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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Chinonso Anozie 
Assistant Professor of Law

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

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

 
Jessica Bregant 
Assistant Professor of Law

 
Johnny Rex Buckles 
Professor of Law and the Mike and Teresa Baker College Professor
  
Darren Bush 
Leonard B. Rosenberg 
Professor of Law

 
Seth J. Chandler 
Law Foundation Professor of Law

 
David Crump 
John B. Neibel Professor of Law

 
Richard F. Dole 
Bobby Wayne Young Professor of Consumer Law

 
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 
Assistant Professor of Law

 
Jim Hawkins 
Professor of Law 
Alumnae College Professor in Law

 
Lonny Hoffman 
Law Foundation Professor of Law

 
Paul M. Janicke 
Professor of Law

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

 
Andrew C. Michaels 
Associate Professor of Law
  
Chris Mirasola 
Assistant Professor of Law

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

 
Daniel I. Morales 
Associate Professor of Law 
Dwight Olds Chair

 
James D. Nelson 
Vinson & Elkins Professor of Law

 
Thomas Oldham 
John H. Freeman Professor of Law
  
Laura Portuondo 
Assistant Professor of Law

 
Robert Ragazzo 
Law Foundation Professor of Law
  
Peter N. Salib 
Assistant Professor of Law

 
Joseph Sanders 
A.A. White Professor of Law
  
Sandra Guerra Thompson 
Professor of Law 
Newell H. Blakely Chair

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

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

 
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 
Professor of Law 
John Mixon Chair 
Director, Tax Program

 
Kellen Zale 
Associate Professor of Law 
Baker Botts LLP Professor in Law
  
Maikieta Brantley 
Clinical Assistant Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies
  
Maleaha Brown
Clinical Associate Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

 
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 
 Clinical Associate Professor 
Academic Initiatives / Bar Prep

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

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

 
Whitney Heard 
 Clinical Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

 
Ryan Marquez 
 Clinical Associate Professor 
Director of the Civil Justice Clinic

 
Hilary Reed 
 Clinical Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

 
Laurel Simmons 
 Clinical Assistant Professor 
Academic Initiatives / Bar Prep

 
Lauren Simpson 
 Clinical Associate Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

 
Kenneth Swift 
 Clinical Professor 
Lawyering Skills and Strategies

 
Tasha Willis 
 Clinical Professor 
ADR Director and Mediation Clinic Professor

 
Tracy Hester 
 Instructional Professor of Law

 
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 
 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 
 Professor of Practice
  
Dr. Qaraman Hasan 
Research Scholar 

 
Amy Hawk 
 Associate Director, Blakely Advocacy Institute

 
Cassandra Jeu 
Legal Clinic Supervisor 
Director, Texas Innocence Network

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

 
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 
Legal Clinic Supervisor 
Director, Death Penalty & Criminal Appeals Clinic
  
Erica Patterson 
Research Scholar

 
Bill Powers 
 Director, Internship & Externship Programs

 
R. Parker Sheffy 
Legal Clinic Supervisor 
Immigration Clinic
  
Katy Stein 
Librarian 
Legal Research & Analysis

 
Denney Wright 
 Professor of Practice