Areas of Expertise:
- Academic leadership and management
- online curriculum development and oversight
- academic assessment
- faculty development and mentorship
Education:
- Juris Doctor, JFK School of Law, Pleasant Hill CA
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, California State University, Chico, CA
Certifications and /or licenses:
- CA State Bar License (#203233), admitted to practice in all CA courts and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- WASCUC Assessment Leadership Academy
Select Publications:
- Hutton, L. (2006, 2010) Presentation: Navigating Business & Professions Code 6450-6456. Mt. Diablo Legal Professionals Association)
- Hutton, L. (2009) Presentation: How to Integrate the Core Curriculum with Legal Specialty Courses. AAfPE, Portland, OR
- Hutton, L. (2009-2011) Presentation: What Psychiatrists need to know when dealing with Lawyers. PSD 7141
- Hutton, L. (2010) Presentation: Employability of Paralegals in the 21st Century. AAfPE, San Francisco, CA
- Hutton, L. (2010) Presentation: Making Assessment a part of University's Culture. WASC ARC, Long Beach CA
- Hutton, L. (2010) Presentation: Creating an online lab in your traditional legal specialty coursework. AAfPE, Denver, CO
- Hutton, L. (2011) Presentation: The ABC's of Program Directors. AAfPE, Baltimore, Maryland
- Hutton, L. (2011) Presentation: Gaining and Sustaining Faculty Support for Program Assessment. WASC ARC, San Francisco, CA
- Hutton, L. (2012) Presentation: The ABC's of Program Assessment. AAfPE, Savannah GA
- Hutton, L. (2013). Paralegals: Part of the Solution. Contra Costa Lawyer, June 2013
- Hutton, L. (2014) Presentation: Utilization of Advisory Boards in Higher Education. WASC ARC, Los Angeles, CA
- Hutton, L. (2014) Presentation: Promoting the Paralegal. AAfPE, Las Vegas, NV
- Hutton, L. (2015) Presentation: Retention Strategies for Adult Learners. WASC ARC, Oakland, CA
- Hutton, L. (2016) Presentation: Tips to Streamline Program and Course-level Assessment AAfPE, San Antonio, TX
- Hutton, L. (2017) Presentation: Syllabus 101. AAfPE, Albuquerque, NM
- Hutton, L. (2017) Effective Use of Paralegals in Education. Contra Costa Lawyer, October 2017
- Hutton, L. (2018) Presentation: Establishing an Institutional Process for Annual Assessment of ILO's. WASC Arc, San Francisco, CA
- Hutton, L. (2019) Presentation: Legal Ethics, What you Need to Know. MDLPA, Walnut Creek CA
- Hutton, L. (2019) Presentation: Changes to the State Bar Rules on Ethics. SFPA, San Francisco, CA
Select Professional Experience:
- Executive Board Member, American Association for Paralegal and Legal Education (AAfPE) 2018-current
- Legal Methods, Introduction to Law, Legal Research and Writing, Capstone
- Contra Costa County Bar Association member
- Legal Studies Advisory Board Chair 2005-2019
- President, JFK University Faculty Senate 2009-2018