INFRINGEMENT - Key Persons
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- Director of the O'Quinn Law Library, Assistant Professor of Law
- Professor
Watson joined the Law Center faculty as director of the O'Quinn Law Library and assistant professor of law after a seven-year stint at the Tulane University School of Law library where she served as associate director and adjunct associate professor. Her career also includes many years as Manager of Information Services at Phelps Dunbar, LLP, serving as State Librarians of Mississippi, and a clerkship at the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
She teaches in the areas of advanced legal research and employment law. Her scholarship focuses on library information services and employment discrimination. Watson has participated in library conferences and co-authored "Understanding and Utilizing Digital Authentication, in Digital Rights Management: The Librarian's Guide." She is a member of numerous associations, including the International Legal Technology Association, American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, and the Mississippi Bar Association.
Professor Watson joined the Law Center faculty as director of the O'Quinn Law Library and assistant professor of law. She supervises a staff of nine librarians and eight staff members, and oversees the O'Quinn Law Library collection of over 285,000 physical volumes and 300,000 digital volume equivalents.
Professor Watson previously served for seven years at the Tulane University School of Law library as Associate Director and adjunct associate professor since 2014.
In addition to her supervisory role at Tulane, she taught legal research, researched and applied for grant funding, provided reference services, managed servers, and advised on technological matters that arose in departments throughout the law school. She is proficient in numerous creative software applications. Professor Watson previously served as head of public library services from 2012-2014 and as access services librarian from 2010-2012. In those roles, she supervised reference, circulation, interlibrary loans, special collections, and digital initiatives. She worked from 2009-2010 at the State Law Library of Mississippi in Jackson and as manager of information services and regional law librarian from 2003-2009 for the firm of Phelps Dunbar LLP in its Jackson office.
Professor Watson has participated in library conferences and co-authored "Understanding and Utilizing Digital Authentication, in Digital Rights Management: The Librarian's Guide." She is a member of numerous associations, including the International Legal Technology Association, American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Mississippi Bar Association, New Orleans Association of Law Libraries, (president) and Southeastern Association of Law Libraries.
Professor Watson earned a B.A. from Mississippi University for Women, a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and a Master of Information Studies from Florida State University.
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- Associate Director of Admissions
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- Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law
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- Senior Director of Development
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- Assistant Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid for the University of Houston Law Center
Carla Martinez is the Assistant Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid for the University of Houston Law Center. She has worked for the University of Houston for more than 12 years and as the Assistant Director, Carla assists students with navigating the process of financial aid. She has worked in both the private and public sector in New York, Florida, and Texas and is very passionate about supporting students to allow them to focus on academics and not stress over finances. She is actively involved in serving students through outreach events, financial literacy events, and college fairs.
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- Director of Law Donor Relations
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- Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing
Carrie Criado is Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing at the University of Houston Law Center. Criado directs a comprehensive communications and marketing program and serves as primary media contact for the University of Houston Law Center and its centers and institutes.
Previously, she has served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for USLegal, Inc. and was Communications Director for The Climate Project founded by former Vice President Al Gore. Assistant Dean Criado has also worked for KVII-TV, KEYT-TV, KUHT-TV, and The First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University.
Assistant Dean Criado also has taught communications law and journalism courses at Southern Methodist University and Middle Tennessee State University.
She was a law clerk for the Federal Communications Commission and an intern at CNN's Washington, DC bureau.
Professor Bush's scholarship focuses on the intersection of regulation and antitrust, with emphasis on deregulated markets, immunities and exemptions, and merger review. Along with Harry First and the late John J. Flynn, he is coauthor on the antitrust casebook "Free Enterprise and Economic Organization: Antitrust" (7th Ed.) with Foundation Press.
Professor Bush received his Ph.D. in economics and J.D., both from the University of Utah. While completing his J.D., he consulted on issues regarding state deregulation of electric utilities, interned at the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, taught various economics courses, and received a Marriner S. Eccles Fellowship in Political Economy.
After receiving his J.D., he served as an Attorney General's Honor Program Trial Attorney at the Antitrust Division's Transportation, Energy, & Agriculture Section, where his primary focus was the investigation of mergers and anticompetitive conduct in wholesale and retail energy markets and airlines. He has testified numerous times on antitrust matters before congressional committees and federal commissions.
