Faculty Expertise

Dedman School of Law Faculty Experts

Faculty & Title Areas of Expertise

Laura Ginsberg Abelson

Assistant Professor of Law
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Criminal Law

Bradley Baranowski

Assistant Professor of Law

Shelbi Barnhouse

Associate Director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
  • Legal Analysis, Writing and Research

Hillel J. Bavli

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

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

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

David C. Gair

Associate Director of Graduate Tax Program and Professor of Practice
  • Tax Matters
  • Tax Litigation

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

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

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

Cara Foos Pierce '02

Director of the Master of Legal Studies Program and Assistant Professor of Practice
  • Human Trafficking
  • Criminal Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Federal Litigation

Carla L. Reyes

Professor of Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Law and Technology as it relates to Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence

Julia (Julie) Patterson Forrester Rogers

Provost Faculty Research Fellow and Professor of Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Property Law

Eric Ruben

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

Director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research, and Clinical Professor of Law
  • Legal Analysis, Writing and Research

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

Homer R. Mitchell Endowed Professor in Commercial and Insurance Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Technology

Jenia Iontcheva Turner

Amy Abboud Ware Centennial Professor in Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Comparative Criminal Procedure
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Law

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

Jennifer L. Wondracek

Associate Dean of Legal Information, Director of Underwood Law Library, and Clinical Professor of Legal Research

Donna Wolff

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