Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes
GodwinRonquillo PC Research Professor and Professor of Law
“Choose a profession you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
—Confucius
Education:
BBA, Baylor University
JD, Baylor University School of LawBiography
Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes is the GodwinRonquillo PC Research Professor and Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, where he teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, State Constitutional Law, and Complex Litigation. He is the co-author of three forthcoming constitutional law textbooks and practice guides, and he has authored more than a dozen articles on a wide variety of constitutional and procedural issues. He is a frequent media commentator, including television and radio appearances on CNN, NPR’s Morning Edition, BBC Radio’s World Business News, NPR’s Day to Day, and Bloomberg Radio, along with interviews in newspapers and magazines across the United States, such as the Washington Post, USA Today, American Lawyer, Dallas Morning News, Washington Times, ABA Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and Houston Chronicle. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude while on a National Merit Scholarship at Baylor University before enrolling at Baylor Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Baylor Law Review, the President’s Award recipient as the outstanding third-year student, and valedictorian of his graduating law school class. Before becoming a professor, he served as a briefing attorney for Justice Raul Gonzalez and as a staff attorney for Justice Greg Abbott at the Supreme Court of Texas, practiced appellate law at the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp, and earned his board certification in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, federal and state civil procedure, federal courts and jurisdiction, Texas constitutional law, complex litigation, and appellate procedure.
Phone: 713.646.2918
Office: 718T
Email: rrhodes@stcl.edu
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