8/11//17 JOAN W. HOWARTH Distinguished Visiting Professor, Boyd School of Law, UNLV Dean Emerita and Professor of Law, MSU College of Law [email protected] or [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT 2017 – 2018, Distinguished Visiting Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV

2016 – present, Dean Emerita and Professor of Law 2016 - 2017, Consultant to Provost, Michigan State University 2008 – 2016, Dean and Professor of Law Michigan State University College of Law

2003 – 2008, William S. Boyd Professor of Law 2004 – 2007, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 2003 - 2004, Associate Dean for Clinical Studies 2001 - 2008, Professor of Law William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV

2000-2001, Scholar in Residence, Boalt Center for Social Justice, and Visiting Professor of Law University of California at Berkeley

Spring 2000, Visiting Professor of Law University of California at Davis (King Hall)

Fall 1999, Visiting Professor of Law University of California, Hastings College of Law

1994 - 2001, Professor of Law 1991 - 1994, Associate Professor 1990 - 1991, Visiting Assistant Professor Golden Gate University, School of Law

1989-1990, Visiting Acting Professor University of California at Davis (King Hall)

1988-1989, Associate Director 1987-1988, Assistant Legal Director 1984-1987, Staff Attorney ACLU Foundation of Southern California

1981-1983, Deputy Office of the (California) State Public Defender

1980-1981, Grey Teaching Fellow Stanford Law School

EDUCATION 1980, J.D., University of Southern California 1972, A.B., Religion/English, Smith College

ACADEMIC Shame Agent, 66 J. OF LEGAL. EDUC. 717 (2017) PUBLICATIONS Introduction: Lawyers as Conservators? 2012 MICH. ST. L. REV. 243 (2012) Teaching Freedom: Exclusionary Rights of Student Organizations, 42 U.C. DAVIS LAW REVIEW 889 (2009) Recruiting Sexual Minorities and People with Disabilities to be Dean, 31 SEATTLE L. REV. 751 (2008) The Geronimo Bank Murders: A Gay Tragedy, 17 LAW AND SEXUALITY 39 (2008); reprinted in Crime and Punishment, Vol. II by Prof. Ruthann Robson, Ashgate Library of Essays on Sexuality and Law Series (May 2011) Adventures in Heteronormativity: The Straight Line from Liberace to Lawrence, 5 NEV. L. J. 260 (2004) Executing White Masculinities: Lessons from Karla Faye Tucker, 81 ORE. L. REV. 183 (2002) Toward the Restorative Constitution: A Restorative Justice Critique of Anti-gang Public Nuisance Injunctions, 27 HASTINGS CONST. L. Q. 717 (2000) Women Defenders on Television: Representing Suspects and the Racial Politics of Retribution, 3 J. OF GENDER, RACE, AND JUSTICE 475 (2000) Lesbian Legal Theory, in LESBIAN HISTORIES AND CULTURES: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA, Zimmerman, ed. (Garland 2000) Teaching in the Shadow of the Bar, 31 USF L. REV. 927 (1997) Representing Black Male Innocence, 1 J. OF GENDER, RACE AND JUSTICE 97 (1997) First and Last Chance: Looking for Lesbians in California’s Fifties Bar Cases, 5 SO. CAL. REV. OF LAW & WOMEN'S STUDIES (1995) Deciding to Kill: Revealing the Gender in the Task Handed to Capital Jurors, 1994 WIS. L. REV. 1345; excerpted in Bartlett & Harris, GENDER AND LAW: THEORY, DOCTRINE, & COMMENTARY (Aspen 1998) Feminism, Lawyering, and Death Row, 2 SO. CAL. REV. OF LAW & WOMEN'S STUDIES 401 (1992) Prisons Within Prisons, chapter in PRISONERS AND THE LAW, Robbins, ed., (Boardman 1985) (anthology)

