Assistant Professor of Clinical Education
Djackson@sulc.edu
(225) 771-5745

Courses taught : elder law clinic, matrimonial regimes

Dorothy Jackson, clinical professor for the Elder Law Clinic, received her B.A. from Louisiana Tech University and her J.D. from SULC. Jackson created the structure for the Elder Law Clinic during fall 1998 and began accepting students in the clinic in spring 1999. Jackson was an Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice from 1994 through 1998, where she litigated numerous road hazard cases on behalf of the state. From 1991 through 1992, Jackson was in private practice handling a variety of cases, including successions, divorce, custody, personal injury, and criminal defense. From 1992 to 1994 she was an associate with the firm Davis & Singleton in Shreveport, Louisiana, where her civil practice included insurance and agency defense work, as well as domestic matters, probate, personal injury, and general liability. During this time, she was also a Special Assistant Attorney General working under contract with the State of Louisiana on civil rights, workers’ compensation, general liability, and road hazard cases.