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Faculty Committees
Academic Year 2008-2009
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
David Dana, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Faculty and Research
Personnel Committee
Max Schanzenbach, Chair
James Lindgren
Janice Nadler
Subcommittees:
Research Faculty Promotions
TBD Promotion:
Shari Diamond, Chair
Galen Bodenhausen (psychology)
Nancy Staudt
Robert Burns
TBD Promotion:
Max Schanzenbach, Chair
Tonja Jacobi
Jim Lindgren
TBD (economics or management & strategy)
Clinical Promotions
TBD Promotion:
Tom Geraghty, Chair
Lynn Cohn
John Elson
John McGinnis
Judy Rosenbaum
Research Faculty Mentors
David Dana (Ronen Avraham)
David Dana (Peter DiCola)
Emerson Tiller (Ken Ayotte)
Stephen Presser (Kristen Stilt)
James Speta (Olufunmilayo Arewa)
Ron Allen (Eugene Kontorovich)
Shari Diamond (Kenworthey Bilz)
Tonja Jacobi (Ezra Friedman)
Nancy Staudt (Tom Brennan)
Max Schanzenbach (Abe Wickelgren)
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CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Jim Lupo, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Curriculum
Curriculum Development Committee
Stephen Presser, Chair
Lynn Cohn
Lesley Kagan
Tonja Jacobi
Nancy Staudt
Adi Altshuler, Director of International Programs
James 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
Academic and Professional Excellence (APEx)
Lesley Kagan, Director
Academic Scholars
Lee Epstein, Co-Director
Emerson Tiller, Co-Director
Communication and Legal Reasoning
Judith 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
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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
China
Johann Lee, Director
Summer Executive LLM
TBD, Director
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Faculty Conference Committee
Shari Diamond, Chair
Olufunmilayo Arewa
Eugene Kontorovich
Andrew Koppelman
Named Speakers Committee (Rosenthal, Trienens, Pope & John)
Bob Bennett, Chair
Leigh Bienen
Phil Postlewaite
Peter DiCola
TBD, Associate Director for Stewardship
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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)
Lee Epstein, Chair
Emerson Tiller
David Dana
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
Al Alshuler (fall only)
Karl Lutz (spring only)
Martha Kanter
Jide Nzelibe
Jane Raley
Sue Provenzano, Interim 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 Patent Policy Committee
James Speta, Chair
Presidential Search Committee
Lee Epstein, Member
Executive Committee of Cells of Society: The Center on Social Disparities and Health
Dorothy Roberts, Member
Advisory Committee for the Masters Program in Medical Humanities
Robert Burns, Member
Working Group on Law, Religion and Philosophy
Andrew Koppelman, Chair
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, Chair
External Lecture Committee
Leigh Bienen, Member
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