashington, D.C. Public Policy Externship Program.\n \nThis spring, Aggie Law began a residency externship program in Washington, D.C., which included three May 2016 graduates – Zack Brown, Mitchell Monthie, and Joseph Vrechek.\n\n\nExcellence in Academic Concentration Honorees.\n \nThe School of Law has established concentration programs in Business Law, Dispute Resolution, Estate Planning, Family Law, and Intellectual Property. \xa0\nThese students will graduate from law school with significant expertise and experience in these specialized areas:\n \nFamily Law Concentration: Rachel Taft;\nIntellectual Property Concentration: Mary Garner, Whitney Morgan and Daniel Van Slyke;\nDispute Resolution Concentration: Kristinia Anderson and Jimmy Tom;\nBusiness Law Concentration: Rebecca English, Michael Gill, Amber Hluchan, Andres Martinez and James Ryffel;\nEstate Planning Concentration: Kendra Calhoun.\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia Contact:\nRebecca C. Walden, Director of Marketing\nTexas A&M University School of Law\n1515 Commerce Street\nFort Worth, TX 76102\nrcwalden@law.tamu.edu\n817-212-3933\n\n###\nDownload press release pdf.\n\n', '\nfort worth tx – today texas a&m university school of law will hold its spring commencement exercise celebrating the graduation of 163 aggie law students \nthe event will take place at 1 pm at the omni hotel in downtown fort worth and will feature a keynote address from texas a&m university system board regent anthony g buzbee\nthe may 2016 graduating class is one of the most accomplished in the law schools history highlights include:\n\n\na collective 10 378 hours of pro bono legal service\n \n28 graduates completed more than 100 hours of pro bono service\n\n may 2016 graduates oscar escoto and awilda rodriguez henriquez received commendation from the fort worth star-telegram for their work providing free legal services to young immigrants through catholic charities of fort worth\n\n\nfive externally published law review articles\n \njustin davis texas tech administrative law journal the unarmed army: evolving second amendment rights and todays military member; \n\n brett miller university of denver water law review embracing the water-energy contradiction: regulatory implications associated with renewable energys dependence on non-renewable copper and from uclas journal of environmental law & policy come and ‘take it: whooping cranes texas water rights endangered species act liability and reconciling ecological scientific testimony within the context of proximate causation \n\n jimmy dwight tom uc davis environmental law journal easement come easement go – the cemetery access easement: the exception to the right to exclude whose time has come to facilitate the preservation of nineteenth-century texas family cemeteries;\n\n charles lincoln iv university of dayton law review hegelian dialectical analysis of united states election laws \n\n\na national championship advocacy win\n \ntwo of our students including may 2016 graduate justin davis won the 2016 national championship for representation in mediation competition sponsored by the dispute resolution section of the american bar association\n\n\na top 10 finish during the national appellate advocacy competition\n \naggie laws team including may 2016 graduates blake buether and tyler gregston finished as national octofinalists \n\n\nbuck weirus spirit award winner\n \nmay 2016 graduate danielle bonnano received the buck weirus spirit award named in honor of richard buck weirus (aggie class of 1942) this award recognizes 55 students each year from the entire texas a&m system bonnanos selection reflects her contributions through her presidency of the student bar association and her contributions as a public law interest fellow\n\n\nwashington dc public policy externship program\n \nthis spring aggie law began a residency externship program in washington dc which included three may 2016 graduates – zack brown mitchell monthie and joseph vrechek\n\n\nexcellence in academic concentration honorees\n \nthe school of law has established concentration programs in business law dispute resolution estate planning family law and intellectual property \xa0\nthese students will graduate from law school with significant expertise and experience in these specialized areas:\n \nfamily law concentration: rachel taft;\nintellectual property concentration: mary garner whitney morgan and daniel van slyke;\ndispute resolution concentration: kristinia anderson and jimmy tom;\nbusiness law concentration: rebecca english michael gill amber hluchan andres martinez and james ryffel;\nestate planning concentration: kendra calhoun\n\n\n\n\n\nmedia contact:\nrebecca c walden director of marketing\ntexas a&m university school of law\n1515 commerce street\nfort worth tx 76102\nrcwalden@lawtamuedu\n817-212-3933\n\n###\ndownload press release pdf\n\n']

['229', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/mosher-gift-impacts-professional-leadership-program', '\nThanks to a generous gift from Stephen Mosher and his wife Nancy, the Professional Leadership Program (PLP) at Texas A&M University School of Law has wrapped up another successful year of workshops on everything from public speaking and professional presence to mindfulness, resilience, and ethical decision-making.\nThe Stephen S. and Nancy R. Mosher Gift, initiated in 2014, provides direct financial support for the PLP. The Mosher’s sponsorship has opened doors for workshops that prepare students to succeed in the leadership roles they will quickly take on when they enter practice, said Aric Short, Vice Dean and PLP Director.\n2016 PLP "Aggie Lawyers as Leaders: Developing Your Professional Identity" guest speaker Henry Lescault, co-author of Present with Power, Punch and Pizzazz!\nIn law school, course work prepares students for understanding legal issues and applying the law to resolve matters on behalf of clients. Mosher, a registered patent attorney at Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Schwartz PLLC in Fort Worth, says there is more to the practice of law than knowledge of the law and legal research and writing skills.\nHe said the PLP adds a significant educational dimension by providing workshops, panels, certificate programs and mentoring of students eager to enhance their law school experience and develop their professional identity through training in leadership, service, professional responsibility and relationship skills.\n“Nancy and I are proud to have the opportunity to support this important PLP program because we believe it is an essential ingredient in equipping law graduates to be the best they can be as lawyers serving their clients and the communities where they practice,” he said.\nA 1995 graduate of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, seven-year law school Alumni Association Board of Directors member and current Dean’s Advisory Council member, Mosher is very impressed with the changes made to the law school including reduced tuition, wider selection of courses, reduced class sizes and more. \n“Dean Morriss has worked hard to assemble one of the finest law faculties in Texas to provide both strong grounding in fundamentals of the law and the benefits of current thinking and trends in the law to their students,” he said. \nShort said that Mosher is “the perfect portrayal” of the goals and ideals of the PLP.