query: when did texas a&m get a law school

pos: Texas A&M University School of Law Texas A&M University School of Law Texas A&M University School of Law is a public, ABA-accredited law school located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The law school is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree through its full-time and part-time programs. Students may also pursue a Master of Laws (LL.M) or Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) degree either online or in-residence. Founded in 1989, the law school began as the Dallas/Fort Worth School of Law in Irving, Texas, then became the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 1992. On June

pos: Texas A&M University School of Law A&M University to resolve their alumni status. The lawsuit was dismissed by the judge for the Northern District of Texas on January 14, 2016. Texas A&M University School of Law Texas A&M University School of Law is a public, ABA-accredited law school located in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The law school is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and offers the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree through its full-time and part-time programs. Students may also pursue a Master of Laws (LL.M) or Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) degree either online or in-residence. Founded in 1989, the law school

pos: Greg Coleman (jurist) in San Francisco to a military family, he graduated "magna cum laude" from Texas A&M University in 1987, with a degree in applied mathematical sciences, and received an MBA from the same institution in 1989, "summa cum laude". In 1992, he graduated from University of Texas School of Law with high honors, Chancellors Academic Honor Society; while there, he was the managing editor of the Texas Law Review. He married Stephanie Miller Coleman in 1987, and had three sons: Chase, Austin and Reid. He died on November 23, 2010 when a Piper Malibu plane he was piloting en route to

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law and fees are $34,498. Texas A&M University is ranked 80th in the 2019 edition of the U.S. News Rankings of Best Law Schools. The overall ranking has increased significantly since 2015 when it was unranked. U.S. News had previously ranked the law school 149th (2016), 111th (2017), and 92nd (2018). The school is also ranked 7th for its intellectual property law program for 2019. The law school had a first-time pass rate of 74.43% for those taking the Texas Bar Exam in February and July 2015. That performance was fifth-best among Texas law schools behind University of Texas School of

neg: Campus of Texas A&M University Fiorentino, Italy shared with Kansas State University and the University of Colorado and the Soltis Center for Research and Education in Costa Rica. On August 12, 2013 the university purchased the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and renamed it the Texas A&M School of Law. Texas A&M on October 23, 2013 announced plans to build a new branch campus, Texas A&M University at Nazareth - Peace Campus, in Israel. Texas A&M University has expanded in 2013 with the merging of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and the acquisition of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. The Texas A&M

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law 26, 2012, Texas A&M University reached an agreement with Texas Wesleyan University whereby it would take over ownership and operational control of the law school, to be renamed the Texas A&M University School of Law. The agreement was finalized on August 12, 2013, with Texas A&M purchasing the school and all its physical and licensing assets for $73 million. The school confers the Juris Doctor degree upon students who satisfactorily complete a 90-hour course of study, rigorous writing requirement, experiential learning requirement, and a 30-hour "pro bono" requirement. Concentrations are available in Business Law; Criminal Law, Justice & Policy; Dispute

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law Law (87.13%), SMU Dedman School of Law (84.48%), Texas Tech University School of Law (81.73%), and Baylor Law School (80.73%), while ahead of University of Houston Law Center (73.76%), South Texas College of Law (70.64%), St. Mary's University School of Law (61.08%), and Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (57.97%). The law school's first-time pass rate improved to 87.5% for those students taking the Texas Bar Exam in July 2018. For all 2015 Texas A&M law graduates, 90.50% ultimately passed the bar exam within two years of graduation. That performance was also fifth-best among Texas law schools behind

neg: South Texas College of Law South Texas College of Law; the first court occupied the 10th floor while the 14th court occupied the 11th floor. Since September 3, 2011, the courts are now located in the 1911 Harris County courthouse. In 1998, Texas A&M University tried to merge with South Texas College of Law Houston (at that time, called South Texas College of Law) under a public/private partnership. Under the proposal, the law school would have remained a private school, but would have been branded as the Texas A&M Law Center and would have awarded law degrees under the A&M seal. The deal went sour

neg: Bryan A. Garner of the Texas/Oxford Center for Legal Lexicography. In 1990, he left the university to found LawProse Inc., which provides seminars on clear writing, briefing and editing for lawyers and judges. Garner has taught at the University of Texas School of Law, the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall), Texas Tech University School of Law, and Texas A&M University School of Law. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates (Stetson, La Verne, and Thomas M. Cooley Law School). He serves on the Board of Advisers of The Green Bag. As a student at the University of Texas School of Law

neg: Texas A&M University Texas A&M left the Big 12 Conference for the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2012. This ended Texas A&M's scheduled NCAA athletic competitions with three former Southwest Conference rivals–UT Austin, Baylor, and Texas Tech–for the foreseeable future. The university underwent several large expansions in 2013. On July 12, 2013, Texas A&M Health Science Center was formally merged into the university. On August 12, 2013 the university purchased the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and renamed it the Texas A&M School of Law. Texas A&M on October 23, 2013 announced plans to build a new branch campus, Texas A&M University

neg: South Texas College of Law after a lengthy legal fight with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the governing body of the state's public institutions. The courts ruled that the schools had failed to obtain the board's approval before entering into the agreement. The University of Houston and other institutions voiced concern about the partnership. In 2013, Texas A&M University entered into a similar arrangement with the Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas, thereby creating the Texas A&M University School of Law. Until mid-2016, the law school was called "South Texas College of Law". On June 22, 2016, the day on which

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law in long-term, full-time, bar passage required jobs excluding solo practice. 16.39% (or 30 graduates) were unemployed and seeking work, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short term, or part-time job within 10 months of graduation. On April 7, 2014, Texas A&M University Provost Karen L. Watson sent a letter to alumni of Texas Wesleyan University School of Law confirming that Texas A&M would not be re-issuing diplomas to Texas Wesleyan alumni as it lacked the necessary accreditation to do so. In August 2015, some Texas Wesleyan University School of Law alumni filed a class-action suit against Texas

