Sovereignty Speaks #31
Indian Land Titles
Katheleen Guzman, Esq.
Interim Dean of University of Oklahoma College of Law
Katheleen Guzman currently serves as Interim Dean of University of Oklahoma College of Law. She has been a member of the OU Law faculty since 1993. As a law professor, she has taught numerous courses targeting the dimensions of property and its transfer.
Guzman earned a B.A. with honors and a J.D. with highest honors from the University of Arkansas. In law school, she served as articles editor for the Arkansas Law Review and received the Outstanding Law Student Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers. After earning an LL.M. from Yale Law School, Guzman worked as a litigation associate with the Philadelphia law firm of Dilworth Paxson.
She has received numerous awards for teaching, including the 2014 Medal for Excellence Award from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for Research University Teaching and the 2008 Merrick Foundation Teaching Award from OU. The OU Law student body also has presented her with several awards over the years.
Guzman currently serves as a co-reporter for the Uniform Law Commission Model Tribal Probate Code and is currently working with OU Law Professor Emeritus Mark Gillett on an updated edition of Fiduciary Accounting: Principles, Modern Applications, Illustrations.