Vincent L. Mc Kusick - Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Maine Commissioner on Uniform State Laws (1968–76); Secretary, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1975–77)
• Chairman, Drafting Committee on Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act (1969–70)
• Member (1971–80) and Chairman (1976–77), Board of Editors, American Bar Association Journal
• Chairman, Review Committee on Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure (1973–74)
• Member, Council of American Law Institute (1968 to present)
• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member, Board of Directors (1977–87)
• Member, American Bar Association delegation on China Study Visit (1978)
• Member, U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law (1981–85, 1992–93)
• Member, Federal-State Relations Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference of the United States (1982–87)
• Chairman, National Awards Jury, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge (1982)
• Leader, People to People Judges Visit to People’s Republic of China (1983) and to Soviet Union (1988)
• Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates representing Conference of Chief Justices (1983–87)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate Rules (1984–87)
• Member, Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States (1987–89)
• Conference of Chief Justices (1977 to 1992); Board of Directors (1980–82, 1987–88); President-Elect (1989–90); President (1990–91); Standing Committee of Past Presidents (1992 to present)
• National Center for State Courts, Board of Directors (1988–91); Chairman-Elect (1989–90); Chairman (1990–91)
• Leader, U.S. State Department “Rule of Law” Delegation to the Republic of Georgia (1992)
• Director, American Judicature Society (1992–98)
• State Membership Chairman (1992–94) and Trustee (1993–2006), Supreme Court Historical Society
• Council, American Bar Association's Senior Lawyers Division (1997 to 2001)
• American Arbitration Association, Board of Directors (1994–2006)