EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND:

Associate Director and Senior Research Associate, Child and Family Policy Center, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies (since October, 1998); Associate Clinical Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law,  July, 1999 to June, 2002 ; Judge , Juvenile Court of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, September, 1990 to August 1998; Associate Professor of the Practice of Law , Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, July, 1990 to August, 1990; Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law , Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee July, 1989 to June, 1990; Instructor in Clinical Law and Supervising Attorney , Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society and Clinic, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, June 1980 to June, 1989; Acting Director of Clinical Education , Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, July, 1986 to July, 1987; Juvenile Law Specialist , Youth Legal Assistance Project, co-sponsored by Legal Services of Middle Tennessee and the National Juvenile Law Center, St. Louis, MO, November, 1978 to June 1980; Staff Attorney , Legal Services of Middle Tennessee, Gallatin Branch Office, June, 1977, to November, 1978; Mathematics Instructor , Educational Opportunities Program-Upward Bound, Central Washington State University, Summer, 1975; Assistant to the Director (curriculum development; public relations), Program in Law and Justice, Central Washington State University, fall/winter, 1972, winter/spring, 1974

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : 

JD, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1977; MA, Central Washington State University, Ellensburg, WA, 1973; BA, Bard College, Annandale, NY, 1972.