- Serves on the board of directors, The Fund for Peace
Education
- University of Michigan, M.U.P., 1977
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1976
- Wesleyan University, B.A., 1971, Phi Beta Kappa; awarded a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship in 1972 for travel and independent research in Africa
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois