Distinguished Academic Chair Filled at South Texas College of Law

January 14, 2008--South Texas College of Law proudly welcomes the inaugural Fred Parks Distinguished Chair: Professor Dale Carpenter, the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Carpenter brings his energy and expertise in constitutional law, sexual orientation law and commercial law to Houston for the spring 2008 semester. He is a widely respected author, media commentator, and lecturer.

In addition to teaching Constitutional Law at South Texas, he coordinated and will speak at a South Texas Law Review symposium entitled “Is Gay Marriage Conservative?” February 15 at the college. The symposium is bringing together all sides of the gay marriage debate for an animated, day-long discussion.

Carpenter, who earned his law degree at the University of Chicago Law School, epitomizes the academic standards required of those who will hold the Fred Parks Distinguished Chair. Established in 2006, the Chair was created to bring nationally renowned scholars to South Texas to foster an exchange of ideas and philosophies in the classroom and with their teaching colleagues.

For more information on the Fred Parks Distinguished Chair, please contact Kim Parker, Vice President of Development, at kparker@stcl.edu or 713-646-1803. Professor Carpenter can be reached at 713-646-1770.