Marianne Wesson …

                                     Marianne Wesson

                                    OFFICE ADDRESS:
                                          401 UCB
                           Wolf Law Building, University of Colorado
                                     Boulder,CO 80309
                                       (303) 492-7547

                                      FAX: 303-492-1200

                                E-MAIL: wesson@colorado.edu

     WEBSITES AND WEB PAGES: http://lawweb.colorado.edu/profiles/profile.jsp?id=63,
       www.wessonbooks.com, www.mariannewesson.com, www.thehillmoncase.com


CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

     Professor and Wolf-Nichol Fellow, University of Colorado School of Law
     President's Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado
     Senior Scholar, Women Studies Program, University of Colorado at Boulder (appointed 2003)


EDUCATION:

     J.D. University of Texas 1973 (with high honors)(Order of the Coif, Chancellors, Consul)
     A.B. Vassar College 1970 (cum laudi generali)(National Merit Scholar, Matthew Vassar
     Scholar)


LEARNED SOCIETIES:

     Member, American Law Institute (elected 1989)


PAST EMPLOYMENT:

     Interim Dean, University of Colorado School of Law (1995-96)
     Visiting Professor, Washington University School of Law (summer 1995)
     Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Colorado (January 1989-August
             1990)
     Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, District of Colorado (1980-82) (while on
             academic leave)
     Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas (1976)
     Law Clerk, Honorable William Wayne Justice, United States District Court, Eastern District of
             Texas (1973-75)


CONSULTING AND PRACTICE:

     Credentialed correspondent for National Public Radio; frequent legal correspondent for NPR's
           Weekend Edition Sunday
     National Conference of Bar Examiners, Criminal Law Test Development Committee (1978-
             present)(chair, 2000-2005)(this committee writes, edits, and selects the criminal law and
             procedure items for the Multistate Bar Examination)
     Volunteer counsel in Kikumura v. Hurley, et al, No. 98-B-1442, U.S.D.C., Colo. (concerning
             maximum security prisoner's access to spiritual counseling)(July 2001-November 2002)
     Script consultant to Rainy Day Films of Los Angeles, California on Women of
             Mystery, a documentary film about women mystery novelists in the United States
             (film released 2000)
     Appointed co-counsel in People v. Frye, No. S007198, a death penalty case before the California
             Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court (1991-1998; authored portions of Brief
             on Appeal, and all of Petition for Writ of Certiorari)
     Commentator for NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, Denver
             Post, Rocky Mountain News, Christian Science Monitor, and other media outlets
     Legal consultant to Lawrence Schiller for his book Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (1998-99)
     Co-counsel in both trial and appeal of Simmons v. Simmons, 773 P.2d 602 (Colo. 1988), a case
             establishing the right in Colorado to sue an ex-spouse for damages arising from battering
             during the marriage


FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS:

     Fellow, Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder (2004-05)
     Group Residency, "Reconciling Freedom of Speech and Equality," Rockefeller Foundation
            Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy (November 1995)
     Faculty Associate, Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado at Boulder
            (Spring 1989)
     Samuel E. Zeigler Educational Fund Fellowship (1979)


TEACHING AND OTHER AWARDS:

     2004-05: Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lectureship, University of Colorado
     1998: Finalist, Colorado Book Award for fiction
     1996: Mary Lathrop Award from the Colorado Women's Bar Assn. (award for outstanding
            women lawyers in the state of Colorado)
     1994-95: Law School Teaching Excellence Award (conferred by Teaching Excellence
            Committee, University of Colorado School of Law)
     Named President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado in 1992 (this lifetime
            designation is the University's highest form of recognition for excellence in teaching)
     1990-91: Law School Teaching Excellence Award
     Faculty Humanist Award (conferred by University of Colorado Law School class of 1984)


EDITORSHIPS AND JOURNAL BOARDS:

     Board of Editors, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (1997-present)
     Manuscript Reviewer, Little, Brown & Co. (1996)
     Manuscript Reviewer, University Press of Colorado (1995-present)
     Manuscript reviewer, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (1994)
     Board of Advisers, TEXAS JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND THE LAW (1991-present)
     Board of Editors, FRONTIERS: A JOURNAL OF WOMEN STUDIES (Fall 1988-Fall 1990)
     Editor-in-Chief, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW (Vol. II, 1972-73)



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NONFICTION BOOKS:

