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Executive Committee

ICLE reports regularly to the ICLE Executive Committee, which consists of representatives of ICLE's sponsoring organizations and meets three times a year with ICLE directors.

Ted Becker  
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Chairperson
Ted Becker is a clinical professor of law and director of the Legal Practice Program at the University of Michigan Law School. He teaches Legal Practice, Transactional Drafting, and Research and Analysis in American Law along with various mini-seminars. Before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Becker practiced with Dickinson Wright in Lansing. He was...

Matthew N. Andres  
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Matthew N. Andres is the director of the Veterans Legal Clinic and clinical assistant professor at the law school. As clinic director, he uses his varied legal background to teach students how to provide civil legal services to veterans throughout the state of Michigan. Mr. Andres joined the law school in 2017 after spending four years at the University of...

Erin Renee Archerd  
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit
Erin Renee Archerd is the associate dean of academic affairs at the law school. Ms. Archerd's research and teaching interests include alternative dispute resolution, beer law, commercial law, education law, and Latino law and policy. She is the author of numerous law review articles and book chapters. Ms. Archerd has served as chair of the State Bar of Michigan Alternative...

Laura B. Bartell  
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit
Laura B. Bartell has taught at Wayne State University Law school since 1996 after 17 years of private practice in New York. A graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served on the Harvard Law Review, Ms. Bartell serves as the Associate Reporter for the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and...

Gary P. Bauer  
Cooley Law School, Lansing
A distinguished professor emeritus at Cooley Law School, Gary P. Bauer taught Wills, Trusts and Estates in a clinical third-year program for students designed to help students learn the substantive material in the context of live client interaction. In addition, Professor Bauer has taken the lead in preparing students for the business of law through courses that he taught such...

Stephen Calkins  
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit
Stephen Calkins is a professor of law at the law school, where he teaches courses and seminars in antitrust and trade regulation, consumer law, and torts. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Utrecht (The Netherlands) and University College Dublin, and served as Wayne State University's associate provost and the law school’s interim dean. Mr. Calkins served...

Elizabeth Anne Campbell  
Human Trafficking Clinic University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Elizabeth Anne Campbell is a clinical professor of law in the Human Trafficking Clinic. She has dedicated her legal career to serving individuals who have experienced abuse and exploitation. Her research and teaching interests focus on human trafficking, immigration, domestic violence, and criminal law. She spearheaded a pilot project in partnership with Washtenaw County aimed at better responding to victims...

Peter Cunningham  
State Bar of Michigan, Lansing
Peter Cunningham is the executive director of the State Bar of Michigan. He also serves on the executive committees for the Justice for All Commission; the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Michigan Judiciary; and the Well-Being in the Law Commission. He also is a board member for the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, fellow with the Michigan...

Michelle LaLonde  
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit
Michelle LaLonde currently serves as the interim director of the Arthur Neef Law Library at Wayne State University (WSU) Law School in Detroit, Michigan. She has worked in academic and government law libraries for nearly two decades, focusing on instruction and student services. Before her appointment at WSU, Ms. LaLonde served as an assistant librarian with the U.S. Court of...

Jane Meland  
Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing
Jane Meland is assistant dean for the Michigan State University College of Law Schaefer Law Library. She has been with Michigan State University since 2002 and has worked as a librarian since 1997. Ms. Meland earned her JD from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and her Masters in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. She...

Takura Nyamfukudza  
Chartier & Nyamfukudza PLC, Okemos
Takura Nyamfukudza focuses his practice on criminal defense. He and his business partner, Mary Chartier, recently secured the release of five wrongfully imprisoned individuals who had collectively spent 82 years in prison for crimes that he and Ms. Chartier were able to prove they did not commit. The team is not just committed to exonerating people; the firm has also...

Shannon Phillips  
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit
Shannon Phillips is an assistant professor of law at the university, where she also attended law school. She teaches primarily legal research and writing-based courses and is the faculty advisor for the law school's Mock Trial team. Before returning to the university to teach, Ms. Phillips practiced civil litigation in the Metro Detroit area for 15 years, handling complex commercial...

Terrence G. Quinn  
The TGQ Law Firm, Ann Arbor
Terrence G. Quinn serves as the president of the firm, where he leads with expertise in estate planning, probate, and elder law. A 2002 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Quinn began his legal career as a general practitioner at a prominent mid-Michigan law firm. He soon honed his focus on estate planning and elder law, earning...

Paul D. Reingold  
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor
Professor emeritus Paul D. Reingold directed the University of Michigan Law School's Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic from 1983 to 2018. Before joining the law school faculty, he served as a legal services attorney, specializing in cases against the state and federal governments. His primary interests include civil rights litigation, appellate practice, prisoners' rights, and civil procedure. Mr. Reingold has taught Trial...

Hon. Michael J. Riordan  
Michigan Court of Appeals, Detroit
Hon. Michael J. Riordan was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Snyder on March 16, 2012. In November 2012, he was elected to a full six-year term, and he was reelected in 2018 and 2024. Previously, Judge Riordan served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, as assistant general counsel for the...

David R. Watson  
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Ann Arbor
Ex Officio
David R. Watson joined ICLE in January 2017 as ICLE's executive director. He oversees ICLE's day-to-day operations, including implementing short- and long-range strategic objectives, managing finances and administrative policies, and representing the Institute. Before joining ICLE, Mr. Watson was the executive director of the 74,000 member New York State Bar Association, helping implement policies approved by its House of Delegates...
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