Curriculum Vitae MICHELLE WARD GHETTI Professor of and Attorney at Law

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1 Curriculum Vitae MICHELLE WARD GHETTI Professor of and Attorney at Law EDUCATION: Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( ); Juris Doctorate Degree, May, 1983; Rank: 2 out of 184; Honors and Activities: Membership in Order of the Coif and Phi Kappa Phi; Louisiana Law Review; Dean's List (5 semesters); Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson Scholarship; Dean Hebert Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards Southern Methodist University Law School, Dallas, Texas ( ) (27 hours of credit towards Juris Doctorate Degree received from LSU); Rank: approximately 4 out of 174 (had I graduated from S.M.U.); Dean's List (2 semesters) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Bachelor of Science Degree, Elementary Education with concentration in Special Education, August, WORK EXPERIENCE: August 2012 to Present United States Supreme Court Administrative Office/Office of Judges Program Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building One Columbus Circle Washington, DC Supreme Court Fellow August 1991 Southern University Law School to Present Post Office Box 9294 Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana Health and Ethics Endowed Professor Courses Taught: Constitutional Criminal Procedure (21 years), Criminal Trial Procedure (21 years), Evidence (18 years), Professional Responsibility (Ethics)(11 years), Criminal Law (9 years), Law and Religion (5 years), Trial Advocacy (12 years)(no longer teaching), Contracts (12 years)(no longer teaching), Law Office Management (1 year)(no longer teaching) June 1989 to Present Law Offices of Michelle Ward LaBorde Baton Rouge, LA Sole Practitioner Areas of Practice: general practice including family (domestic violence), religious issues, criminal, and professional ethics (1994 to present); commercial/business litigation and negotiation ( ) Oct to Hibernia National Bank June Riverside Mall - Baton Rouge, LA Assistant Vice President & Staff Attorney Areas of Practice: Commercial litigation Oct to Oct Anderson, Holliday & Jones (No longer in existence; Contact John Anderson, James Holliday or Ted Jones in Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Associate Attorney Areas of Practice: Commercial litigation

2 May 1983 to Oct June 1982 to August 1982 Aug to May 1980 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld 4100 First City Center Dallas, Texas Associate Attorney Areas of Practice: Bankruptcy Litigation & Estate Planning Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney and Neely (Now Locke Liddell) 3600 Republic Bank Tower Dallas, Texas Summer Law Clerk (litigation and estate planning) East Baton Rouge Parish School System Elementary school aide and then 5 th grade teacher South Blvd. Elementary School/Perkins Roads Elementary School PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Louisiana, Texas (inactive), and Baton Rouge Bar Associations (Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Rating); Lifetime Academic Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation; former Scholar-in-Residence; The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (faculty division; advisor to SULC Chapter); The Association of American Law Schools (Sections on Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Evidence, International Human Rights, Law & Religion, Legislation); The American Bar Association (Active member of Commission on Domestic Violence Listserve); Louisiana Law Institute, Committee on Criminal Law and Evidence (19 years) Dean Henry George McMahon American Inns of Court (Former President, Master); Republican National Lawyers Association (Voting Rights Counselor; monitored presidential election 2004); Alliance Defending Freedom, Ally (national non-profit organization providing legal services related to religious issues) Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Legislative Committee); American Public Policy Alliance (Board of Directors) Baton Rouge Association of Women Attorneys; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers; Fellow, National Institute For Teaching Ethics and Professionalism HONORS AND ACTIVITIES: Fellow, United States Supreme Court ( ) Member, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Louisiana State (9 member ) Advisory Committee; Louisiana Outside Counsel for Health and Ethics Endowed Professor at SULC; Member, Louisiana Law Institute - Committee on Evidence & Criminal Law and Procedure (19 years); Consultant, Louisiana District Judges Association Courts and Corrections Committee; Legislative Consultant, La. Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Legislative Consultant, Louisiana Family Forum; Former Scholar-in-Residence, Louisiana Bar Foundation; Former Member, Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family (appt. by Gov. Jindal); Former Member, LSBA Professionalism and Quality of Life Committee (now the Committee on the Profession) ( ); Former Chair, Louisiana Supreme Court Bar Admissions Advisory Committee to the Committee on Bar Admissions; Member, Testing Subcommittee ( ); Former member, Louisiana Legislative Task Force to Study Indigent Defense ( );