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law Baylor Law School (100.00%), SMU Dedman School of Law (94.12%), Texas Tech University School of Law (93.94%), and University of Houston Law Center (92.52%), while ahead of University of Texas School of Law (85.50%), Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (80.82%), South Texas College of Law (72.12%), and St. Mary's University School of Law (64.93%). Out of 183 total graduates of the Class of 2017, 74.32% (or 136 graduates) obtained full-time, long-term employment for which bar passage was required or for which a J.D. was an advantage within 10 months of graduation. 63.93% (or 117 graduates) were employed

neg: Waggoner Carr as a farm hand, magazine salesman and theater usher. In 1940, he completed his bachelor of business administration degree at Texas Tech University (then Texas Technological College) in Lubbock. Although he immediately began his legal studies after Texas Tech, Carr did not graduate from the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin until 1947. The delay came from his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. After they obtained their legal credentials, Carr and his brother, M. Warlick Carr (1921–2008), established a law office in Lubbock. In 1948, Carr was

neg: George M. O'Brien George M. O'Brien George Miller O'Brien (June 17, 1917 – July 17, 1986) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Illinois' 17th and 4th districts from 1973 until his death from prostate cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 1986. O'Brien was born in Chicago, Illinois to a middle-class Irish Catholic family. He attended a private Catholic school before entering Northwestern University. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. O'Brien earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1947. However, he did not get to practice law until returning from World War II.

neg: Campus of Texas A&M University Health Science center was merged with Texas A&M on July 12, 2013. The Texas A&M Health Science Center offers programs on a "distributed" (geographically dispersed) model, with two simulation centers for practice learning. It has six academic colleges in different places across Texas: Other components include the Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Houston and the Coastal Bend Health Education Center. On June 26, 2012, Texas Wesleyan University and Texas A&M University reached an agreement whereby Texas A&M would take over ownership and operational control of the School, to be renamed The Texas A&M University School of Law. The agreement

neg: Marjorie M. Whiteman Marjorie M. Whiteman Marjorie M. Whiteman (1898—1986) was an expert on international law and the author of a fifteen-volume "Digest of International Law", known as the "Whiteman Digest". She served in the U.S. State Department for over forty years and was inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1979. Marjorie Millace Whiteman was born in Liberty Township, Ohio, in 1898. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1920 and went on to get L.L.B. (1927) and J.D. (1928) law degrees from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the "Yale Law Journal". She did some

neg: Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer is a trial lawyer and managing partner of Winston & Strawn LLP's Dallas office. As a student at The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he graduated "magna cum laude" in 1986, he served as a member of the "Texas Law Review" and was selected to Chancellors, the top honor society at the UT School of Law. Following law school, Melsheimer served as a clerk for the Hon. Homer Thornberry at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Melsheimer has been included on the "Best Lawyers in America" List

neg: J. Campbell Barker J. Campbell Barker John Campbell Barker (born 1980) is a Texas lawyer. He is Deputy Solicitor General of Texas and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Barker earned his Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University, "summa cum laude", and his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law with highest honors. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judges William C. Bryson and John M. Walker Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the

neg: Harriet Miers supervisor was Robert Lieff, then a partner in the Belli firm and later a founder of the nationally prominent plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. In a 2005 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Lieff stated that Miers "saw what we did for people who needed to get a lawyer and were only able to get a lawyer by a contingent fee." After graduating from law school, from 1970 to 1972 Miers was a law clerk for the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Joe E. Estes. She was admitted to

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law Resolution; Estate Planning; Family Law; Intellectual Property; Workplace Law; Energy Law; Environmental Law; and Water Law. Since the law school's acquisition by Texas A&M University, it has increased the size of the faculty by 30% while reducing the size of incoming classes for an 8.4:1 student-faculty ratio in the 2016-17 academic year. It also boosted the overall scholarship budget by 65%. Through the Advocacy Program, students may compete in Moot Court (appellate advocacy), Mock Trial (trial advocacy) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (negotiation, mediation and arbitration). The Texas A&M Law Fellowship is devoted to raising awareness of legal work in the

neg: Muster (Texas A&M University) annual tradition, but did not have a permanent date set aside until several decades later, when it merged with a different tradition. In 1889, Texas A&M administrators declared that April 21 (which in Texas is known as San Jacinto Day, the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto whereby Texas gained its independence from Mexico) would be an official school holiday. Each year on San Jacinto Day, the cadets would have a track and field competition. In 1903, then-A&M President Davis Houston encountered much student resistance to the idea of cancelling the holiday. Houston agreed to retain the holiday as

neg: Texas A&M University–Kingsville more than 43 foreign countries. The student body is split almost evenly with 53% men and 47% women. Undergraduate students represent approximately 82% of the student population. The student body reflects the ethnic diversity of the South Texas area, with 62% of the students belonging to a Hispanic ethnicity. Approximately 6% are international students. As a Texas public university and a member of the Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M University–Kingsville participates in the Texas "top-10 law". This law guarantees admission of the top 10% of Texas public high school students into public colleges or universities in the state. Whereas

neg: Augustus McCloskey 4, 1929, to February 10, 1930, when he was succeeded by Harry M. Wurzbach who successfully contested his election. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930. He resumed the practice of law. He served as judge of the corporation court of San Antonio, Texas, from January 1943 to July 1947. He practiced law until his death in San Antonio, Texas, July 21, 1950. He was interred in San Fernando Cemetery. Augustus McCloskey Augustus McCloskey (September 23, 1878 – July 21, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, McCloskey attended Atascosa (Texas) School, St.

