CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
General Information
CHAPTER 2
Admission
CHAPTER 3
Academic Policies
and Procedures
CHAPTER 4
Degrees
CHAPTER 5
Courses
CHAPTER 6
The Faculty
6. The Faculty
The following faculty members held appointments during the fall semester 2003-2004.
Professors Emeritus
Hans W. Baade, Professor Emeritus, The Hugh Lamar Chair Emeritus of Civil Law
AB, Syracuse, 1949; DrIur, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat 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
Corwin W. Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Edward Clark Centennial Professor Emeritus in Law
BA, Iowa, 1939; JD, 1941
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
Russel 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, Thompson & Knight Centennial Professor in Law, and Fred and Emily Marshall Wulff Centennial Chair in Law
AB, Harvard, 1962; JD, Texas (Austin), 1971
Mark L. Ascher, Professor, The Sylvan Lang Professor
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
Lynn E. Blais, Professor, Leroy G. Denman Jr. Regents Professor in Real Property Law
AB, Wellesley College, 1983; JD, Harvard, 1988
Philip C. Bobbitt, Professor, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair
AB, Princeton, 1971; JD, Yale, 1975; PhD, Oxford, 1983; MA, 1984
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
Michael J. Churgin, Professor, Raybourne Thompson Centennial Professor in Law
AB, Brown, 1970; JD, Yale, 1973
Sarah H. Cleveland, Professor, The Marrs McLean Professor in Law
AB, Brown, 1987; MSt, Oxford, 1989; JD, Yale, 1992
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
Robert O. Dawson, Professor, Bryant Smith Chair in Law
AB, Missouri (Columbia), 1960; LLB, Washington (St. Louis), 1963; SJD, Wisconsin, 1969
John Deigh, Professor
AB, California (Los Angeles), 1971; MA, 1975; PhD, 1979
George E. Dix, Professor, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair in 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, W. H. Francis Jr. Professor
BA, Baylor, 1984; JD, Harvard, 1989
Lee Anne Fennell, Assistant Professor
BBA, Baylor, 1987; JD, Georgetown, 1990; MFA, Virginia, 1998
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, Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor in Law
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
Steven J. Goode, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Fulbright & Jaworski Professor in Law
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
Robert W. Hamilton, Professor, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair
AB, Swarthmore College, 1952; JD, Chicago, 1955
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
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
Susan R. Klein, Professor, Baker and Botts Professor in Law
BA, Wellesley College, 1984; JD, California (Berkeley), 1989
Douglas Laycock, Professor, Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law
BA, Michigan State, 1970; JD, Chicago, 1973
Teresa R. LeClercq, Senior Lecturer
BS, Southwest Texas State, 1968; MA, 1970; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1977
Brian Leiter, Professor, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial 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
Ronald J. Mann, Professor, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law
BA, Rice, 1982; JD, Texas (Austin), 1985
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 Universitaet 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, W. James Kronzer Chair in Trial and Appellate Advocacy
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
Neil W. Netanel, Professor, Arnold, White & Durkee Centennial Professor in Law
BA, Yale, 1976; JD, California (Berkeley), 1980; JSD, Stanford, 1995
Christy B. Nisbett, Senior Lecturer
BA, Missouri (Columbia), 1969; MA, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1979
Robert J. Peroni, Professor, Parker C. Fielder Regents Professor in Tax 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, and John Jeffers Research 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
Steven R. Ratner, Professor, Albert Sidney Burleson Professor in Law
AB, Princeton, 1978; JD, Yale, 1986; MA, Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, 1993
Alan S. Rau, Professor, Burg Family Professor in Law
BA, Harvard, 1963; LLB, 1967
R. Anthony Reese, Professor, The Thomas W. Gregory Professor
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
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
Thomas K. Seung, Professor, Jesse H. Jones Regents Professor in Liberal Arts
BA, Yale, 1958; MA, 1961; PhD, 1965
M. Michael Sharlot, Professor, Wright C. Morrow Professor in Law
BA, Antioch College, 1958; LLB, Pennsylvania, 1962
Charles M. Silver, Professor, Cecil D. Redford Professor in Law
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, 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
Teresa A. Sullivan, Professor
BA, Michigan State, 1970; MA, Chicago, 1972; PhD, 1975
Gerald Torres, Professor, H. O. Head Centennial Professor in Real Property Law
AB, Stanford, 1974; JD, Yale, 1977; LLM, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1980
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, The 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, Judge Benjamin Harrison Powell Professor in Law
BA, Dartmouth, 1990; JD, Harvard, 1993
