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TexasTowelie

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Thu Aug 13, 2015, 04:08 AM Aug 2015

Law school graduates sue A&M over alumni status

Texas A&M University is quick to tout the work of its law school graduates.

In one news release, for instance, university officials say A&M law students have provided more than 120,000 hours of free legal services valued at more than $2.4 million.

But much of that work was done by alumni who earned degrees from Texas Weslayan School of Law in Forth Worth before A&M purchased the school in 2013. A&M did not previously have a law school.

While A&M has taken credit for their work, the school won't recognize them as A&M alumni, dozens of the graduates argue in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Law-school-graduates-sue-A-M-over-alumni-status-6440398.php

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Law school graduates sue A&M over alumni status (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2015 OP
Will Texas A&M be able to get free legal services to defend itself? n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #1
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