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Sarah E. Redfield
Mailing Address: 20 Prilay Rd., Newport, ME 04953
207-752-1721 (cell) | sarah.redfield@gmail.com
Academic Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
LL.M., Harvard Law School,Cambridge,MA
J.D.,NortheasternUniversitySchool of Law,Boston,MA
B.A., Mount Holyoke College,SouthHadley,MA
PortlandHighSchool,Portland,ME
CURRENT WORK
Ongoing,Professorof Law UniversityofNewHampshire
ProfessorEmerita,Universityof New HampshireSchool of Law
Affiliate Professor,Departmentof Education andWomen’sStudiesProgram,
Universityof NewHampshire
Ongoing,Consultant,Diversity & InclusionInitiativesin Legal Profession(all levels), EducationLaw
and Systemic Reform.
Consultantandspeakerforpublicandprivate clients andotherattorneys.Expertiseincludes implicit
biasand debiasing;addressingdisproportionalityinspecialeducation,school discipline, andjuvenile
justice;establishingeffectivepipeline initiatives;programevaluation;andall areasandlevels of school
law,includingspecialeducationlaw.
SELECTED PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
1983-2012—Professor of Law, UniversityofNewHampshire School of Law, Concord, NH (onleave
2004-08). Courses included variousEducationand Special EducationLaw subjects,AdministrativeLaw,
Legal Writing,andAlternative Dispute Resolution.Serviceincludedvarious committee appointments
includingAcademicStanding,Admissions,Appointments,FacultyModerator,andLibrary.Servedon
the JointTrustee DiversityCommittee and asfacultyadvisorto the DiversityActionCoalitionand
Hispanicstudentassociation. Supervised internshipsandindependentstudyprojectswith
governmental agencies,K12schools,nonprofitorganizations,andprivate firms. Inadditionto
teaching,experiencedwith:successful new programdevelopmentandstate accreditation;program
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evaluation;developmentandinstructionof distance andabbreviatedweekorweekendcourses;and
effectivejointinitiativeswithnon-law schooleducatorsandothercommunitymembers.
2004-08—Visiting UniversityProfessor& Professorof Law, Universityofthe Pacific McGeorge School
of Law, Sacramento, CA. Taught educationlaw,assistedDeanof the Law School inlaunchingpipeline
relationshipswiththe charterschoolsat SacramentoHighand NatomasPacificPathwaysPrep, aswell
as withcollaborative outreachonpipeline anddiversityissuestoother segmentsof the legal and
educationcommunities throughWingspreadinitiatives.
2004-06—Of Counsel,Preti Flaherty,Portland, ME. Advisedoneducationlaw mattersandinitiatives.
1980-2012—Adjunct Faculty. Taught inseveral schools,includingNortheasternUniversitySchool of
Law, Universityof NewHampshire,Universityof New England,Universityof Maine,Universityof the
Pacific,Universityof SouthernMaine,andVermontLaw School.
1980-82—Associate Commissioner,Maine DepartmentofAgriculture,Food and Rural Resources,
Augusta, ME. Administeredamajorstate agencyas part of the three-personcommissioner-level team
responsible forpolicyandbudgetaryoversight;workedextensivelywithlegislative andregulated
constituencies.
1974-80—Assistant Attorney General,Civil Division,Maine AttorneyGeneral’sOffice,Augusta,ME.
Representedthe State of Maine incivil mattersforclientsincludingthe Maine HumanRights
Commission,the BaxterState ParkAuthority, the Departmentof Agriculture, andotherenvironmental
agencies;workedextensivelywithcitizenboards,othergovernmentagencies(state andfederal),and
the Maine Legislature.
College andLaw School—Heldvariousinternshippositionsincludingthe Maine Departmentof Human
Servicesandthe GeorgiaCouncil onHumanRights;workedinvoterregistrationinNorthCarolinaand
on Maynard Jackson’schallenge toHermanTalmadge forthe U.S.Senate seat.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
CURRENT
Recipient, 2012 ABA Sadie AlexanderLifetimeAchievement Awardforworkindiversityandthe
educationpipeline.
Co-chair,JointTaskForce onReversingthe School toPrisonPipeline(ABA Pipeline Council,
CoalitiononRacial andEthnic Justice,andCriminal Justice Section),2015–.
Editor,ImplicitBiasHandbookwithABA Judicial Division,CriminalJustice,&LitigationSections
AppointedMember,ABA CoalitiononRacial andEthnicJustice COREJ,2013–; co-chair School to
PrisonPipeline TownHalls,2014–.
Elected,Fellowsof the AmericanBarFoundation,2009–.
