JERRY R. PARKINSON

DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW

Office: 105 College of Law Building
Telephone: 307-766-6416
Email address: jparkins@uwyo.edu

Jerry Parkinson has been the Dean and a Professor of Law at the University of Wyoming College of Law since 1998. In addition to his duties as dean, Parkinson teaches Criminal Procedure and an Education Law seminar. He also serves in a volunteer capacity as Coordinator of Appeals for the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, and has handled more than a dozen appeals, including ten oral arguments, on behalf of the NCAA.

Before joining the College of Law at the University of Wyoming, Parkinson was a law professor (from 1987-1998) and associate dean (1992-1996) at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a three-time recipient of the Outstanding Teacher award. Prior to teaching law, he practiced law in Portland, Oregon, for the law firm of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, and served as a law clerk for the Honorable John F. Kilkenny of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before law school, Parkinson was a high school mathematics teacher and coach, and served three years as a Deputy United States Marshal.

Most of Dean Parkinson’s scholarship has been in the education law area. His publications include two books on the law of student expulsions and suspensions and the law of teacher evaluation.

Education

B.S., Northern State College (1976), Summa Cum Laude
M.P.A., University of South Dakota (1981)
J.D., University of Iowa College of Law (1985), High Distinction.

Recent Publications

Admissions After Grutter, 35 University of Toledo Law Review 159 (2003)

The Law of Student Expulsions and Suspensions (Education Law Association 1999) (with Lawrence F. Rossow, Ed.D.)

Grappling with Gender Equity, 5 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 75 (1996)

Recent Presentations

“The USA Patriot Act and Civil Liberties,” University of Wyoming Panel on “Life After 9/11,” September 11, 2003, Laramie, Wyoming

“Search Warrants,” Wyoming Judicial Conference, September 9, 2003, Cheyenne, Wyoming

“Banner Year for NCAA Scoundrels: Update on NCAA Infractions and Enforcement,” Rotary Club, May 15, 2003, Laramie, Wyoming

“The Future of Affirmative Action,” University of Wyoming College of Law Panel, March 12, 2003, Laramie, Wyoming

“The USA Patriot Act: Balancing Freedom and Security,” League of Women Voters Panel, March 6, 2003, Laramie, Wyoming

“What’s Happening in Criminal Law?” University of Wyoming Continuing Legal Education Program, October 19, 2002, Laramie, Wyoming

“New Search and Seizure Law,” Wear School Law Institute, August 1, 2002, Laramie, Wyoming

“The NCAA Infractions Process,” Rotary Club, May 30, 2002, Laramie, Wyoming

“Criminal Procedure Update—United States Supreme Court,” University of Wyoming Continuing Legal Education Program, October 27, 2001, Laramie, Wyoming

“If I Were a Student in Wyoming Today,” Wear School Law Institute, August 3, 2001, Laramie, Wyoming

“Current Topics in Education Law,” Education Law Institute, July 18, 2001, Norman, Oklahoma

“Gender Equity in Athletics,” Symposium for the Eradication of Social Inequality, February 5, 2001, Laramie, Wyoming