neg: 2007 Texas A&M Aggies football team the fourth—for a total of 2 yards. When asked by reporters to explain why Jorvorskie did not receive the ball much, Stephen McGee responded, "They were doing such a good job up front, we had to try to get the ball on the perimeter and use our speed". A&M had not scored until 11:40 was left in the fourth quarter when kicker Matt Szymanski kicked a 32-yard field goal. The Aggies did not make their first touchdown drive until Miami freshman running back Graig Cooper fumbled the ball to the Aggies at the Miami 39. In the Aggies' second scoring

neg: History of Texas A&M University the Texas A&M School of Law. On October 23, 2013, plans to build a new branch campus, Texas A&M University at Nazareth – Peace Campus, in Israel, were announced. In 1914, Texas A&M became a charter member of the Southwest Conference until its dissolution in 1996. Texas A&M subsequently joined the Big Eight with The University of Texas at Austin, Baylor, and Texas Tech to form the Big 12 Conference. Texas A&M left the Big 12 Conference for the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2012. This ended Texas A&M's scheduled NCAA athletic competitions with its Texas Southwest Conference rivals. As

neg: J. Wayne Stark Galleries Texas. After graduating from high school in the small west Texas town of Winters, Stark received a bachelor's degree in history from Texas A&M in 1939. He attended the University of Texas Law School but withdrew before graduating to serve in World War II. In 1947, he returned to the Texas A&M campus to begin work overseeing the construction of the Memorial Student Center. He became the Texas A&M sponsor for Experiment in International Living in 1959. This program enabled approximately 400 A&M students to travel overseas to live and work. Stark served the University for 33 years before retiring

neg: Abelardo L. Valdez on the NAFTA negotiations. He received his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, J.D. degree from Baylor Law School and a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. He also pursued graduate studies in international law at The Hague Academy of International Law in The Netherlands. Valdez served as an editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. He has lectured and written extensively on international trade and investment issues and US-Latin American relations and has been a visiting lecturer or visiting professor at Harvard University, Texas A&M University, Baylor University, Trinity University and the University of Santa Clara.

neg: Robert M. Chesney Procedure, and U.S. Counterterrorism Policy in Legal and Historical Perspective. Chesney was named Wake Forest University School of Law's Teacher of the Year for 2004 and 2007. Chesney has written or co-authored many articles relating to the legal aspects of U.S. national security policies and practices: Chesney co-hosts the "National Security Law Podcast" with fellow University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck. Robert M. Chesney Robert M. "Bobby" Chesney is an American lawyer and the Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at The University of Texas School of Law, where he serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and

neg: Texas Wesleyan University changed the name of the institution to Texas Wesleyan University in January 1989. To add flexibility in the scheduling of courses and to recognize the special needs of adult learners, the university added the C.E. Hyde Weekend/Evening Program in 1994. The university established a campus in downtown Fort Worth in 1997 with the relocation of the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, which was established in 1992 following the acquisition of the former Dallas/Fort Worth School of Law. TWU School of Law was subsequently sold to Texas A&M University for $73 million in 2013. Texas Wesleyan is located on a

neg: Texas A&M University Dwight Look College of Engineering. Plans have been announced for a fourth (second international) branch campus, Texas A&M University at Nazareth - Peace Campus, in Israel. The Texas A&M School of Law is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Texas A&M also maintains the RELLIS campus formally, Texas A&M Riverside Campus or Bryan Air Force Base. This extension of the main campus is located to the northwest adjacent to Texas State Highways 47 and 21. RELLIS stands for "Respect", "Excellence", "Leadership", "Loyalty", "Integrity", and "Selfless service". Blinn College will also maintain a campus presence at RELLIS to partner with other institutions

neg: History of Texas A&M University years females of the freshman class have outnumbered males. The university has awarded more than , of which 70,000 have been graduate and professional degrees. Texas A&M has two branch campuses, one in Galveston, Texas, and one in the West Asian country of Qatar. The latter branch campus had the distinction in 2011 of being the first school outside the U.S recognizing engineers as members of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society. In 2013, Texas A&M Health Science Center was formally merged into the university. The university also purchased the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and renamed it

neg: Acie Law arm that is from Psalms 91 and 93. Law was recruited by the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Connecticut, University of Texas at Austin and Georgia Tech. In order to stay close to home, and because he wanted to have an immediate impact, Law chose to play for Texas A&M under Coach Melvin Watkins. As a junior at Kimball High School in Dallas, Law led his team to a 29–7 record and the state Class 5A championship game, averaging 17.8 points per game and 6.0 assists. Law's team lost the state championship game when the other team's

neg: Gina M. Benavides for the betterment of the judiciary and the law. Justice Benavides was born in Laredo, Texas, and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is a 1981 graduate of Mary Carroll High School. Upon graduation, Benavides attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. After receiving her undergraduate degree, Benavides enrolled at the University of Houston Law Center. During law school, Benavides was active in the Hispanic Law Students Association and the civil practice clinic. Benavides obtained her law degree and law license in 1988. Before joining the Thirteenth

neg: Traditions of Texas A&M University man in one-hundred miles of you, you are expected to get together, eat a little, and live over the days you spent at the A&M College of Texas." The event received worldwide attention during World War II, when 25 Aggies "mustered" during the battle for the island of Corregidor. Students who die while enrolled at Texas A&M are also honored at Silver Taps, a ceremony held, when necessary, on the first Tuesday of the month. This tradition began as a memorial for former Texas A&M president Lawrence Sullivan Ross. In the modern incarnation, on the morning of Silver Taps, a

neg: Henry N. Butler a Master of Arts in 1979 and a Ph.D. in 1982. There he studied under James M. Buchanan, a Nobel Economics Laureate. Butler received his Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1982, where he was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. Butler spent three years at Texas A&M University as an assistant professor of management before becoming a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School during the 1985-86 academic year. From 1986 to 1993, Butler was a professor at George Mason University

neg: Mike Cotten a deferral so that he could go to law school. He studied for his juris doctor from the University of Texas School of Law while serving as a graduate assistant football coach for Texas. When he graduated in 1964 his deferment ended and the Marines sent him to The Basic School at Quantico where he played on the Quantico Marines football team. That team went 6-5 with victories over Dayton and Villanova and it ended the season with an upset of Memphis State, thus denying them a trip to the Liberty Bowl. Captain Cotten then did a tour in Vietnam