Member, Societyof AmericanLawTeachers(SALT);CanadianAssociationforthe Practical Studyof
Law inEducation(CAPSLE);EducationLaw Association;HispanicNational BarAssociation–various
years.
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Member,AmericanBarAssociation, Criminal JusticeSection.
Member,Maine Bar and Maine Bar Association.
PREVIOUSAPPOINTMENTS
Co-Chair,Sectionof LitigationLeadership,TaskForce onImplicitBias2013—14; Member2010—
2013; MemberDiversityCommittee,2013-15.
ProjectDirector,AchievinganImpartial Jury:RemovingBiasinVoirDire andDeliberations,
AmericanBar AssociationEnterprise Proposal Project,2012–2014.
Member,Racial & Ethnic Justice &DiversityCommittee,CriminalJusticeSection,AmericanBar
Association,2012–2014.
AppointedMember,AdvisoryCommittee,ChicagoLegal Prep(law-themedcharterschool),2010–
2015.
Appointed Member,AdvisoryCommittee,Universityof CaliforniaIrvine SaturdayLaw
Academy2008–2012.
Committee Member,Stereotype Threat,Puttingthe ResearchintoPractice,projectwith
the ABA Pipeline Council,2012.
AppointedMember(SecretaryDuncan),Regional AdvisoryCouncil, U.S.Departmentof
Education,2011.
AppointedMember,Universityof New HampshirePresident’sDiversityCouncil,2010–
2011.
AppointedBoardMember,Council onLegal EducationOpportunity(CLEO),2007–2011.
AppointedMember,Council onAccess&Fairness,State Barof California,2007–2011.
AppointedMember,ABA DiversityCouncil forRacial andEthnicDiversityinthe Educational
Pipeline;Chair,EducationCommittee,2007–2010.
AdvisoryMember,LosAngelesBarDiversityConference,2007.
Member,Pipeline EvaluationCommittee andCo-Chair,EducationTaskForce,The State Bar of
CaliforniaPresident’sPipeline TaskForce,2006–07.
AppointedCommissioner(GovernorBaldacci),EducationCommissionof the States,elected
SteeringCommittee Member,2004-2011.
Founderandchair of the national annual Education&Law Conference,1996–2009.
HearingOfficerandMediator,NHDepartmentof Education,Special Education,various–
2009.
AppointedMember,Finance Authorityof Maine (FAME),gubernatorial atlarge appointment,
1983-85.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
Scott Johnson&Sarah E. Redfield,EducationLaw:A Problem-BasedApproach(Lexis
2d ed.2015).
Mark Weber,RalphMawdsley &Sarah Redfield,Special EducationLaw:Casesand
Materials(Lexis4thed.2013).
Sarah E. Redfield,SalmaSafiedine &SarinaCox,VoirDire inThe State of Criminal
Justice 2012 (ABA 2013).
Sarah E. Redfield&SalmaSafiedine, AchievinganImpartial Jury inThe State of
Criminal Justice 2012 (ABA 2012).
EducationPipeline tothe Professions:ProgramsthatWork to Increase Diversity (Sarah
E. Redfield ed., 2012).
ThinkingLike aLawyer:An Educator’sGuide to Legal AnalysisandResearch (2nded.
2011).
PolicyImplications:The Future of Pipeline ProgramsinDorothyEvensen&CarlaD.
Pratt, The End of the Pipeline atthe Millennium:A Journeyof RecognitionforAfrican
Americanstothe Professionof Law (2011).
DiversityRealized:Puttingthe Walkwiththe TalkforDiversityinthe Pipeline tothe
Legal Profession(2009).
The CuttingEdge:EducationLaw and PolicyTopics(SarahE. Redfielded.,2005).
Sarah E. Redfield,Dorie Shaw&Dr. CeciliaCox,Special EducationTeamFacilitationTraining
Manual (NHDepartmentof Education2003).
MediationandSpecial EducationManual (NHDepartmentof Education1996).
VanishingFarmland(LexingtonBooks1984).
ARTICLES & ONLINE
JasonNance & Sarah Redfield,ABA TaskForce Wantsto HelpDisruptSchool-to-Prison
Pipeline. Juvenile JusticeInformationExchange (February2016).
Sarah E. Redfield&JasonNance,Reversingthe School toPrisonPipeline Preliminary
Report(2016).
AchievinganImpartial JurywithABA Criminal Justice Section(2015).
ChrisGoodman& Sarah Redfield,A TeacherWhoLooksLike Me, 27 St.John's
UniversitySchool of LawJournal of Civil RightsandEconomicDevelopment105(2013).
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The Courage to Pay Heed:KnowingandRespondingtoImplicitBias,AmericanBar
Association,17Woman Advocate Summer 2012.
