About the Authors
Thomas McClure
Tom McClure is an assistant professor of politics and government at Illinois State University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from ISU and a juris doctorate from DePaul University. Illinois State University employed McClure as an adjunct instructor from 2003 until 2007. At that time, he was appointed the Director of Legal Studies, a position he continues to hold. In addition to teaching a variety of legal studies courses, he supervises the paralegal internship program, oversees the legal studies adjunct faculty, acts as the Mock Trial Team educator coach, and serves as advisor to over 60 legal studies students. McClure is a member of American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and two local bar associations. His interests include running and traveling with his family. He and his wife Karen have two children: Brooke, a sophomore at the University of Illinois studying nuclear engineering, and Bill, a senior at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School.
Thomas E. Eimermann
Thomas E. Eimermann is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Legal Studies Program at Illinois State University. Dr. Eimermann helped establish the paralegal program there in 1976 and taught Introduction to Paralegal Studies and Legal Research and Writing courses in that program. Professor Eimermann has served as President and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Paralegal Education. He has also served on the Certification and the Advanced Certification Boards of the National Association of Legal Assistants, as well as being a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, and a member of the Hearing Board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. As a consultant for the Illinois Department of Corrections, he designed a Uniform Law Clerk Training Program used in Illinois prisons.
He earned his B.A. in Political Science at North Central College. He went on to receive an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign campus. In addition to this book, Professor Eimermann has co-authored two other paralegal texts with Katherine Currier. His other publications include three editions of Fundamentals of Paralegalism and journal articles on paralegals, jury behavior, and free speech issues.