He is also a third-degree black sash in Northern Shaolin/Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu.
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- Professor of Law, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
Dave Fagundes joined the University of Houston Law Center faculty in fall 2016. Professor Fagundes began his teaching career at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California, where he was a professor from 2007 through 2016. Prior to entering academia, Professor Fagundes worked as a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block, LLP, and a clerk to Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
As Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Professor Fagundes organizes internal and external speaker workshops and conferences; helps administer research-related funding; nominates faculty for recognition for their scholarly work; coordinates with the Law Center Communications and Marketing Department to publicize Law Center faculty's scholarly accomplishments; chairs the Law Center's Faculty Scholarship and Advancement Committee; and serves as the Law Center's liaison with the University of Houston with respect to faculty research.
Dean Baynes was inducted into the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council Hall of Fame, where former FCC Commissioner and MMTC Chair Henry Rivera described Baynes as "a champion for diversity." Dean Baynes previously served as Professor of Law and the inaugural director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John's University School of Law. He also has served as scholar-in-residence at the Federal Communications Commission, as in-house counsel at NYNEX Corp, and as an associate at the Wall Street office of Gaston and Snow LLP.
In 2010, Baynes received the Diversity Trailblazer Award from the New York Bar Association, and in 2011, he accepted the American Bar Association Alexander Award on behalf of the Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program for College Students.
During his deanship, he was named as one of the top 100 most influential lawyers of color in the nation, and he was awarded The Houston Lawyer Association's Roberson L. King Excellence in Education Award. In addition, the University of Houston received the National Bar Association's Presidential Leadership Award and twice won the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award ("HEED").
Baynes has written more than 25 law review articles on corporate law, communications law, and diversity, and is in the final stages of co-authoring the case book "Telecommunications Law: Convergence and Competition" to be published by Wolters Kluwer. Baynes is admitted to practice in both New York State and Massachusetts. Baynes also has been an expert witness at the FCC Federal Advisory Committee for Diversity in broadcast ownership.
Baynes received his B.S. from New York University, and J.D. and M.B.A. from Columbia University. Baynes was awarded the Earl Warren Scholarship and the COGME Fellowship at Columbia, where he also served as associate editor of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. After law school, Baynes served as a Law Clerk to Federal District Court Judge Clifford Scott Green in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Assistant Dean Criado received a B.A. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin and earned her J.D. at the University of Houston Law Center.
Assistant Dean Mensah is dedicated to diversifying legal education and the legal profession. She is a committee member of the University of Houston Law Center's Pre-Law Pipeline Program, designed to increase diversity of law school applicants by providing law school preparatory resources to college students who are from either low-income, first-generation, or underrepresented backgrounds. She is also an active participant in the Law School Admission Council's Discover Law Months, hosting a biannual Discover Law Day for students who come from ethnically or racially diverse backgrounds.
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- Director of Student Affairs
Derrick earned his B.S. in Technology from the University of Houston. After earning his degree, Derrick joined the Office of Student Services at the University of Houston Law Center. As the Director of Student Affairs, Derrick coordinates and facilitates course registration, oversees exam scheduling, and handles exam conflicts. Additionally, Derrick assists in processing graduation applications, plans and organizes commencement ceremonies, and provides guidance and assistance to students regarding day-to-day activities and other issues that may arise.
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- Director of Student Advisement
Erin attended the George Washington University, where she earned her B.A. in Psychology and played Division 1 water polo. She then earned her J.D. from University of San Diego. Erin practiced business litigation and energy law before returning to her hometown of Houston to work in higher education compliance. As the Director of Student Advisement, Erin provides advising and counseling services to students, as well as facilitating student programming and events. She serves as a general resource for students and assists in course registration and bar preparation.
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- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, HIPLA College Professor of Law
As Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Greg Vetter works with the Dean, other senior administrators, faculty, and students of the Law Center, on issues dealing with curriculum, course scheduling, interdisciplinary programs, accreditation, academic advising, full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, and student rights and responsibilities. The Associate Dean also assists the Dean in strategic planning with respect to the Law Center, serves as liaison among the faculty and staff, serves as liaison with the University and other government entities, and acts on behalf of the Law Center with respect to emergencies that may arise until such time as the Dean is available to address them. The Associate Dean also has the following direct reports: the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, the Director of the O'Quinn Law Library, the Director of Metropolitan Programs, and the Director of Outcomes and Assessments.