neg: Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry SEC West. Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry The Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies, which started in 1903. Between 1992 and 2008, the schools did not play each other when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry was renewed as a neutral-site out-of-conference contest (and branded as The Southwest Classic) in 2009; in 2012 it once again became a conference rivalry when Texas A&M also joined the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas leads the series 41–31–3. Arkansas and Texas A&M first played each other in 1903,

neg: Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry The Arkansas–Texas A&M football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies, which started in 1903. Between 1992 and 2008, the schools did not play each other when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry was renewed as a neutral-site out-of-conference contest (and branded as The Southwest Classic) in 2009; in 2012 it once again became a conference rivalry when Texas A&M also joined the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas leads the series 41–31–3. Arkansas and Texas A&M first played each other in 1903, and would

neg: University of Michigan Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, and Civil War General Benjamin D. Pritchard. Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta attended both college and medical school at the University. Clarence Darrow attended law school at U-M at a time when many lawyers did not receive any formal education. Frank Murphy, who was mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan, attorney general of the United States, and Supreme Court justice was also a graduate of the Law School. Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is another U-M law school graduate (J.D. 1988). Vaughn R. Walker, a federal district judge in California who overturned the controversial

neg: John Love (judge) SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 121 (2010). John Love (judge) John Love is currently a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Love is a native of Tyler, Texas and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. Love graduated from Texas A&M University "cum laude" and received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University Law School in 1995, where he served as the Associate Editor of the "St. Mary's Law Journal" and was a part of the winning team in the Freshman and Walker Moot Court Competitions. During law school,

neg: Texas A&M University–Commerce superior quality of business oriented educational opportunity that Texas A&M-Commerce has to offer. The College of Humanities, Social Sciences, & Arts offers degree programs for most liberal arts programs offered at Texas A&M-Commerce. Degrees and courses of study offered in this Collegel include Liberal Arts, History, Performing Arts, Music and Music Education, Literature and Language, Mass Media and Communications, Theatre, Political Science, and Sociology and Criminal Justice. The College also offers undergraduates who are pursuing a Political Science degree who wish to attend Law School for post graduate work, a career in law preparatory program as well as LSAT test

neg: Ronda Storms who ran as an independent. In the summer of 2000, alumni from Florida A&M University asked the Commission for a $1,000,000 commitment to start a School of Law in Tampa (the main branch of Florida A&M is based in Tallahassee). Storms, attending the meeting that night, said "We can get them through law school, but we can't get them to pass the Bar." She then later claimed that she had meant that creating a historically black law school will not increase the number of minority lawyers in the state. The comment met with much controversy in the black community of

neg: Brooke Rollins Rose, Texas and attended Texas A&M University, where she graduated "cum laude" with a B.S. in agricultural development in 1994. She was named the top graduate of her class based on a combination criteria of academics, leadership, and service. While at Texas A&M, Rollins was the first female to be elected student body president. She also served as the speaker pro tempore of the Student Senate, the chair of the Texas A&M Judicial Court, as a Fish Camp counselor, and was Cotton Bowl Classic Queen. After graduating from A&M, Rollins attended the University of Texas School of Law, from which

neg: John Love (judge) John Love (judge) John Love is currently a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Love is a native of Tyler, Texas and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. Love graduated from Texas A&M University "cum laude" and received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University Law School in 1995, where he served as the Associate Editor of the "St. Mary's Law Journal" and was a part of the winning team in the Freshman and Walker Moot Court Competitions. During law school, Love served as a judicial intern to the

neg: Bryan A. Garner Texas at Austin, where he published excerpts from his senior thesis, notably "Shakespeare's Latinate Neologisms" and "Latin-Saxon Hybrids in Shakespeare and the Bible." After receiving his B.A. degree, Garner entered the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as an associate editor of the "Texas Law Review". After receiving his J.D. degree in 1984, he clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before he joined the Dallas firm of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal. He then returned to the University of Texas School of Law and was named director

neg: 1930 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team 1930. Nebraska met Texas A&M for the first time, in Lincoln, to open the 1930 schedule. Neither team was able to impress greatly in the first half, though the Aggies did pull within three yards of the Nebraska end zone at the end of the half, failing in two attempts to score before the break. The Cornhuskers punched in a third-quarter touchdown to finally get rolling, and pulled the starters out of the game after another touchdown in the fourth. Even against the backups, Texas A&M was unable to get on the scoreboard. Nebraska opened conference play in Norman by

neg: Jennifer's Law Jennifer's Law Jennifer's Law is a law in the U.S. state of Texas that permits school districts to award posthumous diplomas to students who die during their senior year of high school. The law is named for Jennifer Ann Crecente, an Austin, Texas high school senior who was murdered a few months before her graduation by a former boyfriend. Though she was on track for her diploma, the district did not award one to her posthumously. Thus, her family petitioned for a change in the law. On February 15, 2007, Senator Eliot Shapleigh from El Paso, Texas filed SB 697

neg: Todd Dodge against Permian High School of Odessa, Texas. He also set Texas high school records for most career completions (382) and most completions in a season (221); while finishing his career with the second most career passing yards behind Gary Kubiak. Dodge went on to play quarterback at the University of Texas at Austin under coach Fred Akers. From 1982-1983, Dodge was a backup quarterback, though he did get his first start as a freshman in the 1982 Sun Bowl when Robert Brewer broke his hand 5 days before the game. In that game the #8 Longhorns were upset by North

neg: Thurgood Marshall School of Law Heman M. Sweatt, and tried by Thurgood Marshall. The Texas Constitution mandated separate but equal facilities for whites and blacks. Mr. Sweatt was refused admission to the University of Texas School of Law because he was black. In order to pre-empt the possibility of Mr. Sweatt obtaining a successful court order, the legislature passed Texas State Senate Bill 140, which established a university to offer courses of higher learning in law, pharmacy, dentistry, journalism, education, arts and sciences, literature, medicine, and other professional courses. It opened in 1946 as the "Texas State University for Negroes," and later changed its name

neg: Houston University are public, ABA-accredited law schools, while the South Texas College of Law, located in Downtown, serves as a private, independent alternative. The Texas Medical Center is home to a high density of health professions schools, including two medical schools: McGovern Medical School, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Baylor College of Medicine, a highly selective private institution. Prairie View A&M University's nursing school is located in the Texas Medical Center. Additionally, both Texas Southern University and the University of Houston have pharmacy schools, and the University of Houston hosts a college of optometry.

