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January 2025

UH Law Center Dean Baynes Appointed to Association of American Law Schools’ Executive Committee

Baynes

Jan. 13, 2024 - Leonard M. Baynes, dean of the University of Houston Law Center, has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools.

 

December 2024

UH Law Center Receives Gift from Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s BeyGOOD Foundation to Support Criminal Justice Clinic

Richard R. W. Brooks

December 11, 2024 – The BeyGOOD Foundation, founded by music icon Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, has given a $100,000 gift to support the University of Houston Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic.

Annual Frankel Lecture explores how words used to address others influence civil, political, and social lives

Richard R. W. Brooks

December 11, 2024 – A simple, “Hey, you!” can express more – and give a myriad of meanings – than only a basic greeting or acknowledgment in communicating with others.

Sisters in Law to Women in Law: How Law Center Alumnae Are Building a Legacy

Adrogue

Twenty years ago, in 2004, a group of female graduates from the University of Houston Law Center created Sisters in Law to support professors who stand out through their teaching, research or service. Then, in 2018, the Women of the Law alumnae group formed to continue this legacy of support through scholarships.

UH Law Center alumna Adrogué ‘91 makes history as judge on new Texas Business Court

Adrogue

Dec. 4, 2024 - Sofia Adrogué was sworn in as a judge of the newly-established Texas Business Court, Eleventh Division, this Fall.   Adrogué, a 1991 honors graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, was recently appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, and will serve a two-year term.

EENR Lecture Legal Expert Advocates for Transforming Energy Systems to Build a Better Future

Top to bottom – Daniel Farber, Qaraman Hasan, and Tracy Hester

December 2, 2024 – The global consequences of climate change are engaged in one of the most extreme love/hate relationships with energy in all its forms including but not limited to what kind or energy is available, where it comes from, and how it might be exchanged for something safer, renewable, and sustainable for the benefit of all.