E. Ericka Kelsaw
Associate Professor of Law

Phone: (713) 313-1143
Email: ericka.kelsaw@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2007.

Education:
J.D., cum laude, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, 1994
B.B.A., Marketing, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1990

Courses Taught

• Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2013-Present)
  
• Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2007-2013)
  
• Director of Legal Research and Writing & Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2006-2007)
  
• Contract Attorney, Various Law Firms and Corporations (e.g., Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, American Electric Power, Excel Logistics) (2005-2006)
  
• Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP. (2002-2004)
  
• Strategic Business Manager, Dell Inc. (1999-2001)
  
• Regulatory Counsel, CapRock Communications Corporation (1999)
  
• Assistant General Counsel, Public Utility Commission of Texas (1996-1999)
  
• Briefing Attorney, Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas (1995-1996)
  
• Attorney, Lex Mundi, Ltd. (1994-1995)
  
• Teaching Assistant, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1993-1994)
  

Select Publications

• Help Wanted: 23.5 Million Unemployed Americans Need Not Apply, 34 BERKELEY J. OF EMP. AND LABOR L. 1 (2013).
  
• Out of Our Right Minds: The Effects of Cognitive Bias on Social Problems and How Taking the Middle Road Can Help, 16 MICH. ST. U. J. OF MEDICINE AND L. 167 (2012).
  
• Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement: No Pay, No Say, Is This The USA? Permit Fees Continue to Restrict First Amendment Rights, 19 T. MARSHALL L. REV. 117 (1994).

Honors and Awards

• Thurgood Marshall Law Review, 1992-1994
  
• Praemium Excellentia Award in Texas Practice, 1994
  
• Merit Scholarship, 1992-1994
  
• Dean's List, 1991-1994

Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas
  
• State Bar of Ohio
  
• Phi Delta Phi
  

 

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