      UNQUIET GRAVE: THE HILLMON CASE AND THE SUPREME COURT (in progress)
      M. WESSON, CRIMES AND DEFENSES IN COLORADO (Harrison Publishing Company
           1989) (with 1992 Supplement)
      M. WESSON & E. CALHOUN, AN INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT
           DISCRIMINATION LAW (Colorado ACLU 1983)


NOVELS:
    CHILLING EFFECT, a novel (University Press of Colorado 2004)
    A SUGGESTION OF DEATH, a novel (Pocket Books 2000) in U.S.; also Headline Fiction
         (UK)(1999) and Editions Stock (France)(2000); 2001 editions in Norway, Germany,
         various other foreign and translated editions
    RENDER UP THE BODY, a novel (HarperCollins (US) 1998; Headline Fiction (UK) (1997);
         Goldmann Publishers (Germany)(1998); various other foreign and translated editions;
         also a Book-of-the-Month Club selection; won "Fresh Talent" award sponsored by WH
         Smith, British booksellers; finalist for 1998 Colorado Book Award


BOOK CHAPTERS:
     Bergman & Wesson, The Hillmon Lawyers Have Their Say, in TRIAL STORIES (forthcoming
           2007 by Foundation Press, A. Davis & M. Tigar eds.)
     Wesson, The Hillmon Case, the Supreme Court, and the McGuffin, in EVIDENCE STORIES
           277-305 (Foundation Press, R. Lempert ed. 2006).


SHORT FICTION:
     A Case of Clothing and Smell Obsession in a Bisexual Adult Woman, 2 AMERICAN
            UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF GENDER & THE LAW 201 (1994)


NON-LEGAL BOOK REVIEWS
     Four contributions in LAW IN LITERATURE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
            LAW-RELATED WORKS (E.V. Gemmette ed. 1998).
     Book review of STEPHEN WHITE, HIGHER AUTHORITY, BOULDER SUNDAY
            CAMERA, p.5D, col. 1 (December 16, 1994).
     Book Review of SANDRA SCOFIELD, OPAL ON DRY GROUND, BOULDER SUNDAY
            CAMERA, p.5e, col. 1 (June 12, 1994)


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:
     Wesson, "A Particular Intention": The Hillmon Case and the Supreme Court, forthcoming in
            LAW AND LITERATURE (Fall 2006).
     Wesson, The Hillmon Case, the McGuffin, and the Supreme Court, 32 LITIGATION 30 (Fall
            2005).
     Schneider, Harrington, Merry, Romkens & Wesson, Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking,
            X JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY 313 (2002).



