GEORGE A. MARTINEZ
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
DALLAS, TEXAS 75275
(214) 768-3065
(214) 768-4330 (FAX)
E-mail:
EDUCATION
Legal:Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
J.D., cumlaude, June, 1985
Graduate:The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A. in Philosophy, 1979; Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy, 1979
College:Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
B.A. in Philosophy with High Distinction, 1976
HONORS
Phi Beta KappaArizona State University
Phi Kappa PhiArizona State University
ADMITTED
Illinois Bar (1985)
California Bar (1988) (inactive)
PUBLICATIONS
Book:
A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach(Carolina Academic Press 2001) (with Davis and Johnson).
Articles:
Further Thoughts on Race, American Law, and the State of Nature: Advancing the Multiracial Paradigm Shift and Seeking Patterns in the Area of Race and Law, 85 University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review (forthcoming 2016).
Olivas on State and Local Immigration-Related Statutes and Ordinances, in Law Professor and Accidental Historian: The Scholarship of Michael Olivas (Ediberto Roman ed., Carolina Academic Press forthcoming 2016) (invited).
Review ofCarlos Kevin Blanton, George I. Sanchez: The Long Fight for Mexican-American Integration, in Pacific Historical Review (University of California Press) (forthcoming 2016) (invited)
Alonso S. Perales and the Effort to Establish the Civil Rights of Mexican-Americans As Seen through the Lens of Contemporary Critical Legal Theory: Postracialism, Reality Construction, Interest Convergence and Other Critical Themes, in In Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals (Michael A. Olivas ed.,The University of Houston, Arte Publico Press 2012) (invited).
Review of Brian D. Behnken, Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas, in 99 Journal of American History (Oxford University Press) 361 (2012) (invited).
Arizona, Immigration and Latinos: The Epistemology of Whiteness, the Geography of Race, Interest Convergence and the View from the Perspective of Critical Theory, 44 Arizona State Law Journal175 (2012) (contribution to symposium issue).
Stranger at the Gate: The Effect of the Plaintiff’s Use of an Interpreter on Juror Decision-Making, 29 Behavioral Sciences and the Law499 (2011) (with Daniel Shuman and Lynne Stokes) (peer reviewed).
Bobbitt, The Rise of the Market State and Race, 18 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law587 (2010) (contribution to symposium issue).
Race, American Law and the State of Nature, 112 West Virginia Law Review799 (2010).
Immigration: Deportation and the Pseudo-Science of Unassimilable Peoples, 61 SMU Law Review 7 (2008) (contribution to symposium on immigration reform).
Race Discrimination and Human Rights Class Actions: The Virtual Exclusion of Racial Minorities from the Class Action Device, 33 Notre Dame Journal of Legislation181 (2007) (invited article).
Immigration and the Meaning of United States Citizenship: Whiteness and Assimilation, 46 Washburn Law Journal 335 (2007) (contribution to special Law Journal issue on “Immigration and the Meaning of United States Citizenship”).
Race and Immigration Law: A Paradigm Shift? 2000 Illinois Law Review 517 (contribution to symposium on race and immigration law).
Discrimination by Proxy: The Case of Proposition 227 and the Ban on Bilingual Education, 33 University of California at Davis Law Review 1227 (2000) (with Kevin R. Johnson) (contribution to symposium on Latino Legal Theory) [reprinted in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach (Davis, et al, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2001); also in Latinos and the Law (Richard Delgado, Juan Perea & Jean Stefancic, eds., Westgroup, 2008)].
Constructing Lat Crit Theory: Diversity, Commonality and Identity, 33 University of California at Davis Law Review 787 (2000) (contribution to symposium on Latino Legal Theory).
Delgado, Hegel and the Rodrigo Chronicles, 4 Harvard Latino Law Review 19 (2000) (contribution to symposium on Richard Delgado’s Rodrigo Chronicles).
Philosophical Considerations and the Use of Narrative in Law, 30 Rutgers Law Journal 683 (1999) (contribution to symposium on law and literature) [reprinted in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach (Davis, et al, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2001); also in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press 2011)].
Crossover Dreams: The Roots of Lat Crit Theory in Chicana/o Studies Activism and Scholarship, 53 Miami Law Review 1143 (1999) (with Kevin R. Johnson) (contribution to symposium on Latino legal theory).
