Laura A. Hernández

Laura A. Hernández is Professor of Law and Chair of Baylor Law School's Belonging and Community Engagement Committee. She teaches Immigration Law, Insurance Law, Civil Rights Actions, and Separation of Church and State. With 11 years of litigation experience at major firms including Skadden Arps and Akin Gump, she represented Fortune 100 companies in oil/gas, entertainment, and insurance industries.

Her research focuses on issues facing recent immigrants. She has published in the Cornell Journal of Law and Policy, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights, and contributed to Controversies in Equal Protection Cases in America alongside scholars like Erwin Chemerinsky.

She founded Baylor Law Immigration Clinic, assisting over 300 Waco residents, and coaches moot court teams that have won 4 national championships. Awards include the Sarah T. Hughes Law Scholar full scholarship from Dallas Bar Foundation.