\n“Stephen is deeply committed to professionalism and ethical standards,” he said.\nJack Manhire, Director of Program Development, was a frequent speaker and mentor for the Spring 2016 PLP series “Aggie Lawyers as Leaders: Developing Your Professional Identity.” The innovative series, which explored the opportunities for and responsibilities of leadership as a lawyer, included:\n\nCore leadership characteristics: Why lawyers eat last\nThe secret to professional presence with guest speaker Henry Lescault\nOvercoming self-deception and living authentically as a leader\nEthical decision-making in the real world\nThe 5 dysfunctions of a team and how to overcome them\n\n“Jack has done a fantastic job and has an engaging presence,” Short said. “Students have responded well to him, and he has a real cutting edge feel for this generation.”\n1L Callie Dodson agreed. \n“He carries the program in a way that demonstrates his commitment to students and the ideas of our law school,” she said. \nManhire said he is very supportive of the PLP because it complements Texas A&M Law’s dual mission: “to make great lawyers and make great Aggies, although the latter is clearly redundant.” \n“The PLP program seeks to accomplish this by focusing on how Texas A&M lawyers can live the Aggie core values in both their professional and personal lives,” he said. “We’re very grateful to Stephen and Nancy Mosher for making this possible for our students.”\nDodson has enjoyed attending PLP events because it helped her to step outside of her boundaries and examine her thoughts and actions.\n“I believe this self-reflection and awareness allows me to work towards being a better law student, future lawyer, classmate, and friend,” she said. \nLearn more about the Professional Leadership Program at Texas A&M School of Law\nLearn more about Stephen and Nancy Mosher.\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nthanks to a generous gift from stephen mosher and his wife nancy the professional leadership program (plp) at texas a&m university school of law has wrapped up another successful year of workshops on everything from public speaking and professional presence to mindfulness resilience and ethical decision-making\nthe stephen s and nancy r mosher gift initiated in 2014 provides direct financial support for the plp the moshers sponsorship has opened doors for workshops that prepare students to succeed in the leadership roles they will quickly take on when they enter practice said aric short vice dean and plp director\n2016 plp "aggie lawyers as leaders: developing your professional identity" guest speaker henry lescault co-author of present with power punch and pizzazz!\nin law school course work prepares students for understanding legal issues and applying the law to resolve matters on behalf of clients mosher a registered patent attorney at whitaker chalk swindle & schwartz pllc in fort worth says there is more to the practice of law than knowledge of the law and legal research and writing skills\nhe said the plp adds a significant educational dimension by providing workshops panels certificate programs and mentoring of students eager to enhance their law school experience and develop their professional identity through training in leadership service professional responsibility and relationship skills\nnancy and i are proud to have the opportunity to support this important plp program because we believe it is an essential ingredient in equipping law graduates to be the best they can be as lawyers serving their clients and the communities where they practice he said\na 1995 graduate of texas wesleyan university school of law seven-year law school alumni association board of directors member and current deans advisory council member mosher is very impressed with the changes made to the law school including reduced tuition wider selection of courses reduced class sizes and more \ndean morriss has worked hard to assemble one of the finest law faculties in texas to provide both strong grounding in fundamentals of the law and the benefits of current thinking and trends in the law to their students he said \nshort said that mosher is the perfect portrayal of the goals and ideals of the plp\nstephen is deeply committed to professionalism and ethical standards he said\njack manhire director of program development was a frequent speaker and mentor for the spring 2016 plp series aggie lawyers as leaders: developing your professional identity the innovative series which explored the opportunities for and responsibilities of leadership as a lawyer included:\n\ncore leadership characteristics: why lawyers eat last\nthe secret to professional presence with guest speaker henry lescault\novercoming self-deception and living authentically as a leader\nethical decision-making in the real world\nthe 5 dysfunctions of a team and how to overcome them\n\njack has done a fantastic job and has an engaging presence short said students have responded well to him and he has a real cutting edge feel for this generation\n1l callie dodson agreed \nhe carries the program in a way that demonstrates his commitment to students and the ideas of our law school she said \nmanhire said he is very supportive of the plp because it complements texas a&m laws dual mission: to make great lawyers and make great aggies although the latter is clearly redundant \nthe plp program seeks to accomplish this by focusing on how texas a&m lawyers can live the aggie core values in both their professional and personal lives he said were very grateful to stephen and nancy mosher for making this possible for our students\ndodson has enjoyed attending plp events because it helped her to step outside of her boundaries and examine her thoughts and actions\ni believe this self-reflection and awareness allows me to work towards being a better law student future lawyer classmate and friend she said \nlearn more about the professional leadership program at texas a&m school of law\nlearn more about stephen and nancy mosher\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['230', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-green-delivers-keynote-on-responses-to-racially-biased-behaviors', '\nProfessor Michael Z. Green\nTexas A&M University School of Law Professor Michael Z. Green was the keynote speaker at the symposium, "Out of the Shadows: Implicit Bias, Institutional Responses,” on April 15 at the University of Oregon School of Law. \n\nGreen gave the closing evening lecture, “Civility and Mediation as Workplace Responses to Conscious Disregard of Racially-Biased Behaviors.” The presentation, which also discussed Green’s recent paper, “Negotiating While Black,” was captured via livestreaming and is available on YouTube. \n\nProfessor Jennifer Reynolds, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center at Oregon Law, discussed Green’s “provocative" lecture in the post “Green on Race and ADR,” for the blog Indisputably. Reynolds said Green “pointed out that a rights-based way of thinking often ignores toxic workplace incivility.”