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CURRICULUM VITA GENERAL Name: Kevin Ruser Home Address: 6808 Ridge Point Road, Lincoln, NE 68512 Work Address: College of Law, Room 172 Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0902 Phone: (402) 435-3401 (H) (402) 472-3271 (W) (402) 472-3228 (fax) E-Mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Juris Doctor–University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law May, 1979 Bachelor of Arts--University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences December, 1975 English major, history minor BAR Admitted to practice in Nebraska, state and federal courts, September, 1979 Admitted to practice before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, September, 1991 PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING M. S. Hevelone Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, February, 2009 to present. Director of Clinical Programs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, September 1, 2001 to present. Clinical Professor of Law, July 1, 1997 to present. Director, Civil Clinical Law Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, June 1, 1985 to present. Duties include supervision of senior law students in the Civil Clinical Law Program, teaching of the classroom component of the Civil Clinic when it is offered, creation and updating of substantive teaching manuals, and co-administration of clinical office, including hiring and evaluation of support staff, and working with office and grant budgets. Associate Clinical Professor of Law, July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1997. Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, February 15, 1991 to June 30, 1992. Managing attorney, Western Nebraska Legal Services, March, 1983, to May 31, 1985. Job duties were cumulative to those of staff attorney, and included hiring, evaluation, and day-to- day supervision of staff in Scottsbluff office; working with regional office budget; purchasing supplies, and working with the executive director and other managing attorneys. Staff Attorney, Western Nebraska Legal Services, August, 1979, to March, 1983. Duties included casework, community education activities, involvement in community affairs, and other duties as assigned by the managing attorney. Promoted to senior attorney in August, 1982, with attendant increase in job responsibilities, including more frequent work on litigation of a complex nature; requirement to train, supervise, and assist other less experienced staff; and other duties commensurate with professional requirements and duties as assigned by the executive director. MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES Member--11th Judicial District Bar Association 1979-1981 Member--Scotts Bluff County Bar Association 1981-1985 Member--Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on Legal Services 1982 Member--Poverty Law Section of Nebraska State Bar Association 1985-present; Vice- Chair of the Section 2003-present Member--Bankruptcy Section of Nebraska State Bar Association 1985-Present Member--Clinical Law Section, American Association of Law Schools 1985-Present Member--Advisory Committee, Upjohn Health Care Services Home Health Agency, Lincoln, Nebraska 1986-1987 Member--Advisory Board, Associated Students of the University of Nebraska Student Legal Services 1986-2007; 2012-present Member--National Institute of Trial Advocacy 1988-1989 Member--Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on Legal Services 1988-1989 Member--Lifetime Health Program Advisory Committee; Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department 1989-1991 Member--Task Force on Domestic Violence Issues, Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee 1991-1992 Member--Long-term Legislative Planning Committee and the Dissolution Practice Committee, Family Law Section of the Nebraska State Bar 1992 Member--Working committee for review of guardianship laws; Nebraska Department on Aging 1992-1993 Member--Advisory Council on the development of legal services standards for legal services providers; Nebraska Department on Aging 1992-1994 Member--Core Planning Committee, Title VII Elder Abuse Project; Nebraska Department on Aging 1993-1994 Consultant--Office of Monitoring, Audit and Compliance; Legal Services Corporation 1993-1994 Consulting Legal Advisor--UNL Law/Psychology Program and Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center, Client Representation Project 1993-1996 Member--Board of Directors, The Growing Place, Inc. 1994-Present Consultant--Law School Civil Clinical Program, Legal Services Corporation 1995 Alternate Member--Judicial Nominating Commission for the County Court, Third Judicial District 1995-1998 Board Member--Nebraska Consortium for Health Education Programming 1996-2000 Member--Medicaid Estate Planning Work Team, Nebraska Long-Term Care Managed Care Project, Nebraska Departments of Social Services, Health and Aging 1996-1997 Member--Nebraska