Victoria Mather

Professor of Law

Biography

Professor Mather joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 1985, after practicing law in a civil practice firm in Illinois and studying for her LLM degree. She teaches and writes in the areas of Property, Family Law and Wills and Trusts. She also taught Population Law and Policy several times for the St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck Austria and has served as co-director of the Institute. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas and the University of Illinois.

She served as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the law school from 1999 – 2002 and 2006 to 2016. In her capacity as Associate Dean she worked with students and faculty on assessment, curriculum development, student disability services, academic standards, and student academic issues.
She currently sits on the Texas Lawyer’s Assistance Program Committee for the State Bar of Texas and the Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics.

Highlights

Appointed as the Chair Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Committee, 2018 to 2021
Appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, 2018 to 2020
Appointed to the State Bar of Texas’s Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Committee, 2015-2020
Phi Delta Phi Outstanding Professor Award, 1988-89, (shared award); 1993-94
St. Mary’s University Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, 2010-11
Taught as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas
Taught in the St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria

Publications

Book Chapters

“Testamentary Transfers,” for Thompson on Real Property (Michie, 1994).
“Planned Unit Developments” and “Subdivision Controls” for The American Law of Real Property (Matthew Bender, 1991).
“Adult Entertainment Zoning,” for Rohan, Zoning and Land Use Controls (Matthew Bender, 1990).

Essays and Articles

Population Law and Policy: From Control and Contraception to Equity and Equality, 50 St. Mary’s L.J. (2019)
Evolution and Revolution in Family Law, 25 ST. MARY’S L.J. 405 (1993).
No Harm, No Foul Pornography (Violent and Otherwise), 14 UALR L.J. 455 (1992).
Review Essay, A Scary Tale: Battered Women Who Kill Their Abusers, 18 OHIO N.U.L. REV. 601 (1992).
The Magic Circle: Inclusion of Adopted Children in Testamentary Class Gifts, 31 S. TEX. L.J. 223 (1990).
The Skeleton in the Closet: The Battered Woman Syndrome, Self-Defense, and Expert Testimony, 39 MERCER L. REV. 545 (1988).
The Antitrust Implications of Municipal Land Use Planning, 33 WAYNE L. REV. 965 (1987).

Speeches and Presentations

Moderator, SEALS 2015, panel on Gender Issues in Law Schools
Discussant, SEALS 2014, panels on Wills and Trusts, Property issues and Bar Admissions practices, Moderator, panel on land use issues
Lecture on Takings Jurisprudence, St. Mary’s Homecoming CLE program, 2005.
Lecture on Vested Property Rights for Developers in Texas to local Homeowner’s Association, Fall 2004.
Lecture on Preparation for and the Practice of Law, PREP program,
St. Mary’s University, Summers 2002-04.
Lecture on Domestic Partnership Legislation for the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Issues Section of the state Bar of Texas, Summer 2000.
Mini Bar-Review on Property Issues for St. Mary’s Students, Spring 1999.
Adolescent Pregnancy Program, presentations in various high schools on Legal Issues Affecting Pregnant and Parenting Teens, Fall 1996, 1998.
Training Session on Wills for Participants in the Wills Clinic for low-income elderly in San Antonio, Fall 1997, co-sponsored by St. Mary’s University School of Law, the Women’s Law Association, and the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association.
Moderator, debate on U.S. military policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military, Fall 1997, St. Mary’s University School of Law
Lecture, Universidad de Estodios de Posgrado en Derecho, for the Diplomado en Derecho Anglosajon Program in Mexico City. Lecture on U.S. Property Law, July 1997.
Panel Discussion, St. Mary’s University, Spring 1996, “Legal Implications of Same-Sex Marriages.”
San Antonio Legal Secretaries Association, Fall 1993, “A Summary of Texas Family Law.”
Bexar County Women’s Political Caucus, Fall 1992, “Changing Times: Women in the Legal Profession.”
St. Mary’s University Family Life Center, Spring 1992, “Some Key Legal Issues for the Family Counselor.”
Seminar on Intellectual Property for Artists, Spring 1991, “Trademark, Copyright and Moral Rights for Artists.”

Teaching Materials

Population Law and Policy (for Innsbruck program as needed).
Human Rights and Population Law and Policy (for Innsbruck program as needed).

Victoria Mather

Professor of Law

Contact Information

Education

LL.M., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1987
J.D., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1981
B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1978

License to Practice

Texas
Illinois

Specialties and Courses

Property
Wills
Estates and Trusts
Family Law
Community Property
Estate Planning
Drafting and Planning Wills and Trusts
Population Law and Policy
Land Use

Ana M. Novoa

Professor Emeritus of Law | Director of Externships | Englehardt Research Fellow

Biography

Novoa is a Professor Emeritus of Law at St. Mary’s School of Law, being the first Mexican American woman to receive tenure at the University. Novoa graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982 and was in private practice in San Antonio prior to joining St. Mary’s.

Professor Novoa taught in clinical education for twenty-five years. She was Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Pro Bono Services, and also the Director of Externships at St. Mary’s Law School. She stepped down as Associate Dean in 2015 in preparation for retirement. In addition to Clinical Education she has primarily taught Family Law, Texas Community Property, and Child Protective Services Practice

Novoa’s profound spirituality and deep commitment to social justice is evident from her life-long advocacy for the poor and marginalized and particularly for victims of family violence. Prior to entering law school, she was a social worker, and, while in private practice, she represented a large number of working poor and handled numerous pro bono cases.

