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2012-2013 New Faculty and Promotions
Lisa Rich
Associate Professor of Law
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Lisa Rich joined the faculty of Texas Wesleyan
School of Law in 2012 and teaches legal analysis,
research and writing. Previously, Rich served as
the director of Legislative & Public Affairs for the United
States Sentencing Commission.
Rich has taught legal writing and criminal procedure
courses as an adjunct professor at George Mason
University School of Law, George Washington School of
Law and Howard University School of Law. She also has
taught courses in constitutional law, legislation, federal
sentencing, and legal research and writing as a visiting
professor at the University of Wyoming School of Law.
In addition, Rich has worked in private practice and spent
a number of years with various committees of the U.S.
House of Representatives.
Rich’s scholarly interests relate to her background in
federal sentencing and the federal legislative process.
Her research focuses on federal sentencing reform, the
criminal justice process from a legislative perspective,
and community reentry.
Rich earned her J.D. from American University
Washington College of Law and graduated with honors
from St. Andrews Presbyterian College with a B.A. in
international politics. She also studied at the Beijing
Foreign Languages Normal College in Beijing, China.
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Megan
Carpenter
Professor of Law
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Megan Carpenter received tenure and promotion
to professor of law in 2012. She is director of
the Center for Law and Intellectual Property at
Texas Wesleyan School of Law. Carpenter writes in the
areas of intellectual property and entrepreneurship, and
her work has been published in the Vanderbilt Journal
of Entertainment and Technology Law, Nevada Law
Journal, Louisville Law Review, The Trademark Reporter,
Creighton Law Review, and the Yale Journal of Human
Rights and Development. Carpenter received her J.D.
from the West Virginia University College of Law and her
LL.M. from the National University of Ireland.
Brian
Holland
Professor of Law
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Brian Holland received tenure and promotion to
professor of law in 2012. His scholarship focuses
on intellectual property and technology. His work,
which has been cited by federal court opinions, has been
published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, the
Kansas Law Review, the University of San Francisco Law
Review, and the Journal of Computer and Information Law.
Holland received an LL.M., with honors, from Columbia
University School of Law and a J.D., summa cum laude,
from American University Washington College of Law.