Mark G. Yudof, Professor, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts
BA, Pennsylvania, 1965; LLB, 1968
Adjunct Professors
Douglas W. Alexander, Adjunct Professor
BA, Pomona College, 1975; JD, Houston (University Park), 1980
William R. Allensworth, Adjunct Professor
BA, Austin College, 1968; JD, Texas Tech, 1974
James A. Baker, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Southern Methodist, 1953; LLB, 1958
John J. Baker, Adjunct Professor
BA, Austin College, 1985; JD, Notre Dame, 1990
William G. Barber, Adjunct Professor
BSChE, Texas (Austin), 1984; JD, 1987
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
William P. Bowers, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas A&M , 1972; JD, Southern Methodist, 1975; LLM, Georgetown, 1979
J. E. (Buster) Brown, Adjunct Professor
BS, Texas A&I, 1963; JD, Texas (Austin), 1967
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
Gregory S. Coleman, Adjunct Professor
BS, Texas A&M (College Station), 1987; MBA, 1989; JD, Texas (Austin), 1992
Dick DeGuerin, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas, 1963; LLB, 1965
Hector De Leon, Adjunct Professor
BSEd, Texas (Austin), 1970; JD, 1973
Philip Durst, Adjunct Professor
BA, Houston, 1978; MA, JD, Texas (Austin), 1982
Christopher C. Fennell, Adjunct Professor
BA, Maryland (College Park), 1983; MA, Pennsylvania, 1986; JD, Georgetown, 1989; MA, Virginia, 2000; PhD, 2003
John C. Fleming, Adjunct Professor
BA, Lee College (Tennessee), 1971; JD, Houston, 1975
Fred Fuchs, Adjunct Professor
BA, Angelo State University, 1971; JD, Texas (Austin), 1976
Eric R. Galton, Adjunct Professor
BA, Duke, 1973; JD, Texas (Austin), 1976
Eden E. Harrington, Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1982; JD, Columbia, 1985
James C. Harrington, Adjunct Professor
BA, Pontifical College Josephinum, 1968; MA, Detroit, 1970; JD, 1973
P. Michael Hebert, Adjunct Professor
AB, Georgetown, 1967; JD, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1970
Max R. Hicks, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1969; JD, 1976
Ricardo H. Hinojosa, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1972; JD, Harvard, 1975
David C. Hricik, Adjunct Professor
BA, Arizona, 1984; JD, Northwestern, 1988
Sharon F. Keller, Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1975; JD, Southern Methodist, 1978
Peter D. Kennedy, Adjunct Professor
BA, Southwestern, 1985; JD, Chicago, 1988
Peter N. Kepple, Adjunct Professor
BA, Ohio State, 1979; JD, Georgetown, 1982
Mark L. Kincaid, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas (Austin), 1980; JD, 1983
Joe K. Longley, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1966; JD, 1969
Philip K. Maxwell, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1966; JD, 1969
Henry S. May, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1969; JD, 1971
Angela Melina Raab, Adjunct Professor
BFA, New York, 1984; JD, Texas (Austin), 1991
Melinda Montford McCracken, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1992; JD, 1995
Franklin Myers, Adjunct Professor
BS, Mississippi State, 1974; JD, Mississippi, 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
Robert C. Owen, Adjunct Professor
AB, Georgia, 1984; MA, 1986; JD, Harvard, 1989
David L. Parker, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Austin), 1976; PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1981; JD, Texas (Austin), 1983
E. Lee Parsley, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas Tech, 1982; MBA, 1983; JD, 1989
Catherine J. Pedamon, Adjunct Professor
Baccalaureat, Notre-Dame College (France), 1984; Maitrise, Universite de Droit, d'Economie et de Sciences sociales (Paris II), 1989; DEA, 1990; LLM, Harvard, 1992
Robert H. Pemberton, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Baylor, 1989; JD, Harvard, 1992
Daniel F. Perez, Adjunct Professor
BS, Texas Tech, 1981; JD, Texas (Austin), 1987
Henry A. Petri Jr., Adjunct Professor
BSCE, Rice, 1984; JD, Texas (Austin), 1987
Louis T. Pirkey, Adjunct Professor
BSChE, Texas, 1960; JD, George Washington, 1964
Brian C. Rider, Adjunct Professor
BA, Rice, 1969; JD, Texas (Austin), 1972
Jennifer S. Riggs, Adjunct Professor
BA, Texas (Arlington), 1981; JD, Texas (Austin), 1984
Robert M. Roach Jr., Adjunct Professor
BA, Georgetown, 1977; JD, Texas (Austin), 1981
George Robertson, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Texas, 1943; LLB, 1948
Kelly J. Shackelford, Adjunct Professor
BBA, Baylor, 1985; JD, 1988
William D. Signet, Adjunct Professor
BS, Santa Clara, 1973; JD, Columbia, 1976
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
Eva Janice Summer, Adjunct Professor
BA, Wake Forest, 1966; MA, Florida State, 1968; JD, Texas (Austin), 1976
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
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
David G. Wille, Adjunct Professor
BS, Wisconsin (Madison), 1988; MS, 1989; JD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1992
Paul Womack, Adjunct Professor
BS, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1970; JD, Texas (Austin), 1975
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Contents
Chapter 1 - General Information
Chapter 2 - Admission
Chapter 3 - Academic Policies and Procedures
Chapter 4 - Degrees
Chapter 5 - Courses
Chapter 6 - The Faculty
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