Political Science 1977 Emory University; 1980 University of Georgia School of Law
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Member of the Mercer Law Faculty since 2004.
Involvement:
A member of the State Bars of Georgia and Texas, and the American Bar Association, she is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation. Dean Floyd was Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law for 13 years, during this time she served two terms as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Named the Phi Alpha Delta Professor of the Year, 2001, she was the recipient of the New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995; and the President's Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994. Her reputation for excellence in scholarship and teaching has resulted in her participation in three national studies with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2002, she became one of 12 participants to engage in a two-year study, "Cross-Professions Seminar," regarding the intersection between liberal education and professional education. In 2001, she was named a Carnegie Scholar and was one of only 30 higher education leaders and of only two law faculty members chosen nationwide to participate in a year-long project to advance the scholarship of teaching and learning. In 2000, she participated in the Foundation's "Preparation for the Professions Project," a study of legal education, and taught a Carnegie Seminar on Legal Education. Earlier in her career, Floyd was director of the Legal Research and Writing Program, University of Georgia School of Law, and an attorney with Alston, Miller & Gaines (now Alston & Bird) in Atlanta.
Publications:
Among her presentations given in 2003 are "Opinion Writing" for the College of New Judges, Texas Center for the Judiciary; "Advanced Evidence: Hearsay and Character," Fall Judicial Institute, Texas Judicial Academy; "Challenging Discrimination," Institute for Leadership and Social Justice; "Effective Judicial Writing," Texas Judicial Academy, Texas Association of Counties; and "Lawyering and its Discontents: Reclaiming Meaning in the Practice of Law," Touro College Law Center.
Honors:
After attending Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1973-75, Floyd graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's and master's degree in political science from Emory University, where she was tapped for Phi Beta Kappa. While a law student at University of Georgia, she served as articles editor for the Georgia Law Review and was a Castellow Scholar and the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award, Trusts and Estates.
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