Marguerite Butler
Associate Professor of Law

Phone: (713) 313-1010
Email: marguerite.butler@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 1995.

Education:
J.D., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1979
B.A., Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH, 1974
MLIS, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1992

Courses Taught

Appellate Litigation
Thurgood Marshall Seminar
Civil Procedure

Biographical Information

• Associate Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX
  (1995-Present)
  
• Director, Law Library, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1995-2005)
  Interim Director, Law Library, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX
  (1993-1995)
  
• Associate Director, Law Library, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1984-1992)
  Acquisitions and Reference Librarian, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1982-1984)
  
• Butler's Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) Review Course (1983-Present)
  Professor, Economics, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO (1981-1982)

Publications

• Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct Competent Legal, 29 CAP. U. L. REV. 68 (2002).
  
• Rule 11-Sanctions and a Lawyer's Failure to Conduct Competent Legal, 12 PROF. LAWYER 1 (2002) (exerpt).
  
• The National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition-Operating in the Spirit and Legacy of Frederick Douglass, 25 N. C. CENT. L. REV. 66 (2002).
  
• McCoy, W.J. and Butler, M.L., A Constitutional Basis for Zoning: The Texas Supreme Court, Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt (1988).
  
• Jejelowo, O.A., Butler, M.L., Martinez III, R.A. Trey, Hartsell, D., Viability of Fungal Spores from Books Stored Under Different Environmental Conditions, 1993, Proceedings-96th Annual Meeting, Texas Academy of Science (1993).
  
• The History of Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law: "The House That Sweatt Built," T. MARSHALL L. REV. 45 (1997).
  

Selected Presentations

• Diversity After Hopwood: The Texas Aftermath, Annual Diversity Symposium, American Association of Law Libraries Convention, Anaheim, CA, 1996
  
• Viability of Fungal Spores From Books Stored Under Different Environmental Conditions, Texas Academy of Science, Denton, TX, March 5-6, 1993
  

Law School Seminars, Competitions and Services -return to top-

• BLSA Regional Meeting, Omaha, NB -March 1989
  
• BLSA University of Kansas, Kansas City MO -1989
  
• BLSA Regional Meeting, Houston, TX -March 1990
  
• University of Tulsa, First Year Class, Tulsa OK-1990
  
• University of Tulsa, First Year Class, Tulsa OK-1991
  
• BLSA Judge for the National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Final Arguments National Convention -Detroit, MI 1988
  
• BLSA Judge for the National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Final Arguments National Convention -Houston, TX 1993
  
• NAACP Judge of the local ACT-SO Essay Writing Competition -Houston, TX 1994
  
• NAUB Judge for the Oratorical Contest Final Rounds -Houston, TX 1996
  
• Moot Court Coach, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 1982-Present
  
• Moot Court Coach, Texas Young Lawyers Associations, 1989-91 and 1993
  
• BLSA, Texas Southern University, 1990-01
  
• Law School Academic Support Program, Texas Southern University -1993-02
  
• Texas Practice Class, Texas Southern University-1995-96
  
• Chairperson, Student Faculty Relations Committee on the 1989 Death Penalty Seminar and Archivist for the 1987 Carl-King Retirement Dinner -1984
  
• Admissions Committee member -2000
  
• Library Committee member -1995 & 2001
  
• Law School Self Study Committee member-2000
  
• University Self Study Committee member-2001-02
  
• University 50th Anniversary Committee member-1995
  

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
  
• American Association of Law Librarians
  
• Southwestern Association of Law Libraries
  
• Texas Library Association
  
• Houston Area Law Librarians Association
  
• National Bar Association
  
• Houston Lawyers Association
  
• Phi Delta Alpha
  
• Library Consultant, African Law Initiative, United States Information Service and the American Bar Association-1996
  
• Assistant Lead Counsel, Allen Parkway Village Tenants Association-1992

 

 

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