Elsa Y. Ransom
Associate Professor of Law

Education:
B.S., 1969; Indiana University
M.S., 1970; Syracuse University
J.D., 1987; University Of Texas

Phone: (713) 313-1047

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email: Elsa Ransom

Biographical Information
Associate Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School Of Law, Houston, Texas, 1995-Present
Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School Of Law, Houston, Texas, 1992-1995
Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School Of Law, Houston, Texas, 1990-1992
Associate Program Director, Texas Higher education Coordinating Board, Austin, Texas, 1987-1990
Summer Law Clerk, Board of Regents, Texas State University System, Austin, Texas, 1986
Assistant Professor, Communications, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, 1979-1986
Television News producer, Anchor, Reporter, NBC News, (WKYC-TV) Cleveland, Ohio, 1973-1978
Television News Producer, Anchor, Reporter, (KPRC-TV), Houston, Texas, 1970-1973

Affiliations
Served as Evaluation Team Member convened by the Texas Higher education Coordinating Board, San Antonio, Texas, 1995-1996
Committee Member on Academic Standards, Curriculum, Scholarship and Development, 1995-1996
Faculty Advisor for Intellectural Property Society, 1995-1996
Acting Chair, University Residency Appeals Committee
Chair, Discipline Committee; Curriculum Committee; Faculty Awards Committee; Rank and Tenure Ad Hoc Committee, 1993-1994
Committee Member Admissions, Curriculum, 1992
Faculty Advisor: Intellectual Property Society, 1992

Presentations
Speaker; Lyceum and cultural Arts sponsored TSU Jazz Symposium, Presentatin on Legal Issues of Importance to Recording Artists, Houston, Texas, 1994-1995
Volunteer Legal Consultant for Ft. Bend County YMCA Teen Court Program in FBISD Schools, 1994-1995
Speaker; Careers in Law, HISD Contemporary Learning Center, Sponsored through Boy Scouts of America, 1994-1995
Speaker; Faculty Photocopying and the Copyright Law: What Are The Legal Limits? 1993-1994

Research And Teaching Interests
Civil Procedure I, II
Case Analysis
Appellate Litigation
Torts I, II
Communications Law Seminar

Unpublished Papers
the New World Information Order: An Analysis of Its Impact on the International Law of communication (1987)
The Out Influence Exception of Texas Rules Concerning Juror Testimony On Jury Misconduct, (1987)
The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act Of 1984
Needed Cure or Needless Proliferation? (1986)
Public Figures And The Passage of Time--An Attempt to Escape the Sullivan Standard (1986)
The Right of Publicity (1986)

Publications
Elsa Y. Ransom, The Ex-Public Figure: A Libel Plaintiff Without A Class; 5 Seton Hall Journal of Sport Law 389 (Spring, 1995)
Elsa Y. Ransom, Ayeni v. Mottola: A Lethal Weapon Against The Pursuit Of Sidekick Journalism Inside Private Homes; Loyola Entertainment Law Journal, *TBA