Laurence C. Nolan-CV - Howard University School of Law

Laurence C. NolanProfessor of LawHoward University School of Law2900 Van Ness St., N.W.Washington, DC 20008Tel. (202) 806-8064; Fax. (202) 806-8428; lnolan@law.howard.eduEducationHoward University, B.S., 1961University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1974Teaching ExperienceHoward University School of Law, Washington, DCProfessor1996-presentAssociate Professor 1984-1996Visiting Associate Professor 1982-1984Adjunct Professor 1982Subjects Taught: Legal Methods, Legal Writing, Family Law, Wills, Trusts & Estates, Lawand Aging, National Moot Court Class, Supervise LL. M Theses, andIndependent StudyDetroit College of Law, Detroit, MIAssociate Professor of Law 1979-1980Subjects Taught: Legal Research & Writing Program, Director; Introduction to Law, CivilProcedure, Family LawTeaching Fellow 1977-1979Subject Taught: Legal Research &WritingPublicationsa. ArticlesPreventing Fatherlessness Through Adoption While Protecting the Parental Rights of UnwedFathers; How Effective Are Paternity Registries?, 4 Whittier Journal of Child and FamilyAdvocacy 289 (2005).Critiquing Society’s Response to the Needs of Posthumously Conceived Children, 82 OregonLaw. Review 1067 (2004).Yellow: Racism in America Beyond Black and White–An Interesting Read for the GreatDissenter in Plessy v. Ferguson, Essay Book Review, 47 Howard Law Journal 87 (2003)1

d. OtherLegalines: Domestic Relations (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 2001 ed.)Legalines: Domestic Relations (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1997 ed.)Legalines: Domestic Relations (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich 1993 ed.)Book Review, Krauskopf, J. M., Advocacy for the Aging, 29 How. L. J., 683 (1986)Selected Conferences and PresentationsInvited Speaker, “Children of Incarcerated Parents: Protecting the Parental Tie Through the Lensof Therapeutic Jurisprudence,” The International Academy of Law and Mental HealthConference, Padua, Italy, 2007Invited Speaker, Conference on Parentlessness, “Preventing Fatherlessness Through Adoption,But Protecting the Parental Rights of Unwed Fathers: How Effective Are Paternity Registries?”at BYU, October, 2004Invited Speaker, Conference on Reaffirming Marriage in a Post-Marriage Culture, “Children ofthe New Technology: Are They Another Variation on the Theme of Weakening the PolicyFavoring Children Being Reared in a Two-Parent Marital Home?” at Catholic UniversityNovember 14-15, 2003Presenter, International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, “The Impact ofPosthumous Conception on the Definition of Family: Critiquing Society’s Response to the Needsof These Children,” The University Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, June 26-28, 2003Presenter, International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, “Beyond Troxel:The Pragmatic Challenges of Grandparent Visitation,” Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario,Canada, June 14-16, 2001Invited Speaker, Conference on The Revitalization of Marriage in the Twenty-first Century,“The Modern Abolition of Marriage and the Limits of the Law in Raising a Sentiment forMarriage,” Brigham Young University, March 2000Presenter, Historic Role of the Bar in Family Law, The Mid-Atlantic People of ColorConference, Widener School of Law, DE, February 2000Presenter, International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, “Legal Strangersand the Duty of Support: Beyond the Biological Tie–But How Far Beyond the Marital Tie?,”Albuquerque, NM, June 1999Presenter, Symposium on the Meaning of Loving, “The Meaning of Loving as Equality andMarriage from 1967 to 1990,” The Catholic University, Washington, DC (November 1997)3

