Jason A. Gillmer
Associate Professor of Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
1515 Commerce St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102

Phone: (817) 212-4021 Fax: (817) 212-3965
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LL.M. 2002 Harvard Law School.  J.D. summa cum laude 1996 The American University, Washington College of Law.  B.A. cum laude 1992 Carleton College.  Note & Comment Editor, The American University Law Review.

Visiting Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law (2005-06); Teaching Fellow, Stanford Law School; Law Clerk, the Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit; Law Clerk, the Hon. Donald D. Alsop, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota; Associate, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

Teaching Areas
Torts
Advanced Torts
Criminal Law
Civil Rights
Race and the Law

Research Interests
American Legal History
Slavery and the Law
Civil Rights

Current Projects
The Murder of Isaac Baughman: Race and Violence in Reconstruction Texas

Selected Publications 
Base Wretches and Black Wenches: A Story of Sex and Race, Violence and Compassion, During Slavery Times, 59 Ala. L. Rev. __ (to be published 2008)

Poor Whites, Benevolent Masters, and the Ideologies of Slavery: The Local Trial of a Slave Accused of Rape, 85 N.C.L. Rev. 489 (2007)

Suing for Freedom: Interracial Sex, Slave Law, and Racial Identity in the Post-Revolutionary and Antebellum South, 82 N.C.L. Rev. 535 (2004)

Minnesota’s Tobacco Case: Recovering Damages Without Proof of Reliance Under Minnesota’s Consumer Protection Statutes, 25 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 567 (1999) (with Gary L. Wilson).

United States v. Clary: Equal Protection and the Crack Statute, 45 Am. U.L. Rev. 497 (1995).

Selected Presentations 
Base Wretches and Black Wenches: A Story of Sex and Race, Violence and Compassion, During Slavery Times, Annual Meeting, The Law and Society Association, Berlin, Germany (July 2007).

Black, White, and Brown: Texas Interracial Cases in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Annual Meeting, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Washington, D.C. (March 2007).

Poor Whites, Benevolent Masters, and the Ideologies of Slavery: The Local Trial of a Slave Accused of Rape, Annual Meeting, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Palm Beach, FL (July 2006).

Slave Crime, Conference on Race: Law, Culture and Policy, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (April 2006).

Why Spike Lee Got it Wrong: Contemporary Black/White Relationships in Media and Film, Annual Meeting, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Syracuse, NY (March 2006). 

Poor Whites, Benevolent Masters, and the Ideologies of Slavery: The Local Trial of a Slave Accused of Rape, Faculty Colloquium, American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. (February 2006).

To Kill a Mockingbird: Ideology and Mythology in an Alabama Courtroom, Conference on The Power of Stories: Intersections of Law, Culture, & Literature, Gloucester, England (July 2005).

From Thomas Jefferson to Emmett Till: Rethinking Issues of Interracial Intimacy, Brown Bag Seminar, University of North Texas, Denton, TX (June 2005).

Scandal in the Neighborhood: A Slave Accused of Rape in the Antebellum South, Annual Meeting, The Law and Society Association, Las Vegas, NV (June 2005).

Sex, Race, and Mastery: A Slave Accused of Rape in the Antebellum South, Annual Meeting, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Austin, TX (March 2005).

Suing for Freedom, Annual Meeting, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Hartford, CT (March 2004).

Personal Interests
Music (play bass, guitar, and drums)
Recreational sports (golf, biking, tennis)