Faculty Expertise

Faculty

Dedman School of Law Faculty Experts

Faculty & Title	Areas of Expertise
Laura Ginsberg Abelson Assistant Professor of Law	Criminal Procedure Evidence Criminal Law
Shelbi Barnhouse Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Hillel J. Bavli Associate Professor of Law	Evidence Torts Procedure Law and Statistics Law and Economics
Thomas B. Bennett Associate Professor of Law	Complex Litigation Civil Litigation
Misty Birdsong '02 Co-Director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research, and Clinical Professor of Law	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Chante Brantley Director of the VanSickle Family Law Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law	Family Law Child Welfare Law
Martin Camp Professor of Practice and Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs	Business Property Law Real Estate Law Legal Ethics
Dale Carpenter Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law	Constitutional Law First Amendment Law LGBT Rights and the Law
Lance E. Caughfield Director of Advocacy Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Advocacy	Civil Procedure Constitutional Law Appellate Practice and Advocacy
Carliss Chatman Professor of Law	Business Commercial Law Ethics and Compliance
Anthony J. Colangelo Professor of Law	Conflict of Laws Civil Procedure Public International Law Private International Law U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Nathan Cortez Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, and Adelfa Botello Callejo Endowed Professor of Law in Leadership and Latino Studies	Administrative Law Food and Drug Law Health Law International Health Legislation and Regulation
Gregory S. Crespi Homer R. Mitchell Endowed Professor in Commercial and Insurance Law, and Professor of Law	Contract Law Disability Rights Corporate Law Law and Economics Legal Education
Beverly C. Dureus Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Monika U. Ehrman Professor of Law	Energy Law Environmental Law Just Energy Transition on Tribal Lands Mining Law Natural Resources Oil and Gas Property Law
Catherine Gaither Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research	Appellate Practice and Advocacy Civil Litigation Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Timothy Gallina Director of Legal Technology Instruction and Clinical Professor of Legal Research	Legal Research
Joanna L. Grossman Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and the Law, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Professor of Law	Sex Discrimination Family Law
Christopher H. Hanna Alan D. Feld Endowed Professor of Law and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor	International Tax Law Corporate Tax Law Tax Accounting
Grant M. Hayden Richard R. Lee Jr. Endowed Professor of Law	Corporate Governance Voting Rights Labor Law
Patricia S. Heard Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Christine Hurt Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law, and Professor of Law	Business Associations Corporate Tax Law Microfinance Securities Regulation Torts
Greg Ivy Associate Dean for Library and Technology and Senior Lecturer	Information Technology in Legal Education Legal Research
Thomas Kimbrough Associate Director for Collection Development and Clinical Professor of Legal Research
Thomas S. Leatherbury Director of the First Amendment Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law	Appellate Practice and Advocacy Class Actions First Amendment Law
Anna A. Mance Assistant Professor of Law	Civil Procedure Climate Law Environmental Law International Law and Development Public Governance and Accountability
George A. Martinez Professor of Law	Immigration Law Law and Philosophy
Thomas Wm. Mayo Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law	Bioethics Health Law Non-profit Organizations
Orly Mazur Professor of Law	Federal Income Tax Law International Tax Law Corporate Tax Law Tax Policy
Sari Mazzurco Assistant Professor of Law	Intellectual Property Law and Technology
Pamela R. Metzger Executive Director of the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center and Professor of Law	Criminal Law Family Law
Seema Mohapatra MD Anderson Foundation Endowed Professor in Health Law and Professor of Law	Bioethics Torts Family Law Health Care Health Law
Natalie Nanasi Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women and Professor of Law	Clinical Legal Education Humanitarian Immigration Law Domestic Violence Law Gender and the Law Second Amendment
Jason P. Nance Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law	Education Policy and Law Empirical Legal Studies Legal Profession
Anna Offit Associate Professor of Law	Criminal Law Legal Ethics Evidence Juries Discrimination Trial Strategy Empirical Legal Research
Cara Foos Pierce '02 Director of the Master of Legal Studies Program and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law	Human Trafficking Criminal Law Civil Rights Federal Litigation
Carla L. Reyes Associate Professor of Law	Commercial Law Corporate Law Law and Technology as it relates to Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence
C. Paul Rogers III Marilyn Jeanne Johnson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Former Dean, and Professor of Law	Antitrust Law Contract Law
Julia (Julie) Patterson Forrester Rogers Provost Faculty Research Fellow and Professor of Law	Real Estate Law Property Law
Eric Ruben Associate Professor of Law	Constitutional Law Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Legal Ethics Weapons Law
Meghan J. Ryan Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Trustee Professor of Law, Gerald J. Ford Research Fellow, and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor	Law and Science Torts Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Actual Innocence Death Penalty Implicit Bias
Christina M. Sautter Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law	Corporate Governance Mergers and Acquisitions Transactional Law
Shani Shisha Assistant Professor of Law	Copyright Intellectual Property
Mike Sims Director of Academic Success and Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Mary Spector Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Director of the Civil/Consumer Clinic, and Professor of Law	Consumer Credit Consumer Debt Collection Credit Reporting Deceptive Trade Practices Tenants Rights Access to Justice Clinical Teaching
Jennifer Rangel Stagen Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Marc I. Steinberg Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law	Business Enterprise Law Securities Law Legal Ethics
Heather L. Stobaugh Co-Director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research, and Clinical Professor of Law	Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
Diane M. Sumoski Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic, Director of the Institute for Children's Rights, and Clinical Professor of Law	Child Welfare Law Investigations Trial Advocacy Civil Litigation
Joshua C. Tate Professor of Law	Legal History Trusts and Estates Property Law
David O. Taylor Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, and Professor of Law	Patent Law Patent Litigation Federal Civil Procedure Appellate Practice and Advocacy Contract Law
Andrea Tosato Professor of Law	Commercial Law Technology
Jenia Iontcheva Turner Robert G. Storey Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Amy Abboud Ware Centennial Professor in Criminal Law	Criminal Procedure Comparative Criminal Procedure International Criminal Law International Law
Cassie Walker Interim Director of Underwood Law Library and Clinical Professor Legal Research	Legal Research Legal Education
Kandace D. Walter Director of the Small Business and Trademark Clinic, and Associate Clinical Professor of Law	Intellectual Property
Jessica Dixon Weaver Vinson & Elkins Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law	Child Welfare Law Children's Rights Family Law Legal Ethics Feminist Legal Issues
Donna Wolff Director of Legal Research, Associate Director of Underwood Law Library, and Clinical Professor of Legal Research