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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Electronic Commerce, Commercial Law, International Business Transactions
When?
Years in Practice Area:
Since 1975
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1975
Where?
Employer:
Temple Law School
http://www.temple.edu/lawschool
Size/Sector:
Education
City/State:
Philadelphia, PA
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Law School:
Rutgers-Camden School of Law
Undergraduate School/Degree:
Bryn Mawr College BA in Sociology
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
E-Commerce and its intersection with traditional commercial law are proving to be rapidly emerging and challenging areas. The difficulty is keeping up with the pace of development in wide-ranging and disparate areas!
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
A solid grounding in traditional commercial law, a firm grasp of business practices, and some understanding of the technology.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
Get a good basic law school education (with the core commercial and business courses); learn the basics of IP law; and keep current in the field by becoming active in professional associations (e.g. the Cyberspace Committee of the ABA Business Law Section) and subscribing to relevant periodicals and list serves.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Before law school, I always thought I would be a civil rights attorney, but quickly found I liked commercial and contract law better than constitutional law. I also got my first taste of teaching. I followed the traditional judicial law clerk and then large firm practice route, only to realize my interests in developing areas of the law was greater than my interest in practice, so I left to teach at my former law school. My combined interest in computers and commercial law led me over 15 years ago to start looking at the impact of computer technology on the law. Although people at the time thought I was weird, the later pronouncement was that I was ahead of the curve -and at the cutting edge of legal development. So - don’t hesitate to be different!
Influences and Mentors:
Virtually every one with whom I have had the chance to work over the years has been, in his or her own way, a mentor who influenced my development. None of my accomplishments were the result of my work alone – but the product of the input and support of others. I owe my accomplishments to those who had faith in me.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
The Business Lawyer (ABA Section of Business Law); Business Law Today
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s):
Networking!!
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
Chair, ABA Section of Business Law; Council, American Law Institute; U.S. Delegate, UNCITRAL Working Group on Electronic Commerce; American College of Commercial Financial Lawyers
Recent Professional Publications:
ABCs of the UCC: Article 2A Leases (ABA 1997); ABCs of the UCC: Article 2 Letters of Credit (ABA 1999); Searching for Security in the Law of Electronic Commerce, 23 Nova L. Rev. 585 (Winter 1999); Legal Dimensions of Electronic Commerce (UNCTAD 1999); The Jurisdiction of Commercial Law: Party Autonomy in Choosing Applicable Law and Forum under Proposed Revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code, 32 International Lawyer 1067 (Winter 1998); Electronic Commerce and the Symbiotic Relationship Between International and Domestic Law Reform, 72 Tulane L. Rev. 1931 (1998); The Emerging Law of International Electronic Commerce, 52 Business Lawyer 1469 (1997) (with J. Winn).
Memorable Career Moment:
Being elected to ALI Council; Working With White House Electronic Commerce Task Force; Representing US at UN on electronic commerce issues.
Intriguing Interests:
Needlework during meetings
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