Honorable Alan G. Gless

1995 – present 

(Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, & York counties)

 

1980 – 1995 

(Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward, & York counties)

 

1979 – 1980

County Attorney’s Office, county attorney -  Osceola, NE

 

1977 – 1980

City Attorney’s Office, city attorney - Osceola, NE

 

1975 – 1980

Private practice of law - Osceola, NE

 

1974 – 1975

Nebraska Department of Education - Lincoln, NE

 

Summer, 1973

Special Assistant to City Attorney - Bellevue, NE

 

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor of Arts

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Arts & Sciences

Majors: Political Science and German

Minors: English and History

 

National Judicial College, Reno, NV:

Judicial Educator Training, 1989 & 1992

Decision Making Skills, 1983

Special Jurisdiction General Course, 1981

American Academy of judicial Education:

Judicial Reasoning, 1996

Clear & Effective Writing for Trial Judges, 1993

Sources of Law, 1991

Rule of Law and Justice, 1990

The Many Roles of a Judge & Judicial Liability, 1989

Philosophical Ethics & Judicial Decision Making, 1988

A Judge’s Philosophy of Law, 1987

Search & Seizure, 1984

Hearsay, 1984

AAJE diploma in Humanities & Judging, 1991

 

Nebraska State Bar Association

Nebraska State Bar Foundation

 

Member, 2007

Judicial Structure & Administration Task Force

Committee on Ethics, 1996 – 1998

Committee on Procedure, 1978 – 1979

Ethics & Professionalism Committee, 1998 – 2002

Grants & Research Committee, 1993 – 2000

Elected 1992

 

Maintaining, Revising & Updating Nebraska Trial Court Child Support Calculation Program, 2003-2009

Nebraska Supreme Court Committee on Practice and Procedure 1987 – 1992 

Nebraska Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee 1988 - 1992

Drafting sub-committee for new Nebraska Code of Judicial Conduct, 1992

Nebraska Judicial Ethics Committee (successor to Advisory Committee) 1992 – 1995 

Indigent Defense Task Force, 1992 – 1995 

Chair, Subcommittee on Court Interactions, Nebraska Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness, 1991 – 1995 

Joint NSBA/NCJA Nebraska Juvenile Code Revision Committee, 1994 – 1995  

National Judicial College Advisory Committee, Judicial Discipline Commission Curriculum Development Project, 1995 – 1996 

Center for Judicial Conduct Organizations Advisory Committee, 1992 – 1995 

American Judicature Society Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinion Digest Editorial Advisory Committee, 1989 – 1990 

 

Bench-book Committee, 2008 – 2009

Judicial Education Committee, 2007 – present

Child Support Guidelines Committee, 2005 – present

Government & Public Relations Committee, 1996 – 2000 

 

Big Blue District Advancement Committee, Boy Scouts of America, Chairman, 1988 – 1991

Seward Community Bicentennial of the Constitution Speakers Bureau, 1989

Osceola Eagle Scout Board of Review member, 1985

Osceola Eagle Court of Honor Speaker, 1984 & 1994

David City Eagle Court of Honor Speaker, 1990

Seward Eagle Court of Honor Speaker, 1997

Osceola Eagle Court of Honor Master of Ceremonies, 1983

Polk County Interagency Council Member, 1980

Seward City Recreation League boys' football coach, 1990, 1991, & 1992

Seward City Recreation League girls' basketball coach (5th & 6th grades), 1992 – 1996 

Seward Youth Basketball Association girls' coach (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th grades), 1993-1998

Seward Youth Basketball Association---President 1993 – 1995 

Seward Youth Basketball Mini-Camp organizer, director, & coach, 1994

Seward Youth Basketball Association boys' coach (8th grade) 1995

Speaking to various community, school and collegiate groups about the law, the legal system, and related topics

Dorchester Methodist Youth Fellowship Sponsor, 1973 – 1975 

 

Nebraska State Bar Foundation Fellow: is based on the integrity and character of the lawyer/judge.  Fellows are accredited by colleagues as leaders of the legal profession who contribute to charitable works and community education.  Membership recognizes established legal professionals dedicated to improving the administration of justice.

 

Volume Editor & Contributing Chapter Author,  

The History of Nebraska Law,  (August, 2008 – Ohio University Press.)

 

Public Access to Nebraska State Court Records and Proceedings, Essay (2007)

 

Public Access to Nebraska State Court Records and Proceedings, Checklist (2007)

 

Nebraska Probation Revocation - A Primer (2007 Revision)

 

Civil Case Appellate Standards of Review (2007)

 

A Simple Country Judge’s Musings on the Use of History by Trial Lawyers, 7 GREENBAG  2d 233 (2004)

 

Appreciating the Changing Factual Meaning of “Verbatim” or Battling the Curse of the “Verbatim” Assumption, 25 JUSTICE SYSTEM JOURNAL 1 (2004)

 

Self-Incrimination Privilege Development in the Nineteenth Century Federal Courts:  Questions of Procedure, Privilege, Production, Immunity & Compulsion, 45 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY 391 (2001)

 

Nebraska Plea-Based Convictions Practice:  A Primer & Commentary, 79 NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW 292 (2000)

 

Some Post-Daubert Trial Tribulations of a Simple Country Judge:  Behavioral Science Evidence in Trial Courts, 13 Behavioral Sciences & the Law 261 (1995) (invited article)

 

Criminal Possession in Nebraska Law, 8 Habeas Corpus 6 (Nov./Dec. 1994)

 

Guilty--No Contest Pleas, in  Nebraska Judges’ Benchbook (1988), (rev. ed. 1990) & (1992 & 1994 supps.)

