This year’s lecture will feature Nancy H. Rogers, the Michael E. Mortiz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Rogers has taught at Ohio State since 1976, serving as the Dean from 2001-2008. From May of 2008 until January of this year, Professor Rogers served as the Ohio Attorney General on an interim basis. She has also served as president of the Association of American Law Schools, on the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, and was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.

Rogers earned her law degree from Yale Law School, and her B.A. from the University of Kansas. She teaches and writes primarily in the area of dispute resolution. She has twice won the CPR Legal Program Book Prize for her writings on mediation, and has co-authored a leading textbook on dispute resolution.

Rogers holds honors from the Ohio State Bar Foundation, the American Arbitration Association, the American Bar Association, and the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution.

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The Fred Parks Distinguished Lecture Series at South Texas College of Law was created in 2003 to posthumously honor Fred Parks, a 1937 graduate, whose many gifts have played a vital role in developing the academic environment at South Texas. The annual lecture series examines not only traditional legal education, but also that which exists beyond the confines of the law school.

An entrepreneur and attorney, Mr. Parks practiced law in Houston for decades. His was a solo practice concentrating on civil litigation, including family law. Later in life, he became involved in mass transit and transportation-related business development.