3 Former member, Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board ( )(Chair: Juvenile Defense Committee, Conflicts Investigative Committee, Administrative Rules Committee; Member Budget Committee and Death Penalty Study Committee); Former member, Louisiana Youth Advocacy Task Force ( ); Former member, La. Supreme Court/LSBA Committee to Study Death Penalty Process; Former member, LSBA Committee on Post Conviction Representation; Former member, Governor's Task Force on Violent Crime ( ); Former Board member, Rutherford Institute, Louisiana Chapter; Former Member, Lawyer Resource Committee and Public Information Committee; Chair, Conclave Implementation Committee of Louisiana State Bar Association; Former Board member, Bethany Christian Services (adoption agency); Former Member Law School Liaison Committee, Baton Rouge Bar Association; BRBA Teen Court judge/mentor, various years Judge, state, regional and national interschool mock trial/advocacy competitions, various years Member, Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (member of choir); Extra in the movie The Dukes of Hazzard Selected for listing in the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers (2012) Selected for listing in Marquis Who s Who in American Law ( ); Member of LSU Law School Hall of Fame; Selected as 1994 Woman of Achievement in Baton Rouge by YWCA; Selected for listing in Marquis Who's Who in American Teachers (student recommendation ) ( ; ) PUBLICATIONS: Published Works: Law Review/Journal Articles: Ghetti & Killebrew, With Impunity: The Lack of Accountability of a Criminal Prosecutor, 13 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 349 (Spring 2012) Ghetti, The Terrorist Is A Star: Regulating Media Coverage of Publicity-Seeking Crimes, 60 Fed. Comm. L. J. 481 (2009) Ghetti, The Gingerbread Man s Run is Over! - Permanent Disbarment is Penalty for Using Runners, 54 La. B. J. 80 (Aug/Sept. 2006) Ghetti, A Historic Gathering: Introduction to the Southern University Juvenile Justice Symposium, 30 So.L.Rev. 297 (2003) Ghetti, Louisiana Civil Code 2020: International Model or Mongrel, 47 La. B. J. 405 (2000) Ghetti, The "Diligent Debtor": "Love Child" of the 60s, 24 So.L.Rev. 35 (1996) Ghetti, Seizure Through the Looking Glass: Constitutional Analysis in Alice's Wonderland, 22 So.L.Rev. 231 (1995) Note, No Habeas Corpus for the Guilty: Barksdale v. Blackburn: A Time For Reappraisal, 42 La.L.Rev (1982) Books/Book Chapters: M. Ghetti, J. Conery, C. Joseph, LOUISIANA CAPITAL CRIMES BENCHBOOK (M. Ghetti, author & ed. 2004, 2005, 2007) Ghetti, Trompe L Oeuil: The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Unreliability of Eyewitness Identifications in NEW TRENDS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE. VOLUME II (C.M. Breur, eds. 2000) Compiler/Author/or Editor of ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL (Criminal Trial Procedure)(Connelly Printing 2009), INVESTIGATION OF CRIME (Criminal Procedure I)(Connelly Printing 2011), MATERIALS ON LOUISIANA EVIDENCE LAW ( Connelly Printing1994, 1997, 2000, 2008), MATERIALS ON LOUISIANA CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

4 (Connelly Printing 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004), MATERIALS ON LOUISIANA CRIMINAL LAW (Connelly Printing 2007) and BECOMING A LAWYER: LOUISIANA PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (Connelly Printing 2007) used in Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and Professional Responsibility courses by myself and two other professors at Southern University Law Center Non-traditional Publications: Ghetti, Beard v. Kindler: Post-Decision SCOTUScast (Federalist Society SCOTUS podcasts 2010)( ) Ghetti, Life and the Louisiana Supreme Court: A Dramatic Rescue Tells It All ( (Americans United For Life 2008). Ghetti, Stricken: What To Do When A Witness Says Too Much, 4 The Advocate 10 (LACDL Fall 2007). Ghetti, Image is Everything!...Or