Associate Dean of Scholarship and Research, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Professor Michael Scaperlanda was named the Gene and Elaine Edwards Family Chair in Law at The University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2000. At OU, he teaches Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Jurisprudence, and Professional Responsibility.
In addition to his teaching assignments at OU, Scaperlanda has been a visiting member of the University of Texas law faculty, served as an adjunct faculty member at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, served as an adjunct for The University of Oklahoma Political Science Department, and is a faculty fellow in the Provost's office coordinating the university wide re-accreditation self-study. He has also served as consultant to various organizations and corporations within his areas of expertise.
His scholarship, which includes articles in numerous journals, including the Iowa Law Review, the Wisconsin Law Review, the Stanford Journal of Law and Policy, the Review of Social Economy, and the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, has focused primarily on the intersection of constitutional law and immigration law. Scaperlanda's three volume co-edited (with Jack Chin and Victor Romero) anthology entitled Immigration and the Constitution was published by Garland Publishing in 2000.
Scaperlanda also speaks to and writes articles for the general public on the role of the courts in shaping our constitutional community and the place of religion in the public square.
Prior to coming to OU in 1989, Scaperlanda practiced law with the Texas firm of Hughes & Luce, and the Washington, D.C., firm of Hogan & Hartson. He began his law career in 1984 as a briefing attorney for the chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court in Austin.
Scaperlanda was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1984 and is a member of the Order of the Coif. He has served as chair of the Association of American Law School's Immigration Law Section and as chair of the Law Teacher's Section of the American Immigration Lawyers' Association. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Legal Ethics Committee.
Robert S. Kerr, Sr. Professor of Constitutional Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
From 2005-2006 Professor Spiropoulos was the Senior Counselor to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, where his duties included serving as chief policy advisor and negotiator. Professor Spiropoulos clerked for Judge Danny Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and practiced law with the Chicago firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas before joining the faculty. He has been a Heritage Foundation Salvatori Fellow and, from 2011 to 2023, was the Milton Friedman Fellow at the the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. He was the reporter for the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act.
Professor Spiropoulos received his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his M.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa). He teaches Constitutional Law, Legislation & Regulation, State and Local Government, and Constitutional Theory.
Prof. Sheley joined the College of Law in 2018. Before coming to OU she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. She has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the George Washington University Law School and an Olin-Searle Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to academia she practiced for several years in the litigation group of the Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. While in practice she was commended by the Humane Society of the United States for her pro bono work in the prosecution of dog fighting sponsors. She is proud to have served on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society.
Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Professor Henderson joined the law faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2011 after enjoying eight years at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE, and a year as a visitor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he co-founded the Yale Law and Technology Society and served as articles editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation.
Following law school Professor Henderson clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then practiced with Vinson & Elkins and Fish & Richardson, concentrating on intellectual property, criminal law, and the intersections thereof. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Pennsylvania.
Professor Henderson teaches, writes, and lectures in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Intellectual Property, and Computer Crime. He serves as Reporter for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, the black letter for which were approved by the House of Delegates in February 2012 and are available here. He is cofounder and co-webmaster of the Crimprof Multipedia, an online multimedia pedagogical resource for criminal law and procedure professors.
Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Professor Henderson joined the law faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2011 after enjoying eight years at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE, and a year as a visitor at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he co-founded the Yale Law and Technology Society and served as articles editor for the Yale Journal on Regulation.
Following law school Professor Henderson clerked for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He then practiced with Vinson & Elkins and Fish & Richardson, concentrating on intellectual property, criminal law, and the intersections thereof. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Pennsylvania.
Professor Henderson teaches, writes, and lectures in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Intellectual Property, and Computer Crime. He serves as Reporter for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, the black letter for which were approved by the House of Delegates in February 2012 and are available here. He is cofounder and co-webmaster of the Crimprof Multipedia, an online multimedia pedagogical resource for criminal law and procedure professors.
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