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Steve McDonald is General Counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design and previously served as Associate Legal Counsel at The Ohio State University. He has handled a number of Internet-related legal matters, ranging from alleged infringements of copyrighted materials on student web pages to investigations of computer break-ins to an e-mail death threat to Socks the cat. He began his legal career in private practice at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, where he represented CompuServe in Cubby v. CompuServe, the first online libel case, and he also has taught courses in Internet law at Ohio State's College of Law and at Capital University Law School. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of NACUA and is the editor of NACUA’s The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: A Legal Compendium. He received his A.B. from Duke University and his J.D. from The Yale Law School.

Jack Bernard (moderator) is Assistant General Counsel at the University of Michigan, where he spends much of his time addressing intellectual property, computer and cyber law, media rights, and student matters. Prior to joining the General Counsel's Office, Jack had been an academic administrator and instructor for 14 years. Currently, he is teaching Intellectual Property and Information Law. Jack has also been a Spencer Fellow and a researcher at the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement. Jack received his both his J.D. and M.A. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan. As an undergraduate, he studied neuroscience at Macalester College

Beth Cate is Associate University Counsel for Indiana University. One area of particular focus for her in the Counsel’s Office is the law and ethics concerning the use of information technologies. Beth is also an adjunct member of the faculty in the University's School for Public and Environmental Affairs. Before joining the University in 1998, Beth served as in-house counsel for Eli Lilly and Company, practicing in a variety of areas; clerked for the Hon. S. Jay Plager of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and practiced with the law firm of McKenna & Cuneo (now McKenna Long & Aldridge) in Washington D.C. Beth holds a B.A. in Economics from The George Washington University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is a member of NACUA's Continuing Legal Education Committee. Beth is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indianapolis Zoo and a weekend volunteer helping to care for the Zoo's African elephants, including her adopted elephant daughter, Tombi. She tries to refrain from comparing the university setting to a zoo, but frequently fails.