Leadership

Chair
Heather Struck
Assistant Dean
Cornell University
A & S Academic Advising Center
Goldwin Smith Hall, Room 172
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-4833
Fax: 607-255-8297
hcs47@cornell.edu

PLANC Immediate Past Chair
Mel Hailey
Professor and Chair
Abilene Christian University
Department of Political Science
Hardin Administration Building Rm 220
ACU Box 29143
Abilene, TX 79699
Phone: 915-674-2095
Fax: 915-674-6962
haileym@acu.edu

Chair-Elect & MAPLA President
Gwyn Wallander
Senior Advisor, Pre-Law Advisor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Holton Hall, Room 142
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: 414-229-6017
gwyn@uwm.edu

Treasurer
Karen W. Severn
Coordinator, Pre-Law Advising
Texas A&M University
205 Academic Building, 4233 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4233
Phone: 979-847-8938
Fax: 979-458-0873
ksevern@tamu.edu

PLANC Newsletter Editor
Jerry Polinard
Professor & Pre-Law Advisor
Department of Political Science
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg, TX 7853
Phone: 956-665-3342
Fax: 956-665-2180
polinard@utpa.edu

MAPLA Designated Member
RJ Holmes-Leopold
Director of the Career Engagement Center
Cornell College
600 First St. SW, Box 2316
Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314
Phone: 319- 895-4574
Fax: 319- 895-5894
RHolmes-Leopold@cornellcollege.edu

NAPLA President
Karen Clemence
Senior Associate Dean of Studies
Lafayette College
201 Scott Hall, 714 Sullivan Road
Easton, PA 18042-1768
Phone: 610-330-5080
Fax: 610-330-5711
clemenck@layfayette.edu

NAPLA Designated Member
Ursula Olender
Associate Dean & Director of the Career Center
Amherst College
P.O. Box 5000
 Amherst, MA 01002-5000
Phone: 413.542.2265
Fax: 413.542.5790
uolender@colgate.edu

PCAPLA President
Precious Robinson
Career Counselor
University of California Los Angeles
UCLA Career Center, 501 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1573
Campus Mail Code 157308
Phone: 310-206-1932
probinso@career.ucla.edu

SAPLA President
Wendy Vonnegut
Associate Professor
Director of Legal Studies
Methodist University
5400 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, NC 28311
Phone: 910-630-7491
Fax: 910-630-7679
wendy@methodist.edu

SAPLA Designated Member
Gerald Wilson
Senior Associate Dean
Duke University
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
116 Allen Building, Box 90048
Durham, N.C. 27708-0048
Phone: 919-684-2865
FAX: 919-684-3414
glwilson@duke.edu

SWAPLA President
Gary A. Keith
Assistant Professor
University of the Incarnate Word
Department of Government and International Affairs, CPA 12 4
4301 Broadway
San Antonio, TX  78209
Phone: 210-832-2183
Fax: 210-829-3880
gkeith@uixtx.edu

SWAPLA Designated Member
Jeffrey Robb
Professor of Government
Director of Legal Studies
Texas Woman’s University
CFO #1108
P.O. Box 425889
Denton, TX 76204-5889
Phone: 940-898-2148
Fax: 940-898-2130
JRobb@twu.edu

WAPLA President
Marilyn Hoffman
General Education Advising Coordinator
University of Utah
University College
201 S. 1460 E., Room 450
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801-581-3842
Fax: 801-585-9395
mhoffman@uc.utah.edu

WAPLA Designated Member
Verlaine Walker
Pre-Law Program Coordinator, Advising Specialist
The University of Arizona
Old Main #200
P.O. Box 210021
Tuscon, AZ 85721-0070
Phone: 520-626-9399
Fax: 520-626-6345
vwalker@u.arizona.edu

Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Liaison
Anne M. Brandt
Executive Director
Law School Admission Council
662 Penn Street, Box 40
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215.968.1297
Fax: 215.944.3297
abrandt@LSAC.org

American Bar Association (ABA) Liaison
Susan Krinsky
Associate Dean and Adjunct Professor of Law
Tulane University Law School
203-E Weinmann Hall
6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504.865.5930
skrinsky@tulane.edu

Access Group, Inc. Liaison
Vivian G. Bowden
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
5500 Brandywine Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-4109
Fax: 302-477-4011
vbowden@accessgroup.org

Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Liaison
Lynda Cevallos
Coordinator
ABA-The Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
740 15th Street, NW, 9th Floor
Washington DC 20005
Phone: 202-828-6107
Fax: 202-828-1009
lynda.cevallos@americanbar.org

National Association of Law Placement (NALP) Liaison
Brian D. Lewis
Assistant Dean for Career Services
University of North Carolina School of Law
Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Campus Box 3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-962-1023
Fax: 919-962-2516
Brian-Lewis@unc.edu