Biography
A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Rosas was a lawyer, educator, businessman and engineer, before joining St. Mary’s. He has been a Visiting Professor at the St. Mary’s University School of Law since 1994 and Instructor of Law since 2000. He teaches courses in Comparative Law: Mexico and the United States and Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business with Mexico. Rosas has taught law at the Universidad de Guadalajara School of Law as a Tenure Track Professor, where he graduated at the top of his class.
Rosas worked for various law firms in Guadalajara and later, he established a solo practice. He has worked as a consultant to the Mexican government on public administration projects, the CEO of a business consulting firm, a business manager, an industrial engineer and a canon lawyer. He has lectured in the United States, Spain and Mexico, and is the author of numerous law review articles over the law of these countries that have been published in countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. He was elected director of the Commission on Legal Affairs for the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Living Abroad, where his main role is advising the President of Mexico in the design and formulation of the public policies concerning the Mexican communities in the United States and Canada. In February 2014, at the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico City, Rosas was elected president of the Centro de los Mexicanos en la Globalización (Center for Mexicans in the Globalization).
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Faculty Award, 2013 St. Mary’s University Alumni Association
Presidential Citation, State Bar of Texas, June, 1998, Austin, Texas
Acknowledgement, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Derecho, Dec. 4, 2001, Madrid, España
Acknowledgement, Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue, Aug. 7, 1997, Cleveland, Ohio
Graduated top of his law school class
Graduated top of his J.S.D. class
Founding President of the Center of the Mexicans in the Globalization (CMG)
Member of the “Iuris Tantum Law Review” Editorial Board, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Anáhuac, México City, México.
Publications
Articles in a Periodical
- Canon 1095 and the Dignitas Connubbi: The Role of Consent, Incapacity, and Psychic Anomalies in Cases of Matrimonial Nullity, Ateneo Law Journal, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, Philippines, Volume 58, 2014.
- Trademarks Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) With References to the Current Mexican Law, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Volume 18, 2014, Number 1.
- New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America: The East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, Faculty of Law Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, December, 2009.
- Matrimonial Consent in Canon Law, Juridical Aspects: Revista Jurídica Universidad Interamerican de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Mayo 2009, Volumen XLIII, Número 3.
- New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America: Iuris Tantum, México, Otoño-Invierno 2008, Año XXIII, Número 19.
- Comparative Study of the Formation of Electronic Contracts in American Law with References to International Law: The Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, India, July-September 2006, Vol. 46, No. 3.
- Un Enfoque Comparativo Sobre la Formación de los Contratos en el Derecho Estadounidense y el Derecho Internacional: Iuris Tantum, México, Otoño-Invierno 2006, Año XXI, Número 17.
- Los Nuevos Derechos en el Sistema Jurídico de los Estados Unidos: Iuris Tantum, México, Otoño-Invierno 2005, Año XX, Número 16.
- Estudio Comparativo de la Formación de Contratos Electrónicos en el Derecho Estadounidense con Referencia al Derecho Internacional y al Derecho Mexicano: Revista de Derecho Privado, México, Septiembre de 2004-Abril de 2005, Nueva Época, Año III, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico).
- Comparative Study in the Formation of Electronic Contracts in American Law with References to International and Mexican Law: The Newcastle Law Review, Australia, 2004-05, Vol. 8, No. 2.
- Contratos Electrónicos: Comparación Sobre su Formación: Revista de la Contratación Electrónica, España, Junio 2004, Núm. 50.
- Maternity Rights in Mexico with Reference to the Spanish and American Law: Journal of Law & Social Challenges, University of San Francisco School of Law, Fall 2004, Vol. 6, No. 1.
- Las Marcas en el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (“Trademarks and NAFTA”): Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, Mayo-Agosto 2003, Nueva Serie, Año XXXVI, Núm. 107, México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas of the UNAM. The article is available online. An abstract in English of the article is also available.
- Comparative Study of the Formation of Electronic Contracts in American Law with References to International and Mexican Law: Houston Journal of International Law, Fall 2003, Vol. 26, No. 1.
- Trademarks Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) With References to the New Trademark Law of Spain, Effective July 31, 2002, and the Current Mexican Law: New York International Law Review, Summer 2003, Vol. 16, No. 2.
Conferences
- Derecho Comparado México – Estados Unidos, Juris Doctor Program Universidad de Guadalajara, March 10, 2015, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
- Lectio Brevis,J.S.D. Program Universidad de Guadalajara, August 18, 2014, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
- Business Associations and Business Law Mexico-US, LL.M. Program Universidad Panamericana, from 2009 to present, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes, México.
- Acciones Gubernamentales de Mexico Para Su Comunidad Migrante, December 14, 2013, Tlaxcala
- 1er Congreso Mundial de Derecho del Trabajo y de Seguraidad Social, October 11, 2013, Chihuahua Mexico
- Seminario Jurídico-Empresarial Sobre Derecho Estadounidense, March 1, 2002, Acuña, Coahuila, México
- México y la Integración del TLCAN y TLCUEM – Un enfoque jurídico, December 4, 2001, Madrid, España
- Anatomía de un Arbitraje Transfronterizo, November 21, 2001, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
- Seminario de Capacitactión Jurídico-Empresarial para la Internacionalización de Empresas e Inversionistas Mexicanos a los Estados Unidos, December 6-7, 2001, San Antonio, Texas
- Las Sociedades en el Derecho Estadounidense – Notarios Corredores Públicos, Abogados y Empresarios de México, June 29-30, July 1, 2000, Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico, México
- Family Law: The U.S. Perspective, June 5, 1998, San Antonio, Texas
- Abogados de las Américas – Introducción al Derecho de los Negocios y Derecho Comparado México-Estados Unidos, March 13-15, 1997, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
- Dual Nationality: New Options for U.S. Citizens of Mexican Descent, February 21, 1997, San Antonio, Texas
- Mexican Law Symposium, October 30-31, 1995, San Antonio, Texas
- Métodos Alternos de Solución de Controversias, November 16, 21, and 30, 1995