\n\nReynolds also noted how Green questioned whether we should put aside right-based arguments and “strive to behave civilly toward our co-workers and others.” In this respect, Reynolds concluded that “civility acts, as [Green] points out, as a response to implicit bias and conscious disregard of bias” in the workplace.\n\nGreen said the presentation “highlighted a number of racial incidents over the last few years at college campuses and workplaces and suggested how focusing on civility and using mediation could have improved the resolution of those matters.” \n\nGreen’s presentation also discussed a preliminary paper resulting from his ongoing scholarship on workplace dispute resolution and race, a topic he is collaborating on with Texas A&M University School of Law Eminent Scholar in Residence and Visiting Professor and Faculty Fellow of the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study, Richard Delgado, as part of a law review symposium on prejudice and alternative dispute resolution scheduled for spring 2017.\n\nGreen, a recent recipient of the Paul Stephen Miller Memorial Award, is an elected \u200bFellow of \u200bthe College of Labor and Employment Law and an elected member of the American Law Institute.\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nprofessor michael z green\ntexas a&m university school of law professor michael z green was the keynote speaker at the symposium "out of the shadows: implicit bias institutional responses on april 15 at the university of oregon school of law \n\ngreen gave the closing evening lecture civility and mediation as workplace responses to conscious disregard of racially-biased behaviors the presentation which also discussed greens recent paper negotiating while black was captured via livestreaming and is available on youtube \n\nprofessor jennifer reynolds associate professor of law and faculty director of the appropriate dispute resolution center at oregon law discussed greens provocative" lecture in the post green on race and adr for the blog indisputably reynolds said green pointed out that a rights-based way of thinking often ignores toxic workplace incivility\n\nreynolds also noted how green questioned whether we should put aside right-based arguments and strive to behave civilly toward our co-workers and others in this respect reynolds concluded that civility acts as [green] points out as a response to implicit bias and conscious disregard of bias in the workplace\n\ngreen said the presentation highlighted a number of racial incidents over the last few years at college campuses and workplaces and suggested how focusing on civility and using mediation could have improved the resolution of those matters \n\ngreens presentation also discussed a preliminary paper resulting from his ongoing scholarship on workplace dispute resolution and race a topic he is collaborating on with texas a&m university school of law eminent scholar in residence and visiting professor and faculty fellow of the texas a&m university institute for advanced study richard delgado as part of a law review symposium on prejudice and alternative dispute resolution scheduled for spring 2017\n\ngreen a recent recipient of the paul stephen miller memorial award is an elected \u200bfellow of \u200bthe college of labor and employment law and an elected member of the american law institute\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['231', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/a-day-at-the-uspto-for-ip-technology-clinic-students', '\nTexas A&M Law IP \u200b& Technology Clinic students Mary Garner, Jennifer Rackley, Kaylene Garcia, Professor Megan Carpenter, John Hickman, Kirsten King, Nikki Mershams, Yasmine Salem Hamdan, Tave Doty, Alexia Quintero at the USPTO.\n\nStudents from the law school’s Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic visited the United States Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 6, 2016, for "A Day at the USPTO." The nine \u200bTexas A&M University School of Law students, one of the largest student groups participating, were accompanied by Professor Megan Carpenter, Co-Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) and Faculty Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic and the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic. The mix of second-year and third-year Aggie Law students represented both of the school’s USPTO certified clinics in Patents and Trademarks.\nStudents spent the day at the USPTO’s main campus listening to presentations about the workings of the USPTO. Presentations included talks from the Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline, the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO, the Chief Administrative Trademark Judge, the Commissioner for Patents, administrative judges for both patents and trademarks, and the Acting Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor.\nThe program included an opportunity for the students to attend several roundtable discussions with employees from diverse areas within the USPTO: the Patent Quality Initiative, Human Resources, the Office of Enrollment and Discipline, Patent Examiners, and Trademark Examiners. During these roundtables, students from all attending schools were able to ask questions about what it was like to work at the USPTO, planned future initiatives, practicing in front of the USPTO as a trademark or patent attorney, and how to get a job with the USPTO.\nIn the afternoon the students attended a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board hearing, listening \u200bto a trademark examiner and the attorney for a potential trademark debate if the trademark should be allowed registration. Afterward the Aggie Law students discussed their thoughts on the hearing and what they had learned from the oral arguments with Professor Carpenter. The day’s program ended with networking opportunities to meet students from other law schools as well as speak further with USPTO attorneys and staff.\nWhile in town, the group was able to meet up with current Aggie Law students working in the nation’s capital as part of the Texas A&M School of Law Residency Externship Program in Public Policy. The students also found some time to visit various monuments across the river in Washington D.C. proper, including a late-night trip to the White House and an afternoon stop at the U.S. Supreme Court.\n\n- Article and photos contributed by Texas A&M University School of Law third-year student Mary Garner.