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If you know anything about Baylor Law School<\/a>, you probably know the success its graduates have, both on the bar exam<\/a> and in life (see here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>, for example). But you might not be as aware of Baylor Law’s legacy of service. Most recently, the school was honored with a prestigious award from\u00a0the State Bar of Texas\u00a0for its dedication to providing legal services to the poor<\/a>.<\/p>\n The W. Frank Newton Award annually recognizes the pro bono<\/i> contribution of those who have\u00a0made an outstanding contribution in the provision of (or access to) legal services to the poor. The state award is named for Baylor graduate\u00a0W. Frank Newton<\/a>, BA ’66, JD ’77, a long time pro bono<\/i> advocate.<\/p>\n Through\u00a0Baylor Law’s\u00a0Pro Bono and Public Service Program<\/a>, the school offers an immigration clinic and a military veterans\u2019 assistance clinic, each led by Baylor professors. The law school\u00a0also annually hosts National Adoption Day<\/a>, helping finalize adoptions in McLennan County, and the popular People’s Law School<\/a>, a half-day event to help make the law more “user-friendly.”<\/p>\n The Pro Bono and Public Service Program\u00a0encourages\u00a0Baylor Law students to serve the community; since its\u00a0inception, students have performed more that 2,300 hours of service. And through Baylor’s\u00a0Public Interest Summer Fellowships<\/a>, students continue to serve outside the academic year through summer internships\u00a0with\u00a0nonprofit or governmental organizations serving underrepresented populations. Since\u00a02009, Baylor Law has also\u00a0incorporated a community service project into each entering class’ orientation; past classes have worked with\u00a0Habitat for Humanity, the City of Waco and Meals on Wheels.<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Baylor Law!<\/p>\n You might also like:<\/em><\/strong> If you know anything about Baylor Law School, you probably know the success its graduates have, both on the bar exam and in life (see here, here and here, for example). But you might not be as aware of Baylor Law’s legacy of service. Most recently, the school was honored with a prestigious award from\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors","category-service","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n*\u00a0Baylor Law provides Christmas gifts for nearly 1,000 students at local elementary<\/a>\u00a0(Jan. 2013)<\/em>
\n*\u00a0For Baylor law students, lunchtime is just another time to serve others<\/a>\u00a0(Nov. 2010)<\/em>
\n*\u00a0New film highlights role of Baylor Law alum, prof in fighting small-town injustice<\/a>\u00a0(March 2009)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"