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Susan Gary > Professional, University, and Community Service


Professional Service

Association of American Law Schools

  • Executive Committee of Donative Transfer Section; Chair, 2000-2001; Chair-elect, 1999-2000; Editor, Section Newsletter, 1997; Member of Executive Committee, 1997-2001

  • Executive Committee of Elder Law Section; Chair, 2006-present; Chair-elect, 2005-2006; Executive Committee Member, 2002-present

  • Executive Committee of Nonprofit Organizations Section, 2006-present

American Bar Association, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section

  • Electronic Wills, Trusts and Probate (Committee of the Probate and Trust Division); Chair, 2003-2004

  • Guide to Wills & Estates; Reviewer, 2004

  • Probate & Property, magazine of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association; Associate Articles Editor, 1997-2005

  • Section Advisory Board, 2005-present

  • Significant Current Developments (Committee of the Probate and Trust Division); Vice-Chair, 1996-2000

  • Significant Current Literature (Committee of the Probate and Trust Division); Chair, 1994-1996

  • Standing Committee on Digital Signature & E-Commerce, 2003-present

  • State and Local Law Concerns of Exempt Organizations (Committee of the Probate and Trust Division); Chair, 1996-2000; member, 2001-present

  • Study Committee for Law Reform of Exempt Organizations; Vice-Chair, 1996-1998

  • Uniform Acts for Probate and Trust Law; Co-Chair, 2004-present

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

  • Academic Fellow, 2001-present

  • Bioethics Subcommittee; Chair, 2005-present

  • Changing Definition of Family Subcommittee; Chair, 2005-present

  • Charitable Planning and Exempt Organizations Committee, 2003-present; Secretary, 2004-present

  • Legal Education Committee, 2003-present

  • State Laws Committee, 2003-present

  • "The Law of Succession in the 21st Century"; Conference Organizer

Eugene Estate Planning Council

Lane County Bar Association

  • Probate Committee

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

  • Advisor from the Real Property, Trust and Estate Section, Drafting Committee on the Regulation of Charities, 2007-present

  • Advisor from the Real Property, Trust and Estate Section, Drafting Committee for Transfer on Death Deeds, 2007-present

  • Drafting Committee to Revise Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act; Reporter, 2002-2006

  • National Uniform Trust Code Committee, 2004-present

  • Study Committee on the Uniform Durable Powers of Attorney Act; Co-chair, 2001-2002

New York University, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law

  • Board of Advisors, 2006-present

  • Invited conference participant, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Oregon Bar Association

  • Estate Planning and Administration Section

    • Estate Planning and Administration Section Newsletter; Editor-in-chief, 1995-2000, 2001-present

    • Executive Committee, 2002-present; Secretary, 2007

    • Legislative Drafting Committee re: durable power of attorney statute, 2002-2004

    • Legislative Drafting Committee re: the elective share; Chair, 1996-1998

  • Elder Law Section

Oregon Law Commission

  • Elective Share Committee, member , 1997-2000, 2004-present

Oregon Study Committee on the Uniform Trust Code, co-chair (2002-2005)

  • Legislative testimony, Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, March 22, 2005, Hearing of the House Judiciary Sub-committee on Civil Law, May 16, 2005

Uniform Trust and Estate Acts Joint Editorial Board

  • Special Reporter, Project to revise definition of parent and child in intestacy statutes, 2003-2005

University Service

Executive Diversity Working Group; Co-chair, 2005-2006

Law School Dean Search Committee, 2005-2006

University Senate, 2004-2006

  • Senate Nominating Committee, 2004-2005

Women's and Gender Studies Committee, 2004-2007

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 2002-2004

Scholarship Committee, 2001-2003

Nonprofit Center, plan development with Renee Irvin and Randy Swangard, 2002-present

Development of Oregon Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Symposium, with Renee Irvin and St. Vincent DePaul, 2005-present (one-week symposium held 2006, 2007)

International Students Tax Advising, 1989-1997

Law School Service

ABA Self Study and Site Visit, 2006-2007

Admissions Committee, 1993-1996, 1997-2000; chair 1994-1996, 1998-2000

Appointments Committee; Chair, 2006-2007

Computer Policy Committee, 1996-1997

Course Development Committee; Chair, 2007-present

Curriculum Committee, 2005-2007; Co-chair, 2005-2006

Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee, 2001-2002, 2004-2005; ex officio, 2006-present

Diversity Committee, 2006-2007; ex officio 2007-present

Emerging Business/Nonprofit Clinic Task Force, 1998-1999

Estate Planning Certificate, Faculty Advisor, 1992-present

Faculty Appointments Committee, 2001-2002; Chair, 2003-2004

Faculty Personnel Committee, 2002-2004

Family Law Clinic, Supervisor, 1997

Law and Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee, 1996-1997

Lectures and Awards Committee, 1996-1997

Pro Bono Committee, 2002-2003

Search Committee, Admissions Director, 2004

Search Committee, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, 2007

Search Committee, Director of LLM Program; Chair, 2007

Search Committee, Finance Director, 2002-2003

Women's Law Forum; Conference panelist 1993, 1994, 1996; Panel moderator, 1999; Faculty supervisor, 2004-2005

Community Service

American Quaternary Association, nonprofit advice, 1999-2000

Amigos de los Sobrevivientes, nonprofit advice, 1994, 1996, 1998

Congregational Nursery School, nonprofit advice, 1994

Eugene Roundtable, 2006-present

Fox Hollow Elementary School, parent volunteer, 1993-2000

Lane Arts Council, nonprofit presentation, 2003

Lane County Geographical Society, nonprofit advice, 1994

Maude Kerns Art Center, board presentation on fiduciary duties, 2004

Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund, nonprofit advice, 1999-2000

Oregon Research Institute, Board of Directors, 1999-2004 (on leave, 2000-2001)


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