Resume

MARGALYNNE J. ARMSTRONG

Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA 95053
(408) 554-4778; Fax (408) 554-4426
E-Mail: Marmstrong@scu.edu

Employment

1987 - Present

• Associate Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law, tenure granted April 1994
• Courses taught: Property, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Race and Racism in the Law, Comparative Law
• Co-director: SCU School of Law Summer Program in Tokyo, 1994
• Ethics Scholar, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Spring 1995
Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall)

1985 - 1987
Visiting Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
Director of Academic Support Program

1982 - 1985
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Hayward, CA

1981 - 1982
Law Offices of James Seely, San Francisco, CA

1979 - 1982
California Continuing Education of the Bar

1973 - 78
Chicago Metro News, Chicago IL

Bar Admission
California (1981), Illinois (1985)

Education

School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, J.D. 1981
Assoc. Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, Berkeley Law Foundation Student Board
Earlham College, B.A. 1977, English

Publications

Books
Privilege Revealed: How Invisible Preference Undermines America
(Contributing author) (1996) Myers Human Rights Award, 1997

"Meditations on Being Good" in Critical Race Feminism (1997)


Articles
"Race and Property values in Entrenched Segregation"
52 Miami Law Rev. 1051 (1998)

"Women of Color in the Law: The Duality of Transformation" 31 University of San Francisco Law Review, 967 (1997)

"CCRI's Colorblindness Theory is Dangerously Short Sighted" Et. al., Fall/Winter 1996-97, p.36

"African Americans and Property Ownership: Creating Our Own Meanings, Redefining Our Relationships" 1, African-American Law and Policy Report, 79 (1994)

"Protecting Privilege: Race, Residence and Rodney King" 12 J. of Law and Inequality, 701 (1994).

Work Paper: "Using Comparative Legal Studies to Prepare Students for an Evolving Legal Profession" XVI Biennial Conference on the Law of the World, World Jurist Association, Manila, The Philippines, Oct., 1993.

"Advice About Military for those Planning Careers" (co-authored with June Carbone) San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 1993, A -17.

"Thurgood Marshall and the Reformation of Black History" Santa Clara Advocate, February 1993, 6.

Review Essay of "Legal Breakdown: 40 Ways to Fix Our Legal System" 32 Santa Clara Law Review, 297 (1992).

"Desegregation Through Private Litigation: Using Equitable Remedies to Achieve the Purposes of the Fair Housing Act" 64 Temple Law Review, 909 (1991).

"Meditations on Being Good" 6 Berkeley Women's Law Journal, 42 (1991).

"Tokens and Taboo" The Recorder, Aug. 2, 1991, 4.

Review of "Legal Breakdown: 40 Ways to Fix Our Legal System" Legal Publishing Preview, July-August 1991, 209.

"Lawyers and the Second Shift" Santa Clara Advocate, March 1991, 17.

Review of "Current Developments in Real Estate Law" Legal Publishing Preview, May-June 1991, 140.

"MBE and Multiple Choice Exam Skills" Santa Clara Advocate, December 1989, 4.

"Grading the California Bar Exam" Santa Clara Advocate, May 1989, 9.

"Bar Preparation: Questions and Answers" Santa Clara Advocate, March 1989, 9.

Review of "AIDS and the Law" 28 Santa Clara Law Review, 463 (1988).

Presentations

I have presented talks and papers, served on panels and led breakout sessions at numerous conferences and workshops including: The Association of American Law Schools; Society of American Law Teachers; Law and Society; New Approaches to Comparative Law; World Jurist Association Biennial Conference; Critical Race Theory Workshop; Western Law Teachers of Color Conference; Santa Clara County Bar Assoc.; San Francisco Bar Assoc., L. Wiegand Conference.

Other Professional Activities & Community Service

Society of American Law Teachers, Board of Governors, 1999 - 2000

Chair, AALS Section on Law and the Community, 1998

Santa Clara County Black Lawyers Association

Vestry, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto (Junior Warden 1997-98)

Board of Trustees, Hidden Villa, Vice President (1998 -99)

Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing (Co-authored Amicus Briefs for MCFH in Smith v. FEHC, Donahue v. FEHC)

Board of Directors, Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing (1994-98)

Reader, California Bar Examination, 1985 - 1987

Board of Directors, American Diabetes Association, San Francisco Chapter (1986 - 1989), Secretary (1987)

Berkeley Law Foundation, Board of Directors (1981 - 1983)