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Note: The Rights of Gay Prisoners: A Challenge to Protective Custody, 53 SO.CAL.L.REV. 1225 (1980)

OTHER Writing Specialist as Rescue Club, THE SECOND DRAFT: THE LEGAL PUBLICATIONS WRITING INSTITUTE (Spring 2016) Professor John "Jack" Apol, 1941-2012: In Memoriam – "I Really Love the Chanting", 2012 MICH. ST. L. REV.1097 (2012) Empirical Studies Add to Death Penalty Debate, NEVADA LAWYER (Aug. 2002) Chair, Editorial Board, MY STORY'S ON: ORDINARY WOMEN; EXTRAORDINARY LIVES, Common Differences Press (1985) Evolution of a Feminist Art: Public Forms & Social issues, HERESIES, A JOURNAL OF ART AND POLITICS, Spring 1979 (co-author) A Feminist Theory of Power: A Critique, QUEST: A FEMINIST QUARTERLY, Summer 1976

WORKS IN The Case for a Uniform Cut Score, posted as Working Paper, SSRN PROGRESS TICKET TO RIDE: ATTORNEY LICENSING (monograph on bar exam reform)

COURSES Advanced Torts Workshop; Capital Defense Clinic; Constitutional Law I; TAUGHT Constitutional Law II; Federal Courts; Foundations of Law; Gender, Race, & Criminal Justice; Religion Clauses Seminar; Sexual Orientation & the Law; Remedies; Torts; Women & the Law

PROFESSIONAL Strategic Planning Consultant, Rutgers Law School, 2017 LEADERSHIP Association of American Law Schools (AALS), Founding Member, Deans Forum Steering Committee, 2014-2016 State Bar of Michigan, 21st Century Practice Task Force, 2015-2016; Modernizing the Regulatory Machinery Committee, 2015-16; Standing Committee on Law School Deans, 2008-2016 Invited Participant, National Conference of Bar Examiners Annual Conference, Wash., D.C., Apr. 15-16, 2016 Invited Participant, ABA Summit on Innovation in Legal Services, Stanford Law School, May 10-13, 2015 Association of American Law Schools (AALS), Membership Review Committee, 2012-2015 Association of American Law Schools (AALS), Special Committee (Resources Corps), 1996-present

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Society of American Law Teachers (SALT), Board of Governors, 1998-2014; Chair, Nominations Committee, 2005-06; Chair, Board Retreat Committee, 2004; Member, Bar Exam Committee, 1998- present; Member, Nominations Committee, 2004-05; Member, Teaching Conference Committee, 2004; Chair, SALT Public Positions Committee, 2000-02 Law Faculty Retreat Facilitator, Southern Illinois University, Sept. 16-17, 2011 AALS Reporter, American Bar Association (ABA)/AALS Site Visit, Syracuse University School of Law, Oct. 10-13, 2010 AALS Reporter, American Bar Association (ABA)/AALS Site Visit, Case Western Reserve, Mar. 15-18, 2009 Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Steering Committee, Ann Arbor, (2008- 2009) AALS Reporter, ABA/AALS Site Visit, Rutgers-Camden, Mar. 18-20, 2007 Facilitator, Michigan State University College of Law, Aug. 8-9, 2006 Strategic Planning Consultant, Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, Seattle University School of Law, May – July, 2006 AALS Reporter, ABA/AALS Site Visit, Vermont Law School, Mar. 12-14, 2006 Planning Committee, Joint Program of Teaching Method and Clinical Teaching Sections, 2003 AALS Annual Meeting Chair, Planning Committee, AALS Annual Meeting Workshop, Do You Know Where Your Students Are? Langdell Logs on to the Twenty-First Century, New Orleans, Jan. 4, 2002 ABA Site Team Member, University of Dayton School of Law, Mar. 23-26, 2001 First District Appellate Project, Board of Directors, 1992 – 2001 ABA Site Team Workshop, Indianapolis, Sept. 9, 2000 Law Faculty Retreat Facilitator, Denver University School of Law, Oct. 8-9, 1999 Chair, SALT Conference on Re-Examining the Bar Exam, Sept. 25, 1999 Law Faculty Retreat Facilitator, Mississippi College School of Law, Jan. 16-17, 1998 Group Leader, Mills College Summit on Women in Legal Education, Nov. 21-22, 1997 Law Faculty Planning Workshop Facilitator, University of Kentucky School of Law, Jan.13-14, 1997 Retreat Facilitator, Public Interest Clearing House Board of Directors, San Francisco, June 15, 1996 Facilitator, AALS Conference on Sexual Orientation and Law Schools, Washington, D.C.: Oct. 4-5, 1996 State Bar of California Criminal Law Section (Editorial Board), CRIMINAL LAW NEWS, 1991-92 Death Penalty Focus of California, founding board member, 1987-93 National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, vice-chair, 1976-1998 Women Against Violence Against Women, founding board member, 1976-82

