News & Events at Baylor Law School http://law.baylor.edu/news/default.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:17:00 Osler slams minimum sentencing and advocates stemming cocaine imports (The Harvard Crimson) http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Osler_20091117.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Osler_20091117.htm Tue 17 Nov 2009 14:30:33 -0500 Born in Longview in the Piney Woods of East Texas, John Lee Hancock grew up immersing himself in the state's religion – football. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Hancock_20091115.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Hancock_20091115.htm Sun 15 Nov 2009 09:14:53 -0500 Baylor Law School's Public Interest Legal Society will host a golf tournament at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Twin Rivers Golf Course. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64624 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64624 Tue 10 Nov 2009 09:23:12 -0500 Baylor law professor will speak at Harvard University on the social and legal history of crack cocaine http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64555 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64555 Mon 09 Nov 2009 15:20:32 -0500 Baylor University Law Professor Jeremy Counseller will deliver the keynote address at Baylor Law School's commencement exercises at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Miller Chapel. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64419 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=64419 Fri 06 Nov 2009 14:33:11 -0500 Article by Walt Shelton in Austin American-Stateman: 'Are we there yet?" Our children Rusty and Courtney asked that and other questions a lot as kids, especially on family trips. http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Shelton_20091031.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Shelton_20091031.htm Sat 31 Oct 2009 17:32:11 -0500 On Wednesday, Senior District Judge C.C. “Kit” Cooke III began his 34th year in judicial service to the state of Texas. The same day he learned he was being honored for his service as the recipient of the 2009 Wall of Fame Award by the Cleburne High School Ex-Students Association. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Cooke_20091028.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Cooke_20091028.htm Wed 28 Oct 2009 10:32:24 -0500 A Baylor Law School team captured first place for the fourth year in a row at the annual Mack Kidd Administrative Law Moot Court Competition, held in Austin on Oct. 23-24. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=63744 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=63744 Tue 27 Oct 2009 16:26:32 -0500 Two teams from Baylor Law School will compete in prestigious mock trial and moot court tournaments this weekend in Michigan and Georgia. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=62658 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=62658 Thu 08 Oct 2009 08:14:43 -0500 Super Lawyers magazine has designated 304 Baylor Lawyers as Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers magazine names attorneys in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. http://www.superlawyers.com/ http://www.superlawyers.com/ Wed 07 Oct 2009 14:34:32 -0500 Less is more — at least that's the direction five Texas law schools are moving. http://law.baylor.edu/News/other/2009/downsize_20091014.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/other/2009/downsize_20091014.htm Mon 05 Oct 2009 11:42:03 -0500 View the pdf file of the latest Docket Call. http://law.baylor.edu/pdf/DocketCall/2009_Summer_DocketCall.pdf http://law.baylor.edu/pdf/DocketCall/2009_Summer_DocketCall.pdf Tue 06 Oct 2009 09:22:44 -0500 A team of Baylor Law students is off to Florida to take part in the National Pretrial Competition, hosted by Stetson University School of Law. The team of Abigail Nettles, Phil Haines, Bobbi Ingram and James Ray will compete in the tournament Oct. 1-3. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=62136 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=62136 Tue 29 Sep 2009 16:56:44 -0500 The findings of new study on Clergy Sexual Misconduct (CSM) with Adults, undertaken by Baylor University’s School of Social Work, suggest that the prevalence of misconduct is higher than many people realize, but states have not adjusted their penal codes to address the problem. http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/tobenhelge_20090921.htm http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/tobenhelge_20090921.htm Mon 21 Sep 2009 10:13:34 -0500 (Waco attorney Doyle Young, BA '74, MA '76, JD '96, and Jim Wren, JD '80 and professor at Baylor Law School, are quoted on how attorneys determine prospective jurors' attitudes and beliefs about religion and other topics) http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/wrenJim_20090829.htm http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/wrenJim_20090829.htm Mon 24 Aug 2009 16:35:22 -0500 A movement is afoot to honor Pearl Harbor hero and Waco native Doris Miller with a statue on the Brazos River that could cost up to $1 million. http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/millerdoris_20090824.htm http://law.baylor.edu/news/faculty/2009/millerdoris_20090824.htm Mon 24 Aug 2009 16:35:22 -0500 District and county attorneys from all over the Lone Star State attended courses at Baylor Law School's Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center last week as part of the Austin-based Texas District & County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) program on advanced appellate advocacy school for appellate prosecutors. http://law.baylor.edu/News/other/2009/TDCAA_20090819.