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Volume 38
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Baker Botts L.L.P. Professor of Law Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
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Pilar Mensah Co-director, Greg R. Vetter, HIPLA College Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Juvenile and Children’s Advocacy Project
Monica Mensah Project Founder, David R. Dow, Cullen Professor of Law
Executive Director of Law Alumni Relations Legal Program Director, Katya Dow ’92, Professor of Practice
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