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SELECTED Bar Exam Futures, ABA Deans Conference, Wash., D.C., June 30, PRESENTATIONS 2017 Better Bar Exams, National Conference of Bar Examiners Annual Conference, San Diego, May 5, 2017 MBE Madness, Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Apr. 9, 2017 Shame Agent, Boyd Faculty Enrichment Series, Mar. 25, 2017 Hacking the JD, The Law Colleges of Santa Barbara and Ventura, January 28-29, 2017 Speaker/ Organizer, Learning from Medicine, AALS Annual Meeting Program on Attorney Licensing, San Francisco, January 4, 2017 Shame Agent, JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION Symposium on Title IX, Georgetown Law Center, October 14, 2016 Facilitator, Building a Better Bar, SALT Teaching Conference, Chicago, October 1, 2016 Intersections, MSU Law Diversity Week Keynote, East Lansing, MI, February 15, 2016 Panelist, Town Hall Meeting, State Bar of Michigan 21st Century Practice Task Force Meeting, Lansing, MI, January 29, 2016 Developing and Leading High Functioning Teams in Higher Education, Workshop for MSU Deans, East Lansing, MI, January 15, 2016 Educating for Justice in Turbulent Times, MSU Alumni Association, East Lansing, MI, October 26, 2015 Reflections on Glossip v. Gross, American Constitution Society Event, East Lansing, MI, April 20, 2015 Speaker/Panelist, It Still Takes a Village, LSAC Retention Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2015 Speaker, Women and Leadership (with Jocelyn Benson and Phyllis Crocker), Women Lawyers Associate of Michigan Foundation Awards Dinner, Southfield, MI, March 25, 2015 Legal Education and the Future of Law, Northeast Association of Prelaw Advisors Webinar, February 4, 2015 Leadership at MSU College of Law, East Lansing, MI, January 19, 2015 Commentator/Panelist, The Case Against 8 movie discussion, Sun Theatre, Williamston, MI, November 16, 2014 Speaker, Triangle Bar Association National Coming Out Day Event, East Lansing, MI, October 13, 2014 Panelist, Inns of Court Joint Program with Cooley Law School, East Lansing, MI, October 8, 2014 Speaker, Winners and Losers in the Supreme Court, MSU Honors College Sharper Focus Program on The Evolving Nature of Rights,

