Martha Pagliari, Interim Director of Legal Analysis, Research & CommunicationMartha Pagliari (JD ’84) will lead the Legal Analysis, Research & Communication (LARC) program as interim director at DePaul’s College of Law beginning in July 2016. She has served as the associate director of the program since 2007.
Pagliari was instrumental in the successful development, implementation, and coordination of the upper-level legal writing curriculum. She reformatted the legal drafting courses to focus on particular areas of practice, including civil litigation, health law, family law, business transactions, real estate and intellectual property law, among others. She also advised legal drafting instructors on syllabus and assignment development to ensure courses employ interactive teaching techniques and maximize the benefits of students' skill development in a particular practice area. As interim director, Pagliari will oversee the LARC program and will be joined by associate directors Jody Marcucci (JD ’03) and Anthony Volini.
Prior to joining academia, Pagliari was a partner at Cassiday Shade & Gloor. She has an extensive background in civil litigation, including medical malpractice, products liability and employment law litigation. She also served as professor-reporter by appointment of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts for its Illinois Judicial Conference Study Committee on Complex Litigation. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and is a member of the Federal Trial Bar.
Pagliari is an active member of several academic and professional organizations and frequently presents on the topic of legal writing. She has served as chair of the legal writing section of the Association of American Law Schools and on several committees within the Association of Legal Writing Directors. At DePaul, Pagliari also serves as faculty advisor to the appellate moot court team.
She received her BA from the University of Notre Dame and her JD from DePaul.