Faculty Committees

 

 

 

Faculty Committees

Academic Year 2007-2008

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Executive Degree Programs: Mayer Freed
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Faculty and Research: David Dana
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Strategic Initiatives:  Emerson Tiller
Assistant Dean for Curriculum:  James Lupo

Personnel Committee
Curriculum and Program Development
External and Internal Speakers Committee
Student Advice and Support
Faculty in Disciplinary Processes
University Committees

Personnel Committee
Lee Epstein, Chair
Max Schanzenbach
Janice Nadler
James Lindgren
James Pfander
Cristina Barragan, Faculty Coordinator

Subcommittees of the Personnel Committee

Political Theory
Andrew Koppelman, Chair
Robert Burns
Kimberly Yuracko

Psychology
Janice Nadler, Chair
Shari Diamond
Emerson Tiller

Legal History
James Pfander, Chair
Stephen Presser
Robert Burns

Business Law
Max Schanzenbach, Chair
James Lindgren
Abraham Wickelgren

Voting Rules Committee
Emerson Tiller, Chair
James Pfander
John McGinnis
Janice Nadler

Faculty Mentoring
Max Schanzenbach (Abe Wicklegren)
David Dana (Ronen Avraham)
John McGinnis (Jide Nzelibe)
Emerson Tiller (Tonja Jacobi)
Nancy Staudt (Ken Ayotte)
Stephen Presser (Kristen Stilt)
James Speta (Olufunmilayo Arewa)
Ronald Allen (Eugene Kontorovich)
Shari Diamond (Kenworthey Bilz)


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Curriculum and Program Development

Curriculum Development Committee
Stephen Presser, Chair
Steven Calabresi (spring)
Lynn Cohn
Lesley Kagan
Albert Yoon (fall)
James Rockwell, Registrar
Adi Altshuler, Director of International Programs

Curricular Concentrations

Business Enterprise Concentration
Fred McChesney

Litigation Concentration
Steven Lubet

International Concentration
Jide Nzelibe

Law and Public Policy
Leonard Rubinowitz

Program Development

Communication and Legal Reasoning
Judith Rosenbaum, Director

Corporate Counsel Center
David Ruder, President
Juliann Cecchi, Director of Professional Education

E-Commerce and IP (with Kellogg & McCormick)
Clinton Francis

International Team Project
Lisa Huestis, Director

JD/MBA Program
Fran Langewisch, Advisor
Megan Krueger, Advisor

JD/PhD Program
Shari Diamond, Chair
Kenworthey Bilz

Journalism and Law (with Medill)
Martin Redish, Co-Director
Craig LaMay (Medill), Co-Director

Law and Business Program (with Kellogg)
Fred McChesney
Emerson Tiller

Lawyer as Problem Solver Program
Lynn Cohn, Director

LLM and LLM/Kellogg Program
Stephen Presser, Director

Tax Program
Philip Postlewaite, Director
David Cameron, Associate Director

Executive LLM Programs

Madrid, Spain - Instituto de Empresa
Fred McChesney, Director

Seoul, Korea - KAIST
James Speta, Director

Shanghai (under development)
Carole Silver, Director

Tel Aviv Israel - Tel Aviv University Buchman Faculty of Law
Ronen Avraham , Director

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Bluhm Legal Clinic

Thomas Geraghty, Associate Dean and Director
Steven Drizin, Associate Director

Center for International Human Rights
David Scheffer, Director
Sandra Babcock, Clinical Director

Center on Wrongful Convictions
Steven Drizin, Director
Rob Warden, Executive Director

Children and Family Justice Center
Bernardine Dohrn, Director

Fred Bartlit, Jr. Center for Trial Strategy and National Trial Team
Steven Lubet, Director

Program on Negotiation, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Lynn Cohn, Director
Sheila Maloney, Assistant Director

Small Business Opportunity Center
Thomas Morsch, Director

Investor Protection Center
Sam Tenenbaum, Director

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External and Internal Speakers Committee

Faculty Conference Committee
Shari Diamond
Stephen Calabresi (spring)
Albert Yoon (fall)

Named Speakers Committee
(Rosenthal, Trienens, Pope & John)
Martin Redish, Chair
Dorothy Roberts
Leigh Bienen
Julie Chin, Associate Director for Stewardship

Junior Faculty Workshop Series
Abe Wicklegren, organizer

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Student Advice and Support

Judicial Clerkship Committee (lower courts)
Kenworthey Bilz, Chair
Lisa Huestis
James Speta
Jide Nzelibe
David Cameron
Allison Heverin, Assistant Director of Career Strategy and Advancement

Supreme Court Clerkships
Steven Calabresi, Chair
John McGinnis
Philip Postlewaite
Martin Redish
Jim Pfander

Public Service Strategy
Leonard Rubinowitz
Cynthia Wilson, Director for Public Interest Employment
Maureen Stratton, Public Service Program Coordinator
Audra Wilson, Director of Diversity Education and Outreach

Academic Training Program and Placement
Lee Epstein
Emerson Tiller
David Dana
Kimberly Yuracko

Competitions/Advocacy
Jessup Moot Court: Sunil Harjani, Adjunct Professor
Julius Miner Moot Court: John Elson and Richard Hoskins
National Moot Court Teams: John Elson and Sarah Schrup
National Trial Team: Steven Lubet, Dean Poulales and Jonathan King
Negotiation Competitions: Lynn Cohn
Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic:  Sarah Schrup

Student Petitions Committee
Ronald Allen, Chair
Grace Dodier
Sheila Maloney
Cliff Zimmerman, ex officio

Journals

Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
Ronald Allen, Advisor

Journal of International Human Rights
David Scheffer, Advisor

Journal of International Law & Business
David Van Zandt, Advisor

Journal of Law & Social Policy
Leonard Rubinowitz, Advisor

Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property
Clinton Francis, Advisor

Northwestern University Law Review
John McGinnis, Advisor

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Faculty in Disciplinary Processes

Law School Hearing Board
Marshall Shapo, Chair
Elizabeth Inglehart
Joyce Hughes

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University Assignments

University Patent Policy Committee
James Speta

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