Professor Brie Sherwin
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Assistant Professor of Legal Practice, 2008 (806) 742-3990 x319 Email: brie.sherwin@ttu.edu |
Admitted to practice in Texas and before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Professor Sherwin was one of the first students to graduate from Texas Tech School of Law’s dual degree program with a J.D./M.S. in Environmental Toxicology in 2001. While in law school, she worked as a research assistant at the Texas Tech Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), measuring the effects of endocrine disruption in Morelet’s crocodiles exposed to organochlorine pesticides in Belize.
Prior to joining the Texas Tech faculty full-time, Professor Sherwin practiced law in Dallas/Fort Worth from 2001 through 2008. She began her career working as an associate at one of the largest toxic tort litigation firms in the country, where she specialized in pre-trial discovery and the use of scientific evidence in occupational and community exposure cases. Later, she maintained a diverse transactional practice which included real estate law, oil & gas law and in-house environmental consulting for an international restaurant and hospitality corporation.
She most recently practiced environmental law at the Dallas office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, where she negotiated settlements with governmental agencies, worked with clients on obtaining environmental permits and assisted the appellate section in research and writing. Professor Sherwin also taught Environmental Law & Policy as an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She currently teaches Legal Practice and Law, Science, Policy & Scientific Evidence and coaches the Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Team.
Professor Sherwin is presently working on her PhD in Environmental Toxicology. Her research interests include the use of scientific evidence in civil and criminal cases, and the monitoring and regulation of emerging environmental contaminants.
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
Legal Practice I and II
Law, Science, Policy & Scientific Evidence
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Toxicological Animal Studies: Disparate Treatment as Scientific Evidence." (co-author) 2 Journal of Animal and Environmental Law 1 (2011).
"The Morgan Trilogy," Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Macmillan Reference USA 2008).
"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.