FACULTY

Amanda J. Peters
Associate Professor of Law

"We know that the law is good if one uses it properly."

      1 Timothy 1:8      

"What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

       Luke 9:25

              

Education
BA, Texas Tech University
JD, Texas Tech University

Email: apeters@stcl.edu

Phone: 713.646.2953

Office: 629T

Areas of expertise: legal research and writing, and criminal law and procedure

Biography
Amanda Peters joined the South Texas College of Law faculty in 2007. She teaches Legal Research and Writing. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Peters worked at the Harris County District Attorney's Office in Houston where roughly half of her career centered on litigation and the other half centered on appellate practice. Over the course of her career, she tried 40 jury trials and authored 182 appellate briefs. Professor Peters also worked as a criminal defense attorney, representing clients at the trial court level and on appeal before beginning her work at South Texas. She has spoken and written on legal research and writing, criminal law and procedure, mental health law, therapeutic jurisprudence, and human trafficking.

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Law Review Articles:

An Analysis of Texas Capital Sentencing Procedure: Is Texas Denying Its Capital Defendants Due Process by Keeping Jurors Uninformed of Parole Eligibility?, 29 Tex.Tech L. Rev. 1111 (1998).

Thirty-One Years in the Making: Why the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' New Single-Method Approach to Lesser-Included Offense Analysis is a Step in the Right Direction, 60 Baylor L. Rev. 231 (2008)

The Meaning, Measure, and Misuse of Standards of Review, 13 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 233 (2009)

Lawyers Who Break the Law:  What Congress Can Do to Prevent Mental Health Patient Advocates from Violating Federal Legislation, 89 Or. L. Rev. ___ (2010).

Presentations:

Moderator: Embezzlement, White Collar Practice for the Business Lawyer and In-house Counsel (Houston, South Texas College of Law, August 2008).

Teaching Standards of Review More Effectively: Giving Students Context Through Standard of Review Policy and History, 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, March 13-14, 2009.

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