Maureen A. Eggert Wake Forest School of Law Contact Information: P.O. Box 7206 Phone: (336) 758-5072 Winston-Salem, NC 27106 E-mail: eggertma@wfu.edu Teaching and Research Interests Legal Research and Writing electronic research, teaching legal research, and the effect that technology has had on legal ethics Education Law emphasis on gifted education, teacher s rights, and the impact that state and federal legislation has on teacher retention Feminist Jurisprudence particular interest in law and single women, especially the childfree and childless; EMPLOYMENT Law School and Legal WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF LAW, Winston-Salem, NC Senior Associate Director 2010-2012 Associate Director for Student and Instructional Services/Instructor 2010 - present Associate Director for Research and Instruction/Instructor of Legal Research 2004-2009 Head of Public Services/Instructor of Legal Research 2000-2004 Reference Librarian/Instructor of Legal Research 1997-2000 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW, Jackson, MS Reference Librarian/Instructor of Legal Research & Writing 1994-1997 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, Tallahassee, Florida, Certified Legal Intern May--July 1991 Other Teaching WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITSY, Winston-Salem, NC Adjunct Professor, Women and Gender Studies (Spring 2009 & 2010) Women, Men, and the Law (formerly listed as Women & the Law) WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF LAW, Winston-Salem, NC Adjunct Professor, (Fall 2009) Tax Law Research FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Winston-Salem, NC Adjunct Professor, Fall 2004 Law Office Management and Technology UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, Orlando, FL Adjunct Professor, Fall 1993 Legal Research
EDUCATION Law School FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, TALLAHASSEE, FL Juris Doctor, 1992 Masters and Undergraduate UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, Hattiesburg, MS Master of Library and Information Sciences, 1996 4.0 G.P.A. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, Orlando, FL Bachelor of Arts, 1988 summa cum laude American Bar Association Florida Bar Association BAR MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE North Carolina Bar Association Member General Curriculum Committee (2006-2008) Member, Education Law Practice Section o co-chair of CLE program committee (2006 2007) Forsyth County (NC) Bar Association Forsyth County Women Attorneys Association LIBRRY & LEGAL WRITING ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Member Academic Law Library special interest section o Librarian Status & Tenure Committee (2004-2007) Member Research Instruction and Patron Services special interest section o Contributor to 18 th Legal Research Teach-In Kit (2010) Member Publishing Initiatives Caucus (2005- ) and Gen X/Gen Y Caucus (2006- ) Economic Status of Law Librarians Committee (2006-2008) Recruitment & Retention Committee (1997-1999) Grant recipient (1997) Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Grant recipient (2010)
Southeastern Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL) President (2009-2010) Vice President (2008-2009) Program Committee (2007-2008; Chair 2008-2009) Community Service Committee (2007-2008) Secretary (2002-2004) Scholarship Committee (2000-2002; Chair 2001/2002) Placement Committee (1997-1999; Chair 1998/1999) Lucile Elliot Scholarship recipient (1996) North Carolina Library Association Member (2006-2008) Mississippi Library Council President (1996-1997); Vice-President (1995-1996) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member of advisory panel for revising the Mississippi Code Index (1996-1997) Member of the Paralegal Curriculum Advisory Committee, Daytona Beach Community College (1993-1994) UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES Member, Copyright Policy Committee Member, Women s Forum Law School Contact/Coordinator for Wake Forest s C-Cat Program (July 2010) (Introducing Cherokee high school students to Wake Forest University and to careers where Native Americans are traditionally underrepresented). Member, Staff Advisory Council (2006 2008) COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CHANGE (Communities Helping All Neighbors Gain Empowerment) Member, Education Team Parkway United Church of Christ Member-at-large, Church Council (2005-2008) Member, Child Safety Committee (drafting policies to safeguard children and the church from sexual misconduct)
PUBLICATIONS, PRESESNTATIONS, AND REVIEWS Speaker, Pecha Kucha In the Legal Research Classroom Legal Writing Institute Workshop, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC (December 3, 2010). Speaker, Ethics and the Web: Online Ethics & Public Information Searches Florida Bar CLE, Volusia County Law Library, Deland, Florida, (June 2010). Panel speaker, Love, Sex, & Magic Until It Turns Violent Front Porch Conversation series sponsored by the High Point Human Relations and the YWCA. High Point, NC (March 18, 2010). Speaker, Using Legal Research Memos to Foster a Higher Level of Learning North Carolina/South Carolina Legal Research & Writing Colloquium, University of South Carolina School of Law (May 21, 2008). Co-speaker Federal & North Carolina Legal Resources on the Internet North Carolina Library Association Annual Meeting (2008). Speaker, "Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas and Malpractice in North Carolina," West LegalEdcenter webinar (December 2007). Internet Research Tools Without the Expense General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Newsletter (based on my spring 2007 presentation). Speaker, Internet Research Tools Without the Expense, NC Bar General Practice Section Annual Meeting (April 2007) This program was later selected to become one of the NC Bar s video broadcast offerings Writing a Winner: How to Put Together a Successful AALL Annual Meeting Program Proposal AALL Spectrum (association magazine) Feature article (February 2007) Speaker, Small Office Management for the Legal Professional, National Business Institute (NBI), (December 2006) Speaker, Moderator, and Coordinator, "Up and Down the Career Ladder: Finding the Right Rung for You AALL Annual Meeting (St. Louis, 2006) Moderator and Coordinator, Managing for Cultural Diversity AALL Annual Meeting (San Antonio, 2005) Speaker, Moderator, Coordinator, Publishing Outside the Law Library Box: Opportunities beyond Law Library Publications AALL Annual Meeting (San Antonio, 2005) The ABA Legal Guide for Women, reviewed for Legal Information Alert (November 2005) Speaker, Find It Free and Fast on the Net: Advanced Internet Strategies for the North Carolina Legal Professional, NBI, (Greensboro, April 2005) Speaker, Effective Legal Writing for Paralegal in North Carolina, NBI (Raleigh, February 2005)
LexisNexis Florida Annotated Statutes (online version), product review for Legal Information Alert (April 2003) Speaker, Ask the Experts, AALL Annual Meeting (Seattle, 2003) Speaker, Basics of Legal Assisting in North Carolina, (Charlotte, 2003) Speaker and Moderator, Legal Research for Xters and Nexters: Redesigning a Program, SEAALL Annual Meeting (Fort Lauderdale, 2002) Speaker, Moderator and Coordinator Legal Research for Xters and Nexters: Redesigning a Program, AALL Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, 2001) Speaker, Internet Strategies for the Paralegal in North Carolina, NBI (Raleigh & Greensboro, 2001) Program materials for The Law of the Internet in North Carolina, NBI (2001) Workshop on Internet Legal Research, Volusia County Law Library (Daytona Beach, 1999) Speaker, Internet Strategies for the Paralegal in North Carolina, (Greensboro, 1998) WORKS IN PROGRESS Bringing Pecha Kucha into the Legal Research Classroom, a short article documenting the use of the popular presentation format of 20 slides/20 seconds each to create a more dynamic learning environment. Am exploring the possibility of an article examining the crime of passion defense (mainly used by males) versus the (primarily female) defense of battered spouse syndrome. In light of data may consider the upsurge in U.S. of honor killings which, while not as recognized as crime of passion, have an unsettling similarity in their reasoning and possibly in their outcomes on behalf of the murderer. UNPUBLISHED TEACHING MATERIALS Women and the Law: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Legal Monographs used in classes at Mississippi College School of Law and Wake Forest Law School; cataloged in the Mississippi College School of Law Library; updated summer 2010.