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As part of its Sexual Assault Awareness Month programming, Baylor Law School’s student-led organization Baylor Law HEAL (Help, Educate, Advocate, and Learn) transformed a night of trivia into a powerful act of advocacy and community support. More than 100 Baylor Law students and 17 faculty members—including Dean Jeremy Counseller—gathered for HEAL’s Annual Trivia Night. The result? A sold-out venue, $2,000 raised, and a powerful show of solidarity among students, professors, and the broader Waco community.
This spring, Baylor Law School students once again demonstrated their commitment to service and access to justice through their volunteer work with three of our legal clinics—Veterans, Estate Planning, and Trial Advocacy. Under the guidance of dedicated faculty, staff, and volunteer local attorneys, these students provided critical legal services to some of the most vulnerable members of our Central Texas community.
Two Baylor Law School students have been recognized by the Dallas Hispanic Law Foundation (DHLF) for their academic achievements, service to the Hispanic community, and steadfast commitment to increasing access to justice. 2L Julia Incerpi Diaz and 1L Cristy Lopez Aguilar were each selected as 2025 recipients of DHLF awards, given annually to promising Hispanic law students across Texas.
Late-night study sessions and the demanding challenges of Practice Court are central to every Baylor Lawyer's experience in Waco. For Tori Rhodes, JD '21, she notes that it was the mentorship and professional opportunities—supported in part by the Baylor Law Career Development Fellowship Program—that had a significant impact on her life and career.
Baylor Law School is proud to announce the launch of Counseller’s Corner, a new podcast hosted by Dean Jeremy Counseller, dedicated to spotlighting our students’ varied experiences. Each episode features an in-depth interview with a Baylor Law School student, highlighting their backgrounds, the events that led them to pursue a legal education, and their experiences in law school.
In an increasingly polarized world, Baylor Law School is taking proactive steps to equip future legal professionals with an essential skill set: the art of civil discourse. Starting this year, every first-quarter law student will participate in Baylor Law School’s newly developed Civil Discourse Workshop, a pioneering initiative led by Baylor Fellow and Professor of Law Leah Teague.
Baylor Law School proudly announces the winners of its annual nationally recognized transactional law competition, The Closer. This year’s co-champions are Caroline Hoover from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Joshua Lucas Rojas from the University of Tennessee College of Law, whose exceptional performances showcased outstanding analytical skills, strategic thinking, and professional poise.
Anderson Tittle, a third-year JD/MBA student at Baylor Law School, has been appointed to the 2024-2025 Editorial Board of the American Bar Association (ABA) Law Student Division. This notable selection places her among a distinguished group of only nine law students from across the country who will oversee and develop content for Student Lawyer, one of the nation’s most influential publications for law students.
