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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 U.S. and abroad.
Professor Lousin joined the faculty in 1975. She teaches Sales Transactions and Secured Transactions.
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Publications
"And Be Called Illinois," The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin February 26, 2009
The Illinois Constitution, Greenwood Press (forthcoming)
Remarks at Memorial Service for Dean Emeritus Fred F. Herzog, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. xxv, 2008
Will Illinois Hold a Constitutional Convention? SSRN, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1262467
"Francis D. Morrissey: A Teacher and a Colleague," 41J. Marshall L. Rev. xxviii, 2008, The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin April 26, 2007 at 5
"Was Nixon Pardoned?" The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin January 24, 2007 at 5
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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 U.C.C.; Member of the Sections on International Law and on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.
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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 I.S.B.A.-C.B.A. Task Force on the Judiciary, 2005-2006; Co-Chair, Special C.B.A. Committee on the Constitutional Convention, 2007-present; 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 1995-1998; Immediate Past Chair 1998-1999; Secretary of Board, 1999-2000; Chair of the Genocide Research Project Committee, 2000-present.
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