WILLIAM J. MULKEEN   is the Paralegal Program Director at Thomas Edison State College’s Watson School of Public Service and Continuing Studies in Trenton, New Jersey. The paralegal program is offered in partnership with the New York Times Knowledge Network. At Thomas Edison he has also mentored undergraduate and graduate level courses and served on various committees including several terms as the President of the College’s Academic Council. He has been active in legal education for over 30 years, serving on the Board of Directors and most recently as the President of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) where he founded the AAfPE Technology Task Force and the AAfPE Writing Task Force. He has been an active team member with various national paralegal accrediting agencies that are part of the Council of Higher Education Accreditation Commission (CHEA) of the United States Department of Education and has also served as a civilian and military paralegal reviewer with the American Council on Education (ACE) in Washington, D.C. and with National PONSI in Albany, New York. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of Paralegal Today.