Washington University School of Law, J.D.
University of Illinois, B.S. (honors)
State
Illinois
Missouri
District of Columbia
Bar
Illinois State Bar Association
Missouri Bar Association
The District of Columbia Bar
The Chicago Bar Association
Adams County Bar Association
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Eighth, and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
U.S. Tax Court
Professional
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
NSBA Council of School Attorneys
Illinois Council of School Attorneys
American Diabetes Association School Litigation Work Group
American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators
Chairman and Charter Member, Illinois Supreme Court Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board
Civic
John Wood Community College Foundation
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
United Way of Adams County
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association
Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
Publications
Author, Education Law, LexisNexis/Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Co-author with Rebecca E. Rapp, LexisNexis Civil Rights & Strategy Series: Education Law (2020)
Author, Going to College with Diabetes: A Self Advocacy Guide for Students, American Diabetes Association
( http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/Discrimination/going-to-college-with-diabetes.pdf )
Author, School Attorneys as Gatekeepers, National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys Inquiry and Analysis
Co-author, Legal Rights of Students with Diabetes, American Diabetes Association
( http://web.diabetes.org/Advocacy/legalmaterials/LegalRights/LR-StudentswithDiabetes.pdf )
Co-author, The Need to Know: Juvenile Record Sharing, National School Safety Center (1989)
Lead author, Victim's Rights: Law and Litigation, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Co-author, Illinois Medical Malpractice - A Guide for the Health Sciences, The C. V. Mosby Company
Co-author, Campus Safety: A Legal Imperative, 33 Education Law Reporter 981
Co-author, School Crime and Violence: Victims' Rights, National School Safety Center
Co-author, Safe Schools: Ancient Doctrine Rediscovered, 32 Education Law Reporter 871
Contributor, School Safety Legal Anthology, National School Safety Center
Chapter author, “School Records,” Illinois School Law, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Chapter author and editor, “Taxable and Exempt Property,” Real Estate Taxation, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Editorial consultant, Illinois Corporations System, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Co-author, Illinois Domestic Relations System, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Co-author, Illinois Public Community College Act: Tenure Policies and Procedures, Illinois Community College Trustees Association and Illinois Institute for Continuing Education
Author, Squaring Corners: A Proposal for Legislative Application of Equitable Estoppel Against the Government, Illinois Bar Journal (Lincoln Award winning article)
Featured in Maine Street Magazine, " A Holistiic Practitioner of the Law " (2017)
Presenter, School Violence and the Law (1999), C-Span Recording
Presentations
Presented an oral history of John Wood Community College’s history from 1974-2013, as part of the “Education is Key” project for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. (2013) ( https://www.illinois.gov/alplm/library/collections/oralhistory/EducationisKey/communitycolleges/Pages/RappJamesJim.aspx )
Presented as Panelist of the program “Did the Law Cause Columbine” sponsored by The Federalist Society, Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group, held at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., August 13, 1999 (https://fedsoc.org/commentary/publications/did-the-law-cause-columbine).