Full-time Faculty and Staff:

Erma Hart, JD
Attorney at Law

Program Director/Instructor of Paralegal Studies
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
(281) 239-1555
Email: harte@wcjc.edu
Faculty Website:  https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/harte/index.aspx

Education: B.B.A. Prairie View A&M University; J.D. Texas Southern University

Academic Interests: Criminal Law and Procedure, Family Law, and Legal Research and Writing

Dr. Hart has been a Wharton County Jr. College faculty member since 2004. In 2006, she became the Paralegal Studies Program Director.

Dr. Hart received her Texas Law License in 1996 and has practiced law in Fort Bend, Harris, and Matagorda counties since 1997. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, and Inc. Dr. Hart also sits on the advisory board of Fort Bend Lawyers Care.

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Ta Quita Hogan Claiborne, J.D.
Attorney at Law

Instructor of Paralegal Studies
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, Texas 77469
Phone: 281.239.1557
Fax: 281.239.1654
Email: Claibornet@wcjc.edu
Faculty Website:  https://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/users/claibornet/index.aspx

Education: B.A. Political Science/Pre-Law, University of Houston; J.D. Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Academic Interests: Real Property, Contracts Law, Wills and Probate, Legal Research, Legal Writing

Dr. Claiborne has been a Wharton County Jr. College faculty member since 2007.

Dr. Claiborne received her Texas Law License in 2002 and has practiced Texas law in Fort Bend County, Harris County, and Rusk County as well as practiced Federal US Immigration Law in the US and throughout the world. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Fort Bend Bar Association. Dr. Claiborne also sits on the advisory board of Fort Bend Lawyers Care and the American Bar Association Advisory Panel.

 

Adjunct Faculty:

WCJC utilizes practicing attorneys as instructors when possible so we can provide students with a “nuts and bolts” approach to legal practice, emphasizing the most current and practical techniques in their respective fields of specialization. Most of these attorneys have taught in the program for several years and are highly praised by students.