Julie Clement, J.D.

     Julie Clement is owner and principal in J. Clement Communications.  She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita with Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where she spent 16 years teaching legal research, writing, and drafting before shifting her full-time energy to J. Clement Communications.  
     She spent more than a decade as editor in chief of The Clarity Journal, the international journal promoting plain legal language.  She is now Clarity's president.  Julie also serves on the Washington D.C.-based Center for Plain Language board of directors and is a past board member with PLAIN--the Plain Language Association International.
      In her community, Julie has worn multiple hats for the past 20 years.  In addition to her service on the city council, planning commission, zoning board, Main Street organization, and economic-development corporation, she is founder and president of the local arts council.

Affiliations & Service

• ​President, Clarity International (2018 - present)
• Editor in Chief, The Clarity Journal (2005-2018)
• Authored a Center for Plain Language report assessing online privacy notices; featured on TIME.com
• Speaker, Clarity 2016, Wellington NZ, Breaking the legalese barrier
• Drafting consultant to the Sixth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules
• Treasurer, Center for Plain Language
• Member & former board member, Plain Language Association InterNational (PLAIN)

• Co-author, Environment & Sustainability: The Clean Power Plan, Legal Research Institute
• Distinguished Professor Emerita, WMU Cooley Law School
• Portland, Michigan, City Council, Planning Commission, Economic Development Corporation, Arts Council, Main Street, Zoning Board of Appeals
• Supervising attorney, Research Division, Michigan Court of Appeals (2000-2004)
• Judicial law clerk, The Honorable Stephen J. Markman, Michigan Supreme Court (1998-1999)
• Law clerk, Michigan Legislative Service Bureau, Legal Research Division (1997-1998)