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6. The Faculty

The following faculty members held appointments during the fall semester 2007–2008.

Professors Emeritus

Hans W. Baade
Professor Emeritus, The Hugh Lamar Stone Chair Emeritus of Civil Law
AB, Syracuse, 1949; DrIur, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 1951; LLB, LLM, Duke, 1955; Diploma, Haagse Academie voor Internationaal Recht, 1956
Richard V. Barndt
Professor Emeritus
BSL, Utah, 1959; LLB, 1960
William W. Gibson Jr.
Professor Emeritus, The Sylvan Lang Professor Emeritus
BA, Texas, 1954; LLB, 1956
Robert W. Hamilton
Professor Emeritus, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair Emeritus
AB, Swarthmore College, 1952; JD, Chicago, 1955
Douglas Laycock
Professor Emeritus, Alice McKean Young Regents Chair Emeritus in Law
BA, Michigan State, 1970; JD, Chicago, 1973
Leon Lebowitz
Professor Emeritus, Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor Emeritus in Law
JD, Baylor, 1943; AB, 1950; LLM, New York, 1952
Jack Ratliff
Professor Emeritus, Ben Gardner Sewell Professor Emeritus in Civil Trial Advocacy
BA, Texas, 1956; LLB, 1962
John F. Sutton Jr.
Professor Emeritus, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair Emeritus
JD, Texas 1941
James M. Treece
Professor Emeritus, Charles I. Francis Professor Emeritus in Law
BS, Illinois, 1959; JD, 1961; MA, 1962
Russell J. Weintraub
Professor Emeritus, The Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair Emeritus in Business and Commercial Law
BA, New York, 1950; JD, Harvard, 1953

Professors and Senior Lecturers

Alexandra Wilson Albright
Senior Lecturer
BA, University of the South, 1977; JD, Texas (Austin), 1980
David A. Anderson
Professor, Fred and Emily Marshall Wulff Centennial Chair in Law
AB, Harvard, 1962; JD, Texas (Austin), 1971
Mark L. Ascher
Professor, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law
BA, Marquette, 1975; MA, Kansas State, 1977; JD, Harvard, 1978; LLM, New York, 1981
Lynn Baker
Professor, Frederick M. Baron Chair in Law
BA, Yale, 1978; BA, Oxford, 1982; JD, Yale, 1985
Mitchell N. Berman
Professor, The Bernard J. Ward Centennial Professor in Law
AB, Harvard, 1988; JD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1993; MA, 1994
Bernard S. Black
Professor, Hayden W. Head Regents Chair for Faculty Excellence in the School of Law
AB, Princeton, 1975; MA, California (Berkeley), 1977; JD, Stanford, 1982
Lynn E. Blais
Professor, Leroy G. Denman Jr. Regents Professor in Real Property Law
AB, Wellesley College, 1983; JD, Harvard, 1988
Oren Bracha
Assistant Professor
LLB, Universitat Tel-Aviv, 1998; LLM, Harvard, 2000; SJD, 2003
Loftus C. Carson II
Professor, Ronald D. Krist Professor in Law
BS, Cornell, 1968; MPAff, Princeton, 1970; JD, Harvard, 1973; MBA, Pennsylvania, 1980
Stuart L. Chinn
Assistant Professor
BA, MA, Yale, 2001; JD, 2004; MPhil, 2005
Michael J. Churgin
Professor, Raybourne Thompson Centennial Professor in Law
AB, Brown, 1970; JD, Yale, 1973
Jane Maslow Cohen
Professor, Edward Clark Centennial Professor in Law
BA, Wellesley College, 1967; JD, Yale, 1971
Frank B. Cross
Professor, Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor in Business Law
BA, Kansas, 1977; JD, Harvard, 1980
Jens C. Dammann
Assistant Professor
JD, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 1997; LLM, Yale, 2001; JSD, 2003; DrJur, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 2004
John Deigh
Professor
AB, California (Los Angeles), 1971; MA, 1975; PhD, 1979
Mechele Dickerson
Professor, Fulbright & Jaworski Professor in Law
AB, Harvard, 1984; JD, 1988
George E. Dix
Professor, George R. Killam Jr. Chair of Criminal Law
BS, Wisconsin, 1964; JD, 1966
John S. Dzienkowski
Professor, John S. Redditt Professor in State and Local Government
