Melissa A. Essary
Dean
essary@law.campbell.edu 
910-893-1750

Melissa Essary an expert on employment law. Having written numerous articles and presented papers on employment law issues to hundreds of employment law attorneys, she is in high demand as a speaker.

As a student at Baylor Law School, She served as Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review. Following graduation, she served as a trial lawyer for two Texas firms, most notably the Vinson and Elkins firm of Dallas, where she litigated complex commercial cases.

In 1990, she joined the faculty at Baylor Law School, where she served with great distinction, teaching courses primarily in Employment Discrimination Law and Torts Law. There, she was a well-decorated professor, having garnered Baylor's Outstanding Tenured Teacher Award in 2001, and a well-published and popular scholar in demand with audiences throughout the legal profession.

Undergraduate Education:
BJ (with distinction), University of Texas at Austin, 1982

Higher Education:
JD (with distinction), Baylor Law School, 1985

Law Practice Experience:
Trial and Appellate Attorney, Vinson and Elkins

Professional Experience:
Professor of Law, Baylor Law School, 1990-2006

Memberships & Affiliations:
Member, North Carolina Bar Association
Member, Texas Bar

Honors & Awards:
Outstanding Law Journal Article Award, 1997