\n', '\ntexas a&m law ip \u200b& technology clinic students mary garner jennifer rackley kaylene garcia professor megan carpenter john hickman kirsten king nikki mershams yasmine salem hamdan tave doty alexia quintero at the uspto\n\nstudents from the law schools intellectual property & technology law clinic visited the united states patent and trademark office headquarters in alexandria virginia on april 6 2016 for "a day at the uspto" the nine \u200btexas a&m university school of law students one of the largest student groups participating were accompanied by professor megan carpenter co-director of the center for law and intellectual property (clip) and faculty director of the intellectual property and technology law clinic and the entrepreneurship law clinic the mix of second-year and third-year aggie law students represented both of the schools uspto certified clinics in patents and trademarks\nstudents spent the day at the usptos main campus listening to presentations about the workings of the uspto presentations included talks from the deputy general counsel for enrollment and discipline the deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and deputy director of the uspto the chief administrative trademark judge the commissioner for patents administrative judges for both patents and trademarks and the acting deputy general counsel for intellectual property law and solicitor\nthe program included an opportunity for the students to attend several roundtable discussions with employees from diverse areas within the uspto: the patent quality initiative human resources the office of enrollment and discipline patent examiners and trademark examiners during these roundtables students from all attending schools were able to ask questions about what it was like to work at the uspto planned future initiatives practicing in front of the uspto as a trademark or patent attorney and how to get a job with the uspto\nin the afternoon the students attended a trademark trial and appeal board hearing listening \u200bto a trademark examiner and the attorney for a potential trademark debate if the trademark should be allowed registration afterward the aggie law students discussed their thoughts on the hearing and what they had learned from the oral arguments with professor carpenter the days program ended with networking opportunities to meet students from other law schools as well as speak further with uspto attorneys and staff\nwhile in town the group was able to meet up with current aggie law students working in the nations capital as part of the texas a&m school of law residency externship program in public policy the students also found some time to visit various monuments across the river in washington dc proper including a late-night trip to the white house and an afternoon stop at the us supreme court\n\n- article and photos contributed by texas a&m university school of law third-year student mary garner\n']

['232', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-vishnubhakat-shapes-patent-policy-debate-with-empirical-research', '\nProfessor Saurabh Vishnubhakat\nProfessor Saurabh Vishnubhakat, one of the new members of the nationally recognized intellectual property faculty at Texas A&M University School of Law, regularly uses empirical data in his research on the patent system. Data-driven research is now influencing how the media discuss patent issues, how lawyers argue patent cases, and even how courts decide them.\n\nHis latest paper, "Strategic Decision Making in Dual PTAB and District Court Proceedings," examines how companies take their patent disputes between administrative proceedings in the Patent Office and litigation in federal court. Vishnubhakat and his co-authors, Duke Law professor Arti Rai and Illinois Law professor Jay Kesan, all previously served as U.S. Patent Office advisors and combine a wealth of experience on the agency’s operations.\n\nThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has now cited Vishnubhakat and his co-authors in deciding a Patent Office-related case. Judge Jimmie V. Reyna’s concurring opinion relied on the paper to explain important strategic effects of choosing the agency to challenge patent validity.\n\nIn recent weeks, the paper has also been cited extensively in U.S. Supreme Court briefs for the pending Cuozzo case. The paper underscored arguments by the case petitioner and by five amici curiae, including the Federal Circuit Bar Association and an industry consortium made up of 3M, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Qualcomm and others.\n\nJust days after the paper went online, the legal news site Law360 interviewed Vishnubhakat for a special report, and the blogs PatentlyO and Written Description featured it as well.\n\nJudges have cited Vishnubhakat’s work before. His very first paper, based on his law review note, surveyed how state defendants were escaping into federal court using a newly popular and controversial loophole. The paper was cited in two federal court decisions in 2013.\n\n“Understanding things empirically is something we all do,” says Vishnubhakat. “We look around us and make inferences and judgments about how the world works. When the law is what’s at stake, it’s important to be more precise in our thinking, and to test our assumptions.”\n ', '\nprofessor saurabh vishnubhakat\nprofessor saurabh vishnubhakat one of the new members of the nationally recognized intellectual property faculty at texas a&m university school of law regularly uses empirical data in his research on the patent system data-driven research is now influencing how the media discuss patent issues how lawyers argue patent cases and even how courts decide them\n\nhis latest paper "strategic decision making in dual ptab and district court proceedings " examines how companies take their patent disputes between administrative proceedings in the patent office and litigation in federal court vishnubhakat and his co-authors duke law professor arti rai and illinois law professor jay kesan all previously served as us patent office advisors and combine a wealth of experience on the agencys operations\n\nthe us court of appeals for the federal circuit has now cited vishnubhakat and his co-authors in deciding a patent office-related case judge jimmie v reynas concurring opinion relied on the paper to explain important strategic effects of choosing the agency to challenge patent validity\n\nin recent weeks the paper has also been cited extensively in us supreme court briefs for the pending cuozzo case the paper underscored arguments by the case petitioner and by five amici curiae including the federal circuit bar association and an industry consortium made up of 3m eli lilly johnson & johnson pfizer procter & gamble qualcomm and others\n\njust days after the paper went online the legal news site law360 interviewed vishnubhakat for a special report and the blogs patentlyo and written description featured it as well\n\njudges have cited vishnubhakats work before his very first paper based on his law review note surveyed how state defendants were escaping into federal court using a newly popular and controversial loophole the paper was cited in two federal court decisions in 2013\n\nunderstanding things empirically is something we all do says vishnubhakat we look around us and make inferences and judgments about how the world works when the law is whats at stake its important to be more precise in our thinking and to test our assumptions\n ']

