About
Professor Odinet teaches International Finance: Banking & Structured Finance. He is a professor of law at the Texas A&M University School of Law. He was previously on the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law, the University of Oklahoma College of Law and the Southern University Law Center. Professor Odinet teaches courses in international banking and finance, consumer finance, and real estate transactions. His research specializes in commercial and consumer finance, with an emphasis on mortgage lending and financial technology (fintech). His book titled Foreclosed: Mortgage Servicing and the Hidden Architecture of Homeownership in America was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019 and was featured on NPR’s Planet Money podcast. His work has also appeared in leading American law reviews, such as the Virginia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review. In addition to his faculty role, Professor Odinet has been active in numerous organizations. He has chaired both the Commercial and Consumer Law Section and the Real Estate Transactions Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Odinet currently serves as co-editor of the Annual Survey of Consumer Finance Law, which appears in the American Bar Association's The Business Lawyer publication. In law reform circles, Professor Odinet served as a commissioner with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and is an elected member of the American Law Institute.