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Laura A. Hernández joined the faculty of Baylor Law School in 2008 following 11 years as a litigator. She teaches Immigration Law, Insurance Law, Civil Rights Actions, Poverty Law and Separation of Church and State.

Prior to Baylor Law School, Professor Hernández practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P. in Los Angeles , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld, L.L.P., in San Antonio, and Bickel & Brewer, L.L.P. in Dallas. Her clients included publicly held Fortune 100 companies involved in the oil and gas, entertainment and insurance industries.

Professor Hernández attended Stanford University, where she graduated with a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Communications. She attended law school at Southern Methodist University. Among many other honors at SMU, she was named the Sarah T. Hughes Law Scholar for the Class of 1996, a full scholarship awarded by the Dallas Bar Foundation.

Professor Hernández’s legal scholarship to date has focused on issues facing recent immigrants to the United States. She has written for numerous publications, including the Cornell Journal of Law and Policy, the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Te Duke Forum for Law and Social Change, the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy, and the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice. Professor Hernández has also contributed to newspaper publications such as the National Law Journal and the Waco Tribune-Herald. Most recently, she contributed a chapter to the book Controversies in Equal Protection Cases in America, joining other notable constitutional scholars like Erwin Chemerinsky, Francisco Valdes, and Ian Haney López.

Professor Hernández enjoys coaching a number of Baylor Law moot court teams. Since 2012, her teams have won three national championships, six best brief awards, and five speaker awards.

Professor Hernández is also the founder of the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic. To date, students volunteering at the clinic have assisted approximately 300 Waco area residents with their immigration needs.

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The trump administration reiterated that it would continue, at least for now, an obama-era program that allows people brought to the u.s. illegally as children a reprieve from deportation and the chance to work legally.

‘dreamers’ program will continue, trump administration reiterates

Professor Laura Hernández’s legal scholarship has focused on issues facing recent immigrants to the United States. She is a recognized expert on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  

Hernández is also the founder of the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic. To date, students volunteering at the clinic have assisted approximately 300 Waco area residents with their immigration needs. 

Regarding President Trump's decision to continue the Obama-era program, Hernandez said:

"While it is laudable that President Trump has recognized all of the benefits that the DACA program has brought to America, it would be most reassuring if he committed that decision to an Executive Order, or even a presidential memorandum. President Trump should also consider adopting the broadened DACA program put forth in 2015, which allows more children to qualify for this invaluable prosecutorial discretion.  It is time to allow these children , educated in the United States, to contribute to our country in the fullest manner possible."


Baylor DACA Expert Comments on Trump's Decision to Continue 'Dreamers' Program

The policy change would affect about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, but the president signaled he will delay ending the program so congress can replace it.

Trump moves to end daca and calls on congress to act

Baylor Law School Professor Laura Hernandez, J.D., is an expert on DACA and the founder of the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic, which has assisted hundreds of Waco area residents – a number who are Dreamers – with immigration needs. She shared the following statement re: President Trump’s DACA announcement.

“It is unfortunate that President Trump has chosen to withdraw authorization for the DACA program, a hugely successful program that allowed around 800,000 children and young adults to make a meaningful contribution to the country they love. The only country they have known.  Moreover, DACA recipients have never threatened national security. Now, it is time for Congress to act to preserve the status of these DACA recipients while giving them a path to legal residency.  Congress should resist allowing the Trump administration to use the fate of these ‘Dreamers’ as a bargaining chip for the construction of a wall that brings no greater safety to the United States, but does cost the American taxpayer millions of dollars in unnecessary expense.”


Baylor DACA Expert Comments Following Trump's Announcement Re: Dreamers Program

President donald trump on tuesday began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. attorney general jeff sessions declared the obama administration’s program “an unconstitutional exercise of authority” that must be revoked.  new applications will be halted for president barack obama’s deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca, program, which has provided nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the u.s. in the form of two-year, renewable work permits.  but the administration is giving congress six months to come up with a legislative fix – “should it choose to,” sessions said – before the government stops renewing permits for people already covered by the program.  guest: laura hernandez - professor at baylor law school & founder of the baylor law immigration clinic, which has assisted hundreds of waco, texas area residents – a number who are dreamers – with immigration needs.

What does the future hold for daca recipients? - the simi sara show - omny.fm

Baylor Law School Professor Laura Hernandez, J.D., is interviewed as an expert on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in response to President Trump’s announcement that his administration will phase out the program. Hernandez founded the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic, which has helped hundreds of immigrants in Texas, including a number of those covered under DACA.

Baylor Law Professor Shares Insights Following Trump’s DACA Announcement

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Professor of Law / Chair, Baylor Law School's Diversity Committee

Baylor Law School Professor Laura Hernandez, J.D., is interviewed as an expert on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in response to President Trump’s announcement that his administration will phase out the program. Hernandez founded the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic, which has helped hundreds of immigrants in Texas, including a number of those covered under DACA.

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Baylor Law School Professor Laura Hernandez, J.D., is an expert on DACA and the founder of the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic, which has assisted hundreds of Waco area residents – a number who are Dreamers – with immigration needs. She shared the following statement re: President Trump’s DACA announcement.

“It is unfortunate that President Trump has chosen to withdraw authorization for the DACA program, a hugely successful program that allowed around 800,000 children and young adults to make a meaningful contribution to the country they love. The only country they have known.  Moreover, DACA recipients have never threatened national security. Now, it is time for Congress to act to preserve the status of these DACA recipients while giving them a path to legal residency.  Congress should resist allowing the Trump administration to use the fate of these ‘Dreamers’ as a bargaining chip for the construction of a wall that brings no greater safety to the United States, but does cost the American taxpayer millions of dollars in unnecessary expense.”

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baylor-daca-expert-comments-on-trumps-decision-to-continue-dreamers-program

Professor Laura Hernández’s legal scholarship has focused on issues facing recent immigrants to the United States. She is a recognized expert on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  

Hernández is also the founder of the Baylor Law Immigration Clinic. To date, students volunteering at the clinic have assisted approximately 300 Waco area residents with their immigration needs. 

Regarding President Trump's decision to continue the Obama-era program, Hernandez said:

"While it is laudable that President Trump has recognized all of the benefits that the DACA program has brought to America, it would be most reassuring if he committed that decision to an Executive Order, or even a presidential memorandum. President Trump should also consider adopting the broadened DACA program put forth in 2015, which allows more children to qualify for this invaluable prosecutorial discretion.  It is time to allow these children , educated in the United States, to contribute to our country in the fullest manner possible."

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