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Marguerite Butler
Associate Professor of Law
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Phone:(713) 313-1010
Email: mbutler@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 1995.

Additional Biographical Information

• Director, Law Library,  Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1995-2005)
• Interim Director, Law Library, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX
  (1993-1995)
• Associate Director, Law Library, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1984-1992)
• Acquisitions and Reference Librarian, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1982-1984)
• Butler's Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) Review Course (1983-Present)
• Professor, Economics, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO (1981-1982)

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Publications

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• Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct Competent Legal, 29 CAP. U. L. REV. 68 (2002).
  
• Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct Competent Legal, 12 PROF. LAWYER 1 (2002) (exerpt).
• The National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition-Operating in the Spirit and Legacy of Frederick Douglass, 25 N. C. CENT. L. REV. 66 (2002).
  
• McCoy, W.J. and Butler, M.L., A Constitutional Basis for Zoning:  The Texas Supreme Court, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt (1988).
• Jejelowo, O.A., Butler, M.L., Martinez III, R.A. Trey, Hartsell, D., Viability of Fungal Spores from Books Stored Under Different Environmental Conditions (expected publication 1993), Proceedings-96th Annual Meeting, Texas Academy of Science (1993).
• The History of Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law: "The House That Sweatt Built," T. MARSHALL L. REV. 45 (1997).
  

       Selected Presentations

• Diversity After Hopwood:  The Texas Aftermath, Annual Diversity Symposium, American Association of Law Libraries Convention, Anaheim, CA, 1996
• Viability of Fungal Spores From Books Stored Under Different Environmental Conditions, Texas Academy of Science, Denton, TX, March 5-6, 1993

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Law School Seminars, Competitions and Services

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• BLSA Regional Meeting, Omaha, NB -March 1989
• BLSA University of Kansas, Kansas City MO -1989
• BLSA Regional Meeting, Houston, TX -March 1990
• University of Tulsa, First Year Class, Tulsa OK-1990
• University of Tulsa, First Year Class, Tulsa OK-1991
• BLSA Judge for the National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Final Arguments National Convention -Detroit, MI 1988
• BLSA Judge for the National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Final Arguments National Convention -Houston, TX 1993
• NAACP Judge of the local ACT-SO Essay Writing Competition -Houston, TX 1994
• NAUB Judge for the Oratorical Contest Final Rounds -Houston, TX 1996
• Moot Court Coach, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 1982-Present
• Moot Court Coach, Texas Young Lawyers Associations, 1989-91 and 1993
• BLSA, Texas Southern University, 1990-01
• Law School Academic Support Program, Texas Southern University -1993-02
• Texas Practice Class, Texas Southern University-1995-96
• Chairperson, Student Faculty Relations Committee on the 1989 Death Penalty Seminar and Archivist for the 1987 Carl-King Retirement Dinner -1984
• Admissions Committee member -2000
• Library Committee member -1995 & 2001
• Law School Self Study Committee member-2000
• University Self Study Committee member-2001-02
• University 50th Anniversary Committee member-1995

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Affiliations

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• American Bar Association
• American Association of Law Librarians
• Southwestern Association of Law Libraries
• Texas Library Association
• Houston Area Law Librarians Association
• National Bar Association
• Houston Lawyers Association
• Phi Delta Alpha
• Library Consultant, African Law Initiative, United States Information Service and the American Bar Association-1996
• Assistant Lead Counsel, Allen Parkway Village Tenants Association-1992