SUSAN L. BRODY …

                                     SUSAN L. BRODY
                                 The John Marshall Law School
                                   315 South Plymouth Court
                                       Chicago, IL 60604


CURRENT POSITION:              THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL
                               Professor of Law

        Courses Currently Teaching: Civil Procedure, Women, Law, and Feminist Jurisprudence
        Other Courses Taught: Family Law, Conflict of Laws, Lawyering Skills, Legal Ethics,
                Law & Diversity


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

        THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL

        1998-1999 Associate Dean for Institutional Affairs
        1995 to 1998 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

        Summary of Selected Administrative Responsibilities:

                Coordinate all academic programs;
                Plan faculty teaching schedule;
                Assist Dean in evaluating faculty
                Budget faculty salaries; research grants, travel, and other academic expenses;
                Participate on all faculty committees;
                Manage four LL.M. programs;
                Manage legal centers and programs;
                Resolve student problems related to the academic program;
                Coordinate and plan Board of Visitors meetings;
                Attend meetings of and report to the Board of Trustees;
                Co-chair Long Range Planning Committee;
                Facilitate faculty hiring;
                Represent school at professional and community meetings and to the media;
                Assist with alumni activities;
                Assist with marketing activities;
                Assist with career services activities;
                Assist Dean in fund-raising, including Capital Campaign during Centennial

1995 to present Professor of Law

1989 to 1995 Associate Professor of Law

1984 to 1995 Director of Lawyering Skills Program



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1982 to 1984 Instructor of Law and Moot Court Advisor



Selected Law School Service:

        Faculty Executive Committee, 2007 - 2009
        Ad hoc Faculty Scholarship Roundtable Committee 2007-2008
        Faculty Executive Committee, 2004-05
        Tenure and Promotion Committee 2003 -05
        Budget Committee, 2003-present
        Decanal Search Committee, 2002
        Strategic Planning Committee, 2001- 2003
        Faculty Executive Committee 2000 --2002; chair, 2001-02
        First Self Study Committee for North Central Accreditation Process
        Academic Affairs Committee, 1999 2000, chair, 1999- 2000
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        Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1999-2000
        JMLS Development Committee, 1999-present;
        Bar Study Committee, 1995-present; chair, 1995-1998;
        Long Range Planning Committee, 1999
        Faculty Executive Committee, 1987-89;
        Tenure, Selection, and Appointments Committee, 1989-1994;
        Decanal Search Committee, 1990-1991;
        Faculty Colloquium Co-Coordinator, 1993-1994;
        Curriculum and Library Committee, 1994-1995;
        Capital Campaign Steering Committee, 1996-1999
        Case Statement Process, Capital Campaign, co-chair, 1996-1997;
        Capital Campaign Inaugural, host, May, 1997 and July 1997;
        Co-Advisor to the Moot Court Program, 1984 1995 --


        Assisted with travel and recruitment for admissions office.

BEERMANN, SWERDLOVE, WOLOSHIN, BAREZKY & BERKSON, Chicago

          1982-1986      Of Counsel

          1980-1982      Associate, concentrating in family law and appellate practice

lIT/CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW

          1980-1982      Part-time lecturer in legal research & writing


HONORABLE LLOYD A. VAN DEUSEN

          1979-1980      Judicial Law Clerk for: HONORABLE LLOYD A. VAN DEUSEN,
                         Illinois Appellate Court, Second District.


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PUBLICATIONS:

     Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs (with Ralph L. Brill, Christina L. Kunz, Richard K.
     Neumann, Jr., and Marilyn R. Walter) (Lexis/Nexis. 1997)

     Legal Drafting (co-authored with Jane Rutherford, Laurel Vietzen and John Dernbach)
     Little, Brown & Co. 1994).

     Taking Standards of Appellate Review Seriously: A Proposal to Amend Rule 341" (with
     Timothy O'Neill), 83 IBJ 512 (1995).

