Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

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Paul Asofsky.  Tax LL.M. Director.  B.A., Columbia University; J.D., Harvard.

Leonard M. Baynes.  Dean of UH Law Center and Professor of Law.  B.S., New York University; M.B.A., J.D., Columbia University.

Janet Beck.  Visiting Assistant Professor.  B.A., New York University; M.S.W. University of Chicago; J.D., University of Houston Law Center. 

Erma Bonadero.  Visiting Assistant Professor and Director, Internship and Externship Programs.  B.A., Texas State University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Katherine Brem. Lecturer. B.A., University of Texas At Austin; J.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Raymond L. Britton.  Professor of Law.  B.A., Penn State University; LL.B., Southern Methodist University; LL.M., Harvard University.

Johnny R. Buckles.  Professor of Law and Law Foundation Professor of Law.  B.S., Oklahoma State University; J.D., Harvard University; M.A., Dallas Theological Seminary.

Marcilynn A. Burke.  Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Law.  A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., Yale University.

Darren Bush.  Professor of Law and Law Foundation Professor of Law.  B.S., California State University, San Bernadino; Ph.D., University of Utah; J.D., University of Utah College of Law.

Seth Chandler.  UH Law Foundation Professor of Law.  A.B., Princeton University; J.D., Harvard University.

Anthony R. Chase.  Associate Professor of Law.  B.A., M.B.A., J.D., Harvard University.

David M. Crump.  John B. Neibel Professor of Law;  B.A., Harvard University; J.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Richard F. Dole, Jr.  Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law.  B.A., Bates College; LL.B., LL.M., Cornell University; S.J.D., University of Michigan.

David R. Dow.  Cullen Professor of Law. B.A., Rice University; M.A., J.D., Yale University.

Meredith Duncan.  George Butler Research Professor of Law.  B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., University of Houston.

Barbara Evans.  Professor of Law and George Butler Research Professor; Director of Center on Biotechnology and Law.  B.S., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Stanford University; J.D., Yale University; LL.M., University of Houston Law Center.

Jim Hawkins.  Associate Professor of Law.  B.A., Baylor University; J.D., University of Texas.

Amy Hawk.  Associate Director of Blakely Advocacy Institute.  B.A., Davidson College; J.D., University of Houston.

Whitney W. Heard.  Clinical Assistant Professor; Lawyering Skills and Strategies. B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., Georgetown University.

Janet Heppard.  Associate Professor of Clinical Practice.  B.S. Wright State University; M.B.A., J.D., University of Houston.

Tracey Hester.  Lecturer.  B.A., University of Texas at Austin; J.D., Columbia University.

Geoffrey Hoffman.  Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Immigration Clinic.  A.B., Columbia University; J.D., Tulane Law School; LL.M., Harvard Law School

Lonny S. Hoffman.  Law Foundation Professor of Law.  B.A., Columbia College; J.D., University of Texas Law Center.

Paul Janicke.  Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Professor of Law.  B.E.E., Manhattan College; J.D., New York University; LL.M., George Washington University.

Cassandra Jeu.  Legal Clinic Supervisor.  B.A., Vassar College; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Craig Joyce.  Andrews Kurth Professor of Law; Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law.  B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Oxford University; J.D., Stanford University.

Renee N. Knake. Professor of law. B.A., North Park College; J.D., University of Chicago.

Sapna Kumar.  Associate Professor of Law.  B.S., B.A., University of Texas at Austin; J.D., University of Chicago Law School.

David Kwok.  Assistant Professor of Law.  B.S., Northwestern University; M.P.P., J.D., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Jim Lawrence.  Director, Blakely Advocacy Institute.  B.S., Appalachian State University; M.A., Appalachian State University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Peter Linzer.  Professor of Law.  A.B., Cornell University; J.D., Columbia University.

Jacqueline Lipton. Baker Botts Professor of Law and Co-Director of Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law.  B.A., University of Melbourne; B.A., La Trobe University; Ph.D., LL.M., Cambridge University; Ph.D., Griffith University; LL.M., Grad. Cert. (Computing), Monash University; LL.B.

Jessica Mantel.  Assistant Professor of Law & Co-Director, Health Law & Policy Institute.  B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.P.P., University of Michigan School of Public Policy; J.D., University of Michigan Law School.

