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CYNTHIA ANNE BAKER Clinical Professor of Law Director, Program on Law and State Government Indiana University Robert H CURRICULUM VITAE CYNTHIA ANNE BAKER Clinical Professor of Law Director, Program on Law and State Government Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 530 West New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 317-278-2357 [email protected] EDUCATION Valparaiso University School of Law J.D., May 1991 Valparaiso University B.A., English/Political Science, May 1988 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Clinical Professor of Law, 2011 – present Clinical Associate Professor of Law, 2005 – 2011 OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND LEGAL POSITIONS Director, Program on Law and State Government, February 1997 – present Founding Director of Program on Law and State Government at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Director of Experiential Learning, July 2017 – June 2021 Direct and advise students, faculty, and administration regarding experiential learning opportunities at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Indianapolis, Indiana Section Chief, Primary responsibilities included managing eight attorneys in the Program Counsel Section of IDEM’s Office of Legal Counsel and providing legal advice to the agency’s Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, and Office Directors (April 1995 – January 1997). Staff Attorney, Primary responsibilities included providing legal advice to the Assistant Commissioner, Branch Chiefs, and Section Chiefs of the Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (November 1993 – April 1995). Indiana Court of Appeals, Fifth District, Indianapolis, Indiana Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert D. Rucker, August 1991 – October 1993 McHale, Cook & Welch, P.C., Indianapolis, Indiana Summer Associate, Summer 1990 Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Environmental Section, Indianapolis, Indiana Law Clerk, Summer 1989 LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION Admitted to practice, State of Indiana, October 1991. Admitted to practice, United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, October 1991. Admitted to practice, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, March 1992. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Bar Associations Member, American Bar Association, 1991 – present Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division (1999 – present) Section of State and Local Government Law (2005 – present) Member, Public Education Committee Member, Public Finance Committee Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice (2006 – present) Co-Chair, State Administrative Law Committee (2007 – 2009) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (2009 – present) Member, Indiana State Bar Association, 1998 – present Law School for Legislators Task Force (2011 – present) Public Access Task Force, appointed by ISBA President (2008). Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (1998 – 2004) Governmental Practice Section (2002 – present) Professional Legal Education, Admissions and Development Section (2005 – present) Member, Indianapolis Bar Association, 1991 – present Steering Committee Member, Educational Advocacy for Foster Care Children (July 2010 – Dec. 2012) Pro Bono Advocate and Law School Liaison, Educational Advocacy Pro Bono Project (2007 – Dec. 2012) Executive Committee Board Member, Government Practice Section (1999 – 2009) Co-Chair, Economic Development Series (January – March 2006) Executive Committee Member, Women in the Law Division (1993 – 1997) Chair, Antoinette Dakin Leach Award Committee (1996) Member, National Council for Valparaiso University’s Honors College, 2007-2018 Observer, Model State Administrative Procedures Committee of the National Cynthia Anne Baker CV July 29, 2021 Page 2 of 22 Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 2008 – 2010 Academic Associations Association of American Law Schools, 2005 – present Chair, Section on State and Local Government Law (January 2015 – January 2016) Member, Section on Clinical Legal Education Member, Section on Legal Education Member, Section on Law & Religion Member, Section Law & the Humanities HONORS AND AWARDS IMLA Faculty Award from the International Municipal Lawyers Association by recognizing a person dedicated to IMLA and to the practice of local government law and who has participated as a member of the IMLA faculty in helping local government attorneys learn about or reaffirm their knowledge of issues important to their practice of local government law. (October 2018) Presidential Citation from the Indiana State Bar Association, honoring exceptional contributions to the profession of law and the citizens of Indiana (August 2017). IUPUI Chancellor’s Academic Honors Convocation, Recognizing External Achievement Recipient (April 21, 2016). Faculty Leadership Award Recipient (April 19, 2016). Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana (2012). Indiana Commission on Higher Education Resolution 11-04.1 recognizing my service as faculty member on the Commission and noting that my service was carried out with “extraordinary distinction” (June 2011). J.D. degree awarded magna cum laude, Valparaiso University School of Law (May 1991). Note Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review (1990 – 1991). Advocate, Valparaiso University School of Law National Environmental Moot Court Team (1990 – 1991). Jurist Award, Full Tuition Merit Scholarship (1988 – 1991). B.A. degree awarded with distinction, Valparaiso University (May 1988). Christ College Scholar, Valparaiso University’s Honors College (1988). Christ College Distinguished Student Award (1988). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Association of American Law Schools, 2005 – present Cynthia Anne Baker CV July 29, 2021 Page 3 of 22 As chair of the AALS Section on State and Local Government Law, organized section’s scholarly contribution to 2016 Annual Meeting, held in New York City, January 2016. American Bar Association, 1991 – present As a member of the Section of State & Local Government Law, served on the Higher Education Law Committee. Presented at Section’s 2014 Annual meeting. As an active member of the Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice from 2006-09 and as the co-chair of the State Administrative Law Committee from 2007- 09, co-authored survey of section members regarding state approaches to, among other things, central panels of administrative law judges, electronic publication of administrative rules, and incorporation of Model Administrative Procedures Act of 1981 into state law. Contributed several short pieces on administrative law developments at the state government level to Section publications. As a member of the Section of State and Local Government Law, participated in section’s National meeting presenting my work about the relationships between institutions of higher education and local governments. In 2005, I nominated two PLSG Fellows for the Section’s Student Award for Academic Excellence. PLSG Fellows Michael Montageno and Shariq Siddiqui won the awards based on their Fellowship work on the topic of integrity in public Service. On behalf of the Chair of the Section, I presented the awards and ABA publications on ethics in government to the award recipients at the 2005 Fellowship Symposium. Indiana State Bar Association, 1991 – present Serve on state legislation committee’s law school for legislators’ subcommittee. Work with lawyers, judges, professors, court officials, legislators, and lobbyists to frame and host annual educational seminars for new and returning elected state representatives and senators (November 2014, November 2012, November 2011). Indianapolis Bar Association, 1991 – present Served as pro bono advocate and law school liaison for the IBA’s educational advocacy pro bono project from 2007-2012, including collaboration with youthlaw.org to address unique educational challenges for children in foster care. Co-represented and represented two child/student pro bono clients. In addition to helping clients, this pro bono work reconnected me to the difficult work of practicing law and has increased my expertise of education law issues. As an executive committee member of the IBA’s Government Practice Section from 1999-2009, improved the section’s educational and professional development efforts underwent change in a myriad of ways. Efforts include nominating law students to serve as student members on the executive committee, moderating several panel discussions regarding legal developments at the local, state, and national level, and co-chairing an educational series on economic development. Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2009 – 2011 Commission Member, Upon appointment by the Governor of Indiana, served with other commission members to develop and implement a long-range plan for postsecondary education. Responsibilities included preparing for and participating in monthly working sessions and public meetings throughout the state of Indiana, hosting the Faculty Leadership Conference on behalf of the Commission, and carrying out the role and duties of the faculty representative of the Commission. Cynthia Anne Baker CV July 29, 2021 Page 4 of 22 Indiana Code Revision Commission, 2000, 2002, 2008 Commission Member, Under appointment by Leader of Indiana’s House of Representatives, charged with recommending technical corrections to portions of Indiana Code identified by the Indiana’s General Assembly. In 2008, addressed anomalies of non-code sections of Indiana law. In 2002, the Commission revised Title 32 (Property) and in 2000, Title 10 (State Police, Civil Defense and Military Affairs).
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