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Donna Brazile Delivers Powerful Remarks at South Texas Law’s Agosto Lecture

October 8, 2025

Donna Brazile — veteran political strategist, bestselling author, and ABC News correspondent — has been making her voice heard since she was a little girl, successfully advocating for a new playground in her neighborhood. During the 2025 Agosto Lecture Tuesday at South...

Juan Garcia ’04 to be Honored Oct. 9 with 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award

October 8, 2025

Posted in Alumni

Please enjoy this recent feature about the generous contribution Juan Garcia and his law partner made to the law school. Daniel Johnson ’04 and Juan Garcia ’04 — best friends since they were first-semester study partners at South Texas College...

Fall First Look Brings Together First-year Law Students and Potential Employers

October 7, 2025

Posted in STCL News

South Texas College of Law Houston’s Career Resource Center recently hosted its annual Fall First Look | Meet the Employers open house and networking event. Now in its seventh year, the event — attended by nearly 230 first-year students and 24...

Fueling Opportunity: Sean Berwald ’18

October 2, 2025

Posted in Alumni, Features

When Sean Berwald ’18 looks back on the beginning of his post-South Texas College of Law Houston life—marriage, bar passage, and his first job offer all within the same week—he calls it a whirlwind. But his journey since graduation is...

Law School Leaders: Gisela Soto, 2L

October 1, 2025

Posted in Features

Family is everything to Gisela Soto, a second-year law student and president of the Lawtina Network at South Texas College of Law Houston — including her introduction to the field of law. “My aunt, an attorney, took me under her wing...

From Survival to Service: Thai-Anh Nguyen ’09 — A Refugee’s Journey to Bridging the Justice Gap

September 29, 2025

Posted in Alumni, Features

Born in Vietnam in the early 1980s, Thai-Anh Nguyen ’09 spent his earliest years in a country with a post-war system struggling to sustain its people’s basic needs. When he was only five years old, his family left Vietnam and...

Student Spotlight: Bijaar Ishaq, 2L

September 26, 2025

Posted in Students

Why did you choose to attend South Texas College of Law Houston?When I moved to Houston, advocacy was the guiding factor in my law school search. South Texas Law’s reputation for advocacy spoke for itself, and I wanted to be...

The Rodríguezes and South Texas Law: Where Visibility Equals Possibility

September 25, 2025

Posted in Alumni, Features

When The Honorable Raúl Rodríguez ’91 takes the bench, he knows his presence carries meaning and he is representing something bigger than himself. As one of six Latino judges among 25 county-level courts in Harris County, he serves as a...

Prof. Ryan H. Nelson Receives Zimmer Memorial Award for Employment and Labor Law

September 24, 2025

Posted in STCL News

South Texas College of Law Houston’s Associate Prof. Ryan H. Nelson is this year’s recipient of the Michael J. Zimmer Memorial Award, presented at the 20th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law. The award is given annually...

Student Spotlight: Austin Daniel Brauweiler, 2L

September 19, 2025

Posted in Students

Why did you choose to attend South Texas College of Law Houston?My decision was strongly influenced by my faith, support system, and the law school’s exceptional reputation. I was raised with a deep faith in God, which ingrained in me...