Foreword: A Symposium on the Jurisprudence of H.L.A. Hart, 52 SMU Law Review 25 (1999).
Latinos, Assimilation and the Law: A Philosophical Perspective, 20 U.C.L.A. Chicano-Latino Law Review 1 (1999) [reprinted in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach (Davis, et al, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2001); also in Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader (Kevin R. Johnson, ed., New York University Press 2003)].
Dispute Resolution and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Parallels and Possible Lessons for Dispute Resolution under NAFTA, 5 Southwestern University Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas 147 (1998)(contribution to symposium on “Understanding the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Its 150th Anniversary”) [reprinted in The Legacy of the Mexican and Spanish American Wars: Legal, Literary, and Historical Perspectives (Gary D. Keller and Cordelia Candelaria eds., Bilingual Press 2000)].
Foreword: Theory, Practice and Clinical Legal Education, 51 SMU Law Review 1419 (1998).
African-Americans, Latinos and the Construction of Race: Toward An Epistemic Coalition, 19 U.C.L.A. Chicano-Latino Law Review 213 (1998)(contribution to symposium on Latino legal theory) [reprinted in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press 2011)].
On Law and Truth, 72 Notre Dame Law Review 883 (1997).
The Res Judicata Effect of Bankruptcy Court Judgments: The Procedural and Constitutional Concerns, 62 Missouri Law Review 9 (1997).
The Legal Construction of Race: Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, 2 Harvard Latino Law Review 321 (1997) (contribution to symposium on Latino legal theory) [reprinted in Critical White Studies: Looking behind the Mirror(Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, eds. Temple University Press, 1997); also in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic, eds. New York University Press, 1998); also in Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America(Richard Delgado, Angela Harris, Juan Perea and Stephanie Wildman, eds. West Publishing Company, 2000); also in Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge (Second Edition, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, eds., Temple University Press, 2000); also in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach(Davis, et al, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2001); also in Jurisprudence Classical and Contemporary: From Natural Law to Postmodernism (Robert L. Hayman, Jr., Nancy Levit & Richard Delgado, eds., Second Edition, West Group 2002); also in Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America(Juan F. Perea, Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, Jean Stefancic and Stephanie M. Wildman, eds., Thomson-West Publishing Company, second edition 2007); also in Latinos and the Law (Richard Delgado, Juan Perea & Jean Stefancic, eds., Westgroup, 2008); also inThe Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press 2011); also in Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge (Third Edition, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., Temple University Press, 2013); also in Race and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America (Juan F. Perea, Richard Delgado, Angela P. Harris, Jean Stefancic and Stephanie M. Wildman eds., West Academic Publishing, Third Edition 2015)].
Some Thoughts on Law and Interpretation, 50 SMU Law Review 1651 (1997) (contribution to symposium on law, truth and interpretation).
The New Wittgensteinians and the End of Jurisprudence, 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 545 (1996) [Response: Dennis Patterson, Law As A Social Fact: A Reply to Professor Martínez, 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 579 (1996)].
Legal Indeterminacy, Judicial Discretion and the Mexican-American Litigation Experience: 1930-1980, 27 University of California at Davis Law Review555 (1994)[reprinted in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., New York University Press, 1998); also in Readings in Race and Law: A Guide to Critical Race Theory (Alex M. Johnson, Jr. ed., forthcoming West Publishing Company, 1999); also in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law: A Multiracial Approach (Davis, et al, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2001); also in Latinos and the Law (Richard Delgado, Juan Perea & Jean Stefancic, eds., Westgroup, 2008)].
The Anti-Injunction Act: Fending Off the New Attack On the Relitigation Exception, 72 Nebraska Law Review 643 (1993).
Chapters in Books:
Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, in Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge (Third Edition, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., Temple University Press, 2013).
The Significance of Narrative for Outsiders, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader 261 (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press, 2011).
Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader 364 (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press, 2011).
African-Americans, Latinos and The Construction of Race: Toward an Epistemic Coalition, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader 481 (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds., Second Edition, New York University Press, 2011).
Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, in Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge(Second Edition, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., Temple University Press 2000).
