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Chair
Jay Conison, Dean
Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana

Jay Conison is dean of the Valparaiso University School of Law. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1975, an M.A. (Philosophy) from the University of Minnesota in 1978, and a J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1981. While in law school, Dean Conison was a Notes and Comments Editor of the Minnesota Law Review and was Order of the Coif. Previously, he practiced in the field of business litigation with Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago. Dean Conison has been a member of the Accreditation Committee since 2005 and was co-chair of the Section's Clinical Skills Committee from 2001 to 2004.

Vice Chair

Diane F. Bosse, Esq.
Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo, New York

Diane F. Bosse has practiced law in Buffalo, New York for over 30 years. She has chaired the New York State Board of Law Examiners since 2001 and served on the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners from 1999 to 2008 (Chair, 2006-2007). Ms. Bosse served on the Standards Review Committee of the Section from 2004 to 2007. She is a past president of the Defense Trial Lawyers of Western New York, and a past member of the boards of directors of the Bar Association of Erie County and of the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. In 2001, Ms. Bosse received the Award of Merit from the Bar Association of Erie County, and she received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Public Service from the University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association in 2005. She was honored in 2006 as the Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Defense Trial Lawyers of Western New York. In 2010, she received a New York State Bar Association Award for Excellence in Public Service. Ms. Bosse received her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Members

Jonathan Alger
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Jonathan Alger is senior vice president and general counsel at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he is as a member of the senior leadership team, oversees all legal affairs for the university, serves as chief compliance officer, and advises the governing boards and administration. He teaches undergraduate courses on higher education law and diversity issues. He has previously served as assistant general counsel at the University of Michigan (where he helped coordinate two landmark admissions lawsuits in the U.S. Supreme Court), counsel for the American Association of University Professors, attorney-advisor in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, and as an associate in labor and employment law at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Mr. Alger currently serves as first vice president of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and is a member of several national advisory boards in higher education. He has given hundreds of presentations on higher education law and policy in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Alger graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and high honors from Swarthmore College.

Alice Gresham Bullock, Professor
Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Alice Gresham Bullock, a tax and estate planning lawyer, joined the Howard University School of Law faculty in 1979. After having served twice both as associate dean for academic affairs and interim dean, Professor Bullock was named dean of the school of law in 1997 and lead the law school until 2002. She also served as deputy director of the Association of American Law Schools from 1992 to 1994. She has been a member of more than eight ABA sabbatical site visit teams and chaired three site teams. Among other awards, Professor Gresham Bullock was honored by the National Bar Association as a model of excellence in legal education and persistence in the law, public policy and activism and received the inaugural Legacy Diversity Award from the Council on Legal Education Opportunity in honor of her leadership and dedication to diversity in the legal profession. Professor Bullock is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Barbara J. Cox, Professor
California Western School of Law, San Diego, California

Barbara J. Cox is the Clara Shortridge Foltz Professor of Law at California Western School of Law in San Diego. She received her B.A. from Michigan State University and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Professor Cox served as associate dean for academic affairs at California Western, as interim deputy director at the Association of American Law Schools, and held a joint appointment at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Women's Studies Program. She teaches Civil Procedure; Property; Women and the Law; Comparative Gender, Family, and Sexuality; and Sexual Orientation and the Law. She is the past chair of the AALS Sections on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and Women in Legal Education, and is a member of the AALS Resource Corps. Her recent scholarship focuses on interstate recognition of domestic partnerships, marriages, and adoptions by same-sex couples, and she chairs both the executive and steering Committees of Freedom to Marry, the national organization dedicated to winning marriage equality for same-sex couples.

Thomas C. Galligan, Jr., President
Colby-Sawyer College, New London, Ohio

Thomas Galligan earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Stanford University; a J.D. from University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law, summa cum laude, first in class; and a master of laws degree from Columbia University Law School. Mr. Galligan joined Colby-Sawyer College as its eighth president and as a professor in the humanities department in August 2006. Before being selected as the college's president, he served as dean and professor of law at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee. While there, he was the Elvin E. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law and he taught torts and admiralty. Mr. Galligan has published numerous books and articles on torts and admiralty. His scholarship has been cited in the proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts and by numerous legal scholars. It also has been cited by the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate and trial courts.

Dr. Robert Glidden
Rockbridge Baths, Virginia

Robert Glidden served as president of Ohio University from 1994 until his retirement in 2004. Previously he was at Florida State University for fifteen years, as professor and dean of the School of Music (1979-91) and then as provost and vice president for academic affairs (1991-94). During his career he has been a member of the faculties at Wright State University, Indiana University, the University of Oklahoma, and he was dean of music at Bowling Green State University in the late 1970s. He also served for three years, 1972 to 1975, as the executive director of the National Association of Schools of Music and National Association of Schools of Art in Washington. President Emeritus Glidden has been active in higher education accreditation for more than 35 years. He was chairman of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation in the mid-1980s and more recently (1996-98) he was founding chair of the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). He served on the CHEA board until 2004 and continues to work with CHEA on special projects. Dr. Glidden has been a consultant or evaluator for more than 80 colleges and universities across the United States and has delivered papers on various aspects of American higher education in both Europe and Asia. He continues to serve as a consultant to colleges and universities in planning, development, and governance issues.