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- Executive Director of Law Alumni Relations at the University of Houston Law Center
Hope M. Young is the Executive Director of Law Alumni Relations at the University of Houston Law Center where her efforts are focused on increasing alumni engagement with the Law Center. She works with the members of the Law Alumni Relations team and alumni volunteers to host numerous events on behalf of the Law Center including the Annual Law Gala, the Holiday Coffee, alumni networking events, and Continuing Legal Education programs.
Prior to assuming her role at the Law Center, Young worked in recruiting and professional development in the Houston offices of Andrews Kurth and Fulbright & Jaworski. She also served as Development Director for Camp Allen. Ms. Young earned her B.A. in International Studies with a focus on Public Relations and is bilingual in English/Spanish.
As Secretary II, Jennifer provides support to the Office of Student Services by performing various administrative duties related to course advising and registration, exam administration, graduation, paying invoices and overall student-development. Before joining the Law Center staff, Jennifer worked several years as a General Office Clerk III at Vinson & Elkins LLP.
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- Executive Director of College Business Operations
Jessica Claiborne Haynes is the Executive Director of College Business Operations. Her educational background includes a BBA in Accounting and Finance as well as an MBA with a concentration in Accounting. As Executive Director, Jessica is responsible for managing the Law Center's budget, overseeing the administration of human resources and payroll processes, directing procurement operations, and ensuring compliance with policy and procedure. In addition, she supervises the Facilities and Law Foundation teams. Jessica has held a variety of roles in the Law Center Business Services Office with the most recent position being College Business Administrator.
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- Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute
- Professor of Law, Leonard H. Childs Chair in Law / Professor of Medicine / Director, Health Law & Policy Institute
Jessica L. Roberts is the Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute and the Leonard Childs Professor in Law, who specializes in genetics and the law, health law, and disability law. Prior to UH, Professor Roberts was an Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School and an Adjunct Professor of Disability Studies at the City University of New York. Immediately after law school, she clerked for the Honorable Dale Wainwright of the Texas Supreme Court and the Honorable Roger L. Gregory of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Professor Roberts' research operates at the intersection of health law, ethics, and social justice. Her scholarship has appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review (twice), University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, the American Journal of Bioethics, Nature Biotechnology (twice), and JAMA Internal Medicine, among others. Cambridge University Press published her book on "healthism," co-authored with Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, in 2018.
Her recent scholarship focuses on people's legal interests in their genetic data. Professor Roberts has received funding from the Greenwall Foundation and the National Institutes of Health for her work on the legal implications of genetic technology.
A noted expert on diverse issues of health law, Professor Roberts has been interviewed by several leading media outlets, including U.S. News, the New York Times (twice), the Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, National Public Radio, and BBC World Service.
Professor Roberts has received the university-wide Teaching Excellence Award and the Provost's Certificate of Excellence. She was named a 2018 Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics and is a Health Policy Scholar with Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy.
Professor Roberts teaches, or has taught, Genetics & the Law, Disabilities & the Law, Contracts, and Health Law.
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- Executive Director of Global and Graduate Programs
Karen L. Jones, J.D., M.A. is the Executive Director of Global and Graduate Programs at the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC). She is also part of the adjunct faculty teaching Negotiation in Sports and is a judge and coach for mediation and negotiation competition teams at UHLC.
She was previously part of the faculty in sport management at Rice University, head of the sport law concentration, and started and edited the Rice Sport Law Review (RSLR). She also teaches sports law, ethics and sports negotiation with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, and international and comparative sports law in an online course with John Marshall Law School Chicago. She holds several degrees and certificates including a bachelor's degree in communications/theater arts (Columbia College Chicago), master's in sociology (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), a juris doctorate (law degree - Southern Methodist University Law School, Dallas, TX), certificate in mediation from the Center for Conflict Resolution (Chicago, IL), certificate towards an LL.M. in International Business and Trade Law (John Marshall Law School Chicago) and certificate in Advanced Studies in European Sports Law and Policy (KU Leuven University, Belgium).
