Dayla S. Pepi

(210) 431-2596
email: dpepi@stmarytx.edu

Clinical Associate Professor of Law
B.A., Southwest Texas State University
J.D., 1998, St. Mary's University

Since joining the St. Mary’s faculty in 2000, Dayla Saraí Pepi has served as a supervising attorney in the Civil Justice Clinic to second and third year law students who provide legal assistance to indigent clients, primarily in the areas of family law, probate law and other general civil matters.

Highlights

• Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Bexar County Women's Bar Association, 2000.
• President of the P.E.A.C.E. Initiative
• Member of the Supreme Court of Texas Gender Bias Reform Implementation Committee, by appointment.
• Member of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Panel, by appointment.
• Chair, State Bar of Texas Racial Diversity in the Profession Committee, by appointment.
• President of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association and Foundation, 2005.

Specialties

• She has lectured nationally and internationally and has appeared on numerous national and local television and radio shows on matters relating to the complex issues that affect battered immigrants.

Publications

• Dayla S. Pepi and Donna D. Bloom, Take the Money or Run: The Risky Business of Acting As Both Your Client's Lawyer and Bail Bondsman, 37 St. Mary’s L.J. 933 (2006).