Position:
Assistant Professor & Director of Fundamental Legal Skills at University of South Dakota School of Law
Work:
University of South Dakota School of Law
since Mar 2013
Assistant Professor & Director of Fundamental Legal Skills
University of South Dakota School of Law
- Vermillion, SD Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
Visiting Professor
Phoenix School of Law
- Phoenix, Arizona Area Sep 2011 - Aug 2012
Coordinator of Critical Legal Skills Program & Instructor
Public Justice Center
2003 - Feb 2011
Attorney & Project Director
Public Justice Center
2002 - 2003
Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Appellate Advocacy Fellow
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project/Lewisburg Prison Project
2000 - 2002
Staff Attorney
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
1999 - 2000
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable William Nickerson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
1998 - 1999
Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable John C. Eldridge
Education:
University of Denver - Sturm College of Law 1995 - 1998
J.D., Law
University of Maryland College Park 1991 - 1995
B.A., Psychology, Government & Politics, Women's Studies
Skills:
Legal Research, Legal Writing, Westlaw, Mediation, Criminal Law, Litigation, Non-profits, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Policy Analysis, Courts, Community Outreach, Program Development, Research, Policy, Appeals, Public Policy, Teaching, Civil Rights, Nonprofits
Interests:
conflict resolution, teaching/learning methods, communication techniques, wellness, social justice