She is the former Program Coordinator for the International Sports Law Centre at T.M.C. Asser Instituut (part of University of Amsterdam) in The Hague, The Netherlands, where she developed the first ever summer program in international sports law, started a quarterly Lunch & Learn series, established academic cooperatives, a wide international network and managed and edited the International Sports Law Journal (ISLJ) moving it from an in-house publication to Springer Publishing, widely expanding its viewership.
With more than 17 years leading global fortune 500 corporations in program development/improvement, contracts negotiation, vendor management, procurement, compliance and risk management, she used her skills to establish a small consulting business, Mission2Transition LLC, offering operations management, mediation, and legal support services to clients.
She has published (author/editor) articles and book chapters on legal and management related topics as well as being an invited speaker at international conferences in countries including China, Russia, Italy (CONI), Singapore (INTERPOL), and others.
She loves live theater, is a health enthusiast, member of several professional associations, serves on boards and volunteers with service organizations.
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- Director of Academic Success
Kathryn attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her B.S. in Radio-Television-Film. She then earned her J.D. from University of Houston Law Center. Kathryn practiced family law while working as an adjunct at San Jacinto College in the Paralegal Studies Program and at the University of Houston Law Center in the Bar Skills Program (Lawyering Skills and Strategies). As the Director of Academic Success, Kathryn provides students with a wide array of advising and counseling in relation to legal education, GPA performance, the progression through law school, passing the bar, and related personal effects and stressors. Kathryn, in collaboration with other Law Center leaders, works to design and implement a comprehensive program of academic success for all students.
As Program Manager, Kristan provides support to the Office of Student Services by performing administrative duties related to planning and coordinating programs for law students. Kristan is also the go to person for law student organizations and law journals and oversees orientation for all student leaders. Before joining the Law Center, Kristan worked as an Administrative Manager for a natural gas consulting firm.
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- Dean and Professor of Law
As the ninth dean of the University of Houston Law Center, Leonard M. Baynes brings a national reputation as a communications law scholar with specializations in business, media, and diversity issues. Baynes manages more than 60 full-time faculty, 90 adjunct professors and more than 100 staff members. He oversees 10 centers and institutes. He has initiated a highly successful Pre-Law Pipeline Program designed to create more opportunities for first-generation, economically challenged, and under-represented college students wishing to attend law school. Baynes has instituted a voluntary "Community Service Program" during Orientation for incoming first-year students. Through the program, students, faculty, and staff fan out across the city to work on various public service projects. He has increased the number of scholarships as well as opportunities for school-funded, public service internships both at home and abroad. In addition, he revamped the "Sondock Jurist in Residence" program in which judges and others have lectured, led classroom discussions, and talked to students in casual settings.
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- Registration and Academic Records Assistant II
Prior to joining the Law Center Long worked as a Testing Coordinator. As the Registration and Academics Records Assistant II, Long is responsible for handling exam conflicts and processing all student requests including bar-related documents, petitions, and enrollment verifications and certifications.
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- Assistant Director of Admissions
Mariesha is a graduate from the University of Houston Law Center. During her time as a student, she was a student attorney in the Civil Practice Clinic, a teacher within the Street Law Program, and a student Ambassador. Upon graduating, she was the recipient of the Student Services Award for her efforts in serving the Law Center as a student. Prior to her role in the University of Houston Law Center's Admissions Office, Mariesha was a graduate student fellow at Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse and a legal intern at Lone Star Legal Aid. In her current role as Assistant Director for Admissions, she collaborates with her colleagues to select a diverse law student body, spearheads the Ambassador Program, represents the Law Center during virtual or in-person events, panels, or forums, and counsels prospective law students about the law school application process and student life.
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- Alumnae College Professor of Law, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Metropolitan Programs
- Professor
Professor Meredith J. Duncan is the Alumnae College Professor of Law and the Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Metropolitan Programs at the University of Houston Law Center. Her areas of expertise include legal ethics, criminal law, and torts. As Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Metropolitan Programs, Duncan oversees the Law Center's award-winning Pre-Law Pipeline Program, a program designed to increase the diversity of the law school applicant pool. Her director responsibilities also involve working with the Juvenile and Children's Advocacy Project, a program whose mission is to reduce juvenile crime and delinquency and improve the long-term educational success rates and life outcomes for socially and economically disadvantaged juveniles.