BBA, Miami (Florida), 1980; JD, Texas (Austin), 1983
Karen L. Engle
Professor, Cecil D. Redford Professor in Law
BA, Baylor, 1984; JD, Harvard, 1989
Ian P. Farrell
Assistant Professor
BA, Wollongong, 1992; LLB, 1995; LLM, Harvard, 2002; MA, Texas (Austin), 2003
William E. Forbath
Professor, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law
AB, Harvard, 1974; BA, Cambridge, 1976; JD, Yale, 1983; PhD, 1992
Mark P. Gergen
Professor, The Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty Excellence
BA, Yale, 1979; JD, Chicago, 1982
Julius G. Getman
Professor, Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair
BA, City College (New York), 1953; JD, Harvard, 1958; LLM, 1963
John M. Golden
Assistant Professor
AB, Harvard, 1992; PhD, 1997; JD, 2000
Steven J. Goode
Distinguished Teaching Professor, John Jeffers Research Chair in Law, and W. James Kronzer Chair in Trial and Appellate Advocacy
BA, Williams College, 1972; JD, Yale, 1975
Lino A. Graglia
Professor, A. Dalton Cross Professor at Law
BA, City College (New York), 1952; LLB, Columbia, 1954
Patricia I. Hansen
Professor, J. Waddy Bullion Professor in Law
AB, Harvard, 1982; JD, Yale, 1987
Henry T. C. Hu
Professor, Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance
BS, Yale, 1975; MA, 1976; JD, 1979
Derek P. Jinks
Professor, The Marrs McLean Professor in Law
BA, Texas (Austin), 1991; MA, JD, Yale, 1998
Stanley M. Johanson
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Fannie Coplin Regents Chair
BS, Yale, 1955; LLB, Washington (Seattle), 1958; LLM, Harvard, 1963
Calvin H. Johnson
Professor, Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professor in Law
BA, Columbia, 1966; JD, Stanford, 1971
Emily E. Kadens
Assistant Professor
BA, Chicago, 1992; MA, 1993; Diploma, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1995; MA, Princeton, 1997; PhD, 2001; JD, Chicago, 2004
Susan R. Klein
Professor, Baker and Botts Professor in Law
BA, Wellesley College, 1984; JD, California (Berkeley), 1989
Brian Leiter
Professor, Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law
AB, Princeton, 1984; JD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1987; PhD, 1995
Sanford V. Levinson
Professor, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair in Law
BS, Duke, 1962; PhD, Harvard, 1969; JD, Stanford, 1973
Katherine V. Litvak
Assistant Professor
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1996; MA, Harvard, 1998; JD, Stanford, 2001
Basil Markesinis
Professor, Jamail Chair in Law
LLB, Etnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon, 1965; Doctor Iuris, 1968; MA, PhD, Cambridge, 1970; LLD, 1988; DCL, Oxford, 1995
Inga Markovits
Professor, “The Friends of Joe Jamail” Regents Chair in Law
DrJur, Freie Universität Berlin, 1966; LLM, Yale, 1969
Richard S. Markovits
Professor, The John B. Connally Chair in Law
BA, Cornell, 1963; PhD, London, 1966; LLB, Yale, 1968
Thomas O. McGarity
Professor, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law
BA, Rice, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1974
Roy M. Mersky
Professor, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law
BS, Wisconsin, 1948; JD, 1952; MALS, 1953
Linda S. Mullenix
Professor, Morris and Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy
BA, City College, City University of New York, 1971; MPhil, Columbia, 1974; PhD, 1977; JD, Georgetown, 1980
Robert J. Peroni
Professor, James A. Elkins Centennial Chair in Law
BSC, DePaul, 1973; JD, Northwestern, 1976; LLM, New York, 1980
Hersel W. Perry
Associate Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1976; PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1981; JD, Texas (Austin), 1986
Scot Powe
Professor, Anne Green Regents Chair
BA, Yale, 1965; JD, Washington (Seattle), 1968
William C. Powers Jr.
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law
BA, California (Berkeley), 1967; JD, Harvard, 1973
David M. Rabban
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law
BA, Wesleyan, 1971; JD, Stanford, 1974
Alan S. Rau
Professor, Burg Family Professor in Law
BA, Harvard, 1963; LLB, 1967
R. Anthony Reese
Professor, Howrey LLP and Arnold, White & Durkee Centennial Professor in Law
BA, Yale, 1986; JD, Stanford, 1995
David W. Robertson
Distinguished Teaching Professor, W. Page Keeton Chair in Tort Law
BA, Louisiana State, 1960; LLB, 1961; LLM, Yale, 1965; JSD, 1968
John A. Robertson
Professor, Vinson & Elkins Chair in Law
BA, Dartmouth College, 1964; JD, Harvard, 1968
Daniel B. Rodriguez
Professor, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair
BA, California State (Long Beach), 1984; JD, Harvard, 1987
William M. Sage
Professor, James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence
AB, Harvard, 1982; JD, MD, Stanford, 1988
Lawrence G. Sager
Professor, Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair
BA, Pomona College, 1963; LLB, Columbia, 1966
John J. Sampson
Professor, William Benjamin Wynne Professor in Law
BBA, Minnesota (Duluth), 1957; LLB, 1966
Wayne C. Schiess
Senior Lecturer
BA, Brigham Young, 1986; JD, Cornell, 1989
M. Michael Sharlot
Professor, Wright C. Morrow Professor in Law
BA, Antioch College, 1958; LLB, Pennsylvania, 1962
Charles M. Silver
Professor, Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Endowed Chair of Civil Procedure
BA, Florida, 1979; MA, Chicago, 1981; JD, Yale, 1987
Ernest E. Smith III
Professor, The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law
BA, Southern Methodist, 1958; LLB, Harvard, 1962
David Simon Sokolow
Distinguished Senior Lecturer
BA, Columbia, 1970; MA, 1971; JD, 1979; MBA, Texas (Austin), 1993
Jane Stapleton
Professor, Ernest E. Smith Professor in Law
BS, New South Wales, 1974; PhD, Adelaide, 1977; LLB, Australian National, 1981
Jordan M. Steiker
Professor, Cooper K. Ragan Regents Professor in Law
BA, Wesleyan, 1984; JD, Harvard, 1988
Michael F. Sturley
Professor, Stanley D. and Sandra Rosenberg Centennial Professor in Property Law
BA, Yale, 1977; BA, Oxford, 1980; JD, Yale, 1981; MA, Oxford, 1985
Scott M. Sullivan
Assistant Professor
BA, Kansas, 1998; JD, Chicago, 2001; LLM, European University Institute, 2002
Gerald Torres
Professor, Bryant Smith Chair in Law
AB, Stanford, 1974; JD, Yale, 1977; LLM, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1980
Gregory J. Vincent
Professor, W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership
BA, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1983; JD, Ohio State (Columbus), 1987; EdD, Pennsylvania, 2004
Wendy E. Wagner
Professor, Joe A. Worsham Centennial Professor in Law
BA, Hanover College, 1982; MEnvironStds, Yale, 1984; JD, 1987
Louise Weinberg
Professor, William B. Bates Chair for the Administration of Justice
AB, Cornell, 1954; JD, Harvard, 1969; LLM, 1974
Olin Guy Wellborn III
Professor, William C. Liedtke Sr. Professor in Law
AB, Harvard, 1970; JD, 1973
Jay L. Westbrook
Professor, Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Business Law
BA, Texas (Austin), 1965; JD, 1968
Zipporah B. Wiseman
Professor, Thos. H. Law Centennial Professor in Law
BA, McGill, 1950; LLB, Yale, 1954
Patrick Woolley
Professor, Beck, Redden & Secrest Professor in Law
AB, Stanford, 1984; JD, Yale, 1987
Ernest A. Young
Professor, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts
BA, Dartmouth, 1990; JD, Harvard, 1993
Mark G. Yudof
Professor, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts
BA, Pennsylvania, 1965; LLB, 1968

Adjunct Professors

William R. Allensworth
Adjunct Professor
BA, Austin College, 1968; JD, Texas Tech, 1974
William G. Barber
Adjunct Professor
BSChE, Texas (Austin), 1984; JD, 1987
Nicolas G. Barzoukas
Adjunct Professor
BS, Baylor, 1986; MBA, 1989; JD, Texas (Austin), 1992
William H. Beardall Jr.
