Spring 2013 Graduation

Congratulations to the 102 Baylor Law School students who graduated on May 4. They now join more than 7,000 Baylor Lawyers across the nation. The commencement ceremony was held at Waco Hall on the Baylor University campus. Enjoy these highlights from the ceremony.

Midnight Breakfast Spring 2013

Finals week at Baylor Law School got off to its traditional start with the Midnight Breakfast on April 24. During Midnight Breakfast, Baylor Law School faculty members serve an evening breakfast to students as they prepare to study and take finals. Thanks to the professors, as well as Dean Toben and Associate Dean Jackson, for taking part in this event. See photos.

Law Review Write-On Results

Congratulations to the following students for writing on to the Baylor Law Review: Angel Davila, Stephen Dwyer, Ben Evans, Samantha Kessler, Doug Monkhouse, Megan Nelson, Phillip Segura, Kyle Voss. The next write-on competition will be held in the fall quarter.

Help the People of West

Go to Baylor.edu for information on events the university is organizing for the relief effort. The Extraco Events Center will be setting up to take donations starting today at 9 a.m. For information call 254-776-1660. Carter Blood Care Center will accept donations beginning at 9 a.m., Thursday in Waco. Find locations at www.carterbloodcare.org. The American Red Cross will need monetary donations. To contribute, call 254-523-4985.

Midnight Breakfast Spring 2013

Let professors serve you breakfast as you prepare for finals! The event takes place Wednesday, April 24 at 8 p.m. in the Student Lounge.

National Voir Dire Competition

Congratulations to Michael Clinton, Jeff Nielson and Sara Schretenthaler for winning the Most Professional Team Award at the National Voir Dire Competition in Kansas City April-12-13.

Thurgood Marshall Results

At the Federal Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., on April 4-5, Jacqueline Hamer was honored as the top overall speaker. Additionally, the team of Morgan McPheeters and Ryan Trammell advanced to the quarterfinals.

Baylor Advances to Finals of Transactional LawMeet

The team of Jeremy Sheng, Mackenzie Horton and Lindy Nesbitt advanced to the finals of the National Transactional LawMeet Competition in Philadelphia this past weekend. In February, the team won the Kansas City Regional. The same team qualified for nationals in 2012.

Baylor Law Wins Elliott Cup

Congratulations to the team of Morgan Harkins and Hunter Oliver, along with brief writer, Travis Cox, for winning the Elliott Cup Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in Houston. Harkins also was recognized as the Second Best Speaker. It's the second year in a row that Harkins and Oliver have won.

Pace Environmental Law Moot Results

Congratulations to the team of Patrick Bell, Mary Colligan, and Lindsey Lehrmann, who advanced to the quarterfinals at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition hosted by Pace Law School in White Plains, NY. More than 70 teams competed. Lehrmann won the Best Speaker award for the entire competition, which consisted of more than 210 individual student competitors.

Study Abroad in Scotland

Applications are being accepted for Baylor Law School's Academy of the Advocate at St Andrews, Scotland. The study abroad program is dedicated to the art of advocacy. The academy runs from July 28-Aug. 11. Find more information here.

Apply For Scholarships, Grants And More

If you're looking for scholarship, grant and clerkship opportunities, Baylor Law School collects the best of the best from around the nation. Find the right opportunity here.

Baylor Law Takes NITA Tournament of Champions

The Baylor Law School team of Leah Maxwell, Stephen Netherton, David Shaw and Blayne Thompson won the National Institute for Trial Advocacy 2012 Tournament of Champions. Netherton also won the award for Best Advocate and the team won the Team Professionalism Award. The NITA Tournament of Champions took place Oct. 24-28 and was hosted by IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. The event was co-sponsored by LexisNexis.

Baylor Team Wins Stetson National Pretrial Competition

A team from Baylor Law School won the Stetson National Pretrial Competition over the weekend of Oct. 12-13. Morgan Harkins and Taylor Romero, who won TYLA together this summer, were the team's advocates. Kyle Farrar and Kyle Voss were the team's brief writers/witnesses. Harkins also received the award for best advocate in the final round. James Willis, who competed on this team last year, was their coach.

