Jay Conison

Jay Conison is an American attorney, Professor of Law and the current Dean of Charlotte School of Law. He was previously dean of Valparaiso University School of Law from 1998 to 2013.[1][2]

Education

Conison earned his B.A. degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale College in 1975, and his M.A. in Philosophy in 1978 and J.D. degree Magna Cum Laude in 1981, from the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School.[1][3]

Legal career

Conison was in private practice with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago from 1981 until 1990. He left the firm in 1991 to join the Oklahoma City University School of Law where he served as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Associate Dean and Interim Dean. In 1998 he became Dean of the Valparaiso University School of Law where he is also a Professor of Law. His area of specialization a research interests include: Employee Benefit Plans, Law and Philosophy, and Legal Education.

Professional activities, leadership and affiliations

Conison is recognized for his extensive work in a variety of roles with the American Bar Association and Association of American Law Schools, including:

American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar: Accreditation Committee, 2005 to present; Vice-Chair, 2008 to present; Special Committee on Accreditation Transparency, 2007–08; ABA/AALS Sabbatical Inspection Teams (Member, Chair, AALS Reporter) and LL.M. and Summer Program Inspector, 1998; Committee on Clinical and Skills Education, 1998–2004; Co-Chair, 2001–2004.

American Bar Association, Rule of Law Initiative: Consultant to joint Rule of Law Initiative/United States Agency for International Development project in Republic of Georgia to develop, inter alia, improved Georgian systems for legal education and accreditation of law schools. Work involves organizing conference and leading programs, helping draft accreditation standards and assisting with implementation of conference outcomes, 2008 to present.

Association of American Law Schools: Libraries and Technology Committee, 1999–2002; Section on Employee Benefits Executive Committee, 2001–03; Chair, 2002.

A member of the Illinois State, Indiana State, Porter County, Lake County and Chicago Bar Associations, Conison is also a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and past Director and Secretary of the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum. He is a past member of the Porter County Inns of Court and was a participating attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. He has also volunteered with the Indiana State Bar Association and Law School Admission Council. In August 2012, Conison was named as reporter for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Task Force on the Future of Legal Education. Conison writes a recurring column for The Huffington Post.

Selected works

Employee Benefit Plans in a Nutshell (3d ed.) (West 2003)

Employee Benefit Plans in a Nutshell (West 1993)

Law School Education and Liberal CLE, 40 Val. U.L. Rev. 325 (2006)

Success, Status, and the Goals of a Law School, 37 U. Tol. L. Rev. 23 (2005)

Assurance, Reliance and Expectation, 6 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 335 (1998)

The Pragmatics of Promise, 10 Can. J.L. & Jurisp. 273 (1997)

ERISA and the Language of Preemption, 72 Wash. U.L.Q. 619 (1994)

What Does Due Process Have To Do With Jurisdiction?, 46 Rutgers L. Rev. 1071 (1994)

Personal

Conison was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 21, 1953. He is married and has two children.

References

  1. 1 2 Jay Conison (’81) Named Dean of Charlotte School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, February 21, 2013, accessed March 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ Valparaiso University School of Law homepage
  3. ↑ http://www.valpo.edu/law/faculty/jconison/index.php Valparaiso University School of Law Faculty page]

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