Dannnye K. Holley, Dean and Professor of Law

Faith Joseph Jackson
Professor of Law

Phone: (713) 313-7354
Email: fjjackson@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2006.

Education:
B.A., cum laude, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
J.D., Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX

Courses Taught

Contracts I
Contracts II

Curriculum Vitae

Biographical Information

  • Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2017-Present)
  • Associate Dean for External Affairs, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2012-2017)
  • Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2010-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2006-2010)
  • Skills Instructor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2003-2006)
  • White House Presidential Appointment, Department of Education, Washington, D.C. (2002-2003)
  • Assistant Dean, Development/Career Services/Alumni Relations, Texas Southern University, Thurgood
  • Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1993-2002)
  • Associate, Chapman & Reese, P.C., Dallas, TX (1992-1993)
  • Briefing Attorney, Chief Justice Craig Enoch, 5th District Court of Appeals, Dallas, TX (1991-1992)

Select Publications

  • Must We Deploy Drones in the Twenty-first Century to Target Under the Radar Discrimination Against Minority Women at Law Schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUS)?, 31 Colum. J. Gender & L. 164 (2015) (with Edieth Y. Wu).
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford: A Prelude to the Civil War, 15 RICH. J. L. & PUB. INT. 377 (2011).
    The Constitutionality of Presidential Signing Statements: A Note on H.R. 5993 - The "Presidential Signing Statement Act of 2008," 35 J. LEGIS. 1 (2009) - Lead Article.
  • Whose War Is It Anyway? The War in Iraq: Shared War Powers of the Executive Branch and the Congressional Branch & The 2008 Presidential Election, 32 OKLA. CITY U. L. REV. 1 (2007) - Lead Article
  • "A Streetcar Named Negligence in a City Called New Orleans - A Duty Owed, A Duty Breached, A Sovereign Shield," 31 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 557 (2006).
  • "What's In It for Me? School Partnerships In Texas: Are We Bribing Our Kids to Perform?" 30 SETON HALL LEGIS. J. 39 (2005).

Research & Teaching Interests

  • Governmental Law
  • Administrative Law
  • Legislation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Constitutional Law
  • Torts
  • Advanced Legal Writing

Affiliations

  • Texas State Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • National Bar Association
  • Houston Bar Association
  • 2010 Texas Judicial College for the Study of Alcohol and Other Drugs - DWI College
  • Chair, Oversight Steering Committee, Texas Southern University Charter School
  • Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Inc.

 

 

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