Victoria C. Duke Curriculum Vitae CURRENT ACADEMIC AFFILIATION ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Indiana Tech School of Law, Fort Wayne, IN July 2012 present Courses Taught: Torts, Advanced Torts, Juvenile Law EDUCATION Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas J.D., May 1987 Southwest Texas State University, Houston, Texas B.A., Criminal Justice, December 1982 PRIOR ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Florida A & M University College of Law, Orlando, FL, August 2006 June 2012 Courses Taught: Torts, Advanced Torts, Elder Law, Juvenile Law, Professional Responsibility, Legal Methods I & II, Legal Education Advancement Program (LEAP) Administrative Duties: Director of Legal Writing Program (Fall 2006-Spring 2008) and Co-Director LEAP (Summer 2007) VISITING INSTRUCTOR, Florida A & M University College of Law, Orlando, FL August 2005 May 2006 Courses Taught: Legal Methods I & II, Torts, Legal Education Advancement Program (LEAP) INSTRUCTOR, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX August 2003- May 2005 Courses Taught: Lawyering Process, Civil Externship Clinic, Criminal Externship, Clinic, Diplomatic Clinic, Caribbean Law Clinic Administrative Duties: Interim Clinical Director (Fall 1998-Spring 2003) INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF ATTORNEY, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, TX, August 1990-August 2003 Courses Supervised/Taught: Homeless Law Clinic, Elder Law Clinic, AIDS Law Clinic, Juvenile Law Clinic, Civil Externship Clinic, Criminal Externship Clinic TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE LAST SIX YEARS Torts I & I 8 semesters 407 students
Legal Methods I & II 6 semesters 152 students Elder Law 5 semesters 79 students LEAP 2 semesters 65 students Juvenile Law 2 semesters 29 students Advanced Torts 2 semesters 30 students Professional Responsibility 1 semester 23 students JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, City of Houston Municipal Courts, Houston, TX, (June 1992 October 2005) Associate Municipal Court Judge: Part-time judge presiding over City of Houston ordinance violations for arrainments, bench trials, and jury trials. Duties include jurisdiction over traffic offenses, class c misdemeanors, tow hearings, and environmental/health code issues. Additional duties required the delivery of statutory warnings to apprehended prisoners and review of arrest and search warrants for execution. LAW PRACTICE EXPERIENCE LAWYER, Law Office of Melvin Lampley, Houston, TX, (June 1990). I represented clients primarily in cases involving civil law with a concentration in family law, landlord-tenant, and personal injury. LAWYER, Law Office of Gerald Moton, San Antonio, TX, (August 1987 June 1990) I represented clients primarily in cases involving civil law with a concentration in family law, landlord-tenant, and personal injury. I also assisted the law firm with some bankruptcy law hearings. ADMINISTRATIVE AND STUDENT MENTORING EXPERIENCE Advisor/Advisee Mentoring Program at Florida A & M University College of Law Faculty Advisor, American-Caribbean Law Initiative (International Legal Research & Presentation Consortium) Thurgood Marshall School of Law (2003-2005) SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH Research and scholarship interest is primarily on issues addressing wrongful behavior done to consumers. My secondary research and scholarship interest relates to issues pertaining to the elderly. Through the use of torts law principles, I explore remedies beyond the traditional scope of consumer protection and elder law. Law Journal Articles A Silk Purse Does Not Come From a Sow s Ear: Non-Class Aggregate Settlements Based on Public Law Erodes the Model of Private Law, 8 Seton Hall Cir. Rev. 309 (Spring 2012). Reverse Mortgage Facilitators Harvesting Benefits While Escaping Fiduciary Duties: Who s Really Looking
Out For Whom? 10 Florida State Business Review Journal 117 (Spring 2011). Who Is Responsible When You Shop Until You Drop? An Impact On The Use Of The Aggressive Marketing Schemes Of Black Friday Through Enterprise Liability Concepts, 50 Santa Clara Law Review 747 (2010). Environmental Dispute Resolution: Combining Settlement Mechanisms for Transnational Enforcement of International Environment Disputes, 14 Missouri Environmental Law & Policy Review 97 (2007) INVITED TALKS, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS KCTV5 News Television Interview, Reverse Mortgages, aired November 2012. Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2012 Annual Conference, Amelia Island, FL Regulating Senior Living Environments (Presentation) August 2012. Florida Legal Scholarship Forum, Tampa FL A Silk Purse Does Not Come From a Sow s Ear: Non-Class Aggregate Settlements Based on Public Law Erodes the Model of Private Law (Presentation) November 2011 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Houston, TX A Silk Purse Does Not Come From a Sow s Ear: Non-Class Aggregate Settlements Disparaging The Model of Private Law Remedies. (Presentation/Invited Reader) June 2011 Southern Illinois College of Law, Carbondale, Ill. FoolProof Model for Academic Writing (Invited presentation via web cam) June 2011 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Lexington, KY Incubator proposal entitled Heroic Settlements: Generous Offers or Secret Avoidance to Bigger Sanctions (Presentation) June 2010. Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Chicago, IL. Lenders Harvesting Benefits from Reverse Mortgage Products While Leaving Senior Borrowers without Lender Liability Remedies. (Presentation) April 2010. Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Lexington, KY The Rubiks Cube of Writing, (Invited Panelist) June 2009 Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Seattle, WA. Was It Really the Basis of the Bargain? An Argument for a Lender Liability Cause of Action against Reverse Mortgages Facilitators. (Presentation) June 2009. Footnotes, the Mark of a Scholar, Florida A & M University (One or two presentations per semester) Starting Dec. 2009-present. Techniques for Teaching Law, Florida A & M University (Legal Writing Workshop Presentation) Jan. 2008. Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, Denver, CO. Who is Responsible When You Shop until You Drop?: Enterprise Liability the Appropriate Remedy for Black Friday Litigation. (Presentation) June 2008. Effective Grading Modules for Legal Methods, Florida A & M University (Legal Writing Workshop