ImplicitBiasToolbox &TrainingManual,available atABA Website,
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/initiatives/task-force-implicit-
bias/implicit-bias-toolbox.html (withABA Sectionof LitigationTaskForce onImplicit
Bias).
Sarah E. Redfield&TheresaKraft,WhatColorisSpecial Education,available at
http://ssrn.com/author=723634 (alsoinJournal of Law andEducation).
Hispanicsandthe Pipelinetothe Legal Profession,HispanicNational BarAssociation
Journal of Law and Policy(2011).
Desegregatingthe Legal Community,LastWord,Diverse IssuesinHigherEducation
(Mar. 2011).
Sarah Redfield,ChachDurate White &JohnSklut,DiversityMattersinWashington
State,WashingtonState Bar Journal (Oct.2010).
RealizingDiversity—Whythe Educational Pipeline IsCritical,ClevelandMunicipal Bar
Journal (Feb. 2010).
The Educational Pipeline toLaw School—TooBrokenandTooNarrow to Provide
Diversity,Pierce LawReview (2010).
The EducationPipelinetothe Legal Profession—A PrimerandGuide,1 DiversityVoice
(Summer2010).
A ThoughtPaper: The EducationPipelinetothe Legal Profession (withMembersof the
EducationCommittee of the ABA Council forRacial andEthnicDiversityinthe
Educational Pipeline, online).
A Viewfromthe Silo:EducatingLawyersandEducators,National School Board
AssociationLeadershipInsider(May2009).
WingspreadDelivered&Deliverables—A WorkingPaper(2007).
PeterArth,Ruthe Ashley&SarahRedfield,CaliforniaAspire,Achieve,Lead—The
UnderlyingConcept(2007).
IncreasingDiversityalongthe Educational Pipeline,Preschool tothe Profession,NALP
Newsletter(2007).
Law Schoolsandthe Educational Pipeline,Preschooltothe ProfessionP20,Prelaw
AdvisorsNational Council PLANCNewsletter(2007).
ElizabethRindskopf Parker&SarahE. Redfield,The Educational Pipeline from
Preschool toProfessional School:WorkingtoIncrease Diversityinthe Profession,75
The Bar Examiner#2 (May 2006).
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Sarah E. Redfield&Catherine AdamsMinicucci,Reporttothe JamesIrvine
Foundation:Professional,University,College,andHighSchoolsP20 Partnership
Programs (2005).
ElizabethRindskopf Parker&SarahE. Redfield,Law SchoolsCannotBe Effectivein
Isolation,2005 BYU Education & Law Journal 1.
Gary Miller,JohnNagle,ElizabethRindskopf Parker,SarahE. Redfield&ClarkKelso,
Renovatingthe K20 Pyramid,Law & EducationCrucial Issues(LEXIS2004).
Tell Me A Story: A CautionaryTale of the Lawyerand the Educator, Maine Bar Journal
(Fall 2003).
Sarah E. Redfield,ThreatsMade,ThreatsPosed:School andJudicial AnalysisinNeedof
Redirection,2003 BYU Education & Law Journal 663.
Sarah E. Redfield,The Convergence of EducationandLaw:A New Classof Educators
and Lawyers,36 IndianaLaw Review 609 (2003).
Sarah E. Redfield,ShouldWe Teachthe Teachers:WhyEducatorsNeedtoKnow the
Law, Legal IssuesinEducation,OrbitMagazine (Universityof Toronto 2002).
Sarah E. Redfield,Chemical Trespass?AnOverview of StatutoryandRegulatoryEfforts
to Control Pesticide Drift,73 KentuckyLaw Journal 855 (1985).
PRESENTATIONSANDTRAINING
AdvancingWomeninSTEMFields,Universityof New Hampshire (Durham, NH May
2016).
Reversingthe School toPrisonPipeline TownHall,Juvenile Justice (Memphis,TN April
2016).
LeadershipRoundtable,EighthJudicialCircuitBarAssociation(Gainesville,FLMarch
2016).
School to PrisonPipeline,TownHall:Release of PreliminaryReportandFocusonLGBTQ,
San Diego,CA
ImplicitBiasTraining, ClarkCountySchool District(LasVegas,NV December2015)
UnderstandingImplicitBiastoGainJustice & Equal Opportunity,NebraskaState Bar
Association(OmahaNEOctober2015).
ImplicitBiasforEducators,WilliamsCollege (WilliamstownMA October2015).
AdvancingWomeninthe AcademyUNHAdvance Project(Durham, NHAugust2015).
