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Celebrating the Women of STCL Houston: Dean Elizabeth Dennis

March 23, 2022

South Texas College of Law Houston Assistant Dean Elizabeth A. “Liz” Dennis began her career in the arts, working for Art League Houston and the Houston Grand Opera. Then her life vision took her on a new career path. “I was...

South Texas Alumna and Baker Botts Partner Keri D. Brown Receives Statewide Honor

March 22, 2022

Posted in STCL News, Alumni

South Texas College of Law Houston alumna Keri D. Brown ’06, a partner at Baker Botts L.L.P., received the 2022 Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award from the Texas Bar Foundation, a prestigious honor given annually to an outstanding Texas lawyer. Brown...

STCL Houston Law Professor, Harvard Law Classmate to U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Judge Jackson Witnesses Hearings Firsthand, Shares Insights on Candidate with National Media

March 22, 2022

Posted in STCL News

For South Texas College of Law Houston Law Professor Njeri Mathis Rutledge’s birthday Monday, she received the ultimate present: tickets to attend the first two days of confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee for the U.S Supreme Court. “I...

Women Mentoring Women: How the STCL Houston Women’s Law Society Began

March 21, 2022

Posted in Features

South Texas alumnae April Haynes Taylor ’17, chief executive officer at Opulent Transport, LLC, and Courtney Lynch ’17, associate with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, left a lasting legacy at the law school. As co-founders of the Women’s Law Society,...

President of Women’s Law Society Reflects on Influential Women in Her Life

March 15, 2022

Posted in Features

Victoria Harmeyer, a South Texas 3L and president of the Women’s Law Society, admired legal work and its positive results even before she understood her dad’s career.

South Texas VP Cathy Burnett Has Helped Legal Field Change for Women

March 14, 2022

Posted in Features

Cathy Burnett, vice president, associate dean for experiential learning, and director of the pro bono honors program, has been practicing and teaching law for more than 40 years. Her favorite part of teaching law is helping students “learn by doing” so...

Prioritizing Student Health and Wellbeing at STCL Houston

March 14, 2022

Posted in Students

Wellness Wednesdays, an online wellness kit, and an intention-setting event are just a few of the fresh wellness initiatives implemented at South Texas this academic year by Jazmine Rivera, student support specialist hired last November to join the Student Support...

Eric Williams II Only 2022 National Jurist Law Student of the Year Named from a Texas Law School

March 9, 2022

Posted in STCL News

Eric B. Williams II, a third-year student at South Texas College of Law Houston for whom law is his second career, was the only honoree from a Texas law school named a prestigious National Jurist Magazine 2022 Law Student of...

City of Houston Proclaims March 8, 2022, as Genora K. Boykins Day

March 8, 2022

Posted in STCL News

At the March 8 City Council meeting, Councilman Michael Kubosh read a proclamation celebrating the many achievements of South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) alumna and board chair Genora K. Boykins ’85, and Mayor Sylvester Turner officially declared...

Free March 19 “Fresh Start” Event Designed to Help Qualified Individuals

March 8, 2022

Posted in 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...