Summer 2013 Orientation

Baylor Law School's Summer 2013 class spent the afternoon of its orientation community service project on May 10 helping to sort goods donated to the people of West, Texas, following the devastating explosion of a fertilizer plant in the town that killed at least 14 people. Watch the video.

Baylor Law Tops Texas Bar Exam Results Again

The results of the February Texas Bar exam have been released and Baylor Law is again No. 1 with a 95.56 percent pass rate. Texas has nine law schools, and since 2001 Baylor Law has been No. 1 on 17 of 24 bar exams given. "As always, the credit goes to our bright students who work so hard, to our dedicated faculty and staff colleagues, and to our wonderfully supportive University leadership," said Baylor Law School Dean Brad Toben. "With all of us working together, we again have put Baylor Law in the No. 1 slot!" Read more.

Spring Immigration Clinic Helps 40 People

Baylor Law School had another successful DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Immigration Clinic during the Spring 2013 quarter. Twenty-eight Baylor Law students volunteered to assist approximately 40 Waco-area residents with their applications. Baylor Law School Associate Professor Laura A. Hern ndez and Adjunct Professor Susan I. Nelson headed the Spring 2013 quarter DACA Immigration Clinic. Find more information here.

Jort Reform Wins Softball Championship

Congratulations to Jort Reform for winning the 2013 Baylor Law School Intramural Softball Championship. Pictured above: Back row (L-R): Cody Hill, Aimee Raimer, Kyle Layman, Hunter Palmer, Matt Royall, Ian Justice, Garrett Stump, Chris Lowry and Jordan Eskew. Front row (L-R): Jordan McDonald, Clay Davis and Monte James. Not Pictured: Justin Dertinger, Caroline Kirk, Mari Snyder, Logan Adcock, and Alyssa Sanderson.

2013 Summer/Fall Moot Court Teams

Congratulations to the Baylor Law students who have been selected for teams that will take part in the 2013 Summer/Fall Moot Court competitions. Last season, Baylor moot court teams won the Mack Kidd Administrative Law Moot Court Competition for the seventh year in a row, as well as the Elliott Cup Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. Baylor Law teams also won the regionals at the National Moot Court Competition and the National Transactional LawMeet Competition, advancing to the finals in that tournament. A complete list of team members and faculty coaches is available here.

Strasburger & Price Moot Court

Congratulations to Jack Hales and Jacob Jeffries for winning the Strasburger & Price Spring 2013 Moot Court Competition on March 25. Congratulations also go out to the runner-up team of Brittney Symons and Qin Yu. The Hon. Ken Starr, Chief Justice Tom Gray of the 10th District Court of Appeals, Chief Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas, and students Ryan Trammell and Jonathan Lowe served as judges.

HNBA Moot Court Results

Congratulations to Luda Chuba, Angel Davila and Lauren Teel on their semifinalist finish at the 18th Annual HNBA Moot Court Competition in Atlanta. There were 30 teams competing from across the country. The team will split a $4,000 cash prize. Davila earned third best speaker.

National Family Law Moot Court Results

Congratulations to Marcy Allen and Claire Carroll for advancing to the quarterfinals, and to Jonathan Lowe and Matthew Royall for advancing to the octofinals of the National Family Law Moot Court Competition. Lowe also was recognized as the seventh best speaker.

NYU Immigration Moot Court Results

The 2013 NYU Immigration Moot Court Team of Eric Dama, Anali Gatlin and Siobhan Ray advanced to the semifinals and were Best Brief winners for the second year in a row at the competition, which was held in New York City.

ABA National Moot Court Results

The ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition teams of Anneke Cronje, Michael Ellis, Mari Bryn Snyder, and Jessica Underwood advanced to the semifinals at the regional event in St. Louis. Snyder and Underwood won the Second Best Brief award (out of 36 briefs) and Ellis won the Second Best Oral Advocate award (out of more than 75 advocates).

National Moot Court Results

Congratulations to Catherine Clemons, Michael Ellis and Alice Walkley, who advanced to the octofinals of the National Moot Court Competition in New York City this week. This is an impressive result at this highly competitive tournament.