DEDICATION: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR MARY THERESE W OLF LAW CLINIC DIRECTOR JOANNE O RR * FRAN W ATSON ** Over the course of her distinguished career in legal education, Professor M ary Therese W olf became the heart and soul of the Law Clinic at Indiana University Robert H. M cKinney School of Law. W hen M ary W olf arrived at the law school in 1984, as a visiting assistant professor in the Civil Practice Clinic, live-client1 clinical legal education was in its infancy. By 1987, while continuing to teach in the Civil Practice Clinic, Professor W olf was appointed Director of Clinical Programs. Over her tenure as Director, Professor W olf oversaw expansion of the Law Clinic to include creation of the Disability, Criminal Defense, and W rongful Conviction Clinics. Professor W olf was the law school’s first full-time, real-client, clinician. She came to the school well-equipped for the task. Awarded the Juris Doctorate in 1974 from the University of Iowa College of Law, with distinction, M ary W olf served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert Downing of the Illinois Appellate Court immediately after law school. Her professional career thereafter included work with the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration. W hen she applied for the newly-created visiting faculty position at the law school, M ary W olf was working as a managing attorney of a local legal service office covering six counties in northern Illinois and representing low-income clients with a range of civil problems. M ary W olf led the efforts at the law school to expand clinical opportunities to better serve our students, our state, and the concept of equal access to justice for all. This focus resulted in the creation of a number of new course offerings, including Law and Poverty, multiple health law externship placements, and the A dvanced Clinical Experience course. One of Professor W olf’s long-held goals— that of crafting a multi-disciplinary approach to client representation— resulted in the approval of a JD/M SW : Doctor of Jurisprudence/M aster of Social W ork dual degree in 2007. In addition to teaching and advocating in the Civil Practice Clinic, M ary W olf’s course load regularly included Interviewing and C ounseling, Law and Poverty, and Professional R esponsibility. She also supervised numerous externships and is credited with elevating the externship opportunities as a whole. In 2010, she was appointed the Director of Externships. Professor W olf created the Desk B ook for the Civil Practice Clinic, numerous simulated materials teaching lawyering skills, and The Jay Jones Case video, which became the basis * Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of Law School Clinical Programs, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. ** Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of Law School Clinical Programs, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. 1. Ronald W. Polston, History of the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis, 28 IND. L. REV. 161, 177 (1995). 290 INDIANA LAW REVIEW [Vol. 45:289 of a 1993 American Association of Law Schools presentation. In a teaching exchange program in Spring 2001, Professor W olf took her talents to the TC Beirne School of Law in Queensland, Australia. She also traveled to Europe for several summers as the resident faculty for the Law School’s European Program. Professor W olf’s service interests were tied to the needs of the under-served. Professor W olf’s contributions to the legal community included membership on the Indiana Supreme Court Pro Bono Commission, and participation in the Juvenile Justice Project and the Domestic Violence Protective Order Pro Bono Project. She also impacted the national landscape of the clinical legal education movement by her years of service within the Clinical Legal Education section of the American A ssociation of Law Schools. Her investment in the legacy of clinical legal education included participation on A merican Bar A ssociation Site Inspection Teams for accredited law schools from 1995 to 2000. In addition, her service to the broader community needs included membership on several non- profit boards. She also found time to change lives as a long-term literacy tutor and was equally willing to devote her energies to law school committee service and faculty matters of governance. Administratively, as the Director of Clinical Programs, she oversaw compliance with grant application and reporting requirements, handled budgetary matters, liaisoned with local service providers, answered public inquiries, and numerous other mundane tasks necessary to the operation of a vital law firm operating in a law school setting. Perhaps M ary W olf’s greatest satisfaction as a clinical educator was in the daily supervision of students certified to practice law on behalf of clients in the Civil Practice Clinic. M ary and her students served as co-counsel to low-income clients referred from Indiana Legal Services in matters of general civil litigation, including family law, landlord-tenant law, and consumer law litigation. The Civil Practice Clinic includes an intensive classroom component in which the substantive law serves as the vehicle for problem-solving and skills-based learning. W ithin this live-client clinical m odel, M ary and student co-counsels provided much needed access to the legal system to thousands of real-world clients, benefitting clients, students, and the pursuit of justice for all. For many years, Professor W olf’s homemade cheesecake was a coveted item at the annual W omen’s C aucus Auction. Her Thai noodles were to die for and her gazpacho could not be beat. M ary Therese W olf was not only an exemplary teacher and lawyer, she was a law school colleague in the truest sense of the word.