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October 1, 2019
Texas A&M University School of Law's Innocence Project clinic welcomes Amanda Knox, Anna Vasquez and Prof. Mike Ware, Innocence Project of Texas Executive Director, on October 8. Knox and Vasquez will share their stories of being wrongfully convicted and exonerated after serving time behind bars.
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June 20, 2019
Kathleen Hodge Cameron '16 was awarded the Future Indigent Defense Leaders Project Scholarship in Criminal Defense. Selected through a competitive process, FIDL Project members become part of an exclusive statewide team dedicated to real-world positive change.
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November 26, 2018
In his first case in the Texas A&M Criminal Defense Clinic, 3L Jason Tiplitz was able to help a client resolve misdemeanor issues from his high school years that were still plaguing him as an adult, helping to break the school-to-prison pipeline.
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May 9, 2018
Meltdown: Fort Worth law school clinic students, faculty and others put ICE in the hot seat, sparking a federal probe of alleged abuses at detention centers. (This article originally appeared in the Fort Worth Weekly.)
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October 12, 2017
Texas A&M Law proudly welcomed to campus the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which heard oral arguments for two cases, presented to a packed room of more than 200 students and guests.
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March 28, 2017
Professor Neil Sobol testified at a briefing, “Targeted Fines and Fees against Low-Income Minorities: Civil Rights and Constitutional Implications,” before the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2017.
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February 16, 2017
With support from the Charles Koch Foundation, Aggie Law’s criminal justice and advocacy scholars are turning classroom study into experiential learning. Grant funds support student research, including the drafting of policy papers, and also the expansion of their advocacy networks throughout the nation, subsidizing conference and related travel costs.
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January 10, 2017
Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez, known as the “San Antonio 4,” and their attorney, Texas A&M Law adjunct professor Mike Ware, had an extra special reason to celebrate this holiday season: exoneration by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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October 21, 2016
Four women, known as the “San Antonio Four,” joined their attorney, Innocence Clinic director Mike Ware, in Fort Worth to talk with law students about their fight to be exonerated at a screening of the documentary "Southwest of Salem."
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September 22, 2016
Five Texas A&M Law students were recognized at a Dallas Bar Foundation luncheon for their commitment and success in internships and clerkships.
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September 22, 2016
Professor Lisa Rich has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to open and teach a special criminal justice course, Criminal Justice Scholar and Advocate, in Spring 2017.
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June 30, 2016
Texas A&M School of Law Innocence Clinic director and adjunct professor Mike Ware discusses the real-crime documentary show "Making a Murderer," the San Antonio Four case, and the Texas A&M School of Law Innocence Clinic on the podcast "Justice in Action."
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March 22, 2016
Students heard oral arguments presented to a panel of the Second Court of Appeals at Texas A&M School of Law, followed by an open Q&A session.
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November 20, 2015
Aggie Law students claim success in advocacy, moot court and negotiation competitions, continuing the Advocacy Program’s pattern of achievement.
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December 3, 2014
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