The Academic Board, which reviewed articles
published within the past year, was
led by Virginia Wise, Chair; Jeanne Merino, Stanford Law School; Lindsay Saffouri, UC Berkley School of Law, William C. Burton, author and founder of the event; Judge Edward Forstenzer, Superior Court of California (retired); William Ryan, member of the Department of Homeland Security and
former Chair of the White
House Plain Language Committee.