     `Teaching Skills and Values During The Law School Years," The MacCrate Report
     Conference Proceedings, pp. 22-27 (1993).

     `Notice to Minors Under the Illinois Juvenile Court Act: An Anomaly of Due Process,"
     36 DeP.L.Rev. 343 (1987).

     Book Review, Martineau, Fundamentals of Appellate Advocacy, 19 J.Mar.L.Rev. 541
     (1986).

     "The Inverted Pyramid Style of Writing and Its Application to Objective Memoranda,"
     1, No. 2, Quarterly Publication of the Legal Writing Institute(l985).

     "A Model for Teaching Persuasive Writing" co-authored with Constance Fisher, Vol. 1,
     No. 3, Quarterly Publication of the Legal Writing Institute (1985).

     "Promoting the Welfare of Children: Agreements to Set a Minimum Amount of Child
     Support," 1 Ill.J.Fam.L. 51(1984).

     "Rape of the Mentally Deficient: Satisfaction of the Nonconsent Element," 15
     J.Mar.L.Rev. 115(1982).



SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS:

     AALS, Workshop on Women in Legal Education, "Finding Support and Challenges
     Outside Our Institution," New York, September 1999.

     ALWD Conference: "ABA Annual Survey and Site Evaluations" (with Richard
     Neumann) July 1997.

     ALWD Conference: "Performance Testing: Institutional Challenges of Performance



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Testing on Legal Writing Curriculum and Pedagogy" (with Maureen Kordesh and
Francis Morrissey) July 1997.


American Bar Association House of Delegates, Speech in Support of the Illinois Bar
Association's Motion to Amend Proposed Recodification of the ABA Standards, August
1996.

Legal Writing Institute, "The Proposed ABA Standards" (July 1996).

Chicago Bar Association, "Life in the Law Faculty Lane," October 18, 1995.

American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative. Strategies for
Developing Skills Curriculum, Washington, D.C. (November 8-9, 1994).

Legal Writing Institute, "The MacCrate Report: Effects on the Future of Legal Research
and Writing" (July 1994);

ABA, The MacCrate Report: Building The Educational Continuum Conference,
Minneapolis (September 30-October 2, 1993).

Association of American Law Schools Teaching Conference: "Problem Development",
and "Selecting, Hiring and Training Legal Writing Teachers" (July 1993).

Society of American Law teachers Conference: Emerging Issues for Legal Writing
 Faculty:Integrating Gender, Race, Disability, and Sexual Preference Into Teaching
 (New York, May 1993).

Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, Continuing Legal Education: "Writing
for Lawyers: "Legal Drafting" (Hoover, Alabama, November 13, 1992).

Midwest Legal Writing Conference: "Teaching Legal Drafting" (July 1991).

American Bar Association Conference Making the Competent Lawyer: Models for Law
School Action: "Need for Effective Legal Writing Programs," (St. Louis, Nov.l-3, 1990).

American Bar Association Annual Meeting: "Wielding a Sharp Red Pencil: Drafting,"
(Chicago, Aug. 4, 1990).

Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting "Legal Writing, Reasoning, and
Analysis as a Necessary Part of the Law School Curriculum" (January 1990).

Legal Writing Institute, "Composition Theory and Teaching Legal Writing" (July 1992);
"Hiring and Training Legal Writing Faculty" (July 1988 and July 1990);




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   Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: "How to Write Effectively" (1988 and
      1989).

     State Appellate Defender Workshop: "How to Write Effectively" (November 4, 1988).
     Legal Writing Institute, "Legal Drafting" (1986).

      Illinois Appellate Judges Conference (December 1984).

EDUCATION:

      December, 1974, B.S., summa cum laude, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus,
      Ohio

             Honors: Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Pi Alpha Mortarboard, Ohio State Summa Award
             for Scholastic Achievement.

