Reynaldo A. Valencia

ph: (210) 431-2110
email: rvalencia@stmarytx.edu

Associate Dean for Administration and Finance and Ernest W. Clemons Professor of Law
A.B. (with honors), A.M., 1987, Stanford University
J.D., 1990, Harvard Law School

Before St. Mary’s

He began his teaching career during his final year in law school as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University.

Following graduation, he was an Associate for five years with the Dallas office of the international law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, where he concentrated in the areas of commercial bankruptcy and commercial litigation.  While at Jones, Day, Professor Valencia also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law, where he developed and taught courses on race and gender discrimination.

Highlights:

• Elected Director, Harvard Alumni Association
• Board of Trustees, Chair Diversity Committee, Law School Admissions Council
• Board of Governors, Council on Legal Education Opportunity
• White House Fellow, Office of the White House Chief of Staff, 1999-2000
• Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Fall 1997
• Board of Directors, Harvard Club of San Antonio
• Inaugural Member, Board of Advisors, Harvard Latino Law Review
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Chair (1999) Association of American Law Schools Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Professors
• Member, Supreme Court of Texas Task Force on Gender Fairness
• Member, Ethics Committee, Christus Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas

Specialties:

Professor Valencia joined the St. Mary's faculty in 1995. He teaches courses and seminars in:

• Advanced Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy
• Business Associations
• Gender Discrimination
• Race and Racism in American Law
• Summers Skills Enhancement Program

Publications:

• "What If You Were The First And No One Cared: The Appointment of Alberto Gonzales and Coalition Building Between Latinos And Communities Of Color In The 21st Century," 12 Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 21 (2005).
• "Avena and the World Court’s Death Penalty Jurisdiction in Texas: Addressing the Odd Notion of Texas’ Independence From the World,"  23 Yale Law and Policy Review 455 (2005) (with C. Jackson, L. Van de Putte, L., and R. Ellis).
• Mexican Americans and the Law: ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido! (University of Arizona Press 2004) (with S. Garcia, H. Flores & J. Juarez)
• "Obtaining the Intended Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence Under Section 22.01 of the Texas Penal Code," 12 Texas Journal of Women and the Law 193 (2003).
• "The Persistent Challenge of Gender and Law: Views from One Law School's Student Body," 3 The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Minority Issues 157 (2001) (with M. Ortiz).
• "The Sanctity of Settlements and Significance of Court Approval:  Discerning Clarity from Bankruptcy Rule 9019," 78 Oregon Law Review 425 (1999).
• "On Being an 'Out' Catholic:  Contextualizing the Role of Religion at LatCrit II," 19 UCLA Chicano/Latino Law Review 449 (1998).
• "Latinos and the Criminal Justice System:  An Overview of the Invisible/Visible Minority," 1 Harvard Latino Law Review 27 (1995).