Professor Avram Segall

Avram B. Segall

Associate Professor

Dickson Hall, Room 349

Phone: (973) 655-7966

E-mail: segalla@mail.montclair.edu

Office Hours: AY 05/06

BAR ADMISSIONS	New York Bar
	New Jersey Bar

EDUCATION	New York Law School
	J.D., 1973
	University of Wisconsin at Superior
	B.S., 1968
	Trenton State College/Urban Edu. Corps
	8 Graduate Credits in Urban Edu., 1968

TEACHING EXP.	MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
1979 to Present	Associate Professor (half-time), Legal Studies. American Bar Association Approved Paralegal Studies Program. Instructor in Law and Litigation, Real Estate for Paralegals, Computer Fundamentals for Legal Professionals, Legal Research, Legal Writing. Teaches courses in Master of Arts in Legal Studies program. Previously served as Coordinator for Professional Placement. Developed and served as Coordinator for innovative and successful Internship Seminar for paralegals. Developed course curriculum for Civil Litigation and then merged with Introduction to Paralegalism to form Law and Litigation. Assisted in course curriculum design for Computer Fundamentals for Legal Professionals.

	Teaches in Department's Masters in Legal Studies Program. Designed curriculum and teaches "Private Civil Responsibility". Redesigned curriculum and teaches "Ethical and Professional Issues in the Legal Environment ".

LEGAL EXPERIENCE	1979-Present, Avram B. Segall, Esq., 1037 Route 46 East, Clifton, New Jersey 07013. Self-employed in own practice concentration on litigation, real estate, family, computer law, chancery and appellate work. 1979 - Present.

1978-1979	Krieger, Karas & Kilstein, P.A. Fair Lawn, N.J. Associate in general practice law firm.

1975-1978	Krieger, Klein & Henkoff, Clifton, N.J. Associate in litigation firm.

1973-1974	Law Secretary to Honorable Herbert S. Alterman, Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County Courthouse, Paterson, NJ.

1968-1970	Orange Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America, Orange, N.J. Professional Scout Executive. Involved in fund-raising and volunteer training with particular emphasis on inner-city and under-privileged development.

ACTIVITIES & HONORS	Director, Board of Directors University of Wisconsin - Superior Foundation, Inc., October 2005 Member, New Jersey State Bar Association Ad Hoc Committee on Paralegal Regulation. 1999 - 2003 Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Standing Committee on Paralegal Education and Regulation. 1993 - 1999 Chairperson, Subcommittee on Legal Assistants, Law Office Management Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association.1985 - 1991 Member, Law Office Management Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association. 1985 - 1991 Advisory Board Member, National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA), 1989 - 1995. Co-Chairperson, 1991 National Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education, Blazing Career Paths for Paralegals: Developing New Programs and Curricula, Vista Hotel, New York, October 1991 Board of Directors, American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE), 1985 - 1989. Recipient, Passaic County Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award for donating over one hundred hours of free legal services to the poor.

PUBLICATIONS	Author, “Is It Only A Paper Moon?" The Paralegal Educator, American Association for Paralegal Education, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 2004 Author, “Conspicuous Consumption Pitfalls - How to Avoid and Remedy Them”, Women In Transition, Summer 2003 Author, “So - You Want to be a Real Estate Magnate”, The Paralegal Educator, American Association For Paralegal Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, April 2002 Co-author, Civil Litigation Fundamentals, with Louis H. Miron, Esq.; Institute for Continuing Legal Education (New Brunswick, 2002) Author, “Reflections on Teaching”, The Paralegal Educator, American Association For Paralegal Education, Vol. 15, No. 2, August 2001 Author, "The Pragmatic Ethicist", The Paralegal Educator, American Association For Paralegal Education, Vol. 13, No. 5, April 2000 Author, “Initiating and Responding to Litigation”, More Litigation Techniques for Legal Assistants: Beyond the Basics” PLI Continuing Legal Assistant Training Handbook (Practicing Law Institute, New York 1992) Author, “Interviewing Witnesses and Factual Investigation”, Litigation Techniques for Legal Assistants: Becoming a More Effective Member of the Litigation Team (Practicing Law Institute, New York 1991) Editor, The Evolving Role of the Paralegal, New Jersey State Bar Association (1991) Co-Editor, Developing A Legal Assistant Program, New Jersey State Bar Association (1986) Author, Instructors Notes, Computer Fundamentals for Legal Professionals, Pearson Publications (1986) Author, "Program Director: Educator or Attorney? An Attorney's Perspective...", The Paralegal Educator, AAfPE Newsletter (Fall 1986)

