Professor Michael T. Gibson Professor of Law Phone (405) 208-5131 Email mgibson@okcu.edu Office Hours Open door policy and by appointment Courses: Contracts Sales and Leases Legal Analysis Contract Drafting Federal Jurisdiction Education: B.A., University of Nebraska – Lincoln J.D., Yale University View Publications Background: I believe that teaching is a crucial part of my job, and I devote considerable energy to it. My office door is open throughout the day, except during lunch and the hour or so before a class, when I’m busy preparing. Students are welcome to visit whenever my door is open. To help students better prepare for class, I’ve prepared an extensive set of reading materials for each course. For each class session, those reading materials explain why the assignment is important; describe how the legal doctrines in the assignment are significant in the real world; provide background information that students may need to understand the cases in the assignment, present a series of questions that we’ll discuss in class; and provide one or more fact patterns that help show how a legal doctrine works. READ MORE To help students understand and follow the classroom discussion, about thirty minutes before each class I e-mail students the agenda for that class, and I display that agenda in the classroom. To help students learn how to apply the rules they’ve found in cases and statutes, we’ll frequently approach a problem (usually drawn from an actual case) just as an attorney would. For example, after we’ve identified the elements of a rule, we’ll use those elements to create a list of witnesses we would call during the trial and the questions that we would ask them. Personal Interests: American and British history; the Union Pacific Railroad (its 2009 calendar uses one of my photos); Scottish and Irish music; major league baseball; and exploring Oklahoma. Faculty Professor Emeritus Dennis Arrow Professor Phyllis Bernard Professor Marc J. Blitz Professor C. Blue Clark Professor Paul M. Clark Dean Emeritus Valerie K. Couch Associate Dean Paula J. Dalley Professor Emeritus Peter Dillon Professor Karen Eby Professor Greg Eddington Professor Steven Foster Professor Michael T. Gibson Professor Emeritus Alvin Harrell Dean Emeritus Lawrence K. Hellman Professor Barry L. Johnson Professor Danné L. Johnson Associate Dean Laurie W. Jones Professor Eric Laity Professor Emeritus Arthur G. LeFrancois Professor Edward C. Lyons Professor Vicki Lawrence MacDougall Professor Michael Mitchelson Professor Emeritus Daniel J. Morgan Professor Michael O’Shea Interim Dean Lee F. Peoples Professor Jennifer S. Prilliman Professor Shannon Roesler Professor Casey Ross Professor Andrew C. Spiropoulos Professor Carla Spivack Professor Deborah S. Tussey Meet Our Adjuncts Faculty General Info Faculty Publications