Professor Patience A. Crowder joined the faculty at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV in Spring 2024 as a Professor of Law. She is the founding director of the Community Business Clinic, a new law clinic that will focus on transactional legal assistance and community economic development. Prior to Boyd Law, Professor Crowder was an Associate Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Wellspring Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at Tulsa College of Law.

Professor Crowder’s scholarship examines the intersection and impact of contract, corporate, and local laws in advocacy for the public interest, particularly in revitalizing underserved communities.