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Browne Lewis

• L.L.M., Energy & Environmental Law, University of Houston School of Law '97
• M.P.A., Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs '89
• J.D., University of Minnesota School of Law '88
• B.A., Political Science, Grambling State University '83

Prior to law school, Professor Lewis was awarded summer fellowships to study at Carnegie-Mellon University, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Following graduation from law school, Professor Lewis worked in the area of alternative dispute resolution. Later, Professor Lewis served as a judicial clerk for the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Then, Professor Lewis practiced in the areas of public interest environmental law, elder law, and family law.

Professor Lewis spent a substantial portion of her career as a legal services attorney advocating for the rights of low-income persons. Professor Lewis co-authored Grandparent Resource Manual, a resource used by grandparents' rights advocates in the state of Minnesota.

Professor Lewis started her teaching career as a legal writing instructor at Hamline University School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy, Professor Lewis was a visiting professor at Hamline University where she taught Property and Wills & Trusts. Professor Lewis has also taught in the ABA's Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) program and as a summer visiting professor at Seattle University School of Law. Professor Lewis will be visiting at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law during the 2007-2008 school year.

Recent Publications

• Children of Men: Balancing The Inheritance Rights Of Marital And Non-Marital Children,Univ. of Toledo L. Rev.___ (forthcoming Fall 2007)
• Changing The Bathwater And Keeping The Baby: Exploring New Ways Of Evaluating Intent In Environmental Discrimination Cases,50 St. Louis U.L. 469 (Winter 2006).
• Survey Of Environmental Law, 52 Wayne Law Rev. 637 (Summer 2006).
• What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: The Importance Of Information In The Battle Against Environmental Discrimination,, 29 Wm & Mary Envtl. L. & Policy Rev. 327 (Winter 2005).
• It's A Small World: Making The Case For The Extraterritorial Application Of The National Environmental Policy Act,25 Cardozo L. Rev. 2143 (Aug. 2004).
• It's Been 4380 Days And Counting Since Exxon Valdez: Is It Time To Change The Oil Pollution Act of 1990?15 Tulane Envtl. L. J. 97 (Winter 2001).