Professor Duncan teaches Torts, Criminal Law, Professional Responsibility, and other related courses at the Law Center. She has been honored with several teaching awards, including the University of Houston's highest teaching honor, UH's Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award. She is one of only 26 law professors studied nationwide in the recent Harvard University Press book What the Best Law Teachers Do, a study of the "methods, strategies, and personal traits of professors whose students achieve exceptional learning." She has been selected numerous times by the Law Center's Student Bar Association as the Outstanding Professor of the Year and by the graduating law students as their "hooder" at commencement. She has also been selected by the graduates as their faculty commencement speaker.
Duncan graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University and earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Upon graduation from the Law Center, she clerked for the Honorable Edith H. Jones, Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and was an associate at Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. She is the co-author of Tort Law: A Contemporary Approach, published by West Academic, and Advanced Torts: A Lawyer's Perspective, published by Carolina Academic Press. She has published articles in leading legal publications, such as the Georgia Law Review, the Wake Forest Law Review, the Brooklyn Law Review, and the American Criminal Law Review. She is a member of the prestigious American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Duncan is a member of the Texas Bar Association, and she sits on West Academic's Advisory Board.
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- Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Monica, a native Houstonian, graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Sociology. She earned her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. As the Assistant Dean, Monica oversees student enrollment and records, course registration, scholarships and financial aid, bar preparation, student counseling and advising, study abroad programs, and student programming and events. In addition, she works strategically with a broad group of offices on the University of Houston campus. Prior to joining the Office of Student Services, Monica practiced as a civil rights and employment law attorney.
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- Assistant Dean
- Assistant Dean for Admissions
Pilar Mensah is the Assistant Dean for Admissions at the University of Houston Law Center. She oversees the application and admissions process to include recruitment, admissions decisions, and the awarding of merit-based scholarships. She directs the daily activities of the Office and manages a staff of 5 admissions professionals.
She graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Diego with a degree in Business Administration and then went on to earn her J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to assuming her current role, Assistant Dean Mensah practiced civil litigation in Arizona for several years before moving to Houston and joining the Office of Admissions. She has been with the University of Houston Law Center's Office of Admissions for 7 years.
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- Program Manager
- Admissions Program Manager
Ray has been with the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) for sixteen (16) years. As Program Manager for the Office of Admissions, Ray is responsible for answering general admission questions and providing administrative support to all members of the admissions team among other duties. Prior to joining the UHLC, Ray spent fifteen (15) years in law enforcement at both the local and federal levels.
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- Chairman
- Director
- Professor of Law
Professor Knake is the Director of Outcomes and Assessments. In this capacity, she leads development and implementation of the Law Center's compliance with American Bar Association (ABA) Standards 302 (Learning Outcomes), 314 (Assessment of Student Learning), and 315 (Evaluation of Program of Legal Education, Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Methods). She also works to advance the Law Center's Strategic Vision as approved by the faculty.
Prior to joining the University of Houston faculty in 2016, Professor Knake served as the Foster Swift Professor of Legal Ethics and co-director of the Kelley Institute of Ethics and the Legal Profession at Michigan State University College of Law, where she taught for a decade. In 2015, she was a scholar-in-residence at Stanford Law School's Center on the Legal Profession and a visiting scholar at the American Bar Foundation.
Professor Knake is an internationally recognized expert on professional responsibility and legal ethics, and has been invited to speak throughout the United States and internationally in countries such as Canada, England, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates. She is an author of the casebook "Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach" (West Publishing, 3rd Edition 2017) and more than 20 scholarly articles including publications in the Fordham Law Review, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Ohio State Law Journal, and Washington & Lee Law Review. Her work has been cited in briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, prestigious law reviews such as the Yale Law Journal, and a range of media including the Christian Science Monitor, CNN Money, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, the ABA Journal, Bloomberg Law, and the American Lawyer.
She has been selected for a range of leadership roles nationally and internationally. Professor Knake is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She currently is Treasurer for the AALS Section on Professional Responsibility. She was appointed as the Reporter for the American Bar Association Presidential Commission on the Future of Legal Services from 2014-16. She served as a delegate to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Justice (2014-16) and Rule of Law (2013-14).
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- Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law
Professor Dole graduated with distinction from Cornell Law School in 1961 where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow. He received his S.J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966. He joined the Law Center faculty in 1978 as a full professor after teaching at the University of Iowa College of Law for 14 years.
