Faculty and Staff

Elizabeth M. McCormick

Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Immigrant Rights Project

Professor McCormick joined the faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law in August 2005. Professor McCormick holds a B.A. from Fordham University, an M.A. from New York University, and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law Center, where she served as a senior editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. After law school, Professor McCormick served as an Assistant Defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia and as an Assistant Attorney General for the Federated States of Micronesia Department of Justice. Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Tulsa, Professor McCormick was a member of the clinical faculty at Cornell Law School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. Professor McCormick's teaching and research interests include clinical legal education, legal ethics, immigration and human rights law. 

Patience A. Crowder

Wellspring Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Social Enterprise & Economic Development Law Project

Professor Crowder joined the faculty in Summer 2007. Before joining the faculty, she taught as a Clinical Fellow in the Community Development Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Prior to joining the legal academy, Professor Crowder was the Business Development Manager for St. HOPE Corporation, a nonprofit community development corporation that revitalizes inner-city communities through economic development and public education. She began her legal career in private practice in San Francisco, California, as a bank finance associate with Shearman & Sterling. Her scholarly interests include examining the impact of contract, corporate, and local government law in transactional advocacy for the public's interest, particularly the revitalization of inner-city and underserved communities. Professor Crowder earned her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law at Newark, where she served as an Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Review. She received her B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University. Professor Crowder is admitted to practice in California and Maryland. 

Laura F. Bachman

Staff Attorney
Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network

Laura F. Bachman is a Staff Attorney with the Boesche Legal Clinic responsible for the coordination of the clinic's Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network (TIRN). Ms. Bachman received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Franciscan University and earned her law degree from Suffolk University School of Law. Ms. Bachman has devoted her practice over the last 12 years to the area of U.S. immigration and nationality law. Prior to joining TU, she was a partner and co-founder of a law practice in Houston, Texas focused on the representation of corporate and individual clients in immigration matters including employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, I-9 audits and compliance, family-based immigration, relief from removal proceedings and citizenship. Before going into private practice, she worked for non-profit organizations in Texas and Massachusetts with the mission of assisting asylum seekers, immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and other disadvantaged immigrants. Through the representation of such varied clients as refugees fleeing persecution and foreign-born executives of multi-national corporations, Ms. Bachman gained the well-rounded experience of working in all aspects of U.S. immigration law. Ms. Bachman has provided training and education on immigration law and procedure to attorneys around the country, community leaders, law enforcement agencies, and the community at large. She is licensed in Texas and Massachusetts, and is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. 

Rebekah L. Guthrie

Legal Fellow
Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network

Rebekah L. Guthrie is a Legal Fellow with the Boesche Legal Clinic responsible for representation of immigrants through TIRN. Ms. Guthrie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Oklahoma State University and earned her law degree from the University of  Tulsa College of Law. While at the University of Tulsa, she was a member of Phi Alpha Delta and served as a legal intern with the Immigrant Rights Project of the Boesche Legal Clinic. Rebekah provides direct representation to vulnerable immigrants eligible for legal immigration status including victims of persecution in their home country, victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, and immigrants eligible for status, but who would otherwise go unrepresented due to limited financial means. She is admitted to practice in Oklahoma.