玛丽·斯佩克特

玛丽·斯佩克特 is a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning at SMU 戴德曼法学院. She oversees all aspects of experiential learning including clinical, 校外实习, 法律研究, 写作和倡导, 审判的宣传, 和BOA项目. 另外, Professor Spector teaches 消费者法律 and directs SMU’s 公民/消费者诊所 where she supervises students representing low-income clients in state and federal courts. Her research interests combine theory and practice to protect the rights of consumers and tenants and to improve access to justice in the civil courts.

Professor Spector's research and her work with students have received funding from the American Bar Association’s Section on Litigation, the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, 联合劝募会, 以及德州和达拉斯律师基金会. She served as an official observer to the Uniform Law Commission’s drafting committee on consumer debt collection and has served as an expert on consumer debt to the Department of Justice. She has provided testimony to the House Subcommittee on 金融 Institutions and 消费信贷 and in public hearings and round tables hosted by the Federal Trade Commission, 消费者金融保护局, 以及德州议会. In 2019, Professor Spector served as the Herbert Smith Freehills Visitor at the University of Cambridge (UK) 教师 of Law where she worked on a project exploring the role of clinical legal education to promote access to justice.

2020年6月, Professor Spector launched the SMU 戴德曼法学院 COVID-19 Legal Helpline, a collaborative community project with law students providing legal assistance to members of the community.  Supported by 联合劝募会, among others, the Helpline received the State Bar of Texas 2021 W. Frank Newton Award in recognition of outstanding contributions increasing access to legal services for the poor.  In 2009, she was named a Bellow Scholar by the American Association of Law Schools Clinical Section for her study of consumer debt collection litigation and is a recipient of SMU’s Golden Mustang Award for contributions to teaching and student learning.

收到她的B后.A. 从西蒙斯学院和她的J.D., 以优等成绩毕业者叶史瓦大学的本杰明. 卡多佐法学院, Professor Spector served as a law clerk to the late Honorable Jerry Buchmeyer, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas before joining the law firm of Akin, 阿甘, 施特劳斯, hau & 费尔德作为合伙人. 在法学院外面, Professor Spector received the Dallas Bar Association Pro Bono Award and has served on a number of university, professional and community committees and boards.