Jeffrey R. Baker is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs at Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. Professor Baker joined the Law School in 2006 after several years of practice in Mississippi. He practiced in health care regulatory counseling with the firm of Phelps Dunbar before joining Watkins & Eager in Jackson, Mississippi. There his trial and appellate practice involved medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and industrial products liability, insurance and commercial claims, sovereign immunity issues and diverse tort matters. He is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and the Alabama State Bar and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Mississippi, Alabama state courts, and before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Baker received his undergraduate degree in political science and vocational ministry from Harding University and he received his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2000. In Mississippi, he served on the board of directors for two non-profit organizations: The Communication Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Northeast Mississippi and DREAM, Inc., an educational-resource and abuse-prevention corporation. He also taught American Constitutional History as an adjunct at Belhaven College. At Jones School of Law, Professor Baker directs the clinical programs, teaching and supervising the Family Violence Clinic, the Elder Law Clinic and the Externship program. He focuses his scholarship on social justice and public policy issues. More information about Professor Baker and the JSL Clinics is available at this site: http://www.faulkner.edu/admissions/jsl/clinics.asp
Domestic Relations
Enjoining Coercion: Squaring Civil Protection Orders with the Reality of Domestic Abuse, Journal of Law and Family Studies (University of Utah) (2008)
Every state provides civil protection for victims of domestic abuse, but these regimes typically fixate...
Women
Enjoining Coercion: Squaring Civil Protection Orders with the Reality of Domestic Abuse, Journal of Law and Family Studies (University of Utah) (2008)
Every state provides civil protection for victims of domestic abuse, but these regimes typically fixate...