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Wesson, Mind Over Matter (Review of SUSAN J. BRISON, AFTERMATH: VIOLENCE AND
      THE REMAKING OF A SELF), XIX THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS 7 (April
      2002)
Bergman, LeFrancois & Wesson, New Developments in Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Amendment Law,
      31 N.M.L. REV. 1 (2001)
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Wesson, A Novelist's Perspective, 50 DEPAUL L. REV. 583 (2000)(50 Anniversary
      Symposium)
Wesson, Book Review, 26 SIGNS, No. 2 (Winter 2001)
Wesson, Reasonable Women (Review of ELIZABETH M. SCHNEIDER, BATTERED
      WOMEN AND FEMINIST LAWMAKING), XVIII THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF
      BOOKS 29 (Dec. 2000).
Wesson, Three's A Crowd: Law, Literature, and Truth, 34 TULSA L.J. 699(1999).
Wesson, Second Thoughts (Review of DAPHNE PATAI, HETEROPHOBIA: SEXUAL
      HARASSMENT AND THE FUTURE OF FEMINISM), XVI THE WOMEN'S REVIEW
      OF BOOKS 9 (May 1999).
Wesson, Atticus Finch Outnumbered (Review of TRIAL AND ERROR: AN OXFORD
      ANTHOLOGY OF LEGAL STORIES, eds. Fred R. Shapiro and Jane Garry), in JURIST:
      BOOKS ON LAW, December 1998, at 
Wesson, Life in Hell (Review of BETH SIPE AND EVELYN J. HALL, I AM NOT YOUR
      VICTIM: ANATOMY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE), XIV THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF
      BOOKS 18 (March 1997).
Wesson, Review of THE FEEL OF SILENCE by Bonnie Poitras Tucker, 46 J. LEGAL EDU. 627
      (1996).
Wesson, That's My Story and I'm Stickin' to It: The Jury as Fifth Business in the Trial of O.J.
      Simpson and Other Matters, 67 U. COLO. L. REV. 949 (1996).
Wesson, The Alarming Effect of Fiction Writing on the (Otherwise) Well-Trained Legal Mind,
      XVI THE ADVOCATE No. 5 at 10 (May-June 1995).
Wesson, When the Criminal is Political (Review of four works of feminist crime fiction), XII
      THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS No. 4 (January 1995) at 22.
Wesson, Digging Up the Roots of Violence (Review of ANN JONES, NEXT TIME SHE'LL
      BE DEAD, and other books about domestic violence), XI THE WOMEN'S REVIEW
      OF BOOKS No. 6 (March 1994) at 1.
Wesson, A History of Criminal Sentencing Reform in Colorado, 4 OVERCROWDED TIMES:
      SOLVING THE PRISON PROBLEM No. 6 (December 1993) at 1, reprinted in
      SENTENCING REFORM IN OVERCROWDED TIMES: A COMPARATIVE
      PERSPECTIVE (M. Tonry & K. Hatlestad eds. 1997) at 94.
Wesson, The Case for Porn, (Review of DIRTY LOOKS: WOMEN, PORNOGRAPHY AND
      POWER), XI THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS No. 2 (November
      1993) at 17.
Wesson, Girls Should Bring Lawsuits Everywhere. . . Nothing Will Be Corrupted: Pornography
      as Speech and Product , 60 U. CHICAGO L. REV. 845 (1993), reprinted in FIRST
      AMENDMENT LAW HANDBOOK (J.L. Swanson ed. 1994-95) and in THE PRICE
      WE PAY: THE CASE AGAINST RACIST SPEECH, HATE PROPAGANDA, AND
      PORNOGRAPHY (1995)(L. Lederer & R. Delgado eds. 1995)
Wesson, Mysteries of Violence and Self-Defense: Myths for Men, Cautionary Tales for Women,
      1 TEXAS J. OF WOMEN & THE LAW 1 (1992)
Wesson, Sex, Lies, and Videotape: The Pornographer as Censor, 66 WASHINGTON L. REV.
      913 (1991)
Wesson & Johnson, Post-Tenure Review and Faculty Revitalization, 77 ACADEME 53 (May-
      June 1991)

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       Wesson, A Brief Lecture on the Socratic Method, ON TEACHING 91 (M.A. Shea ed. 1990)
       Wesson, Accomplices and Complicity, 18 COLO. LAWYER 2317 (Dec. 1989)
       Wesson, Review of FEMINISM UNMODIFIED, X FRONTIERS: A JOURNAL OF WOMEN
             STUDIES 91 (No. 3, 1989)
       Wesson, The Judge, 1986 ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW xix (1986)
       Wesson, Sexual Harassment, in ADVANCED LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW - 1986, at 955
             (ALI-ABA 1986)
       Wesson, Pregnancy, Childbirth and Parenthood Under Title VII, in ADVANCED LABOR &
             EMPLOYMENT LAW - 1986, at 962 (ALI-ABA 1986)
       Wesson & Calhoun, The Developing Law of the Toxic Workplace, VIII AMICUS 14 (No. 1,
             Winter 1984-85)
       Wesson, Narrative Truth, Historical Truth, and Expert Testimony, 60 WASH. L. REV. 331
             (1985), reprinted in 34 LAW REVIEW DIGEST No. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 1985), at 4
       Wesson, EEO Considerations in Layoffs, in ADVANCED LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW -
             1984, at 291 (ALI-ABA 1984)
       Wesson, Mens Rea and the Colorado Criminal Code, 52 U. COLO. L. REV. 167 (1981)
       Wesson, Substituted Judgment: The Parens Patriae Justification for Involuntary Treatment of
             the Mentally Ill, 8 J. OF PSYCHIATRY & THE LAW 147 (1980)
       Wesson, The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Civil Commitment Proceedings, 1980
             WISCONSIN L. REV. 697 (1980), excerpted in REISNER, LAW AND THE MENTAL
             HEALTH SYSTEM (1985)


INTRODUCTIONS:
     Wesson, Introduction to republished edition of THE LAST CLIENT OF LUIS MONTEZ by
           Manuel Ramos (Northwestern University Press 2003).