['233', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/2016-aggie-law-big-event', '\nTexas A&M University School of Law students, faculty and staff and their families participated in the law school’s third Big Event on April 16. This annual service project is an opportunity for Texas A&M Law to say "Thank You" and give back to the community.\n\nMore than 150 volunteers worked at 10 sites around Fort Worth: Journey Home (Presbyterian Night Shelter); Liberty House; Tarrant Area Food Bank; Community Food Bank; Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge; Fort Worth Parks; Fort Worth Botanic Garden; Morningside Children\'s Partnership; Catholic Charities; and the\u200b FWPD Graffiti Abatement Program. \n\n2L Laura Falco, the Student Bar Association Philanthropic Chair, served as this year’s Aggie Law Big Event Director. She said the community organizations they worked with were very grateful and happy. For example, the Tarrant Area Food Bank was “extremely appreciative” that two groups of volunteers helped make donation boxes. \n\n“Another job site we worked at was painting homes through Morningside Children\'s Partnership and the homeowners were very happy to see the students out there,” Falco said.\n\n2L Jonathan Heathman was among the volunteers and said it’s more than just giving back to the community.\n\n“It was a great way to bond with fellow students, faculty and staff,” he said.\n\nFalco said using \u200ban opportunity to help people and give back is simply what Aggies do.\n\n“It gives us \u200b\u200ba chance to build the Texas A&M Law community and integrate it with the broader Fort Worth community.”\n\nShawna Smith, Program Coordinator for Student Affairs, said this was her first Big Event. She was very impressed with the turnout and dedication. \n\n“I had a great time volunteering and servicing the Fort Worth community,” she said.\xa0 “My favorite part was singing the Aggie War Hymn at check-in. I am looking forward to Big Event 2017.”\n\n\u200bLocal sponsors generously supported the Aggie Law Big Event. The Texas A&M Law Student Affairs Office provided \u200bT-shirts and lunch, Dasani donated bottled water, Jason’s Deli provided fruit trays, Habitat for Humanity donated paint and all the supplies to paint the homes with Morningside Children\'s Partnership and Montalbano Lumber (based in Houston) also donated paint \u200bsupplies.\n\nAbout the Big Event \n\nThe Big Event is an Aggie tradition. \u200b\u200bNow the largest one-day, student-run service project in the nation, the Big Event started at the College Station campus 34 years ago with six Aggie undergraduate students. In 2016, more than 22,700 Aggies system-wide participated. The Big Event has expanded across the country and around the globe with 110 other schools in the United States and schools in Europe, Australia and Pakistan participating. Learn more.\n\nExemplifying the Aggie core value of selfless service, it provides students, faculty, staff and their families with the opportunity to give back to the community in order to thank them for their support of the school.\n\nThe Big Event is organized and run by students. The success of this year’s event is due to the hard work of the Texas A&M Law Big Event committee:\n\n2L Laura Falco – Director\n3L Amanda Martinez\n2L Andy Duane\n2L Vince Vela\n2L Tarek Abassi\n2L Madison Easterlin\n1L Steven Traeger\n1L David Ayala\n1L Paula Bowman\n1L Robin Mills \nView all the photos from the 2016 Aggie Law Big Event.\n\n\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\ntexas a&m university school of law students faculty and staff and their families participated in the law schools third big event on april 16 this annual service project is an opportunity for texas a&m law to say "thank you" and give back to the community\n\nmore than 150 volunteers worked at 10 sites around fort worth: journey home (presbyterian night shelter); liberty house; tarrant area food bank; community food bank; fort worth nature center & refuge; fort worth parks; fort worth botanic garden; morningside children\'s partnership; catholic charities; and the\u200b fwpd graffiti abatement program \n\n2l laura falco the student bar association philanthropic chair served as this years aggie law big event director she said the community organizations they worked with were very grateful and happy for example the tarrant area food bank was extremely appreciative that two groups of volunteers helped make donation boxes \n\nanother job site we worked at was painting homes through morningside children\'s partnership and the homeowners were very happy to see the students out there falco said\n\n2l jonathan heathman was among the volunteers and said its more than just giving back to the community\n\nit was a great way to bond with fellow students faculty and staff he said\n\nfalco said using \u200ban opportunity to help people and give back is simply what aggies do\n\nit gives us \u200b\u200ba chance to build the texas a&m law community and integrate it with the broader fort worth community\n\nshawna smith program coordinator for student affairs said this was her first big event she was very impressed with the turnout and dedication \n\ni had a great time volunteering and servicing the fort worth community she said\xa0 my favorite part was singing the aggie war hymn at check-in i am looking forward to big event 2017\n\n\u200blocal sponsors generously supported the aggie law big event the texas a&m law student affairs office provided \u200bt-shirts and lunch dasani donated bottled water jasons deli provided fruit trays habitat for humanity donated paint and all the supplies to paint the homes with morningside children\'s partnership and montalbano lumber (based in houston) also donated paint \u200bsupplies\n\nabout the big event \n\nthe big event is an aggie tradition \u200b\u200bnow the largest one-day student-run service project in the nation the big event started at the college station campus 34 years ago with six aggie undergraduate students in 2016 more than 22 700 aggies system-wide participated the big event has expanded across the country and around the globe with 110 other schools in the united states and schools in europe australia and pakistan participating learn more\n\nexemplifying the aggie core value of selfless service it provides students faculty staff and their families with the opportunity to give back to the community in order to thank them for their support of the school\n\nthe big event is organized and run by students the success of this years event is due to the hard work of the texas a&m law big event committee:\n\n2l laura falco – director\n3l amanda martinez\n2l andy duane\n2l vince vela\n2l tarek abassi\n2l madison easterlin\n1l steven traeger\n1l david ayala\n1l paula bowman\n1l robin mills \nview all the photos from the 2016 aggie law big event\n\n\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']

