James W. Beard, Jr.
Associate Professor of Law

Phone: (713) 313-7111

Email: jbeard@tmslaw.tsu.edu

Joined the faculty in 1974.

Education:
LL.M., University of Texas, 1976
J.D., Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1973
B.S., Hardin-Simmons University, 1967

Courses Taught

Federal Income Taxation

Domestic Relations

Biographical Information

• Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School
  of Law, Houston, TX  (1974-Present)

• Director, Federal Tax Clinic, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 
  (1984-1992)
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1979-1980)
• Special Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1976-1979)
  
  

Presentations

• Reform of the Internal Revenue Service and The Federal Income Tax, Statement before Congressional Hearing, Houston, Texas, (October 1997)
• Speaker Tax Ramifications for Personal Injury Tort Awards, Houston Lawyers Association (October 1992)
• Speaker Tax Ramifications for Personal Injury Tort Awards, Annual Meeting, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association, St. Louis, MO (July 1992)
• Speaker Tax Aspects of Divorce and Separation, Annual Program, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association, Annual Meeting Indianapolis, In (1991)
• Panelist Personal Taxation Issues for the General Practitioner, Annual Program, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association, Denver, Co (August 1990)
• Speaker Tax Aspects of Divorce and Separation, Annual Program, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association, Denver, Co (July 1986)
• Moderator and Speaker Tax Shelters: Setting Them Up and Knocking Them Down, Annual Program, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association, Chicago, IL (1985)
• Moderator and Speaker Tax Practice and Procedures, Annual Program, National Bar Association, New Orleans, LA (August 1984)
• Tax Reform Hearings, Treasury Department, Houston Texas (1984)
  
  

Editorials

• TSU-Bashing is Attacking Texas Blacks, Houston Chronicle (1990).
• New Admissions Plan Could Be Seen As Bias:  UT, A&M Criteria Merit Causation, Houston Post (February 1988).
• At the Outset, It Was Imperfect, Houston Post (September 1987).
• The TSU Bashers Are At It Again, Houston Chronicle (June 1987).
• Black Education Trends Bode Ill for All of Texas, Houston Post (July 1987).
• Tax Reform Hearings, Statement before the Treasury Department, Houston, TX (June 8, 1984).
• Edited:  Handbook for Housing Counselors, City of Houston (1977).

 

Affiliations

• President, Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy, Inc. (2002-)
• Member Texas Hospital Licensing Advisory Council (1994)
• Board of Directors, Texas War on Drugs
• Founder East Fort Bend Alliance for Education (1994-95)
• Founder DAD's Club, Missouri City Middle School, FBISD (1993-94)
• Board of Governors Fort Bend County Subsidence District (1992-94)
• Election Judge, Briargate Community Improvement Association (1991-92)
• Coordinator Students Tax Testimonies for Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives (1991)
• Business and Professional Men's Club (1991)
• Chair Legal Address Committee, Fort Bend County NAACP (1991)
• Legal Advisor South Union Civic Club (1987-1991)
• Coordinator, Thurgood Marshall School of Law Economic Conferences (1988-89)
• Board of Governors, National Bar Association (1983-86)
• Chair Section of Taxation, National Bar Association (1983-86)
• Editor Tax Newsletter, Section of Taxation, National Bar Association (1983-86)
• Texas Coalition of Black Democrats (1986)
• Legal Counselor Martin Luther King Center, Houston (1985-86)
• Moderator Community Forum on Sidewalks, Schools and Community Development, Houston (1985)
• Delegate Democratic State Convention (1984, 1988)
• Speaker Liability of Nurses in Nursing Homes and Hospitals, Rehabilitation Center (1979); Golden Age Manor (1980);
• Riverside General Hospital (1982)
• Board of Trustees Houston Legal Foundation (1972)
• NAACP (1968-Present)

Licenses

• Supreme Court of the United States
  
• United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
  
• Federal Court for the Southern District of Texas
  
• United States Tax Court

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
  
• National Bar Association
  
• State Bar of Texas
  
• Houston Bar Association

 

 

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