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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Professional Presence, Owner; Professor Emerita at UMKC School
of Law
When?
Years in Practice Area:
A UCC lawyer and professor since 1979; A communications expert
since 1997
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1979
Where?
Employer:
Professional Presence, Owner
www.professionalpresence.com/html/home/home.html
UMKC School of Law, Professor Emerita
www1.law.umkc.edu/faculty/cooper/
Size/Sector:
Education
City/State:
Kansas City, MO
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Law School:
University of Arizona
Other post-graduate education:
One year of the MBA Program at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.
Undergraduate School/Degree:
University of Arizona
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
As Professor: Intellectual challenge, opportunity to influence the law & the profession, flexibility of schedule.
As Business Owner: I enjoy being self-employed and having a variety of projects in different substantive and geographic areas going at once. There is tremendous excitement in being self-employed.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
As Professor: Substantive knowledge of one or more cutting edge legal areas. Good writing skills, self-motivation.
As Business Owner: Self-motivation; an insight into communications and human interaction; wide experiences both inside and outside of law.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
As Professor: Find out about AALS Recruitment Conference & Directory.
As Business Owner: Practice in a variety of areas before you decide to try consulting.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Private practice in banking 4 ˝ years, 18 years as a law professor.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
ABA Section and Committee Membership(s): Section of Business Law, ABA Journal Editorial Board.
Recent Professional Publications:
The Portable UCC (3rd ed. ABA 2000)
The New Article 9 (2nd ed. ABA 2000)
Recent Professional Presentations:
Professional Presence ® multiple locations throughout the U.S.
Climbing the Ladder to Success, ABA Annual Meeting, NY
Out of the Box: Legal Education in the 21st Century, ABA Annual Meeting, London
Memorable Career Moment(s):
Becoming Editor in Chief of Business Law Today and redesigning the magazine
Working as a speechwriter and director of issues for a gubernatorial campaign
Having a weekly radio show on politics
Teaching UCC for 18 years and retiring at 48 as a professor emerita
Starting my own companies, Professional Presence ® and Outlaw Online, Inc. ®
Frequently used websites:
Amazon.com, Altavista.com, abanet.org/buslaw/wbln
Memorable Quote:
“If you play by the rules, you miss all the fun.” -Katherine Hepburn
“To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and most intellectual.” -Oscar Wilde
Intriguing Interests:
Driving race cars, growing roses.
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