Sheila Reynolds Receives 2008 Robert L. Gernon Award for Outstanding Service to Continuing Legal Education in Kansas
Professor Sheila Reynolds was selected as the recipient of the 2008 Robert L. Gernon Award. Established in 2005 and presented annually by the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission, the Robert L. Gernon Award for Outstanding Service to Continuing Legal Education in Kansas recognizes those individuals or organizations that have demonstrated a unique commitment to legal education for lawyers in Kansas and have provided outstanding service to continuing legal education.
The award is named for Kansas Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Gernon (1943 - 2005), whose career included tireless devotion to the training, education and professionalism of attorneys in Kansas and across the nation.
During her career, Professor Reynolds has given over 75 CLE presentations to a wide variety of organizations and sponsors, focusing on the topics of legal ethics and family law.
Professor Reynolds practiced law for legal services organizations in Missouri and Kansas before joining the Washburn University School of Law faculty in 1979. She is currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Washburn Law, a position she previously held from 1985-91. She taught in the Washburn Law Clinic for 28 years, supervising family law cases, and she currently teaches Professional Responsibility. She has been active on several legal ethics committees, including the Kansas Bar Association (KBA) Ethics Advisory Committee and the Ethics 2000 Committee. She has contributed chapters to three KBA Handbooks, on Legal Ethics, Family Law, and Long-Term Care.
"Her audience can always count on her presentations to be well-researched, with excellent supporting materials," said Jalen Lowry, who nominated Professor Reynolds for the award. "She is well-organized and professional in her presentation style, with appealing dashes of examples and humor. The legal experience of Professor Reynolds gives her presentations a wonderful combination of scholarly research and practical application. She is patient and clear in presenting the fundamentals to beginning attorneys, and sophisticated in exploring fuzzy areas with experienced attorneys."
The Commission will present the award to Professor Reynolds this fall.
Posted August 26, 2008
