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<\/p>\n Texas Tech is the only university to have honorees in all three advocacy disciplines
\n set by the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators.<\/p>\n
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Texas Tech University<\/a>\u2019s School of Law<\/a> has once again distinguished itself as the nation\u2019s premier advocacy program. Three This makes Texas Tech the only law school in the country with honorees in all three Behnke, Berry and Fisher are members of Texas Tech Law Review and the Board of Barristers, For Rob Sherwin<\/a>, the Champions in Advocacy Endowed Professor of Law, this accomplishment reflects \u201cIt\u2019s going to be really hard to replace these students, but I think they\u2019ve set a Behnke built one of the most accomplished advocacy resumes in the country during her Berry was recognized in dispute resolution and was a national champion and national \u201cThis embodies all the hours we\u2019ve put into our degrees,\u201d Berry said. \u201cFrom classroom Fisher was selected for his excellence in trial advocacy but also was part of the Sherwin points to what this moment signals about the breadth of Texas Tech Law\u2019s advocacy \u201cWe\u2019re not just a moot court school, or a mock trial school, or an ADR school,\u201d he That approach has produced results. Texas Tech\u2019s School of Law now leads the nation
\n third-year students \u2013 Rachel Behnke, Lauren Berry and Derek Fisher \u2013 have been named
\n 2026 Academic All-American Advocates by the National Association of Legal Advocacy
\n Educators (NALAE). The honor recognizes law student advocates who demonstrate excellence
\n across competition, academics, leadership and service.<\/p>\n
\n advocacy disciplines: appellate advocacy, dispute resolution and trial advocacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n a combination that demonstrates the program\u2019s emphasis on producing advocates who
\n excel not only in the courtroom but in the classroom. All three students were also
\n inducted into the National Order of the Barristers, the highest honor awarded to student
\n advocates at the national level.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n both the students\u2019 extraordinary dedication and the culture of excellence that has
\n been built over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n bar for what a Texas Tech Law advocate should be: not just incredible in the courtroom,
\n but in the classroom as well,\u201d Sherwin said. \u201cThey are elite in every sense of the
\n word, and they really represent how well-rounded our program is.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Rachel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rachel-behnke.jpg\")
Rachel Behnke<\/p>\n
\n time at Texas Tech. She led the school to national championships at the National Pretrial
\n Advocacy Competition and the National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition,
\n earning best oralist at both. She says appellate advocacy became one of the most meaningful
\n parts of her experience at Texas Tech Law, as it challenged her intellectually while
\n also growing her confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n finalist in negotiation competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n to courtroom and everything in between. This award recognizes the fact that a law
\n degree is so much more than a stack of casebooks and cold calls.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Lauren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lauren-berry.jpg\")
Lauren Berry<\/p>\n
\n same championship-winning pretrial team that captured the school\u2019s 57th national advocacy
\n championship. Fisher credits Texas Tech Law\u2019s emphasis on early advocacy involvement.
\n Students are competing as early as their first year in law school, laying a foundation
\n to grow in the years ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Derek](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/derek-fisher.jpg\")
Derek Fisher<\/p>\n
\n identity, one that resists being defined by a single discipline.<\/p>\n
\n said. \u201cWe have a program that emphasizes it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n with three honorees from a single graduating class, continuing what has been an extraordinary run of success<\/a> for its advocacy program.\u00a0<\/p>\n