ImplicitBiasTraining, Committee onthe FederalJudiciary (Chicago,ILJuly2015).
School to PrisonPipeline,TownHall Session:The NextSteps(Chicago,ILJuly2015).
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ImplicitBias—UnderstandingHow itCan AffectYourWorkplace,EEOCTrainingInstitute
(VirginiaBeach,VA June 2015 Chapel Hill,NC2015).
ImplicitBias&the School toPrisonPipeline,Joint TrainingWarrenCountyDepartment
of HumanServices(May2015).
ImplicitBias: UnderstandingWhatJuror#3 ReallyThinksof You,Your ClientandYour
Witness,YouMay Be Surprised,ABA Sectionof Litigation,SectionAnnual Conference
(NewOrleans,LA April 2015).
NewOrleansSchool toPrisonPipelineTownHall,togetherwiththe ABA Sectionof
Litigation(NewOrleans,LA April 2015).
The School to PrisonPipeline TownHall &Symposium—EducationasaCivil Rightin
IndianCountry, SandraDayO'ConnorCollege of Law CenterforIndianEducation
(Tempe,AZMarch 2015).
ImplicitBiasTrainingforSchool Administrators,HorryCounty(Conway,SCMarch2015)
LearningfromTexas—The School toPrisonPipeline TownHall Meeting:WhatAre the
Problems?WhatAre the Solutions(Houston,TX Feb. 2015).
The Role of WomeninCriminal Justice Reform:WhatisNextAfterFergusonandNew
York? (Houston,TX Feb. 2015).
The ABA/GovernmentConnection—The School toPrisonPipelineTownHall
(Washington,DCFeb. 2015).
Why isSuccessEludingUs? AnInnovative ApproachtoImpartialityinEducation, South
CarolinaSchool BoardAssociationSchool Law Conference(Myrtle Beach,SCAug.2014)
The School to PrisonPipeline TownHall,ABA Annual Meeting(BostonMA Aug.2014).
GettingReal aboutREAL (ReachingExcellence inAcademicLeadership),UNHAdvance
ProjectTraining(Durham,NHAug.2014).
EliminatingBiasbyRethinkingThinking—TheView fromthe Bench,the Bar,the Experts,
ABA Annual MeetingCriminal Justice SectionPanel (Boston,MA Aug.2014).
Legal Summit:School-To-PrisonPipeline,RainbowPushCoalition43rdAnnual
International Convention(Chicago,ILJuly2014).
The CuttingEdge:Can Criminal Justice be Fair?EmergingPerspectivesonImplicitBias,
International Societyforthe Reformof Criminal Law (Vancouver,BCJune 2014).
Why Isthe ADVANCESoSlow?,UNHAdvance Project LeadershipTraining(Durham, NH
June 2014).
Disruptingthe “Cradle toPrisonPipeline”—AlternativestoSchool Suspensionand
Exclusion,AmericanPsychological Association/AmericanBarAssociationJoint
Conference (Washington,DC(May2014).
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ImplicitBiasTraining&The AchievingAnImpartial JuryProject,WashingtonState
Judiciary (SeattleWA Mar. 2014).
ImplicitBiasTraining&The AchievingAnImpartial JuryProject,UnitedStatesDistrict
Court forthe EasternDistrictof California(Sacramento,CA Feb. 2014).
Moderator,The School toPrisonPipeline:WhatAre the Problems?WhatAre the
Solutions?,ABA CoalitiononRacial andEthnic Justice (Chicago,ILFeb. 2014).
Panelist,HotTopicsinDiversityLaw CLE,ABA Sectionof State andLocal Government
(Chicago,ILFeb. 2014).
EducationLaw ina TurbulentWorld,KEYNOTE,LawWorks(Toronto,ON,Nov.2013).
Mindfulnessof Difference:A New Perspective forEducatorsandLawyers,LawWorks
(Toronto,ON,Nov.2013).
ImplicitBiasTraining&The AchievingAnImpartial JuryProject,NC Commissionon
Racial & EthnicDisparities,(DukeUniversity, DurhamNCOct.2013).
ImplicitBiasTrainingforUrban Educators,ChicagoLegal Prep(Chicago,IL Sept.2013).
Brand NewToolsThat CanHelpYou Combat ImplicitBias:JuryInstructions,VoirDire
QuestionsandMore!, withthe Honorable MorrisonEnglandandthe Honorable Fumiko
Wasserman,ABA Annual Meeting(SanFrancisco,CA Aug. 2013).
ImplicitBiasTrainingSeries,Office forCivil Rights,U.S.Departmentof Education(Region
I, Boston,MA,June-July2013).
