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Ranked third in the nation for advocacy by US News and World Report, Baylor Law School is a professional school that combines theory with practice and nurtures a commitment to service and responsibility. Law firms, courts, and government agencies recognize that graduates of Baylor Law are equipped with the problem-solving techniques and practical, hands-on lawyering skills necessary for success in the workplace.

The 2026 Top Gun has been named! Congratulations to Rebecca Goren of UC Berkeley School of Law, winner of Baylor Law Sch...
05/31/2026

The 2026 Top Gun has been named! Congratulations to Rebecca Goren of UC Berkeley School of Law, winner of Baylor Law School’s Top Gun XVII National Mock Trial Competition. Ali Alekri of NYU School of Law was this year’s finalist. Special thanks to competition sponsor MG+M The Law Firm and all of today’s distinguished judges.

Baylor Law School’s Top Gun XVII National Mock Trial Competition continues today as competitors battle for a spot in the...
05/30/2026

Baylor Law School’s Top Gun XVII National Mock Trial Competition continues today as competitors battle for a spot in the championship round. Best of luck to all participants, and thank you again to the competition sponsor, MG+M The Law Firm, and our outstanding judges. Don’t miss the final round livestream tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. CT. www.law.baylor.edu/live.

Baylor Law School’s Top Gun XVII National Mock Trial Competition is officially underway! Good luck to this year’s compet...
05/29/2026

Baylor Law School’s Top Gun XVII National Mock Trial Competition is officially underway! Good luck to this year’s competitors and special thanks to competition sponsor MG+M The Law Firm and all of our incredible judges.

Baylor Law School is proud to host the 2026 Top Gun Mock Trial Competition this week in Waco, bringing together 16 of th...
05/28/2026

Baylor Law School is proud to host the 2026 Top Gun Mock Trial Competition this week in Waco, bringing together 16 of the nation’s top student trial lawyers for this invitation-only event. The competing teams have arrived and now have less than 24 hours to prepare before opening rounds begin tomorrow.
We are grateful to MG+M The Law Firm for its generous sponsorship and continued support of the Top Gun competition.

Professor Chris Jaeger recently presented his latest scholarship, “A Two-System Theory of Negligence,” at the Harvard/St...
05/27/2026

Professor Chris Jaeger recently presented his latest scholarship, “A Two-System Theory of Negligence,” at the Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum at Yale Law School. Selected through a competitive national review process, he joined a small group of emerging legal scholars from across the country. His paper uses cognitive psychology, including the work of Nobel Prize-winning Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, to examine how negligence law treats fast, instinctive thought processes differently from deliberate ones. Read more: https://ow.ly/Gt9550Z4TPf

Congratulations to Gabrielle Griffey, winner of Baylor Law School’s Summer 2026 Mad Dog Mock Trial Competition, and to r...
05/26/2026

Congratulations to Gabrielle Griffey, winner of Baylor Law School’s Summer 2026 Mad Dog Mock Trial Competition, and to runner-up Rachel Medina! Special thanks to U.S. Magistrate Judge Derek Gilliland, JD ’98, who served as the final round’s presiding judge, and to all the competition judges and Baylor Law School students who participated. View photos from the final round at: https://baylorlawschool.smugmug.com/Mad-Dog-Competitions/Summer-2026-Mad-Dog-Competition

Professor Dyllan Taxman has recently been featured in media coverage for his scholarship on parental criminal liability,...
05/26/2026

Professor Dyllan Taxman has recently been featured in media coverage for his scholarship on parental criminal liability, with outlets seeking his insight on this evolving area of law. He has been interviewed by CNN and appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today program and BBC Radio 5 Live. He also contributed to The Guardian’s “Guns and Lies” series, discussed a closely watched Georgia case on WABE, and authored an op-ed for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on legal issues arising in the aftermath of a recent school shooting in Wisconsin. https://law.baylor.edu/news/story/2026/professor-dyllan-taxmans-scholarship-parental-criminal-liability-gains-media

In honor of Memorial Day, Baylor Law School welcomed Judge Wade Faulkner (JD ’01), of the 478th Judicial District Court ...
05/25/2026

In honor of Memorial Day, Baylor Law School welcomed Judge Wade Faulkner (JD ’01), of the 478th Judicial District Court of Bell County, for a moving address reflecting on the life and sacrifice of Major Michael Martinez, a JAG officer who volunteered for service in Iraq.

Sponsored by the Military and Veterans Legal Society and the Community Engagement and Belonging Office, the program challenged future lawyers to see the legal profession as more than a career, but as a calling rooted in integrity, responsibility, and service to others.

Baylor Law School was honored to host the Joint Convocation of the Tenth Court of Appeals and the Waco-McLennan County B...
05/19/2026

Baylor Law School was honored to host the Joint Convocation of the Tenth Court of Appeals and the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association for the 2026 Bar Memorial in the Jim Kronzer Appellate Advocacy Courtroom.

Justices Matt Johnson, Steve Smith, and Lee Harris, JD ’93, presided over the proceedings, joined by Senior Assistant Dean Angela Cruseturner, incoming president of the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association, who delivered remarks, an invocation, and later led the adoption of resolutions. Dean Jeremy Counseller participated in honoring Professor Louis S. Muldrow.

The service included a remembrance of the following Baylor Lawyers, whose lives and service left a lasting impact on the profession: Justice Robert Maurice Campbell, JD ’64, Judge David Lee Hodges, JD ’73, Charles Alfred Mackenzie, BA ’87, JD ’91, Professor Louis S. Muldrow, JD ’58, Shepherd Spencer Neville, III, JD ’70, Judge Tommy Lee Ragland, JD ’65, Justice Felipe Saenz Reyna, BA ’68, JD ’72, and Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr., JD ’66.

Representatives from Baylor Law School recently attended the 2026 Champions of Justice Gala in Austin, where they joined...
05/18/2026

Representatives from Baylor Law School recently attended the 2026 Champions of Justice Gala in Austin, where they joined legal leaders from across the state at this fundraiser for veterans legal services. Baylor Law is grateful to the Texas Access to Justice Foundation for the enduring support of our Veterans Clinic. L to R: Brad Toben, JD ’77; Jamarcus Ransom; Jessenia Ruiz, JD ’20; Rachel Russell; Beth Miller, JD ’85, Angela Cruseturner, JD ’02; Bridget Fuselier, JD ’98; Josh Borderud, JD ’09; Josh Tetens, JD ’05. Not pictured: Austin England.

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