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS	Speaker, “ Moral Dilemmas for the Paralegal: Identifying Ethical Issues and Guidance in Resolving Them in the Age of Tyco, Enron, WorldComm and Sarbanes-Oxley”, The Paralegal Manager’s Institute, sponsored by American Lawyer Media, The Harvarard Club, New York, March 3, 2006 Speaker, “Identity Theft: Conspicuous Consumption Pitfalls - How to Avoid and Remedy Them”, Clifton - Passaic Hadassah, October 27, 2004 Speaker, “Preserving Your Credit Identity and Preventing ID Theft: Conspicuous Consumption Pitfalls - How to Avoid and Remedy Them”, International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), Montclair State University Chapter, September 21, 2004 Presenter, "What Lawyers Want", a training presentation for the staff of Glen Eagle Title Agency, Fairfield, NJ , April 24, 2004 Presenter, “Wherefore and Heretofore Did You Commit Quare Clausum Fregit? (The Essentials of Drafting - Writing Clearly and Concisely), New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Litigation Forum for Paralegals, November 25, 2003 Moderator, “Roles and Careers in the Court System: Superior Court of New Jersey Essex County”, Montclair State University Justice Studies Program, September 16, 2003 Moderator, “Roles and Careers in the Court System: Superior Court of New Jersey Essex County”, Montclair State University Justice Studies Program, March 19, 2003 Speaker, “Child Support Issues in Divorce”, Women In Transition, A Program of the Wayne (NJ) Counseling and Family Services, March 10, 2003 Facilitator, “Defining Character”, New Jersey Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Consortium for Middle Schools, Montclair State University, June 6, 2002 Speaker, “Ethical Issues for Litigation Paralegals”, Litigation Paralegal Forum, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, November 19, 2001 Panelist, “Ethical Issues in the Professoriate” New Faculty Orientation, of Humanities and Social Sciences, Montclair State University, December, 2000 Presenter, "The Pragmatic Ethicist: Reality Checks on the Teaching of Ethics", Northeast Regional Conference of the American Association For Paralegal Education (AAfPE), Princeton, April 2000 Speaker, Garden State Paralegal Convention, "Defining Oneself, Defining Others", Eatontown, NJ, March 24, 2000 Speaker, University of Delaware ICE Series: Integrity, Civility and Ethics, "Whose Ethics? Legal versus Moral Dilemmas", January 12, 2000 Presenter, "Making Ethics Real for Paralegals", National Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE), Boston, October 1999 Speaker, "Defining Oneself, Defining Others: Whose Ethics - Yours? Mine? Ours? Legal Versus Moral Dilemmas in the Context of an Ever Changing Society", Montclair State University Institute for the Humanities In the School Days, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1998 Speaker, "Ethics - Don't Cross That Line!", New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 1998 Presenter, "Effective Client Interviewing Techniques", Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1995 Faculty Member, Practicing Law Institute, "More Litigation Techniques for Legal Assistants: Beyond the Basics.", October 29, 1992, New York City (a national satellite telecast) "Professional Development/Professional Ethics", Practical Skills for Paralegals and Legal Assistants, New York State Bar Association, New York City, June 9, 1992 Faculty Member, "Litigation Techniques for Legal Assistants: Becoming A More Effective Member of the Litigation Team", The Practicing Law Institute, New York City (a national satellite telecast), December 5, 1991 "Paralegal Ethics and UPL in the '90s", Pursuit of Excellence Through Education, National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Region IV Meeting, New York City, October 18, 1991 "Regulation, UPL and the Paralegal in the 1990's", Sixth Annual Education Conference, Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, October 25, 1991 Moderator/Speaker, "Solos & Beyond ... Enhancing Profitability through Automation". New Jersey State Bar Association, June 1991 Speaker, "Connectivity-Implementing What You Have Learned Today". Conference on Information Management - Strategies and Techniques for Improved Information and Case Management. Sponsored by Legal Assistant Today; Washington, D.C., November 1989 Panelist, "How Do You Build Curriculum Based on Competence?" American Association for Paralegal Education Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 1986 Instructor/Presenter, Montclair State College1986 Intensive Summer Program for Court Interpretation. Instructed participants from across the United States in Civil Litigation and served as attorney representing deaf/mute litigant in culminating mock trial program. Speaker, "Job Search and Interview Techniques for Paralegals". American Association for Paralegal Education Annual Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. October 1984 Moderator/Panelist, 1985-89 New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Convention Law Office Administration and Economics Committee programs for attorneys and paralegals.

MISCELLANEOUS	Judge, Seton Hall University School of Law Eugene Gressman Appellate Moot Court Competition, Spring 2005, March 2004, February 2002, April 2001 Judge, Appellate Advocacy Graded Oral Arguments, Seton Hall University School of Law, Fall 2000 , Fall 2004 President, Board of Directors, Middlegate Mews Condominium Association, Clifton, NJ. 2005 - present and 2002 - 2004 Director, Middlegate Mews Condominium Association Board 2000-2002 Larson, Victoria Tietze, Translator,My Beloved Toto, Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo 1833-1882 (State University of New York Press, 2005) (Acknowledged in Introduction) Volunteer Attorney Coach, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 Clifton High School New Jersey State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition Team, First Place, Passaic County, 1998, 2003 “Hard Choices: Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas on the Job", Legal Assistant Today, Vol.9, No.4, March/April 1992, p. 72. (Interviewed and quoted) Orlik, Deborah, Esq., Ethics for the Legal Assistant, Second Edition (Marlen Hill Publishing, 1992) (Acknowledged in Forward to Teachers)