Ken Chestek Elected Chair of Faculty Senate at the University of Wyoming

Professor Kenneth D. Chestek, a former President of the Legal Writing Institute, was recently elected Chair of the university-wide Faculty Senate at the University of Wyoming. Ken will begin his one-year tenure has the head of the Faculty Senate in the fall.

Professor Chestek joined the University of Wyoming College of Law faculty in the summer of 2012. He graduated cum laude from University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was Editor in Chief of the Law Review. He practiced law for 21 years in Pennsylvania in a variety of settings, from solo practice to managing attorney for a branch office of a large law firm. While in practice, he also served for 18 years as Chief Civil Counsel to Erie County, Pennsylvania.

From 2010 to 2012 he served as President of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI), an organization of more than 2700 legal writing professionals in the United States and around the world. Previously, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of LWI. From 2005-2008 he co-chaired the ALWD/LWI Annual Survey Committee, and from 2004-2008 he served as a member of the Editorial Board of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, a peer-reviewed academic journal..

Hat tip to Michael Smith.

(mew)