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South Texas Professor Receives HBA Award for Extensive Pro Bono Service

May 4, 2022

Dr. Mark E. Steiner, professor of law at South Texas College of Law Houston, was honored for his dedicated pro bono service during the 2022 Houston Bar Association (HBA) Harris County Bench Bar Pro Bono Awards ceremony May 3 at...

Bright Future: Clerkship, Big Law Role Await Second-Career 3L Brigette Dechant Upon Graduation

May 4, 2022

Posted in Alumni

Brigette Dechant, a third-year South Texas law student and national-champion advocate who will graduate magna cum laude May 21, spent seven years building a career before realizing she needed law school to advance further.

Recognizing Arab American Month: Alexander Zaibaq, 2L

April 29, 2022

Posted in Students

I am a 2L here at South Texas College of Law Houston. I’ve been very involved with the Student Bar Association, I’m the vice president-elect for 2022-23 school year. I served as a freshman senator for STCL Houston during my...

Recognizing Arab American Month: Nadine Rabah, 2L

April 27, 2022

Posted in Students

I am a 2L here at South Texas College of Law Houston, and I’m expecting to graduate in May 2023. During my time here, I’ve been active with the Student Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi, CURRENTS: Journal of International Economic...

Classroom to Corporate Counsel: Transactional Practice Education Comes in Handy for Recent Alumnus

April 26, 2022

Posted in Alumni

Kyle Vento '21, an alumnus of the Transactional Practice program, joined Transocean's in-house practice group as corporate counsel after graduation. While working through the challenges of a personal music licensing project, Vento became interested in contracts, intellectual property and entertainment law...

Transactional Practice Alumnus Champions Experiential Learning

April 26, 2022

Posted in Alumni

Gaspar Gonzalez ’21 is an associate attorney for Wilson Cribbs + Goren — one of the largest real estate practice firms in Houston — and the youngest member of STCL Houston’s Transactional Practice Advisory Board. As a second-career student, Gonzalez chose to pursue...

South Texas College of Law Houston Recognized for its Efforts in Fighting for Housing Rights

April 25, 2022

Posted in STCL News

The Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation presented South Texas College of Law Houston, along with the other partners in the Keep Harris County Housed coalition, a Fighting for Our Neighbors award during the April 23 Working Family Awards Celebration. Eric...

Alumna Rene Sigman Uses Advocacy Skills for Most Important ‘Case’ of her life

April 21, 2022

Posted in Alumni

When Rene Sigman ’02 learned her 9-year-old son Blake had cancer in 2015, she had no idea the advocacy skills she learned at South Texas and honed as a litigator would become so valuable in her personal life. Blake’s diagnosis...

STCL Houston Students Win Two National Advocacy Championships, Increase School’s Total to 138

April 19, 2022

Posted in STCL News

South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) students won two national advocacy championships last weekend, increasing the total national victories to 138 –twice as many as any other law school in the country. With these wins, STCL Houston extends its...

Nationally Ranked Conflict Resolution Program Emphasizes Experiential Learning

April 15, 2022

Posted in STCL News

South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) is nationally renowned for the quality and high number of experiential learning opportunities students can participate in during their law school experience. One area of strong focus is alternative dispute resolution (ADR),...