Presentation) Nov. 2007. Best Practices For Legal Educations, Florida A & M University (Legal Writing Workshop Presentation) Nov. 2007. Using Diagrams to Facilitate Learning in Legal Writing, Florida A & M University (Legal Writing Workshop Presentation) Aug. 2006. Generational Diversity, Florida A & M University (Legal Writing Workshop Presentation) Aug. 2006. Southeast/Southwest People of Color Conference, New Orleans (May 2004) Combining Settlement Mechanisms for Transnational Enforcement of International Environment Disputes (Presentation) May 2004. SERVICE & COMMITTEES Service to Law Schools 2011-12 Admissions Committee 2009-2011 Academic Standards Committee 2007-2008 Academic Standards Committee 2007 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Committee - facilities co-chair 2007 Academic Support & Bar Passage Committee 2007 Curriculum Committee 2007 Self Study Committee 2004-2005 Admissions Committee 2003-2004 Academic Standards Committee Service to Programs and Partnerships in the College of Law Yearly College of Law Advisor/Advisee Program 2011 Facilitator for the Professionalism Breakout Sessions in the First-Year Student Orientation 2011 Grader for the Academic Support BEST Program 2010 Local Liaison for the Florida Regional Diversity Mock Trial Competition, hosted by the College of Law 2010 Faculty Ambassador for Admissions Open House, hosted by the College of Law by the Office of Admissions 2009 Workshop for the Law Review Bluebook Orientation; 2009 Proctor for LSAT, hosted by the College of Law by the Office of Admissions 2009 Faculty Ambassador for Admissions Open House, hosted by the College of Law by the Office of Admissions 2007 First-Year Student Orientation 2007 Facilities co-chair for the Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, hosted by the College of Law Service Supporting Legal Academia; Enhancements to the Legal Community through Educational Workshops, Conferences, and Programs 1. A reader for the Lutie Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, June 2011. 2. Moderator at the Women s Law Conference in March 2011 3. Panelist at the June 2010 Lutie Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop, where I spoke on formatting scholarly articles. This segment was entitled The Rubrik s Cube of Writing Your Article 4. Commentator for Aspen Publishers to review a proposal and sample materials for a new Elder Law book,
Spring 2010. 5. Submitted a proposal to the Programming Committee to the AALS Section on Academic Support on the theme of transforming learning in the classroom. Fall 2010 Service Supporting Student Advancement Workshops Volunteer Student Workshops 1. June 6, 2011, Upper-Level Writing Format, Southern Illinois School of Law, via video conference 2. April 26, 2011, Upper-Level Writing Format 3. March 29, 2011, Footnoting Workshop 4. February 8, 2011, Upper-Level Writing Format 5. February 18, 2011, Upper-Level Writing Format, Barry School of Law 6. February 15, 2010, Upper-Level Writing Format 7. February 5, 2009, Upper-Level Writing Format 8. September 23, 2009, Upper-Level Writing Format Service Supporting Local Needs 1. International Baccalaureate Foundation Board, Fall 2008 Spring 2011 2. American Diabetes Association, Walk-a-Thon/Zumbathon, August, 2011 3. Loan Modification Scam Alert, March 26, 2011 4. Glenridge Middle School Capital Fundraiser/Brick Purchase, March May 2010 5. Loan Modification Scam Alert, June 5, 2010 6. Feed the Children Outreach Event, November 13, 2010 7. Food for Thought Fundraiser Committee, January March 2009 EDUCATIONAL GRANTS & AWARDED Responsibilities in Grant Writing and Reporting: Wrote continuation grants from 1992 to 1995 to the agencies listed below. A. Texas Southern University Seed Grant Funds for a feasibility study for the development of a proposed international environmental law clinic and cooperative agreement for collaborative venture with the University of Uyo, Nigeria, Africa Research Enhancement Program. 2003. B. Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation Grant (IOLTA) - Funds for the Elderly Law Clinic 1989 to 1995. C. City of Houston-Harris County Area Agency on Aging - Funds for the Elderly Law Clinic, 1987 to 1994. Awarded Research Grant for Scholarly Proposals A. Summer Research Grant Financial support for research projects, Summer 2009. B. Summer Research Grant Financial support for research projects, Summer 2010. HONORS AND AWARDS 2010 FAMU LEAP Students Recognition Award for Guidance. 2008 Biltmore Who s Who VIP Acknowledgment. 2008 Biltmore Who s Who - 2008 Edition of the Registry of executives and Professionals.
2007 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Support Award. 1999 Certificate of Special Trust and Confidence in the Services of Municipal Courts Mayor Lee P. Brown, Houston, TX. 1998 Certificate of Appreciation for Take Your Child to Work Day Municipal Court. 1996 Certificate of Appreciation for Meritorious Service and Dedication to the Teen Court - Municipal Courts.