neg: Scott Beerer Scott Beerer Scott Ryan Beerer (born July 4, 1982 in Anaheim, California) is an American professional baseball outfielder and coach. Prior to his professional career, he was an All-American pitcher and outfielder at Texas A&M University. Beerer attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California. Undrafted out of high school, Beerer attended junior college at Orange Coast College to begin his college baseball career. Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 23rd round (681st overall) of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft, Beerer did not sign. Beerer transferred to Texas A&M University, where he played for the Texas A&M

neg: Texas Longhorns football under Mack Brown year's campaign, the Longhorns lost to the Sooners but were given another chance when the Sooners lost to both Nebraska and Oklahoma State. Texas made it to the Big 12 Conference Championship Game, losing to Colorado, a school they had beaten by a substantial margin earlier in the year. Many felt that Texas would have played in the BCS Championship game had they beaten Colorado. A similar opportunity presented itself in 2002. After Oklahoma beat Texas, they lost to Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. However, Texas had suffered a loss to Texas Tech so they did not make the championship

neg: Nicole Collier Nicole Collier Nicole Denise Johnson Collier (born September 12, 1972) is an African-American Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. Since 2013, she has represents District 95 in Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas. Collier succeeded Marc Veasey. A small business owner and trial lawyer, Collier is a 1996 graduate of the University of Houston. She was a single mother in high school. She graduated from the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, now Texas A&M University School of Law. Her husband is Gary Collier. In the general election on November 4, 2014, Collier won her

neg: 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team The 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2006–07 college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Billy Gillispie, who afterward left the Aggies to coach at the University of Kentucky. The Aggies finished 27–7 (13–3 in the Big 12), achieved the highest national ranking in school history to that point, and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. This season was Acie Law IV's senior season, after which he would become the highest draft pick in A&M history at number 11 to the Atlanta

neg: Robert Tollison position as a Ph.D. was at Cornell University, where he would teach from 1969 until 1973. He then took a job at Texas A&M University where he became the economics department head after a little more than a year. He held this position with Texas A&M until 1977 when, after having spent a year as a visiting professor at the University of Miami's law school, Tollison accepted a new post at Virginia Tech as professor in that school's economics department. Tollison left Virginia Tech in 1981 to work in various roles with the Federal Trade Commission until 1983. After leaving

neg: Nellie Gray Robertson 1910. Nellie's elder brothers provided for the family; her mother was eligible for a Confederate widow's pension, but she did not begin to get money from it until 1937. Robertson graduated from Granbury High School in 1912 and, determined to study law, enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin that fall; women in Texas would not begin to be licensed as attorneys until the following year. She graduated in 1918. That year she became the state's first female county attorney; she had run unopposed in the Democratic Party primary in July, and in November received 446 out of 448

neg: Elsa Alcala Elsa Alcala Elsa R. Alcala, also known as Elsa Spjut (born 1964), has been since May 2011 one of the nine judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the court of last resort for state criminal appeals. A Republican, she was appointed to the Place 8 on the bench by then Governor Rick Perry, when Charles Holcomb stepped down to run unsuccessfully in 2012 for the United States Senate. Judge Alcala obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law in

neg: Jim Kendrick Texas where Jim attended Douglas Select School. The school did not have a football team at the time, however Jim did excel on the school's baseball team. In 1911, he was elected as his senior class' president. Jim did not play organized football until he entered Texas A&M University. There he earned All-Conference honors as an end in 1915. During the 1915 season, Kendrick and the Aggies defeated their rival Texas Longhorns 13–0. Jim also played baseball and basketball for the Aggies. In 1916, Jim was a lieutenant in the Texas National Guard. He was part of the Second Texas

neg: United States v. Wong Kim Ark question has been proposed by Professor Peter H. Schuck of the Yale School of Law and Rogers M. Smith, political science professor at Yale. According to law professor Lino Graglia of the University of Texas, even if "Wong Kim Ark" settled the status of children of legal residents, it did not do so for children of illegal residents; Graglia asserts that the case weighs against automatic birthright for illegal immigrants because the Court denied such citizenship for an analogous group, namely "children of alien enemies, born during and within their hostile occupation". Countering this view, Garrett Epps—a professor of law

neg: Ted Z. Robertson Ted Z. Robertson Theodore Zanderson Robertson (September 28, 1921 – October 13, 2017) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from December 2, 1982 to December 31, 1988. Roberson was born in San Antonio, Texas and went to the San Antonio public schools. He received his bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. In 1949, Robertson received his law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law and was admitted to the Texas bar. He practiced law in San Antonio, Texas and Dallas, Texas. In 1960, he

neg: David Laney David Laney David M. Laney (born January 19, 1949, in Dallas, Texas) is an attorney, an administrator of transportation programs, and a Republican supporter and fundraiser. Laney grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1967. He then graduated from Stanford University and the law school at Southern Methodist University. Laney practiced at the law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist from 1977 to 2003 and was Managing Partner of that firm from 1990 to 2002. Between 2003 and 2007, he was a partner with the law firm of Jackson Walker LLP in Dallas

neg: Stanley M. Isaacs Stanley M. Isaacs Stanley M. Isaacs (1882–1962) was a Republican Party politician from New York City who served as Manhattan Borough President from 1938 to 1942 and later as a member of the New York City Council from 1942 to 1962 and finally Minority Leader of the New York City Council from 1950 to 1962. An advocate for social justice, Isaacs is perhaps best known for his support for housing and the work he did with Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who he helped to get elected. A graduate of both Columbia College and New York Law School, Isaacs was born in