In addition to other community activities she co-founded and supervised the “Ask-a-Lawyer” pro bono program; was chair of the San Antonio/Bexar County Continuum of Care for the Homeless; and has been a member of the Haven for Hope Board of Directors since its inception.

Honors and Awards

Professor Novoa has been recognized by numerous groups for her commitment to and work with the poor. She has been honored as a Distinguished Faculty Member for the School of Law, received the Marianist Heritage Award, the Alice Franzke Feminist Award and the Diocesan’s Chancellor’s Award. The St. Mary’s University Alumni Association recognized her with the Gateway Million+ Club Award on Jan. 2015 for having raised well over $1,000,000 for Clinical Education and Pro Bono.

Ana M. Novoa

Professor Emeritus of Law | Director of Externships | Englehardt Research Fellow

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Maria S. Rodriguez

Director, Law Business and Financial Services

Biography

Rodriguez has worked at St. Mary’s for 15 years. She joined the St. Mary’s University School of Law to assist the Office of the Dean of Administration with law school expenditures and the budget.

Prior to joining the School of Law staff, Rodriguez worked as business coordinator at the Office of Facilities Services. From 2000 to 2006, she was the work control coordinator.

Maria S. Rodriguez

Director, Law Business and Financial Services

Contact Information

Education

M.B.A., St. Mary’s University, 2020
B.B.A., St. Mary’s University, 2013

Dayla S. Pepi

Associate Director of Clinical Education | Clinical Professor of Law | Englehardt Research Fellow

Biography

Prior to joining the St. Mary’s University School of Law, Dayla S. Pepi (J.D. ’98) practiced immigration, family law, estate planning and elder law. She joined St. Mary’s Law in 2000 and continues to supervise second- and third-year law students as they represent low-income clients with family law and probate matters. Pepi teaches the corollary course required of all Civil Justice Clinic students.

Pepi is Associate Director of Clinical Education, a Clinical Professor of Law and an Englehardt Research Fellow.

She also teaches practice skills courses in the areas of depositions, probating estates and divorce. She has published work in the area of legal ethics and lectured nationally and internationally on the issues facing survivors of domestic violence.

Pepi is a leader in the legal community through her membership and service in myriad bar associations. She is a past President of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association/Foundation and the Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio.

Honors and Awards

San Antonio Women’s Chamber of Commerce Constellation of Stars Comet Award, Nov. 2014
St. Mary’s University Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award, March 2014
Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Oct. 2000

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Dayla S. Pepi and Donna D. Bloom,Take the Money or Run: The Risky Business of Acting As Both Your Client’s Lawyer and Bail Bondsman, 37 St. Mary’s L.J. 933 (2006).

Dayla S. Pepi

Associate Director of Clinical Education | Clinical Professor of Law | Englehardt Research Fellow

Contact Information

Education

J.D., St. Mary’s University, 1998
B.A., Southwest Texas State University, 1993

License to Practice

Texas

Specialties and Courses

Battered immigrants
Deposition skills
Divorce hearings
Probate and estate

Mike Martinez Jr.

Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor

Biography

Martinez is the Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor. He received his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2000 and his M.S.I.S. from the School of Information at the University of Texas in Austin in 2005.

Since 2003, Martinez has taught Legal Research and Writing and supervised students’ independent writing requirements. Martinez is the faculty member in charge of overseeing The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice. He also supervises the Dean’s Research Fellows, overseeing their research and writing projects. Martinez trains students who participate in the law school’s externship programs and coordinates workshops for students and alumni.

As Director, Martinez provides strategic vision for the library in order to maintain outstanding service to faculty and students at the law school.

Martinez served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs for St. Mary’s University for the 2020-2021 academic year. In this role he provided support, collaboration, and creative leadership to University Administration.

Martinez’s areas of interest include legal research and writing, the law library’s role in legal education, and information technology.

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Mike Martinez, Jr., Reaching and Teaching Millennials: Designing the Future of Student Services, 18 LEGAL INFO. MGMT 219 (2018)(Co-authored).
Mike Martinez, Jr., Cost Effective Legal Research: Finding the Right Resources, At the Right Price, Right Now, Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar Newsletter, Fall 2012 (Co-authored).
Mike Martinez, Jr. Cost Effective Legal Research, SAN ANTONIO LAWYER, November/December 2011 (Co-authored) (Awarded Best Feature Story by the State Bar of Texas).
Michael P. Forrest, Mike Martinez, Jr., & Paul S. Miller, Updated Lessons in Conducting Basic Legal Research by Pro Se Litigants Who Cannot Afford an Attorney, 11 SCHOLAR 1 (2008).
Michael P. Forrest & Mike Martinez, Jr., Too Broke to Hire an Attorney? How to Conduct Basic Legal Research in a Law Library, 9 SCHOLAR 67 (2006).

