Deana Pollard-Sacks
Professor of Law
Phone: (713) 313-7159
Email: dpollard@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Alternate Email: professorpollard@comcast.net
Joined the faculty in 2000.
Curriculm Vitae
View my academic publications at http://ssrn.com/author=507918
View my new talk show at www.MeetTheProfessors.org
Education:
LL.M., University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1999
J.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1989
B.A., University of Washington-Seattle, Seattle, WA, 1986
Courses Taught
Law Practice Management
Biographical Information
- Professor of Law, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2007- Present)
- Associate Professor of Law, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2004-2007)
- Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2000-2004)
- Board Member, PTAVE (2007-Present)
- Board Member, EPOCH-USA (2005-Present)
- Policy Analyst, The Elected Lost Angeles Charter Reform Commission, Los Angeles, CA (1998)
- Private Practice/Litigation (Licensed in CA and WA) (1989-Present)
Publications
- Supreme Court Decision on Violent Video Games Was Based on the First Amendment, Not Scientific Evidence, 69 Am. Psychol. 307 (2014) (with Brad Bushman).
- Constitutionalized Negligence, 89 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1065 (2012).
- Implicit Bias-Inspired Torts, in Implicit Racial Bias Across the Law 61 (Justin D. Levinson & Robert J. Smith eds., 2012).
- Snyder v. Phelps: A Slice of the Facts and Half an Opinion, 2011 Cardozo L. Rev. de novo 64 (2011).
- Do Violent Video Games Harm Children? Comparing the Scientific Amicus Curiae “Experts” in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 106 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 1 (2011) (with Brad J. Bushman & Craig A. Anderson) (Lead Article).
- Children’s Developmental Vulnerability and the Roberts Court’s Child Protective Jurisprudence: An Emerging Trend?, 40 Stetson L. Rev. 777 (2011).
- Constitutionalized Negligence, 89 WASH. U. L. REV. 1065 (2012).
- Implicit Bias-Motivated Torts, in IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS ACROSS THE LAW (Justin Levinson & Rob Smith, eds., 2012).
- Do Violent Video Games Harm Children? Comparing Scientific Amicus Curiae "Experts" in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 106 NW. U. L. REV. COLLOQUY 1 (2011)
(co-authored by Brad J. Bushman and Craig A. Anderson).
- Snyder v. Phelps, The Supreme Court's Speech-Tort Jurisprudence, and Normative Considerations, 120 YALE L. J. ONLINE 193 (2010) (Feature Essay).
- State Actors Beating Children: A Call for Judicial Relief, 42 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. 1165 (2009), cited in Nolan v. Memphis City Schools, 598 F.3d 257, 268, n. 1 (6th Cir. 2009).
- Intentional Sex Torts, 77 FORDHAM L. REV. 1051 (2008).
- Elements of Liberty, 61 S.M.U. L. REV. 1557 (2008).
- Sex Torts, 91 MINN. L. REV. 769 (2007).
- Wrongful Analysis in Wrongful Life Jurisprudence, 55 ALA. L. REV. 327 (2004).
- Banning Child Corporal Punishment, 77 TUL. L. REV. 575 (2003).
- Banning Corporal Punishment A Constitutional Analysis, 52 AM. U. L. REV. 447 (2002).
- Regulating Violent Pornography, 43 VAND. L. REV. 125 (1990).
- Unconscious Bias and Self Critical Analysis: The Case for a Qualified Evidentiary Equal Employment
Opportunity Privilege, 74 WASH. L. REV. 913 (1999).
Practice-Oriented Work
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Sexual Harassment: What Is It? What Can You Do About It?, Washington Trial Lawyers Association
Annual Employment Law Seminar (1995).
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Reinstating Common Law Marriage, California Legislature Joint Task Force on the Changing Family,
Reinstating Common Law Marriage in California Couples: Recognizing Diversity & Strengthening
Fundamental Relationships (1988).
Media and Public Speaking
Television
- MSNBC. New York, NY. Appeared on Dan Abrams’s show to debate the proposed Massachusetts
legislation to prohibit spanking. Nov. 28, 2007.
- Fox News Channel. New York, NY. Appeared on various national news segments, virtual roundtable. May,
2005 – present.
- New England Cable News Network. Boston, MA. Debated Chester Darling on children’s rights regarding
corporal punishment. Jan. 14, 2005. Appeared on Amanda Lasseter’s talk show regarding proposed
spanking bill.
- Channel 9 News (KUSA), Denver, CO. Interviewed by Law Professor Jan Laitos on “@ISSUE” segment of
Ten O’Clock News regarding various topics, including American children’s rights, sexual disease, and
unconscious bias.
- Fox 26 News at Nine, Houston, TX. Various appearances relating to various legal topics, including civil liability
for transmitting a sexual disease, the Bush v. Gore case in the 2000 Presidential Election and the Americans
with Disabilities Act. November, 2000 – present.
Radio
- KPFT, Houston, Texas. Guest on George Reiter’s talk show regarding corporal punishment of children and the
harms associating with hitting children. Feb. 17, 2005.
- WMAL, Wash., D.C., Jan. 21, 2000. Discussed Southwest Airlines lawsuit.
- KTSU, Houston, Texas, July, 2001. Discussed unconscious bias and corporal punishment of children.
Legislation
- Press conference on Texas House Bill 2413 (to ban school paddling). April, 2005.
- Testified in favor of James Marzilli’s bill to ban parental spanking, Boston, 2005
- Testified in favor of Alma Allen’s bill to ban school paddling, Austin, 2005.
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