Markita D Cooper
- markita.cooper@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 407-254-3272
- OFFICE
- College Of Law - Instruction
College of Law, Room #328A
Markita Cooper is a Professor of Law and has also served two terms as Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs at the FAMU College of Law. Prior to joining the FAMU Law faculty,
Professor Cooper was a faculty member and Associate Dean for JD Program Academic Affairs
at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. She began her career in
California, where she practiced law for firms in San Francisco and Silicon Valley
before becoming a legal educator.
Her primary teaching and scholarship interests include torts, defamation, privacy,
and employment law. Her publications have focused on workplace defamation, employment
references and referrals, the intersection of defamation law and workplace violence,
and historical perspectives on invasion of privacy and technology.
- Defamation law
- Tort Law and the Workplace
- Part-Time Legal Education
- J.D. 1982
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia - Communications and Psychology
Stanford University, Stanford California
- Professor of Law - 2008-Present
Florida A&M University College of Law, Orlando, Florida - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - 2020 - 2024; 2008-2012
Florida A&M University College of Law, Orlando, Florida - Associate Dean for JD Program Academic Affairs - January 2005-June 2006
Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California - Professor of Law - 1998-2008
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California - Associate Professor of Law - 1992-1998
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California - Visiting Assistant Professor of Law - 1991-1992
Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California - Visiting Professor of Law - Fall 2000
University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law, Davis, California - Visiting Professor
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois - Fall 1999 - Senior Associate - 1987-1991
Alexander, Millner & McGee, San Francisco, California - Associate - 1984-1987
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California - Associate - 1982-1984
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, California
- LAW 6706 Advanced Torts: Dignitary and Economic Harms
- LAW 6932: Advanced Topics in Law: Defamation and Privacy
- LAW 6936 Advanced Topics in Law Seminar: Defamation Law: Past, Present, and Future
- LAW 6545 Employment Law
- LAW 5700 Torts (4 credits)
- LAW 5700 Torts I (3 credits)
- LAW 5701 Torts II
