Edieth Wu
Lois Prestage Woods Professor of Law

 

Phone: (713) 313-7038
Email: edieth.wu@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2000.

Education:
LL.M., University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, 1994
J.D., Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, 1992
B.A., University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1988

Courses Taught

• Contracts I

• Contracts II

Biographical Information

• Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2005-Present)

• Associate Dean, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2002-2007)

• Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2001-2005)

• Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2000-2001)

• Visiting Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1999-2000)

• Instructor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1993-1999)

• Minority Institutions Faculty Fellow Program (MIFF), Department of Defense-Armed Forces RTV Broadcast Center, March AFB, CA (Summer/Winter 2000)

• Counsel, Law Offices of Scott K. Bui, P.C., Houston, TX (1995-1996)

• Solo Practice, Law Offices of Edieth Y. Wu, Houston, TX (1992-1994)

• Instructor, Texas School of Business, Houston, TX (1992)

• Teaching Assistant, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1990-1992)

• Research Assistant, KILT Radio-Legacy Broadcasting, Houston, TX (1988-1989)

• Assistant to the Vice-President, Houston Econ. Dev. Council (HEDC), Houston, TX (1986-1988)

• Council's Liaison, International Business Department, HEDC, Houston, TX (1983-1986)

• Sgt., Administrative Specialist, United States Air Force, RAF Lakenheath (UK) & Nevada (US) (1978-1983)

Publications

• Edieth Y. Wu, The Next Gen Bar: Pressing the ABA Standards for Legal Education and Beyond, 57.2 Creighton L. Rev. ___ (2024) (forthcoming July 2024).

• Registration perfected for the WuJoJack® Service Mark/Trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), spring 2019; this Registration protects the Mark locally, nationally, and internationally (with Faith J. Jackson).

• From Theory to Practice: Using the Gender-sensitive Tracking and Monitoring System (“GTMS”), 14 J. L. Soc. Deviance 91(2017) (with Faith J. Jackson) - Peer Reviewed.

• Drones in the Fight Against Terrorism—Should the Global Community Stringently Regulate Their Use?, 65 Syracuse L. Rev. 273 (2015)

• Edieth Y. Wu, Drones in The Fight Against Terrorism—Should The Global Community Stringently Regulate Their Use? 3-4 Int’l J. of Arts & Commerce 19 (2014).

• Must We Deploy Drones in the Twenty-First Century to Target Under the Radar Discrimination Against Minority Women in Law Schools at HBCUs? 31.1 Columbia J. of Gender & Law 164  (2015), with Faith Jackson.

• Should the United States Intervene in International Conflicts: Why, When, and How, 23 Ind. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 163 (2013)

• Cross-Cultural Patriarchal Demands on Women's Dress-Appearance, 33 WOMEN'S RTS. L. REP. 169 (2012).

• American Women - The Struggle Continues, 12 J. L. & SOC. CHALLENGES 13 (2010).

• Why Private Mercenary Companies Should Be Legitimized and Allowed to Enter the World Stage, 43 NEW ENG. L. REV. 461 (2009).

• Domestic Spying and Why America Should Avoid The Slippery Slope, 16.1 S. CAL. REV. L. & SOC. JUST. 3 (2006).

• Global Burqas, 14.2 TEX. J. WOMEN & L. 179 (2005).

• International Litigation: Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts, 42.3 Nov./Dec. HOUS. LAW 40 (2004), David J. Levy, Editor (Book Review).

• Mcfat--Obesity, Parens Patriae, and the Children, 29(2) OKLA. CITY U. L. REV. 569 (2004).

• Reparations to African-Americans: The Only Remedy for the U.S. Government's Failure to Enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, 3 CONN. PUB. INT. L. J. 403 (2004).

• Global Responses and Recourses to Terrorism, 25(3) WHITTIER L. REV. 521 (2004).

• China Today: Why Its Accession to The World Trade Organization is Inevitable and Good for the International Community, 5(3) J. INT'L ECON. L. 696 - Oxford University Press (2002).

• Why Say No to Multidisciplinary Practice (MDP)?, 32 LOY. U. CHI. L. J. 525 (2001).

• Recent Developments in the Currency War; The Euro, The Dollar, The Yen and the BEMU, 15:1 CONN. J. INT'L L. 1 (2000).

• Saddam Hussein as Hostes Humani Generis? Should the U.S. Intervene?, 26 SYRACUSE J. OF INT'L L. & COM. 55 (1998).

• Evolutionary Trends in the United States Application of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, 10 TRANSNAT'L LAW. 1 (1997).

Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas

• American Bar Association

• National Bar Association

• Phi Alpha Delta

Research and Teaching Interests

• Federal Civil Procedure

• Constitutional Law

• Advanced Legal Writing

• International Law

• European Union Law

• Contracts

 

 

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