University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

Barbara Glesner Fines Ruby M. Hulen Professor of Law B.Ph., J.D., LL.M. email 816-235-2380 Vita Professor Glesner Fines has been on the faculty of UMKC Law School since 1986. She teaches Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Ethical Issues in the Representation of Families, Seminar in Family Violence, and Remedies. She co-directs the Child and Family Services Clinic, Family Court Clerkship, Legal Aid Clinic, and the Guardian ad Litem Workshop. She is the director of the Structured Study Group program. Course and resource pages for Professor Glesner Fines' classes and for the Teaching & Learning Law project can be found on her Home Page. Professor Glesner Fines received her Masters of Law Degree from Yale University in 1986 and her J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1983. She holds a Bachelors of Philosophy degree from Thomas Jefferson College of Grand Valley State University (1980), and was selected as the distinguished alumna in 1998. Prior to joining the faculty at UMKC, Professor Glesner Fines taught at the law schools of the University of Oklahoma and the University of Cincinnati. Professor Glesner Fines' research interests focus on professional responsibility issues and family law, as well as aspects of legal education. She is President of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) and serves on the advisory board for the Institute for Law School Teaching. She also hosts the website for the AALS Section on Academic Support. You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=157694