Mary Kay Kay Kane

Background

Kane, Mary Kay was born on November 14, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Francis and Frances (Roberts) Kane.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, University of Michigan, 1968; Juris Doctor cum laude, University of Michigan, 1971.

Career

Research associate, co-director National Science Foundation project on privacy, confidentiality and social science research data school law, University of Michigan, 1971-1972; research associate, co-director National Science Foundation project on privacy, confidentiality and social science research data school law, Harvard University, 1972-1974; assistant professor of law, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974-1977; member of faculty Hastings College Law, University of California, San Francisco, since 1977; professor of law, University of California, San Francisco, since 1979; associate academic dean Hastings College Law, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-1983; acting academic dean Hastings College Law, University of California, San Francisco, 1987-1988; academic dean Hastings College Law, University of California, San Francisco, 1990-1993; dean Hastings College Law, University of California, San Francisco, since 1993. Visiting professor law University of Michigan, 1981, U. Utah, 1983, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1984, school law University Texas, 1989. Consultant Mead Data Control, Inc., 1971, 74, Institute on Consumer Justice, University of Michigan School Law, 1972, United States Privacy Protection Study Commission, 1975-1976.

Lecturer pretrial management devices United States magistrates for 6th and 11th circuits Federal Judicial Center, 1983. Siebenthaler lecturer Samuel P. Chase College Law, U. North Kentucky, 1987. Reporter ad hoccom. on asbestos litigation United States Judicial Conference, 1990-1991.

Member 9th Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules Practice and Internal Oper. Procedures, 1993-1996. Speaker in field.

Works

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  • Civil Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

    (Rules of civil procedure govern everything that happens o...)

  • Civil Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) (In a Nutshell (West Publishing))

    (Rules of civil procedure govern everything that happens o...)

  • Civil Procedure in a Nutshell by Mary Kane (2013-02-05)
  • Civil Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) 6th (sixth) edition Text Only

Membership

Member American Bar Association (member bar admissions committee since 1995), Association American Law Schools (commission on prelegal education statement 1982, chair section remedies 1982, panelist section on prelegal education 1983, Executive Committee section on civil procedure 1983, 86, panelist section on teaching methods 1984, speaker new teachers conference 1986, 89, 90, chair section on civil procedure 1987, speaker sections civil procedure and conflicts 1987, 91, chair planning committee for 1988 Tchg. Conference in Civil Procedure 1987-1988, nominating committee 1988, professional development committee 1988-1991, planning committee for workshop in conflicts 1988, planning committee for 1990 Conference on Clinical Legal Education 1989, chair professional development committee 1989-1991, Executive Committee 1991-1993), American Law Institute (associate reporter complex litigation project 1988-1993, county since 1998), American Bar Association/Association American Law Schools Commision on Financing Legal Education, State Bar Michigan.

Connections

Married Ronan Eugene Degnan, February 3, 1987 (deceased October 1987).

Father:

John Francis Kane

Mother:

Frances (Roberts) Kane

Spouse:

Ronan Eugene Degnan