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Faculty Committees


Academic Year 2009-2010


Faculty Personnel
Curriculum and Program Development
Program Directors
Executive LLM Programs
Conference and Speakers
Student Advice and Support
Faculty Disciplinary Process
University Committees

 

FACULTY PERSONNEL
Kim Yuracko, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Faculty and Research

Personnel Committee
Emerson Tiller, Chair
Lee Epstein
Shari Diamond
Jide Nzelibe
Kristen Stilt
Abby McCullough, Faculty Recruitment Coordinator

Subcommittees:
Research Faculty Promotions
TBD Promotion:
Nancy Staudt, Chair
Jim Pfander, Chair

Clinical Promotions
TBD Promotion:
Tom Geraghty, Chair
Lynn Cohn
John Elson
Judy Rosenbaum

Research Faculty Mentors

TBD

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CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Jim Lupo, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Curriculum

Curriculum Development Committee
Stephen Presser, Chair
David Dana
Olufunmilayo Arewa
Lynn Cohn
Lesley Kagan
Nancy Staudt
Adi Altschuler, Director, International Programs
Jim Rockwell, Registrar

Task Forces:

Accelerated JD (ongoing)
Jim Lupo, Chair
Don Rebstock
Marty Redish
Jim Rockwell
Emerson Tiller

Communications (March 31, 2009)
Sue Provenzano, Chair
Peter DiCola
Sue Payne
Jim Pfander
Judy Rosenbaum
Terri Mascherin, Past-Chair, Law Board
Stephanie Wurtzel, Director of Admissions

Teamwork and Organizational Behavior (decision making and psychological bias) (March 31, 2009)
Janice Nadler, Co-Chair
Kim Yuracko, Co-Chair
Steve Lubet
Sheila Maloney
Sam Tenenbaum
Terri Zenner, Law Board
Cliff Zimmerman
Consultant from Kellogg Management and Organizations Department

Curricular and Pedagogical Practices (August 31, 2009)
Jim Lupo, Chair
Esther Barron
Bob Burns
Ezra Friedman
Leslie Kagan
Dorothy Roberts
Jim Speta

Quantitative Analysis (December 31, 2008)
Ken Ayotte, Chair
Tom Brennan
Paul Meister, Vice-Chair, Law Board
Nancy Staudt

Intensive Semester (December 31, 2008)
Tom Geraghty, Chair
Bridget Arimond
Steven Calabresi
Steve Reed
Len Rubinowitz

Globalization (March 31, 2008)
Jide Nzelibe, Chair
Adi Altshuler
Mayer Freed
John Haberstroh
Lisa Huestis
David Scheffer
Kristen Stilt

Curricular Concentrations

Business Enterprise Concentration
Fred McChesney and Karl Lutz (spring semester only)

Litigation Concentration
Steven Lubet

International Concentration
Jide Nzelibe

Law and Public Policy
Leonard Rubinowitz

Program Directors

Academic and Professional Excellence (APEx)
Susie Spies Roth, Director

Academic Scholars
Lee Epstein, Co-Director
Emerson Tiller, Co-Director

Communication and Legal Reasoning
Sue Provenzano, Director

Communication Initiatives
Judy Rosenbaum, Director

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

International Team Project
Lisa Huestis, Director

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

JD-PhD Program
Shari Diamond, Director

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

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
Esther Barron, Director

Investor Protection Center
Sam Tenenbaum, Director

Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic
Sarah Schrup, Director

LLM Program in International Human Rights
Bridget Arimond, Director

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EXECUTIVE LLM PROGRAMS
Mayer Freed, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Executive LLM Programs

Madrid (with Instituto de Empresa)
Fred McChesney, Director

Seoul (with KAIST)
James Speta, Director

Tel Aviv (with Tel Aviv University)
TBD, Director

Summer Executive LLM
TBD, Director

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CONFERENCE AND SPEAKERS

Named Speakers Committee (Rosenthal, Trienens, Pope & John)
Leigh Bienen, Chair
Phil Postlewaite
Peter DiCola

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STUDENT ADVICE AND SUPPORT

Judicial Clerkship Committee (lower courts)
James Pfander, Chair
Lisa Huestis
Kenworthey Bilz
Jim Speta
Allison Heverin
TBD, Assistant Director of Career Strategy and Advancement

Supreme Court Clerkship Committee
Steven Calabresi, Chair
John McGinnis
Philip Postlewaite
Martin Redish

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 Placement (including VAPs)
Emerson Tiller, Chair
Lee Epstein
Kimberly Yuracko

Competitions

Jessup Moot Court: Sunil Harjani, Adjunct Professor

Julius Miner Moot Court: John Elson

National Moot Court Teams: John Elson and Sarah Schrup

National Trial Team: Steven Lubet, Dean Poulales and Jonathan King

Negotiation Competitions: Lynn Cohn

Student Petitions and Appeals Committee
John McGinnis, Chair
Kenworthey Bilz
Dorothy Roberts
Martha Kanter
Jane Raley
Cliff Zimmerman, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

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
Bob Bennett, Advisor

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FACULTY DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES

Law School Hearing Board
Len Rubinowitz, Chair
Simmie Baer
Andrew Koppelman
Ellen Mulaney

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UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENTS

Inauguration Planning Committee
Lee Epstein, Member

Executive Committee of Cells of Society: The Center on Social Disparities and Health
Dorothy Roberts, Member

IPR's Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies Program
Dorothy Roberts, Chair

Advisory Committee for the Masters Program in Medical Humanities
Robert Burns, Member

The Dispute Resolution Research Center (Kellogg's Managment and Organizations department)
Lynn Cohn, Board Member
Janice Nadler, Executive Committee and Advisory Committee

Legal Studies Faculty Advisory Board
Lee Epstein, Member

Board of Editors of Northwestern University Press
Marty Redish, Member (2001-2008)

University's General Faculty Committee
John Elson, Member
Andrew Koppelman, Member

External Lecture Committee
Leigh Bienen, Member

University Committee for Honorary Degrees
Shari Diamond, Member

Univeristy's Faculty Athletics Committee
Marty Redish, Member



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