Experience

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Curriculum Development & Associate Counsel

  • Jul 1997 - Present

  Greater Chicago Area Associate Counsel duties: Responsible for drafting contracts, non-profit corporate legal issues, maintaining and protecting CALI's intellectual property, licensing, and legal troubleshooting. Director of Curriculum Development ("faculty wrangler"): supervise, review, edit and support law professors (individuals and teams) and law librarians who author interactive tutorials used in various law school courses, assist authors in making pedagogical decisions in tutorials, coordinate and… Show more Associate Counsel duties: Responsible for drafting contracts, non-profit corporate legal issues, maintaining and protecting CALI's intellectual property, licensing, and legal troubleshooting. Director of Curriculum Development ("faculty wrangler"): supervise, review, edit and support law professors (individuals and teams) and law librarians who author interactive tutorials used in various law school courses, assist authors in making pedagogical decisions in tutorials, coordinate and train the faculty peer review panel (CALI Editorial Board) that reviews all tutorials, train authors in using the authoring software, respond to faculty and student queries about the tutorials, interview faculty and create podcasts about legal education, and a variety of other responsibilities and projects. eBooks: Oversee the selection and creation of free, open legal casebooks for use by faculty in law school courses: elangdell.cali.org Show less



Harper College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor: adult community education program

  • Aug 2004 - Present

  I co-teach a series of improv classes for adults that focus on learning improvisational skills and games. Improv skills are useful in business and everyday life. Skills learned through improv games, such as improved listening skills, improve our ability to communicate. Our improv class creates a collaborative space to explore creativity and have fun! In March 2020, we moved the improv class online where we taught for a semester. Back in the classroom in fall 2021, we modified many games to… Show more I co-teach a series of improv classes for adults that focus on learning improvisational skills and games. Improv skills are useful in business and everyday life. Skills learned through improv games, such as improved listening skills, improve our ability to communicate. Our improv class creates a collaborative space to explore creativity and have fun! In March 2020, we moved the improv class online where we taught for a semester. Back in the classroom in fall 2021, we modified many games to allow for social distancing. Show less



New Choice Improv

• Co-founder and instructor

  • Jun 2003 - Present

  Greater Chicago Area New Choice Improv offers one-day and half-day corporate seminars that focus on teaching improv skills and techniques to members of corporations and associations. Improv techniques and skills are applicable in the business world and can enhance a teams' cohesiveness, introduce creativity to any work group, and improve everyone's communication skills. New Choice Improv's corporate seminars focus on team building, improving listening and developing creativity to improve productivity and build… Show more New Choice Improv offers one-day and half-day corporate seminars that focus on teaching improv skills and techniques to members of corporations and associations. Improv techniques and skills are applicable in the business world and can enhance a teams' cohesiveness, introduce creativity to any work group, and improve everyone's communication skills. New Choice Improv's corporate seminars focus on team building, improving listening and developing creativity to improve productivity and build teams in the workplace. Show less



University of Wisconsin-Platteville

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facilitator

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Course instructor for DEL7410, in Master of Distance Education Leadership program. Online course covering legal issues and policies in education.



Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT)

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

  • Jul 1994 - Jun 1997

  Non-tenure track position teaching legal writing and research to 1Ls in two semester course (3 + 2 cr.). Created problems for student writing assignments (memos, appellate brief); conducted personal conferences for each writing assignment; held practice moot court arguments; voted "best teacher" one semester. Also taught other substantive courses, and served as faculty advisor for IP moot court teams.



Lawyers for the Creative Arts

• Executive Director

  • May 1991 - May 1994

  Responsible for long-range planning and day-to-day operations of a not-for-profit legal aid organization that services the Illinois arts community. Responsible for fund-raising, grant writing, providing legal assistance to clients, overseeing 450 member pro bono panel of attorneys, finances and the supervision of staff. Reported directly to 30 member board of directors. http://www.law-arts.org/



D'Ancona & Pflaum

• Associate

  • Jul 1988 - Nov 1990

  Worked primarily in civil litigation department.