Martina Cartwright
Professor of Law

Phone: (713) 313-1019
Email: martina.cartwright@tmslaw.tsu.edu
Joined the faculty in 2011.

Education:
J.D., Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., 1993
B.A., History, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 1990
A.A., History, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL, 1988

Courses Taught

Emerging Technology and the Law
Gender and the Law
Domestic Relations
Environmental Law
Communications Law
Biographical Information

• Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2024-Present)
• Associate Clinical Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2017-Present)
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2011-2017)
  
• Clinical Instructor, Managing Attorney, Wills, Probate & Guardianship Clinic, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2008-2011)
  
• Managing Attorney/Interim Director, Environmental Law & Justice Clinic, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2002-2008)
  
• Staff Attorney/Clinical Instructor, Caribbean Law Clinic, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (2001-2003)
  
• Staff Attorney/Clinical Instructor, Environmental Law & Justice Clinic, Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX (1995-2001)
  

Publications

• Publications
• Martina E. Cartwright and Thelma Harmon, #BlackLawyersMatter: The Importance of Pro Bono Initiatives and Experiential Opportunities at Historically Black College and University Law Schools in Preparing a New Generation of Social Engineers, 18 Florida Coastal Law Review 315 (2017)
• Martina E. Cartwright, Book, Chapter, and Verse; The Rise and Rise of the Freedom of Conscience Movement Post-Windsor and Obergefell, 23 Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender  39 (2016)
• Martina E. Cartwright, The Silver Tsunami: Aging Prisoners, Early Release, Guardianship and Prisoner Advocate Initiatives for Long Term Care Beyond the Prison Walls, 1 Touro Journal of Law & Aging 54 (2015)
• Martina E. Cartwright and Thelma Harmon, Fifty Plus Years and Counting: A History of Experiential Learning and Clinical Opportunities at Thurgood Marshall School of Law,  39 Thurgood Marshall Law Review 187 (2014)
• Martina E. Cartwright, Superfund: It’s No Longer Super and It Isn’t Much of a Fund, 18 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 299 (2005)
• Hankins, G. and Cartwright, M., The Pleasantville Fires. Danger in the Air: Toxic air in the Houston/Galveston Corridor, November, 1996.
• Cartwright, M., Pursuing Environmental Justice: Can Brownfields Redevelopment Co-Exist with Environmental Justice?, Program Materials for Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region V, June 24, 1999

Affiliations

• Member, REPTL Section, State Bar of Texas
• Member, LGBT Law Section, State Bar of Texas
  
• Board member and President, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
• Member, Mediation Section, State Bar

 

 

 

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