Phillip Mink

Work Address
9900 Main St., Suite 238
Fairfax, VA 22030

Home Address
10444 Breckinridge Lane
Fairfax, VA 22030

Cell: 302.545.0926
pmink@gmu.edu

EDUCATION

• Henry Hoyns Fellow, University of Virginia, 1980-1981
• J.D., University of Mississippi, 1980
• B.A. with Honors, Millsaps College, 1977

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

George Mason University

• Term Assistant Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, August 2018-present
• Director of Pre-Law Advising and the Patriot Pre-Law Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, August 2018-present
• Term Assistant Professor, School of Business, August 2018-present 

University of Delaware

• Director, Legal Professional Preparatory Program, January 2017-August 2018
• Assistant Professor, English and Legal Studies, September 2011-August 2018
• Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2005-August 2011

University of Virginia

• Adjunct Professor, August 1981-May 1985

TEACHING

George Mason University

Cumulative teacher evaluation scores, F18-S22, 4.9 of 5

• Legal Writing – GOVT 319
• Business and Legal Studies 303 – Legal Environment of Business
• Business and Legal Studies 402 – Commercial Law
• Business 103 – Development of Professional Skills I: Foundational Elements

The University of Delaware

Cumulative teacher evaluation, S05-S18, 4.85 of 5

• English 450 – Legal Argument
• English 430 – Legal Writing
• English 414 – Editing
• English 312 – Written Communications in Business
• Honors Colloquium – Landmark Supreme Court Cases
• English 110 Honors – Development of the Music Video
• English 110 Honors – The Cultural Divide Between High and Low Art
• English 110 – Critical Reading and Writing 

The University of Virginia

• Fiction Writing

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Named as the favorite professor by a student who won a Peter N. Stearns Provost Scholar Athlete Award
• Nominated for the George Mason University Career Connection Faculty Award, 2019
• University of Delaware Faculty Senate Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring Award, 2017
• University of Delaware, Distinguished Teaching Award for Supplemental Faculty, 2007
• University of Mississippi School of Law, Phi Delta Phi Legal Honorary Fraternity, 1980
• University of Mississippi School of Law, Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition Award, “Jazz Musicians and the Copyright Act of 1976,” 1979

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• President, Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, July 2021-June 2022
• 1st Vice President, Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, July 2020-June 2021
• 2nd Vice President, Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, July 2019-June 2020
• Board Member, Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, June 2017-June 2022
• Board Member, Pre-Law Advisors National Council, July 2020-June 2022
• Member, Pre-Law Advisors National Council, July 2016-present
• Founding Member, Legal Writing and Rhetoric Standing Group, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2016-present
• Member, Legal Writing Institute, July 2011-present

ACADEMIC SERVICE

George Mason University

• Chair, Search Committee for Health Professions Advising Coordinator, 2022-2023
  • At the request of the Provost’s office, chaired a committee of four advisors in a search for Mason’s Pre-Health Advising. The search succeeded with a new hire.
• Member, Effective Teaching Committee August 2021-May 2023

George Mason University & Schar School

• Developed a new course, GOVT 319 – Legal Writing, to help train pre-law students to excel in law school and the practice of law

George Mason University, School of Business

• Developed a new course for the Business School – FNAN 483: Ethical and Professional Standards in Finance
  • The course is a complete study of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. This course helps students prepare for the ethics section of the CFA exam.

George Mason University and Schar School

• Director of Pre-Law Advising and Director of the Patriot Pre-Law Program, August 2018-present
  • As an advisor, I meet with approximately 200 students a year, working closely with certain students throughout their entire academic careers. One student was featured in the Schar newsletter.
  • Founding Advisor, the Schar Pre-Law Group, September 2019-present. As of July 2023, this group has over 150 members from the entire University community and has been integral in raising the Schar School’s pre-law profile.
  • Developed the Schar Pre-Law Listserv, which has over 650 students as of July 2023
  • Academic Advisor, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Honorary Fraternity, September 2018 - September 2019
  • Faculty Advisor, GMU Mock Trial Team, August 2022-present
• As President of the Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, I worked with the Law School Admissions Council to involve Mason in the Legal Education Program, an initiative aimed at giving students an option for law school admissions without having to take the Law School Admissions Test. Since Spring 2022, I have worked with the Philosophy Department, the Office of the University Counsel, and other Mason units to create two new courses based on LSAC syllabi, which were offered in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.
• Member, Effective Teaching Committee, August 2021-May 2023
• Member, Search Committee, Antonin Scalia Law School Dean, May 2019-April 2020
• Member, Search Committee, School of Business, Term Instructor/Assistant Professor of Business – Business and Society/Global Environment of Business, November 2018-May 2019
• Marshall-Rhodes Scholarship Committee, March 2019-March 2022