Presentations

Fear and Loathing in Teaching Legal Research. AALL, July 2020.
Instruction and Collaboration During COVID-19: Creating an Inclusive Environment. CALI, June 2020.
Walk the Talk: Everyday Diversity in the Workplace and AALL. AALL, July 2019.
The Un-Program. SWALL, April 2019.
Adding Diversity and Implicit Bias in Your Classroom and Your Law School, AALL Webinar, November 2019.
Reaching and Teaching Millennials: Designing the Future of Student Services. BIALL, June 2018.
Who Do You Think You Are? Swing It, Shake It, Move It, Make It: Keeping LIS Skills Relevant for the Future. BIALL, June 2018.
Cases or Spaces: What’s the 21st Century Law Library Look Like? SWALL, April 2018.
Cost Effective Legal Research 2014 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2014.
Cost Effective Legal Research 2013 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2013.
Cost Effective Legal Research 2012 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2012.
A Practitioner’s Guide to Internet Legal Research: A Guide to Combing Free and Low Cost Online Legal Research Options for Maximum Savings and Effectiveness. State Bar of Texas Minority Attorney Program, San Antonio, April 2011.
Cost Effective Legal Research. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2011.
Legal Research and Ethical Implications. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2010.
Legal Research in a Web 2.0 World. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2009.
Legal Research and BLAWGS. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2008.
Internet Legal Research: Time Saving Techniques for Practice. St. Mary’s University School of Law, April 2007.
Internet Legal Research: Saving Money, Saving Time. St. Mary’s University School of Law, April 2006.

Mike Martinez Jr.

Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor

Contact Information

Education

M.S.I.S, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 2000
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1996

Specialties

Legal Research and Writing
Law Library Management
Information Technology

Robert William “Bill” Piatt

Professor of Law

Biography

Robert William “Bill” Piatt was born in Santa Fe. He is Hispanic/Native American (Genizaro), Catholic, and fluent in Spanish. Prior to his arrival at St. Mary’s, he had taught at five law schools in the U.S., had engaged in private practice, and had helped to establish indigent criminal defense and civil legal assistance offices. Piatt had also taught in Mexico and Spain, and assisted Native American communities in this country.

His background has led him to continue his work with Indigenous communities, and to participate in religious and cultural ceremonies. Piatt’s writings are the first to discuss the legal rights of non-federally recognized Indians.

His background has also enabled him to expand on incorporating his Catholic faith into his teaching, research and service.

Piatt’s writings, including ten books and dozens of articles, focus on Human Rights. They have received numerous awards and have been cited in hundreds of publications.

His background in broadcasting has assisted him in participating as a commentator on law-related topics in English and in Spanish, on radio and tv.

Piatt served as Dean of St. Mary’s Law School from 1998 to 2007.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Alumni Award, Eastern New Mexico University, 1997
Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, 1998, for my book, Black and Brown in America.
Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, 1994, for my book, “Language on the Job,”
Outstanding Academic Book of the Year, 1994, Choice Magazine, for my book, “Language on the Job”
Outstanding article in the Houston Law Review in 1996, Houston Law Review Alumni Award, for my article, “Toward Domestic Recognition of a Human Right to Language.”

Publications

Books

Slavery in the Southwest: Genizaro Identity, Dignity and the Law (with Moises Gonzales, Carolina Academic Press, 2019)
Human Trafficking (with Cheryl Taylor Page, Carolina Academic Press, 2016).
Catholic Legal Perspectives, 3rd Edition (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).
Black and Brown in America: The Case for Cooperation (New York University Press, 1997). The book was named, “Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America” in 1998 by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
Immigration Law: Cases and Materials (Michie, 1994).
Language on the Job: Balancing Business Needs and Employee Rights (University of New Mexico Press, 1993). The book was named, “Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America” in 1994 by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, and was also selected as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year by Choice Magazine in 1994.
¿Only English? Law and Language Policy in the United States. (University of New Mexico Press, Spring, 1990)
A Layperson’s Guide to New Mexico Law, Center for Business Services, New Mexico State University, 1977.

