At its annual membership meeting, the American Bar Association (ABA) Senior Lawyers Division (SLD) elected Politics and Government Professor Thomas McClure to the SLD Council for a two-year-term.
McClure just concluded a three-year stint as chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Paralegals. He has also chaired the ABA Paralegal Approval Commission for three years.
The SLD has nearly 50,000 of the most senior and accomplished members of the ABA. The division is active in providing member benefits such as magazines, e-newsletters, and webinars for members through the expertise of its many substantive committees and under the direction of its dedicated leaders.
SLD Chair Karren J. Pope-Onwukwe appointed McClure to a one-year term as a member of the Experience magazine board. This award-winning periodical reflects the knowledge, understanding, and experience that mature lawyers have amassed.
McClure was instrumental in gaining and maintaining ABA approval of the Illinois State University legal studies program as well as developing a legal studies major. He manages an expungement clinic as a joint venture with Prairie State Legal Services. Legal studies students participating in the clinic prepare court documents for indigent clients who want to clear their criminal records.
