David Crump is Newell H. Blakely Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center

University of Houston Law Center

The University of Houston Law Center is a law school located in Houston, Texas. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1947, the Law Center is one of 12 academic colleges of the University of Houston...

. Crump attended Harvard College

Harvard College

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 and received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law

University of Texas School of Law

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 in 1969. He currently teaches classes on property law

Property law

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, civil procedure

Civil procedure

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, evidence

Evidence

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, legal practice strategies, among other areas. Crump has been affiliated with the major firms of Johnson & Gibbs and Haynes and Boone, LLP, among others. He is also a ventriloquist, a guitarist in a country-rock band, a poet, the inventor of computer dating, and avid seniors amateur baseball player. In addition to numerous books dealing with property law, evidence, and practice strategies, he is the author of two works of legal fiction: Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest (novel)

Conflict of Interest is a legal/suspense thriller written by David Crump in 1997. A paperback edition was published by Strawberry Hill Press in that year.-Plot summary:...

and The Holding Company.