B.S.E.E., 1981, University of Texas J.D., 1985, University of Texas at Austin
Professor Julie Forrester joined the faculty at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1990. Previously, she received her B.S.E.E. with highest honors in 1981 and her J.D. with high honors in 1985 from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of the Texas Law Review, Chancellors, and Order of the Coif. After graduation she was a real estate attorney with the Dallas law firm of Thompson & Knight.
At SMU, Professor Forrester teaches in the areas of Property, Real Estate Transactions, and Land Use. She writes and speaks on real estate finance, predatory lending, and bankruptcy law. Professor Forrester was one of the first legal scholars to write about the problem of predatory lending in the subprime mortgage market, and she was awarded the John Minor Wisdom Award for Academic Excellence in 1995 for her first predatory lending article. She is joining Edward Chase as co-author of Property Law: Cases, Materials, and Questions in its second edition.
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Instruments: The Forgotten Benefit to Homeowners, 72 Missouri Law Review 1077 (2007).
Still Crazy After All These Years: The Absolute Assignment of Rents in Mortgage Loan Transactions, 59 Florida Law Review 487 (2007).
Still Mortgaging the American Dream: Predatory Lending, Preemption, and Federally-Supported Lenders, 74 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1303 (2006).
Home Equity Loans in Texas: Maintaining the Texas Tradition of Homestead Protection, 55 SMU Law Review 157-178 (2002).
Bankruptcy Takings, 51 Florida Law Review 851-912 (1999).
Constructing a New Theoretical Framework for Home Improvement Financing, 75 Oregon Law Review 1095-1138 (1996). (published in 1997)
Interview on Channel 11 News about adverse possession scheme, aired July 2, 2009 Absolute Assignment of Rents, Mortgage Lending Institute, Austin and Dallas, September 2008
"Why Texas Should Adopt the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act," Dallas Area Real Estate Lawyer’s Discussion Group, May 2008 Panel Moderator, "Disclosure: Problems and Solutions, Emerging Issues in Subprime and Predatory Lending," Research Conference, Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Social Justice, May 2008 "The Subprime and Predatory Lending Crises," Society of International Business Fellows, Dallas Briefing, SMU Dedman School of Law, May 2008 Panelist, "Subprime, Predatory Lending and the Foreclosure Crisis," 14th Annual Paul Robeson Conference, The 40th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act: Continuing Housing Inequality and Ideas for Change, Columbia Law School, April 2008 "Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage Instruments: The Forgotten Benefit to Homeowners," Festschrift in Honor of Dale A. Whitman, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, April 2007 "Still Crazy After All These Years: The Absolute Assignment of Rents in Mortgage LoanTransactions," Faculty Forum, SMU Dedman School of Law, March 2006 "Our Pedagogical Choices: Use of Technology in Teaching," Panel Participant, Section on Teaching Methods, American Association of Law Schools, Annual Meeting, January 2006 "The Uniform Assignment of Rents Act," Dallas Area Real Estate Lawyer’s Discussion Group, October 2005, and Thompson & Knight Real Estate Section, November 2005
“Eminent Domain,” Panel Discussion with Richard Epstein, Gideon Kanner, and Ken Wright, on The McCuistion Program, KERA, taped October 2003, aired nationally on June 23, 2004.
“Bankruptcy Takings,” Faculty Forum, SMU School of Law, March 1999
“Home Equity Lending Practices and Remedies,” Panel Discussion National Association of Consumer Advocates Conference, San Antonio, February 1999
“Attacking Foreclosure and Foreclosure Sales,” Panel Discussion National Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, San Diego, October 1998
“Home Equity Loans in Texas” Amarillo Bar Association Spring Institute, May 1998 Dallas Area Real Estate Lawyers Discussion Group, December 1997
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION CHARTER ACT, in MAJOR ACTS OF CONGRESS (Macmillan Reference USA 2003).