ON-LINE RESOURCES:
     http://www.thehillmoncase.com (a research resource and blog concerning the case of Mutual
             Life Insurance Company v. Sallie Hillmon), entirely authored by Marianne Wesson


PAPERS DELIVERED AND PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
MEETINGS (a partial list)

       Unquiet Grave: The Hillmon Case and the Supreme Court, at Washington University in St.
              Louis School of Law, as part of the Public Interest Law and Policy Lecture Series,
              September 27, 2006
       Follow-Up to the Hillmon Case and the Court, at the Colorado Judicial Conference, Vail,
              Colorado, September 18, 2006
       The Right to Privacy: Myth or Reality (with Joyce Meskis) at the 2006 National Federation of
              Press Women National Conference, Denver, Colorado, September 9, 2006
       Chilling Effects, at the Writers in the Sky Conference, Wilkinson Public Library, Telluride,
              Colorado, October 1, 2005.
       The Hillmon Case and the Court (with Dennis Van Gerven), at the Colorado Judicial
              Conference, Golden, Colorado, September 21, 2005.
       Big-Times Sports and University Values, The Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lecture, Denver,
              Colorado, March 4, 2005.
       The Corpse at the Campground (for Opening Convocation, Center for the Arts and Humanities,
              University of Colorado at Boulder), September 1, 2004.
       The Merchant of Venice: Literature, Law and Prejudice (with other panelists), Denver Center for
              the Performing Arts, April 18, 2004.


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Chilling Effects: Cross-Burning, Pornography, and Censorship (The Ruth Thompson Memorial
        Civil Rights Lecture, Kansas State University) Manhattan, Kansas, February 6, 2003
Where Have You Gone, Perry Mason? (Panel Discussion, Washington University School of
        Law, Public Interest Law Series), St. Louis, Missouri, January 29, 2003 (with Scott
        Turow and Michael Kahn)
Fiction as Anti-Theory (Section on Law and Interpretation, Association of American Law
        Schools) Washinton, D.C., January 4, 2003.
From Lawyer to Novelist and Back (Keynote Address, Kansas Women Attorneys Association
        Annual Conference), Lindsborg, Kansas, July 19, 2002
Truth in Fiction: What Could It Mean? (University of Iowa College of Law), Iowa City, Iowa,
        September 28, 2001
Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking (Panelist, Law & Society Assn. Annual Meeting),
        Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2001
Truth in Fiction (Keynote Address, Kansas Bar Association Annual Convention), Vail,
        Colorado, June 7, 2001
Recent Developments in Criminal Procedure (panel at the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference),
        Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 29, 2000.
Women in Legal Education (panel at the Annual Convention, Colorado Women's Bar
        Asssociation), Vail, Colorado, May 20, 2000.
A Novelist's Perspective (presentation at the Sixth Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and
        Social Policy), at DePaul College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, April 1, 2000.
Murder, She Wrote: Women, Crime, and Detection (the Barbara Aronstein Black Lecture on
        Women and the Law; with Carolyn Heilbrun and Linda Fairstein), at Columbia Law
        School, New York, New York, March 6, 2000.
Violence and Media Responsibility, at the American Bar Association Forum on Communication
        Law, San Diego, California, February 18, 2000.
Western Whodunits: Place in Crime, for the University of Colorado's Center for the
        American West, Boulder, Colorado, May 4, 1999.
Teaching Evidence in the 21st Century, at the Annual Meeting, Association of American
        Law Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1999.
Law, Literature, and Truth: Three's a Crowd, at the National Association of Women Judges
        Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, October 10, 1998.
To Praise with Faint Damns: In Defense of Censorship, at the University of Colorado,
        Symposium on Civility and Censorship by the Center for the Arts and Humanities, April
        1997.
Coerced Confinement and Treatment (panelist), at the University of Denver School of Law,
        Symposium on Coercion, Exploitation, and the Law, March 1997.
Literature, Narratives, Language, and Law (panelist), at the University of Southern California,
        The Annual English Graduate Conference, February 1997.
The Work of the Tenth Circuit, 1994-96, for the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference,
        Snowmass, Colorado, July 1996.
These Things We Do to Keep the Flame Burning, for the Boulder County Women's Bar
        Association, Boulder, Colorado, February 1996.
The Jury as Fifth Business in the Trial of O.J. Simpson, at the University of Colorado School
        of Law, Symposium on the O.J. Simpson Trial, February 1996.
The Free Speech Paradigm (panelist), at The Constitutional Law Resource Center, Drake
        University Law School, April 1995.
Women and Crime Fiction, at the Colorado BookFair, auspices of Colorado Endowment for the
        Humanities, October 1994.
Pornography as Speech and Product, at the University of Chicago School of Law, conference on
        Speech, Harm and Equality, March 1993.
The History of Criminal Sentencing Reform in Colorado, at the University of Colorado School of
        Law, Symposium on Sentencing Reform in the States, February 1993.


