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1 American Bar Association Task Force on the Future of Legal Education 1 (2013)

handle is hein.lbr/tfledbio0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION Honorable Randall T. Shepard (Task Force Chair) became Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court in 1987 at age 40, then the youngest chief justice in the United States. Shepard also practiced law, served as a trial judge, was Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Evansville, Indiana, and served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Under Secretary of Transportation in Washington D.C. Shepard retired from the Supreme Court in March 2012. He presently serves as Executive in Residence at Indiana University's Public Policy Institute and as a Senior Judge in the Indiana Court of Appeals. Justice Shepard holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B., cum laude), Yale Law School (J.D.), and the University of Virginia (LL.M.). Eight universities have awarded him honorary degrees. He served as President of the Conference of Chief Justices and Chair of the National Center for State Courts. He is past chair of the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which oversees accreditation of America's 180 law schools. He formerly chaired the ABA Appellate Judges Conference, representing 700 federal and state judges. In 2006, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Justice Shepard to serve on the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee of Civil Rules. In July 2007, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels named Justice Shepard and former Governor Joseph E. Kernan as co-chairs of the Local Government Reform Commission. He received the 2009 Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence from the American Judicature Society. Shepard authored over 900 majority opinions for his court and sixty-five law review articles. Paulette Brown is a Partner and Chief Diversity Officer of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP and is a member of the Finn's Labor & Employment Group. Throughout her career of practicing in excess of 35 years, Paulette has held a number of positions, including in house counsel to a number of Fortune 500 companies and as a Municipal Court Judge. For more than 25 years, she has focused her practice on labor and employment matters. She has litigated a variety of employment matters, including, but not limited to, class actions, sexual harassment, marital status, WARN, race and age discrimination and issues pertaining to FMLA. Paulette is also experienced in all aspects of workplace training and collective bargaining. Paulette litigates in both federal and state courts, the NLRB and arbitration forums for both unionized and non-union employees. Paulette is a certified mediator for the United States District Court, District of New Jersey and a member of the AAA Employment Panel. She is a frequent lecturer on labor and employment issues and issues related to electronic discovery. Paulette serves as Vice Chair of the Labor and Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Paulette is a past President of the National Bar Association where during her tenure, she lead a delegation to monitor the first free and democratic elections in South Africa. Paulette has served on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and on its eight member Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Paulette is also a past President of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey and the YWCA of Central New Jersey. Paulette served on the ABA's Commission on Women in the Profession and co- authored the nationally acclaimed study, Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms. Paulette speaks extensively on diversity issues and issues affecting women in the profession. She recently received the prestigious Margaret Brent Award. Paulette has been recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Attorneys in the U.S. and by New Jersey Law Journal as one of the prominent women

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