Is It?, 11 Reflections 16 (SULC, Summer/Fall 1997) Edited Works: La. Bar Foundation, IN OUR OWN WORDS: REFLECTIONS ON PROFESSIONALISM IN THE LAW (Stetter, et al co-ed. 1998)(served on Advisory/Editing Committee) La. Bar Foundation, REPORT FROM THE CONCLAVE ON LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (Baier, Ghetti & Plotkin, et al. co-ed. 1995) Works Accepted for Publication Criminal Best Practices Benchbook (to be published by the Louisiana District Judges Association in Winter 2012) Works Nearing Completion: The Most Basic of Rights: Louisiana s Preservation of Religious Freedom Act Avoiding Courtroom Confrontation: Prosecuting Domestic Violence Without the Victim Stealth Invasion: Sharia Law and American Courts SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (Note: bound and published materials prepared for most): Capital/death penalty litigation: Recent Developments in Capital Litigation - Louisiana Judicial College (2/2011, 2/2012) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Trying A Capital Case - District Court Judges Capital Trial Training Conferences February, April & August 2008, April 2009, April 2010 (presented to all Louisiana district court judges in mandatory training conferences sponsored jointly by the National Judicial College, Louisiana Supreme Court, Louisiana Judicial College, and Louisiana District Judges Association); Issues in Capital Trials/Capital Benchbook - Louisiana Judicial College Evidence and Procedure Conference (3/07, 3/06, 3/05) Death By Trial: The Judge s Role in a Capital Trial - Louisiana Public Defenders Association (7/2004) Issues in Capital Trials- Louisiana Judicial College Evidence and Procedure Conference (2/04, 6/03, 3/03, 2/01) Domestic Violence: I Am My Sister s Keeper Baton Rouge Community College and P.R.E.A.C.H. Domestic Violence Awareness Event (keynote speaker) (11/2011) Faces of Domestic Violence SULC Domestic Violence Clinic Inter-Community Conference (keynote speaker) (11/2010); Faces of Domestic Violence Alabama Coalition on Domestic Violence (10/2010)(keynote speaker); Faces of Domestic Violence - SULC every year since 1998 (various groups sponsor, usually Women In Law or the family law professors);

5 Domestic Violence: Last Line of Defense and First Line of Help - New Judges Orientation held by the Louisiana Supreme Court through the Louisiana Judicial College (2008); Understanding the Personal Experience of a Survivor; Social/Psychological Issues of Domestic Violence - New Orleans Catholic Charities, The Faces of Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Awareness Seminar (keynote speaker and panelist)(10/2004); The Personal Experience of a Survivor Bring Back the Night Domestic Violence Awareness Program, New Roads, Louisiana (10/2003)(keynote speaker); Domestic Violence and the Church - Southern University Family Law Seminar (10/2001); Domestic Violence and the Church - National Women Law Students Annual Conference (2/2001); Domestic Violence and the Military - Southern University Family and Juvenile Law Seminar Including Family Issues in the Military (2000); Laws Relating to Domestic Violence - Vernon Parish Citizens Action Committee - Conference on Domestic Violence (1999); Domestic Violence - Lafayette Rotary Club (1995)(guest speaker); Domestic Violence City and Juvenile Judges' Program sponsored by the Louisiana Judicial College (1995); Decision-Making Decisions When There Are Allegations of Domestic Violence - National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - national seminar on Custody and Visitation (1995); Domestic Violence and Victim s Rights - Leadership Lafayette (April 1995); Domestic Violence - Southern University Law School Family Law Seminar (1991) Criminal Issues: Juvenile Injustice in Louisiana Decision-Making Southern Mutual Help Association Conference (Oct. 2012) Recent Developments in Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence - Louisiana Judicial College Spring Conference (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)(panelist) Spare the Rod, Spoil the System: How the Failure to Discipline Prosecutors is Harming the System - Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law Symposium on Prosecutorial Immunity (11/2011) Introduction to the Louisiana District Court Judges Best Practices Criminal Trial Benchbook LJC/LSBA Summer School (June 2011) Criminal Law Update Louisiana s Premier Criminal Defense Seminar - Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2007) The Upcoming Public Defender Act - Louisiana Judicial College Spring Conference (2007) Katrina s Wake: Jury Issues in