Professor of Law
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jforrest@mail.smu.edu
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Bio
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.
Primary Articles
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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)
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Speeches/Presentations
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“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
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Other
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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION CHARTER ACT, in MAJOR ACTS OF CONGRESS (Macmillan Reference USA 2003).
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
B.S.E.E., 1981, University of Texas
J.D., 1985, University of Texas at Austin
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