State Bar Association Commission on Access to Justice 1996-1997 Member--Judicial Nominating Commission for the District Court, Third Judicial District 1996-2004 Member–-Governor’s Task Force on the Impacts of INS Enforcement 1999-2000 Member–-Nebraska Supreme Court Client Security Fund Committee 2000-2001 Member–-Nebraska Legal Services State Planning Group 2000-2005 Member–-Action Plan Committee, Nebraska Legal Services 2001-2005 Member–-Robert Van Pelt American Inn of Court, Learned Hand Inn 2002-2011; Emeritus member 2011-present Consultant–-Center for Legal Immigration Assistance 2002-present Member--Nebraska Supreme Court Pro Se Litigation Committee 2003-present Consultant--Serbia Rule of Law Project, National Center for State Courts 2005-2006 Member--National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys 2005-2006 Member–-Nebraska Delayed Deposit Services Working Group, State Sen. Amanda McGill 2007-2008 Consultant–-Clinical Programs, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, February 4-15, 2008. Member–-Nebraska Supreme Court Commission on Children in the Courts Subcommittee on Immigration Issues in Juvenile Court 2008-present Member–-Nebraska State Mock Trial Case Writing Committee 2009 Member–-Working group to plan for an immigrants’ welcome center in Lincoln, Nebraska 2010-present Board Member–-Center for Legal Immigration Assistance, 2011- present Member–-Advisory Board, UNL Student Legal Services, 2012- present Consultant–-Kosovo Legal Profession Program administered by the National Center for State Courts, Pristina, Kosovo 2012-present. Member–-Immigration Legal Services Visioning Task Force, 2012-present. PUBLICATIONS Small Claims Court: A "How To" Manual, 1985; Revised, 1988, 1990 (Clinic Manual). Revision, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990: Nebraska Divorce Practice Manual (Clinic Manual). Revision, 1987 - 1990, 1992 - 2013: Office Manual For Clinical Law Students (Clinic Manual). Revision, 1987 - 1990, 1992 - 2013: Relevant Lancaster County Trial Courts (Clinic Manual). Revision, 1987, 1990, 1992 - 1997, 2003-2011: Nebraska Motion Practice Manual (Clinic Manual). Nebraska Chapter Seven Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Manual, 1987; Revised, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997; substantially revised, 2006, 2008 (Manual developed for Clinic and published in First Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 1, 1990 and Second Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 5, 1997). Nebraska Adoption Manual and Checklist, 1988; Revised, 1989, 1990, 1992 (Clinic Manual; published in First Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 1, 1990). Powers of Attorney, Guardianships and Conservatorships, 1989; Revised, 1990, 1992 (Training manual with forms developed for Nebraska Health Care Association). Nebraska Chapter Thirteen Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Manual, 1990; Revised, 1992, 1993, 1997 (Manual developed for Clinic and published in First Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 3, 1990 and Second Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 5, 1997). Overview of Consumer Law: Debt Counseling, Fair Debt Collection Practices, Home Solicitation Sales Act and Bankruptcy, 1991 (Training manual developed for Nebraska Department on Aging). An Overview: The Right to Rescind Consumer Contracts Under the Home Solicitation Sales Act and the Truth In Lending Act, 1992 (Training manual developed for South Central Nebraska Area Agency on Aging). Revision, 1992, 1993: Minahan, Nebraska Legal Forms--Bankruptcy, (Butterworth, 1992, 1993). Guardianships, Conservatorships, The Patient Self-Determination Act, Powers of Attorney, and Living Wills, 1993; Revised, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012 (Training manual with forms developed for Nebraska Health Care Association). Nebraska Landlord/Tenant Law, 1993; Revised, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013. (Training manual developed for Larabee School of Real Estate). Guardianships and Conservatorships, 1994; Revised, 1995 (Training manual developed for Beatrice State Development Center). Conservatorships and Guardianships, 1994 (Published in First Edition of Nebraska "How To" Practice series, Vol. 8, 1994). Training for Interpreters/Translators, 1996 (Training manual developed to train interpreters and translators working with immigration clients of the Civil Clinical Law Program). Family-Based Immigrant Visas, 1997 (updated, 1999, 2001, 2004) (Training outline developed for Nebraska Continuing Legal Education presentation). Federal and State Fair Housing Law, 1998 (Training manual developed for Professional School of Real Estate). A Criminal Practitioner's Guide to Immigration Law, 1998 (updated in 1999, 2001) (Presentation outline developed for Law College Education Services, Inc.). Protecting Nebraska's Vulnerable Adults, 1999 (with Alicia B. Henderson) (Field Guide developed under contract with