Biography
Ms. Pierce joined the College of Law in 1990, and is the Associate Dean, responsible for student services and administration. She received her B.A. degree in English (with distinction) in 1973 from the University of Nebraska and her J.D. degree (with high distinction, Order of the Coif) in 1982 from the University of Nebraska College of Law. While a student at the College of Law, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Nebraska Law Review.
Ms. Pierce is active in the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Lincoln Bar Association. She is a past Chair of the State Bar House of Delegates and Judiciary Committee. She is past president of the Lincoln Bar Association and a Fellow of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. She is past chair of the Law-Related Education Committee and the Women and the Law Section of the state bar. She currently serves on the state bar annual meeting committe and Barristeis Ball committee.
She was in private practice in Omaha from 1982-1990, concentrating in Civil Litigation. In addition to serving as Associate Dean, Ms. Pierce teaches Trial Advocacy and the voluntary first-year skills class.
Ms. Pierce is married to Jeff Kirkpatrick, and they have two children, Ryan, and Anthony.