New New Orleans Criminal Law Post Katrina A Disaster Area - Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2006); Right to Counsel in Louisiana - Louisiana Judicial College, Spring Conference (2006); Multi-topic Presentation - Louisiana Judicial College, Annual Evidence & Procedure Seminar (topics: Capital Bench Book Update; Competence of Counsel; Indigent Defense Funding Problems; Execution of Mentally Incompetent; Prior Inconsistent Statements [new statute] presented in various session over two days) (2005) Southern University Law Review, Louisiana Juvenile Justice Symposium (2003) (coordinator) Criminal Law - Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Bar Review (2002, 2001) Search and Seizure Law - Louisiana Center for Research and Education (presented to statewide gathering of high school students)(1999) Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure Third Annual SULC Criminal Law Seminar (1997) Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure and Evidence - Second Annual SULC Recent Developments in Legislation and Jurisprudence Seminar (1997); Invading the Sanctity of the Jury Room - Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference (1995); Invading the Sanctity of the Jury Room - McMahon American Inn of Court (1995); Handling the Misdemeanor - Southern University Law School Seminar (1994)

6 Ethics and Professionalism: Cognition: Thinking Your Way Out of the Pit Baton Rouge Bar Association Family Law Section Conference (2/2012) Spare the Rod, Spoil the System: How the Failure to Discipline Prosecutors is Harming the System - Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law Symposium on Prosecutorial Immunity (11/2011) Professionalism in Family Court: Working With Your Family of Lawyers BRBA Family Law Section, scheduled for November, 2011 Liberty, Responsibility, and the Legal Profession, Co-sponsored by The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and Liberty Fund, Inc. (1/2011); Horton Hears A Who: Representing Clients With Diminished Capacity - LAPDA Criminal Litigation Seminar (2008); Horton Hears A Who: Representing Clients With Diminished Capacity - LACDL Nuts and Bolts Seminar (2008); The Golden Rule in the Workplace: Gold-Plated? - Louisiana Legislature, Last Chance Seminar (2006); Lawyers Dealing With the Media - Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel Seminar Series (2002); Proposed Changes to La. Code of Professional Responsibility - McMahon Inns of Court (2002); Inherit the Wind to Ally McBeal: Where Have You Gone Perry Mason? The Effect of the Entertainment Media on the Public Perception of the Legal System - McMahon Inns of Court (2001)(group presentation) Difficult Depositions: You Be The Judge - McMahon American Inns of Court (2000)(group presentation) The Case of the Misappropriating Maid and her Machiavellian Master or Honesty and the Practice of Law - McMahon Inns of Court (1998); Honesty in the Practice of Law - Terrebonne Parish Bar Association Seminar (1998); Ethics and Professionalism In and Out of the Courtroom - American Inns of Court Region 5 Workshop (1997), American Inns of Court National Annual Convention (1998), Loyola University Law School CLE (1998)(group presentation); Five Easy Pieces - Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference (1997) (group presentation); Lawyers Speaking to the Media - Baton Rouge Bar Association Bench/Bar Conference (1996); Lawyers Speaking to the Media - Baton Rouge Bar Association Multi-topic Seminar (1995); Lawyers Speaking to the Media - McMahon Inns of Court (panel presentation)(1995); Conclaves on Legal Education - AALS Annual Convention (Program Chair)(1995); Panelist at Conclave for Solo and Small Firm Practitioners sponsored by Louisiana State Bar Association (1995) Legislative Issues: The United States of Religious Liberty ProFamily Legislative Network Conference (Nov. 2012) Juvenile Injustice in Louisiana Decision-Making Southern Mutual Help Association Conference (Oct. 2012) A Citizen s Guide to Law-Making Kiwanis Club (2012) Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: How An Idea Really Becomes a Law - Faculty Colloquium, Southern University Law Center (2009); The Golden Rule in the Workplace: Gold-Plated? - Louisiana Legislature, Last Chance Seminar (2006); Evidence: Recent Developments in Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence - Louisiana Judicial College Spring Conference (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)(panelist) Prosecuting Domestic Violence After Crawford/Davis/Giles/Melendez Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence Faces of Domestic Violence Conference (2010); The Confrontation Squeeze Box - Crawford v. Washington - Louisiana Judicial College, Annual Evidence and Procedure Seminar (2006);

