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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Education - training judges and journalists in court/media conflict issues; First and Sixth Amendment issues as they relate to media coverage of trials; First Amendment and Media Law.
When?
In the Practice Area:
Since 1985
In the Legal Profession:
Since 1983
Where?
Employer:
The National Judicial College
http://www.judges.org
City/State:
Reno, Nevada
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Law School:
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio - 1983
Undergraduate School/Degree:
BS in Journalism Education, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana - 1969
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Many judges and journalists are wary of each other and come into conflict with each other over access issues accuracy of reporting issues. The challenge is to get each side to understand the values, procedures and restrictions the other faces to begin the process of improving the relationships. In turn, greater harmony between the courts and the media will heighten public confidence in the judiciary and the legal system through greater and more accurate coverage of the work of the courts.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
First Amendment and Media Law; Education techniques; Court procedure and ethical rules for judges; media procedures.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
Concentrate not only on media law courses and case precedent, but try to work for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news department to gain an inside understanding and first-hand experience on the values and problems inherent in news gathering and reporting.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Undergraduate journalism education degree - 1969; reporter, editor, news editor and managing editor of daily newspapers - 1968-1985; JD degree - 1983; Practiced law - 1983-1985; Created The Texas Lawyer weekly legal newspaper - 1985-1986; news editor, editor and publisher, The ABA Journal - 1986-200; Director of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for the Courts and Media in The National Judicial College - 2000- present.
Influences and Mentors:
Prof. David Goshien; Prof. Patrick Browne; Larry Coey, JD; Dr. Louis Ingelhart; Dr. Earl Conn; Arnold Miller.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Media Studies Journal and The Press on Trial.
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position:
Editor & Publisher.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Society of Professional Journalists.
Recent Professional Publications:
Making Work Work For You and several award-winning news articles in previous publications.
Recent Professional Presentations:
Workshops for Judges and Journalists - Saipan; Seminar on Court/Media Issues at the Tom Slick US-Mexico Judicial Conference - Austin, Texas.
Memorable Career Moment:
Creating The Texas Lawyer weekly legal newspaper; Interviewing Yasser Arafat for an article in the ABA Journal; Interviewing Justice Thurgood Marshall for an article in the ABA Journal; Going to Sarajevo, Bosnia for a series of articles in the ABA Journal; Co-counsel on a precedent-setting case in Ohio.
Intriguing Interests:
She has taken up the hobby of making stain glass windows and she is an adjunct professor at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada.
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