RevvingUpInclusionof DiversityandDisability–Consideringthe EmergingScience on
ImplicitBias,29th Annual PacificRimInternational Conference onDisability&Diversity
(Honolulu,HIMay 2013).
Free Speech JustIsn'tWhat It Usedto Be—Sexting,Cyberbullyingetal. Meetthe
Constitution,VermontHumanitiesCouncil&VermontBarAssociation(St. Johnsbury
Academy,VTApril 2013).
BeyondBias:DeconstructingStereotypes,ABA Sectionof Litigation,SectionAnnual
Conference, withthe Honorable Bernice Donald andthe Honorable Michael Hyman
(Chicago,ILApril 2013)
Recognizing&EliminatingGenderBiasinLaw Firmsto Maximize Revenueby
Retaining/PromotingWomenLawyers Webinar,withattorneysTeresaBeck&Johanna
S. Schiavoni),SanDiegoBarAssociation(online Mar. 2013).
What You Don’tKnowDoesn’tHurt You or What You Do Know Might HelpYou:
DiscussingImplicitBias,FacultyDevelopment&Inclusive Excellence New Faculty
Workshop(Durham,NHFeb. 2013).
ImplicitBias,Keynote,SouthCarolinaJudicialConference(Columbia, SCAug. 2012).
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The DisparityBetweenWhatWe Sayand What We Feel:ConsideringCausesfor
Disproportionality, 2012 OSEP LeadershipConference, withCommissionerSherri Killins
(Washington,DCJuly2012).
MinnesotaJudgesandProbationOfficers ImplicitBiasTraining,The Racial Justice
ImprovementProject (Duluth,MN July2012).
ImplicitBiasDecloaked:NamingUnconsciousDiscriminationandAmelioratingIts
Impacts,National BarAssociation,87thAnnual Convention,withthe HonorableBernice
Donaldand the Honorable AllenWebster(LasVegas,NV July2012).
The Burdenof Stereotype andthe LSAT:AdvisingStrategiesforStudentsof Color,SALT,
PLANC,withSALTpanelists (Washington,DCJune 2012).
Antibias Training,MassachusettsDepartmentof EarlyEducationandCare (Framingham,
MA May 2012).
Debiasingthe Profession:The Disparity betweenWhatWe Say andWhat We Feel,
KEYNOTE,ABA Sectionof Real Property,Trust& Estate Law (New York,NY May 2012).
Special Education,NBI (Manchester,NHMay2012).
ReformingU.S.NewsRankingstoInclude Diversity, withDeanKevinJohnson,U.S. News
& World ReportDirectorof Data ResearchRobertMorse & ProfessorJeffreyEvans
Stake, The B.A.to J.D. Pipeline ProgramSymposiumOpeningDoors:MakingDiversity
Matter in Law School Admissions(New York, NYNov. 2011).
A TeacherWho LooksLike Me: Making OverProfessional EducationtoAssure Students
of ChampionsandSuccessina Diverse Classroom, withChrisGoodman, 24th
Annual
Conference onRace & EthnicityinAmericanHigherEducation,NCORE(SanFrancisco,
CA June 2011).
DiversityMatters,CLEMarathon, Chapman& Cutler(Chicago,ILMay 2011).
Sexting:LREConfrontsthe Future,National ABA Law-RelatedEducation(LRE)
Conference (Chicago,ILMar. 2011).
Puttingthe Walkwiththe Talk—Workingthe Educational Pipeline toAssure Diversityin
the Profession,PosterPresentation, AmericanAssociationof Law Schools (San
Francisco,CA Jan. 2011).
DiversityPipeline,withTomAnderson,CharlesCalleros,ElizabethRindskopf Parker,&
Avi Soifer, SALT(Honolulu,HI Dec. 2010).
Developingthe WorkForce of the Future:Diversityatthe Workplace andChallengesof
EmploymentLaw, withAlejandraCastillo,RearAdmiral NanetteM.DeRenzi,MartinE.
Garza & Roxie RawlsDe Santiago, HispanicNationalBarAssociationAnnual Convention
(Minneapolis,MN Sept. 2010).
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Pipeline Roundtable, withLeonardBaynes,Teri Cannon,MargaretMischner& John
Nussbaumer, ABA Annual Meeting(SanFrancisco, CA Aug. 2010).
DefiningA Strategy:WhatKindOf StrategicInitiativesWouldBestImprove the
Pipeline?,withJoAnneA.Epps,E.ChristopherJohnson,MarySnapp& Brad Smith,
LeadershipCouncil onLegal Diversity(LCLD) (ChicagoJuly2010).
Sustainingthe Workforce of the Future:EducatingOurselvesaboutDiversity,Keynote,
ABA Sectionof LitigationLeadershipConference(Whistler,BCJune 2010).