Articles in a Periodical

“Respecting the Identity and Dignity of All Indigenous Americans,” 6 Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review 83 (2021).
Commentary: Breyer’s Legacy One to Commend, San Antonio Express-News (Feb. 6, 2022).
Law Schools Harm Genizaros and Other Indigenous People By Misunderstanding ABA Policy (with Moises Gonzales and Katja Wolf), 49 N.M.L. Rev. 236 (2019).
Working toward a Fiesta of peace, Santa Fe New Mexican, Commentary, (July 29, 2018).
Entrada: Slavery, Religion and Reconciliation, 13 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (Fall 2018)
State Bar Efforts to Deny Accreditation to Faith-Based CLE Ethics Programs Sponsored by Religiously-Affiliated Law Schools, 29 Regent U. L. Rev. 293 (2016-2017).
Opting out in the Name of God: Will Lawyers be Compelled to Handle Same-Sex Divorces?, 79 Albany L.R. 683 (2016)
If the Pope is Infallible, Why Does He Need Lawyers? 43 Cap U. L.R. 555 (2015)
Prudence, Common Sense Best Tools to Stop Ebola, San Antonio Express-News, Op-Ed (November 9, 2014).
The Future of Legal Education, Texas Lawyer (three-part series, 2013).
Border Wars & The New Texas Navy: International Treaties, Waterways, and State Sovereignty After Arizona v. U.S. (with Rachel Ambler) 15 Scholar 535, n.3, 2013).
Reinventing the Wheel: Constructing Ethical Approaches to State Indigent Legal Defense Systems, St. Mary’s L. J. Legal Mal. & Ethics 372 (2012).
Catholicism and Constitutional Law: More than Privacy in the Penumbras, 7 Vill. J. Cath. Soc. Thought 337 (2010).
Gender Segregation in the Public Schools: Opportunity, Inequality, or Both?, 11 Scholar 561 (2009).
Loose Lips Sink Attorney/Client Ships: Unintended Technological disclosure of Confidential Communications (with Dr. Paula deWitte), 39 St. Mary’s Law Journal 781 (2008).
A Glass Half Full: A Rational/Radical Approach to Immigration Reform, 13 Nexus 3 (2008).
New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America (with Professor Roberto Rosas), 23 Juris Tantum 19, Universidad Anahuac, Mexico (2008).
Immigration Reform from the Outside In, 10 The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues 269 (2008).
Los Nuevos Derechos en el Sistema Jurídico de Estados Unidos (with Roberto Rosas), 20 Juris Tantum 16, Universidad Anáhuac, México (2005).
México y los Estados Unidos: Idioma Común, Futuro Común, 9-10 Derecho y Cultura Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2003).
One View to Add to the Many, 34 TOL. L. REV. 143, 144 (2002).
Training Lawyers for a Global Economy, Renmin University of China, (Mandarin and English), (2000).
Appellate Law in the New Millennium: Bridging Theoretical Foundations with Practical Application, 31 St. Mary’s Law Journal 987, (1999).
Of Pigeonholes and Prospective Jurors, 14 Chicano-Latino L. Rev. 61 (1994).
Attorney as Interpreter: A Return to Babble, 20 N.M. L. Rev. 1 (1990) (lead article).
Born as Second-Class Citizens in the USA: Children of Undocumented Parents, 63 Notre Dame L. Rev. 35 (1988).
Toward Domestic Recognition of a Human Right to Language, 23 Hous. L. Rev. 885 (1986). Recipient of the Houston Law Review Alumni award as the outstanding article published in the Houston Law Review in 1996.
Spanish on the Job: Business Needs and Employee Rights, published in La Voz del Llano, Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July, 1986).
Awaiting the Rebirth (paper presented to 1986 Minority Law Teacher’s Conference, Houston).
Equal Access to Law (School), published in The Alliance, Kansas State University, May 1985. Discusses theoretical considerations regarding attracting women and minority students to law school.
Linguistic Diversity on the Airwaves: Spanish-Language Broadcasting and the FCC, 2 La Raza L.J. 101 (1984) (lead article).
Orgullo Hispano en El Maratón de Nueva York, El Hispano, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 5, 1982.
Hasta Luego, Papá, Salsa Literary Magazine, Espanola, New Mexico, 8/2/90. A “cuento” (short story).

Chapters in Books

“Catholic Perspectives on Family Law”, in Through a Clear Lens: American Law From a Catholic Perspective (Scarecrow Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Group, Inc., 2015).
“Attorney As Interpreter”, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, eds. N.Y.U. Press 1998, and in the second ed., 2011).
“The Confusing State of Minority Language Rights”, in Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy (James Crawford, ed., U. of Chicago Press 1992)

Robert William “Bill” Piatt

Professor of Law

Contact Information

Education

J.D., University of New Mexico, 1975
B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, 1972

License to Practice

Texas
New Mexico
Kansas (inactive)

Specialties and Courses

Constitutional Law
Legal Ethics
Catholic Legal Perspectives
Human Trafficking

Chad J. Pomeroy

Professor of Law | Co-Director of the Institute on World Legal Programs in Innsbruck, Austria | James N. Castleberry, Jr. Chair of Oil and Gas Law | Director of Online J.D. Programs

Biography

After graduating from Brigham Young University law school in 2001, Chad Pomeroy, J.D., practiced law for a decade as an associate attorney and as a partner for multiple firms in Utah. He primarily practiced transactional law, with an emphasis on real estate and other property issues.

He has taught at St. Mary’s since 2011. A full professor, he holds the James N. Castleberry, Jr. Chair of Oil and Gas Law. He teaches a variety of business and property-focused classes, including Oil and Gas, Mortgages, Property and Business Associations.

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

The Real Doctrine & Covenants, 65 Drake L. Rev. 101 (2017)
Well Enough Alone: Liability for Wrongful Foreclosures, 68 Ala. L. Rev. 943 (2017)
Our Court Masters, 94 Neb. L. Rev. 401 (2015)
All Your Air Right are Belong to Us, 13 Nw. J.L. & Tech. 277 (2015).
The Shape of Property, 44 Seton Hall L. Rev. 797 (2014).
Think Twice: Charging Orders and Creditor Property Rights, 102 Ky. L.J. 705 (2014).
Why is Property So Hard?, 65 Rutgers L. Rev. 505 (2013).
A Theoretical Case for Standardized Vesting Documents, 38 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 957 (2012).
Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, 11 Nev. L.J. 139 (2010).
Preslar v. Commissioner: Debt-Discharge Income and its Rationale, 2000 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 1677 (2000).

