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Meredith R. Conway received an A.B. degree from Drew University
and a J.D. degree from Rutgers School of Law-Camden. She was also awarded a Masters
of Law in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Professor Conway, following
graduation from Rutgers School of Law, was an Associate in the Business Tax Group
of Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia.
Professor Conway joined the faculty of the Texas Wesleyan University School of
Law in 2004 and served as an Associate Professor of Law teaching courses in Federal
Income Taxation, Taxation of Business Entities, and Tax Procedure.
At Suffolk University Law School, Professor Conway will teach Basic Federal
Income Taxation in the Fall 2008 semester and Taxation of Business Entities in
the Spring 2009 semester.
- Bernie D. Jones received her undergraduate degree from Hunter
College and her law degree from New York University School of Law. She also earned
a Ph.D. in History from the University of Virginia.
Following law school graduation
and prior to enrolling at the University of Virginia, Professor Jones was employed
as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Office of the New York City Corporation
Counsel. Professor Jones, upon completion of her doctoral degree in History, spent
an academic year as a Visiting Fellow and Dorothea S. Clarke Scholar at Cornell
University Law School. In 2003, she joined the faculty of the Department of Legal
Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
At Suffolk University Law School, Professor Jones will teach the two-semester Property course
and American Legal Thought in the Spring 2009 semester.
- Kenneth J. King received a B.A. from the University of Illinois
and a J.D. from Northeastern University. From 1980-1982, he was an Assistant Regional
Counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services representing the Commonwealth
in child welfare cases. From 1982-1995, Professor King was a partner in the law firm
of Fenn and King. In 1995, Professor King became the Attorney-in-Charge of a regional
office of the Children and Family Law Program of the Committee for Public Counsel
Services. In 1998, he joined the Juvenile Justice Center at Suffolk University Law
School. Professor King was a supervising attorney within the JJC from 1998 through
June, 2007. In 2007, he was appointed as a Visiting Associate Clinical Professor
at Suffolk Law School. Professor King is now a member of the resident faculty. He
will teach clinical courses in connection with the Juvenile Justice Center and will
teach Criminal Law in the Fall 2008 semester.
- Kim M. McLaurin received her undergraduate degree from Hampton
University and she is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School. Following law school graduation,
Professor McLaurin accepted a position at the Legal Aid Society of New York City
and was employed in various legal positions within the Legal Aid Society until June
2008. Professor McLaurin most recently served as the Attorney in Charge of the Juvenile
Rights Division within the Queens Office of the Legal Aid Society. In this position,
Professor McLaurin was responsible for the operation of an interdisciplinary trial
office of approximately forty staff members. Professor McLaurin was directly responsible
for the office’s representation of children involved in Family Court matters,
including juvenile delinquency and child protective cases.
At Suffolk University
Law School, Professor McLaurin will teach courses in connection with the law school’s
Juvenile Justice Center.
- Leigh Watts 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. Professor Mello
received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her JD from
Boston College Law School.
At Suffolk University Law School Professor Mello
will teach Legal Practice Skills.
- Alasdair S. Roberts is the first holder of the Jerome Lyle Rappaport
Chair in Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School. Professor Roberts
received a B.A. degree in 1981 from Queens University; a J.D. degree in 1984 from
the University of Toronto Law School; an M.P.P. degree in 1986 from the Kennedy School
of Government of Harvard University; and a Ph.D. degree in Public Policy in 1994
from Harvard University. Professor Roberts most recently held the position of Professor
of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
Professor
Roberts has also served as a Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor
at Queens University; Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Public Policy Institute of
Georgetown University; and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Southern
California.
At Suffolk University Law School, Professor Roberts will teach
courses in law and public policy, and will provide academic leadership to advance
the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy as a forum for research and teaching
in the area of public policy.
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- Kerry E. Doyle, Esq., is a partner with the Boston firm of Graves & Doyle,
Attorneys at Law, an immigration and nationality law practice. Prior to forming Graves & Doyle
with William E. Graves Jr. in August 2001, Ms. Doyle worked in the nonprofit sector
representing immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Boston, Miami and Hong Kong
and taught a seminar on asylum and refugee law at the University of Miami School
of Law in 1997 and 1998. She is currently a member of the Executive Office for Immigration
Review, National Liaison Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association
and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Investigations Liaison and a past Chairperson
of The American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter. She is a frequent
speaker on immigration and nationality issues in New England and nationally. She
graduated cum laude from The American University, Washington College of Law with
her J.D. in 1993 and George Washington University with her B.A. in Political Science
in 1988.
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Elisabeth J. Medvedow, Esq., is the Executive Director or
the Women's Bar Association and Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts. For nearly
10 years prior to joining the Women's Bar in 2001, Ms. Medvedow served as an Assistant
Attorney General in the Criminal Bureau of the Office of the Attorney General for
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Ms. Medvedow has also served as a law clerk
in the United States District Court and in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and
spent three years teaching in the Legal Practice Skills Program at Suffolk University
Law School.
Ms. Medvedow holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's
Degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her law degree
in 1985 from Northeastern University School of Law.
Carrie A. Simons, Esq., is an associate in the Tax and Benefits Group at Ropes & Gray LLC. Ms. Simons has also served as a law clerk in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to entering law school, Ms. Simons worked as an investment banking analyst, focusing on the consumer/business services industry.
Ms. Simons holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Business from Loyola College in Maryland. She received her law degree from Stanford Law School.
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