School of Law Experts
David E Adelman
Professor and Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law, School of Law
dadelman@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 0877
Expertise: David E. Adelman teaches and writes in the areas of environmental law, intellectual property law, and climate change policy. Professor Adelmans research focuses on the many interfaces between law and science. His articles have addressed such topics as the implications of emerging genomic technologies for toxics regulation, the tensions between legal and scientific evidentiary standards in regulatory decision making, and development of effective policies for promoting innovation relevant to addressing climate change.
Owen L Anderson
Lecturer, School of Law
oanderson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1446
Expertise: Oil, gas/energy law
Ronen Avraham
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
ravraham@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1357
Expertise: Torts, Tort Reform, Healthcare Reform, Insurance Law, Law and Economics
Oren Bracha
Professor, School of Law
obracha@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9325
Expertise: Intellectual property, cyberlaw, legal history and legal theory.
Robert M Chesney
Dean, School of Law, School of Law
rchesney@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1120
Expertise: National security law and policy; terrorism (history, law, policy); law of war; federal criminal law relating to national security; intelligence and the law; constitutional law.
Jamein Cunningham
Assistant Professor, School of Law
jamein.cunningham@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Intersectionality of institutional discrimination, access to social justice, crime and criminal justice, race and economic inequality
Michele Y Deitch
Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
michele.deitch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2562, +1 512 296 7212
Expertise: juvenile justice; prison reform; crime and criminal justice
Mechele Dickerson
Professor, School of Law
mdickerson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1311
Expertise: Consumer debt, U.S. housing crisis, income and wealth inequality, student loans, remedies
Ariel E Dulitzky
Clinical Professor, School of Law
adulitzky@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1256
Expertise: International human rights law, Latin America
John S Dzienkowski
Professor, School of Law
jdzienkowski@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1367
Expertise: John Dzienkowski teaches and writes in the areas of professional responsibility of lawyers, real property, international energy transactions, and oil and gas taxation. He is widely regarded as one of the most dynamic and effective speakers on topics of professional responsibility and he has delivered almost one hundred ethics presentations to in-house corporate departments, large and small law firms, state bar continuing legal education programs, and law faculties throughout this country.
William E Forbath
Professor, School of Law
wforbath@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1326
Expertise: Constitutional law, legal history, social and economic rights in courts, social movements of Africa, Texas low-income housing
Denise L Gilman
Clinical Professor, School of Law
dgilman@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7796
Expertise: Denise Gilman teaches and directs the Immigration Clinic after having joined the clinical faculty at the University of Texas Law School in the fall of 2007. Professor Gilman received her undergraduate degree with honors in political science from Northwestern University. She received her law degree from Columbia University School of Law where she served on the Law Review. Professor Gilman also has an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Gilman clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley, at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is fluent in Spanish.
John M Golden
Professor, School of Law
jgolden@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1469
Expertise: Patent law, intellectual property, administrative law, contracts, science and technology
Steven Goode
Professor, School of Law
sgoode@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1331
Expertise: Evidence; criminal law; professional responsibility & ethics with emphasis on privileges and confidentiality; communication
Tara Grove
Professor, School of Law
tgrove@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Administrative law, civil procedure, constitutional law, federal courts
Kelly L Haragan
Clinical Professor, School of Law
kharagan@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Environmental law, Clean Air Act, air permitting
William M Hart
Adjunct Professor, School of Law
william.hart@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Copyright Law
Henry T Hu
Professor, School of Law
hhu@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1373
Expertise: Law and economics of corporate and international finance; swaps; derivatives; securities; banking; corporate governance; hedge funds; mutual funds; new financial products and financial innovation; corporate hedging; investment and risk management; business, economics & labor
Derek P Jinks
Professor, School of Law
djinks@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1265
Expertise: Public International law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, and criminal law.
Jennifer E Laurin
Professor, School of Law
jlaurin@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3627
Expertise: criminal and constitutional litigation, regulation of criminal justice institutions, civil rights, criminal procedure
Sanford V Levinson
Professor, School of Law
slevinson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1351
Expertise: Constitutional Law, constitutional design, emergency powers and constitutional theory, torture and the law
Angela K Littwin
Professor, School of Law
alittwin@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5561
Expertise: Bankruptcy; consumer credit especially credit cards; secured credit
Thomas O McGarity
Professor, School of Law
tmcgarity@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1384
Expertise: administrative law, environmental law, food safety law, and torts
Susan C Morse
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Law
smorse@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9346
Linda S Mullenix
Professor, School of Law
lmullenix@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1375
Expertise: Mass tort litigation; class action litigation; federal civil procedure; federal courts; professional responsibility
H W Perry Jr
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
hwperry@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1852, +1 512 232 7228
Expertise: U.S. Supreme Court; constitutional interpretation; the intersection of law and politics; free speech; class actions; public law
Lucas A Powe
Professor, School of Law
spowe@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1345
Expertise: U.S. Supreme Court; First Amendment; Second Amendment; Constitutional law; sports law
David M Rabban
Professor and Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Law
drabban@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1308
Expertise: Higher education law, academic freedom, free speech, labor law, legal history, constitutional law
Lawrence Sager
Professor, School of Law
lsager@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1355
Expertise: Constitutional law, constitutional theory, religious liberties, legal process
Amy K Sanders
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
amy.sanders@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: social media; privacy; internet governance; AI
Wayne Schiess
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
wschiess@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1333
Expertise: Legal writing; legal research; drafting; plain language
Elizabeth W Sepper
Professor, School of Law
elizabeth.sepper@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Constitutional law, gender and the law, health law, religion and law
David S Sokolow
Distinguished Senior Lecturer, School of Law
dsokolow@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1379
Expertise: Contract law, corporate law, entertainment law, art law
David B Spence
Professor, School of Law
david.spence@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1369
Expertise: David Spence is a professor in the Department of Business, Government and Society at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Spence's research and teaching focuses on business-government relations and the regulation of business, particularly energy and environmental regulation. Before coming to academia, he was a practicing attorney representing public utilities, energy companies and others in connection with a wide variety of environmental and energy regulatory matters.
James C Spindler
Professor, School of Law
jspindler@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1096
Expertise: Securities regulation, corporate law, corporate finance, securities disclosure, corporate fraud, corporate governance, executive compensation, securitizations, and auction rate securities
Elissa C Steglich
Clinical Professor, School of Law
esteglich@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1387
Expertise: immigration and citizenship law, immigrant's rights
Jordan M Steiker
Professor, School of Law
jsteiker@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1346
Expertise: Capital punishment; constitutional law; federal habeas corpus; criminal law
Michael F Sturley
Professor, School of Law
msturley@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1350
Expertise: Admiralty and maritime law, particularly the commercial aspects of maritime law (such as the international carriage of goods by sea); Supreme Court practice; commercial law, payment systems
Melinda E Taylor
Executive Director, Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business
mtaylor@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3641
Expertise: Melinda E. Taylor is a Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law. Taylor joined the faculty of the Law School in January 2006. Prior to joining the faculty, she was the director of the Ecosystem Restoration Program of Environmental Defense where she managed a staff of attorneys, scientists and economists engaged in projects to protect endangered species and water resources across the United States. Taylor has also served as deputy general counsel of the National Audubon Society in Washington, D.C. and was an associate at Bracewell & Patterson in Washington.
Wendy E Wagner
Professor, School of Law
wwagner@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1477
Expertise: Professor Wagner is a leading authority on the use of science by environmental policy-makers. Prof. Wagners research focuses on the intersection of law and science, with particular attention to environmental policy.
Melissa F Wasserman
Associate Dean for Research, School of Law
mwasserman@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8079
Heather K Way
Clinical Professor, School of Law
hway@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1210
Expertise: Issues related to affordable housing, community development, social equity, and transit-oriented development.
Jay L Westbrook
Professor, School of Law
jwestbrook@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1303
Expertise: Bankruptcy; international business litigation and arbitration; commercial law especially Article 9; secured credit
Abraham L Wickelgren
Professor and Bernard J. Ward Professor in Law, School of Law
awickelgren@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1904
Expertise: Antitrust law, antitrust economics, contracts, and law and economics