 

Nebraska Probation Revocation--A Primer, 68 Neb. L. Rev. 516 (1989)

 

Arrest and Citation:  Definition and Analysis, 59 Neb. L. Rev. 279 (1980)

 

Nebraska's Corroboration Rule, 54 Neb. L. Rev. 93 (1975)

 

Faculty, NCLE School Law Seminar, Due Process and Student Discipline 1980

 

Presenter, UNO/NDSS Child Welfare Training Program 1985

 

Faculty, Arraignment Procedure, Neb. Supreme Court Seminar for Clerk Magistrates, 1986

 

Faculty, Enhancement of Convictions, Nebraska County Attorneys Association Fall 1987 Seminar

 

Faculty, Probation Revocation, Nebraska Probation Officers Summer 1988 Seminar

 

Faculty, Probation Revocation, Nebraska County Judges Association Summer 1989 Seminar

 

Faculty, Probation Revocation, Nebraska County Attorneys Association Summer 1989 Seminar

 

Creator and Faculty, Judicial Ethics for Nebraska County Court Judges, Nebraska County Judges Association Fall 1989 Seminar

 

Trial Judge, National Institute for Trial Advocacy Mid-America Regional Trial Program 1990 & 1991

 

Faculty, Probation Revocation, Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Summer 1990 Seminar

 

Faculty, Use of Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions, American Judicature Society 12th National Conference for Judicial Conduct Organizations 1990

 

Creator and Faculty, Criminal Procedure Seminar (trial & post-trial), Nebraska County Judges Association Spring 1991

 

Faculty, Plea Related Issues, Nebraska County Attorneys Association Fall 1991 Seminar

 

Faculty, Expert Evidence Issues, NDSS Interdisciplinary Child Abuse Seminar 1992

 

New County Judge Orientation Presenter 1989 through 1994

 

Judge/Group Leader, Lincoln, NE, Inns of Court Program 1991 through 1994

 

Creator & Faculty, Criminal Procedure Seminar (pretrial), Nebraska County Judges Assoc. 1992

 

Faculty, Mental Disability Law in Nebraska, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1992

 

Faculty, Special Ethical Problems of Rural Court Judges, 13th National College on Judicial Conduct & Ethics, American Judicature Society 1992

 

Creator and Faculty, New Code of Judicial Conduct for Nebraska Judges, Nebraska County Judges Association Fall 1992

 

Faculty, Probate and Estate Planning, Nebraska Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 1994

 

Faculty, Value in Theft Cases, Criminal Contempt, & Enhanced Convictions, Nebraska County Attorneys Association Summer 1994 Seminar

 

Faculty, Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinions, 14th National College on Judicial Conduct & Ethics, American Judicature Society 1994

 

Faculty, "The Importance of Prosecuting Crimes Against Children," (jointly-sponsored  Interdisciplinary Seminar), Neb. Crime Com.; Neb. Law Enforcement Training Center; Child Protection Unit, Neb. Att. Gen. Office; & State Foster Care Review Board, 1995

 

Co-chair, American Bar Association National Conference of Special Court Judges Judicial Ethics Committee 1990 – 1991 

 

Chair, American Bar Association National Conference of Special Court Judges Judicial Ethics Committee 1991 – 1993 

 

UNL National Moot Court Team Brief Judge, 2004 – present

 

UNL Law College Moot Court Judge, 2004 – present

 

Member, Board of Advisers, The Green Bag Almanac & Reader 

(2006 – present) 

 

Member, Justice System Journal Editorial Board & article reviewer 

(2005 – present)

 

Supervising UNL law student externs, 2005 – present

 

Supervising UNL law student extern (for academic credit) and coordinating extern ship activities with his supervising professor, Craig Lawson, summer 2007

 

Supervising UNL law student extern (for academic credit),  co-supervising her required research project with Prof. Alicia Henderson, 2005-2006

 

Supervising volunteer UNL law student intern (not for academic credit) – 2004-2005

 

Semester Final Project Trial Judge, UNL Law College Trial Advocacy Class (Prof. Pierce), Spring 1991

 

Presiding Judge, NSBA High School Mock Trial Project:  Fifth Judicial District 1982 to 1991; State Quarter-finals 1984; State Semi-finals 1985; and State Final, 1991

 

Guest Lecturer, UNL Law College Advanced Evidence Seminar (Prof. Tomkins) Spring, 1994

 

Guest Lecturer on Scientific Evidence Issues, UNL Center for Children, Families, & the Law, faculty & graduate student departmental seminar, Spring Semester 1994

 

Business Law Instructor, Platte Community College, CTCCA, Columbus, NE, 1976 – 1978