7 Evidentiary Issues in the Trial of Sex Crimes - East Baton Rouge Parish Public Defender s Office, Internal Continuing Legal Education Seminar Series (2003); Evidentiary Issues Related to Sex Crimes - Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Last Chance Seminar (2002)(with Sue Birney) The Unreliability of Eyewitness Testimony & the Use of Experts - 9 th Judicial District Annual Conference on Criminal Law and Evidence (2001); Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure and Evidence - Louisiana Judicial College, Annual Procedure and Evidence Seminar (2000)(Panel Discussion) Eyewitness Identifications - Louisiana Judicial College, Annual Procedure and Evidence Seminar (2000) The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Reliability of Eyewitness Identifications - Second World Conference On New Trends in Criminal Investigation and Evidence held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and produced by INREP (International Network for Research on the Law of Evidence and Procedure (1999); Recent Developments in Evidence & Criminal Procedure - Louisiana Judicial College, Annual Procedure and Evidence Seminar (1999)(panel) Special Problems in Sex Cases - Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Last Chance Seminar (1998); Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Southern University Criminal Law Seminar (1998) (with Sue Birney); Problems in Evidence and Criminal Procedure - Annual Evidence and Procedure Seminar presented by the Louisiana Judicial College (1999, 1998, 1997)(advisor and moderator); Evidence in Criminal Court - Second Annual Criminal Law Seminar presented by Southern University Law Center (1996); Evidence, Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure - First Annual Recent Developments in Legislation and Jurisprudence Seminar presented by Southern University Law Center (1996); Evidentiary Considerations - Southern University Law Center seminar on Criminal Law (1995); Evidence - Annual Training Institute for Justices of the Peace and Constables sponsored by the Louisiana Attorney General's Office (1995) Presentations to International Delegations: The Organization and Administration of the Courts of the United States - Presentation to Chinese Delegation of judges through the Office of International Judges Programs/Administrative Office of the US Courts (2012) Technology in the Classroom - to Haiti Delegation at Southern University Law Center Law Review Forum on Haiti (2003) Constitutional Criminal Procedure and History and Foundation of the U.S. Constitution - "Police/ Community Relations for Turkish Police Officers" USAID program presented through Louisiana State University's Office of Governmental Programs (presented to law enforcement officers from Turkey (1997) Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Freedom of Speech and Internal Standards of Police - presented as part of a program conducted through the United States Department of State for members of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republics of Czechoslovakia (as it divided into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic)(1992) Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Freedom of Speech and Internal Standards of Police - presented as part of a program conducted through the United States Department of State for Poland coordinated by Louisiana State University s Office of Governmental Programs (1991) Miscellaneous: Taking A Seat For Justice: The 1960 Baton Rouge Sit-ins EBR Parish Library/BR Chamber of Commerce One Book/One Community Program (guest speaker 2007); Equal Access Act - Panelist on PBS program (1993); Various appearances and/or interviews in the print, audio, and visual media regarding numerous topics

