InfiLaw’s National Policy Board includes national and international authorities in law, education, government and business. The board provides counsel upon the strategic direction and long-term plans for the InfiLaw system of independent law schools and will assist in the establishment of best practices to the benefit of all of the law schools.
The National Policy Board consists of:
Dennis Archer, Chairman, a past president of the American Bar Association, former associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and two-term mayor of Detroit. Currently serves as Chairman of Dickinson Wright PLLC.
Horst Schulze, co-founder and former president and COO of the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company; and president and CEO of The West Paces Hotel Group, a newly formed company focused on creating and operating luxury hotels.
Rudy Hasl, dean of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, Calif. and former chair of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar which, among other things, oversees the law school accreditation process.
Arthur Miller, distinguished professor of law at Harvard Law School, accomplished law practitioner and author of more than 40 books. Critically acclaimed legal writer and commentator for ABC, PBS, Court TV, among others.
Charles E. “Bud” Jones, immediate past chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, having served in the state’s top judicial post for three years. Prior to his appointment to the Court in 1996, Justice Jones spent more than 30 years in private practice.
Martha Walters Barnett is a partner in the Florida law firm of Holland & Knight LLP, has had a distinguished legal career, having held the positions as president of the American Bar Association (2000-2001), member of the ABA Board of Governors and as the first woman to serve as chair of the ABA House of Delegates. Florida Governor Charlie Crist appointed her to the State’s Taxation and Budget Reform Commission in 2007.
Robert K. (Bob) Walsh, served as dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. He has held the position of chairperson of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, and has chaired both the Accreditation Committee and the Standards Review Committee.
Richard T. White is senior vice president, secretary & general counsel for AAA Michigan (The Auto Club Group) and was a founding partner of a nationally known minority-owned law firm. He twice was appointed by Governor John Engler to the Michigan Transportation Commission and serves on Board of Directors of the American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA), which he chaired in 2007.