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Professor Brie Sherwin

Brie Sherwin Adjunct Professor of Law, 2008
Assistant Director, Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy
(806) 742-3787 x319

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Admitted to practice in Texas and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Professor Sherwin is the Assistant Director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy and an adjunct professor, teaching courses in support of the Law and Science Certificate Program.

Professor Sherwin obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of New Mexico, and she was one of the first two students at Texas Tech School of Law to graduate from the joint degree program with a J.D./M.S. in environmental toxicology. While in law school, Professor Sherwin worked as a research and laboratory assistant at the Texas Tech Institute of Environmental and Human Health, with her work focusing on measuring the effects of endocrine disruption in Morelet’s crocodiles exposed to organochlorine pesticides in Belize. She also served as President of the Environmental Law Society and as a member of the Board of Barristers.

Following law school, Professor Sherwin worked as a toxic tort litigation associate with the firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., in Dallas, Texas, specializing in the use of scientific evidence in litigation. She joins the Texas Tech faculty from the Dallas office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, where she practiced environmental law. Professor Sherwin has also served as an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University, where she taught Environmental Law & Policy.

Degrees

B.S. (Biology) cum laude, University of New Mexico, 1998.

J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 2001.

M.S. (Environmental Toxicology), Texas Tech University, 2001.

Courses

Law, Science, Policy & Scientific Evidence

Selected Publications and Presentations

"The Morgan Trilogy," Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan Reference USA 2008) [forthcoming].

"Facilitating Environmental Change," presentation, TCU 2005 State of Leadership Conference, November 12, 2005.

"Exposure and Response of Crocodiles to Endocrine-Disrupting Contaminants in Belize," [co-author] presentation, 2003 Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Convention.