Faculty and curriculum committee

The online Master of Legal Studies program was created by a curriculum committee that is dedicated to student success. Our faculty and curriculum committee members were chosen for their commitment to excellence as well as their specialized knowledge in a variety of legal areas.

Amanda Taffy

Lead Faculty, SMU M.H.A.
Adjunct faculty

Brooke Grona-Robb

Special Victims Unit Chief, District Attorney’s Office, Wichita County, Texas
Adjunct faculty

Cara Foos Pierce

Director of the Master of Legal Studies program and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law

Carla L. Reyes

Associate Professor of Law

Carliss Chatman

Professor of Law

Daniel Syed

Associate, Sheppard Mullin
Adjunct faculty

Eric Hinton

Director, Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership

Hon. Rebecca Rutherford

United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Texas
Adjunct faculty

Jamison Newberg

Shareholder, Waddell Serafino Geary Rechner Jenevein, PC
Adjunct faculty

Jo-Ná A. Williams

Attorney & Founder, J.A. Williams Law P.C.
Adjunct faculty

Kandace D. Walter

Director and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Small Business and Trademark Clinic

Lance Caughfield

Director of Advocacy Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Advocacy

Lea Carlisle Pheifer

Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Dallas Regional Office
Adjunct faculty

Meredith Gregston

Of Counsel, DLA Piper
Adjunct faculty

Peter Steffensen

Assistant Director of the First Amendment Clinic, Faculty Law Fellow, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law

Sarah Paxson

Adjunct faculty

Shamoil Shipchandler

Chief Counsel, Charles Schwab Corporation
Adjunct faculty

Todd Krumholz

Managing Director, JTK Talent LLC
Adjunct faculty

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