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Publications | Professional Memberships
Between college and law school, Ann Lousin studied political science at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. After graduating from law school in 1968, she was a research assistant at the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention, where she worked on the drafting of the 1970 Illinois constitution. From 1971 to 1975, she was on the staff of the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, including two years as Parliamentarian of the House.
She has served on several not-for-profit boards and governmental commissions, including a term as Chairman of the Illinois State Civil Service Commission. She is active in the commercial law committees of the American and Chicago Bar Associations, and has been the chair of the CBA Constitutional Law Committee. She has been a leader in other legal organizations, including service as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Armenian Bar Association from 1995 to 1998. She lectures and consults on the Illinois Constitution, general public law issues, and commercial law in the US and abroad. In 2009 she was elected a member of the American Law Institute.
Professor Lousin joined the faculty in 1975. She primarily teaches Sales Transactions.
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Recent Publications
The Illinois State Constitution: A Reference Guide (2009)
Will Illinois Hold a Constitutional Convention? SSRN, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1262467
"The patron saints of
lawyers,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law and Public Issues column, May
19, 2010.
"Ensuring an independent and excellent judiciary,"
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law and Public Issues column, April 24, 2010.
"Taking a look at ‘original
intent’ in 1787 and 1970," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law and
Public Issues column, March 23, 2010.
"Proposals for legislative
redistricting—good or bad ideas?" Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law
and Public Issues column, March 11, 2010.
"Rethink reapportionment," National Law Journal, co-written with Leona L. Mirza, February 22,
2010.
"An office whose time has gone," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Law and Public Issues column, February 18, 2010.
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Professional Memberships
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The American Bar Association: Member since 1979. Member of the Section on Business Law and its Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code, of which member of the Sub-Committees on Articles 1, 2, and 9 and former Chair of the Subcommittee on Goods and Services of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of the UCC.
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The Women's Bar Association of Illinois: Member since 1968; Member, Board of Directors 1975-1977.
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The Chicago Bar Association: Chair, Constitutional Law Committee, 1978-1980, 1987-1989, 1998-1999; Member, Commercial Finance and Transactions Committee. Co-Chair, Joint ISBA-CBA Task Force on the Judiciary, 2005-2006; Co-Chair, Special CBA Committee on the Constitutional Convention, 2007-2008; member of other special committees.
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The Chicago Council of Lawyers: Member since 1969.
- The Armenian Bar Association: Member since 1990. Member, Board of Governors 1991-2000; Chair of Board of Governors 1995-1998; Immediate Past Chair 1998-1999; Secretary of Board, 1999-2000; Chair of the Genocide Research Project Committee, 2000-present.
- Member of the American Law Institute (elected 2009).
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