Presentations

Well Enough Alone, University of Alabama (September 2016)
All Your Air Right are Belong to Us, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (March 30, 2015)
Think Twice: Charging Orders and Creditor Property Rights, Southeastern Area Law Schools Annual Conference, Palm Beach, Florida (August 8, 2013)
A Theoretical Case for Standardized Vesting Documents, JRCLS Law Professor Conference, Washington D.C. (January 4, 2012)
Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, University of New Mexico School of Law (November 22, 2010)
Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, Hamline University School of Law (November 30, 2010)

Chad J. Pomeroy

Professor of Law | Co-Director of the Institute on World Legal Programs in Innsbruck, Austria
| James N. Castleberry, Jr. Chair of Oil and Gas Law | Director of Online J.D. Programs

Contact Information

Education

J.D., summa cum laude, Brigham Young University, 2001
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1998
A.S., Weber State University, 1996

License to Practice

Utah

Specialties and Courses

Property
Business Associations
CC&R and Foreclosures
Property Tax
Civil Forfeiture and Property Rights
Foreclosure

Bernard D. Reams Jr.

Professor Emeritus

Biography

Before St. Mary’s, Reams was a Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library at Washington University in St. Louis for 20 years.

While at Washington University he taught courses in Technology and the Law, Health Law and Education Law. He also served as a Professor of Law and Associate Dean at St. John’s University in New York, where he taught Medical Jurisprudence and Bioethics.

Reams was also a Visiting Professor of Law at Seton Hall University and taught Health Law, Disability Law, Human Experimentation and the Law and Bioethics. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany in June 1995, June 1997, June-July 1998 and June-July 2001. Reams was Guest Professor at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck for the winter semester in 2008-2009.

Highlights and Organizations

Life Member, American Law Institute
Life Member, American Bar Foundation
Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Member, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, Order of the Coif
St. Mary’s University Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty 2014

Bernard D. Reams Jr.

Professor Emeritus

Education

Ph.D., 1984, Saint Louis University
J.D., 1972, University of Kansas
M.S. 1967, Drexel University
B.A., 1965, Lynchburg College

License to Practice

Texas
Kansas
Missouri
New York
Supreme Court of the United States

Ramona L. Lampley

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development | Ernest Clemens Professor in Corporate and Securities Law

Biography

Ramona L. Lampley, J.D., is the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, a tenured Professor of Law and the Ernest Clemens Professor in Corporate and Securities Law at the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. She teaches constitutional law, civil procedure, e-discovery and commercial law. She is charged with developing educational programming for faculty and students at St. Mary’s School of Law that will broaden horizons and encourage critical analysis in a variety of legal fields.

Lampley’s scholarship focuses on United States policy and domestic liability for corporate reliance on human trafficking, forced labor, or child forced labor in the international supply chain. She has been published in The Pepperdine Law Review, American University Law Review, Washington Law Review, BYU Law Review, Cornell’s Journal of Law and Public Policy, and Essentials of E-discovery.

Her recent article, A Haven for Traffickers: How the United States Provides a Legal Safe Haven for Businesses That Rely on Forced Labor or Slave Labor in the Supply Chain, The Pepperdine Law Review, explores recent judicial skepticism to federal legislation broadening liability for U.S.

companies who know, or should know, they are benefitting from forced labor in their supply chain. Lampley has published similar pieces evaluating the scope of U.S. corporate liability for failure to deter forced labor in the international supply chain. Lampley is a member of the ABA’s Working Group to Prevent Humanitarian Abuses in the International Supply Chain, former chair of the Article 2 subcommittee for the ABA’s UCC committee, and co-editor for the Conference on

Consumer Financial Services Law’s Quarterly Report. She is frequently asked to present her scholarship in these areas. She has recently become an advocate and educator for fostering civil conversations to explore common-sense and practical weapons regulations to promote a safe and civil society.

Lampley graduated magna cum laude from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2004. She then clerked for The Honorable Harris L Hartz on The United States Circuit Court for the Tenth Circuit.

Prior to joining the faculty at St. Mary’s School of Law, Lampley practiced civil litigation at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP in Denver, Colorado. She handled a variety of large cases involving commercial contract disputes, class actions, and professional malpractice. Lampley was recognized as one of Denver, Colorado’s “40 Under 40” rising professionals in 2012 and as one of Colorado Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars in 2012.

Lampley’s proudest accomplishment is raising her three curious and opinionated daughters along with her supportive husband, Kaidan Nguyen. She loves coaching youth girls’ basketball and regularly volunteering at local public schools.

