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BRIEFCASE BRIEFCASE 2018
Volume 36
Number 1

Hurricane
Harvey:
Law Center 2017
Year in
Review
Lends a Hand
Please direct correspondence to:
Carrie Anna Criado University of Houston Law Center - School Centers,
Briefcase Editor Institutes and Select Programs
University of Houston
Law Center A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute
4604 Calhoun Road Interim Director, Jim Lawrence ’07
Houston, TX 77204-6060
cacriado@central.uh.edu Blakely Advocacy Institute
Executive Director, Jim Lawrence ’07
713.743.2184
713.743.2122 (fax) Center for Biotechnology & Law
Director, Barbara J. Evans, Alumnae College Professor of Law
Assistant Editor Elena Hawthorne
Writers John T. Brannen, John T. Kling Center for Children, Law & Policy
Photographer Elena Hawthorne Director, Ellen Marrus, Royce Till Professor of Law
Design Seleste Bautista, 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 Criminal Justice Institute
Leonard M. Baynes
Director, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Alumnae College Professor of Law
Associate Dean, HIPLA College Professor of Law
Greg Vetter Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center
Associate Dean for Student Affairs Director, Victor B. Flatt, Dwight Olds Chair in Law
Sondra R. Tennessee Health Law & Policy Institute

Interim Executive Director for Law Alumni Relations Director, Jessica L. Roberts, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor of Law
Hope Young Co-director, Jessica L. Mantel, Associate Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Admissions Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance
Pilar Mensah
Director, Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law
Assistant Dean for Career Development
Tiffany J. Tucker Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
Co-director, Sapna Kumar, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development Co-director, Greg R. Vetter, HIPLA College Professor of Law
Professor Dave Fagundes
Director, Business Operations Texas Innocence Network
Mybao Nguyen Founder, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law
Director, Cassandra Jeu ’04
Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing
Carrie Anna Criado ’95 Juvenile and Capital Advocacy Project
Director of Law Information Technology Founder, Legal Programs Director, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law
Tommy Abraham Professor of Practice, Katya Dow

2017-2018 UH Law Alumni Association Board

© 2018 University of Houston Law Center Cynthia Mabry ’10 | President
All publication rights reserved. The information contained here Fermeen Fazal ’00 | President Elect
does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Law Center and Brad Aiken ’07 | Vice President
the University of Houston. Laura Trenaman ’97 | Secretary
University of Houston Law Center Directors
4604 Calhoun Road Brian Boyle ’04 Alex Roberts ’06
Houston, TX 77204-6060 Clayton Forswall ’11 Reece Rondon ’95
713.743.2100 Laura Gibson ’84 Judge Ravi K. Sandill ’01
www.law.uh.edu
Warren Harris ’88 Kris Thomas ’83
The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier Nathaniel Martinez ’11 Victor Wright ’98
One public research university and an EEO/AA institution. Marie McGowan ’91 Richard Whiteley ’99 | Ex Officio
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