['234', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/prof-yu-discusses-moral-rights-at-library-of-congress', '\nCo-director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law, Professor Peter Yu, shared his perspective on moral rights protection at a copyright law symposium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 18.\n\xa0\nTitled "Authors, Attribution, and Integrity: Examining Moral Rights in the United States," the day-long symposium was organized by the U.S. Copyright Office in conjunction with the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason University School of Law. \nThe event launched the Copyright Office’s analysis on the role of moral rights protection in the United States.\n\xa0\nYu\'s panel examined the current state of protection in the United States, including its unique "patchwork" approach of federal and state laws. The panel featured representatives of the Association of American Publishers, the Authors Alliance, the National Press Photographers Association and the Screen Actors Guild.\n\xa0\nAlso participating in the symposium were Maria Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights; Melvin Gibbs, a Grammy-nominated songwriter; Jane Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School; Scott Martin, Executive Vice-President of Intellectual Property, Paramount Pictures; and Scott Turow, best-selling author of Presumed Innocent.\n\xa0\nBorn and raised in Hong Kong, Yu is an award-winning teacher and a world-renowned expert in international intellectual property law. He is the author or editor of six books and more than 100 law review articles and book chapters.\nYu has testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission and has worked closely with Hong Kong legislators on digital copyright reform. He currently serves as the general editor of the peer-edited WIPO Journal, published by the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization. He also chairs the Committee on International Intellectual Property of the American Branch of the International Law Association.\n\xa0\nThe Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) at Texas A&M University School of Law is a leading international hub for research and education in the intellectual property field. Most recently, peer surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report have ranked Texas A&M Law among the top 14 intellectual property law programs in the United States.\n ', '\nco-director of the center for law and intellectual property at texas a&m university school of law professor peter yu shared his perspective on moral rights protection at a copyright law symposium at the library of congress in washington dc on april 18\n\xa0\ntitled "authors attribution and integrity: examining moral rights in the united states " the day-long symposium was organized by the us copyright office in conjunction with the center for the protection of intellectual property at george mason university school of law \nthe event launched the copyright offices analysis on the role of moral rights protection in the united states\n\xa0\nyu\'s panel examined the current state of protection in the united states including its unique "patchwork" approach of federal and state laws the panel featured representatives of the association of american publishers the authors alliance the national press photographers association and the screen actors guild\n\xa0\nalso participating in the symposium were maria pallante us register of copyrights; melvin gibbs a grammy-nominated songwriter; jane ginsburg morton l janklow professor of literary and artistic property law columbia law school; scott martin executive vice-president of intellectual property paramount pictures; and scott turow best-selling author of presumed innocent\n\xa0\nborn and raised in hong kong yu is an award-winning teacher and a world-renowned expert in international intellectual property law he is the author or editor of six books and more than 100 law review articles and book chapters\nyu has testified before the us international trade commission and has worked closely with hong kong legislators on digital copyright reform he currently serves as the general editor of the peer-edited wipo journal published by the un world intellectual property organization he also chairs the committee on international intellectual property of the american branch of the international law association\n\xa0\nthe center for law and intellectual property (clip) at texas a&m university school of law is a leading international hub for research and education in the intellectual property field most recently peer surveys conducted by us news & world report have ranked texas a&m law among the top 14 intellectual property law programs in the united states\n ']

['235', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/texas-a-m-law-school-aggie-ring-day', "\n\n\nEighty-four Texas A&M University School of Law students received their Aggie Rings on Friday, April 8, at the law school in Fort Worth.\nDirector of Former Students, Alumni and External Relations Kristi Kaiser Trail ’00 welcomed students, faculty, staff, family and friends. She received her ring on April 6, 2000, and wears it with pride. \n“My Aggie Ring turned sweet sixteen on Wednesday,” she said. \n3L Mark Lister '92,\nLt. Col., USMC (ret.)\n3L Mark Lister ’92 delivered remarks on the history and tradition of the Aggie Ring and shared his journey with the ring and its purpose. \nHe said that while every ring is identical, they’re also unique. \n“Every ring has a story,” he said. “Your ring has a story. Your story started the day you stepped foot on campus.” \nLister is a retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel. While in combat, he said the crest of his ring was removed. He made sure to save the crest so it could be placed back on the ring. He wears the same ring to this day. \nTrail said in the unlikely event that your ring is destroyed, no worries, it is under warranty.\xa0 \nDean and Anthony G. Buzbee Dean’s Endowed Chair Andrew Morriss said that what every lawyer needs is a network. \n“The Aggie Network is symbolized by that ring,” he said. “It’s a great honor to wear that ring, and it’s also a great responsibility.\nMorriss and Rosalind Jeffers, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, presented the Aggie Rings to students from the class of ’15, ’16 and ’17.\nLearn more about the Aggie Ring tradition. The next Law School Ring Day \u200bwill be held September 16, 2016.\n\nSee all the Spring 2016 Law School Aggie Ring Day photos \u200bin our Facebook \u200bphoto album.\n\n\n\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n", "\n\n\neighty-four texas a&m university school of law students received their aggie rings on friday april 8 at the law school in fort worth\ndirector of former students alumni and external relations kristi kaiser trail 00 welcomed students faculty staff family and friends she received her ring on april 6 2000 and wears it with pride \nmy aggie ring turned sweet sixteen on wednesday she said \n3l mark lister '92 \nlt col usmc (ret)\n3l mark lister 92 delivered remarks on the history and tradition of the aggie ring and shared his journey with the ring and its purpose \nhe said that while every ring is identical theyre also unique \nevery ring has a story he said your ring has a story your story started the day you stepped foot on campus \nlister is a retired marine corps lieutenant colonel while in combat he said the crest of his ring was removed he made sure to save the crest so it could be placed back on the ring he wears the same ring to this day \ntrail said in the unlikely event that your ring is destroyed no worries it is under warranty\xa0 \ndean and anthony g buzbee deans endowed chair andrew morriss said that what every lawyer needs is a network \nthe aggie network is symbolized by that ring he said its a great honor to wear that ring and its also a great responsibility\nmorriss and rosalind jeffers assistant dean for student affairs presented the aggie rings to students from the class of 15 16 and 17\nlearn more about the aggie ring tradition the next law school ring day \u200bwill be held september 16 2016\n\nsee all the spring 2016 law school aggie ring day photos \u200bin our facebook \u200bphoto album\n\n\n\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n"]