      June, 1979, J.D. cum laude, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/CHICAGO-
      KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois

              Honors and activities: Law Review, class rank, upper 15 percent; legal intern,
              Chicago-Kent Legal Services Center, legal writing teaching assistant.

PROFESSIONAL STA TUS:

      Admitted to Illinois Bar, November, 1979.

      Admitted to United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, December,
      1979.

      Admitted to United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, April, 1981.

PROFESSIONAL SER VICE AND A CTI VI TIES

      American Bar Association, Pre Law Committee, 2005 - present

      American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Pace University School of Law,
      November 2007

      American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Albany Law School,
      April, 2006, chair

      American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Brooklyn Law School,
      April, 2005

      American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Florida Coastal School of Law,
      February, 2002, chair



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American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San
Diego, February 2001; team chair: Dean Harry Haynsworth

American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Roger Williams School of Law, March
2000, chair.

American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Oklahoma City University School of
Law, November 1998, chair.

 American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Albany Law School (for masters
program), March, 1998.

 American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, William Mitchell College of Law,
November1997; team chair: Dean Leigh Taylor.

American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Roger Williams School of Law,
September 1996, team chair: Dean Barry Currier

American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Nova Southeastern School of Law,
March 1995; team chair: Associate Dean Catherine Carpenter.

American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, Gonzaga University School of Law,
April, 1992; team chair: Dean Jeremy Davis, University of North Dakota.

Association of American Law Schools: Committee on Bar Admission and Lawyer
Competence, 1997-2000, Chair, 1999-2000.

Illinois State Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1998.

Illinois State Bar Association, Special Committee on Women and the Law, 1997-1999.

Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Legal Education, Admission & Competence,
August 1996- 1999.

Association of Legal Writing Directors, Board of Directors 1996-1999.

Advisory Committee, Educational Testing Services (ETS) and Law School Admission
Council (LSAC) Research on Interlinear Writing Exercises, March 1995-1997.

American Bar Association Committee on Communication Skills (formerly Legal Writing
Committee): member since 1989; chair, 1995-1998; vice-chair, 1992-1995; program
committee, 1990-1991;

Association of American Law Schools: Chair, Section on Writing, Reasoning, and
Research, 1989-1990; Secretary, 1987-1989.



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     Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors, 1984 to 1998.

     IICLE, Planning Committee, "How to Write Effectively" (1989).

     Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association Chairman, Moot Court Bureau Committee, 1983,
     1984; Board of Directors, 1984 to 1986.

     Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association & The John Marshall Law School Appellate
     Advocacy Clinic, Coordinator (November 1988).

     SCRIBES, member; Annual Program Committee, 200 1-02

     Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee, 1989-1993, Civil
     Practice Committee, 1982-1985.

    Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women Committee on Gender Free Jurisprudence,
    1992-1994.

    Illinois State Bar Association: Journal Editorial Board, 1992-1998; Professional Conduct
    Committee, associate member, 1990-1992; Judge Lincoln Award Writing Contest, 1985.

    Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: Member Inquiry Board,
    1992-1995; Member, Hearing Board, 1995-1996.

    Reporter to Illinois Judicial Conference, September 1988.

    Pro Bono Publico representation People v. Saechao, 544 N.E.2d 745 (Ill. 1989).

INTERVIEWS:

    WGN-TV, "Law School Rankings," Feb. 3, 1996.

    National Law Journal, "Professors Say Legal Writing is More Than Just Another Skill,"

    August 15, 1994, p. A16.

    U.S. News and World Report, "Combating Legalese," March 20, 1995.

CONSULTING:

     Law School:
     Legal Writing Consultant for Northern Illinois University School of Law,
     University of North Dakota School of Law, St. Thomas University School of Law,
     Louisiana State University School of Law




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     Other:
     Presented seminars and consultant to various law firms, corporate legal departments, and
                    state agencies.

OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

     Temple Jeremiah: Bylaws Committee and Investment Committee, 2004 - 05
                      Board member, 2005 ­ present
                      Legal Counsel 2007 -




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