Jamie Cooper is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law. A native of Lincoln, NE, Jamie graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor’s of Art with concentrations in Spanish, Political Science, Chicano and Latino Studies and a Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. She began her legal career working for Kutak Rock and Jackson Lewis LLPs in employment litigation. She has been both a law firm owner as a solo practitioner and an attorney for a small law office. She is a prior President of the Urban League of Nebraska Young Professionals and a member of the Midlands Bar Association. She previously served as an adjunct professor teaching Trial Advocacy. Jamie will be teaching Torts, Family Law, Negotiations and other courses at Nebraska Law. Her initial research interests include topics in family and juvenile law and race and gender in the law, among other areas.

Karine Sokpoh, Esq.
Karine Sokpoh is an attorney and founder of Sokpoh Law Group in Omaha, NE and she serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Midlands African Chamber and she is a major force behind the chamber’s “Pitch Black” accelerator event which supports minority and other disadvantaged businesses via a business competition that provides organizational and funding support. Originally from Togo in West Africa, Karine earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Lome’ before receiving her Bachelor’s of General Studies in Communications with a minor in Women’s Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2004. In 2008, she received her Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, from Creighton University School of Law with a Certificate of Concentration in International Law. She was admitted to practice in Iowa and Nebraska in 2008 and 2009 and she began her legal career at Koley Jessen LLP. In 2010, the Nebraska State Bar Association awarded her the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for her exemplary contributions to the state bar and community. She is an active member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and was a past president of the Midlands Bar Association.

Dr. Regina Taylor
Dr. Regina Taylor is an Associate Professor of Management at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business and Chair of the Management and Marketing Department. Originally from Dallas, TX, Regina graduated from the University of Central Florida where she earned her Ph.D. in Management. She holds a B.S. and M.B.A. from Florida A&M University as well as a M.A. in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Dr. Taylor spent six years in corporate America rising to the rank of Manager of Human Resources. Her corporate experience includes positions at The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, CA, Johnson & Johnson in Ft. Washington, PA and Medtronic in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Taylor conducts research on factors that support or inhibit ethical behavior from leaders and employees. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including Human Relations, the Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. She has presented her research at international conferences, which include the Academy of Management annual conference and the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists annual conference. Dr. Taylor is an active member of the Academy of Management, the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists and the Southern Management Association.

Professor Eric Berger
Professor Eric Berger joined the faculty in 2007. He received his B.A. with Honors in History from Brown University, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Kent Scholar and an Articles Editor on the Columbia Law Review. After law school, Professor Berger clerked for the Honorable Merrick B. Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then practiced in Jenner & Block's Washington, D.C. office, where he worked on litigation in several state and federal trial and appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Professor Berger's matters there included cases involving lethal injection, same-sex marriage, the detention of foreign nationals at Guantanamo Bay, and internet obscenity.