['236', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/tamu-law-to-welcome-former-uspto-director-and-distinguished-intellectual-property-scholars', '\nOn April 15-16, 2016, more than 40 leading intellectual property (IP) scholars will speak at the "Intellectual Property in All the New Places" Symposium at Texas A&M University School of Law.\nThis symposium will examine new situations in which IP issues may arise. Topics will range from 3D printing to artificial intelligence and from craft beer innovation to post-human inventions.\nMore information about the symposium is available online.\nDavid J. Kappos, keynote speaker\nServing as the keynote speaker is David J. Kappos, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Kappos is currently a partner at the New York-based law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.\n\xa0\nAmong the distinguished presenters are leading IP \u200bfaculty from Harvard, Oxford, NYU, Pennsylvania, Virginia, UCLA and Illinois. The symposium also features international scholars from Canada, China, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom.\n\xa0\xa0\n"My colleagues and I are very excited to welcome all of these luminaries to the Law School," said Professor Peter K. Yu, who organizes this symposium and co-directs the Center for Law and Intellectual Property. "Our students not only will have the opportunity to learn directly from these distinguished presenters, but will also be able to join them in exploring issues lying at the cutting edge of the intellectual property field."\n\xa0\nThe Center for Law and Intellectual Property (CLIP) at Texas A&M University School of Law is a leading international hub for research and education in the IP field. Its accessible faculty features leading scholars in all major IP "food groups," including two patent attorneys and a former attorney advisor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\n\nMost recently, peer surveys conducted by U.S. News & World Report have ranked Texas A&M among the top 14 IP law programs in the United States. Texas A&M Law School currently boasts one of the lowest student-faculty ratios in the IP field in law schools across the country.\nTexas A&M IP Faculty\n', '\non april 15-16 2016 more than 40 leading intellectual property (ip) scholars will speak at the "intellectual property in all the new places" symposium at texas a&m university school of law\nthis symposium will examine new situations in which ip issues may arise topics will range from 3d printing to artificial intelligence and from craft beer innovation to post-human inventions\nmore information about the symposium is available online\ndavid j kappos keynote speaker\nserving as the keynote speaker is david j kappos former under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and former director of the us patent and trademark office mr kappos is currently a partner at the new york-based law firm of cravath swaine & moore llp\n\xa0\namong the distinguished presenters are leading ip \u200bfaculty from harvard oxford nyu pennsylvania virginia ucla and illinois the symposium also features international scholars from canada china hong kong the netherlands new zealand sweden and the united kingdom\n\xa0\xa0\n"my colleagues and i are very excited to welcome all of these luminaries to the law school " said professor peter k yu who organizes this symposium and co-directs the center for law and intellectual property "our students not only will have the opportunity to learn directly from these distinguished presenters but will also be able to join them in exploring issues lying at the cutting edge of the intellectual property field"\n\xa0\nthe center for law and intellectual property (clip) at texas a&m university school of law is a leading international hub for research and education in the ip field its accessible faculty features leading scholars in all major ip "food groups " including two patent attorneys and a former attorney advisor of the us patent and trademark office\n\nmost recently peer surveys conducted by us news & world report have ranked texas a&m among the top 14 ip law programs in the united states texas a&m law school currently boasts one of the lowest student-faculty ratios in the ip field in law schools across the country\ntexas a&m ip faculty\n']

['237', 'https://law.tamu.edu/media/news-media-resources/story/bonanno-receives-buck-weirus-spirit-award', '\nMicheal Young, Texas A\u200b&M University President; Daniel Pugh Jr., Texas A&M University Vice President for Student Affairs (on left); and Porter S. Garner III \'79, The Association of Former Students President and CEO (on right); present the Buck Weirus Spirit Award to Texas A&M Law School 3L Danielle Bonanno.\n\nThe Texas A&M University Association of Former Students presented Texas A&M School of Law third-year student Danielle Bonanno the 2016 Buck Weirus Spirit Award at a ceremony during Parents Weekend on April 10 in College Station.\n\nThe Buck Weirus Spirit Award is named in honor of Richard “Buck” Weirus ’42 to recognize students for outstanding contributions to student life programs at Texas A&M. The award honors 55 students within the entire A&M system who demonstrate high involvement, create positive experiences in the Aggie community, impact student life and enhance the Aggie spirit. Award recipients received a unique commemorative watch and framed certificate.\n\n“To think that there are over 60,000 students at Texas A&M and only 55 of them receive this award annually, you recognize how great this achievement truly is,” said Kristi Kaiser Trail \'00, Director of Former Students, Alumni and External Relations at the law school.\n\nDianna Weirus Burke, daughter of the award\'s namesake, Buck Weirus \'42, with 2016 award recipient Danielle Bonanno\nOut of the 55 recipients, usually only two to five are professional/graduate students. Bonanno is the second Aggie law student to receive this award. The first was Erin Bullard (B.A. ’10 & J.D. ’14), who was a recipient in 2014.\n\nBonanno is currently president of the Student Bar Association (SBA), in which she has been involved for the past three years. She has served as an Academic Support Teaching Assistant for two years. In this role, she acts as a mentor and provides first-year students with the keys to law school and career success. \n\nShe has also been a Public Interest Law Fellow for two years, during which she worked with the SafeHaven legal team one summer, and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in felony court another summer. She has a dream of working in the public interest law sector, and said being a fellow has made that a reality.