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Meet the Minds Shaping the Future of Law

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Principled Scholars.
Prepared to Lead What's Next.

Texas A&M Law faculty are nationally and internationally recognized scholars, seasoned practitioners, and policy leaders. Their research both advances legal knowledge and moves the profession forward. In the classroom, that expertise translates into mentorship — students learn not just the law as it stands, but how to shape its future.

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"At Texas A&M School of Law, our faculty are scholars whose work advances human knowledge and shapes how law is taught and practiced. They bring rigor to the classroom and relevance to the profession, producing scholarship that informs courts, guides policymakers, and prepares the next generation of lawyers to lead. This is a faculty built for what's next in legal education — and for the practice of law itself."

— Dean Bobby Ahdieh

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Introducing Our Newest Faculty

We’re thrilled to announce these latest recruits to our ever-growing faculty. Their arrival furthers our commitment to legal scholarship of the very highest caliber and best-in-class educational opportunities for our students.

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Lawrence B. Solum

Professor of Law & Dean's Research Chair; Director, Center on the Structural Constitution

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Margaret Vath

Instructional Professor, Director of Faculty Affairs

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Eric H. Martinez

Associate Professor of Law

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Philip Petrov

Associate Professor of Law

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Priyanka Goonetilleke

Associate Professor of Law

Rigor Without Rigidity — Scholarship That Moves the Law Forward

Texas A&M Law faculty produce scholarship that shapes doctrine and informs practice — published in leading journals, cited by courts, and read by policymakers. Explore recent articles, working papers, and research from across the faculty.

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“The professors prepared me for practice and for clerkships. It was all-hands-on-deck when I started pursuing internships, externships, or post-graduation jobs at law firms or courts. They are champions for their students.”

-Spencer R. Lockwood '22

Impact Beyond the Classroom

Our faculty are the driving force behind the success of Texas A&M Law’s institutes and centers. Through their leadership, these hubs evolve into vibrant spaces for research, policy development, and hands-on learning. Faculty shape the direction of each program, ensuring students are part of meaningful, forward-thinking legal work.

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CLIP anchors an intellectual property law program consistently ranked in the top 10, where faculty scholarship shapes doctrine on creativity and commerce while informing hands-on clinical work with start-ups, artists, and inventors.

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The Institute advances research and hosts events on healthcare law's intersection with access, equity, and innovation — producing scholarship and policy analysis that informs how legal and health systems evolve together.

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The Center on the Structural Constitution convenes scholars and policymakers to examine how the Constitution shapes government institutions — federalism, separation of powers, and the administrative state — advancing research and dialogue across perspectives.

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Ranked #5 nationally and #1 in Texas, the Aggie Dispute Resolution Program pairs leading ADR scholarship with a curriculum reflecting how most disputes are resolved — through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, not trial.

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The program pairs faculty scholarship on criminal law and policy reform with clinical work — including the Criminal Defense Clinic and Texas Innocence Project — addressing impact beyond individual cases, on communities and systems.

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The Law and Economics Program convenes faculty fellows and scholarly events applying rigorous economic analysis to the incentive effects of law and institutions — a research community, not just a curriculum.

Shaping the Law and Our World

From testimony before legislatures to leadership in national bar associations, Texas A&M Law faculty extend their influence well beyond the classroom. These stories spotlight the people behind the scholarship — their achievements, honors, and impact on the profession.

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