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classroom teaching of legal memorandums MARGARET MELTON DE YOUNG currently serves on the board of United
and appellate briefs, advocacy writing Senior Career Development Specialist Against Human Trafficking. She received
skills development and oral advocacy. In Margaret De Young spent a B.A. in comparative literature from the
addition, Swift developed and taught online four years as an associate at University of Maine, a M.A. in English
courses in advanced legal research and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer language literature from Michigan State
writing, employment law and LL.M. subject & Feld in the energy and University and a J.D. from the University
areas. He has published numerous law global transactions section of Houston Law Center. She has a passion
review and journal articles on legal writing of the Houston office. She then served for for horses and is a regular attendee at the
and employment law in academic and three years as in-house counsel for Sunoco Annual Symposium on Equine Law held in
practitioner publications. Swift received Logistics Partners L.P., a crude, NGLs, and Lexington, Ky.
a B.A. in history from the University of refined products pipeline, terminaling and
Minnesota in 1990. He earned his J.D. cum marketing company, in the Sugar Land JOSEPHINE SORGWE
laude in 1995 from Hamline School of Law, office. Her practice focused on corporate Clinical Supervising Attorney, Immigration Clinic
where he was in the top 10 percent of his and securities matters, including mergers Josephine Sorgwe supervises
class and a member of the honor society. and acquisitions, securities offerings law students on pro bono
He also was an associate member of the and corporate finance transactions. She cases involving crime
Hamline Law Review. earned her J.D. from Southern Methodist victims, asylum seekers
GINA S. WARREN University Dedman School of Law and her and other immigration
Associate Professor B.S. in biological sciences and theatre from matters. She also provides direct pro bono
Vanderbilt University.
Professor Warren joined legal representation to immigrant victims
of crime, domestic violence and human
the UHLC faculty from LISA LANE trafficking under a grant from the Texas
Texas A&M University Program Manager – Marketing and Communications Access to Justice Foundation. She speaks
School of Law where at numerous events regarding deferred
she taught courses in Lisa Lane is a community action for childhood arrivals, crime victims,
energy law, oil & gas, natural resources relations specialist and naturalization and other immigration
law, climate change & energy, and civil former educator. As issues. She also participates in numerous
procedure. Her research explores the special assistant to the workshops and offers legal advice to
role of policy and regulation in the area Dallas County District community organizers and community
of sustainable energy, with a focus on Attorney, she managed programming, members. She earned a B.A. in political
renewable energy, climate change and including justice equity panel discussions, science from Texas A&M University and a
distributed generation. Her scholarship international policy exchange forums, J.D. from the University of Houston Law
has been cited by the Colorado Supreme student internships and legal debates. Center.
Court, and her articles are often among She served as the English department
the “Top 10” downloaded articles on chairperson at Longfellow Academy and
Social Science Research Network taught English at Brookhaven College. APRIL TAYLOR
(SSRN) in energy-related categories. She continues to work as a volunteer Executive Secretary
Warren is a highly sought after speaker, college adviser to high school students. April Taylor joined the
having been invited to speak in many She received her B.A. in English from the Law Center staff in April
countries, including Mexico, Scotland University of Missouri – Kansas City. 2016 after working in
and Argentina. Warren is also chair- various administrative
elect of the AALS Section on natural DIANE M. MCMANUS positions for companies
resources and energy law. Prior to Clinical Supervising Attorney, Civil Practice Clinic throughout Houston. She graduated from
entering academia, Warren worked as a Diane M. McManus was a the University of Houston in 2015 with a
litigator in energy and utility law for the staff attorney and manager B.S. in anthropology and hopes to pursue a
international law firm of Perkins Coie with Lone Star Legal Aid graduate degree in forensic science within
based in Seattle. At the Law Center, she (formerly Gulf Coast Legal the next few years.
teaches oil and gas, energy law and policy Foundation) where she
and international energy law. Warren served victims of domestic violence by
earned her B.S. in psychology from the arranging for staff attorneys to perform
University of Arizona in 1996 and her intakes at shelters in Harris, Fort Bend
J.D. in 2004 from Rutgers University and Montgomery counties. She served
School of Law where she was a member as chair of the statewide Family Law
of the Rutgers Law Review. Task Force for Legal Aid attorneys and

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