FACULTY NOTES
New Faculty Appointments
Phillip
W. Broadhead
Clinical Professor and Director of Criminal Appeals Clinic
National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law
Mississippi College School of Law, J.D.
Mississippi State University, B.A.
Courses: Criminal Appeals Clinic
Broadhead has gained 18 years of trial and appellate litigation experience
in cases ranging from youth court to death penalty litigation while serving
as an assistant Hinds County public defender and the Marion County public
defender. A past president and current board member of the Mississippi
Public Defenders Association, he has served on the faculty of the MPDA
Trial School. He is a member of the Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory
Committee on Rules.
Jason
Derrick
Legal Writing Specialist and Acting Assistant Professor of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2000
Mississippi College, B.A.
Courses: Legal Writing
Derrick studied at the University of London following his completion of
law school. He is involved with the Mississippi Elder Law Project as co-drafter
of proposed revised legislation for the Mississippi Vulnerable Adults
Act.
Molly
Eleanor Fergusson
Temporary Acting Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2001
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, B.A.
Courses: Legal Writing
Fergusson joined the law faculty following completion of law school in
Spring 2001. She had served as a student Legal Writing Assistant.
David
Bishop Howorth
Visiting Professor of Law (since spring 2001)
The University of Mississippi School
of Law, J.D., 1975
Yale University, B.A.
Courses: Corporations, Securities Regulation
Howorth practiced law in New York City for 15 years and in Portland, Oregon,
for 10 years, before returning to Oxford in 2000.
Patricia
A. Krueger
Legal Writing Specialist and
Acting Assistant Professor of Law
Willamette University College of Law, J.D.
Western Washington University, B.A.
Courses: Legal Writing, Legal Research
Since 1996, Krueger has been in private practice as a solo attorney specializing
in bankruptcy and domestic relations. Before establishing her own practice,
she worked for two years as a staff attorney for North Mississippi Rural
Legal Services.
Hans
P. Sinha
Clinical Professor and Director of
Prosecutorial Externship Program
National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law
Tulane Law School, J.D. and LL.M.
University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Courses: Prosecutorial Externship Program
Prior to joining the NCJRL, Sinha taught as an instructor and served as
deputy director of the Tulane Law School Criminal Clinic. With more than
12 years criminal trial experience, he has served as a prosecutor in both
a large metropolitan and a smaller district attorney's office.
Charles
Jackson Williams
Director of Legal Writing and Acting Assistant Professor of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 1988
University of Texas, B.B.A
Courses: Legal Research and Writing
Williams practiced law for more than 10 years with firms in Jackson and
Oxford.
In 1999, he was appointed director of the Mississippi Office of Capital
Post-Conviction Counsel.