Publications

Academic Works

A Haven for Traffickers: How the United States Provides a Legal Safe-Haven for Businesses That Rely on Forced Labor or Slave Labor in the Supply Chain, 51 Pepperdine L. Rev. 75 (forthcoming 2024)
The Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer, in Essentials of E-discovery 2d ed., Chapter 6 (The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, ed., Texas Bar Books) (2021).
Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery, 68 Am. L. Rev. 1707 (2019).
Something Old, Something New: Exploring the Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, 57 Washburn Law Journal Vol. 3 519 (2018).
Texas Practice Series: Consumer Rights and Remedies (4th ed.) ( (co-authored with Genevieve Hebert-Fajardo) (updated annually).
Texas Practice Series: Consumer Law Handbook (2018-19 ed.) (co-author with Genevieve Hebert-Fajardo) (updated annually).
Medical Records as Evidence, (Juris Publishing) (2018) (co-authored with LaMar Jost).
Federal Evidence Tactics (Lexis Nexis) (co-authored with Edward M. Imwinkelried) (updated annually).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Let’s Give Arbitration A Chance, 48 St. Mary’s L. J. 313 (2017), published in connection with the 11th Annual International Conference on Contracts.
T he CFPB Proposed Arbitration Ban, the Rule, the Data, and Some Considerations for Change, Business Law Today, May 2017, available at http://www.americanbar.org/publications/blt/2017/05/07_lampley.html.
“Underdog” Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, 90 Wash. L. Rev. 1727 (Dec. 2015).
“The Fine Print,” Elite Attorney SA Nov./Dec. 2015 at 58-59, available at http://issuu.com/eliteattorneysa/docs/final_eliteattorney_san_antonio_dk/59?e=17218103/31826816.
Case Watch: Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams LLP v. Lopez, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Equal Times, December 2015 at 5.
The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez & Ramona L. Lampley, Demonstration: Making and Responding to Objections at Trial, State Bar of Texas, 28th Annual Advanced Evidence & E-discovery Course (co-authored) (May 2015).
The Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer, in Essentials of E-discovery, Chapter 6 (The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, ed., Texas Bar Books) (2014).
The Price of Justice: An Analysis of the Costs that are Appropriately Considered in a Cost-based Vindication of Statutory Rights Defense to an Arbitration Agreement, 2013 BYU L. Rev. 825 (2014).
Is Arbitration Under Attack?: Exploring the Recent Judicial Skepticism of the Class Arbitration Waiver and Innovative Solutions to the Unsettled Legal Landscape, 18 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 477 (2009). (cited by the Solicitor General for the United States as amicus curiae in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., 2013 WL 367051, DRI, Voice of the Defense Bar, as amicus curiae in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, 2010 WL 3183854).
In Memoriam: The Honorable Philip S. Figa, 86 Denv. U.L. Rev. 851 (2009) (co-authored).
False Security: How Courts Have Improperly Rendered the Protections of the Protective Order Illusory, Denver University Law Review Online, March 31, 2011. (http://www.denverlawreview.org/practitioners-pieces/2011/3/31/false-security-how-courts-have-improperly-rendered-the-prote.html).

Works for the Public

Child Slave Labor Rampant in Chocolate Supply Chain, The San Antonio Express News, Feb. 9, 2019, at https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/Child-slave-labor-rampant-in-chocolate-supply-13602395.php
Suspend “Blue Tarp Law” for Harvey Victims, The San Antonio Express News, September 6, 2017 (op-ed) at http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Suspend-Blue-Tarp-Law-for-Harvey-victims-12178122.php.
Presidential Overreach Threatens the Judiciary’s and Nation’s Foundations, The San Antonio Express News, February 25, 2017 (op-ed) at http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Presidential-overreach-threatens-the-10957968.php.
Contracting Away Your Right to Sue, What You Need to Know About Arbitration, The San Antonio Express News, May 2, 2015 (op-ed) at http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Contracting-away-your-right-to-sue-What-you-need-6237974.php.

Books

Federal Evidence Tactics (Lexis Nexis 2021). Co-authored with Edward M. Imwinkelried.
Texas Practice Series: Consumer Rights and Remedies (3rd ed.) Co-authored with Genevieve Hebert Fajardo.
Texas Practice Series: Consumer Law Handbook (2020-21 ed.) Co-authored with Genevieve Hebert Fajardo.
Medical Records as Evidence (Juris Legal Information, 2017) Co-authored with LaMar F. Jost.

Media Highlights

Leticia Romero, Associate Dean Makes Humanitarian Causes Her Career Mission, Gold & Blue Law Edition (Spring 2024) (news feature about Ramona Lampley and her emerging scholarship).
Ramona Lampley, Guest Appearance on Just Love, Violence at Home & Abroad: Uvalde Five Months On, & the Threat of Nuclear War in Ukraine, https://justloveblog.org/2022/10/22/violence-at-home-and-abroad-uvalde-five-months-on-and-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-in-ukraine/ (Oct. 22, 2022).
Niccole Caan, Here’s why a lawsuit against a gunmaker has a slim chance of succeeding, KENS5 (June 6, 2022), https://www.kens5.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/why-lawsuit-against-gunmaker-has-slim-chance-of-succeeding/273-dbc88d1b-4a24-40d6-a4be-baf822746f86.
Sarah Acosta, How to Figure Out How Much You’ll Pay at the Hospital Before You Visit, KSAT 12 (Jan. 31, 2019) at http://bit.ly/2TrRHxo.
David Brancaccio, How too Big to Fail Become A Thing, Marketplace Morning Report, National Public Radio (July 11, 2017) at https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/07112017.
Samantha Ehlinger, Rackspace Sued for Failing to Disclose Vodafone Contract Loss, San Antonio Express-News (May 30, 2017) at http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Rackspace-sued-for-failing-to-disclose-Vodafone-11183345.php.
Patrick Danner, Doctor Allegedly Retaliates by Posting ‘Nearly Naked’ Public Video of Unhappy Patient, San Antonio Express-News, March 1, 2017
Presidential Overreach Threatens the Judiciary’s and Nation’s Foundations,San Antonio Express-News, February 25, 2017 David Hendricks, Companies Gag Bad Consumer Reviews with Non-Disparagement Clauses in Contracts, San Antonio Express-News, Sept. 30, 2016
David Hendricks, Consumer Rule Not All Positive, San Antonio Express-News, May 7, 2016.
The Fine Print: An Update to Credit and Loan Contracts, Elite Attorney SA, Nov./Dec. 2015
Case Watch: Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP v. Lopez, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Equal Times, Dec. 2015
David Hendricks, Agency Eyes Removing Barriers to Lawsuits, San Antonio Express-News, Oct. 9, 2015
Companies Use 1925 Arbitration Law to Block Class Actions, Class Action Reporter Vol. 17, June 1, 2015
Contracting Away Your Right to Sue, What You Need to Know About Arbitration, San Antonio Express-News, May 2, 2015 (op-ed)
David Hendricks, Know Your Lawyer’s Dispute Policy, San Antonio Express-News, March 31, 2015
David Hendricks, Consumers Often Blocked From Courts When Disputes Arise, San Antonio Express-News, March 24, 2015
Marilyn Moritz, Price you Pay May Depend on Cyber Shopping Device, KSAT 12, Dec. 1, 2014 (television interview)
Lynn Brezosky, Cybertheft Not the Only Concern for Online Shoppers, San Antonio Express-News, Nov. 30, 2014

