Bar Association, 2007-2008 Steering Committee of Nominating Committee, American Bar Association, 2006-2008 Pennsylvania Judicial Independence Commission, 2006–present Association Nominating Committee, American Bar Association, 2005-2008 Pennsylvania Justice Commission, 2004-2005 Standing Committee on CLE, ABA. 2004-2007 Section of Litigation Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates, 2003-2003 Outside Reviewer, Tenure cases Howard University School of Law and University of Tennessee College of Law, 2002-2003 Section of Litigation Council, American Bar Association, 2002-2013 Philadelphia Bar Association Committee to Promote Fairness in the Courts, 2002-2007 Board of Directors, Women's Way of Philadelphia, 2002-2005 The Content of our Character, Group Leader (a civic initiative to introduce to teenage students the importance of honor and morality as life creeds), 2002 Speaker, LSAC Newcomers' Workshop, 2002 Chair, Mayor's Task Force on Police Discipline (conducted hearings and issued Report), March -November 2001 Honorary Chair, ACLU Annual Dinner, 2001 Section of Litigation Co-Director of Divisions, ABA, 2001-2002 Host Committee, 2002 Mid-Year Meeting, American Bar Association, 2001-2002 Section of Litigation Co-Director of Divisions, American Bar Association, 2000-2001 Section of Litigation Co-Director of Divisions, ABA, 1998-2000 President, Defender Organization of Philadelphia, 1999-2006 (member since 1990) ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education (equivalent to the "Board of Directors"), 1997-2003 Advisory Committee, ALI-ABA Program Committee, 1996-2011 Pennsylvania Bar Association Gender Task Force, Member and Vice-Chair, 1996-2000 Vice President, Defender Organization of Philadelphia, 1995-1999 Co-Chair, Section of Litigation Committee on Training the Advocate, American Bar Association, 1995-1998 Philadelphia Bar Association Judicial Award Committee (determined criteria and recipient), 1995-1996 Vice President, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Post-Conviction Defender Organization (later "Capital Case Resource Center"), 1995-1997 Race & Ethnicity Commission of the Third Circuit Task Force on Equal Treatment in the Courts; Co-Chair, Issues in Criminal Justice, 1994-1997 Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Post-Conviction Defender Organization (later "Capital Case Resource Center"), 1994-1997 Chair, SEPTA Ad Hoc Committee on the Homeless (Committee was formed following a much-publicized incident culminating in the arrest of a Philadelphia City Councilwoman. I drafted the committee report), 1993 Barristers' Association Judicial Evaluation Committee, Co-Chair, 1993-1994 Chair, Third Circuit Lawyers' Advisory Committee, 1992-1993 Chair, Committee on the Board, Board of Trustees, Trinity College, 1992-1994 Board Secretary, Defender Organization of Philadelphia, 1992-1994 Vice Chair, Third Circuit Lawyers' Advisory Committee, 1991-1992 Third Circuit Lawyers' Advisory Committee (appointed by Chief Judge of the Third Circuit), 1990-1993 Member, Presidential Search Committee, Board of Trustees, Trinity College, 1990-1991 Chair, Committee on Student Life, Board of Trustees, Trinity College, 1990-1992