Professor Dole is a commercial law expert and a scholar of bankruptcy, consumer protection, and creditors' rights and debtors' protections. He has written a treatise on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and has been a consultant on Bankruptcy Revision to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.
Professor Dole has been a member of the American Law Institute since 1977 and has chaired the Texas Commission on Uniform State Laws. Professor Dole has been a visiting research scholar at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and a visiting scholar of the Institute for Monetary Studies of the Bank of Japan, the Japanese Federal Reserve.
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- Academic Records Coordinator
Samantha is currently responsible for overseeing disability services for the Law Center, performing complimentary audits for graduating law students, assisting with the registration process and graduation certifications. Samantha received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Houston. Prior to joining the Law Center she worked for various departments on the UH main campus. She also served as an advisor and instructor at Texas Southern University.
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- Law Foundation Professor of Law
- Professor of Law at the UH Law Center
Seth J. Chandler is a Law Foundation Professor of Law at the UH Law Center who specializes in insurance law and the application of mathematics and computer science to law. Professor Chandler won a prestigious university-wide teaching excellence award in 1995, was a first year winner of the Innovator Award from Wolfram Research, received the President's Medal from Loyola University for extraordinary service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and has been called on twice to testify before Congress on the Affordable Care Act. Professor Chandler has a broad Internet presence; he is the author of over 100 interactive Demonstrations (http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/search.html?query=Chandler), 21 Resource Functions (https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FunctionRepository/search/?i=Chandler) and several Data Repositories (https://datarepository.wolframcloud.com/search/?i=Chandler) on the Wolfram Research website. He founded two blogs, acadeathspiral.org, which addressed the ACA, and catrisk.net, which addressed catastrophic insurance in Texas. Professor Chandler's blog entries have over 400,000 views. He practiced with Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles and Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. before beginning his academic career in 1990 at the UH Law Center. Professor Chandler teaches contracts, health law, analytic methods and constitutional law. Orcid page: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-7140
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- Associate Dean of Alumni and Community Relations
Sondra R. Tennessee is the Associate Dean of Alumni and Community Relations. Her areas of responsibility include the following: alumni engagement, community and business relations, admissions, career development, and scholarships. In addition, she works strategically with a broad group of offices on the University of Houston campus. Prior to assuming her current position, she served as the Assistant Dean for Admissions and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the UH Law Center. Before joining the UH Law Center, she worked at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and Washington University School of Law.
Active in legal education nationally, Associate Dean Tennessee served on the board of the Law School Admissions Council and was the chair of the Diversity Committee. She is a member of the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs.
Graduating from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and from Washington University in St. Louis with a law degree, Associate Dean Tennessee has used her education to help others achieve their goals. She has worked with a wide range of prospective students and law students. She is excited about working with alumni whom she counseled early in their careers.
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- Senior Assistant Director of Development
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- Director of Continuing Legal Education
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- Assistant Dean
- Assistant Dean for Career Development
Tiffany J. Tucker is the Assistant Dean for Career Development for the University of Houston Law Center. She joined the Career Development Office after practicing transactional intellectual property and general corporate law in New York at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and is a member of the New York Bar. Assistant Dean Tucker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Psychology and Sociology from Grambling State University, a Master of Education in Counselor Education from Florida A&M University, and a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law. A native Texan, Tiffany is a former mental health counselor and professional development specialist.
As the Assistant Dean for Career Development, Tiffany supervises the Law Center's Career Development Office (CDO), consisting of seven J.D. professionals (Director of Employer Relations and Development, Director of Internship & Externship Programs, Associate Director of Career Counseling, three Senior Career Development Specialists, and Graduate Employment Statistics Consultant) and two programming professionals (Program Manager and Program Coordinator).
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- Director of Information Technology
- Director of Information Technology for the Law Center at the University of Houston
Tommy Abraham is the Director of Information Technology for the Law Center at the University of Houston. He is responsible for the overall operations of technology including web development, media services and systems support. Abraham obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Business Administration from Texas Woman's University. His subject matter expertise prior to going into management was in Information Security; creating policies, procedures and auditing. With over 15 years of experience in senior IT management roles, one of his major accomplishments includes being part of a team which implemented the very first Electronic Medical Records system in Houston.