Presenter, International Society of Family Law, North American Conference on Parent and Childin North American Family Law, “Posthumous Conception: A Private or Public Matter,” QuebecCity, Quebec, Canada, June 1996Presenter, Symposium on Unconstitutional Conditions, “Further Thoughts on Norplant and theUnconstitutional Conditions Doctrine,” University of Denver College of Law, Denver, CO,March 1995Hearing Officer, ABA-NBA Conference on Creating Schools as Families Utilizing Family Law,Howard University School of Law, June, 1994 (Summary published in the ABA Family LawQuarterly)Presenter, Symposium on Gender, Family & Change: Developments in the Legal Regulation ofFamily Life, “Mandating Norplant for Women on Welfare: A Guise For the Notion that SomeWomen Should Not Procreate?,” The American University, Washington College of Law,Washington, DC, April 1994Presenter: International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, “Court-orderedGrandparent Visitation and the Intact Family,” Jackson Lake Lodge, WY, June 1993Moderator: International Society of Family Law, North American Conference, “Custody Issues,”Jackson Lake Lodge, WY, June 1993Miscellaneous Conferences and Presentations (Selected)New Ideas in Teaching, Faculty Colloquy, Co-presenter (2006)How to Write a Caseboook, Faculty Colloquy, Co-presenter (2006)Lecturer, Close Up Forum, Howard University School of Law (1993-1999)Small Group Leader, AALS Workshop for Women in Legal Education, “Where Are We Now–Over 12 Years of Teaching,” The American University, The Columbus School of Law,Washington, DC, October 1999Works-in-Progress Commentator, The Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal ScholarshipConference, Howard University, Feb 1996Faculty Development (selected)AALS, New Ideas in Teaching Conference (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2006)100 Year of the Child World Interdisciplinary Conference (The Netherlands 2005)4

Brown@50 Committee, Co-chair, Brown Lawyers PanelAd Hoc Committee, Curriculum Review (2001)Academic Programs Committee, (1993-2001)Self-Study Steering Committee, Team Leader Faculty & Governance, (1999-2001)Ad Hoc Committee on H.U.Handbook, Section 2.7.6, Chair, (2000)Warren Rosmarin Service Award Committee, (1998-1999)Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee, Chair, (1998-1999)New Ideas in Teaching Committee, Chair, (1997-1998)Ad Hoc Committee for 1996 Faculty Retreat and Preparation of Retreat Summary (1995-96)Career Services, Alumni & Community Affairs Committee, Chair, (1994-1996) (1993-1996)Law Library Comprehensive Collection Development Plan, (1995-1996)Law Library Program Planning Committee, (1995-1996)Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Voting, (1995)Law Librarian Search Committee, Chair, (1993-1994)Goler Teal Butcher Human Rights Award Committee, (1993)b. OtherCharles Hamilton Houston Moot Court Competition, brief grader (1993-present)National Moot Court Team, 1993-1997 (Co-Advisor)Specially Appointed Student Grievance Committees (1993-present)Luke Charles Moore Intercollegiate Moot Court Competition, Advisor (1995-1997)Fourth Annual Howard University Faculty Retreat, Howard University, (1998)Close-up Forum lecturer (1993-1999)Professional and Community Service6

Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Pro Bono (1993-present)International Society of Family Law, Planning Committee for North American Conference 2001(2000-2001)Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., Task Force on the Practice of Law / Estates and TrustsSubcommittee (1999-2006)DC Bar Pro-Se Plus Divorce Clinic, Instructor (1999-2000)AALS Section on Women, Recruitment Conference Hospitality Committee (1996-2000)Steering Committee, ABA-NBA Conference on Children of Inner Cities (1993-94)D.C. Bar’s Task Force on Family Law Representation (1993-94)Admitted to PracticeUnited States Supreme Court, 1979United States District Court of Michigan, Eastern Division, 1978Michigan, 1974District of Columbia, 1981Maryland, 1983Membership in Professional OrganizationsAmerican Bar AssociationFamily Law SectionLegal Education SectionMichigan Bar AssociationFamily Law SectionMaryland Bar AssociationFamily Law SectionProbate SectionElderly Law SectionDistrict of Columbia Bar AssociationFamily Law SectionProbate SectionWomen’s Bar of MarylandInternational Society of Family LawAssociate Editor, NewsletterAmerican Association of Law Schools7