What
makes
for
a
cool
law
school
professor?
Writing
a
well-acclaimed
book?
A
Socratic
questioning
method
that
makes
the
sheltered
book-smart
kids
you
don’t
like
cry
in
public?
Those
don’t
hurt,
but
few
things
are
cooler
than
a
professor
who
is
also
battle
tested.
One
of
the
best
unexpected
ways
for
a
boring
case
to
gain
some
pizzazz
is
to
hear
that
your
professor
is
the
one
who
argued
the
damned
thing.
Crim
Law
students
are
in
luck
—
one
of
their
professors
won
an
exoneration
for
a
falsely
convicted
man.
NT
Daily has
coverage:
An
innocent
man
was
exonerated
last
month
with
the
help
of
UNT
Dallas
Law
Professor
Cheryl
Wattley
after
fighting
for
his
innocence
for
decades…
In
addition
to
her
position
at
the
law
school,
Wattley
serves
as
director
of
clinical
education
and
also
founded
the
Joyce
Ann
Brown
Innocence
Clinic
to
take
on
innocence
claims
like
[Ben]
Spencer’s.Wattley
said
Spencer’s
freedom
was
a
long
time
coming,
considering
all
the
obstacles
leveled
at
them
during
the
23
years
she
has
represented
him.
One
of
the
glaring
issues
with
Spencer’s
case
was
that
a
witness
was
paid
$5k-$10k
to
pin
the
blame
on
him.
Accounting
for
inflation,
that
was
about
$13k-$26.6k
in
today’s
dollars.
A
lot
of
people
would
lie
on
the
stand
for
that
much!
While
this
netted
him
a
retrial,
it
didn’t
stop
him
from
spending
decades
behind
bars.
If
you’d
like
to
read
more
about
Spencer’s
case,
there
is
a
deep
dive
into
the
facts
and
circumstances
by
Barbara
Hagerty
called
Bringing
Ben
Home:
A
Murder,
A
Conviction,
and
the
Fight
to
Redeem
American
Justice.
Shouts
out
to
Cheryl
Wattley,
Gary
Udashen,
and
Cynthia
Garza
for
their
amazing
work!
NT
Dallas
Law
Professor
Wins
Exoneration
Case
Of
Ben
Spencer,
Who
Was
Falsely
Convicted
37
Years
Ago
[NT
Daily]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.