Phone: (713) 313-7275
Email: thelma.harmon@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2011.
Education:
J.D., Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, LA, 1985
B.B.A., University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1977
Courses Taught
Civil Externship Mediation
Civil Trial Practice Business Association
Civil Law Clinic Legal Writing
Trial Simulation Appellate Advocacy
Trial Practice
Biographical Information
Director of Clinical Legal Studies Program, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2015-Present)
Associate Professor (Tenured), Clinical Legal Studies Program, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2017-Present)
Assistant Professor, Clinical Legal Studies Program, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2011-2017)
Supervising Attorney, Landlord-Tenant, Probate, Family Law, Mediation, Externship Clinics, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (2005-2010)
Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing Program, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (2002-2005)
Adjunct Professor/Supervising Attorney, Elderly Law Clinic, Mediation Clinic, Business Associations, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1994-1996, 2000-2001) Law, Houston, TX (1995-1996)
Staff Attorney, Southern Company Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA (1987-1993)
Publications
Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc: The Equal Treatment Fallacy, 20J. Genders Race and Just. 97 (2017)
Black Lawyers Matter: The Importance of Pro Bono Initiatives and Experiential Opportunities at Historical Black College/University ("HBCU") Law Schools in Preparing a New Generation of Social Engineers, 18 Fla Coastal L. Rev. 315 (2017)
Fifty Plus Years and Counting: A History of Experiential Learning and Clinical Opportunities at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 39 T. Marshall L. Rev. 187 (2014) (with Martina Cartwright).
What’s My Line: Supervising or Co-Worker?, 24 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 43 (2014).
Codification of Fear: SYG Laws, Ralph Bunch Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 5 (2016), Iss. 1, Art. 4.
Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Louisiana State Bar
State Bar of Georgia
Texas Association of Mediators
Association of Conflict Resolution
Houston Bar Association
Research & Teaching Interests
Family Law
Mediation
Civil Rights Law
Clinical Pedagogy
Historical Black Colleges and Universities