STCL News

The Benny Agosto, Jr. Diversity Center at South Texas College of Law Houston and Porter|Hedges will co-sponsor Clearing Criminal Records: Fresh Start Initiative March 19 to allow individuals to discuss options and next steps about their cases with volunteer lawyers. The...

The AMICUS and Women’s Law Society will host a speaker series throughout the month of March featuring four trailblazing queer women from the Houston area. This series, part of the law school’s Women’s History Month celebration, will be held at the...

The Black Law Students Association at South Texas College of Law Houston is hosting a panel discussion Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. featuring four prominent Black attorneys from the Houston area. The event, part of the law school’s Black History Month...

Six South Texas College of Law Houston students are participating Feb. 10-12 in the American Bar Association’s virtual Judicial Clerkship Program (JCP), designed to foster relationships between judges and law students of color. The goals of the event include encouraging more...

Catina Haynes Perry ’06, an attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, recently became the first Black female president of the South Texas College of Law Houston Alumni Association. She graduated from STCL Houston with honors in...

The case Ten years before videos of a police officer suffocating George Floyd launched nationwide protests, Jamail Amron called 911 asking for help. Paramedics arrived, followed by deputies with Harris County Constable Precinct 4. 

Last week, South Texas College of Law Houston Professor Ryan H. Nelson, joined by Gerstein Harrow LLP and the National Legal Advocacy Network, filed an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of...

The advocates in South Texas College of Law Houston’s Immigration Initiatives, comprising the Asylum/Human Trafficking Clinic and Immigration Clinic, represent clients in challenging, often life or death situations, and most of the clients do not have the funds or networks...