Adjunct Professor
BA, Rhodes College, 1975; JD, Harvard, 1978
Jerry A. Bell
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1974; JD, 1977
Allison H. Benesch
Adjunct Professor
BA, George Washington, 1975; MSW, Maryland (Baltimore), 1980; JD, Southern Methodist, 1985
Craig R. Bennett
Adjunct Professor
BS, Indiana (Bloomington), 1992; JD, Baylor, 1995
William P. Bowers
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas A&M, 1972; JD, Southern Methodist, 1975; LLM, Georgetown, 1979
Anthony W. Brown
Adjunct Professor
BA, Kentucky, 1983; JD, Texas (Austin), 1986
J. E. (Buster) Brown
Adjunct Professor
BS, Texas A&I, 1963; JD, Texas (Austin), 1967
Tommy L. Broyles
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1987; JD, Southern Methodist, 1990
W. Amon Burton Jr.
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas Technological College, 1963; MA, Wichita State, 1964; LLB, Texas (Austin), 1968
Edward A. Cavazos
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1990; JD, 1993
Joseph A. Cialone II
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1966; JD, 1972
Jeffrey Civins
Adjunct Professor
AB, Brandeis, 1967; MS, Pennsylvania State, 1970; JD, Texas (Austin), 1975
Leif M. Clark
Adjunct Professor
BA, Maryland (College Park), 1968; JD, Houston (University Park), 1980
Dana Livingston Cobb
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1987; JD, 1990
Elizabeth Cohen
Adjunct Professor
BA, Tufts, 1985; JD, Northeastern, 1989; MSSW, Texas (Austin), 1999
Ted Cruz
Adjunct Professor
AB, Princeton, 1992; JD, Harvard, 1995
Dick DeGuerin
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas, 1963; LLB, 1965
John K. Dietz
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1970; MA, 1973; JD, 1977
Philip Durst
Adjunct Professor
BA, Houston, 1978; MA, JD, Texas (Austin), 1982
Lowell P. Feldman
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1990; JD, 1996
John C. Fleming
Adjunct Professor
BA, Lee College (Tennessee), 1971; JD, Houston, 1975
David C. Frederick
Adjunct Professor
BA, Pittsburgh (Main Campus), 1983; PhD, Oxford, 1987; JD, Texas (Austin), 1989
Fred Fuchs
Adjunct Professor
BA, Angelo State University, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1976
James B. Gambrell
Adjunct Professor
BSME, Texas, 1949; MA, Columbia, 1950; LLB, New York, 1957
Julie E. Grantham
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1996; JD, DePaul, 1999
James C. Harrington
Adjunct Professor
BA, Pontifical College Josephinum, 1968; MA, Detroit, 1970; JD, 1973
Dominique T. Hascher
Adjunct Professor
Licence en-Droit, Université de Droit, d’Economie et de Sciences sociales (Paris II), 1977; LLM, Harvard, 1983
Amber L. Hatfield
Adjunct Professor
BSEE, Texas (Austin), 1987; JD, 1990
P. Michael Hebert
Adjunct Professor
AB, Georgetown, 1967; JD, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1970
Thomas S. Henderson
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas A&M, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1976
Steven L. Highlander
Adjunct Professor
BA, Central Missouri State, 1983; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1988; JD, 1992
Chari L. Kelly
Adjunct Professor
BA, Florida, 1999; JD, Texas (Austin), 2002
Robert N. Kepple
Adjunct Professor
BA, Ohio State, 1979; JD, Georgetown, 1982
Mark L. Kincaid
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1980; JD, 1983
Kevin S. Kudlac
Adjunct Professor
BS, Dayton, 1987; JD, Georgia State, 1991
Kevin R. Lashus
Adjunct Professor
BA, Stanford, 1994; JD, Texas (Austin), 1998
Maurie A. Levin
Adjunct Professor
BA, Vassar College, 1985; JD, Northeastern, 1992
