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April Walker
Associate Professor of Law
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Phone:(713) 313-4473
Email: awalker@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2004.

Additional Biographical Information

• Associate Judge for the City of Houston (2000-Present)
• Attorney and Counselor-At-Law, Jeru and Associates (1987)
• Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas (1986-1987)
• Attorney and Counselor-At-Law, Boston and Thornton (1985-1986)

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Additional Publications

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• The Extreme Consequence of Parental Alienation Syndrome - The Richard Lohstroh Case of a Child Driven to Kill His Father - Will Courts Move Toward Allowing Children to Use Parental Alienation Syndrome as a Defense to the Crime of Murder of Their Own Parent, 27 WOMEN'S RTS. L. REP. 153 (2006).
• Application of the Insanity Defense to Postpartum Disorder - Driven Infanticide in the United States:  A Look Toward the Enactment of an Infanticide Act, 6 U. MD. L. J. OF RACE, RELIGION, GENDER AND CLASS 197 (2006).
• Taking Flight:  A Tribute to the Class of 2005, 31 T. MARSHALL L. REV. [vii] (2005).

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Affiliations

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• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• American Bar Association
• Black Women's Lawyers' Association
• National Bar Associates
• Phi Alpha Delta

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Service

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• Chairperson, Student Faculty Relations Committee, 2007-2009
• Member, Faculty Appointments Committee, 2007
• Member, Academic Standards Committee, 2005-2007
• Faculty Advisor, Black Law Students Association, 2000-2009
• Associate Judge, City of Houston, 2000-2009
• Orientation Instructor, 2000-2008
• Assisted Troop 296, Boy Scouts of America in Fund Raising
• Supervised Law Students with Independent Research Project, Summer & Spring 2005-2009
• Professor of the Year, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2005
• Recipient of the 2005 Trail Blazer Award, Muskegon, MI
• Volunteer, Fallbrook Church