Edieth Y. Wu
Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 1993

Education:
B.A., 1988; University Of Houston, Houston, Texas
J.D., 1992; Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas
LL.M., 1994; University Of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas

Phone: (713) 313-7038

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email: Edieth Wu

Biographical Information

• Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX., 2005-Present
• Associate Dean, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX., 2002-Present
• Associate Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX., 2000-2005
• Visiting Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX., 1999-2000
• Instructor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, 1993-1999
• Minority Institutions Faculty Fellow Program (MIFF), Department of Defense-Armed Forces RTV Broadcast Center, March AFB CA, Summer/Winter 2000
• Solo Practice, Law Offices of Edieth Y. Wu, Houston, TX., 1992-1994
• Of Counsel, Law Offices of Scott K. Bui, P.C., Houston, TX., 1995-1996
• Instructor, Texas School of Business, Houston, TX., 1992
• Teaching Assistant, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX., 1990-1992
• Research Assistant, KILT Radio-Legacy Broadcasting, Houston, TX., 1988-1989
• Assistant to the Vice President, Houston Econ. Dev. Council (HEDC), Houston, TX., 1986-1988
• Council's Liaison, International Business Department, HEDC, Houston, TX., 1983-1986
• Sgt, Administrative Specialist, United States Air Force, RAF Lakenheath (UK) & Nevada (U.S.) 1978-1983

Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• Phi Alpha Delta

Research and Teaching Interests

• Federal Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Advanced Legal Writing
• International Law
• European Union Law
• Contracts

Publications

• Evolutionary Trends in The United States Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, 10 Transnat'l Lawyer 1 (1997).
• Saddam Hussein as Hostes Humani Generis? Should The U.S. Intervene? 26 Syracuse J. of Int'l Law & Com. 55 (1998).
• Recent Developments In the Currency War: The Euro, The Dollar, The Yen And The BEMU, 15:1 Conn. J. Int'l Law 1 (2000).
• Why Say No to Multidisciplinary Practice (MDP)? 32 Loy. U. Chi. L. J. 525 (2001).
• China Today: Why Its Accession to The World Trade Organization is Inevitable And Good For The International Community, 5(3) J. Int'l Econ.L. 696 - Oxford Univ. Press (2002).
• Global Responses And Recourses to Terrorism, 25(3) Whittier L. Rev. 521 (2004).
• Reparations to African-Americans: The Only Remedy For The U.S. Government's Failure to Enforce The 13^th, 14^th, And 15^th Amendments, 3 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 403 (2004).
• Mcfat--Obesity, Parens Patriae, And The Children, 29(2) Okla. City U. L. Rev. 569 (2004).
• International Litigation: Defending And Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts, 42.3 Nov./Dec. Hous. Law 40 (2004), David J. Levy, Editor (Book Review).
• Global Burqas, 14.2 Tex. J. Women & L. 179 (2005).
• Domestic Spying And Why America Should Avoid The Slippery Slope, 16.1 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 3 (2006).