Education |
University of Arizona, J.D. (1976) Graduation with Highest Distinction, Order of the Coif |
Mary Baldwin College, B.A. (1969) Graduation with Honors |
Admitted to Practice |
Arizona |
Personal Work Experience |
Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2011 - present |
Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, 1998 - 2010 |
Professor of Law, University of Arizona College of Law, 1986 - 1998 |
Associate Dean, University of Arizona College of Law, 1989 - 1991 |
Acting Associate Dean, University of Arizona College of Law, 1988 - 1989 |
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center, 1981 - 1986 |
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Arizona College of Law, 1980 - 1981 |
Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1978 - 1979 |
Law Clerk, Hon. Mary Anne Richey, U.S. District court, Tucson, Arizona, 1976 - 1978 |
Representative Publications
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| A New Uniform Law for Premarital and Marital Agreements, 46 Fam. L.Q. 313 (2012) (co-author, with Brian H. Bix). |
| Marital Contracts and the Meaning of Marriage, 54 Ariz. L. Rev. 11 (2012). |
| Representing Children Who Can't or Won't Direct Counsel: Best Interests Lawyering or No Lawyer at All?, 53 Ariz. L. Rev. 381 (2011). |
| Children, Tribes, and States: Adoption and Custody Conflicts Over American Indian Children (2010). |
| Achieving Permanency for American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Lessons from Tribal Traditions, 37 Capital U. L. Rev. 239 (2008). |
| The Voice of the Indian Child: Strengthening the Indian Child Welfare Act Through Children's Participation, 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 127 (2008). |
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Complete List of Publications |
Organizations |
Fellow, American Bar Foundation 2003 - present |
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International Society of Family Law 2001 - present |
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Association of American Law Schools, Family and Juvenile Law Section |
| Vice-Chair (1987), Chair (1988), Executive Committee (1989 - 1990) |
Arizona State Bar 1976 - present |
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Public Service |
President, Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 2012 |
Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Family and Conciliation Courts 2009 - 2012 |
Arizona Supreme Court Admission on Motion Task Force 2009 |
Member, Academic Advisory Committee to ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements 2007 - 2009 |
Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 2006 - present |
Reporter, Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings Act, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws 2004 - 2007 |
Member, Arizona Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission 2001 - 2007; Vice-Chair, 2005; Chair, 2006 |
Member, United States Magistrate Judge Selection Committee for the District of Arizona 1997 |
Institutional Service |
Member, University of Arizona General Counsel Search Committee 2009 |
Chair, College of Law Ad Hoc Named Professionships Committee 2008 |
Chair, College of Law Faculty Status Committee 2008 - 2009, 2003 - 2004, 2000 - 2001 |
Member, College of Law Faculty Personnel Committee 2005 - 2007 |
Co-organizer, Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education 2003 - 2004 |
University of Arizona Promotion and Tenure Committee 1998 - 2000 |
Chair, College of Law Clinical Professor Search Committee 1998 |
University of Arizona Provost Search Committee 1992 |
Awards |
| University of Arizona Alumni Association Extraordinary Faculty Award 2011 |
| John Strong Teaching Award and SBA Teacher Of the Year 2011 |
| Leslie F. and Patricia Bell Faculty Service Award 2010 |
| Arizona Women Lawyers Association Alice Truman Award 2009 |
| Sarah Sorin Award, Arizona Women Lawyers Association 2004 |
| Graduate College Graduate and Professional Education Teaching and Mentoring Award 2004 |
| Leslie F. and Patricia Bell Faculty Award 2001 |
| Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Arizona College of Law 1998 |
| YWCA Women on the Move Award 1998 |
| Soroptimists Women Helping Women Award 1998 |
| Study Grant, Arizona Humanities Council 1992 - 1993 |
| Sarah Weddington Award, Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona 1989 |
Biography |
Professor Atwood is the Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita and Director of the Family and Juvenile Law Certificate Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. After graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1976, she clerked for the late Mary Anne Richey, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, and then worked as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. She taught at the University of Houston Law Center from 1981 to 1986 and returned to Arizona to join the University of Arizona law faculty in 1986. Professor Atwood's scholarship explores topics at the intersection of civil procedure and family law, with a particular focus on issues of voice and representation for marginalized groups. She has spoken at national and international conferences on child representation, child's voice, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and private ordering in family law. Her books include CHILDREN, TRIBES, AND STATES: ADOPTION AND CUSTODY CONFLICTS OVER AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN (2010) and A COURTROOM OF HER OWNTHE LIFE AND WORK OF JUDGE MARY ANNE RICHEY (1998). Professor Atwood was appointed to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2006 by then-Governor Janet Napolitano and continues to serve as a Uniform Law Commissioner. She is currently the chair of the Family Law Arbitration Act Drafting Committee for the Uniform Law Commission. Professor Atwood is a Board member of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and served as president of that group in 2012. Professor Atwood is a member of the ICWA Committee of the Arizona State, Tribal and Federal Court Forum. |
Updated:
09/29/2011
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