Law Center 75th Anniversary 1947 – 2022
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Sondra Tennessee: Award-winning advocate for law students
Alumna
Judge Ruby Kless Sondock: First female Texas Supreme Court Justice
Alumni/Professor
John Mixon: Historian, Cartoonist and Beloved Professor
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Jacqueline Weaver: Oil and Gas Expert, Internationally Sought-After Scholar
Professor
Sandra Guerra Thompson: Criminal Law Specialist and First Latina Tenured Professor in Texas
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Charisma Nguepdo: First African American Editor of Houston Law Review
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First Female Dean in Law Center History (Dean Nancy B. Rapoport 2000 – 2006)
Dean’s Thoughts on 75th Anniversary (Dean Leonard M. Baynes 2014 – Present)
Judge Phyllis Randolph Frye, LGBTQ Pioneer
Alumni
Judge Fortunato Benavides: First Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
James "Jim" Lemond, first African American graduate of the University of Houston Law Center
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