The University of Houston Law Center Faculty

The faculty of the University of Houston Law Center is among the most distinguished in the country. The faculty include: 38 Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty; 11 Clinical Faculty who teach in our clinics, first-year legal writing program (called Lawyering Skills & Strategies - LSS), and in our academic initiatives / bar prep area; and include two other voting faculty. There is an additional group of non-tenure track (NTT) faculty members or full-time staff with some instructor responsibilities, and approximately 150 adjunct faculty. UH's reputation for scholarly and teaching excellence is widely recognized. The Law Center's highly prolific faculty publish in the leading law reviews in the country and their work has been very influential with commentators, lawyers and courts throughout the country, and the world. The Law Center's commitment to teaching excellence is equally notable. Many faculty members at the Law Center have won the UH Teaching Excellence Award, the highest university-wide teaching award. Beyond the university, our faculty have been widely recognized for their outstanding teaching.

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Tenure/Tenure-Track Professors


Chinonso Anozie
Assistant Professor of Law

Leonard Baynes


Leonard M. Baynes
Dean, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Chair, and Professor of Law

Emily Berman


Emily Berman
Professor of Law
William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development

Jessica Bregant


Jessica Bregant
Assistant Professor of Law

Johnny Buckles


Johnny Rex Buckles
Professor of Law and the Mike and Teresa Baker College Professor


Darren Bush
Leonard B. Rosenberg
Professor of Law

Seth Chandler


Seth J. Chandler
Law Foundation Professor of Law

David Crump


David Crump
John B. Neibel Professor of Law

Richard Dole


Richard F. Dole
Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law

David Dow


David R. Dow
Cullen Professor of Law


Meredith J. Duncan
Alumnae College Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Opportunities and Community Engagement


Leah Fowler
Assistant Professor of Law


David Froomkin
Assistant Professor of Law


Aman Gebru
Assistant Professor of Law

Nikolas Guggenberger


Nikolas Guggenberger
Assistant Professor of Law

Jim Hawkins


Jim Hawkins
Professor of Law
Alumnae College Professor in Law

Lonny Hoffman


Lonny Hoffman
Law Foundation Professor of Law

Paul Janicke


Paul M. Janicke
Professor of Law

Renee Knake Jefferson


Renee Knake Jefferson
Professor of Law and the Joanne and Larry Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics
Assistant Dean Outcomes, Assessments, and Strategies


Valerie Gutmann Koch
Assistant Professor of Law


David Kwok
Associate Professor of Law
George A. Butler Research Professor
Director, Criminal Justice Institute


Andrew Lanham
Assistant Professor of Law

Jessica Mantel


Jessica Lind Mantel
Hunton Andrews Kurth Professorship
Professor of Law
Co-Director; Health Law & Policy Institute

Andrew Michaels


Andrew C. Michaels
Associate Professor of Law


Chris Mirasola
Assistant Professor of Law

Douglas Moll


Douglas K. Moll
A.A. White Professor of Law

Daniel Morales


Daniel I. Morales
Associate Professor of Law
Dwight Olds Chair

James Nelson


James D. Nelson
Vinson & Elkins Professor of Law

Thomas Oldham


Thomas Oldham
John H. Freeman Professor of Law


Laura Portuondo
Assistant Professor of Law

Robert Ragazzo


Robert Ragazzo
Law Foundation Professor of Law


Peter N. Salib
Assistant Professor of Law

Joseph Sanders


Joseph Sanders
A.A. White Professor of Law


Sandra Guerra Thompson
Professor of Law
Newell H. Blakely Chair

Elizabeth Trujillo


Elizabeth Trujillo
Mary Ann & Lawrence E. Faust Professor of Law
Founding Director, Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas

Greg Vetter


Greg Vetter
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
HIPLA College Professor of Law
Co-Director, Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law

Gina Warren


Gina S. Warren
Professor of Law
A.L. O'Quinn Chair in Environmental Studies
Co-director of EENR


Amanda Watson
Associate Professor of Law

Bret Wells


Bret Wells
Professor of Law
John Mixon Chair
Director, Tax Program

Kellen Zale


Kellen Zale
Associate Professor of Law
Baker Botts LLP Professor in Law

Clinical Faculty and Other Voting Faculty


Maikieta Brantley
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies


Maleaha Brown
Clinical Associate Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Katherine Brem


Katherine Brem
Clinical Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies


J. Anna Cabot
Clinical Associate Professor
Immigration Clinic Director


Christina Crozier
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Megan Davis


Megan Davis
Clinical Associate Professor
Academic Initiatives / Bar Prep

Alissa Gomez


Alissa Gomez
Clinical Associate Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies & Pro Bono Facilitator

Christopher Heard


Christopher Heard
Clinical Professor, Assistant Dean of Clinical Programs, and Director, Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic

Whitney Heard


Whitney Heard
Clinical Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Ryan Marquez


Ryan Marquez
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of the Civil Justice Clinic

Hilary Reed


Hilary Reed
Clinical Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Laurel Simmons


Laurel Simmons
Clinical Assistant Professor
Academic Initiatives / Bar Prep

Lauren Simpson


Lauren Simpson
Clinical Associate Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Kenneth Swift


Kenneth Swift
Clinical Professor
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Tasha Willis


Tasha Willis
Clinical Professor
ADR Director and Mediation Clinic Professor

Tracy Hester


Tracy Hester
Instructional Professor of Law

Other Instructors and Faculty

Nour Acosta


Nour Acosta
Senior Legal Clinic Supervisor
Civil Justice Clinic


Rehan Alimohammad

Professor of Practice
Immigration Clinic


Rob Brownell

Librarian
Interim Associate Director, Law Library
Legal Research & Analysis

Julian Cardenas Garcia


Julian Cardenas Garcia
Research Assistant Professor
Director, Center for U.S. and Mexican Law


Alyson Drake
Librarian
Interim Director, Law Library
Legal Research & Analysis


Chris Dykes
Librarian
Legal Research & Analysis

Michael Ewer


Michael Ewer
Professor of Practice


Dr. Qaraman Hasan
Research Scholar

Amy Hawk


Amy Hawk
Associate Director, Blakely Advocacy Institute

Cassandra Jeu


Cassandra Jeu
Legal Clinic Supervisor
Director, Texas Innocence Network

Jim Lawrence


Jim Lawrence
Executive Director, Blakely Advocacy Institute
Director, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center

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Emily Lawson
Librarian
Legal Research & Analysis


Leticia Leal
Legal Clinic Supervisor
Immigration Clinic


Vanessa Lopez
Senior Legal Clinic Supervisor
Immigration Clinic


Catherine Meshkin

Lecturer
Academic Initiatives / Bar Prep

Jeffrey Newberry


Jeffrey Newberry
Legal Clinic Supervisor
Director, Death Penalty & Criminal Appeals Clinic


Erica Patterson
Research Scholar

Bill Powers


Bill Powers
Director, Internship & Externship Programs

R. Parker Sheffy


R. Parker Sheffy
Legal Clinic Supervisor
Immigration Clinic


Katy Stein

Librarian
Legal Research & Analysis

Denney Wright


Denney Wright
Professor of Practice