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Participated in the Engaged Scholarship Conference at
Pace Law School, White Plains, N.Y., May 4, 2012.
Elected by Texas Wesleyan law students as 1L
Professor of the Year at the annual Barristers’ Ball,
March 30, 2012.
Also presented the paper as part of the faculty speaker
series at Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport,
Fla., March 5, 2012.
Presented his article, “Exactions for the Future,” at the
Association for Law, Property, and Society Conference
at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington,
D.C., March 2-3, 2012.
John F. Murphy
Associate Professor of Law
Activities: Tied with James Hambleton for Legal Writing
Professor of the Year at the annual Barristers’ Ball – for
the second year in a row, March 30, 2012.
Along with Professor Charlotte Hughart, served on the
Tarrant County Bar Appellate Section Committee’s Pro
Bono Project for the Second Court of Appeals. The
Committee reviews pro bono applications for pro bono
counsel to determine whether they qualify for referral
to a pro bono attorney.
Mary Margaret “Meg” Penrose
Professor of Law
Publications: “Unbreakable Vows: Same-Sex Marriage
and the Fundamental Right to Divorce” has been
accepted for publication by the Villanova Law Review
(forthcoming 2013).
Activities: Gave a criminal law presentation to four
Jamaican judges/lawyers visiting Fort Worth through
the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor
Leadership Program, Sept. 24, 2012.
Participated in a Federalist Society/OUTlaw debate on
the issue of religious liberty and same-sex marriage
with Professor Robin F. Wilson of Washington and
Lee University School of Law, held at Texas Wesleyan
School of Law, Sept. 13, 2012.
Retained to serve as a Title IX Auditor for a Division I
Athletics Department, August 2012.
Participated as defense counsel in a felony jury trial in
Dallas County in July 2012, where she worked as part
of the state-appointed counsel team.
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Received the Frederic White Scholarship Award at the
law school’s May 12, 2012, graduation ceremony. The
award is distributed annually to one tenured faculty
member and one tenure-track faculty member in
recognition of their outstanding commitment and
contribution to legal scholarship.
Elected by Texas Wesleyan law students as the
Outstanding Upper Level Professor of the Year at the
annual Barristers’ Ball, March 30, 2012.
Interviewed for an article on the upcoming affirmative
action Supreme Court case, Fisher v. University of
Texas, TCU 360, Feb. 29, 2012.
Asked to serve on the UTA Athletics Department
Strategic Planning Committee. Penrose currently
serves as a member of the University of Texas at
Arlington’s Maverick Club Advisory Board to the
Athletics Department.
Filed federal briefs in three Texas death penalty cases
involving the United States Supreme Court’s recent
decision in Martinez v. Ryan, a right to counsel case. She
now represents five individuals on Texas Death Row.
Participated in an editorial debate with Professor
Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas Law School
on whether an Article V Constitutional Convention
should be called. That editorial debate was published
by the CQ Researcher.
Produced a video for the American Bar Association
American Voter project, which is now featured on
American-Voter.org.
Huyen Pham
Associate Dean for Faculty Research &
Development and Professor of Law
Activities: Gave a presentation for students and
faculty at the University of Economics and Law,
Vietnam National University, June 14, 2012, about
the requirements for obtaining an LL.M. degree in the
United States.
Gave a presentation on teaching advanced immigration
law courses at the Immigration Law Teachers Workshop,
Hofstra University, Maurice A. Deane School of Law,
June 1, 2012.
Interviewed about the Trayvon Martin case and the
differences between the laws in Florida and Texas, CBS
11 News at 5 p.m., March 23, 2012.
Presented “An Analysis of the Subfederal Immigration
Climate” at a conference, Border Patrols: The Legal,
Racial, Social and Economic Implications of United
States Immigration Policy, St. John’s University School
of Law, Queens, N.Y., March 16, 2012.