Charles W. Goldner, Jr., Professor
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas

Charles W. Goldner, Jr., professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has served on the faculty since January 1988 and served as dean of the school from July 2000 through June 2008. He received his B.A. from DePauw University in 1971, his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1973 and his LL.M. from Georgetown University in 1987. Dean Goldner served six years as chair of the Pre-law Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. He currently serves on the board of the Law School Admission Council, as chair of Finance and Legal Affairs for the Law School Admission Council, as chair of the Arkansas Supreme Court Professional Practicum Committee, and as chair of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission.

Peter G. Glenn, Of Counsel
Stevens & Lee, P.C., Reading, Pennsylvania

As general counsel at Stevens & Lee, Peter Glenn is responsible for lawyer recruiting and professional development. He also manages professional responsibility and professional liability risk management for the firm. Mr. Glenn joined Stevens & Lee from The Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University, where he served as dean and Donald B. Farage Professor of Law for eight years. Previously, Mr. Glenn taught on the law faculties of the University of South Carolina, Case Western Reserve University, Washington and Lee University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During 2003-2005, Mr. Glenn served the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as executive deputy general counsel. He also spent several months as acting general counsel to Governer Edward G. Rendell. A former law clerk to the Hon. Abraham L. Freedman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Mr. Glenn has taught, presented and published on issues of ethics, the professional responsibilities of lawyers, and civil procedure. He earned a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Professor Peter A. Joy
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri

Peter Joy is the director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at Washington University School of Law and was the inaugural director of the Trial and Advocacy Program for the law school from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining the Washington University law faculty, he was professor of law and director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic at Case Western Reserve University Law School. Before becoming a law professor, Professor Joy had a general litigation practice in Cleveland, Ohio, served as an arbitrator with the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Please, and a mediator for the Center for Human Services in Cleveland. He currently serves on the Board of Editors for the Clinical Review, the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Professional Responsibility, the board of directors of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), and is a member of the Education Study Project sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Stanford Law School. He previously served on the Clinical Skills Committee of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Professor Joy has written about clinical legal education, legal ethics, lawyer and judicial professionalism, access to justice issues, and criminal justice issues. He is a contributing editor and co-authors a regular ethics column for Criminal Justice, a quarterly publication of the American Bar Association, and is the co-author of, Ethical Issues for Prosecution and Defense, to be published by the ABA. Professor Joy earned a B.A. from Youngstown State University and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University Law School.

Joel H. Kaye, CPA, MPA
Ellin & Tucker, Chartered, Baltimore Maryland

Joel Kaye is a director in the Audit, Accounting, and Consulting Department of Ellin & Tucker and chairperson of the firm’s Printing Industry Services Group. He has more than 30 years of experience with the firm, specializing in management advisory services to many of the firm’s major clients. His industry expertise includes printing, retail, wholesale distribution, manufacturing, automotive, golf course operations, and service organizations. In addition, Mr. Kaye has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestiture planning, financial structuring or restructuring, litigation support, forensic accounting, cost accounting, financial modeling and forecasting and assisting companies in financially troubled situations and bankruptcies representing debtors, unsecured creditors, and secured lenders. Mr. Kaye is a graduate of the University of Maryland, earning both a bachelor of science degree and a master of business and public administration degree.

Anne Lukingbeal, Associate Dean
Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York

Anne Lukingbeal been an administrative dean at Cornell Law School since 1978 and currently serves as Associate Dean and Dean of Students. Dean Lukingbeal has been a frequent site inspection team member and served on the Section's Bar Admissions Committee from 1995 to 1998. Additionally, Dean Lukingbeal was a member of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Board of Trustees from 1984 to 1986, chaired the LSAC Programs, Education, and Prelaw Committee, and served on other LSAC committees including the Services Committee, the External Affairs Committee, and the Conference Planning Committee. In 1992, she was appointed to the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyer Competence and in 2003 she was elected to the National Association of Law Placement (NALP) Board of Directors. Dean Lukingbeal's other NALP include serving on the Task Force on Conditional Admission of the National Conference of Bar Examiners for 2003-2004 and in 2007 chaired tne NALP Task Force on Women's Leadership issues. From 1975-78, she served as a trial attorney in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office. She was admitted to the California bar in 1975 and has been on inactive status since 1979. Dean Lukingbeal received her undergraduate degree in political science (with distinction) from Stanford University in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of California-Davis in 1975.

