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BRIEFCASE 2017
Volume 35
Number 1
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University of Houston Law Center - School Centers,
Please direct correspondence to:
Elena Hawthorne Institutes and Select Programs
Briefcase Editor
University of Houston A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute
Law Center Interim Director, Jim Lawrence ’07
4604 Calhoun Road
Houston, TX 77204-6060 Blakely Advocacy Institute
ehawthor@central.uh.edu Executive Director, Jim Lawrence ’07

713.743.1125 Center for Biotechnology & Law
713.743.2122 (fax)
Director, Barbara J. Evans, Alumnae College Professor of Law
Writers John T. Brannen, John T. Kling Center for Children, Law & Policy
Photographer Elena Hawthorne
Design Seleste Bautista, Eric Dowding, Director, Ellen Marrus, Royce Till Professor of Law
Elena Hawthorne
Editorial Assistant Lisa Lane Center for Consumer Law
Printing UH Printing Services Director, Richard M. Alderman, Professor Emeritus
Center for U.S. and Mexican Law
UH Law Center Administration
Director, Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano
Dean and Professor of Law
Leonard M. Baynes Criminal Justice Institute
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Law Director, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Alumnae College Professor of Law
Marcilynn A. Burke
Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Sondra R. Tennessee Director, Darren Bush, Leonard B. Rosenberg College Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Law Alumni Relations Health Law & Policy Institute
Allison Hickey Regan Director, Jessica L. Roberts, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor of Law
Interim Assistant Dean for Admissions Co-director, Jessica L. Mantel, Associate Professor of Law
Pilar Mensah
Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance
Interim Assistant Dean for Career Development
Tiffany J. Tucker Director, Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
Professor David Fagundes
Co-director, Sapna Kumar, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor of Law
Director, Business Operations Co-director, Greg R. Vetter, HIPLA College Professor of Law
Mybao Nguyen
Interim Director, Communications and Marketing North American Consortium on Legal Education
Elena Hawthorne Interim Director, David Fagundes, Professor of Law
Interim Director of Law Information Technology Texas Innocence Network
Ruth McCleskey
Director, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law

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