Dispute Resolution and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Parallels and Possible Lessons for Dispute Resolution under NAFTA, in The Legacy of the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars: Legal, Literary and Historical Perspectives(Gary D. Keller and Cordelia Candelaria eds., Bilingual Press 2000).
Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., New York University Press, 1998).
The Mexican-American Litigation Experience: 1930-1980, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., New York University Press, 1998).
Mexican-Americans and Whiteness, in Critical White Studies: Looking behind the Mirror(Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic eds., Temple University Press, 1997).
Blog:
Contributions to Nuestras Voces Latinas Blog as Co-Editor,
EDITOR OF JOURNAL
Deputy Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editor of the NAFTA: Law & Business Review of the Americas (since January 1995, beginning with Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1995)).
EMPLOYMENT
2000 - Present: Professor of Law, with tenure, Southern Methodist University School of Law; Dallas, TX
Spring 1999: Visiting Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
1996 - 2000: Associate Professor of Law with tenure,
Southern Methodist University School of Law;
Dallas, TX
1991 - 1996: Assistant Professor of Law,
Southern Methodist University School of Law;
Dallas, TX
1988 - 1991: Litigation Associate with the law firm of Morrison & Foerster; San Francisco, CA
1985 - 1988: Litigation Associate with the law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt; Chicago, IL
1981 - 1982: Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Texas Christian University; Fort Worth, TX
1979 - 1981: Teaching Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI
LAW SCHOOL SERVICE
Chair, Curriculum Committee (2007-2013)
Curriculum Committee (2003-2013)
Executive Committee (1992-1994, 1999-2001)
Appointments Committee (1995-1997, 1998-2002)
SMU Department of Anthropology Program Review Committee
(2000-2001)
SMU Commission on the Status of Racial Minorities (1999-2001)
SMU Ethnic Studies Committee (1999-present)
SMU Athletic Council (1999-2001)
Faculty Senate (1998-2001)
Diversity Committee (1999-2013)
Admissions Committee (1998-2000, 2014-present)
Chair, Tenure Committee for Professor Darren Hutchinson
Faculty Research/Writing Mentor (1997-1998)
Graduate Committee (1994-1995)
Financial Aid Committee (1991-1996, 2015-present)
Public Service Committee (2013-2015)
Student Petition Ad Hoc Committee (1993-1994)
Strategic Planning Initiative
Student Affairs Committee (1994-1995)
Faculty Advisor, Hispanic Law Students
Association (1991-present)
AWARDS
Dr. Don M. Smart Prize for Directed Research, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1996.
COURSES TAUGHT
Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Federal Courts, Jurisprudence
OUTSIDE REVIEWER OF SCHOLARSHIP FOR FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTION
University of Toronto
Loyola of Los Angeles University (2)
Howard University (2)
St. Thomas University
Albany Law School
Marquette University
University of Oregon
Northern Illinois University
Texas Tech University
University of Arizona
Michigan State University
University of California at Davis
University of Notre Dame
Baylor University
University of the District of Columbia
REFEREEING OF MANUSCRIPTS:
Temple University Press (2)
Duke University Press
New York University Press (3)
University of Massachusetts Journal, Equity and Excellence in Education
Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies (U.C.L.A.)
The University of Arizona Press
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Ethnic Studies Review
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power (Routledge)
Latino Studies
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Latino Critical Legal Theory Conference 2013, October 2013, Chicago, Illinois. Presented a paper titled: “Alonso S. Perales and the Effort to Establish the Civil Rights of Mexican-Americans as Seen through the Lens of Contemporary Critical Legal Theory: Post-racialism, Reality Construction, Interest Convergence and Other Critical Themes.” In addition, I moderated a panel entitled: “Christian Churches and the Immigrant Rights Movement.” The Conference was sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University School of Law.
Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference:
Empty Promises? The Constitution at 225, April 4-7, 2013, Little Rock, Arkansas. Presented paper entitled: “Arizona, Immigration and Latinos: The Epistemology of Whiteness, the Geography of Race, Interest Convergence and the View from the Perspective of Critical Theory.” In addition, I presented commentary entitled: “Derivative Citizenship Litigation and Race.” The Conference was sponsored by The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.