neg: Pete Saenz and Range Management, respectively, from Texas A&M University–Kingsville, then known as Texas A&I University, located near Corpus Christi in Kingsville. After a brief career as a range conservationist with the United States Department of Agriculture, Saenz entered law school and obtained his degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. With his wife, the former Minerva "Meva" Cadena (born 1950), an educator, and their three children, Pedro Saenz, III, Monica Saenz Vigil, and Roberto J. Saenz, he returned to Laredo to establish his law practice. His office is located on Chihuahua Street in south Laredo. For

neg: Texas A&M University School of Law a clinic at the law school after the school had shown a strong intellectual property program. The school has expanded that program, doubling that faculty in 2015. As part of the transition from a private to a public institution, in 2015 the law school announced that it would offer in-state tuition beginning in the 2016-17 academic year, resulting in a 15.39% reduction in tuition and fees for Texas residents. It also guarantees a locked tuition rate to all students for up to four academic years. For the 2017-18 academic year, full-time resident tuition and fees are $28,504; for non-residents, tuition

neg: Honoré Ligarde Marauder bomber in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He received a Silver Star while taking part in missions over North Africa and Italy. He procured a degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and after his military service graduated from the University of Texas School of Law. In 1962, Ligarde was the president of Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo and was elected to succeed the one-term Representative Vidal M. Treviño, who did not seek reelection in order to return full-time to educational administration. Ligarde represented House District 69 from 1963 to 1967

neg: School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement academic organizations. These include, but are not limited to: SkillsUSA (also known as VICA), Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Mock Trial, Close Up Foundation, TAFE, One Act Play and Destination ImagiNation. In 2016, the debate team won the Texas Forensic Association State Championship in policy debate. On March 3, 2018, the Mock Trial team won 3rd place in the Texas High School Mock Trial competition. Notable alumni have attended respectable institutions of higher education such as: The University of Texas, Brown University, Hampshire College, MIT, UPenn, Georgetown, Smith, Stanford, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, Wellesley, SMU, Texas A&M, University of Texas

neg: Juan M. Escobar in law Marleena and two grandsons Branden Luke and Jacob Dylan. Juan M. Escobar Juan M. Escobar is a former county judge of Kleberg County, Texas. He was born and raised in the pioneer Texas settlement of Escobares in Starr County, which was founded in 1753. A seventh generation Tejano he graduated from Roma High School and obtained a Biology degree from University of Texas - Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. Early in his life, Escobar was a migrant worker. He was provided instruction on the value of work at an early age by his mother and grandfather, both as

neg: Corey Pullig also lost to in-state rival Texas, 16-6, on Kyle Field. This was the final game between Texas A&M and Texas while part of the Southwest Conference. However, Texas A&M did rebound to beat Michigan in the 1995 Alamo Bowl, 22-20. This was Texas A&M's first bowl victory since the 1991 Holiday Bowl. Pullig never relinquished the starting job, setting a school record with 40 consecutive starts. While quarterback, Texas A&M had, at the time, the longest active home game winning streak in the NCAA. Pullig finished his career with a 33-6-1 mark as a starter, the most wins for any

neg: Kenneth M. Hoyt Kenneth M. Hoyt Kenneth Michael Hoyt (born March 2, 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Born in San Augustine County, Texas, Hoyt received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Texas Southern University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in 1972. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1972 to 1985. He was a city attorney of Kendleton, Texas from 1975 to 1981, and then of Prairie View, Texas. Hoyt served as a presiding judge

neg: Barbara M. Lynn Barbara M. Lynn Barbara M. G. Lynn (born September 19, 1952) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with chambers in Dallas, Texas. Born in Binghamton, New York, Lynn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Virginia in 1973. She received a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1976. Lynn was in private practice from 1976 to 1999 at the law firm Carrington Coleman in Dallas. Lynn was the firm's first female associate (1976 - 1982) and then became the firm's

neg: Texas Tech University A failed move by Governor John Connally to have the school placed into the Texas A&M University System, as well as continued disagreement and heated debate over the school's new name, kept the name change from being approved. In spite of objections by many students and faculty, the Board of Directors again submitted the change in 1969. It finally received the legislature's approval on June 6 and the name Texas Tech University went into effect that September. All of the institution's schools, except Law, became colleges. Texas Tech was integrated in 1961 when three African-American students were admitted. After its

neg: Vicente Gonzalez (politician) G.E.D. and returned to school by enrolling at Del Mar Junior College where he received an Associate’s Degree in Banking and Finance. He then received, in 1992, his Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Business Administration from the Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University on the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. After high school and throughout college, Congressman Gonzalez traveled to almost 100 countries around the world. In 1996, he then graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now known as Texas A&M University School of Law,) where he obtained his Juris Doctor. While a law student, he interned for the United

neg: Jennifer McFalls did play in the summer on a select softball team this is where she was first recruited by Bob Brock at A&M University at the age of 16. McFalls graduated from South Grand Prairie High School in 1990. At Texas A&M University, she started at shortstop for Texas A&M Aggies softball from 1991 to 1994. She graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in kinesiology in 1997. While there she was a major component to the Women’s Softball team. McFalls was an All-American Shortstop and led her team in highest batting average all four season during her career at Texas

neg: Separate but equal on the basis of race. The repeal of such restrictive laws, generally known as Jim Crow laws, was a key focus of the Civil Rights Movement prior to 1954. In "Sweatt v. Painter", the Supreme Court addressed a legal challenge to the doctrine by a student seeking admission to a state-supported law school in Texas. Because Texas did not have a law school for blacks, the lower court delayed the case until Texas could create one. However, the Supreme Court ordered that the student be admitted to the white law school on the grounds that the separate school failed to

neg: 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team Hawks. The Aggies also won the inaugural Shelby Metcalf Classic. Source: !colspan=9| Regular season !colspan=9| Postseason Source: 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team The 2006–07 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2006–07 college basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Billy Gillispie, who afterward left the Aggies to coach at the University of Kentucky. The Aggies finished 27–7 (13–3 in the Big 12), achieved the highest national ranking in school history to that point, and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. This season was Acie Law IV's senior season, after

