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Sandra Thompson
Law Foundation Professor of Law
and Criminal Justice Institute Director
122 BLB
sgthompson@central.uh.edu
713.743.2134
Sandra Guerra Thompson is one of the nation’s best known criminal justice scholars. She has authored numerous articles on criminal law issues, on such topics as wrongful conviction, immigration crimes, jury discrimination, police interrogations, federal sentencing, and asset forfeiture. Her most recent series of articles focus on the use of eyewitness identification testimony in criminal cases. In 2009, she was appointed as the representative for the Texas law schools on the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions for the Texas Legislature. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the ALI’s project entitled "Model Penal Code: Sentencing." She is a former Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the Association of American Law Schools (2001-2002).
Prior to joining the faculty, she was an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney's Office (1988-90). She received the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award in 2003 and the Ethel Baker Faculty Award in 2000. In addition, she has served on the planning committee for the Houston Bar Association's Criminal Bench-Bar Conference and is a member of the Houston Bar Foundation. She served for 15 years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Bar Association and continues to serve as a liaison with that group and the University of Houston.
B.A., Yale University; J.D., Yale University COURSES:
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Evidence
Prisoners' Rights
Sentencing
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