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      Mysteries of Violence and Self-Defense, at the University of Texas School of Law, Symposium
              on New Perspectives on Women and Violence, March 1992
      Expert Witnessing for Mental Health Professionals, at the University of Denver School of
              Professional Psychiatry, February 1992
      Expert Witnesses in Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse Cases, at the Colorado Judicial Conference,
              September 1991
      Sex, Lies, and Videotape: The Pornographer as Censor, the Austin Scott, Jr. Memorial Lecture,
              University of Colorado School of Law, Spring 1990
      Tort Remedies for Victims of Domestic Violence, at the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association,
              August 1989
      The Management of Children as Victim-Witnesses, at the Colorado Judicial Conference,
              September 1987
      Varieties of Feminism, at the University of Southern Colorado, April 1987
      The Power of State Constitutions, at the Colorado Judicial Conference, September 1984
      The Future of the Exclusionary Rule, at the Colorado Judicial Conference, September 1983
      The Respondent as a Source of Evidence in Mental Health Proceedings, the Austin Scott, Jr.
              Memorial Lecture, University of Colorado School of Law, Fall 1979

PUBLIC SERVICE:

      Member, Site Visit Team, Accreditation Committee, Association of American Law Schools
              (1997).
      Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement Board, 20th Judicial District of Colorado (1993-96,
              Chair in 1995)
      Criminal Justice Act Committee (United States District Court, District of Colorado, 1991-1994)
      Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee (1989-1994); Vice-Chair (1994)
      Colorado Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure (1984-88)
      Judicial Nominating Commission, 20th Judicial District, Colorado (1984-87)
      Board of Directors and Volunteer Attorney, Colorado ACLU (1980-82)
      Board of Directors, Boulder Valley Clinic (1976-80)


UNIVERSITY SERVICE (a partial list):

      Chair, Investigative Committee Concerning Allegations Against Professor Ward Churchill, for
              the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct (Academic Year 2005-06)
      Member, Dean Search Committee, Law School (2002-2003).
      Member, Internal Review Committee, Institute for Behavioral Science (2002)
      Chair, Admissions Committee, Law School (2001-2002)
      Member, Presidential Search Committee (1999-2000)
      Member, Steering Committee, President's Teaching Scholars Program (1993-1997)
      Member, Hazel Barnes Prize Selection Committee (Spring 1993)
      Member, Internal Review Committee, University of Colorado Women Studies Program (Fall
              1991)
      Ombudsperson, Boulder Campus Faculty Salary Review for Women and Minorities (Spring
              1991)
      Member, Boulder Faculty Assembly Committee on Faculty Women (1990-92; also 1985-87)
      Chair, Dean Search Committee, Law School (1987)
      Chair, Law School Long-Range Planning Committee (1985-86, Spring 1987)
      Chair, Law School Appointments Committee (1984-85)
      Chair, Boulder Faculty Assembly Committee on Faculty Women (1984-85)
      Boulder Campus Program Review Panel (1985-86)
      University Committee on Privilege and Tenure (1982-84)


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BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

     United States Supreme Court (1999)
     Texas (1974) (inactive) and Colorado (1977)
     Admitted to several United States district courts and courts of appeal
     Admitted pro hac vice to the California Supreme Court for purposes of appearing in a death
            penalty case (1991)


FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

     Psychoanalytic training with Colorado Society for Psychology and Psychoanalysis (Fall 1986)
     Mediation training with Center for Dispute Resolution (Summer 1985)
     Professional travel to Western and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, auspices of Citizen
            Ambassador Program (Summer 1988)


PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:

     Boulder Town and Gown
     Mystery Writers of America
     Sisters in Crime
     Association of American Law Schools: Section on Law and Psychiatry (Chair 1987, Program
             Chair 1986); Sections on Women in Legal Education, Criminal Law, and Evidence
             (Advisory Committee 1999).
     American Bar Association
     Rocky Mountain Llama Association




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