Andrew F. Macrae
Adjunct Professor
BJ, Texas (Austin), 1988; JD, 1992
James W. Marcus
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1989; JD, Houston, 1993
Frances L. Martinez
Adjunct Professor
BA, Brown, 1983; JD, Stanford, 1990
Angela Melina Raab
Adjunct Professor
BFA, New York, 1984; JD, Texas (Austin), 1991
Melinda Montford
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1992; JD, 1995
Edwin G. Morris
Adjunct Professor
BS, Stephen F. Austin State, 1977; JD, Texas (Austin), 1977
Manuel H. Newburger
Adjunct Professor
BA, Trinity, 1980; JD, Texas (Austin), 1983
Patrick L. O’Daniel
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1989; JD, 1992
Mark L. Perlmutter
Adjunct Professor
BS, Northeastern Illinois, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1974
Louis T. Pirkey
Adjunct Professor
BSChE, Texas, 1960; JD, George Washington, 1964
Robert Lee Pitman
Adjunct Professor
BS, Abilene Christian, 1985; JD, Texas (Austin), 1988
Laura L. Prather
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1988; JD, 1991
Brian C. Rider
Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1969; JD, Texas (Austin), 1972
Robert M. Roach Jr.
Adjunct Professor
BA, Georgetown, 1977; JD, Texas (Austin), 1981
James D. Rowe
Adjunct Professor
BA, Oklahoma, 1988; JD, Texas (Austin), 1995
Matthew C. Ryan
Adjunct Professor
BA, Vermont, 1990; JD, Texas (Austin), 1997
Christophe H. Sapstead
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1997; JD, 2001
Amy J. Schumacher
Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1996; JD, Houston, 2000
Marcus F. Schwartz
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1970; JD, 1974
Ronald J. Sievert
Adjunct Professor
BA, St. Bonaventure, 1970; JD, Texas (Austin), 1977
Bea Ann Smith
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas, 1961; MA, Brandeis, 1966; JD, Texas (Austin), 1975
Rose B. Spector
Adjunct Professor
BA, Barnard College, 1954; JD, St. Mary’s, 1965
William F. Stutts
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1973; JD, Virginia, 1976
Matthew J. Sullivan
Adjunct Professor
BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1982; JD, St. Mary’s, 1990
Gretchen S. Sween
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Dallas), 1988; MA, 1990; PhD, 1994; JD, Texas (Austin), 2003
Terry O. Tottenham
Adjunct Professor
BSPhr, Texas (Austin), 1967; JD, 1970; LLM, George Washington, 1973
Robert W. Turner
Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1960; LLB, Texas, 1963
Timothy J. Tyler
Adjunct Professor
BA, Yale, 1986; JD, Texas (Austin), 1994
Susan S. Vance
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas A&M, 1999; JD, Texas (Austin), 2002
Lana K. Varney
Adjunct Professor
BJ, Texas (Austin), 1980; JD, 1988
Clark Watts
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas, 1961; MD, Southwestern Medical School, 1962; JD, Missouri (Columbia), 1990
Randall B. Wilhite
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1976; JD, Houston, 1979
Timothy A. Wilkins
Adjunct Professor
BA, Trinity, 1988; MPP, JD, Harvard, 1993
David G. Wille
Adjunct Professor
BS, Wisconsin (Madison), 1988; MS, 1989; JD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1992
Mark B. Wilson
Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas A&M (College Station), 1986; MA, Texas (Austin), 1989; JD, 1992
Paul Womack
Adjunct Professor
BS, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1970; JD, Texas (Austin), 1975
Larry F. York
Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas, 1962; LLB, 1964

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