DiversityRealized?The Pipeline andthe Profession,Keynote,2010 ChicagoLegal
Pipeline Symposium,ChicagoCommitteeonMinoritiesinLarge Law Firms(Chicago,IL
Mar. 2010).
Knowingthe NumbersonDiversity,PanelPresentation,DiversityRoundtable,ABA
Annual Meeting(Orlando,FLFeb. 2010).
A RisingTide RaisesAll Boats:The Law School Pipeline toDiversity, PosterPresentation,
AALSAnnual Meeting(NewOrleans,LA, Jan. 2010).
Diversityandthe Educational Pipeline tothe Legal Profession, withLouise Dempsey&
Paul Zavala, 2009 National Law-RelatedEducationLeadershipConference(Chicago,IL
Oct. 2009).
Law-themedEducationasSuperhero—RaisingAspirationsandIncreasingAchievement
ina Single Bound,2009 National Law-RelatedEducationLeadershipConference
(Chicago,ILOct. 2009).
It TakesA Village toRaise A Lawyer:The Educational Pipelineand“Call toAction,”
Keynote, withKentLollis,Rory DeanSmith,RobertaWest&Shelli Soto, ABA’sNational
Conference forthe MinorityLawyer(Philadelphia,PA Sept. 2009).
HispanicDiversityRealized?—Understandingthe Numbers,Puttingthe Walkwiththe
Talk, withDr. Valerie Romero-Leggott&Margaret Montoya, HispanicNational Bar
Association(Albuquerque,NMSept. 2009).
Plumbingthe DiversityPipeline, withSarahDiLorenzo&Jamal Edwards,ABA Annual
Meeting(Chicago,ILJuly2009).
Moderator,ABA Sectionon Individual RightsandResponsibilities,EducationTownHall
(Chicago,ILJuly2009).
IssuesandAnswersonthe Educational Pipeline, withAndriel Dees&JonathanRosseel, 16th
Annual EducationLawConference (Portland,MEJuly2009).
ThinkingOutside the Box, Keynote, withKarinaHamilton,KarenSanchezGriego&Inga
Laurent, Wingspread(Portland,ME July2009).
Law ThemedEducation, withBethBulgeron, 21stAnnual CaliforniaPartnershipAcademy
Conference (DesertPalms,CA April 2009).
Pipeline Roundtable,PanelPresentation,AmericanBarAssociationMidyearMeeting(Boston,
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MA Feb. 2009).
The Historyand Needfora Pipelinetothe Profession, withMargaretMontoya, ABA Diversity
Conference andRegionalMeeting(Albuquerque,NMOct.2008).
Workforce in 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040—Diverse,Educated,andCompetent,withDr.Glen
Harvey,Vicki Zeigler&Mike Langford, CaliforniaPublicUtilitiesCommissionEnBancHearing
(SanFrancisco,CA Oct. 2008).
CaliforniaALL—The Legal Professionof the Future StartsToday, withDr.Stephanie Reyes-
Tuccio, CaliforniaPublicUtilitiesCommissionEnBancHearing(San Francisco,CA Oct. 2008).
Educatingfor the Future,Intel (SantaClara,CA Sept. 2008)
Diversityinthe Bar, withthe Honorable BrendaHarbinForte & Rod Fong, State Bar of
CaliforniaAnnual Meeting(Monterey,CA Sept. 2008).
DiversityPipelineRoundtable, withRuthe Ashley,E.ChristopherJohnson&JohnHiggins,
AmericanBar AssociationAnnualMeeting(New York,NY Aug. 2008).
In It to WinIt—High-Leverage (YetOftenOverlooked)Elementsof P20Reform, withDr.
Michael Kirst& Kristi Kauerz, EducationCommissionof the States,Annual Forum(Austin,TX
July2008).
LRE MeetsDiversity, withH.ThomasWells, Jr.,EduardoRobertoRodriguez& Lee Arbetman,
WingspreadIX(Portland,MEJuly2008).
CurriculumLessonsShared,15thAnnual EducationLaw Conference (Portland,MEJuly2008).
ABA and the PipelinetoLawCareers, withKentLollis&Ruthe Ashley, The Multicultural Affairs
Conference (Baltimore,MDJune 2008).
PromotingaComprehensive Programof StudyforCalifornia’sHighSchools,Creatinga
CurriculumBlueprint, withDr.Penni Hudis, The JamesIrvineFoundation(SanFrancisco,CA
May 2008).
ThinkingOutof the Box—NewWaysforCollaborativeEducationPartnerships,Commonwealth
Educational PolicyInstitute (Richmond,VA April 2008).
