Section on Women in Legal Education

Section on Women in Legal Education

Mentor Volunteer Information Form

Thank you for volunteering to serve as a mentor. Please complete the information form below to join the group of mentors available. The information you provide will be made available to section member on the AALS Women in Legal Education website when it is launched. Please return the completed form to Colleen Medill at the University of Nebraska at . At the end of this document, there is an example of what a mentor entry will look like on our website.

Name:

Law School:

E-mail:

Years Teaching:

Subjects Taught:

Areas Of Scholarly Interest:

Please check all that are appropriate:

I am willing to share lecture notes.

I am willing to provide advice and suggestions on early drafts of scholarly articles.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on being an untenured faculty member who is pregnant.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on being an untenured faculty member who is adopting a child.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on making a lateral move.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on being a consultant/expert witness.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice concerning how to get a book contract and publish a book.

I have prior experience as a law school administrator and am willing to provide advice concerning a career move into law school administration.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice concerning tenure issues unique to religiously-affiliated law schools.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice concerning blogging.

I am willing to advise about negotiating faculty dynamics

I am willing to advise about classroom management and student issues

Personal Comments: (Describe anything in your background that you feel would be helpful to a Section member who is searching for a mentor.)

Below is a sample mentoring entry that will be reproduced on the Women in Legal Education website:

Name & E-mail Years Teaching Subjects Taught Areas of Scholarship

Colleen Medill12 PropertyRetirement and health

Univ. of Nebraska Real Estatecare law and policy

Employee Benefits

Wills & Trusts

Estate & Gift Tax

Mentoring Services:

I am willing to share lecture notes.

I am willing to provide advice and suggestions on early drafts of scholarly articles.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on being an untenured faculty member who is pregnant.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on making a lateral move.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice on being a consultant/expert witness.

I have prior experience and am willing to provide advice concerning how to get a book contract and publish a book.

Personal Comments:

I was at the University of Tennessee for seven years before moving to the University of Nebraska in 2004. I arrived at Tennessee with a two year old child and had two more children while I was an untenured faculty member. I have served as a consultant/expert witness in ERISA litigation and have four books published or under contract with West Law Group in the areas of ERISA and Property.