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31 Syllabus 1 (2000)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus31 and id is 1 raw text is: American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar e Volume XXXI, Number 1 0 Winter 2000 New Consultant Named Sohn A. Sebert, dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law, was named the American Bar Association's Consultant-Designate on Legal Education. I am delighted that John Sebert has agreed to serve in this position so important to the quality of legal education in this country, said ABA Executive Director Robert A. Stein. His talent and lead- ership will ensure that legal educa- tion in the United States will contin- ue to be the finest in the world. Sebert succeeds James P White, the ABAs Consultant on Legal Education since 1974, who announced his retirement effective Sept. 1, 2000. I am honored to be selected as the next Consultant on Legal Education, said Sebert. Over the past 25 years, the leadership that Jim White and the Council of the Section of Legal Education have provided has resulted in major improvements in legal edu- cation in this country I look forward to working with the leadership of the Council and the ABA to help legal education achieve further progress in the coming years. Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, immedi- ate past chair of the Section, described Sebert as a particularly energetic and thoughtful legal educa- tor who is well positioned to work with the three leading parts of the legal profession-practicing lawyers, judges and academics. Dean Sebert is especially well regarded in law school circles, and soon people in other parts of the profession will come to know him as a great leader in American legal education and a suitable successor to Jim White, Shepard added. Sebert, of Olney, Maryland., has been dean and professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law since July 1993. From 1990-92, while on leave from the University of Tennessee College of Law, he was deputy director of the Association of American Law Schools. From 1974- 1987 Sebert served at the University of Tennessee College of Law, first as an associate professor, then as pro- fessor of law, associate dean for aca- demic affairs and acting dean. Sebert also served as associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law School (1970-74), as visiting associ- ate professor at the University of Michigan Law School (summer 1973), and as attorney-advisor to the Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Air Force (1967- 70). Graduating with high distinc- tion and high honors in history from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1964, Sebert went on to receive a Juris Doctor from that insti- tution and to graduate magna cum laude in 1967. Among his Section activities, Sebert currently chairs the Committee on Communication Skills, and is a member of the Accreditation Committee. He also John A. Sebert has chaired site evaluation teams, at least one a year, since 1994 and as a member of the Pre-Law Committee (1994-1997). Among his other pro- fessional activities, Sebert is a mem- ber of the Association of American Law Schools Advisory Group on Electronic Publishing (1998-pres- ent), and served as a member of the AALS Nominating Committee (1994) and the AALS Special Committee on Problems of Substance Abuse in the Law Schools (1992-93). He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, and has served on numer- ous consultative groups for ALl law revision projects. He also is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Maryland Bar Foundation. Sebert is married to Abbie Willard Sebert and has two children and three stepchildren. El

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