Leadership
PLANC Chair
Heather Struck
Assistant Dean
Cornell University
College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Admissions and Advising
172 Goldwin Smith Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3201
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
PLANC Chair-Elect
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
PLANC Treasurer
Karen W. Severn
Coordinator, Pre-Law Advising
Texas A&M University
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
University of Texas-Pan American
1201 West University Drive
Edinburg, TX 7853
Phone: 956-665-3342
Fax: 956-665-2180
polinard@utpa.edu
MAPLA President
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
MAPLA Designated Member
Jamie Thomas-Ward
Director of Pre-Law Advising Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Campus Center for Advising & Academic Services
807 S Wright Street, Suite 521
Champaign IL 61820
Phone: 217-333-9669
thomas99@illinois.edu
NAPLA President
Vielka Holness
Director, Pre-Law Institute
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
1106 North Hall
445 W. 59th St.
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-237-8116
vholness@jjay.cuny.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@amherst.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
probinson@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
Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
Chair of Services and Programs Committee
Cassandra Williams
Director of Admissions
New York University School of Law
139 MacDougal Street
New York, New York 10012
Telephone: (212)998-6060
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
Lori Moore
Financial Literacy Program Director
5500 Brandywine Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-4097
Fax: 302-477-4011
lmoore@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