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Tim FloydAdjunct FacultyTimothy Floyd is Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Public Service Program at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. He received his B.A and M.A. from Emory University and his J.D from the University of Georgia, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgia Law Review. He began his career in legal education in 1982 at the University of Georgia School of Law, as Associate Director and then Director of the Legal Aid Clinic. He was on the faculty of Texas Tech University School of Law from 1989 to 2004, becoming the J. Hadley Edgar Professor of Law and Co-Director of Clinical Programs. Mr. Floyd has published two books and is the author of numerous articles in the area of legal ethics, law and religion, and criminal law and the death penalty. He served as editor of the Faith and Law Symposium issue of the Texas Tech Law Review, and he is the co-editor of the book Can A Good Christian Be A Good Lawyer? Homilies, Witnesses, and Reflections. Mr. Floyd’s service activities emphasize access to justice issues and lawyer professionalism. He is a member of the Supreme Court of Georgia Equal Justice Commission and the National Advisory Committee of Equal Justice Works, and is Chair of the Advisory Board of the Georgia Council for Restorative Justice. He chaired the Supreme Court of Texas Lawyer Grievance Oversight Committee and was one of the principal drafters of the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. Mr. Floyd has represented several defendants in death penalty cases, including Louis Jones, Jr., the first person convicted under the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994, including an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. He served on the Georgia Assessment Team of the ABA’s Death Penalty Moratorium Project. |
E-mail: floyd_tw  @E R A S Emercer.edu Office: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law1021 Georgia AvenueMacon, Georgia 31207-0001 Phone: (478) 301-2631 Directory LinksCourses Taught: Professional Responsibility |
