Mitchell, Thomas
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Professor, School of Law, Texas A&M University
- Professor, Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
overview
My research primarily addresses real property issues that impact poor and disadvantaged communities, many of which are rural. More broadly, I research issues of economic inequality, specifically focusing on how the ability or inability of individuals or communities to build and retain assets can impact inequality.
education and training
- LL.M. in , University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1999
- J.D. in , Howard University - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 1993
- B.A. in English, Amherst College - (Amherst Center, Massachusetts, United States) 1987
selected publications
Chapters1
- Mitchell, T. W. (2016). New Legal Realism and Inequality. Mertz, E., Macaulay, S., & Mitchell, T. W. (Eds.), The New Legal Realism: Translating Law-and-Society for Today's Legal Practice. 203-222. Cambridge University Press.
Reports1
- Mitchell, T. W. (2019). Historic Partition Law Reform: A Game Changer for Heirs Property Owners. 65-82.
in the news
- Once Called Naive for His Focus on Returning Land to Black Farmers, Thomas Mitchell Is Now a MacArthur Genius Civil Eats December 9, 2020
recent teaching activities
- LAW7032 Property Instructor
- LAW7484 Remedies Instructor
- LAW7900 Rural Cmnty Dev Seminar (sptp) Instructor
Email
thomas.mitchell@law.tamu.edu
First Name
Thomas
Last Name
Mitchell
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University School Of Law; 4255 TAMU
Ft Worth, TX 76102
USA