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September 8, 2014 Speaker, Legal Education for the Future, State Bar of Michigan Leadership Forum, Mackinaw Island, June 13, 2013 Remarks, Portrait Ceremony for Judge Marianne Battani, U.S. Dist. Crt., Detroit, June 3, 2013 Speaker, Women In Charge, Women’s Law Caucus, East Lansing, MI, March 31, 2014 Speaker, Change is Here: A Dean considers Clinics in Uncertain Times, Clinic Director’s Conference, Plenary Session, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 28, 2013 Panelist, Self-Promotion, Women in Law Leadership Council, East Lansing, MI, February 27, 2013 Panelist, View from the Top: Addressing the Issue of High Education Debt and the Value of Financial Literacy Programs, Access Group Financial Aid Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 15, 2012 Keynote Speaker, Triangle Bar Association National Coming Out Day Event, East Lansing, MI, October 11, 2012 Presenter, Deans’ Perspectives on Student Debt, Society of American Law Teacher (SALT), University of Maryland, October 4, 2012. Keynote Speaker, MSU Lavender Reception, East Lansing, MI, April 22, 2012 Moderator, Rethinking our Understanding of Gender Inequality, Gender and the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power Symposium, Detroit, MI, April 13, 2012 Presenter, Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) meeting "Reinvent Michigan and Grow with Less", Lansing, MI, March 22, 2012 Facilitator, Conference on Shultz-Zedeck Research on Effective Lawyering, University of California Berkeley School of Law, March 2-3, 2012 Group Leader, Plenary III: Tenure and Employment Security, 42nd Annual ABA Deans’ Workshop, San Diego, CA, February 16-18, 2012 Keynote Speaker, Challenges and Changes in Legal Education and the Legal Profession, MAPLA Pre-Law Advisors Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 29, 2011 Small Group Leader, Faculty Appointments Registrants Workshop, 2011 AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, Washington DC, October 13, 2011 Keynote Speaker, Tell Your Story, Triangle Bar Event, MSU College of Law, October 11, 2011 Panelist, The Justice App, Lawyers as Conservators Symposium, MSU College of Law, September 9, 2011 Communication with Administration, Deans Panel Discussion, ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, August 5, 2011

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Moving Beyond "Racial Blindsight"? The Influence of Social Science Evidence after the North Carolina Racial Justice Act, Panel Moderator, Symposium on Racial Disparity, MSU College of Law April 7, 2011 Masculinities and Organizational Identity: Considering Law School Branding, colloquium on Multidimensional Masculinities and Legal Theory, Boyd School of Law, UNLV, Feb. 19, 2011 Panelist, The Dean’s Role Regarding Diversity, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 7, 2011 Speaker, Annual Dinner, Society of American Law Teachers, San Francisco, California, January 7, 2011 Choosing Subject Matter, Scholarship Plenary Session, AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers, Washington, DC, June 18, 2010 Setting Priorities and Sticking to Them, ABA Law School Development Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 2, 2010 Presenter, ABA Workshop for New Deans, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 1, 2010 Women In Charge: Big Deal, Ho-Hum or Both?, Spartan Women’s Luncheon, New York City, New York, May 19, 2010 What & Why, Diversity in Law School Leadership, Seattle University, Sept. 25, 2009 Geronimo Bank Murders: Law, Culture & Science in a Gay Tragedy, Lyman Briggs College, MSU, Mar. 20, 2009 Michigan Indigent Defense: The Problem, Institute of Public Policy & Social Research (MSU) Policy Briefing, Lansing, Michigan, Mar. 19, 2009 Achieving Faculty Diversity, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Jan. 7, 2009 Legal Education for Tomorrow, Michigan Assn. of Municipal Attorneys, Petoskey, Michigan, Sept. 29, 2008 Masculinities in Capital Punishment, Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS), July 31, 2008 Remembering Trina Grillo, Grillo Retreat, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 8, 2008 Teaching Freedom: Exclusionary Rights of Student Organizations, UC Davis Law Review First Amendment Symposium, March 7, 2008 Academic Deaning, Deanship Workshop, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Sept. 28, 2007 Welcome to Academic Freedom, UNLV New Faculty Orientation, Aug. 13, 2007 Moderator, Differing Roles and Models of Law Schools, Southeast Association of Law Schools (SEALS), Amelia Island, Florida, Aug. 2, 2007

