Wendy Joan Kaplan
Education
Mount Holyoke College
A.B. with distinctionBoston College Law School
J.D.
Legal Experience and Employment
Boston University School of Law
Clinical Associate Professor (1977 to present)
Responsibilities include: Instruction, training and case supervision of third year law students appearing as defense counsel in criminal and delinquency trials and appeals in a Massachusetts state district court. Classes taught:
- Criminal Justice Clinic: advanced criminal procedure, trial advocacy and ethics
- Sentencing: Theory and Process seminar, Juvenile Delinquency seminar
Massachusetts Defenders Committee, Boston, MA
Attorney, Trial Division (1974-1977)
Criminal litigation in the state’s public defender organization. Responsibilities included: Preparation and litigation of criminal cases (felonies and misdemeanors) in the state district and superior courts. Supervision of third year law students in the representation of indigent criminal defendants in the Boston Municipal Court and the Boston Juvenile Court.Massachusetts Defenders Committee, Boston, MA
Legal intern (Summer, 1973)Legal intern, Boston Legal Assistance Project, Brighton, MA
Legal intern (1972-1973)
Researched and prepared consumer fraud and landlord-tenant cases.
Professional Associations and Activities
Massachusetts Bar Association
Young Lawyers' Section Task Force on the Representation of the Indigent, 1977
Delivery of Legal Services section council member, 1983-1993
Chair, 1989-1990Board of Delegates, Member 1992-1995
Access to Justice section council member, 1993-1998
Budget and Finance Committee, member 1997
Policy Review Committee, 1998
Judicial Administration section council member, 1998-2000
-Drafting committee member: judicial evaluation formMassachusetts Law Reform Institute
Board of Directors, 1992-1999
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.
Bar Advocate Training Programs, Faculty member 1989-present
“Effective Advocacy in Juvenile Delinquency Law Practice: Search and Seizure; Motions to Suppress” lecture, June, 2004Children’s Legal Services, Inc.
Board of Directors 1998-present
Suffolk University Law School, Juvenile Justice Center and Center for Advanced Legal Studies
Legal Education programs:
“On Probation” faculty presentation, June, 2000
“Juvenile Justice Roundtables” faculty presentation, October, 2001
“Applying Behavioral Science to Juvenile Advocacy”faculty presentation, May, 2002
Conference planning committee member, “Understanding Needs and Assessing Services for Children with Mental Health Needs” (with the N. Neal Pike Institute on Law and Disability), November, 2002
Sixth Annual Juvenile Justice Conference, “Understanding Girl Clients for Effective Representation” faculty presentation, April, 2004
Seventh Annual Juvenile Justice Conference, “Children on Trial: Kids, Coercion & Crime,” June, 2005Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc.
Non-profit legal organization responsible for the training, supervision, and discipline of approximately 350 attorneys who accept indigent court appointments in juvenile and criminal matters.
March, 2004 Appointed to Board of Directors
April, 2004 Lecture, “Recent Developments in Massachusetts Juvenile Law”Suffolk and Norfolk County (MA) District Attorneys offices
Training Program for newly-hired assistant district attorneys, faculty member
February, 1993Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc.
Zealous Advocacy Training Program, faculty member, 1993-present
Middlesex County (MA) District Attorney's office
Training Program for newly-hired assistant district attorneys, faculty member, 1983
Bar Memberships
Massachusetts
United States District Court, Massachusetts
Other Activities
Local Zoning Board of Appeals, 1992-present
2005-present, Chair
Publications
"Sentencing Advocacy in the Massachusetts District Courts," 80 Massachusetts Law Review 22, (March, 1995).
"Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. 1995 (with Frances M. Burns).
“Violation of Probation Case Studies,” On Probation, Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies, 2000 (with Kenneth J. King).