Deana Pollard Sacks
Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 2000

Education:
B.A., 1986 University Of Washington-Seattle
J.D., 1989 University Of Southern California-Los Angeles
LL.M., 1999 University Of California-Berkeley

Phone: (713) 313-7159

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email: Deana Pollard Sacks

Biographical Information
Professor Of Law, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 2007-Present
Associate Professor Of Law, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 2004-2007
Assistant Professor Of Law, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 2000-2004
Board Member, EPOCH - USA, 2005 - Present                                                                                                                                                                                               Board Member, PTAVE,  2007 - Present
Policy Analyst, The Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, Los Angeles, CA 1998
Private Practice / Litigation ( Licensed in CA and WA ), 1989 - Present

Research and Teaching Interests
Torts, property, and constitutional law; and upper-level courses in first amendment law, family law, mediation, and law practice management

Publications

Articles

1. Intentional Sex Torts, Fordham Law Review (publication pending, 2008).
2. Elements of Liberty, Southern Methodist University Law Review (publication pending, 2008).
3. Sex Torts, 91 Minnesota Law Review 769 (2007).
4. Wrongful Analysis In Wrongful Life Jurisprudence, 55 Alabama Law Review 327 (2004).
5. Banning Child Corporal Punishment, 77 Tulane Law Review 575 (2003).
6. Banning Corporal Punishment: A Constitutional Analysis, 52 American University Law Review 447 (2002)
7. Regulating Violent Pornography, 43 Vanderbilt Law Review 125 (1990).
8. Unconscious Bias and Self Critical Analysis: The Case For A Qualified Evidentiary Equal Employment Opportunity Privilege, 74 Washington Law Review 913 (1999).

Practice-Oriented Work

Sexual Harassment: What Is It? What Can You Do About It?,  Washington Trial Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Seminar (1995).
Reinstating Common Law Marriage, California Legislature Joint Task Force on the Changing Family, Reinstating Common Law Marriage in California Couples: Recognizing Diversity & Strengthening Fundamental Relationships (1988).

MEDIA/PUBLIC SPEAKING

TELEVISION

1. MSNBC. New York, NY. Appeared on Dan Abrams’s show to debate the proposed Massachusetts legislation to prohibit spanking. Nov. 28, 2007.
2. Fox News Channel. New York, NY. Appeared on various national news segments, virtual roundtable. May, 2005 – present.
3. New England Cable News Network. Boston, MA. Debated Chester Darling on children’s rights regarding corporal punishment. Jan. 14, 2005. Appeared on Amanda Lasseter’s talk show regarding proposed spanking bill.
4. Channel 9 News (KUSA), Denver, CO. Interviewed by Law Professor Jan Laitos on “@ISSUE” segment of Ten O’Clock News regarding various topics, including American children’s rights, sexual disease, and unconscious bias.
5. Fox 26 News at Nine, Houston, TX. Various appearances relating to various legal topics, including civil liability for transmitting a sexual disease, the Bush v. Gore case in the 2000 Presidential Election and the Americans with Disabilities Act. November, 2000 – present.

 RADIO

1. KPFT, Houston, Texas. Guest on George Reiter’s talk show regarding corporal punishment of children and the harms associating with hitting children. Feb. 17, 2005.
2. WMAL, Wash., D.C., Jan. 21, 2000. Discussed Southwest Airlines lawsuit.
3. KTSU, Houston, Texas, July, 2001. Discussed unconscious bias and corporal punishment of children.

 LEGISLATION

1. Press conference on Texas House Bill 2413 (to ban school paddling). April, 2005.
2. Testified in favor of James Marzilli’s bill to ban parental spanking, Boston, 2005
3. Testified in favor of Alma Allen’s bill to ban school paddling, Austin, 2005.