Deana A. Pollard
Associate Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 2000

Education:
B.A., 1986 University Of Washington-Seattle
J.D., 1989 University Of Southern California-Los Angeles
LL.M., 1999 University Of California-Berkley

Phone: (713) 313-7159

Fax: (713) 313-1049

Email: Deana Pollard

Biographical Information
Associate Professor Of Law, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 2004-Present
Assistant Professor Of Law, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX 2000-2004
Board Member, EPOCH - USA, 2005 - Present                                                                                                                                                                                               Board Member, PTAVE,  2007 - Present
Policy Analyst, The Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, Los Angeles, CA 1998
Private Practice / Litigation ( Licensed in CA and WA ), 1989 - Present

Research and Teaching Interests
Torts, property, and constitutional law; and upper-level courses in first amendment law, family law, mediation, and law practice management

Publications

Articles

Regulating Violent Pornography, 43 Vanderbilt Law Review 125 (1990).
Unconscious Bias and Self Critical Analysis: The Case For A Qualified Evidentiary Equal Employment Opportunity Privilege, 74 Washington Law Review 913 (1999).
Banning Corporal Punishment: A Constitutional Analysis, 52 American University Law Review 447 (2002).
Banning Child Corporal Punishment, 77 Tulane Law Review 575 (2003).
Wrongful Analysis In Wrongful Life Jurisprudence, 55 Alabama Law Review 327 (2004).
Sex Torts, 91 Minnesota Law Review 769 (2007).

Practice-Oriented Work

Sexual Harassment: What Is It? What Can You Do About It?,  Washington Trial Lawyers Association Annual Employment Law Seminar (1995).
Reinstating Common Law Marriage, California Legislature Joint Task Force on the Changing Family, Reinstating Common Law Marriage in California Couples: Recognizing Diversity & Strengthening Fundamental Relationships (1988).

MEDIA/PUBLIC SPEAKING

TELEVISION

 MSNBC. New York, NY. Appeared on Dan Abramss show to debate the proposed Massachusetts legislation to prohibit spanking. Nov. 28, 2007.

 Fox News Channel. New York, NY. Appeared on various national news segments, virtual roundtable. May, 2005 present.

 New England Cable News Network. Boston, MA.  Debated Chester Darling on childrens rights regarding corporal punishment.  Jan. 14, 2005.  Appeared on Amanda Lasseters talk show regarding proposed spanking bill.

 Channel 9 News (KUSA), Denver, CO. Interviewed by Law Professor Jan Laitos on @ISSUE segment of Ten OClock News regarding various topics, including American childrens rights, sexual disease, and unconscious bias. 

 Fox 26 News at Nine, Houston, TX. Various appearances relating to various legal topics, including civil liability for transmitting a sexual disease, the Bush v. Gore case in the 2000 Presidential Election and the Americans with Disabilities Act. November, 2000 present.

 RADIO

KPFT, Houston, Texas.  Guest on George Reiters talk show regarding corporal punishment of children and the harms associating with hitting children.  Feb. 17, 2005.

WMAL, Wash., D.C., Jan. 21, 2000. Discussed Southwest Airlines lawsuit.

KTSU, Houston, Texas, July, 2001. Discussed unconscious bias and corporal punishment of children.

 LEGISLATION

Press conference on Texas House Bill 2413 (to ban school paddling). April, 2005.

Testified in favor of James Marzillis bill to ban parental spanking, Boston, 2005

Testified in favor of Alma Allens bill to ban school paddling, Austin, 2005.