CollaborativeEducationPartnerships—AnAmericanView,CanadianAssociationforthe
Practical Studyof Law andEducation(Halifax,NSApril 2008).
CollaborationforLaw-ThemedEducation, withBethBulgeron,RyanKahler,MelissaKeyser&
GavinMody, 20th Annual CaliforniaPartnershipAcademiesConference (SanDiego,CA Mar.
2008).
Plumbingthe DiversityPipeline tothe Legal Profession,Pipeline Roundtable, withAlex
Vasquez,Ruthe Ashley&JohnHiggins, AmericanBarAssociationMidyearMeeting(Los
Angeles,CA Feb. 2008).
WingspreadPastandFuture,withDr. Amy Jarmon, Wingspread (FortWorth,TX 2007).
Closingthe AchievementGaptoIncrease Diversity—The P20Educational Pipeline, with
RusslynnAli &HenryMendoza, CaliforniaPublicUtilitiesCommission,CalPERS,Departmentof
Insurance,State Bar of CaliforniaEnBanc Hearing(LosAngeles,CA 2007).
The WingspreadEducational Pipeline, withDr.RichardGambitta& Ruthe Ashley, Rocky
MountainLegal DiversitySummit(Denver,CO2007).
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CollaborationandPartnershipsProduce LREResults,24thABA LRE National Leadership
Conference (NewOrleans,LA 2007).
The Early Pipelineand Model SolutionsinLaw Schools:MentoringandOtherProgramsto
Enhance AcademicandBar Passage Success, LosAngelesCountyBarAssociationDiversity
Summit(LosAngeles,CA 2007).
The PacificPathwaysPipeline Project, withEmilyRandon, ARCHESEighthAnnual CaliforniaP-
16 CollaborationandStudentSuccessConference (LongBeach,CA 2007).
Diversityinthe Legal Profession:WhatYouShouldKnow andWhat You Can Do, withthe
Honorable Faye D’Opal,CraigHolden,CharlesBonner&OtisBruce, The Marin CountyBar
Association(SanRafael,CA 2007).
AchievingDiversityinthe Profession, withthe Honorable BrendaHarbin-Forte,RodFong&
Craig Holden, State Barof California,SectionEducationInstitute(Berkeley,CA 2007).
The EducationPipelinefromPreschool toLaw School,PosterPresentation,Associationof
AmericanLawSchoolsAnnual Meeting(Washington,DC2006).
The Baseline andWorkof the DiversityTaskForce, withThe Honorable BrendaHarbinForte,
JimHeiting,RodFong,JoanHaratani,CindyFaatz & Ruthe Ashley, State Barof California
Annual Meeting(Monterey,CA 2006).
Fundingthe Pipeline, withEstherRodriguez&Caroline Boitano, ABA AdvisoryCouncil on
Diversity (LosAngeles,CA 2006).
MentoringandDiversity, withBrettScharffs, 13thAnnual EducationLaw Conference (Portland,
ME 2006).
Bang Bang You’re Dead–Issuesof School Safety, withthe KennebunkNewSchool Players, 13th
Annual EducationLawConference (Portland,ME2006).
The Miseducationof the AmericanLitigator,withChristopherEdley &Marjorie Shultz,
AmericanBar Association LitigationSectionLeadershipMeeting(Napa,CA 2006).
How Far Have We Come?EstablishingaDiversityBaseline, withthe HonorableBrendaHarbin-
Forte,Rod Fong& Craig Holden, State Barof CaliforniaSpringDiversitySummit(SanJose,CA
2006).
The EducationPipeline, State Barof CaliforniaSpringDiversitySummit(SanJose,CA 2006).
A RisingTide:Workingthe Educational PipelinefromPreschool toLaw School, withLouise
Dempsey,KentLollis,Cherie Ackerman&Mariel Sanchez, EducationTrustWest(Los Angeles,
CA 2006).
P20 Partnerships:A NewModel BasedonCollaborationacrossthe LRE Pipeline, withBeth
Bulgeron&Karen Sanchez-Griego, 24thABA Law-RelatedEducationLRENational Leadership
Conference (Phoenix,AZ2006).
An Expanded9-20 Alliance:A Law School,aCollege of ArtsandSciences,anEducationSchool,
and a PublicCharterHighSchool, withElizabethRindskopf Parker,LynnBeck,MarisaKelly&
ShellyGorman, AmericanAssociationof Collegesof TeacherEducationAACTE(SanDiego,CA
2006).
