Marguerite Butler
Associate Professor

Joined Faculty 1995

Education:
B.A., 1974 Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH
J.D., 1979 Syracuse University Syracuse, NYMLIS., 1992 University of Texas, Austin TX

Phone: (713) 313-1010

Fax: (713) 313-4483

Email: Marguerite Butler

Biographical Information
Associate Professor, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 1981-Present
Director of Law Library Technology Services, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 2002-2005
Law Library Director, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 1995-2005
Law Library Interim Director, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 1993-95
Law Library Associate Director, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 1984-92
Acquisitions And Reference, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston TX 1982-84
Butler's Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) Review Course, 1983-Present
Economics Professor, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO August 1981-1982

Law School Seminars, Competitions and Services
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 eassay Writing Competion -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 Committeemember -2000
University Self Study Committeemember -2001-02
University 50th Anniversary Committeemember -1995

Affiliations
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 Alpha Delta
Library Consultant, African Law Initiative, United States Information Service and the American Bar Association -1996
Assistant Lead Counsel, Allen Parkway Village Tenants Association -1992
Research and Teaching Interests
Legal Writing
Legal Research
Moot Court/Appellate Litigation

Publications
Marguerite L. Butler, Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct competent Legal, 29 Cap.U.L.Rev.68 (2002)
Marguerite L. Butler, Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct competent Legal, 12 Prof.Lawyer 1 (2002)
excerpt
Marguerite L. Butler, The National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition-Operating In the Spirit and Legacy of Frederick Douglass, pending, 25N. C. Cent. L. Rev. 66 (2002)
McCoy, W.J. and Butler, M.L., A Constitutional Basis For Zoning: The Texas Supreme Court. Dubuque, Iowa: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)
Marguerite L. Butler, The History of Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law: "The House That Sweatt Built", 23T. Marshall L. Rev. 45 (1997)

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

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