Allan D. Sobel was appointed the first full-time director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society on September 18, 2006. He served as President of the American Judicature Society before his appointment as The Adams Center Director. As president, Sobel was responsible for all AJS operations at its offices in Illinois, Iowa and North Carolina, served as its spokesperson, and regularly contributed to its scholarly journal, Judicature. AJS, established in 1913, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization devoted to promoting the effective administration of justice.

Prior to his tenure at AJS, Sobel served for three years as executive director and general counsel of the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, a constitutionally-created and independent judicial conduct organization responsible for enforcement of the Code of Judicial Conduct in Michigan. From 1977 to 1997, he practiced law with offices in Portland, Oregon and Detroit, Michigan, primarily representing defendants in criminal proceedings and parties in professional malpractice actions.

Sobel has held faculty positions at Drake University School of Law and at Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law. He holds a J.D. from Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education from Eastern Michigan University.

Sobel currently serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Committee on Wrongful Convictions and the Snyder County Criminal Justice Advisory Board. He produces and hosts a weekly justice system radio program, Justice for All? and frequently authors justice system related articles for publication in national, state and local papers.

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