Eboni S. Nelson
Assistant Professor

Phone:(713) 313-1145

Fax:(713) 313-1049

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Biographical Information
Professor Nelson graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School where she served as a teaching assistant and tutor for law school classes.

After graduating from Harvard, she practiced employee benefits in the Houston office of Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP. During her time at the firm, Professor Nelson was an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center where she taught Taxation of Compensation.

Professor Nelson joined the Thurgood Marshall School of Law faculty in 2003. She teaches Commercial Law and Consumer Rights. During the Fall 2004 semester, she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Houston Law Center where she taught Contracts and Texas Consumer Law.

Professor Nelson’s scholarly interests include education law and policy. Her recent article, What Price Grutter? We May Have Won the Battle, But Are We Losing the War?, 32 J. C. & U.L. 1 (2005), criticizes the usefulness of traditional race-based admissions procedures for providing minority students access to educational opportunities.

Link to Curriculum Vitae

Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
National Bar Association

Research And Teaching Interests
Education Law and Policy
Commercial Law
Consumer Rights
Contracts
Family Law