neg: Acie Law the basket. After much examination, Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie realized that this is because Law uses his right thumb when he shoots, negating the spin. To help improve his form, Gillispie ordered Law to tape his right thumb against his hand in practice and try shooting without it. Law was unable to make the shots, and Gillispie quickly decided not to intervene further. Law was the great nephew of late Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks. Acie Law Acie Law IV (born January 25, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. In his four seasons at Texas A&M University,

neg: Rose Meza Harrison Science from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Once her youngest child graduated high school, she entered law school and earned a JD from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2003. In 2007, Meza Harrison was appointed as the chair of the San Patricio County, Texas Democratic Party. In 2010, Rose decided to run in the election to become the chair of the Nueces County, Texas Democratic Party. During her run, she received support from her former constituents in San Patricio County. She came in second during the primary behind Trina Garcia. Meza Harrison then went on to win the run-off, receiving

neg: Texas Southern University State of Texas." Given the differences in facilities and intangibles, such as the distance of the new school from Austin, the University of Texas School of Law, and other law students, the United States Supreme Court ruled the new facility did not satisfy "separate but equal" provisions. It ruled that African Americans must also be admitted to the University of Texas Law School at Austin. See "Sweatt v. Painter" (1950). In March 1960, Texas Southern University students organized Houston's first sit-in at the Weingarten's lunch counter located at 4110 Almeda. The success of their efforts inspired more sit-ins throughout the

neg: Pete Flores College before graduating from Texas A&M University. Flores worked as a farm technician for Texas A&M Veterinary School then was accepted to the Texas Game Warden Academy in 1985. Flores retired as a Colonel Game Warden for Texas Parks and Wildlife. He is a former leader of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s statewide law enforcement division. He was the first Hispanic to hold that position. In 2016, Flores ran for the Texas Senate District 19, losing to Democratic incumbent Carlos Uresti with about 40% of the vote. District 19 is the largest geographical senatorial district in the Texas Senate, with about

neg: Governorship of Rick Perry for state-employed school personnel was restored in a joint agreement and funding re-allocation later that same year. In June 2011, Perry signed into law Senate Bill 1736, which establishes the "College Credit for Heroes" program. The new law is intended to help veterans get college credit for military training. As of 2011, Texas still ranks at the bottom of many educational indicators. Texas has the fewest percentage of adults with high school diplomas, compared to the other U.S. states. Texas is also ranked low in high school graduation rate, though the exact ranking depends on how the statistic is defined.

neg: Tom Schieffer Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Governor Mark White, and Congressman Pete Geren. After losing his legislative seat, Schieffer returned to course work at The University of Texas law school. At the time, Texas law allowed legislators who had served three terms to take the State Bar exam a year early if they had taken two years of course work at an accredited law school. Schieffer completed his two years and passed the state bar exam. He was admitted to the practice of law on October 31, 1979, and became a corporate lawyer in Fort Worth, specializing in the oil and

neg: History of Texas A&M University of the end of the 2012 athletics season, Texas A&M has won 17 national titles in all of its varsity sports. The school has two Heisman Trophy winners: John David Crow in 1957 and the 2012 winner, Johnny Manziel. History of Texas A&M University The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Texas Legislature. Classes began on October 4, 1876. Although Texas A&M was originally scheduled to be established under the Texas Constitution as

neg: Tim McCanlies While he was in high school he did not participate in the school's theatre program, but instead went to the local movie theatre and learned how to run the projector. McCanlies attended high school in Bryan, Texas and took some college-level courses at nearby Texas A&M University. In 1971, he moved to Austin and enrolled at the University of Texas majoring in Radio-Television-Film. After a couple of years, McCanlies transferred back to Texas A & M. In 1975, he moved to Dallas where he worked as a police officer and took graduate film classes at Southern Methodist University. Once McCanlies

neg: Crawford Martin attorney general. He is interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. Crawford Martin Crawford Collins Martin (March 13, 1916 – December 29, 1972), a native of Hillsboro, Texas, was a Texas State Senator, Secretary of State of Texas, and Attorney General of Texas. Martin was the son of Will M. Martin and the former Daisy Beavers. He was educated in public schools and graduated in 1935 from Hill College, a community college in Hillsboro. After having first attended the University of Texas at Austin, he obtained a law degree from Cumberland School of Law, then located in Lebanon, Tennessee.

neg: Crawford Martin Crawford Martin Crawford Collins Martin (March 13, 1916 – December 29, 1972), a native of Hillsboro, Texas, was a Texas State Senator, Secretary of State of Texas, and Attorney General of Texas. Martin was the son of Will M. Martin and the former Daisy Beavers. He was educated in public schools and graduated in 1935 from Hill College, a community college in Hillsboro. After having first attended the University of Texas at Austin, he obtained a law degree from Cumberland School of Law, then located in Lebanon, Tennessee. In 1939, Martin was admitted to the Texas bar and commenced the

neg: Shelby County v. Holder day. The bill also cut six days from Ohio's early voting period. In a separate bill, the House made it easier for registrars to reject absentee ballots for missing information. This bill ends a program that mailed absentee ballots to all registered voters. Under the new law, Ohio's secretary of state would have to get lawmaker approval to mail these absentee ballots. While its voter ID law was passed in 2011, Texas did not enact the law until 2013 after the Shelby ruling, when the state was no longer subject to federal preclearance for changes to its voting laws. Under

neg: Texas A&M–Commerce Field House Center at the University of Texas at Austin in the state basketball tournament. Texas A&M–Commerce Field House Texas A&M University-Commerce Fieldhouse or University Fieldhouse is a 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Texas A&M University–Commerce in Commerce, Texas. It was built in 1950 when the school was known as East Texas State Teachers College. It is the home of the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions men's and women's basketball teams, as well as home to Lions volleyball. The Fieldhouse is also used as the location for the university's commencement exercises. In the fall of 1949, East Texas State president James