University of Delaware

• Member, University of Delaware Faculty Senate’s Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2016
• Faculty Advisor, HenLaw Society (UD’s pre-law organization), 2017-2018
• Faculty Advisor, Mock Trial Club, 2015-2018
• Member, Advisory Council to the Music Department’s Master Players Series, 2016-2018
• Member, Committee on Selecting the First Year Experience Common Reader, 2016
• Member, Honors Committee Interviewing Rhodes Candidates, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2016

University of Delaware College of Arts & Sciences

• Director, Legal Professional Preparatory Program, 2017- 2018
• President, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Faculty Senate, 2015-2016
• Chair, CAS Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2014-2015
• Member, CAS Faculty Senate, 2015-2017
• President Elect, CAS Faculty Senate, 2014-2015
• Chair, Ad-Hoc By-Laws Committee, CAS Faculty Senate, 2014-2016

University of Delaware English Department

• Executive Committee, 2016- 2018
• Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Promotion & Tenure Process and Standards, 2015- 2016
• Ad Hoc Advising Center Planning Committee, 2014- 2015
• Developed an experimental course, Legal Argument, subsequently offered as the perma- nent course English 450
• Developed an experimental course, Legal Writing, subsequently offered as the permanent course English 430
• Judge, Arak Anthology, 2008-2011
• English 312 Mentor-Teacher, 2009
• English 110 Mentor-Teacher, 2008

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION

• A proposal for an law-review article was accepted for In Limine, a special issue of Prompt, a journal of academic writing assignments. In this special issue, the editors will publish assignments from both undergraduate and law-school instructors who support undergraduates in the transition to law school. In January 2023 I submitted a proposal based on an assignment I use in the Schar School’s Legal Writing course, and it was accepted. I submitted my complete paper in July 2023, and it will be peer-reviewed this fall. After any necessary revisions, the paper will be published in July 2024.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “Creative Collaborations: Cultivating New Voices from the Undergraduate Legal Writing Com- munity,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, Oregon, March 2017
• “Defining What Judges, Law Professors, and Practicing Lawyers Mean by ‘Good Legal Writing,’” Northeast Association of Pre-Law Advisors, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2017
• “Deep Revision: Teaching Pre-Law Students How to Write Like Judges,” 79th Annual Meeting, Association for Business Communication, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2014
• “O Rare Delaware, ‘Historical Research in Legal and Business Communication,’ ” 79th Annual Meeting, Association for Business Communication, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2014
• “The Logical Ordering of Language for Pre-Law Majors,” 41st Annual Meeting, Federation of Business Disciplines, Dallas, Texas, March 2014
• “Writing the Job Letter in a Perilous Economy,” 78th International Convention of the Association for Business Communication, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2013

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Selected Non-Academic Legal Writing

• Endless Error: The Case for Lifting the Bell Restrictions, co-author (Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation, 1990)
• Newspaper Publishers & Freedom of Speech: Using the First Amendment to Protect Newspapers from Competition (Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation, 1989)
• Supervising Editor for the National Legal Center’s Judicial Series of Monographs, including:
  • The American Law Institute and Corporate Governance: An Analysis and Critique
  • American Enterprise, the Law, and the Commercial Use of Space (3 Vol.)
  • The Legal System Assault on the Economy (3 Vol.) 