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Law: A Language of Power, NEW Leadership Nevada, Las Vegas, June 4, 2007 Zealous Advocacy, 2007 Gender and Law Symposium, Santa Clara University School of Law, Apr. 20, 2007 Lawrence and Nevada, Sexuality and Gender Equity Program, Boyd School of Law, Mar. 29, 2007 State Constitutional Approaches to Same-Sex Marriage, Sociology of Sexuality, UNLV, Dec. 5, 2006 Moderator, Opportunities for Collaboration, Mountain West Regional Clinical Conference, Boyd School of Law, Nov. 18, 2006 Lat-Crit Does Liberace, Lat-Crit XI, Boyd School of Law, Oct. 8, 2006 Moderator, Academics and Practitioners on Legal Issues Affecting Immigrants, Lat-Crit XI, Boyd School of Law, Oct. 7, 2006 Zealous Advocacy: United States v. Lynne Stewart, Boyd School of Law, Oct. 6, 2006 Academic Freedom for UNLV Faculty, New Faculty Orientation, UNLV, Aug. 14, 2006 The Boyd School of Law Today & Tomorrow, Las Vegas Rotary, July 20, 2006 Moderator, Kelo v. New London Debate, Federalist Society, Boyd School of Law, Nov. 17, 2005 Moderator, Demeanor of Democracy: Civility in Public Discourse, UNLV Center for Democratic Culture, Nov. 15, 2005 The Living Constitution: Response to Judge Hug, National Judicial College, University of Nevada, Reno, Sept. 21, 2005 Bar Exam Alternatives, Society of American Teachers (SALT) Program at Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Clinical Conference, Chicago, Apr. 30, 2005 Constraints on Social Justice Lawyering, Grillo Public Interest and Social Justice Retreat, San Jose, Mar. 13, 2005 Adventures in Heteronormativity, Faculty Colloquium, Boyd School of Law, Feb. 23, 2005 The Hyper-Active Nevada Cut-Score, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Jan. 7, 2005 Moderator, Organizing Las Vegas, Class in the Classroom, SALT Teaching Conference, Boyd School of Law, Oct. 16, 2004 Adventures in Heteronormativity, Equal Justice in the West Symposium, Boyd School of Law, Feb. 21, 2004 Incorporating Skills Training in Attorney Licensing, Symposium, GEO. ST. L. REV., Atlanta, Jan. 29, 2004 Classroom Incivilities, AALS Section on Teaching Methods, Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 5, 2004 Condemning Homosexuality: Gays and Lesbians on Death Row, Seattle University, Law and Sexuality: Assimilation and Resistance, Sept.

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21, 2003 Women, Feminism, and the Death Penalty, University of Oregon, Mar. 6, 2002 Testimony on Gender and Racial Bias, Hearing, Nevada Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Death Penalty, Jan. 24, 2002 Moderator, Barriers to Connecting with Twenty-first Century Students, AALS Annual Meeting, New Orleans: Jan. 3rd, 2002 The Role of the Faculty, Boyd School of Law, Nov., 2001 Sexual Orientation Evidence as Aggravation in Capital Cases, Faculty Colloquium, University of San Francisco, Apr. 18, 2001 Institution Building, AALS Colloquia on Access to Equal Justice, Boalt Hall, Mar. 17, 2001 Racing Sexual Identity, Joint Program of Sections on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and Minority Groups, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco: Jan. 3, 2001 Faculty Engagement with Bar Exam Readiness, Program of Section on Academic Support, AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Jan.6, 2001 Feminist Critique of the Death Penalty, Panel, Committing to Conscience National Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 18, 2000 Gender and Capital Punishment, Opening Plenary, Committing to Conscience National Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 18, 2000 High-stakes Testing Plenary, SALT Teaching Conference, NYU, Oct. 21, 2000 Latinas on Death Row: Motherhood, Mental Illness & Fear, LatCrit V, Breckenridge, CO., May 7, 2000 A Restorative Justice Critique of Anti-Gang Public Nuisance Injunctions Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Symposium, Mar.21, 2000 A Legal History of Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Lambda Forum, U.C. Davis School of Law, Feb. 21, 2000 Holding Onto the Dream, Hastings Public Interest Foundation, Nov. 17, 1999 Feminist Sex Wars, Clara Foltz Society, Hastings College of Law, Nov.’99 Women’s Rights and Wrongs in the Supreme Court, Medford Leas, N.J., Oct. 30, 1999 Women Defenders: Weak Mothers, Saps, & Race Traitors, Univ. of Iowa School of Law, Nov. 5, 1998 Resolved: President Clinton Should Not Be Impeached, Helzel Foundation Forum, Golden Gate University School of Law, Oct. 19, 1998 Classroom Climate Control, 23rd National Conference on Women and the Law, Mar. 21, 1998 Teaching in the Shadow of the Bar, Grillo Symposium, University of San Francisco School of Law: Mar. 15, 1997 Facilitating Change by Law School Faculties, AALS Annual Meeting,

