University of Houston Law Center Clinical Assistant Professor Christina Crozier (J.D ’05)
JAN. 9, 2026 — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Assistant Professor Christina Crozier (J.D ’05) has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI), one of the leading U.S. organizations producing legal scholarship to clarify, modernize and improve the law.
“I have long admired ALI’s work, which has impacted American law for generations,” Crozier said. “I look forward to contributing to ALI’s mission alongside such an accomplished and thoughtful group of members.”
Crozier teaches lawyering skills and strategies, a course which imparts the fundamentals of legal writing to first-year students. She brings more than two decades of appellate litigation experience to the classroom as a member of Haynes Boone’s appellate practice group.
A seasoned legal writer and oral advocate, Crozier is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has argued cases before the Fifth Circuit and Texas Supreme Court.
In addition to her academic and professional roles, Crozier serves as editor in chief of The Appellate Advocate and is a past chair of the Houston Bar Association Appellate Section. She frequently presents continuing legal education programs on topics ranging from error preservation and jury charges to the evolving impact of artificial intelligence on legal writing.
Other UH Law faculty who are ALI members include Dean Leonard M. Baynes, Professors Richard F. Dole, Jr., David R. Dow, Meredith J. Duncan (J.D ’93), Tracy D. Hester, Lonny Hoffman, Douglas K. Moll, Renee Knake Jefferson, Sandra Gurra Thompson, Elizabeth Trujillo (J.D ’99), and Bret Wells.
The American Law Institute, founded in 1923, develops Restatements of the Law, Model Codes, and Principles of Law that influence courts, legislatures, legal scholarship and education. As ALI members, lawyers, judges, and academics collaborate to shape future legal doctrine and advance the rule of law and the public good.
