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  1. U.S. Supreme Court will take up a drug possession case handled by a team of Law Center Immigration Clinic attorneys.
  2. LL.M. student wins $4,000 Rocky Mountain Foundation scholarship to further her goal: improve management of Africa’s natural resources.
  3. Conn’s will pay $100,000 to the Center for Consumer Law as part of a settlement of a DTPA action pursued by Texas AG Greg Abbott.
  4. John Darko, an LL.M. student from Ghana, is on a roll this fall, winning his second energy –related scholarship for the Spring semester.
  5. The Law Center mock trial team marched on Atlanta to win the State Bar of Georgia’s prestigious invitational tourney.
  6. Law Center debate explores who holds the cards in international agreements: the states or the federal government.
  7. New Super Lawyers rankings peg the UH Law Center at No. 34 nationally, based on number of grads earning the SL distinction.
  8. A Law Center mock trial team takes 2nd in an elite national competition to start the fall season of intercollegiate tourneys.
  9. The Law Center’s moot court and mock trial teams hit the road to test their powers of persuasion in competitions coast to coast.
  10. Maryland research professor tells Law Center students that banning guns doesn’t lower murder rates. His take: more guns = fewer crimes.
  11. Famed trial lawyer Dick DeGuerin shares the secret of success in criminal defense work in only 2 words: ‘total commitment.’
  12. Do more guns = less crime? The Federalist Society hosts Prof. John R. Lott on Wednesday at the Law Center.
  13. UH President Renu Khator will be among 3 immigrants honored at Thursday’s Arrival Awards dinner benefiting the UHLC Immigration Clinic.
  14. Intellectual Property lawyer John “Rocky” Rawls of Bracewell Giuliani will share “Trademark War Stories” at noon Tuesday at the Law Center.
  15. July bar exam proves no obstacle for Law Center grads with nearly 92 percent of first-time takers earning their license.
  16. Criminal defense attorney Dick DeGuerin will share his courtroom expertise Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Law Center.
  17. Constitutional experts examine the 25th Amendment and the transition of presidential power in the Houston Law Review Frankel Lecture Nov. 6.
  18. Take a break at the Wine & Cheese Reception hosted by the Hispanic Law Students Association in the Heritage Room, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
  19. See federal judges in action when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears cases at the Law Center Nov. 3.
  20. Does adversarial justice fail when tested with complex international crimes? CJI hosts Yugoslav tribunal judge on Monday, Nov. 2.