Jan. 12, 2026 – The National Jurist has recognized University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes as one the most influential figures in legal education.
JAN. 9, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Assistant Professor Christina Crozier (J.D ’05) has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), one of the leading U.S. organizations producing legal scholarship to clarify, modernize and improve the law.
Jan. 5, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center alumnus Luke Kubosh (J.D. ’23) was recently commissioned as a Marine Judge Advocate, marking a milestone in a career built with persistence and purpose.
Dec. 23, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center is celebrating a standout semester for its advocacy programs. The school’s moot court, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and mock trial teams brought home awards for written and oral advocacy, professionalism, and overall team performance.
DEC. 19, 2025— University of Houston Law Center Professor Tracy Hester, co-director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Center, has earned an honorable mention in the seventeenth edition of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR) for his recent article, “Spinning Off Carbon: Corporate Restructuring in a Climate Bankrupt World.” The recognition places Hester’s work among the year’s most impactful contributions to environmental and energy law scholarship.
Dec. 19, 2025 — International legal scholar Darya Shirokova, with expertise in energy law and arbitration, delivered a talk, titled “The Fiction of State Contract in Energy Industry” recently at the University of Houston Law Center. The seminar, hosted by the Global and Graduate Programs in collaboration with the International Law Students Alliance (ILSA), examined how international law balances power between governments and private companies in the global energy sector.
Dec. 18, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center welcomed alumni, faculty, staff and their families and friends to its annual Holiday Coffee on Saturday, Dec. 13 at the John M. O’Quinn Law Building.
Dec. 17, 2025 ‒ University of Houston Law Center Professor Elizabeth Trujillo recently served as a panelist at “The Future of North America,” a two-day conference focused on the region’s evolving economic and policy landscape. The conference was sponsored by El Colegio de México, and Georgetown University Law’s Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA) and its Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL).
Dec. 16, 2025 - The University of Houston Law Center has been recognized for delivering substantial value to its graduates, earning the No. 9 spot among the nation’s top law schools for return on investment (ROI), according to a new analysis highlighted by the American Bar Association Journal.
Dec. 12, 2025 ‒ The University of Houston Law Center Professor Katherine Brem has authored a new book, “What You Need to Know, When You Need to Know It: A Modular Orientation Course to Start Law School with Confidence,” a new interactive course published by West Academic to help incoming law students navigate the transition into legal education with confidence and clarity.
Dec. 11, 2025 — How should society decide who gets critical medical care when resources run short? That question was at the heart of a recent interactive presentation by Professor Govind Persad from the University of Colorado Law School. The event, held recently, was part of the University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law and Policy Institute Speaker Series.
Dec. 10, 2025 ‒ As the United States, Mexico and Canada prepare for an upcoming review of the trade agreement linking the three countries, Julián Cárdenas, research professor and director of the Center for U.S. and Mexican Law at the University of Houston Law Center, offered testimony highlighting issues related to legal education and legal practice across North America.
DEC. 09, 2025— According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 10 million adults experience domestic violence in America. For Maleaha Brown, a clinical associate professor at the University of Houston Law Center, that statistic is a call to action. Her appointment as chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence provides her an important avenue to advance her mission to improve access to justice and resources for survivors.
Dec. 09, 2025— With federal healthcare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year and regulatory changes on the horizon, healthcare experts are emphasizing how health law debates shape real-world outcomes. To explore these issues, the University of Houston Law Center’s Health Law & Policy Institute and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine hosted “Health Coverage at a Crossroads: Key Developments in Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Regulation”, a virtual panel featuring leading voices on the state of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid, and Medicare.
Dec. 08, 2025 – The University of Houston Law Center is presenting the International Arbitration Certificate Program, a five-day intensive workshop for legal practitioners, in-house counsel, and advanced law students who want to master international, commercial, and labor arbitration while connecting with leaders in international dispute resolution.
Dec. 3, 2025 ‒ Reforming U.S. international tax laws was the focus of the testimony presented today by Bret Wells, John Mixon Chair and Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, before the House Ways and Means Committee, the nation’s oldest and influential tax-writing body.
Dec. 3, 2025 ‒ University of Houston Law Center Professor Elizabeth Trujillo recently presented her chapter on the Path Forward for Environment in the USMCA, at a seminar hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico Institute for Legal Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas) (UNAM-IIJ) for its upcoming book, “The End of Free Trade?: Challenges to International Trade and Investment Regulation in the Face of New Protectionism.”
Dec. 01, 2025 —The University of Houston Law Center recently inducted 19 new alumni members into the Order of the Coif, a prestigious national honor society that recognizes exceptional academic achievement in legal education. Membership is extended to
