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In just its second year, the Clinic served 162 clients, more than tripling the number assisted during its inaugural year. Students worked directly with self-represented litigants, navigating complex family law matters and gaining hands-on experience as they helped families move forward with confidence. The Clinic also expanded access by assisting its first Spanish-speaking clients. As one client shared: “This was really amazing and helpful. I lost hope until now. Thank you.” https://law.baylor.edu/news/story/2026/baylor-law-schools-family-law-clinic-triples-impact-second-year

Congratulations to outstanding Baylor Lawyers, Steve Dillard, BA ’68, JD ’71, and Anna Greenberg, JD ’14. Steve has been named the 2026 Baylor Lawyer of the Year, and Anna the 2026 Young Baylor Lawyer of the Year. These recognitions reflect their sustained and meaningful engagement with Baylor Law School, significant contributions to the legal field, and demonstrated commitment to integrity, legal excellence, Christian values, and civic and social responsibility.

In the latest episode of Counseller’s Corner, 2L Marley Rokas shares her journey from college basketball to Baylor Law, plus lessons on pressure, preparation, and finding your place in law school. The conversation also includes intramural basketball stories, life with her grandmother in Waco, and a reminder every prospective student needs to hear: there is no single mold for success at Baylor Law. https://ow.ly/6Atw50Z7zP2

Baylor Law professor Rachel Kincaid recently published two law review articles focused on prison litigation and access to justice: “Access Denied: The Injustice of PLRA Exhaustion” and “Deliberately Silenced.”

Her scholarship explores the barriers incarcerated individuals face when seeking to vindicate their rights through the courts. We are proud to see Baylor Law faculty continuing to contribute meaningful scholarship on critical issues in the legal system.
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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 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 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 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/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 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