Other Publications

The Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer, in Essentials of E-Discovery, 89-111, The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, ed., Texas Bar Books (2014)
Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery: The Business Case for Eradicating Slave Labor in the Supply Chain to Reduce Domestic Liability, __AM. L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2019)
Something Old, Something New: Exploring the Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, 57 Washburn Law Journal Vol. 3 519 (2018)
Texas Practice Series: Consumer Rights and Remedies (4th ed.) (forthcoming 2019) (co-author)
Medical Records as Evidence, (Juris Publishing) (2018) (co-authored with LaMar Jost)
Federal Evidence Tactics (Lexis Nexis) (co-authored with Edward M. Imwinkelried)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Let’s Give Arbitration A Chance, 48 St. Mary’s L. J. 313 (2017), published in connection with the 11th Annual International Conference on Contracts
“Underdog” Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, 90 Wash. L. Rev. 1727 (Dec. 2015)
“The Fine Print,” Elite Attorney SA Nov./Dec. 2015 at 58-59
Case Watch: Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams LLP v. Lopez, Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Equal Times, December 2015 at 5
The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez & Ramona L. Lampley, Demonstration: Making and Responding to Objections at Trial, State Bar of Texas, 28th Annual Advanced Evidence & E-discovery Course (co-authored) (May 2015)
The Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer, in Essentials of E-Discovery, Chapter 6 (The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, ed., Texas Bar Books) (2014)
In Memoriam: The Honorable Philip S. Figa, 86 Denv. U.L. Rev. 851 (2009) (co-authored).
False Security: How Courts Have Improperly Rendered the Protections of the Protective Order Illusory, Denver University Law Review Online, March 31, 2011.

Presentations

Litigation Risks for Human Rights Abuses, with host Patrick Miller, California Lawyers Association, at Litigation Risk for human rights abuses with Prof Ramona Lampley (youtube.com) (Jan. 16, 2024)
Ramona Lampley: Presentation regarding American litigation trends regarding forced labor in supply chain to the ABA Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in Supply Contracts (Sept. 7, 2023).
A Haven for Traffickers: How the United States Provides a Legal Safe-Haven for Businesses That Rely on Forced Labor or Slave Labor in the Supply Chain, St. Mary’s University Research Showcase, April 18, 2023
Guest Appearance on Just Love, Violence at Home & Abroad: Uvalde Five Months On, & the Threat of Nuclear War in Ukraine, https://justloveblog.org/2022/10/22/violence-at-home-and-abroad-uvalde-five-months-on-and-the-threat-of-nuclear-war-in-ukraine/ (Oct. 22, 2022)
Ramona Lampley: Presentation on legality of firearm regulation to COPS Metro San Antonio, (Nov. 17, 2022).
Ramona Lampley: Panelist for St. Mary’s Stands with Uvalde: Catholic Social Teaching and Preventing Violence, St. Mary’s University Center for Catholic Studies Crossroads Symposium (Oct. 19, 2022).
Ramona Lampley: Presentation regarding American litigation trends regarding forced labor in supply chain to the ABA Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in Supply Contracts (Sept. 15, 2022).
Big Data, For Good, For Evil, or Both? Conference on Social Concerns and Justice, St. Mary’s University School of Law (Feb. 18, 2020).
Domestic Litigation Involving Forced Labor in the Supply Chain: Evolving Legal Theories and Suggestions for Mitigating Risk, University of Kansas School of Law (March 4, 2019).
Business Law Basics Webinar, ABA, Domestic Litigation Involving Forced Labor in the Supply Chain: Evolving Legal Theories and Suggestions for Mitigating Risk (Jan. 31, 2019) (CLE).
Domestic Litigation Involving Forced Labor in the Supply Chain: Evolving Legal Theories and Suggestions for Mitigating Risk, American University College of Law symposium as part of the program: New Perspectives: A Discussion on Modern Global Supply Chains (Jan. 25, 2019).
Domestic Litigation Involving Forced Labor in the Supply Chain: Evolving Legal Theories and Suggestions for Mitigating Risk, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference, Section on Contracts, co-sponsored by Business Associations and International Human Rights (Jan. 4, 2019).
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act: Too Much or Too Little? Discussant, New and Established Voices in Civil Procedure, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference (August 10, 2018).
Towards “Speedy, Fair, and Efficient Justice:” Assessing the New Federal Rules, Discussant, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference (August 3, 2016).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Let’s Give Arbitration A Chance?, The 11th Annual International Conference on Contracts, St. Mary’s School of Law, (February 27, 2016).
Fairness in Arbitrating the Sales of Consumer Products and Services, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, September 19, 2015 (Program Co-chair and panelist) (CLE).
Demonstration: Making and Responding to Objections at Trial, State Bar of Texas, 28th Annual Advanced Evidence & E-discovery Course (with The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez and Lamont Jefferson, Esq.) (May 21, 2015) (CLE).
“Underdog” Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, Arizona Summit Law School, February 17, 2015. Listed on SSRN’s Top Ten Download list for Labor & Employment Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution.
Arbitration, Transparency, & Access to Justice, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference, New Scholars Colloquia, Civil Procedure and Courts, August 4, 2014.
E-discovery Requirements Under Rule 26(f)’s Meet and Confer Obligation: A Focus on Cooperation, Continuing Legal Education, St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 22, 2014.
Socially Responsible Investing, Moderator, April 2014.
Is Arbitration Under Attack?: Exploring the Recent Judicial Skepticism of the Class Arbitration Waiver and Innovative Solutions to the Unsettled Legal Landscape, University of Idaho Law School (November 7, 2011).
Is Arbitration Under Attack?: Exploring the Recent Judicial Skepticism of the Class Arbitration Waiver and Innovative Solutions to the Unsettled Legal Landscape, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (November 21, 2011).