AALSExecutive Committee Program, K-20EducationPipeline Initiatives, withElizabeth
Rindskopf Parker,SuellynScarnecchia,GaryWilliams,CharlesOgletree,RickRoe,Brett
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Scharffs,KarenSanchez-Griego,BethBulgeron&AuroraStevenson, Associationof American
Law SchoolsAnnual Meeting(Washington,DC2006).
Participant,AmericanBarAssociationInvitational Pipeline Conference,Embracingthe
OpportunitiesforIncreasingDiversityintothe Legal Profession:CollaboratingtoExpandthe
Pipeline (Houston,TX 2005).
Organizer,WingspreadConferencesonP20School Reformandthe Role of Law Schools,July
2009 (withABA),July2008 (withABA), Oct.,2007, June 2007 (withmedical anddental
schools), Oct.2006, July2006, May 2006, Sept. 2005, Feb. 2005, June 2004.
ThinkingLike aLawyer, Keynote, LawWorks(Toronto,ON 2005).
Presidential Session,The WingspreadP20Initiative:A Law-relatedConsortiumforRenovating
the P20 PyramidandReducingthe AchievementGap, withJackNagle,AlanSadovnik& Dr.
Catherine Millett, AERA AmericanEducationalResearchersAssociationAnnual Meeting
(Montreal,QC2005).
Preti FlahertyTrainingSeries—SelectedEducationLaw TopicsincludingAutism, School
Violence,RighttoKnow,ChristmasandSchool Holidays,NCLB (Maine 2005).
K20 School Reform, withDr.Gary Miller, CommonwealthEducational PolicyInstitute
(Richmond,VA 2004).
RestrainingDifficultBehaviorsinSchools:Legal andPolicyIssues, withScottJohnson,
CommonwealthEducational PolicyInstitute (Richmond,VA 2004).
TrainingSeries—NoChildLeftBehind, withScottJohnson, NewHampshire Departmentof
Education(Concord,NH2004).
Organizer,National Conference onCharterSchools:TrendsandPolicyIssues(Sacramento,CA
2004).
TrainingSeries—Special EducationFacilitation(Concord,NH2003-04).
The How Tos of TeachingSchool Law, withVenittaMcCall, EducationLaw Association
(Savannah,GA 2003).
DiscriminationandDiversity,10thAnnual EducationLaw Conference (Portland,ME2003).
NCLB Primer,10th Annual EducationLaw Conference (Portland,ME2003).
NCLB and Educators,International DyslexiaAssociation(Concord,NH2003).
AlternativestoSchool Finance Litigation, withScottJohnson&HowardBellman,
CommonwealthEducational PolicyInstitute (Williamsburg,VA 2003).
TeachingLaw,EducationLaw Association(New Orleans,LA 2002).
ThreateningSpeech,9thAnnual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH2002).
Law Primer,9th Annual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH2002).
Hot Topicsin EducationLaw, withDr. WilliamBosher&Dr. Richard Vacca, 9th Annual
EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH2002).
Bullying,Ratting,andReporting,NationalAssociationof SecondarySchoolPrincipals(Atlanta,
GA 2002) andNational Associationof ElementarySchool Principals(SanAntonio,TX2002).
LeadersandLawyers, withDr. RuthC. Ash, National Associationof SecondarySchool Principals
14. 14
(Atlanta,GA 2002).
Legal PrinciplesforPrincipals,New HampshireAssociationof School Principals(Concord,NH
2002).
The Supremes Goto School,Law Librariansof New England(Concord,NH2002).
DisciplineGoestoCourt,8th Annual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH2001).
Bullying,8thAnnual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH2001).
Threatsand Violence atSchool:Legal How Tos, 7th Annual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,
NH 2001) and National Associationof SecondarySchool Principals(Phoenix,AZ2001).
Why Distance LearningWorks, withJohnM. Farago, CALI ComputerAssistedLegal Instruction
Conference (Boston,MA 2001).
Law SchoolsandDistance Learning,CALIComputerAssistedLegal InstructionConference
(Chicago,IL2000).
Collisionsonthe InformationHighway,National Associationof SecondarySchool Principals
(SanAntonio,TX2000) and National Associationof Elementary SchoolPrincipals(New Orleans,
LA 2000).
The Law of the Internet:AnAmericanPerspective,CanadianEducationLaw Association
(Toronto,ON 1999).
The InternetandEducation,FifthAnnual EducationLaw Institute (Concord,NH1999); and
National Association of SecondarySchool Principals(New Orleans,LA 1999).
Biasin Testing,HubertH.HumphreyInstitute (Minneapolis,MN 1997).
ADR and Schools, withSteve Goldberg, EducationLaw Association(1996).
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Editor,ImplicitBiasBenchBook (ABA)
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