Ms. Jessica L. Roberts

Professor

University of Houston Law Center

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Professor Roberts is a Professor of Law, Leonard H. Childs Chair in Law, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute at The University of Houston Law Center. Professor Roberts specializes in genetics and the law, health law, and disability law. She previously was an Associate-in-Law at Columbia Law School and an Adjunct Professor of Disability Studies at the City University of New York. After receiving her J.D. from Yale Law School, Professor Roberts clerked for the Honorable Dale Wainwright of the Texas Supreme Court and the Honorable Roger L. Gregory of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Roberts’ research focuses on the intersection of health law, ethics, and social justice and she has been published in numerous journals.