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FACULTY
Charles
W. "Rocky" Rhodes
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 Law
Biography
Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes is the Godwin Ronquillo PC Research Professor and Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law, where he teaches Constitutional Law, First Amendment Law, State Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, and Complex Litigation. He is the co-author of two textbooks on constitutional law, Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law and Skills & Values: The First Amendment. His writings also include more than fifteen journal articles and book chapters on a wide variety of constitutional and procedural issues, such as constitutional interpretation, due process rights, free speech protections, state constitutionalism, the judicial confirmation process, personal jurisdiction, federal practice and procedure, mandamus proceedings, and appellate procedure. His articles, books, and chapters have been cited hundreds of times in judicial decisions, treatises, textbooks, law journals, and legal briefs. 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, Washington Examiner, 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 a national law firm, and earned his board certification in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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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