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Professor DeLeith Duke Gossett holds the Jack F Maddox Professor of Law position at Texas Tech University School of Law. She has received multiple teaching honors including the Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2023), Texas Tech Parents Association Spencer A. Wells Creativity in Teaching Award (2022), and the Texas Tech New Faculty Award. Admitted to practice in multiple federal and state courts, she combines practical legal experience with academic rigor in her Legal Practice and Professional Responsibility courses.
- Education: J.D. (with honors, 2001), University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
- B.S.E. (magna cum laude, 1998), University of Central Arkansas
Her scholarship examines the intersection of domestic and international child welfare systems, focusing on foster care, adoption, and structural inequities. Recent publications analyze adoptee deportation, Hague Convention compliance, and federal tax policy impacts on adoption practices. She actively engages in global education through study abroad programs in Seville, Lithuania, and Mexico.
- Scientific Awards: Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2023), Life Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation
Admitted to practice in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Courts (Texas), and Texas state courts. Collaborates with international institutions like Vytautas Magnus University School of Law and Universidad de Guanajuato. Research emphasizes systemic reforms in child protection frameworks.
