William E. Boyd
Chester Smith Professor Emeritus of Law
Education
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Law and Computer FellowStanford University1971
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LL.M. Harvard University1967
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J.D. Wayne State University1966Editor-in-Chief, Wayne Law Review
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A.B. University of Michigan1963
Admitted to Practice
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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Federal District Court of Arizona
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Michigan
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Arizona
Work Experience
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Senior Lecturer in Law1998 - present
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ConsultantElectronic Courts Project, Federal Judicial Conference1998
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Professor of LawUniversity of Arizona College of Law1972 - 1998
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Special Advisor to the Vice Provost for Information TechnologyUniversity of Arizona (one-half time Law College and one-half time Center for Computing and Information Technology (CCIT))1994 - 1995
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ConsultantSt. Petersburg University Law School, St. Petersburg, Russia (Rule of Law Consortium/ARD-Checci, Washington, D.C.)1994
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Consultant1992 - present
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ConsultantIndian Management Association Self-Determination Communications Network1991
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Director of Computer DevelopmentUniversity of Arizona (one-half time academic and one-half-time administrative)1988 - 1994
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ConsultantLouisiana State Board of Regents Law and Technology Center Project1987 - 1988
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Visiting ProfessorUniversity of Puerto Rico at Rio PiedrasSummer 1987
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ConsultantArid Land Studies -- Kellogg Foundation funded project (Development of Commercial Codes for Adoption by Indian Tribes looking to self-determination)1981 - 1987
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Visiting ScholarUniversity of MichiganSpring 1980 - 1981
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Visiting ProfessorWayne State UniversityFall 1979 - 1980
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Faculty MemberCouncil on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Institute, Southwest Regional1979
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DirectorCouncil on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO), Southwest Regional1972
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Special MasterNavajo Tribe1969
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Clerk and Special Administrative AssistantThe Honorable Kenneth O'Connell, Oregon Supreme Court1968
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AssociateFischer, Sprague, Franklin, and Ford, Detroit, Michigan1966
Organizations
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Member, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)PresidentJanuary 1998 - January 2002
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Chair, American Association of Law Schools, Law and Computer Section1992 - 1993
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Member, Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)1988 - present
Public & Institutional Service
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Invited Participant, Conference on Electronic Courtrooms (Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.)September 2000
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Member, Federal District Court Automated Practice Committee1989
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Referee, National Science Foundation Consumer Bankruptcy Proposal1989
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Member, Federal Bankruptcy Judge Nominating Committee1989
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Member, Board of Directors, Tohono O'odom Legal Services1985 - 1987
Awards
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Recipient, Major Grant from the National Center for Automated Information Research to support a sabbatical project entitled "New Frontiers in Instructional Software"1992
Emeritus