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Edward Caldwell Dawson is a lecturer at Texas Law, specializing in legal research writing. He joined the faculty in 2020 after serving as an assistant associate professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he taught courses on civil rights, constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal courts, and legislation. Dawson also has experience in legal writing, having taught at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center from 2012 to 2014. Before his academic career, he practiced appellate law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Yetter Coleman LLP. Dawson clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Ed Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.
The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Teaches legal research writing.
Southern Illinois University School of Law •
Taught civil rights, constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal courts, and legislation.
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center •
Taught legal writing.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Yetter Coleman LLP •
Practiced appellate law.
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit •
Clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy and Judge Ed Carnes.
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