Selected Non-Academic Journalism

• “Charter Schools and the National Education Problem: Unions, broken families and teacher shortages.” The Wall Street Journal, 7 December 2021
• “Private Schools Discriminate by Income.” The News Journal, 15 August 2013
• “Charter Boasts High Achievement Standards.” The News Journal, 15 March 2012
• “Politicians Have Failed Aging Americans.” The News Journal, 12 August 2011
• “Critic is Wrong on Meaning and Beauty of Avatar Movie.” The News Journal, 22 December 2009
• “More Schools Should be Like CSW, Newark Charter.” The News Journal, 24 October 2009
• “Markell Says One Thing, Does Another on Charter Schools.” The Newark Post (Newark, Delaware), 30 October 2008
• “You Can’t Blame Charters for School Resegregation.” The News Journal, 8 October 2008
• “Charter Inquiry is Actually a Defense of Mediocrity.” The News Journal, 1 July 2008
• “Carney and Markell Send Kids to Private Schools.” The News Journal, 26 March 2008
• “Social Security, Medicare Are in Serious Trouble.” The News Journal, 23 October 2007
• “Deal with Achievement Gap and Forget Ideology.” The News Journal, 15 July 2007
• “Neighborhood Schools Return; New Approach Needed.” The Newark Post, 22 June 2007
• “Household Income Can’t Explain Disparities.” The Newark Post, 9 February 2007
• “Some Hard Questions Before We Commit.” The News Journal, 24 October 2006
• “Better Students Are Relied Upon to Tutor Other Children.” The News Journal, 1 September 2006
• “A Modest Proposal for Education.” The Newark Post, 24 February 2006
• “An Odyssey of the Mind Economics Lesson.” The Newark Post, 14 July 2006
• “Christina District is Offering Fresh Vision.” The News Journal, 4 March 2004
• “Political Left Clings to Bankrupt Ideas.” The News Journal, 22 February 2003
• “Black Hawk Down Deserves Four Stars.” The News Journal, 29 January 2002
• “Clinton’s Concern for Poor is Hypocritical.” The News Journal, 10 February 2001
• “Social Security is Handled Fraudulently.” The News Journal, 22 February 1999
• “The Literary King.” The Weekly Standard, 10 January 2000
• “Pop Goes the Canon.” The Weekly Standard, 22 February 1999
• “A Perilous Investment Policy.” Journal of Commerce, 13 April 1993
• “Sen. Gore’s Green Economics.” Journal of Commerce, 30 October 1992
• “Sen. D’Amato’s Dumping Deal.” Journal of Commerce, 30 September 1992
• “The Newspaper Lobby and the First Amendment.” Wall Street Journal, 1 September 1992.
• “Mr. Brooks’ Technology Follies.” Journal of Commerce, 21 July 1992
• “The Ink of the Octopus: An Agenda for Deregulation.” Policy Review, Summer 1992, (co-author with James C. Miller III, former head of the Federal Trade Commission)
• “The Antitrust Bait and Switch.” Journal of Commerce, 21 April 1992
• “Unleashing the Information Age.” Journal of Commerce, 13 September 1991
• “High-Tech Bill a Waste of Time.” lead op-ed, Journal of Commerce, 21 August 1991
• “It’s Time to Let the Baby Bells Grow Up,” Legal Times, 1 September 1990 (co- author)
• “First Amendment Fantasies.” Telephony, 1 January 1990
• “What Have the Publishers Been Protecting?” Wall Street Journal, 24 November 1989
• “Why the Breakup Was Bad, or How the AT&T Antitrust Action Hurt Consumers.” Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2 May 1989
• “Half of Congress Ready to Answer the Call.” Wall Street Journal, 13 March 1989

SCHOLARLY OR CREATIVE WORK UNRELATED TO TEACHING

Pro Bono Legal Advisor, 1999-2009

• As an advocate for children in public schools, I wrote legal briefs challenging the
  Delaware State Board of Education’s interpretation of the Neighborhood Schools Act; the Delaware Public Policy Institute’s analysis of the state’s charter schools; the
  Delaware State Education Association’s characterization of Eastern Michigan University’s study, “Evaluation of the Delaware Charter School Reform: Final Report”; and Delaware legislation affecting charter schools
• Published numerous opinion articles in Wilmington’s The News Journal and the
  Newark Post

General Counsel, Citizens for a Sound Economy; Senior Policy Advisor, Citizens for a Sound Economy: March 1988-August 1995

• Represented the seven regional Bell operating companies after the AT&T breakup; wrote advocacy editorials in the Wall Street Journal, Legal Times, Policy Review, the Journal of Commerce, and other periodicals
• Intervener in U.S. v. Western Electric, the antitrust case that resulted in the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph; filed numerous briefs before U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court
• Prepared legal and economic analyses for filings with the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce on the monopolization of the phone market, cable-television rules, price-cap regulation, and other proceedings
• Presented written and oral testimony before the Senate Antitrust Committee, chaired by Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH), and the House Commerce Committee, chaired by John Dingell (D-OH). Lobbied members of Congress with extensive correspondence and position papers
• Testified before the Federal Reserve Board of Governors regarding the regulation of non-bank banks
• Filed comments on behalf of automobile manufacturers with the International Trade Commission
• Represented clients on regulatory matters before the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Executive Legal Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation, November 1987-March 1988

• Wrote appellate briefs for federal circuit courts of appeal and state high courts, as well as policy papers on the judicial system’s impact on the private sector
• Conducted radio, television, and newspaper interviews on constitutional issues before state and federal courts

Senior Attorney, National Legal Center for the Public Interest, February 1985-November 1987

• Supervising Editor for the Center’s Judicial Series of Monographs
• Wrote the Judicial/Legislative Watch Report, a monthly newsletter covering legal issues that affected the private sector
• Edited three multi-volume treatises on legal and economic policy
• Wrote speeches and Congressional testimony for the Center’s officers and attorneys

Attorney, National Legal Research Group, August 1980-February 1985

• Wrote trial and appellate briefs on a wide range of issues in state and federal courts, including the federal circuit courts of appeal and many state supreme courts