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FULL-TIME FACULTY
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Leigh Watts Mello |
Assistant Professor of Legal Writing
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Professor Mello worked in the field of disability rights for ten years, most recently at the Disability Law Center in Boston. She represented individuals with disabilities in cases of employment discrimination, access to public accommodations, special education and health care law. She has led numerous trainings on disability law issues for health care providers, individuals with disabilities, and attorneys. Professor Mello has been a guest speaker at Western New England College of Law, and has served as adjunct faculty in the Management Department at Curry College, teaching classes in Health Care Law, Employment Law and Labor Law.
Degrees:
BA, University of North Carolina; JD, Boston College
Bar Admittance:
MA; Federal District of MA
Subjects:
Legal Practice Skills
Professional Activities:
Faculty, MCLE Disability Law Conference, 2002; Chair, Human Rights Advisory Committee of the Department of Mental Health, 2001 - 2003.
| S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S |
Department of Mental Health Continuing Care Services, in LEGAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, 2 VOLS. (Stanley J. Eichner and Christine M. Griffin eds., 2002)
Discipline of Students, in LEGAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, 2 VOLS. (Stanley J. Eichner and Christine M. Griffin eds., 2002) (with Lisa Nelson)
Acknowledging America's First Sovereign: Incorporating Tribal Justice Systems into the Legal Research and Writing Curriculum, 35 OKLA. CITY U.L. REV. (forthcoming 2010)
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Prof. Leigh Watts Mello
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street
, Suite 370-M
Boston, MA 02108-4977
t. 617.573-8519
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