Mechele Dickerson
- Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankruptcy Law and Practice
- Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Professor
A. Mechele Dickerson joined the Texas Law faculty in 2006 and has a courtesy appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She currently serves as the Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of Texas and previously served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas Law. Her research focuses on financial vulnerability, consumer debt, and housing affordability issues involving the middle class.
Professor Dickerson regularly teaches Federal Civil Procedure and Remedies and has also taught courses on college athletics, COVID, and the American middle class. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Bankruptcy.
Always remember who you were before you came to law school, and vow not to let that person disappear completely once you become a lawyer.
A. Mechele Dickerson joined the faculty in January 2006 and served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006-2011. She has a courtesy appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and is the Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of Texas.
Professor Dickerson is a nationally recognized scholar on financial vulnerability, consumer debt, housing affordability, and racial and economic disparities. She regularly teaches Remedies and Federal Civil Procedure at the School of Law, has taught a class on civil procedural disputes that arose between the two Trump presidencies, and has taught numerous cross-listed interdisciplinary graduate-level courses on the American middle-class and the COVID pandemic. Dickerson's book on the middle class will be available in January 2026 (https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-middle-class-new-deal/paper). Dickerson is also the author of Homeownership and America's Financial Underclass: Flawed Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions.
After clerking for Hon. Nathaniel R. Jones, Dickerson practiced law in Washington, D.C. and Norfolk, Virginia before joining the law faculty at the College of William and Mary.
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year-2026
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Book
The Middle-Class New Deal
Mechele Dickerson. The Middle-Class New Deal (University of California Press, Jan. 2026). View online.
year-2024
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Other Activity
Invited Commentator
Mechele Dickerson. “Invited Commentator” at AALS Annual Meeting (January 6, 2024). View online.
year-2023
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Other Activity
Keynote Speaker
Mechele Dickerson. “Keynote Speaker” at Austin Community College (October 6, 2023). View online.
year-2019
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Other Activity
Keynote Address
Mechele Dickerson. “Keynote Address” at Austin Community Foundation (March 11, 2019).
year-2017
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Other Activity
Congressional Briefing
Mechele Dickerson. “Congressional Briefing” at U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 208 (October 17, 2017).
year-2016
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Article
Revitalizing Urban Cities: Linking the Past to the Present
Mechele Dickerson, Revitalizing Urban Cities: Linking the Past to the Present [Symposium: Urban Revitalization: The Legal Implications of Remaking a City], 46 University of Memphis Law Review 973 (2016). -
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Millennials, Affordable Housing, and the Future of Homeownership
Mechele Dickerson, Millennials, Affordable Housing, and the Future of Homeownership, 24 Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 435 (2016). -
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Financial Scarcity and Financial Decision-making
Mechele Dickerson. “Financial Scarcity and Financial Decision-making.” In 58 Arizona Law Review, Page 137 (2016). View online. -
Other Activity
Congressional Testimony
Mechele Dickerson. “Congressional Testimony” at Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance (Committee on Financial Services) (March 22, 2016).
year-2015
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Article
Presidential Who’s Up, Who’s Down After the GOP Debate
Mechele Dickerson, Presidential Who’s Up, Who’s Down After the GOP Debate, Newsweek, October 29, 2015 at http://www.newsweek.com/whos-whos-down-after-gop-debate-388364 .
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Presidential Candidates Who Ignore Race are Making a Mistake
Mechele Dickerson, Presidential Candidates Who Ignore Race are Making a Mistake, Time.com, July 29, 2015 at http://ti.me/1DaJvIx. -
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Black People Won’t Stop Being Poorer Unless Banks Stop Discriminating
Mechele Dickerson, Black People Won’t Stop Being Poorer Unless Banks Stop Discriminating, The Guardian, June 25, 2015 at http://bit.ly/1BDLXpN.
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Article
Sorting the Neighborhood
Mechele Dickerson, Sorting the Neighborhood, 23 Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 311 (2015) [Reprinted from 93 Texas Law Review 179 (2014)].
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The Uselessness of the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Mechele Dickerson, The Uselessness of the Mortgage Interest Deduction, New York Times, April 14, 2015, at http://t.co/I1LjZugats. -
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Why Does America Continue to Subsidize Housing for the Wealthy?
Mechele Dickerson, Why Does America Continue to Subsidize Housing for the Wealthy?, The Guardian, March 10, 2015 at http://trib.al/WgEgOIc. -
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Angry US Middle Classes Feel the Squeeze
Mechele Dickerson, Angry US Middle Classes Feel the Squeeze, BBC, February 8, 2015 at http://bbc.in/1ERhcOa. -
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Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Help the Middle Class
Mechele Dickerson, Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Help the Middle Class, The New Republic, February 3, 2015 at http://bit.ly/1DBU2rs. -
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Obama’s Housing Plan Ignores Why the Middle Class Can’t Afford Homes
Mechele Dickerson, Obama’s Housing Plan Ignores Why the Middle Class Can’t Afford Homes, The New Republic, January 27, 2015 at http://bit.ly/1CKSUDp.
year-2014
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Article
Sorting the Neighborhood
Mechele Dickerson. “Sorting the Neighborhood.” In 93 Texas Law Review, Page 179 (2014). -
Book
Homeownership and America's Financial Underclass: Flawed Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions
Mechele Dickerson, Homeownership and America's Financial Underclass: Flawed Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions (Cambridge University Press, 2014).