Ellen Marrus.  George Butler Professor or law and Director, Center for Children, Law and Policy.  B.A., Kean College; J.D., University of San Francisco; LL.M., Georgetown University.

Richard McElvaney.  Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of the Center for Consumer Law.  B.S., Pennsylvania State University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Douglas Moll.  Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, P.L.P. Law Center Professor of Law.  B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., Harvard University.

Sarah J. Morath. Clinical Associate Professor. B.A. Vassar College; M.E.S. Yale university; J.D., University of Montana.

Merle Morris.  Co-Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills and Strategies. B.A., J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

James Nelson. Assistant Professor. B.A. , J.D., University of Virginia. 

Raymond T. Nimmer.  Leonard H. Childs Professor of Law and Distinguished Chair in Residence, UCP.  B.S., J.D., Valparaiso University.

J. Thomas Oldham.  John H. Freeman Professor of Law.  B.A., Denison University; J.D., University of California at Los Angeles.

Michael A. Olivas.  William B. Bates Distinguished Chair of Law and Director, Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance.  B.A., Pontifical College Josephinum; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University; J.D., Georgetown University.

Robert C. Palmer.  Cullen Professor of Law and History.  B.A., University of Oregon; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Jordan J. Paust.  Mike and Teresa Baker Law Center Professor of Law.  A.B., J.D., University of California at Los Angeles; LL.M., University of Virginia; J.S.D. Candidate, Yale University.

Susan Rachlin.  Clinical Assistant Professor, Lawyering Skills and Strategies.  B.A., Rice University; M.P.H., University of Texas at Austin; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Robert Ragazzo.  Law Foundation Professo of Lawr.  B.A., Fordham College; J.D., Harvard University.

D. Theodore Rave Assistant Professor of Law.  B.A., Dartmouth College; J.D., New York University School of Law.

Jessica Roberts.  Associate Professor of Law; Director, Health Law & Policy Institute. B.A., University of Southern California; J.D., Yale University.

Joseph Sanders.  A.A. White Professor of Law.  B.A., J.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University.

Ben H. Sheppard.  Director of A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center. J.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Lauren Simpson.  Clinical Assistant Professor, Lawyering Skills and Strategies.  B.A., Washington University; J.D. University of Houston Law Center.

Spencer Simons.  Director, O’Quinn Law Library and Associate Professor of Law.  B.A., M.B.A., J.D., Master of Librarianship, University of Washington.

Barbara Stalder.  Legal Clinic Supervisor, B.A. University of Houston; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

William P. Streng.  Vinson and Elkins Professor of Law.  B.A., Wartburg College; J.D., Northwestern University.

Kenneth R. Swift. Clinical Associate Professor. B.A., University of Minnesota; J.D., Hamline University.

Tobi Tabor.  Clinical Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Lawyering Skills and Strategies.  B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Roosevelt University; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Sandra Guerra Thompson.  Alumnae College Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Justice Institute.  B.A., J.D., Yale University.

Lisa Tilton-McCarthy.  Clinical Assistant Professor, Lawyering Skills and Strategies.  B.A., B.S., Texas A&M University; J.D., South Texas College of Law.

Ronald Turner.  Alumnae Law Center Professor of Law.  B.A., Wilberforce University; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Greg Vetter.  Professor of Law and Law Foundation Professor.  Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law. B.S., M.S., University of Missouri; M.B.A., Rockhurst University; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law.

Gina S. Warren. Associate Professor of Law. B.S., University of Arizona; J.D., Rutgers University. 

Jacqueline Lang Weaver.  A.A. White Professor of Law. B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; J.D., University of Houston Law Center.

Bret Wells.  Associate Professor of Law and Director, Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Center.  B.B.A., Southwestern University; J.D., University of Texas.

Tasha Willis Clinical Assistant Professor and Director Alternative Dispute resolution and Mediation Clinic Professor.  A.B., University of St. Thomas; J.D., South Texas College of Law.

Allison Winnike.  Research Professor, Professor, Director, Research, Health Law & Policy Institute.  B.A., Rice University; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center..

Kellen Zale.  Assistant Professor of Law.  A.B., Princeton University; J.D, Duke University School of Law.