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L. Darnell Weeden
Professor of Law
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Phone:(713) 313-4249
Email: lweeden@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 1990.
Education: J.D., University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1975 B.A., Journalism & Political Science, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1972
Biographical Information Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1990-present) Associate Dean for Faculty Development & Research, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2005-2012)
Courses Taught Constitutional Law Torts I Torts II First Amendment
Select Publications Introduction:  Race & Immigration Symposium, 44 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 1 (2012). The Supremacy Clause Preemption Rationale Reasonable Restrains An Individual State Pursuing Its Own Separate But Unequal Immigration Policy, 14 SCHOLAR 679 (2012). Commentary on Professor Richards Sander's Class in American Legal Education, 88 DENV. U. L. REV. 851 (2011). Criminal Procedure And The Racial Profiling Issue For Professor Gates and Sergeant Crowley, 17 WASH. & LEE J. CIV. RTS. & SOC. JUST. 305 (2011). In Response To The Call For Social Justice Historically Black Law Schools (HBLSs) Represent The New Mission Of Educational Diversity In The Legal Profession, 14 J. GENDER RACE & JUST. 747 (2011). Fifty Plus Years After The Start Of The Civil Rights Movement:  A Contextual Analysis Of The Freedom Of Association For The National Associations For The Advancement Of Colored People's Pursuit Of Reforming The Law, 12 FLA. COASTAL L. REV. 337 (2011). Income Integration As A Race-Neutral Pursuit Of Equality And Diversity In Education After The Parents Involved In Community Schools Decision, 21 U. FLA. J.L. & PUB. POL'Y 365 (2010). It Is Discriminatory For Arizona Or Society To Engage In The Anti-Immigration Practice Of Profiling Hispanics For Speaking Spanish, 12 LOY. J. PUB. INT. L 109 (2010). A First Amendment Establishment Clause Analysis Of Permanent Displays On Public Property As Government Speech, 35 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 217 (2010). Historically Black Colleges Advance Reverse Academic Diversity, 13 N.Y. CITY L. REV. 1 (2009). Standing And Speaking Constitutional Truth To Local Power Regarding Undocumented Immigrant Residents Dwelling With We The People Of The United States, 34 S. ILL. U. L. J. 55 (2009). English Only Rules In Public Schools Should Be Presumed Illegal, 34 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 379 (2009). Race-Conscious Equality Confronts America, President Obama, Justice Sotomayor, Professor Gates, And Sergeant Crowley, 35 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 113 (2009). Racial Profiling And The Implications Of Jena Six In Undermining The Civil Rights Of Blacks In America, 36 S. U. L. REV. 239 (2009). Foreword:  Immigration Law & Policy Symposium, 34 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 283 (2009). Local Laws Restricting The Freedom Of Undocumented Immigrants As Violations Of Equal Protection And Principles Of Federal Preemption, 52 ST. LOUIS U. L. J. 479 (2008). TMSL Law Review 2008 Education Symposium Opening Commentary, 34 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 1 (2008). Implication Of The No Child Left Behind Act For Educational Equity And Segregation, 4 FIU L. REV. 101 (2008). The Black Eye Of Hurricane Katrina's Post Jim Crow Syndrome Is A Basic Human Dignity Challenge For America, 37 CAP. U. L. REV. 93 (2008). Justice Thurgood Marshall And School Integration:  Green And Keyes From A Unitary Standard To A Double Standard To A Uniform National De Facto Standard, 27 MISS. C. L. REV. 393 (2008). Response To Professor Amar:  Some Thoughts On The Electoral College's Past, Present, And Future, 34 OHIO N. U. L. REV. 393 (2008). Johnnie Cochran Challenged America's New Age Officially Unintentional Black Code; A Constitutionally Permissible Racial Profiling Policy, 33 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 135 (2007). The Less Than Fair Employment Practice Of An English-Only Rule In The Workplace, 7 NEV. L. J. 947 (2007).