Geoffrey B. Shields

Teaching at VLS:

Dean and President and Professor of Law at Vermont Law School since 2004.

Leadership and Service:

• Vice chair or treasurer of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1994–2004.
• Honorary Life Director, 2004-present.
• Active Member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, 2000–present.
• Chair of the Board of Trustees of Lake Forest College, 1997–2000.
• Board member, Bennington College, 1981–1984.
• Member, Board of Directors of the Retreat, Brattleboro, VT, 2002–2004.
• Member, Board of Directors of Hospital Billing and Collection Service.
• Member, Board of Directors of Ziegler Companies, Inc..
• Member of District of Columbia, Illinois, and Vermont bars.

Contributions to the Law:

• Frequent speaker on subjects related to legal ethics, not-for-profit institutions, and foreign policy matters.

Other:

• Partner and past chair of the management committee of the Chicago and Washington, D.C., law firm Gardner, Carton, and Douglas.
• Recipient, Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lake Forest College, IL, 2000.
• Served as special assistant to the secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1977.
• Served as assistant counsel to the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee and counsel and foreign policy advisor to Senator Frank Church, 1973–76.
• Served as clerk to Judge James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, from 1972–73.