Thu May 23 2013   
 

Faculty Profile

Zelda Harris

Academic Title: Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Child and Family Law Clinic
E-mail:  Zelda Harris
Office Number: RH 115
Office Phone: (520) 626-6095
Office Fax: (520) 626-5233

Courses Taught:
Domestic Violence Clinic: http://www.law.arizona.edu/academic/domestic.html Domestic Violence Seminar

Education
Washington University School of Law, J.D. (1991) Minority Scholarship Award; Programs Director, Black Law Student's Association; Client Counseling Competition, Semi-finalist
Syracuse University, B.S. (1988) Outstanding Scholarship Award

Admitted to Practice
Illinois

Personal Work Experience
Clinical Professor of Law/Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2003 - present
Associate Clinical Professor of Law/Director of the Domestic Violence Law Clinic, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1998 - 2003
Senior Lecturer, Staff Attorney, and Adjunct faculty, Northwestern University School of Law, 1992 - 1998
Staff Attorney, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., Alton, Illinois, 1991 - 1992

Representative Publications
The Predicament of the Immigrant Victim/Defendant: "VAWA Diversion" and Other Considerations in Support of Battered Women, 14 Hastings Women's L.J. 1 (2003), reprinted in 23 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 49 (2004).
STATE V. LEWIS CASE FILE (1998) (co-author, with Frank D. Rothschild).
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW CLINIC MANUAL (1998 - ).
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW CLINIC WORKBOOK (1998 - ).
Complete List of Publications

Presentations
Panelist, What the Courts Can and Should Do for Families (Ariz. Assn. Family, Court & Community Professionals Annual Conf., Closing Plenary, Sedona, Ariz., Feb. 10, 2002). 
Presenter, Invisible Trauma: Cultural Considerations and Relationship Violence (Ariz. Assn. Family, Court & Community Professionals Annual Conf., Pre-Conference Institute, Sedona, Ariz., Feb. 8, 2002). 
Workshop Presenter, Domestic Violence and Mandatory Prosecution (Southern Ariz. Domestic Violence Awareness Conf., Weaving a Web of Hope, Oct. 17, 2001). 
Workshop Presenter, Perspectives on Effective Treatment (Ariz. Assn. Prevention Family Violence Second Annual Symposium, Sept. 28, 2001). 
Complete List of Presentations

Organizations
National Institute for Trial Advocacy 1995 - present
Faculty Member
American Bar Association
Co-chair, Family Law Newsletter, Family Law Committee, Litigation Section, 2000 - 2001

Public Service
The Brewster Center Domestic Violence Services, Inc. President and Member of Board of Directors, 1999 - present
Saheli: Sisters in Action Member, 2001 - present (Domestic Violence Advocacy group)
Morris K. Udall Inn of Court 2000 - 2001
City of Tucson/Pima County Domestic Violence Commission Commissioner, 1999
Chicago Department of Public Health Member, Violence Prevention Planning Council, 1997 - 1998
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network Trustee, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1998
Today's Chicago Woman Foundation Member, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1998
Illinois Maternal & Child Health Coalition Member, Board of Directors, 1997 - 1998
Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council Subcommittee member, 1994 - 1998
Office of the Cook County State's Attorney Member, Domestic Violence Task Force, 1996 - 1998
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Domestic Violence Advisory Council Member, 1993 - 1997
Chicago Bar Association Chair, Domestic Violence Subcommittee, Juvenile Law Committee, 1995 - 1996

Institutional Service
University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women Commissioner & Committee Member, Millennium Research Project, 1999 - present
College of Law Member, Admissions Committee, Curriculum Committee, Community Service Board ad hoc Committee, 1998 - present

 

Updated: 09/29/2011