Prof. L. Darnell Weeden

Professor L. Darnell WeedenL. Darnell Weeden received both his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.) degrees from the University of Mississippi.He earned the B.A. in 1972 and was awarded the J.D. in 1975.As an undergraduate student at Ole Miss Weeden majored in Journalism and Political Science.Weeden is the first African American to graduate from the Ole Miss Journalism School.

He has been a Professor at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law since 1989.Currently, Weeden serves as an Associate Dean and the Roberson King Professor at the law school.He served as the Interim Dean of Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1998 for one year, and as its Director of Clinical Programs from 1990-1992.While serving as the law school's legal clinic director, Professor Weeden co-authored a $250,000 federal grant to establish a legal clinic to assist homeless people in Houston.Weeden believes that his childhood exposure to poverty in the Mississippi Delta makes him very sensitive to the needs of the poor and homeless in our society.

Professor Weeden currently teaches Constitutional Law, Torts and First Amendment.In 1997 he served as Chair of the Faculty Senate at Texas Southern University and Editor of The Faculty Speaks.Professor Weeden has authored more than fifteen law review publications on issues such as the Confederate Flag, affirmative action, racial profiling, separation of powers, presidential impeachment, independent counsel statutes, federal preemption and health law.Professor Weeden's law review publications have been cited by law reviews published at Harvard, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Duke, the University of Texas, Baylor, Boston University, the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama and other highly respected law journals.He is in demand as a speaker on a variety of controversial issues.He has presented papers on a variety of topics throughout America and outside of the United States.

Professor L. Darnell Weeden Law

Presenter: Professor L. Darnell Weeden, Associate Dean and Roberson King Professor, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

L. Darnell Weeden, Texas Southern University

L. Darnell Weeden Associate Dean Roberson King Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 1989
...
Weeden is the first African American to graduate from the Ole Miss Journalism School. Darnell Weeden

Phone: (713) 313-4249

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email:L. Darnell Weeden
...
While serving as the law school's legal clinic director, Prof. Weeden coauthored a $250,000 federal grant to establish a legal clinic too assist homeless people in Houston. Weeden believes that his childhood exposure to poverty in the Mississippi Delta makes him very sensitive to the needs of the poor and homeless in our society.

In 1997 he served as Chair of the Faculty Senate at Texas Southern University and Editor of The Faculty Speaks. Professor Weeden has authored more than fifteen law review publications on issues such as the Confederate Flag, affirmative action, racial profiling, separation of powers, presidential impeachment, independent counsel statutes, federal preemption and health law. Professor Weeden's law review publications have been cited by law reviews published at Harvard, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Duke, the University of Texas, Baylor, Boston University, the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama and other highly respected law journals. He is in demand as a speaker on a variety of controversial issues. He has presented papers on a variety of topics throughout America and outside of the United States.
...
L. 511 (2005). CASENOTE: ERISA'S PREEMPTION RULING PREVENTS A PATIENT FROM SUING AN HMO UNDERSTATE MALPRACTICE LAW:AFTER AETNA HEALTH,INC. V. DAVILA WHO WILL GRANT THE WORKING MIDDLE CLASS A MEANINGFUL RIGHT TO BE HEARD? 7 U. Pa. J. Lab.
...
L. 715 (2005); EMPLOYING RACENEUTRAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO CREATE EDUCATIONALDIVERSITY WHILE ATTACKING SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS DISCRIMINATION, 19 St. John's J. Legal Comment. 297 (2005); AFTER GRUTTER V. BOLLINGER HIGHER EDUCATION MUST KEEP ITS EYES ON THE TAINTED DIVERSITY PRIZE LEGACY, 19 BYUJ.Pub.L.161(2004); Copyright (c) 2004 Thurgood Marshall Law Review Thurgood Marshall Law Review Spring, 2004, 29 T. Marshall L. Rev. 399 (2004), ESSAY: CAN BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION MEET THE CHALLENGE OF RACE-NEUTRAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY? , L. Darnell Weeden *

L. Darnell WeedenProfessor of Law

L. Darnell Weeden, Texas Southern University

L. Darnell WeedenAssociate Dean & Professor

L. Darnell WeedenTexas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law