8 Co-author, consultant and/or expert witness on the following pieces of legislation: Act 861 of 2012 (re: Anti-bullying bill) HB 407/1214 of 2012 (re: Bullying) HB 1101 of 2012 (re: Bullying) SB 619 of 2012 (re: Bullying) Act 761 of 2012 (re: Safe Pregnancy for Female Prisoners Act) Act 207 of 2012 (re: Creating Crime of Female Genital Mutilation) Act 685 of 2012 (re: fetal heartbeat and ultrasound) Act 738 of 2012 (re: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act) Act 154 of 2012 (re: Natl. Human Trafficking Hotline info at truck/rest stops) SB 374 of 2012 (re: repeal of La. Science Education Act) Act 690 of 2012 (re: self-defense/stand your ground) HB 1100 of 2012 (re: self-defense/stand your ground) SB 719 of 2012 (re: self-defense/stand your ground) HB 806 of 2012 (re: risk behavior school survey) Act 25 of 2012 (re: rebate for donation to school tuition organizations) Act 2 of 2012 (re: school choice/vouchers) Act 579 of 2012 (re: DA team for pregnant women on drugs) SB 70 of 2011 (re: repeal of La. Science Education Act) HB 277 of 2011 (re: Ten Commandments monument) SCR 16 of 2011 (re: Ten Commandments monument) Act 793 of 2010 (re: religious freedom) Acts 886 & 714 of 2010 (re: application of foreign law, including Sharia Law, in Louisiana) Act 693 of 2010 (re: certificates of analysis from forensic labs) Act 419 of 2010 (re: treatment following criminal trial competency determination) Act 1053 of 2010 (re: right to waive trial by jury) Act 954 of 2010 (re: end of life directives/lapost) Act 569 of 2010 (re: church daycare centers) HB 686 of 2010 (re: chaplain licensing) Act 882 of 2010 (re: solicitation of crime against nature) HB 340 of 2009 (re: religious freedom) Act 245 of 2009 (re: domestic abuse battery) Act 163 of 2009 (re: school tax credits) Act 473 of 2008 (re: Louisiana Science Education Act) SB 712 of 2008 (re: sexually oriented business regulation) Act 769 of 2008 (re: definition of lobbyist) SB 605 of 2008 (re: multiple child support cases) Act 8 of 2008 (tax deduction for tuition) Act 13 of 2008 (re: definition of lobbyist) Act 122 of 2007 (re: questioning of abused and neglected children) Act 101 of 2007 (re: domestic abuse battery) SB 617 of 2006 (re: attorney advertising) Act 191 of 2006 (re: privilege of spouses who are victims of domestic violence) SB 515 of 2006 (re: regional indigent defense service centers) Act 343 of 2005 (changes to indigent defense system) HB 783 of 2005 (abolishing capital punishment for juveniles) Act 720 of 2004 (preventing execution of mentally incompetent) Act 645 of 2004 (introduction of certain crimes in sex offense cases) Act 694 of 2004 (re: prior existing statements being used in criminal cases) Act 698 of 2003 (re: capital punishment of mentally retarded)

9 Various numbered Acts from regarding funding of La. Indigent Defense Assistance Board Act 645 of 1995 (re: increasing penalties for repeated offenses of stalking) Act 70, 3 of 1994 (wrote re: bail requirements in domestic violence case) Act 70, 2 of 1994 (wrote amendment re: counseling required if given probation in domestic violence case) Act 70, 1 of 1994 (wrote amendments re: increased penalties for repeat perpetrator of domestic violence including mandatory minimum sentences) Act 75 of 1994 (re: victim s rights including info from police & notice of stages & release) Law School Service Student Advisory Advisor: College Republicans at Southern University; Advisor: Federalist Society, SULC Chapter; Advisor: La. Assn. Criminal Defense Attorneys, SULC Student Chapter; Coordinate SULC softball team every year for BR Bar Assn softball tournament Former Advisor: SULC Moot Court Board; Former Advisor: SULC Christians at Law; Former Interim Advisor: Women in Law Served as advisor to students on various writing projects for law review and competitions Advisor, Law Review Juvenile Justice Symposium (2004) Freshman Orientation, LSBA Professionalism Presentations (various years) Advise students on character and fitness issues; represent students before the Committee on Bar Admission re: character and fitness issues Committee Work Member, Curriculum Committee Member, Faculty Appointment Retention Promotion and Tenure Committee Member, Chancellor s Strategic Planning Committee Member, Ad Hoc Teaching Excellence Committee Chaired Honor Code Investigatory Committee Chaired Performance After Graduation Committee Served on hiring committee 2007/2008 (legal writing instructors) Served on Faculty Governance Revision Committee Accreditation ABA Self Study (2008): Chair, Committee on Information Technology ABA Self Study (2001): Chair, Committee on Bar Performance ABA Self Study (1994): Chair, Committee on Student Body; Member, Editing Committee SAC Campus-wide Self Study, Committee on the Faculty Program Work Researched and devised Fresh Start Program (adopted) Researched and devised Comprehensive Curriculum Program (currently under consideration) Created course on death penalty trials Created course on law and religion Miscellaneous Faculty Retreat (2005)(helped coordinate first retreat and have been a presenter from year to year) Instructor in Academic Assistance Program since its inception Numerous CLE presentations for SULC CLE programs Presentations at Faculty Brown Bags (discussing works in progress)