Law clerk, Hon. Woodrow Seals, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1977-1979
Graduate fellow, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1980
Special assistant, African Development Group, Washington, D.C., 1980-1981
Lecturer, Women`s Studies Program, University of Maryland, 1981
Trial attorney, Office of Enforcement Operations, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982-1983
Assistant district attorney, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 1983-1986
Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1986-1993
State senator, Oklahoma, 1987-1993
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1993-1994
Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.