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/other/2009/TDCAA_20090819.htm Wed 19 Aug 2009 14:25:22 -0500 In honor of Matt Dawson's legacy at Baylor Law School and in the profession, his former students are working to establish the R. Matt Dawson Endowed Professorship in Trial Practice. For more information on how you can support the effort, please contact Julie Corley, Director of Development, at 254-710-2561 or make your commitment online. http://law.baylor.edu/alumni/alumni_main.htm http://law.baylor.edu/alumni/alumni_main.htm Tue 21 Jul 2009 12:44:15 -0500 Marilea Lewis' original plans for an undergraduate degree and her current job as a family court judge have one thing in common: drama. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Lewis_20090720.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Lewis_20090720.htm Mon 20 Jul 2009 09:12:00 -0500 Streaming audio of an interview with Professor Mark Osler regarding the Sotomayor hearings. http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/91884.mp3 http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/91884.mp3 Thu 16 Jul 2009 16:15:00 -0500 Tom Diamond wasn't born a Tigua, but his fascination with Native American culture has led him to a bountiful, decades-long friendship with the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo that leaves him firmly enmeshed in modern pueblo history. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Diamond_20090710.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Diamond_20090710.htm Fri 10 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0500 With the passing of Michael Jackson, his will is being dissected and many questions remain on the future of his estate. http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Featherston_20090709.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Featherston_20090709.htm Thu 09 Jul 2009 13:46:00 -0500 Longtime Lufkin attorney George E. Chandler has been named the 2009 recipient of the Texas Bar Foundation's Ronald D. Secrest Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Chandler_20090707.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Chandler_20090707.htm Tue 07 Jul 2009 13:22:00 -0500 Texan on the Potomac: Jack M. Fields, Jr. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/FieldsJack_20090707.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/FieldsJack_20090707.htm Wed 01 Jul 2009 08:15:00 -0500 Harper Estes was not looking to reinvent the wheel when he became the State Bar of Texas president in June 2008. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Estes_20090622.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Estes_20090622.htm Wed 24 Jun 2009 14:25:00 -0500 In a significant decision of the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals, titled Combs v. Entertainment Publications, Inc., No. 03-08-00474, (June 12, 2009), the Austin Court held that an agency statement set forth in two letters issued by the agency constituted a “rule” for purposes of the Texas Administrative Procedure Act (APA). http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Beal_20090622.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Beal_20090622.htm Mon 22 Jun 2009 10:44:00 -0500 Thomas M. Featherston Jr., the Mills Cox Chair of Law at Baylor Law School, received the Distinguished Probate Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=59413 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=59413 Thu 18 Jun 2009 15:12:00 -0500 A Baylor Law School professor's memorandum has provided support for an important ruling of the Texas Professional Ethics Committee of the State Bar of Texas. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=59402 http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=59402 Thu 18 Jun 2009 15:12:00 -0500 A majority of Texans profess to love Jesus, or at least identify themselves as Christian. A majority of Texans also love the death penalty. http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Osler_20090616.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/Osler_20090616.htm Tue 16 Jun 2009 14:42:00 -0500 Federal prosecutor turned Baylor Law School professor Mark Osler is getting a rare opportunity for a lawyer Tuesday when he testifies before a U.S. House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee in Washington, D.C. http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/osler_20090608.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/faculty/2009/osler_20090608.htm Mon 08 Jun 2009 09:23:00 -0500 (video) http://law.baylor.edu/topgunhatchitt.asx http://law.baylor.edu/topgunhatchitt.asx Tue 02 Jun 2009 14:23:00 -0500 (video) http://law.baylor.edu/topguncloutman.asx http://law.baylor.edu/topguncloutman.asx Tue 02 Jun 2009 14:20:00 -0500 Tom Moore Jr. has amassed honors, awards and the respect of legions during his days as a hard-charging district attorney, reformer legislator, compassionate attorney and self-styled liberal. http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Moore_20090601.htm http://law.baylor.edu/News/alumni/2009/Moore_20090601.htm Mon 01 Jun 2009 10:22:00 -0500