Assistant Professor & Director, Lawyering Skills and Legal Reasoning
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B.A., University of South Carolina, 1964, secondary education. Recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. |
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Graduate studies, Emory University, history, 1965 |
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J.D., Cumberland School of Law, 1978. Founding member, American Journal of Trial Advocacy |
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Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Southeastern University, 1989 |
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Practice experience: Associate, John E. Amari; Partner, Strickland, Stoddard & Strickland; Partner, Crittenden, Cochran & Strickland; Staff Attorney, Justice Janie L. Shores and Justice Thomas Woodall, Alabama Supreme Court, 1989-2000 |
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Joined Cumberland faculty: 2000 |
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Teaching and research interests: Legal research and writing; appellate practice; Conflict of Laws |
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Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee - Civil, Secretary
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Former president and vice-president of the Birmingham Board of Education, 1977-87
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Founding member, The Women's Network
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Board of Directors, Alabama Women's Hall of Fame at Judson College
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Former member, Alabama Women's Commission
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Leadership Birmingham, Class of 1986
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Birmingham Business Journal's Top 10 Women of the Year, 1990
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