Faculty Expertise

Dedman School of Law Faculty Experts

Faculty & Title Areas of Expertise

Shelbi Barnhouse

Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
  • Legal Analysis, Writing and Research

Hillel J. Bavli

Robert G. Storey Distinguished Faculty Fellow and 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

Director of Academic Success, 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

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

Associate 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

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

Associate 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 Associate 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

Director of the Master of Legal Studies Program and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Federal Litigation
  • Civil Rights
  • Trial Advocacy

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

Professor of Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Transactional Law

Shani Shisha

Assistant Professor of Law
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual Property

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

Assistant Director for Scholarly Initiatives and Clinical Professor of 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

Associate Dean for Research, Vinson & Elkins Faculty Fellow, and Professor of Law
  • Child Welfare Law
  • Children's Rights
  • Family Law
  • Legal Ethics
  • Feminist Legal Issues

Donna Wolff

Associate Director of Underwood Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research