McIVER LAW

Education

Juris Doctor (Honors), 2003                                                     Santa Barbara College of Law
Summer School, 2001                                                              Lincoln Law School
Ph.D., English, 1974                                                                University of California           
M.A., English, 1971                                                                 University of Kent at Canterbury
B.A. (Honors), English and Humanities                                   University of South Florida

Selected Awards

Graduation with Honors, 2003                                                Santa Barbara College of Law
Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement, 2002                   Santa Barbara College of Law
Academic Excellence Award, Intellectual Property, 2001       Lincoln Law School
Witkin Award for Academic Excellence, Wills and Trusts      Santa Barbara College of Law
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1995           City College of New York
Hewlett Mellon Honorarium, 1990                                          Bodleian Library, Oxford
Senior Fulbright Lecturer, 1985-1986                                      University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1975           UC Berkeley

Selected Professional Publications

"Shakespeare, Shylock, and Inequitable Contracts," Santa Barbara Lawyer, May 2008
"Who said 'Kill All the Lawyers'?" Santa Barbara Lawyer, July 2007
"Eminent Doman: Depends on What You Mean by Public Use," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 2006
"William Randolph Hearst's Surprise Trust Agreement," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 2006
"Samuel Johnson's Benevolence and His Trustee's Duty," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 14, October 2005
"John Milton’s Oral Will," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 2005
"Charles Dickens’ Will and his Bequest to Ellen Lawless Ternan," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 2005
"Shakespeare’s Will: An Historical Note," Santa Barbara Lawyer, 2005
“Writing Memoir : Remembering Yugoslavia,” Life Writing, Writing Lives, Krieger Press, 2001
“John Earle,” Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 151, 1995
Teaching With Shakespeare:  Critics in the Classroom, Associated University Presses, 1994
“A Wife Now the Widdow,” South Atlantic Review, Volume 59, No. 1, January 1994
“John Earle: the Unwillingly Willing Author…,” English Studies, Volume 72, Number 3, June 1991
“Hemingway in the Soca Valley,” Acta Neophilologica, Volume XXI, 1988
“Shakespeare’s Miraculous Deception,” Moderna Sprak, Volume LXXIII, Number 4, 1979

Community Service

Instructor, "Estate Planning Basics," SBCC Adult Education Program, 2006-present
Teen Court Judge, Santa Barbara County County Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2005-present
Volunteer, Legal Aid Resource Center, Santa Barbara County Superior Court, 2005-2006
Secretary, Board of Trustees, Santa Barbara Middle School, 1994-1999
Trustee, Santa Barbara Middle School, 1983-1986