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.

David A Anderson
Professor Emeritus, School of Law
danderson@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Torts, mass communications law, and the law of libel and privacy

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

William H Beardall
Clinical Professor, School of Law
bbeardall@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 784 0683
Expertise: Wage rights and policy; Low-wage workers; Immigrant workers; Guest workers; Immigrant worker rights and issues; Immigration reform; Legal aid for low-income persons; Public interest law; Law school clinics

Lynn E Blais
Professor Emeritus, School of Law
lblais@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Environmental law, adminstrative law, and property

Robert G Bone
Professor and G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law, School of Law
rbone@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1233
Expertise: Class action, federal civil procedure, complex litigation, and intellectual property, especially trademark and trade secret law.

Oren Bracha
Professor, School of Law
obracha@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9325
Expertise: Intellectual property, cyberlaw, legal history and legal theory.

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

Julius G Getman
Professor Emeritus, School of Law
jgetman@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Labor law, employment law, higher education

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

Patricia I Hansen
Professor, School of Law
phansen@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1321
Expertise: International trade law; North American Free Trade Agreement; business

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

Barbara C Hines
Adjunct Professor, School of Law
bhines@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Immigration law, constitutional and statutory rights of immigrants in federal and immigration courts.

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.

Calvin H Johnson
Professor, School of Law
cjohnson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1306
Expertise: Federal tax law; constitutional law; accounting; business, economics & labor.

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

John J Sampson
Professor Emeritus, School of Law
jsampson@law.utexas.edu
Expertise: Family Law; abuse and neglect of children; child custody and support; community property; legislation; paternity; children''s rights; Texas marital relations and divorce

Wayne Schiess
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
wschiess@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1333
Expertise: Legal writing; legal research; drafting; plain language

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
+1 512 554 9350
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.

Stephen I Vladeck
Professor, School of Law
svladeck@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9198
Expertise: federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and national security law

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