www.ali.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.bio&bio_id=65 -
[Cached Version]
Published on: 8/9/2009
Last Visited: 8/9/2009
Elena A. Cappella
The American Law Institute - Biography
ALI The American Law Institute
...
Elena A. Cappella
Ms. Cappella has been Deputy Director of the Institute since 1993, and was Deputy to the Institute's Executive Vice President from 1990 to 1992.
She previously practiced in the public sector, first as an Assistant State Public Defender in Madison, Wisconsin, and later as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Judicial Commission.
She served on the board and then at the helm of the Madison Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and chaired several law-related groups, including the Advisory Committee of the AJS Center for Judicial Conduct Organizations, the Wisconsin Women's Network Task Force on Women in the Criminal Justice System, and the Program Committee of the Dane County Legal Association for Women.
She also was a consultant to the Wisconsin State Bar Commission on Legal Education.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Ms. Cappella received her A.B. in mathematics from LeMoyne College, M.A. in communication from Michigan State University, and J.D. from the University of Wisconsin.