David Crump, John B. Neibel Professor of Law & Director of CLE, holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Texas. Professor Crump earned his B.A. from Harvard College, where he concentrated in Chemistry. Before going to law school, he was an aerospace engineer at the NASA-MSC. After receiving his J.D. from the University of Texas, he was a law clerk to a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, a law professor at the University of California (Davis), and an attorney in private practice in Dallas. He served as an Assistant District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, where he tried cases ranging from minor misdemeanors to capital murders. Since that time, he has been a civil trial lawyer and has been affiliated with the law firms of Johnson & Gibbs and Haynes and Boone, among others, while teaching at the University of Houston Law Center.He has published 10 law school teaching books that are currently in use, on subjects ranging from civil litigation to real property transactions. He also has two published novels and a book of children's poetry. He has been a director of the State Bar of Texas and chaired the subcommittee of the State Bar that generated the Minimum Continuing Legal Education plan for Texas.
Here is the “innovative curriculum” at the new UC Irvine Law School. It’s not really very innovative, even though it has different names for the courses, but it does scrap the traditional curriculum and try something different. One thing that looks interesting about this curriculum is that it seems to repeat the what-do-you-think-and-how-do-you-feel-about-this-court-opinion method a little less.
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Imagine what would happen if an American President were to persuade Congress to abolish the Act of State doctrine. Presumably, the President would follow this step by “tough negotiations” conducted with the Saudis, which would be convened either “with or without preconditions.” .
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Professor Gershowitz earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001 and his B.A. in political science and criminal justice from...More...
Professor Gidi joined the Law Center faculty in 2005 after teaching two years at the University of Detroit Mercy and several years as an Adjunct Profe...More...
Darren Bush is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. Education background includes: B.A. (Economics), 1991, Californ...More...
David Crump, John B. Neibel Professor of Law & Director of CLE, holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Texas. Professo...More...
Professor Dow joined the University of Houston Law Center faculty in 1988. He graduated with a B.A. in History from Rice University, and earned his M....More...
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Professor Paust has written several books and over 150 articles and essays addressing a wide array of international legal issues. He is often asked to...More...
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Professor Griffin joined the Law Center faculty in 2002. Before moving to Houston, she taught both law and theology at several schools and clerked for...More...
Professor Hoffman, a specialist on civil procedure in federal and state courts, joined the Law Center faculty in 2001. His scholarship focuses on proc...More...
Professor Duncan joined the Law Center faculty in 1998. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1988 and earned...More...
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Professor Zamora earned a B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1966 and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in...More...Enter keywords:
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