Fernando Colon-Navarro
Associate Dean
Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 1991

Education:
B.A., 1974; St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
J.D., 1981; University Of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Ed.M., 1990; Harvard Law School Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
LL.M., 1991; Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Phone: (713) 313-1918

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email: Fernando Colon-Navarro

Biographical Information
Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 2008-Present
Associate Dean, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 2003-Present
Associate Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 1991-2008
Visiting Associate Professor, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas, 1999-2000
Clinical Director, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 1992-1995
Director/Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School Immigration Clinic, Cambridge, MA 1987-1991
Assistant Attorney, Chicago, Board of Education, Chicago, IL 1986-1987
Staff Attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Chicago, IL 1983-1986
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN 1981-1983
Law Clerk/Trial Assistant, Hennepin County Public Defenders Office, Minneapolis, MN 1979-1980
Court Admissions
Minnesota State and Federal Court, 1982
Illinois State and Federal Court - 1983
Seventh Circuity Court of Appeals Massachusetts, 1988

Recognition Adwards
Recipient, Professor of the Year and Outstanding Advisor, Hispanic Law Student Association, 2001-2002
Outstanding Visiting Professor, Student Bar Association-Wesleyan University School of Law, 1999-2000
1L Outstanding Evening Professor, Student Bar Association Wesleyan University School of Law, 1999-2000
Professor of the Year, Chicano Law Association, 1997-98
Professor of the Year, Chicano Law Association, 1996-97
Achievement Award, Chicano Law Student Association, 1995-96
Professor of the Year, Chicano Law Association, 1994-95
Lex Justa Award, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Asian Pacific Student Association, 1991-92
Second Degree Black Belt - Taek Wondo-Certified Trainee Instructor

Affiliations
Co-Founder of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Institute for International and Immigration Law
American Bar Association
Chairperson, Elm Grove Community Association: Deed Restrictions Committee
Central American Refugee Project (CARECEN)
Pro Bono Attorney, Houston Refugee Pro Bono Project
National Coalition Advocates for Students (NCAS), past member advisory board
Served as advisor to Congressman Edward Roybal on several occasions regarding immigration issues

Publications
Political Asylum and Judicial Review: The Rise and of Imputed Political Opinion, Thurgood Marshall Law Review, Vol. 20, Fall 1994, No. 1
Think Like A Lawyer; Expert Novice Differences in Simulated Client Interviews, The Journal of the Legal Profession: The University of Alabama School of Law, Vol 21, 1996-97
Lead Counsel in Matter of Edwards 20I. & N. Dec 191 cited in Immigration Law and Procedure Desk Edition (1999) by-Gordon and Gordon and in all major Immigration Law Texbooks.

Selected Presentations
Panel member at Fordham University: Minorities in the Law Teaching Profession: Consider Teaching Law (1993)
Panel member South Texas College of Law: President's Initiative on Race, Campus Week Dialogue (1998)
Panel member Texas Wesleyan University: Relationship Violence 101 (1999)
Panel Presentation: The American Society of International Law, The Visible college of International Law Clinicians: Making a Real Difference in Law School and in the World
Panel on Immigrants and Law Enforcement The Citizens' Summit on Criminal Justice in Houston (April 21 2001)
Panel Presentation,To the Border and Beyond,- Emerging Legal Issues in the Hispanic Community. Hispanic National Bar Association-Law Student Division Region XII Conference-"Todos Unidos", February 23, 2002