William J. Mulkeen is a Visiting Lecturer in Paralegals Studies, Criminal Justice and Social Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia. He was previously the Paralegal Program Director of Thomas Edison State College’s online paralegal and nurse paralegal certificate programs offered in partnership with the New York Times Knowledge Network. At Thomas Edison he also mentors undergraduate and graduate level legal courses and has 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, including the Distance Education Training Commission (DETC), affiliated with the Council of Higher Education Accreditation Commission (CHEA) of the United States Department of Education. He has also served as a civilian and military paralegal program and course 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  and a member of the Advisory Board of the New York City Paralegal Association.