FRANCES “FRANCIE” HILL
Candidate for Monroe County Circuit Court Judge, Seat III
BASIC INFORMATION
| Date of birth: |
March 5, 1952 |
| Husband: |
Philip C. Hill, Attorney |
| Daughter: |
Sarah (Sallie) K. Hill, University of Colorado |
| Phone: |
812-336-2255 |
EDUCATION AND LEGAL TRAINING
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, B.A., Sociology and Secondary
Education, 1970-1974, With Honors
Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, J.D., December 1979,
Cum Laude
Admitted to Indiana State Bar, 1980, Attorney No. 7958-53-A
Domestic Relations Mediation Training, 2005
EMPLOYMENT
1999 - Present Consultant to the Supreme Court of Indiana to create
and manage the Indiana Family Court Project
1996-1999 Clinical Associate Professor and Director Child Advocacy
Clinic, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington,
1985–1996 Adjunct Faculty in Juvenile Law, Indiana University School
of Law-Bloomington
1981-1986 Monroe County Juvenile Court Referee and Probate Commissioner
1977-1980 Law Clerk positions
- 1980 Law clerk in the Indiana Court of Appeals for the Honorable
V. Sue Shields, now
serving as the Magistrate Judge US District Court, Southern District
of Indiana
- 1979 Summer law clerk Barrett, Barrett, and McNagny law firm,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
- 1978-1979 Law clerk in the Monroe County Superior Court for the
Honorable John G.Baker, now serving as Judge, Indiana Court of Appeals
- 1978 Student law clerk internship William E. Steckler, Federal
Court Southern District
- 1977-1978 Student bailiff in the Monroe County Superior Court
for the Honorable R. Douglas Bridges
1975-1976 Caseworker, Whitley County Welfare Department
1974-1975 Sales, Van Camp Hardware and Iron, wholesale distributors,
Indianapolis
ADDITIONAL LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND TEACHING
- Initiated Monroe County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
program; ongoing CASA Attorney Trainer, 1985 to present
- Facilitated Court-Community Education meetings for Monroe Civil
Judges, November 2004-May 2005
- Coordinated Indiana Supreme Court Pro Bono 40 hour Domestic Relations
Mediation Training, June 2005
- Instructor in Child Abuse and Neglect Law for state, regional
and local Division of Family and Children
(now Department of Child Services), 1986-2005
- Presenter for Indiana Juvenile Judges Conference and Judicial
College, 1981-2005
- Member of Juvenile Judges Benchbook Committee of the Indiana
Judicial Conference, 1983-1986
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
- Indiana Family Court Project Report, Supreme Court publication,
Fall 2003
- Frances G. Hill and Derelle Watson Duvall, CHINS DESKBOOK 2001,
Children’s Law
Center Publication, 2001. (also original CHINS Deskbook 1987 and
updates 1988, 1990,
1994, 1995, 1996)
- Frances G. Hill, “What’s a Family Court, and What’s in it for
the Lawyer?”, Res Gestae, Journal of Indiana State Bar Association,
November 2000
- Frances G. Hill, “Clinical Education and the Best Interest Representation
of Children in
Custody Disputes: Challenges and Opportunities in Lawyering and
Pedagogy”, 73 Ind. L.
Journal 605, 1998
- Frances G. Hill, “Legal Primer I and II”, Training Child Welfare
Attorneys and Case Managers,
1996, 1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, BOARDS AND TASK FORCES
- Indiana State Bar Association-Family and Juvenile Law Section,
ADR Section
- Monroe County Bar Association
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- Indiana State Child Welfare Assessment Group (2003-2004)
- Kentucky Rural Family Court Development Advisory Panel (2002)
- National CASA Divorce Custody Task Force (1998-99)
- Indiana Adoption and Safe Families Act Implementation Group
(1999)
- Indiana Task Force on Legal Competency Based Training (1998)
- Governor’s Council on Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (1987)
MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS
- Bloomington Rotary Club
- First United Methodist Church: Trustee 2006, Children’s Music
Program
- Bible Study Fellowship, Hoosier Hills Emmaus Community
- Monroe County Bar Association and Indiana Bar Association
- Board of Directors of the Monroe County Wrap Around Program
- Board of Directors of the Asset Building Coalition (ABC)
- Past President and Board of Directors Monroe County Big Brothers/Big
Sisters
- Past Board of Directors Monroe County Family Services Association
- Past Board of Directors Hoosier Hills YFC Campus Life
- Monroe County YMCA, IU Riddle Point Rowing Association
- Women’s Tennis League