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SMU Dedman Law Achieves 100% Employment for Class of 2025

April 23, 2026
James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Scholarship Continues Family Legacy of Leadership, Service and Legal Excellence

April 23, 2026
SMU Dedman Law Continues to Excel in the U.S. News Law School Rankings

April 22, 2026
Texas Bar Foundation Gives Jerry Alexander Statewide Recognition

April 22, 2026
How SMU Dedman Law Students Help Dallas Families Keep Ancestral Homes

April 17, 2026
SMU Dedman Law Celebrates 2026 Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann Moot Court Competition Winners

April 13, 2026
Emma Hackney Memorial Scholarship Fund

April 07, 2026
Remembering Professor William V. Dorsaneo III

March 25, 2026
Texas Business Court Holds Hearing at SMU Dedman School of Law

March 11, 2026
Dedman Law's Deason Center Attorneys Secure $1.5M For Overdetained Texans

February 23, 2026
Professor Carla L. Reyes Appointed to CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee

February 16, 2026
SMU Dedman School of Law Welcomes Texas Business Court to Campus

February 02, 2026
SMU Donors Meet Stanton Foundation Challenge, Securing the Future of the 1A Clinic

January 07, 2026
Exploring a Vision for the Future of Campus

December 19, 2025
SMU Dedman School of Law Scholarship Challenge raises more than $12 million

December 15, 2025
Celebrating a global legacy: Dr. Helmut R. Sohmen ’66

November 03, 2025
Prof. Jenia Turner named to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee

November 03, 2025
Honoring Nancy Dedman ’50: A Lifetime of Impact

October 28, 2025
SMU Tops Texas Law Schools with 98.52% First-Time Bar Passage Rate

October 16, 2025
Dedman Law Named ‘Top School for Business Law’ by National Jurist

October 08, 2025

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