Baylor Law is pleased to announce the roster of schools participating in the 2019 The Closer transactional law competition. Beginning in 2017, this unique competition has become one of the premier transactional law contests in the country. Students from participating schools vie for a total of $10,000 in cash prizes and bragging rights as a top closer. Ten schools were selected for this year’s competition.

Midnight Breakfast will be at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17 in the Student Lounge. Baylor Law faculty will serve an evening breakfast to students before final exams begin.

Baylor Law is pleased to announce The Paper Chase Legal Writing Competition for 2018. Formerly known as The Ultimate Writer, this competition is the premier legal writing contest in Texas. $7,000 in cash prizes are up for grabs along with bragging rights as the best legal writer at a Texas law school.

The Federalist Society and Baylor Law will host the Honorable Judge Priscilla Owen at noon on Tuesday, October 2 in Room 127 at Baylor Law. She will be interviewed by Dean Brad Toben, and will be discussing her experiences on both the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

On Thursday, September 27th at 4pm, Baylor Law will host Judge Thomas M. Reavley, Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, who has spent most of his 70-year legal career in public service. Speaking on “A Life in the Law,” with Baylor Law’s Dean Brad Toben, Judge Reavley will share about his faith, morality, professionalism, and his unwavering dedication to protecting and advancing the rule of law.

Baylor Law Congratulates Vice Admiral John G. Hannink (J.D. '94) on his appointment to the position of Judge Advocate General (JAG) of the U.S. Navy, and for his appointment to the grade of Vice Admiral.

One of America's leading constitutional scholars and former presidential adviser Philip Bobbitt will deliver the featured lecture at the fourth annual John and Marie Chiles 'Starr Federalist Papers Lecture Series,' at 4:00pm September 19, 2018, in room 127 at Baylor Law. Professor Bobbit will speak on “Why We Study the Federalist Papers" and will discuss the essays of Hamilton, Madison and Jay as they apply to contemporary legal questions.

The interscholastic moot court program at Baylor Law has been ranked #3 in the nation for the 2017-2018 moot court competition season by the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center.

The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professionalism has named Baylor Law a recipient of the 2018 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award for its “Practice Ready” program. The Gambrel Award honors excellence and innovation in career and professional development programs that enhance professionalism among lawyers.

Baylor Law's Summer Commencement Ceremony took place Saturday July 28th, 2018. Congratulations to the latest Baylor Law graduates who officially became Baylor Lawyers. Watch the full ceremony here.

Murray Watson Jr., (J.D. ’54) former state representative and senator, education champion, and noted philanthropist, passed away on Tuesday, July 24th. He was 86.
Senator Watson graduated from Baylor University in 1952 with a B.B.A. in accounting and economics, and from Baylor Law in 1954 with a juris doctor.

The Honorable James M. Stanton, former judge of the 134th Judicial District Court, founder of Stanton LLP, and prolific author and presenter has been named the 2018 Young Baylor Lawyer of the Year. Dean Brad Toben publicly announced Judge Stanton’s honor at the Dallas Baylor Lawyer Network reception on July 10, 2018.

Baylor Lawyer, the Honorable Elizabeth (Peach) Ray, was recently named the 2018 recipient of the Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers of Achievement Award by the Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. The award ''honors the accomplishments of women who have achieved outstanding recognition in their professional area and who, by doing so, have paved the way for success for other women attorneys.''

Baylor Law professor Tom Featherston, renowned attorney, educator and legal expert in trusts, estate and marital property law, has been honored as a recipient of the Texas Bar Foundation’s Terry Lee Grantham Memorial Award. Established to celebrate Grantham's life as a gifted and committed lawyer, the award is given to lawyers who exemplify the qualities of an accomplished, talented, and dedicated practitioner, and who demonstrate a passion for service.

Legal Mapmaker is a collaborative program sponsored by every law school in the state of Texas and other organizations designed as an effective solution to this problem. Designed by Baylor Law, Legal Mapmaker is a three-day series of workshops and seminars that instructs lawyers and recent law school graduates how to start their own law firm with overhead that is far less expensive than the norm.

The Baylor Law team of Max Brown, Haley Mowdy, and Kyle Stone along with Ryan Owen as team bailiff, won the 2018 Moot Court Competition sponsored by the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) during the recent State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Houston.

This win marks the third time that Baylor Law has won since 2010.

Baylor Law, in collaboration with the Mayborn Museum, is seeking volunteers for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to serve as jurors or "witnesses" for the Titanic on Trial.

Titanic on Trial is one of Baylor Law "big trials" about a fictional civil lawsuit relating to the sinking of the Titanic. Big Trials are the culminating experience for all third-year Baylor Law students, as a part of its renowned, nationally-ranked Practice Court program.

Philip Pasquarello of Drexel University Kline School of Law was declared the winner of Baylor Law’s 2018 Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition, the nation’s most prestigious, invitation-only mock trial tournament, on June 3rd in Waco, Texas. Pasquarello persuaded a jury of experienced trial attorneys to return a verdict in his favor at the end of the competition's intense final round, beating out runner-up, Eric Fleddermann of University of Michigan Law School.

Baylor Law has announced the creation of the M. Stephen and Alyce A. Beard Chair in Business and Transactional Law that will be funded through a generous gift from M. Stephen (B.B.A. ’71, J.D. ’73) and Alyce A. Beard (B.A. ’70). Proceeds from the endowment will support this faculty position in perpetuity, allowing Baylor Law to enhance practical training and scholarship in this critical discipline.

Baylor Law student Will Gray is the latest Baylor Law School Mad Dog, after winning the Spring 2018 Mad Dog Mock Trial Competition. Fellow student Mike Hartnett was the finalist.

This year's Summer 2018 Mad Dog competition was held Monday, May 21 through Thursday, May 24.

Legendary Baylor Lawyer John Eddie Williams (J.D. ’78) has been honored by the National Trial Lawyers Association with induction into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame.

The National Trial Lawyers Association acknowledges exceptional lawyers who leave an indelible mark on the American legal tradition through a lifetime of service to the public, the Constitution, and the trial bar.

Williams was one of five lawyers recognized during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at a conference in Las Vegas in April 2018

Who will be crowned the champion of the 2018 Baylor Law Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition? Watch the final round to find out! Live coverage begins at 1:50pm CST.

At Baylor Law, we take pride in the fact that so many Baylor Lawyers serve in a vast array of leadership roles in their communities and throughout the legal profession. Baylor Law’s mission statement expresses our “obligation to develop students who have the character, maturity, skills, and values needed to assume leadership positions.” Baylor Law seeks to challenge the status quo of legal education by placing a strong emphasis on training students to care about the well-being of those around them and encouraging service to their communities. Baylor Lawyers are widely known for their willingness to serve as leaders across a broad spectrum of community organizations

Baylor Law held its third annual Business Law Boot Camp from Sunday, April 29th through Friday, May 4th. An intensive intersession course held between the spring and summer quarters at Baylor Law, the Boot Camp offered practical training on multiple aspects of business formation, commercial borrowing, raising capital, trademark and advertising issues, succession planning, selling a business, basic accounting, contract drafting, and negotiation skills.

Three justices of the Seventh Court of Appeals, Amarillo, visited Baylor Law on Thursday, May 10, to hear oral arguments in three cases. The hearings, which were open to students and the general public, were held in the Jim Kronzer Appellate Advocacy Classroom and Courtroom (Room 127) in the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center on the Baylor University campus.