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Volume 36
Number 2

Cover design: Jennifer Garcia
More Than Bricks
TOGETHER WE BUILD THE FUTURE
OF LEGAL EDUCATION
Please direct correspondence to:
Carrie Anna Criado
Briefcase Editor University of Houston Law Center - School Centers,
University of Houston
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713.743.2184
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Executive Director, Jim Lawrence ’07
Assistant Editor Elena Hawthorne Center for Biotechnology & Law
Writers John T. Brannen, John T. Kling,
Pooja Patel, Brenda Ruiz Director, Barbara J. Evans, Mary Ann & Lawrence E. Faust Professor of Law
Photographer Jennifer Garcia, Elena Hawthorne, Center for Children, Law & Policy
Nancie J Photography, April Sapp
Photography Director, Ellen Marrus, Royce Till Professor of Law
Design Seleste Bautista, Jennifer Garcia, Center for Consumer Law
Elena Hawthorne Director, Richard M. Alderman, Professor Emeritus
Editorial Assistant Lisa Lane
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Director, Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano
UH Law Center Administration Criminal Justice Institute
Dean and Professor of Law
Leonard M. Baynes Director, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Newell H. Blakely Chair
Associate Dean, HIPLA College Professor of Law Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center
Greg Vetter Co-director, Victor B. Flatt, Dwight Olds Chair in Law
Associate Dean for Student Affairs Co-director, Blake Hudson, Professor of Law, A.L. O'Quinn Chair for Environmental Studies
Sondra R. Tennessee
Assistant Dean of Communications and Marketing Health Law & Policy Institute
Carrie Anna Criado ’95 Director, Jessica L. Roberts, Professor of Law, Alumnae College Professor in Law
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Baker & Co-director, Jessica L. Mantel, Associate Professor of Law, George Butler Research Professor of Law
Botts Professor in Law
Professor David Fagundes Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance
Assistant Dean for Admissions Director, Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law
Pilar Mensah
Assistant Dean for Career Development Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
Tiffany J. Tucker Co-director, Sapna Kumar, Professor of Law, Law Foundation Professor of Law
Senior Director of Advancement Co-director, Greg R. Vetter, HIPLA College Professor of Law
Magda M. Herrera
Director of Law Information Technology Juvenile and Capital Advocacy Project
Tommy Abraham Founder, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law
Director of Metropolitan Programs, George Butler Legal Programs Director, Katya Dow ’92, Professor of Practice
Research Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Law
Meredith J. Duncan Texas Innocence Network
Director of Outcomes and Assessments, Professor of Law Director, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law
and the Larry and Joanne Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics Director, Cassandra Jeu ’04
Renee Knake
Director of Global and Graduate Programs
Nathan Neely 2018-2019 UH Law Alumni Association Board
Director, Business Operations
Mybao Nguyen Cynthia Mabry ’10 | President
Director of the O'Quinn Library, Assistant Professor of Law Victor Wright '98 | President Elect
Amanda Watson Alex Roberts ’06 | Vice President
Interim Executive Director for Law Alumni Relations Laura Gibson ’84 | Secretary
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