Pamela Lysaght, Professor
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan

Pamela Lysaght is the associate dean of academic affairs and an associate professor of law at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She is the author of Michigan Legal Research, the co-author of Successful Legal Analysis and Writing: The Fundamentals, the co-creator and co-author of CiteStation, and a contributor to the Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs. Additionally, she has published articles in J. ALWD and the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute. Professor Lysaght is a member of the Association of Legal Writing Directors, serving as president in 2000-2001, and the Legal Writing Institute. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute. Within the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Professor Lysaght has been a frequent member of site evaluation teams and is a former member of the Communication Skills Committee. At UDM, Professor Lysaght was the inaugural director of the Applied Legal Theory and Analysis Program and was instrumental in designing the school’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program. She currently co-chairs the school's Curriculum Committee. Professor Lysaght received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the University of Detroit. While in law school, Professor Lysaght was a member of the Law Review and the Moot Court Board of Directors.

Ada Meloy, General Counsel
American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.

Ada Meloy joined the American Council on Education (ACE) in 2007, where she focuses on legal issues in higher education and has chaired a working group examing ethical and conflict issues faced by institutions and their faculty, staff and administration. Ms. Meloy joined ACE after a 28-year career at New York University's Office of Legal Counsel. She served as deputy general counsel for over 10 years and as acting general counsel for NYU in 2005-2006. Ms. Meloy has also served on extensive committees and spoken at conferences of the National Association of College and Univerity Attorneys. In 2000, she co-founded the Prisoners' Reading Encouragement Project, which enhances literacy and educational opportunities for inmates, for which she currently serves as a director. She has been a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics and the Disciplinary Committee for New York attorneys. She is a member of both the New York and District of Columbia bars as well as the bars of various federal courts. Ms. Meloy is a graduate of Wellesey College, where she was a Wellesley Scholar. She earned a J.D. from the NYU School of Law.

Veryl V. Miles, Dean
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Dean Miles joined the faculty of the Columbus School of Law in 1987 and served as associate dean of academic affairs from 1997 to 1999. Previously, she was on the law faculty at George Mason University and has also taught in the summer school program at Washington University School of Law and as an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. Her teaching focus is primarily consumer bankruptcy and commercial law and she has written extensively on these topics. From August 2001 to August 2003, Dean Miles served as deputy director of the Association of American Law Schools. She is a graduate of Wells College in Aurora, New York, and earned her law degree at the Catholic University of America.

Dr. Charles Nash
The University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Charles R. Nash has served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at The University of Alabama System since 1992. As a senior academic officer in the System, he is the chief liaison to academic, institutional research and planning officials at The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He advises the Chancellor on all academic policy matters and provides primary leadership in program planning, development, and review. Dr. Nash holds a bachelor’s degree from Jackson (MS) State University, a master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a doctoral degree from Mississippi State University; and has studied at SE LA, Stanford, and Harvard Universities. Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Nash served as associate executive director for the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He has also held the position of dean of the School of Education at Armstrong State College (GA) and Director of Special Studies and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Development for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Dr. Nash is on the executive committees of the boards of directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalition (NASSMC).

Scott B. Pagel, Associate Dean
George Washington University, Washington, DC

Scott B. Pagel is a professor, associate dean for information services, and director of the Burns Law Library at the George Washington University Law School. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University, his M.A.L.S. from the University of Michigan, and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He teaches Advanced Legal Research and his scholarship focuses on legal bibliography and rare books. Professor Pagel has served on the Accreditation Committee since 2006 and has been a member of the ABA Law Libraries Committee since 2005. He served on the Membership Committee of the American Association of Law Schools from 2004 to 2006 and is active in the American Association of Law Libraries. Prior to coming to George Washington he served as law library director and associate professor at the University of Oklahoma and assistant director for Public Services at Columbia University.

Honorable Margret G. Robb
United States Court of Appeals, Indianapolis, Indiana

Judge Robb was appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals in July 1998 by Governor Frank O'Bannon. Prior to joining the Court, Judge Robb was engaged in the general practice of law for 20 years and was a Chapter 11, 12, and a Standing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy trustee for the Northern District of Indiana. She was a registered family and civil law mediator and served as a Tippecanoe County Deputy Public Defender. Judge Robb has held numerous board positions for and been an officer for the Indiana State Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Foundation, Tippecanoe County Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Foundation, American Bar Foundation, and the National Association of Women Judges. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Business Economics from Purdue University and is a 1978 magna cum laude graduate of Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.

Frederick Y. Yu
Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colorado

At Sherman & Howard, Frederick Yu's areas of emphasis are health care, government contracts, and administrative law and litigation. He is admitted to the bar in Colorado and served as a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners from 1987 to 1997. In October 2000, Mr. Yu was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. He is also chair of the board of directors of The Colorado Health Foundation and a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Yu was a member of the United States District Court Committee on Conduct, and from 1999 to 2000, served as chair of the Colorado Bar Association Health Law Forum Committee. He earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University, a master's degree from the University of Michigan, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.