Current students and their families, alumni, faculty, and staff of South Texas College of Law Houston gathered recently to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the rich diversity of Houston’s oldest law school. Organized by the school’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), the event featured catered Asian-American cuisine, larger-than-life decorations, and festive dance […]
South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) recently hosted the state’s fifth-annual Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Competition, in which high school students from YES Prep West Campus argued a fictional case involving the First and Fifth Amendments in courtrooms throughout the law school. This is the only competition of its kind in Texas. Competition judges, […]
The International Society for Animal Rights (ISAR) recently honored South Texas College of Law Houston’s Animal Law Clinic (ALC) — the first and only of its kind in Texas — with its “Seeds Award,” created to “honor individuals and not-for-profit entities who have made exceptional contributions to the important and burgeoning field of animal law.” […]
Students in South Texas College of Law Houston’s (STCL Houston) Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) applied their classroom learning last weekend, easing financial burdens for dozens of Houston taxpayers — while simultaneously easing the caseload of the U.S. Tax Court. Partnering with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel’s Office, STCL Houston invited taxpayers with pending […]
Law students from across the country will have the opportunity to study with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the summer of 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (CILE) — which includes South Texas College of Law Houston, California Western School of Law, New England Law | Boston, and […]
With a new $24,000 grant from this year’s “Night Court” — billed as “Houston’s All-Lawyer Charity Show” — South Texas College of Law Houston’s (STCL Houston) Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics and its clients have plenty to sing and dance about. As the second-largest supporter of the whimsical, annual fundraiser featuring the theatrical performance of […]