On June 3, Professor Steve Willborn became Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) at its annual meeting in Hollywood, Ca. The LSAC is a consortium of all ABA-approved American law schools and several foreign law schools. It is best known for its principal product, the Law School Admissions Test, but is also the primary professional organization for all American admissions officers and it provides a wide variety of information, technology and data regarding law school admissions. After his installation, Professor Willborn introduced the conference's keynote speaker, Betty Anne Waters, who went to law school so that she could help free her brother who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Her story was told in the major motion picture Conviction in which Ms. Waters was portrayed by Hillary Swank. At the meeting, Professor Willborn also presented the goals for his two-year term as Chair of the LSAC.
Professor Willborn also attended the annual
conference of the Uniform Law Commissioners in Vail, Colorado over the summer. He is one of Nebraska's commissioners on the Commission, along with Chancellor Perlman and four others. Professor Willborn served on the drafting committee for an Act approved by the conference, the Uniform Electronic Material Act. This is an Act that responds to the increasing practice of publishing important legal materials, such as statutes and regulations, only in electronic format. It establishes rules for ensuring that electronic legal materials can be appropriately authenticated, are made widely available to the public, and are preserved adequately. As with all uniform acts, the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act will now be presented to states for possible enactment.