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Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 1997 Life Without Possibility, Symposium: Racial Justice, Criminal Injustice, University of California (Boalt Hall), Mar. 8, 1997 Representing Black Male Innocence, Faculty Colloquium, University of California at Davis, Nov. 21, 1996 Representing Black Male Innocence, Symposium: Who Gets Justice, University of Iowa College of Law: Oct. 13-14, 1997 Small Group Leader & Presenter, AALS Teaching Conference (New Ideas for Experienced Teachers), University of Minnesota: June 2-6, 1995 Redefining Authority, Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference, University of Minnesota, Sept. 26, 1994 Taking Risks in Teaching Torts, SALT Teaching Conference, Santa Clara University, Oct. 29, 1993 Graduation Speaker, Public Interest Law Program, Hastings College of Law, April 1992 Gays and Lesbians in Legal Education, Bay Area Conference on Careers in Law Teaching, Consortium of Bay Area Law Schools, Hastings College of Law, Apr. 13, 1991 Careers in Legal Education, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Conference, Stanford University, Nov. 17, 1990 Feminist Sex Wars, University of Southern California Institute for the Study of Women and Men, May 7, 1987

HONORS 2016 – Designated Dean Emerita, MSU College of Law 2003 – 2008, William S. Boyd Professorship , Boyd School of Law 1993, John A. Gorfinkel Award (outstanding instructor, Golden Gate University School of Law) 1980, Order of the Coif, USC (class rank = 3) 1978-1980, Member, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW

SELECTED Deans Council, 2008-16; Campaign Strategy Committee, 2012- MSU 15; participation in searches for multiple deans and provost; advisor LEADERSHIP in Title IX matter; ex officio member of MSU College of Law Board of Trustees and MSU College of Law Foundation Board of Directors; Associate Faculty, Center for Gender in the Global Context

FACULTY Chair, Boyd Honor Code Committee, 2005-06; 2006-07 LEADERSHIP Chair, Boyd Planning Committee, 2004-05 (UNLV) Chair, Boyd Planning and Assessment Committee, 2003-04 Chair, Boyd Clinic Committee, 2003-04

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Chair, Boyd Appointments Committee, 2001-02, 2002-03 UNLV Planning Council, 2003- 07 Women’s Studies Department Steering Committee, 2002- 2008 Convener, Planning Committee, UNLV Conference on Academic Freedom (2005) UNLV Assessment Council, 2004-05 Task Force to Review UNLV Strategic Plans, 2003-04

PROFESSIONAL AALS Sections on Clinical Education, Sexual Orientation and AFFILIATIONS Gender Identity Issues, Teaching Methods, & Women in Legal Education; ACLU; Society of American Law Teachers; Licensed attorney, California (inactive)

MEDIA Local (California, Michigan & Nevada) and national coverage and appearances, including ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, PBS, Cross Fire, McNeil- Lehrer Report, MS MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK.

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