neg: W. M. Holland W. M. Holland William Meredith Holland (March 29, 1875 – March 11, 1966), attorney and judge, was mayor of Dallas in 1911–15. William Meredith Holland was born March 29, 1875 in Dallas, Texas to William Colter Holland and Sarah Jones Saffell. He married Frances Elnora Beggs, daughter of Hamilton T. Beggs, Jr., and Virginia Dunnavant on 24 Jun 1909 in Dallas, Texas. They had three children: Virginia Saffel Holland, Sarah Holland, and Kathryn Holland. He attended the University of Texas and Georgetown University Law School. He returned to Dallas where he practice law with the firm of Belsterling & Holland

neg: 2013 Texas A&M Aggies football team a series. Auburn would vault to No 11 in the first BCS Poll of the year. This was Texas A&M's 700th win in school history. Source: 2013 Texas A&M Aggies football team The 2013 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Kyle Field. Texas A&M played 8 games at Kyle Field during the 2013 season. The last time Texas A&M played 8 games at home was 1919 when the Aggies were awarded the National Championship after finishing the season undefeated and unscored upon.

neg: Sam M. Russell Sam M. Russell Sam Morris Russell (August 9, 1889 – October 19, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Born on a farm near Stephenville, Texas, Russell attended the rural schools and the John Tarleton Agricultural College, Stephenville, Texas. He taught school in Erath County, Texas from 1913 to 1918. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the First World War, he served as a private in the Forty-sixth Machine Gun Company, United States Army, in 1918 and 1919. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1919, and commenced practice in Stephenville, Texas. He served as county attorney

neg: Joseph M. Watt on October 2, 2017, stating that he would retire on December 31, 2017. Watt was born in Austin, Texas and graduated from high school there in 1965. In 1969, he earned a bachelor's degree majoring in history and government from Texas Tech University. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1972. In 1972, he was also named Outstanding Law Student in the Nation by the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, and was elected to the University of Texas Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary Leadership. After being admitted to practice law in both Oklahoma

neg: Law of April 6, 1830 prices to rise. The ban and other measures did not stop US citizens from migrating to Texas by the thousands, and by 1834, it was estimated that over 30,000 Anglos lived in Texas, compared to only 7,800 Mexicans. In regard to slavery, influential settler Stephen F. Austin, who reasoned that the success of his colonies needed slave labor and the economics it produced to lure more whites to the area, used his relationships to get an exemption from the law. Therefore, slavery remained in Texas until the end of the American Civil War. Law of April 6, 1830 Law of

neg: Texas A&M Aggies football under Mike Sherman Texas A&M Aggies football under Mike Sherman Mike Sherman was the 28th head coach for the Texas A&M Aggies football team, which represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. He was the head coach since his appointment in November 2007 until being fired December 1, 2011. Sherman replaced Dennis Franchione. During his stint with the Houston Texans, Sherman was informed by his agent that there would be an NFL head coaching job had he waited another few years. However, when offered the Texas A&M head coaching job, which had been vacated by Dennis Franchione, Sherman did

neg: J.E. "Eddie" Guerra School in 1980. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University. J.E. "Eddie" Guerra J.E. "Eddie" Guerra is the Sheriff of Hidalgo County, Texas. The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a local law enforcement agency serving the over one million citizens of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. On April 2, 2014, the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court appointed J.E. "Eddie" Guerra, who was Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Constable at the time, to replace Guadalupe Treviño, who resigned on March 28, 2014, saying both internal and external pressure started building on December 12, 2012, when

neg: Kenneth M. Hoyt confirmed by the United States Senate on March 31, 1988, and received his commission on April 1, 1988. Hoyt was the second African American federal judge in the state of Texas. He took senior status on March 2, 2013. Kenneth M. Hoyt Kenneth Michael Hoyt (born March 2, 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Born in San Augustine County, Texas, Hoyt received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Texas Southern University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern

neg: Kevin Patrick Yeary the Roman Catholic men's organization, the Knights of Columbus and was a member of the Catholic Lawyers Guild in San Antonio. He is a former board member of the Encino Park swim team. For a year after law school, Yeary was the briefing attorney/law clerk for the late Texas Judge Bill M. White. Having practiced law since 1991, he is licensed by all Texas courts and most of the regional federal courts. He has argued cases before both the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court, a civil body. He has authored appeal briefs in various cases,

neg: History of Texas A&M University University any authority over Texas A&M. This internal legal conflict in Texas was nullified in 1948 when Texas A&M became the flagship school of the newly created Texas A&M University System, a clear and separate institution from the University of Texas System. A&M's Board of Directors continued to oversee the system. Enrollment soared as many former soldiers used the G.I. Bill to further their education. Unprepared for the growth, between 1949 and 1953 Texas A&M used the former Bryan Air Force Base as an extension of the campus. An estimated lived, studied, ate, showered, and attended classes at the base,

neg: Kyle Mackey Mackey was born in Gladewater, Texas and lived part of his life in Alpine, Texas when his father was a high school coach after leaving the NFL. His family moved back to East Texas before his high school years. As a student (at Spring Hill High School in Longview, Texas) he set multiple passing records and was selected to the all-state team in both his Junior and Senior years. Mackey accepted an athletic scholarship to Texas A&M-Commerce (then East Texas State University) where he was to play both Football and Basketball. Mackey played for the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions from 1980–1983.

neg: Texas A&M–Commerce Field House Texas A&M–Commerce Field House Texas A&M University-Commerce Fieldhouse or University Fieldhouse is a 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Texas A&M University–Commerce in Commerce, Texas. It was built in 1950 when the school was known as East Texas State Teachers College. It is the home of the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions men's and women's basketball teams, as well as home to Lions volleyball. The Fieldhouse is also used as the location for the university's commencement exercises. In the fall of 1949, East Texas State president James Gee first announced the construction of the FieldHouse and Memorial Stadium. At a