\n\n“This opportunity has been one of my most invaluable experiences,” Bonanno said of Law Fellowship. \n\nShe said being a part of these organizations has \u200bexpanded her leadership skills and has helped to prepare her to be a contributing member of the legal field. \n\n"They have taken the qualities that I already possessed and expounded them,” she said. “My experiences in these student organizations have shaped me into a professional that can handle great responsibility, perfected my time management skills, and helped prepare me for a career in public interest law.”\n\nTexas A\u200b&M School of Law Director of Former Students, Alumni and External Relations, Kristi Kaiser Trail \'00; Danielle\'s mother Christine Bonanno; Danielle Bonanno; Michael Young; Texas A&M School of Law Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Rosalind Jeffers\u200b; and Texas A&M School of Law Professor Joe Spurlock \'60.\n\nBonanno said all the faculty and staff at the law school have had a part in shaping her into the law student and future Aggie lawyer she is. A few she mentioned are Dean Rosalind Jeffers and the Student Affairs staff; Natalia Cashen; Camesha Little; Deb Barnett; professors Meg Penrose, Stephen Alton, Neil Sobol and Malinda Seymore; and Trail, who encouraged her to apply for the award.\n\n“I reached out to Danielle and encouraged her to apply for the Spirit Award, as she embodies every characteristic of the past recipients that I have known, when I was a student at Texas A&M,” Trail said. “She has made a huge impact on the student life here at the law school through her leadership with SBA and the Law Fellowship, just to name a few. Her involvement and the time she spends on campus in meeting with not just students but the faculty and staff, shows her dedication to making this a great place to go to law school.”\n\nBonanno came to the law school wanting “to truly BE an Aggie” by serving her campus and the students as an Aggie leader. She feels receiving the Buck Weirus Spirit Award is validation that she achieved her goal.\n\nBonanno said it still hasn’t set in that she was selected when there are so many other well deserving candidates for the award. \n\n“Our law school has an amazing group of student leaders that dedicate much of their ‘free’ time to bettering our campus and I am ecstatic that they picked me.”\n\nThe 2016 Texas A&M Buck Weirus Award recipients\n- Article by Jennifer Nassar, Communications Specialist, Texas A&M University School of Law\n', '\nmicheal young texas a\u200b&m university president; daniel pugh jr texas a&m university vice president for student affairs (on left); and porter s garner iii \'79 the association of former students president and ceo (on right); present the buck weirus spirit award to texas a&m law school 3l danielle bonanno\n\nthe texas a&m university association of former students presented texas a&m school of law third-year student danielle bonanno the 2016 buck weirus spirit award at a ceremony during parents weekend on april 10 in college station\n\nthe buck weirus spirit award is named in honor of richard buck weirus 42 to recognize students for outstanding contributions to student life programs at texas a&m the award honors 55 students within the entire a&m system who demonstrate high involvement create positive experiences in the aggie community impact student life and enhance the aggie spirit award recipients received a unique commemorative watch and framed certificate\n\nto think that there are over 60 000 students at texas a&m and only 55 of them receive this award annually you recognize how great this achievement truly is said kristi kaiser trail \'00 director of former students alumni and external relations at the law school\n\ndianna weirus burke daughter of the award\'s namesake buck weirus \'42 with 2016 award recipient danielle bonanno\nout of the 55 recipients usually only two to five are professional/graduate students bonanno is the second aggie law student to receive this award the first was erin bullard (ba 10 & jd 14) who was a recipient in 2014\n\nbonanno is currently president of the student bar association (sba) in which she has been involved for the past three years she has served as an academic support teaching assistant for two years in this role she acts as a mentor and provides first-year students with the keys to law school and career success \n\nshe has also been a public interest law fellow for two years during which she worked with the safehaven legal team one summer and the dallas county district attorneys office in felony court another summer she has a dream of working in the public interest law sector and said being a fellow has made that a reality\n\nthis opportunity has been one of my most invaluable experiences bonanno said of law fellowship \n\nshe said being a part of these organizations has \u200bexpanded her leadership skills and has helped to prepare her to be a contributing member of the legal field \n\n"they have taken the qualities that i already possessed and expounded them she said my experiences in these student organizations have shaped me into a professional that can handle great responsibility perfected my time management skills and helped prepare me for a career in public interest law\n\ntexas a\u200b&m school of law director of former students alumni and external relations kristi kaiser trail \'00; danielle\'s mother christine bonanno; danielle bonanno; michael young; texas a&m school of law associate dean for student affairs rosalind jeffers\u200b; and texas a&m school of law professor joe spurlock \'60\n\nbonanno said all the faculty and staff at the law school have had a part in shaping her into the law student and future aggie lawyer she is a few she mentioned are dean rosalind jeffers and the student affairs staff; natalia cashen; camesha little; deb barnett; professors meg penrose stephen alton neil sobol and malinda seymore; and trail who encouraged her to apply for the award\n\ni reached out to danielle and encouraged her to apply for the spirit award as she embodies every characteristic of the past recipients that i have known when i was a student at texas a&m trail said she has made a huge impact on the student life here at the law school through her leadership with sba and the law fellowship just to name a few her involvement and the time she spends on campus in meeting with not just students but the faculty and staff shows her dedication to making this a great place to go to law school\n\nbonanno came to the law school wanting to truly be an aggie by serving her campus and the students as an aggie leader she feels receiving the buck weirus spirit award is validation that she achieved her goal\n\nbonanno said it still hasnt set in that she was selected when there are so many other well deserving candidates for the award \n\nour law school has an amazing group of student leaders that dedicate much of their ‘free time to bettering our campus and i am ecstatic that they picked me\n\nthe 2016 texas a&m buck weirus award recipients\n- article by jennifer nassar communications specialist texas a&m university school of law\n']