Ramona L. Lampley

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development | Clemens Professor

Contact Information

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, Wake Forest University School of Law, 2004
B.A., Wake Forest University with honors, 1999

License to Practice

Texas
North Carolina

Specialties and Courses

Constitutional Law
UCC Article 2
UCC Article 9
Consumer Finance
Civil Procedure
Human Trafficking and International Trade
E-discovery

Roberto Rosas

Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Law

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, Instructor of Law since 2000 and Research Professor of Law since 2016. He teaches courses in Comparative Law: Mexico and the United States, Legal Spanish and the Mexican Legal System and Current Legal Aspects of Doing Business with Mexico. Rosas taught law at the Universidad de Guadalajara School of Law as a Tenure Track Professor.

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 on the law of these countries that have been published in countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

He received the 2013 Distinguished Faculty Award from the St. Mary’s University Alumni Association.

Rosas received the 1995 Presidential Award of the State Bar of Texas. He has organized a number of courses and unique international events with the Bar.

He was elected director of the Commission on Legal Affairs for the Advisory Council of the Institute of Mexicans Living Abroad in 2013, where his primary role was advising the President of Mexico in the design and formulation of 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).

He initiated the plan and served as Chairperson to host “The Centennial of the Constitution of Mexico Celebratory Conference” at St. Mary´s in 2017.

Organizer of the Binational Conversation on Mexican Women´s Perspectives at St. Mary´s University in 2016.

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Evolution of Legal Topics, Rights and Obligations in the United States, 8 Russian J. Compar. L. 17 (2021)
“Evolution of Legal Topics, Rights and Obligations in the United States”, Эволюция юридических тем, прав и обязанностей в США,Russian Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2021, Russia.
“Maternity Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and the United States”, The Scholar: St. Mary´s Law Review on Race and Social Justice, Volume 23, 2021, USA.
“Migration Through the Mirror” / “La Migración a Través del Espejo”, Mexican Women´s Perspectives of What It Means for them When Mexicans Move North: A Binational Conversation, Book Edited by Roberto Rosas, Fastcase FULL COURT PRESS and St.MLP-ST. MARY´S LAW PRESS, 2020, USA. This book was presented at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, better known as the FIL (from its Spanish name: Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara) in 2020, the largest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world and second largest book fair in the world after Frankfurt’s (Germany).
“A Comparative Study of Trademarks between USMCA (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)”, Boston University International Law Journal, Volume 38: Issue 1, 2020, USA.
“Foreign Patent Decisions and Harmonization: A View of the Presumption Against Giving Foreign Patent Decisions Preclusive Effect in United States Proceedings in Light of Patent Law International Harmonization”, The J. Marshall Review of Intellectual Property Law, VOLUME 18 • ISSUE 1 • 2019, USA.
Book Review: “Lavado de Dinero y Defraudación Fiscal en el Derecho Positivo Mexicano (Money Laundering and Tax Fraud in the Mexican Legal System by Julio Aspe”, St. Mary´s Law Journal, Volume 51 – Number 1 – 2019, USA.
The Ecclesiastical Tribunals Field Hospital for Wounded Marriages The New Matrimonial Processes Brevoir, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Seattle University School of Law, Volume 16 • Issue 2 • 2017, USA.
The Development of Legal Rights in the American Legal System, 8 Russ. J. Comp. L. 73 (2016), available at http://ejournal41.com/journals_n/1468166376.pdf
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

Comparative Law Mexico and USA, Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Program, Universidad de Guadalajara, Summers 2016-2019
Derecho Comparado México – Estados Unidos, Doctor of Jurisprudence 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 2019, 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 Capacitación 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

Roberto Rosas

Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact Information

Email Roberto Rosas

Education

Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain, from which he graduated with the highest-grade point average of his class
Post Graduate studies in universities in the United States and England
Diploma in Comparative Law Mexico and USA, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
J.D., Universidad de Guadalajara, México, from which he graduated with the highest-grade point average of his class
B.S., Universidad de Guadalajara, México

Specialties and Courses

Comparative Law: México and the United States
Legal Spanish & Mexican Legal System
Matrimonial Canon Law
Doing Business with Mexico (taught in Spanish)