Presented lecture via Skype to Professor Dolores Delgado Bernal’s class on “Critical Race Theories: A Focus on FemCrit and LatCrit” at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 19, 2013. My lecture was titled “Arizona, Immigration and Latinos: The Epistemology of Whiteness, the Geography of Race, Interest Convergence and the View from the Perspective of Critical Theory.” The lecture was sponsored by the University of Utah and its Department of Education, Culture and Society.
Interdisciplinary Dialogue entitled: “The Impact of Immigration Law and How the Church Should Respond,”October 18, 2012, Dallas, Texas. Presented commentary entitled: “Race and Immigration: The Arizona S.B. 1070 Litigation.” The Interdisciplinary Dialogue was sponsored by the Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology.
Conference entitled: “In Defense of My People: Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals,” January 13, 2012, Houston, Texas. Presented a paper entitled: “Alonso S. Perales and the Effort to Establish the Civil Rights of Mexican-Americans As Seen through the Lens of Contemporary Critical Legal Theory: Postracialism, Reality Construction, Interest Convergence and Other Critical Themes.” The Conference was sponsored by the University of Houston and its Law Center, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and Center for Mexican-American Studies.
The Sixth Annual Conference on Catholic Legal Thought, May 17-19, 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. Presented commentary entitled “St. Augustine, Law and Race” in response to Professor Paul Griffiths’s presentation on “The Essential St. Augustine for 21st Century Lawyers and Law Professors.” The Conference was sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Conference entitled: “Evolving Issues in Discrimination: Social Sciences and Legal Perspectives,” April 20-22, 2011, Lincoln, Nebraska. Presented a paper entitled: “Race, American Law and the State of Nature.” The conference was sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and its Law & Psychology Program.
The Fifteenth Annual Latino Critical Theory Conference, October 2010, Denver, Colorado. Presented a paper entitled: “Bobbitt, the Rise of the Market State and Race.” The Conference was sponsored by the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
The Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, September, 2010, Newark, New Jersey. Presented a paper entitled “Bobbitt, the Rise of the Market State and Race.” The Conference was sponsored by Seton Hall University School of Law.
The Fourteenth Annual Latino Critical Legal Theory Conference, October 2009, Washington, D.C. Presented a paper entitled: “Race, Culture and the Courtroom: African-Americans, Latinos and the Reduction of Damages Awards.” The Conference was sponsored by American University and its Washington College of Law.
Conference entitled: “Justice for All? Perceptions of Racial and Ethnic Bias in Our Courts,” April 7, 2009, Dallas, Texas. Presented paper entitled: “Race, Culture and the Courtroom: African-Americans, Latinos and the Reduction of Damages Awards.” The Conference was sponsored by the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, the American Bar Association and its Judicial Division.
Conference entitled: “Critical Race Theory 20th Anniversary, Honoring Our Past, Charting Our Future,” April 2 - 4, 2009, Iowa City, Iowa. Made presentation entitled: “Some Thoughts on ‘Critical Error’.” The Conference was sponsored by the University of Iowa College of Law, the University of California - Berkeley School of Law, the University of California - Davis School of Law, the University of Connecticut School of Law and Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law.
Manuscript Workshop, February 2009, Dallas, Texas. Commentator on Robert T. Chase’s Manuscript on “Civil Rights on the Cell Block: Race, Reform and Punishment in Texas Prisons and the Nation, 1945-1990.” The workshop was sponsored by the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University.
Conference Organizer, “Immigrants, Vigilantes, and Immigration Reform:
Civil Rights in the 21st Century,” October 2007, Dallas, Texas. Presented
paper entitled “Race, Immigration Law and the State of Nature.” Conference was sponsored by Southern Methodist University DedmanSchool of Law.
The Twelfth Annual Latino Critical Legal Theory Conference, October 2007, Miami, Florida. Presented a paper titled: “Immigration and the Meaning of United States Citizenship: Whiteness and Assimilation.” The Conference was sponsored by Florida International University, College of Law.
Colloquium on Law and Citizenship, September 2007, Dallas, Texas. Presented commentary on Professor Linda Bosniak’s The Citizen and the Alien Dilemmas of Contemporary Membership. The Colloquium was sponsored by the SMU Dedman School of Law.