The mission of the Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admission and Competence is to study all phases of preparatory and legal education requirements for admission to the bar and standards for bar examinations, and to review continuing legal education, competence, and lawyer skills, making recommendations with respect thereto.
Consists of chair, vice-chair, secretary and 18 additional members.
Committee Roster
- Nancy Z. Hablutzel, Durham, Chair
- James A. Doppke, Jr., Robinson Stewart & Doppke LLC, Chicago, Vice-Chair
- Colin Christopher Clark, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard PC, Edwardsville, Secretary/CLE Coordinator
- Ted A. Donner, Donner & Company Law Offices LLC, Glen Ellyn, Ex-Officio
- Peter C. Alexander, Carbondale, Member
- Christian Francis Blume, Chicago, Member
- Nicola A. Boothe, Chicago, Member
- Amelia Sue Buragas, Bloomington, Member
- John F. Erbes, Murphysboro, Member
- Deborah A. Hawkins, Hawkins Law PC, Edwardsville, Member
- Markham M. Jeep, Jeep Hauck & Associates PC, Waukegan, Member
- Julie A. Johnson, Weiss-Kunz & Oliver LLC, Elmhurst, Member
- Megan Eileen Kinney, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, East St. Louis, Member
- Brigette M. Lobacz, Morton, Member
- Megan M. Olson, Tressler LLP, Bolingbrook, Member
- Alexandra N. Rice, Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar, Springfield, Member
- Peter L. Rotskoff, Springfield, Member
- Melissa A. Smart, Jackson Lewis PC, Chicago, Member
- Daniel R. Thies, Webber & Thies PC, Champaign, Member
- Wendy H. Vaughn, Northern Illinois University College of Law, Rockford, Member
- Susan L. Zielke, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Champaign, Member
- Jean M. Wenger, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, CLE Committee Liaison
- Miss Marie K. Sarantakis, Sarantakis Law Group Ltd, Oak Brook, Board Liaison
- Kimberly A. Furr, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison